Author's Note: Sorry I didn't do this before. So here – Don't own Torchwood – just like taking the characters out for LONG test drives….enjoy!
Torchwood: Archangel
Chapter Two: Battle Angel
She awoke to pain – and realization. She and the Dalek were no longer within the Rift. They had to have landed at one of the Rift's many openings. But where? And when? King Tovar had said the planet was called Earth. And if she was here…where in the Maker's Realm was the Dalek?!
She tried to rise from where she had fallen, and promptly fell down again. Running internal diagnostic programs, she began to glow as nano genes exited her internal structure and began making both external and internal repairs. After two rells time, the nano genes re-entered her body, their jobs complete. She was at peak operational efficiency and her outer skin was at 100 percent.
She then began running external information location programs as she stood up slowly; mapping the internal structure of the building she was in. She was attempting to find out where she was. She received a return hit almost immediately. What made it odd was the fact that the program that responded was partially alien; too advanced for the Kai of this place…or at least that was what King and former Prince Tovar's messages led her to believe. After a few seconds of hacking into the system, she froze. The program was attempting to acquire information from her! After cautiously reestablishing contact, she enquired as to its location – and her own. The system informed her that she was in contact with the Mainframe of Torchwood 3 located in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Kai and their names, she thought dryly.
Her present location was 15.2 miles from their base and representatives were on their way to establish contact and collect her. Would she like to give the system her designation? She gave her consent – then informed the systems that she did not arrive alone. A lone Dalek had fallen through the Rift with her. Would the representatives have armaments capable of neutralizing a Dalek? The system suddenly went off-line and a male Kai voice answered.
'This is Captain Jack Harkness, Commander of Torchwood 3 Cardiff. Identify yourself.'
Tears suddenly came to Eva's eyes. Captain Jack Harkness…her masters both saw HIM. He was her new liege. And the other was with him…
'My Lord Captain,' she said softly, emotion making her voice tremble slightly. She corrected that immediately. 'My designation is Archangel Eva Tovar of the House of Tovar. I was the Personal Guard of King Keln Tovar. We were battling the Dalek Crucible in conjunction with the Gallifreyans. My King's ship was damaged beyond repair; I was able to escape the Gallifreyans' Master Solution by jumping onto a Dalek as it made an emergency temporal spacial jump. I was injured upon exit of the Rift, but all repairs have been made and I am now fit and able to assist you, my Lord Captain.'
'Why does she keep calling you 'My Lord'?,' a female Kai voice asked.
'Sign of respect for the chain of authority,' Captain Harkness explained quickly. 'It was a Nexainian custom."
'You are correct, my Lord," Eva answered. She was pleased she was dealing with a Kai that didn't have to be taught too much. She wasn't thrilled with the fact that he had said 'was'. Past tense.
'Archangel Tovar. What is your present location?' Harkness asked.
'I appear to be in an abandoned building. I have mapped its internal structure and can send that to you now. Unfortunately, I can not give you a more definite location because I no longer have access to your computer mainframe – I have no onboard information concerning this Earth or this Cardiff Wales UK. I can send a signal to your system, if you will permit me. I apologize for my inadequacy in this instance, my Lord Captain.'
Harkness snorted. 'Forgiven and forgotten, Archangel Tovar. Permission is granted. You have access to our computer mainframe. Are you capable of neutralizing the Dalek without assistance?'
'Of course, my Lord Captain. I have the Dalek's signal and am transmitting it to you now.'
'Sir,' another male Kai voice answered. 'They are in the warehouse district by the docks. Pier 53, ETA 3 minutes.'
'Did you get that, Tovar?' Harkness asked.
'Affirmative, my Lords and Lady. I will try to have the enemy neutralized before your arrival.'
'Archangel Tovar!' Jack suddenly roared. 'Don't do anything stupid!'
AFFIRMATIVE MY LORD CAPTAIN, she replied, using the SUV's computer screens to relay the message.
'Damn it!' Harkness cursed. 'She's gone into stealth mode.'
'Jack?' Gwen asked as she was loading her gun's clip with rounds of hollow point bullets that Ianto had handed her. 'What is an Archangel?'
Jack sighed. 'They were the stuff of legends, like The TimeLords and The Great Time War. Did you know that the Daleks used to call the Doctor The Oncoming Storm? But the Archangels…there was no other name for them. They were simply The Great One's Archangels.'
'You mean like God's?' Ianto asked, handling Jack his Wembley, also filled with hollow point bullets.
'Yes. In the Bible, if God sent an Archangel down; it was a good thing for the Israelites and a bad thing for anyone and everything else. The Nexainians only created seven – like God's seven. Ancient Mythology said all of them fell protecting their King and their people. King Keln Tovar mourned them all, but the loss of Archangel Eva Tovar hurt him the most. She was created from DNA from his father the Old King and his mother The Queen. She died shortly thereafter. It was said the King and Prince treasured her because she was the last creation of their wife and mother respectively. King Keln Tovar had a statue and temple dedicated to her after The Time War that still stand on the planet. The species, however, have long since perished.'
'Poor lamb,' Gwen said softly. 'She will be devastated.'
'I'm not so sure,' Ianto interjected.
'What do you mean?' Jack asked as he swerved into a parking lot near the signal's point of origin. He killed the engine and the lights as Ianto jumped out of the passenger seat towards the rear of the SUV. He then opened the boot and began assembling three versions of THE BIG GUN Jack had used last at Gwen's wedding. Ianto turned on his ear comm.
'She spoke of her King in the past tense. She knows they are gone. She just may not know how long gone.'
Gwen and Jack both put on night-vision goggles as Ianto handed them the large weapons. He then donned a set himself. Jack then cocked his weapon.
'Okay, let's move-.'
The rest of what Jack was about to say was cut off by a massive explosion in the building above them. A section of wall fell from the seventh floor – and a Dalek form came down with it, 100 yards to the right of their location.
TAKE COVER! Tovar's voice hissed into their ear comms. The three ran to the rear of the SUV, weapons cocked and at the ready. At Jack's silent command, they spread out. Jack went forward, while Gwen went to the right and Ianto to the left.
Archangel Eva Tovar opened her internal Anti-Proton canon ports stored within her hands. She then powered them up as she began running various hunting programs. Using infra-red sight, she could see where the Dalek had landed, but its' trail was erratic at best. It was also leaking a great deal of fluid. Smiling, she realized it was dying. She had tracked it to a bit of broken wall that had fallen down with it.
Using a transponder signal she knew it would acknowledge, she began speaking directly to it. The others were also queued in.
Dalek, the Kai of this world will hold you in far lower regard than I. Face me, one of your oldest enemies. An Archangel of Nexain; the people that taught the TimeLords how to travel through time and space. I followed you here – hung on to you as a matter of fact. And yet, you brought me to this Earth, to this place. Why?
'BECAUSE ON THIS WORLD, THEY HATE CYBORGS MORE THAN DALEKS.'
Then if it is my fate to die at their hands, then so be it.
'YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EXTERMINATE YOU?'
I am not afraid of what lies beyond. Are you?
'NO,' it exclaimed as it broke cover and began firing at her.
She batted each energy pulse back at it, the final pulse hitting it right in its' eyepiece. The Dalek screeched in abject pain, firing at will. Turning her hands to it, she began hitting it with multiple Anti-Proton bolts, lighting its invisible shields as they weakened.
'EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!'
I am not so easy to destroy, Dalek. I am the one that fired on the Crucible. I am the one that got everyone off THE REGENT when the TimeLords destroyed what was left of your kind. And I am the one that will send you to them. Permanently.
'AT LEAST I WILL NOT BE ALONE,' the Dalek answered. 'BUT YOU ARE, ARCHANGEL. FOREVER ALONE.'
'Perhaps. At least I will have the memory of your death to keep me company,' she replied aloud, standing in front of it. She then ripped through its' weakened protective shield and dalekanium hide to its' power core. Grabbing hold, she ripped it out and, holding it high above her head, bellowed in pain and grief: 'For you, My King!' She then fell to her knees, sobbing uncontrollably.
How long she stayed there she did not know, but slowly she came back to her senses. Slowly wiping away the tears from her face with her free hand, she rose to her feet and looked back at the carcass. She knew she needed to dismantle what was left. Its' technology could not fall into the wrong hands, especially not on this backward world. She then needed to find the TimeLord's former companion, the one that spoke to her. This Captain Jack Harkness.
As she reached her hand into the carcass, she heard a gun cock behind her. She froze.
'Do not move,' a male voice said coolly.
'Oove ron dov, na Nen,' (As you say, my Lord).
'Turn around,' the man said. 'And keep your hands high.'
She did as he said, smiling softly as she took in his attire. He was in a smart dark grey pinstriped suit with black waistcoat, claret red silk shirt and red/gray striped tie. The man still kept his gun on her, then tapped his earpiece. 'Sir, I've found the Archangel. I would appreciate you and Gwen arriving at my location as soon as you can.' He then tapped his earpiece again, severing communication. 'My name is Ianto Jones. I am an officer of Torchwood Cardiff.'
She continued to smile as she put down the power cell slowly. 'May I continue?' she asked. Ianto nodded, taking in her appearance. She was dressed in a black tight-fitting one piece jumpsuit. She also wore thick black boots and black gloves. She then walked away from the Dalek and towards him. 'Forgive me, My Lord Ianto Jones. I am Archangel Eva Tovar – and I wish for you and your Captain Jack Harkness…and what is the name of her Ladyship?'
'Gwen Coop, no, Williams,' Ianto told her.
'Lady Gwen Williams,' she continued. 'I wish for you all to teach me of this world. I am now your servant,' she finished falling to one knee and holding her hands out to him.
Ianto slowly approached, then taking her hands in his, pulled her from the ground. When she stood up, Ianto had his first glimpse of her face; her blood red hair and her beautiful hazel green eyes. He gasped, releasing the breath he didn't realize he was holding, and then sighed.
'Welcome to planet Earth, Archangel Eva Tovar,' he whispered softly.
Author's End Note: Oooh! Ianto and Eva sitting on a Dead Dalek…okay, doesn't quite rhyme, but I hope y'all get the jist here. Anywho, if you like, review, gosh darn it! The Hungry Muse MUST be fed!!