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Chapter 6-The Final Battle
The team had managed to salvage a kind of alien gun for Tosh to shoot with and they had also given her a peculiar knife found with a label "Highly deadly to non-human life forms-contains extremely high levels of shock".
Everyone had helped patch together a kind of makeshift net, and Jack had found an emergency light source buried under a mountain of newspapers from another world, important to Jack and nobody else.
"Okay, let's run through the plan one more time. I'm going to go out there and attract their attention. I'm so attractive all of them should come after me, pretty quickly, ok? Then, Ianto and Owen, you're going to throw the 'net' over the things and Tosh, you can throw the light source into the air. It should hover and, judging by the amount of energy they absorb per minute, last about 3. Aim for their heads. Or alternately, their hearts. They could have more than one head. Once they're dead or at least unconscious, we're going to put them in this force-field cage and Owen, you're going to zap them with this...(he held up a strange looking instrument that resembled a ray gun with a huge blaster)...which should kill them once and for all. Got it, everyone?" Jack said, looking at the others' nervous faces.
Everyone nodded.
"Alright. Good. Okay," he said, nervously rubbing his hands together. "As there is a large potential for...mishaps, shall we say...um, say goodbye just in case."
He turned to Ianto and they went into a corner to have a deep discussion about if Ianto would get his coat.
Owen looked awkwardly at Tosh. She blushed.
"Um, Owen?" she asked timidly. "I was thinking...when this is all over...on the pretext we're all still...you know, alive...do you want to...um...go out sometime?"
Owen looked at her with a bizarre expression on his face. It was a kind of mixture of nerves and happiness. "You mean, like...on a date?"
Tosh blushed even more. "Well...yes...I know that it's not the greatest time to be asking, but, hey...I, um, really like...you and well yeah I just thought that...um...even if I didn't...you know...make it...or I died or something...at least I asked, right?" She laughed nervously, talking fast.
Owen laughed. "Okay, for sure."
Tosh stopped talking. "Really?"
Owen smiled gently and pulled her into a hug, kissing her cheek. "Yeah, really."
In the corner, Ianto was trying to persuade Jack to think of something less dangerous.
Jack smiled. "Ianto, it's cute how you look out for me, but, really. I've survived worse. Stop worrying, my love."
Ianto looked more worried than ever.
Jack leant forward and kissed him softly. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. You just have to be fine, Ianto. Stop worrying."
Ianto said nothing, but hugged his favourite Captain.
A few minutes later, when everybody had declared themselves 'ready, sir!' to Jack, and were all equipped and ready to go, Jack turned and faced the three. "Ok, guys. This is it. Just want to say, that you guys are really great. Best team ever. And we are going to succeed, and take down these creepy invaders. And then, we're all going to sit down with a cup of Ianto's coffee, and then we're going to have dinner. Well, me and Ianto are going to have dinner. I think you guys-" he gestured to Tosh and Owen, "-might have other plans, hey?" He winked at them. "Alright, here we go!"
He threw open the office door and strode boldly into the darkness. "Come and get me, you lily-livered bastards! Come and get me!"
Ianto and Owen readied their net.
Jack screamed and that was when the battle for the Earth began.
Jack was screaming as Tosh threw the light globe into the air. It hovered and then cast a bright light over everything. There were about three of the...things hovering over Jack's body.
They looked up, but it was far too late. Owen and Ianto threw the net over them, and, lightning fast, Tosh shot all three of the things in what appeared to be their heads, then threw the 'highly dangerous knife' at one that was still moving
Black liquid spilled out of the bullet holes and onto the floor, and the things fell with a surprisingly loud thud to the ground.
Owen threw the force-field cage at Ianto, who activated it around Jack and the things, and Owen pulled the trigger on the ray gun. A huge bolt of energy zapped around the interior of the cage.
There was a horrible screeching noise as the creatures finally died.
Great streams of energy came looping out of them, re-powering up the city and the Hub.
The lights slowly flickered on as the Hub regained life.
Owen sighed, relieved. "Thank God that fiasco's over!" he said, wiping his forehead with the back of his hand.
Ianto sunk onto the floor, head in hands.
Jack didn't move.
Tosh fainted.
Owen rushed over and checked her head. She regained consciousness pretty quickly.
"Ow, my head," she said, checking the site of impact with her hand, and upon inspection, found her hand covered in blood. "Fantastic." she said sarcastically, before fainting again.
Owen laughed and cradled her gently, calling for Ianto to go get a medical kit.
Tosh woke up on the Torchwood couch, head bandaged and throbbing.
She could see Ianto helping Owen to remove the bodies of the aliens, dressed in an all-purpose protective suit. Eventually Jack laid there peacefully, covered in black goop and blood, but still peaceful-looking.
She got up and went to see how he was. Kneeling beside his body, carefully avoiding the alien goop, she studied him critically. He was breathing, however shallowly, and as she watched he cracked open an eye and smiled.
"And you thought I wasn't going to make it. Pffff." he said quietly. Tosh grinned. "Nice headgear, by the way."
She looked mock-angrily at him and then went to find the medic.
As soon as Gwen noticed the lights coming back on and, running to the Hub, saw strange energy pulses flaring out across the city originating from the building, she raced inside, pressed the button and rushed downstairs to see the others.
Upon entering the Hub, she saw Jack, bruised and grinning, being examined by a grumpy Owen, whom Tosh was watching, smiling. Ianto was off making coffee.
"Oh, my gosh, you guys! What the hell happened?" she said, hurrying over. The Hub was in a pretty messy state, but at least it was still there.
"You know, Gwen?" said Jack smilingly. "I'm not too sure myself."
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