Here's chapter two. Hope you liked the first one. Well, obviously you did, you reviewed. Anyways, I'm going to try to update fairly regularly. That will be a lot easier than with my other stories because I already have this one written. Enjoy!
Emily gasped and coughed, spilling water all over the ground. She took a moment to get her bearings. She was laying on a big, flat rock, soaking wet in only her thin slip. Glancing around she noticed that she wasn't alone on the rock (or, more accurately, boulder). A few feet away, sitting with her back toward Emily was a familiar blonde girl. The girl was wearing jeans, a dark blue shirt and a matching blue leather jacket. The girl turned at the sound of Emily's coughs. Emily noticed that the blonde girl couldn't be much older than her.
"You alright? I found ya floatin' in the water, nearly drowned. What were ya doin' in there in the first place?" The girl asked. Emily registered her very distinct London accent.
"There was a man. He was asking about mermaids. I think he accidentally pushed me in. I made it to the surface, but there- there was this thing. I- I don't remember." Emily shock her head, trying to clear the fog in her memory. The girl stood up and walked up and over to her. Emily saw that the girl was just as soaked as she was.
"You're a long way from home. American by the sound of it, yeah?" The girl asked as she sat down next to her.
"We moved a few years ago. My dad got a job in Cardiff and I got accepted to a college near there. Goddess, I wish I could remember what happened." Emily said as shivers gripped her body.
"Hey, s'alright. It'll come back to you, just you wait." The girl soothed.
"You were with him weren't you? That man, the Doctor. I- I saw you!" Emily exclaimed, excited that she remembered where she knew the girl from. The girl winced a little when Emily said 'Doctor', but Emily didn't really notice.
"Name's Rose. Rose Tyler-Smith. nice to meet you..." Rose trailed off to let Emily finish the sentence.
"Emily. Emily Grayjoy. Can I ask what you and the Doctor were doing?" Emily questioned. Rose smiled.
"Honestly? We were looking for that mermaid you saw." Rose answered. She paused before leaning forward. "Look. If I tell you something, do you promise not to freak out?" Emily nodded and Rose leaned closer. "That mermaid you saw is actually an alien. It got pulled through a Rift in Time and Space not too far from here. Me an' J- the Doctor work for Torchwood. The place that hunted down all those Cybermen a few years ago. We're here to try and send it back through the Rift. Right now J- the Doctor is trying to talk it into coming back with us to our base. Do you believe me?" Rose asked after she finished explaining.
"Yeah." Emily answered without hesitation. "But I've got a question. You kept almost calling the Doctor by a different name. Why?" Emily asked. She could buy the whole alien-hunter thing (after all, she's heard crazier), but the slip-up was bothering her.
"It's a long story." Rose said, smiling. Emily crossed her arms.
"I've got time." She insisted. Suddenly a strange wind picked up, carrying a strange mechanical grinding with it. Rose smiled even bigger.
"I don't. Sorry, but I've got to go." Rose started to turn, but stopped and turned back to Emily. "Here, take this. If you want to talk, just call this number and ask for Rose Tyler-Smith." Rose handed her a business card with a stylized 'T' and turned away. When Emily looked up she saw an old Police Box sitting on the rock behind Rose. Rose skipped forward and knocked twice on the door. It swung in and the Doctor appeared, smiling at Rose. Rose turned back to Emily, smiling.
"Don't forget to call. Oh, and you'll want to watch this." With that she walked into the wooden blue box and closed the door. Emily stood there watching the box and waiting for something to happen. She didn't have to wait long, a few moments later the box started to disappear, accompanied by the grinding and wind from before. Emily stood there, mouth hanging open, watching as the box disappeared. She blinked, making sure she wasn't imagining things. She wasn't.
"Emily!" She turned at the sound of her name. Jessa was climbing out of a small boat onto the boulder. Emily smiled at her best friend.
"Jessa!" Emily called back, running toward her. They met in the middle and had an awkward moment where neither was sure if they should hug or not. Finally they decided to ignore Emily's wet clothes and they embraced.
"Are you okay? I saw you go over the rail and I was so worried. you didn't come up right away, then you did, but the mermaid was behind you, and I saw it drag you under, then that man was standing on a rock and that girl was diving in after you, and she dragged you up here, then I got these nice people to take me out here, and what happened?" By the time she finished Jessa was out of breath and Emily was shaking from the cold that was just now catching up with her.
"L-look, c-can we t-talk ab-bout this l-lat-ter?" Emily stuttered out between violent shivers. One of the men from the boat stepped up with a bright, almost neon, orange blanket. He put it around Emily's shoulders and she hugged it tightly to her body. Jessa and the man, "His name's Jake", Jessa whispered to her, led her back to the boat. Five smiling faces greeted her. Three guys, not including Jake, and two girls. The man in the suit held out his hand and helped her down. Another man with dark ebony skin helped Jessa down. The third man just scowled.
"Hello. My name is Ianto Jones. this is Micky Smith, over there is Gwen Cooper and Toshiko Sato. And this cheery fellow is Owen Harper. You've already met Jake Simmons." The man in the suit, Ianto, introduced everyone. Mickey was the one that helped Jessa into the boat, Owen was the one that was scowling, Gwen was the girl with dark brown hair, and Toshiko was the Asian woman next to her.
"N-nice t-to me-meet y-you." Emily chattered. "I'm-m Em-mily" She said as her teeth knocked together.
"Welcome aboard the 'Captain Jack Harkness'." Ianto said, smiling. He had a soft Welsh accent that calmed Emily. Mickey scoffed slightly.
"Are you going to do that every time we say that?" Gwen asked in a more pronounced Welsh accent.
"If you knew him, you'd understand." Mickey said, waving off the question.
"Don't mind them, they're always like that. I'm Toshiko, but you can call me Tosh." The Asian woman said in a quiet London accent. Emily managed a shaky smile. "here, why don't we get you inside. It's a lot warmer. Gwen, if you're not too busy, would you mind helping me?" Tosh called out. The Welsh-woman turned and walked over to them. She smiled and Emily noticed the gap between her front teeth.
"Sorry. He can be a bit frustrating sometimes." She apologized as they helped Emily into the small sitting area under the deck. The first thing she saw was the 'T', just like the one on the card Rose gave her.
"T-torchwood." Emily stuttered. Gwen and Tosh looked at each other. Tosh nodded and climbed back up the desk. Gwen moved to sit beside Emily on the couch.
"You know about Torchwood?" Gwen asked. Emily nodded. She was starting to warm up, but she was still shaking.
"R-rose T-tyler-Sm-smith and-d th-the Doc-Doctor.' Emily said as an explanation. Gwen's eyes widened as she cursed under her breath.
"Micks, she's been here!" Gwen called up. "Both of them! Even talked to Emily here."
"They're getting sloppy. Damn." Mickey responded as he climbed into the hull.
"Who are you talking about?" Jessa asked, climbing down after Mickey.
"Th-the Doctor." Emily answered, only chattering slightly. Jessa's eyebrows crinkled in confusion.
"That guy asking about the mermaid?" She questioned. Emily nodded.
"Gwen, get Ianto, Tosh, and Jake. If he says anything, remind Owen that someone has to steer the boat." Mickey instructed. Gwen nodded and went back onto the deck. A few moments later she returned with the people in question.
"Right, how much do you know?" Mickey asked Emily.
"They work for Torchwood. They were hunting that mermaid, which was actually an alien. It came through a Rift in Time and Space. and they have this box, a blue Police Box. That's all I know." Emily said, her chattering gone now.
"Bloody hell, they showed her the TARDIS! I know they're exited about it, but they should know by know how hard it is to delete. Damn!" Mickey muttered to the others. Emily looked at them, worried. She glanced at Jessa, but she was taking in everything around them.
"What do you think? An hour?" Mickey asked Tosh. She shook her head.
"More like two." Tosh responded. Ianto stood up and went over to a small table. It had a small coffee maker and a few styrofoam cups on it. He poured the coffee into two of the cups and added something (sugar? cream/ amnesia inducing pills?). He walked over and handed them their drinks. Jessa drank hers immediately, but Emily held out.
"Thank you." She said automatically. The Welsh-man smiled and turned back. While no one was looking, Emily grabbed a nearby pen and wrote 'Torchwood, TARDIS, Rose Tyler-Smith, Doctor. Remember!' on the back of the card Rose gave her. Then she put the card into a special pocket she had sewn into her slip. Then she drank her coffee.
"Thank you Ianto. Why don't you and Tosh keep Owen company." Mickey told the suited man (butler?). Tosh and Ianto went back up and left Jessa and Emily alone with Mickey, Jake, and Gwen.
"You drugged us didn't you?" Emily asked. Jessa gasped.
"Emily!" She exclaimed, shocked.
"It's alright. We did, I'm not going to lie to you. It's called Retcon. Time Agents use it to make people forget, we stole one from them and learned to duplicate it. So, what do you want to know?" Jake asked after he explained. Jessa gasped and her eyes widened.
"Is this because we know about the Doctor and Torchwood?" Emily asked. Jake nodded. Emily nodded and considered her next question. "What's his real name, the Doctor?" She asked, hoping they would tell her. Mickey smiled at her.
"John Meta Smith. He thought of the middle name, his idea of an inside joke. You want to know his story, right?" Emily nodded, noticing Jessa's eyes dropping. "He grew out of a hand. The Doctor, the real Doctor, put all of this energy, regeneration energy, into the hand. Regeneration is a trick Time Lords, a type of alien, have to cheat Death. They basically grow a new body with all the same memories. Anyways, the Doctor's friend, Donna, touched the hand and the Metacrisis Doctor was born. He looks exactly like the old Doctor, but acts a bit more like Donna. And he's human. The real Doctor dropped John and Rose here and they lived happily ever after. I decided to stay in our original Universe, but a few years ago I got sucked into this crack and ended up here. Joined up with John and Rose and started working for Torchwood again. Then their TARDIS, a machine that can travel in Time and Space, was old enough for them to take it out on trips. We never really saw them linearly, usually it would have been a few months for them, but a few days for us. Then something happened. I don't know what, but when they came back, Rose was different. She started wearing her blue leather jacket again and she'd go off without John on missions." Emily yawned and her eyes started to droop, but she shook her head, trying to stay awake. "We started tracking them, trying to figure out a pattern, but they stayed icgcognito. That is, until a few weeks ago. They started letting people see them, even showed them the TARDIS."
"Micks, it's starting. We need to get them back." Jake interrupted.
"Yeah, you're right." Mickey nodded. "Look, I'm really sorry. I don't like doing this, but we don't have another option." Mickey apologized, giving Emily a sad look.
She didn't register anything else because everything went black after that.
There you go, chapter two, as promised. So, what did you think? Was it satisfactory? Anything you need cleared up? Two reviews this time. Please please please please please please please PLEASE review! Thanks!