WARNING: Some swearing.
Taking Control Or Losing It.
"And who may I ask are you?" General Stanley asks rather rudely looking at the blonde woman who had just walked into the Torchwood boardroom.
"I am Princess Adina of the Avalonian's but you can call me Phoenix," she tells the screen wondering exactly who these three new faces were as she walked clear past Jack not even acknowledging him.
"No offence Mam but who are you and how are you going to help against The Devourer?" Captain Matthews asks her remembering his manners.
"I like you, you remember your manners. What's your name?" Phoenix asks him aware that Jack was watching her.
"Captain Matthews Mam," he replies a little taken aback by Phoenix.
"Well Captain Matthews, as I said before, my name is Phoenix and that's all the personals your getting out of me for now. I am an alien in the strangest kind of way but alien never the less. To be precise, I am a Demigoddess but I don't have the time nor the patients right now to explain that to you so I won't. Am I correct in presuming that you have been made aware of The Devourer and it's little minions?" Phoenix asks taking control of the meeting.
"You are correct Mam," Captain Terry replies.
"Please drop the Mam. That Army title crap doesn't fly with me and I don't welcome it. It's Phoenix. As you have been made aware, The Devourers minions will attack first followed then by The Devourer it's self. You have been enlisted to deal with the minions and I am here to deal with the Devourer so don't worry about that part," she tells the three new faces.
"With respect Mam, I mean Phoenix, how will you be doing that? The sheer size of this Devourer is over whelming," Captain Matthews asks her.
"The Devourer and I have one and only one thing in common. We both have the ability to absorb massive amounts of energy and by massive, I mean the energy from an entire planet. When the Devourer enters the atmosphere and comes closer to the Earth, I will show it that I am the largest source of power on this planet there for enticing it to me and me only. Once it tries to drain the power from me, I will begin to drain it's energy, dispelling it as I go," she tells them.
"You sound as though you have come up against it before?" General Stanley asks almost laughing.
"Watch your tone or you will wake up tomorrow morning thinking you are 5 year old girls who wants to plat everyone's hair. I have seen the devastation of The Devourer, burying hundreds if not thousands of it's victims. I have seen what it does and I have done my research. Toshiko, if you could be so kind to give me your PDA please?" Phoenix asks her and she looks at Jack and he nods so Toshiko hands it Phoenix.
"In a moment, your computers will receive various files, some picture files and some written. It is everything that has ever been written, mentioned and drawn about The Devourer since records began and I don't mean Earth's records," Phoenix tells them and then with her back turned to the screens, she puts her hand over the PDA and her hand glows.
Files flash over the screen as Phoenix transfers files from her memory to the computers, her hand glowing brighter, the light reflecting in her eyes. She feels something wet on her hand and then has to brace herself against the table.
"Phoenix," Jack says and she looks up at the team and feels something running down her lip and she looks at her hand.
There was two drops of blood on her hand and then another landed. The drops came faster and faster but Phoenix only had a few files to go, now leaning against the table. The next droplet of blood misses her hand and lands on the table. She was feeling light headed but she had to do this. Once the files were down loaded, she put the PDA down and takes a second before she moves away from the table and goes around everyone, the blood still pouring from her nose. She reaches the back of the room and the Doctor gives her a hanky and she wipes the blood off of her hand and face but it still kept coming.
"You have the information that you need at the moment. I think we should meet here again tomorrow at the same time to discuss how far we are with preparations. Torchwood out," Jack tells them and Toshiko cuts the feed.
"Owen with me. Jack you say here," the Doctor orders as he jumps out of his chair, soon followed by Owen.
They go after Phoenix who is half way down the stairs, clinging onto the railings, barely hanging on, blood pouring from her nose and now mouth. Owen and the Doctor pile down the stairs, missing several on the way down to her.
"Fucking hell," Owen remarks as he gets to Phoenix's side and sees the amount of blood.
"Help!" Phoenix almost begs with her eyes as her mouth says the words.
Owen takes Phoenix into his arms and he carries her into the autopsy room and lays her on the table and the Doctor follows right behind.
"What's wrong with her?" Jack asks as the rest of the team reach the top of the stairs.
"Damn Jack. She is haemorrhaging. She has been using her internal energy, what she needs to live, what we all need to live. Every time she uses her abilities, she uses energy, energy stored from food, drink and so on. She hasn't been putting anything in but still using her abilities so she is using the energy stored in her organs. She's destroying her own body," the Doctor shouts at Jack as Owen runs around the autopsy room.
Phoenix turns to Owen as he runs around as he reaches the table, she grabs hold of his arm and he looks down at her.
"What do I do Phoenix? How do I help you?" Owen asks her as she looks up to him.
"Leave me and the Doctor," she tells him and he looks at the Doctor.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" the Doctor asks her and she smiles at him.
"We need everyone out of here and away from the room. No matter what you hear, no matter what happens, you can't come in here," the Doctor tells the team and most of them move away except Jack.
"I'm staying," Jack tells the Doctor and Phoenix raises her hand and is about to push him away but the Doctor takes her hand.
"No Phoenix. Just leave Jack before you do her more harm," the Doctor tells him and Ianto takes him away.
They all go to Jack's office. Toshiko sits in the chair and Owen sits on the arm of the chair as both Jack and Gwen pace and Ianto sits on the edge of the desk.
"Did you know that this could happened Jack? Did you know that this could happen to her?" Gwen asks him suddenly stopping at looking right at him.
"How would I know Gwen. This never happened to her while…." Jack starts but then stops.
"While you were together. You can say it Jack," Ianto tells him.
"So nothing like this happened before?" Gwen asks him again.
"No Gwen. What's with the million and one questions all of a sudden?" Jack asks her.
"Might have something to do with the fact that she is the only one that can stop The Devourer and she is in our autopsy room bleeding to death," Gwen shouts at him.
"How long has she got Owen?" Ianto asks him.
"If she doesn't get treated, 15 minutes at best but seeing as I'm not in there, I can't treat her," Owen tells him.
"I need to get there," Jack tells her and Gwen pushes him away from the door.
"We do what she wants for a change Jack. Why has she done this to herself? She must have known what was going to happen. What is going on around here Jack?" Gwen asks him and then the lights start to flicker in Jack's office.
"Tosh. What's going on?" Jack asks as the light seem to take on a life of their own.
Toshiko jumps out of the chair and leaning over the desk, she taps into Jack's computer and brings up the hub's electricity grid.
"There is a power surge in the……it can't be," Tosh replies.
"Where Tosh? Where is the power surge?" Jack asks her.
"The autopsy room Jack," she replies looking at him.
"What are they doing in there? I have to get in there," Jack tells the team and then the lights return to normal.
"Just leave it Jack. Think of what someone else needs for a change," Gwen tells him getting really angry with him now.
"Leave it Jack," Owen tells him backing her up and then the Doctor walks to the door of the Office.
"Is she ok Doctor?" Gwen asks him as he steps inside the office.
"She will be after a rest. Owen, you might want to go and put something on her hands. She has got quiet bad burns," the Doctor tells him and Owen leaves quickly for the autopsy room.
"What did you do in there?" Gwen asks him again, the only one asking the questions as the Doctor and Jack stared at each other.
"Phoenix recharged herself, literally. She tapped into the hub's electricity supply. Instant energy for her body to work off of while it heals. She needs to rest and heal but when she wakes up she needs food and all she can eat," the Doctor tells the team.
"I'm going to get her some stuff to make her more comfortable," Gwen tells Jack almost snarling at him.
"Jack. She could have died. You need to sort this out and now. If she doesn't get strong enough Jack, she won't make it and then we are all dead," the Doctor tells him almost giving him an ultimatum.
"Can I see her?" Jack asks, the rest of the team had never seen him ask anyone before, not like that.
"Not yet Jack. Let her rest. She is a mess," the Doctor tells him turning for the door and leaving for the TARDIS, the rest of the team following him leaving Jack on his own, not even Ianto stayed.