Chapter 7
The Earthquake
The two walked in brief silence over to the Hub. Once inside, Lily felt that familiar overwhelming feeling whenever she went into the Torchwood base.
Lily looked up briefly to Myfanway; the pterodactyl as perched on top of the water tower. The dinosaur still gave her the creeps.
"Jack there has been a sighting," Tosh said aloud as the lift stopped.
"And what does the sighting say?" Jack asked.
Lily walked over to where Ianto was, "It's the internet today right?" she asked.
He nodded, "Yes, I'm not sure exactly why you need it...but Jack said he wants you to know all aspects of the twenty-first century and the internet is a major aspect of that," he explained with a smile.
Lily smiled back and then looked over to Jack as he was getting information on the sighting from Tosh and Suzie.
"Does the sighting say anything more...description wise? Other then just big and spiky?" Owen inquired, expectantly.
"Nope, sorry." Tosh said after a minute or two of searching the computer.
"Alright, let's go and check it out," Jack announced.
Tosh turned her computer screen off and grabbed her coat. Suzie and Owen threw on their coats and they all left.
Ianto then looked to Lily, "Shall we?" he asked
She smiled and they linked arms together as they headed for the cog door to go to Ianto's little tourist shop office.
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The Torchwood SUV came speeding out of the garage.
"Any kind of special weapons needed?" Owen asked.
"Not that I can tell," Tosh answered.
After a few minutes they pulled up to a large, barren field. But in the middle of the field as the creature. It was about the size of a child. Black as night but purple scales on it's head and on it's tale.
"Well there it is then," Suzie commented.
Jack parked the vehicle but left the engine running. They all climbed out, Jack was the only one with his weapon drawn. He signaled them to have their hands ready on the butt of their guns, but keep them out of sight.
"Hello?" Jack called out.
The creature looked up with curiosity at the team, "Can you understand us?" Suzie decided to ask.
Jack looked at her then back to the creature, who gave out a low soft growl.
"We're not here to hurt you. We just want to help," he answered it.
It growled again, Jack signaled the team to stop moving but he went on.
"The thing is, you've been upsetting the locals. They aren't sure what to make of you and we want to appease them by sending you home," Jack said.
The team could tell from that, the creature could understand; because the alien instantly became upset, it lifted it's large and very lethal looking tale and slammed it down onto the ground with a great force. The ground then shook violently.
The team all lost their balance and Jack fell onto the ground. His head hit a large rock and the last thing he saw before he died, was the creature smiling and then disappearing.
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Lily fell off of her chair as the earthquake rumbled across Cardiff. The wall opened a moment later and Ianto came rushing in.
"Lily are you alright?" he asked.
She grabbed hold of a shelf inside the desk and then Ianto grabbed her other hand to help her up, "I think so. What was that?" she inquired.
"Felt like an earthquake," Ianto said.
"What could have caused it?" Lily asked next.
"I've no idea."
Ianto grabbed Lily's phone from off of the counter and dialed Jack's number. There was no answer so her tried Suzie, a moment later she answered. They talked for a moment and then he hung up.
"Jack pissed of...erm, made the alien angry and then the thing caused the earthquake," he explained to the curious Lily.
"Did they catch it?" she asked.
"No, Suzie said it escaped," he answered.
Lily walked around the counter and looked out the door of the Tourist Shop, "That means it could still be out in the city," she murmured.
Lily glanced back at Ianto and they both shared a look of worry for the team and for the City...
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