A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I was going one direction with this, then I realized it was a bad idea so I went with another. I apologize if the chapter is a little rushed, I wanted to get this up before I lost your intrest haha. Ahh Sept 25 is sooo close!! Ok got that out of the way, heres the story.
Bigger than Expected
The body of the next victim was by far the worse seen. The corpse was incinerated, the gender if not for the bone structure was unrecognizable. Remains of blackened skin lingered, creating an encasing around the skeleton. Still, they managed to salvage a clue of identification, which would prove more valuable then imagined.
"Torchwood." Booth announced reading from the card. He saw the Doctors eyes furrow, "Heard of it?"
The Doctors gaze was hard and with little infliction he replied, "Yeah, I've heard of it."
"Why haven't I heard of them?" Booth asked to one in particular. It had been bothering him most of the day. As an FBI agent he should have known about other major organization, yet this one was so unfamiliar.
"You wouldn't." The Doctor answered, "No one does, not really. Torchwood was created by Queen Victoria to protect her kingdom against, well other worldly creatures. It was sort of my doing really." A sad smile crept across his face as he recalled that adventure.
"I'm afraid to say, but that's only the beginning." Booth said running his hand through his hair. "The address on our last victim was false. We think it was an alias. But according to UK intelligence, no one has reported her missing."
"Maybe she was on vacation?" Angela supplied knowing that was the least likely possibility.
"Their getting good." Booth said, "They want to make it impossible for us to detect anything on them. I bet she knew something."
"Do you think the other victims are from Torchwood too?" Brennan asked examining the fragmented skin.
"I'm going to take a wild guess and say yes." The Doctor replied. "Something big is going to happen. Something no one at Torchwood wants anyone to find out about."
"An alien invasion?" Hodgins asked overjoyed by the prospect.
The Doctors gaze was hard, and his voice was dark, "If Torchwood employees are dying because of it, I'm afraid it's going to be much worse than just an invasion." The Doctor grabbed his coat and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Cam called after him.
"Going to get to the bottom of this." He answered.
The squints stood around the platform even more confused then before. Each one debated internally on what to do next. All, especially Brennan, saw no logic in this whatsoever. To Brennan nothing was adding up. And this scared her. Booth was even more unsure. But he had a job to do, and he was going to finish it.
"Let's go Bones." Booth said racing after the Doctor.
"We're coming too Seeley." Cam said as the rest of the team followed them.
The Doctor was halfway down the street when he briefly looked back to see the team from the Jeffersonian following him. Bewildered he stopped letting them catch up. "What are you doing?"
"Coming with of course." Hodgins answered.
"No you can't. You'll be risking your lives and I can't let you put yourselves in that kind of danger."
"Danger is my middle name." Hodgins remarked.
"No its not." Zach and Brennan replied.
"You don't have to be alone. Not today." Angela said.
The Doctor considered. Every possible worst case scenario raced through his mind. The he realized, he couldn't do it alone. Whatever was happening was bigger than him, and standing here wasn't going to stop anything. He sighed, "Alright, but I warned you. The TARDIS is this way."
They raced down the street towards the conspicuous yet totally discreet blue police box. The Doctor quickly unlocked the door and led the team in. As expected each face showed signs awe as they walked through.
"It's true!" Hodgins exclaimed, "I can't believe it."
"But, but it's impossible. This defies all laws of science." Zach said walking around the console. "The external area is holding a larger internal area."
"It's bigger on the inside!" Booth exclaimed examining the outer and inner parts of the blue box.
"Right now that we've got that out the way." The Doctor said flipping a lever, "Hold on!"
