A/N. Thank you to everyone for the reviews for the last chapter. I hope the next chapter is ok, i don't think it's one of my best, but it does what i wanted it too. Any questions or problems with it then let me know. My concentration has been a bit off recently because a member of my family has been in hospital, so writing has taken a bit of a back seat. Everything seems to be ok now though, so hopefully as i'm not worrying so much, i can focus my energies on the story again. I'll stop boring you all now and get on with the chapter. Enjoy. :)
Chapter 46.
It didn't take the team long to reach the multi story car park on Greyfriars Road, Jack seemed to be setting a personal best at breaking the speed limit. Gwen, Jamie and Molly were sat in the back holding on to the seats in front. They stopped by the police tape that was cordoning off the area to the public. Jack got out of the SUV and went over to the uniformed officer that was standing guard.
'What's happening?' he asked.
'The two female suspects were spotted going into the car park by the south entrance by an officer on foot patrol. He called it in and we responded to cordon off the area while we waited for you.'
'No one has tried to go near them?'
'No one has even gone in the car park. We had instructions not to intervene.'
Jack nodded to the officer who walked away, then Jack turned back to the others. 'Well, for once they listened to us, no one has gone in.'
'So what's the plan?' asked Gwen.
'I want you and Ianto to take the north entrance, start at the bottom and work your way up. Jamie and I will take the south entrance, but we'll start at the top and work our way down that way we should meet somewhere in the middle. If you see anything call us immediately. Molly I want you to stay down here and see if you can track any kind of Rift energy.'
'Ok,' said Molly and headed back to the SUV to set her equipment up.
'Everyone be careful, and stay alert. If we can I want to try and take these women down without bloodshed, see if we can get anything out of them, but…'
'No unnecessary risks,' finished Ianto. 'You have mentioned that a few times.'
'I know, but at least I got my point across.' Jack kissed Ianto quickly then said, 'Right lets go.'
The team split up, Jack and Jamie going around to the south entrance, while Gwen and Ianto went into the north entrance which was nearest to them.
Gwen and Ianto walked carefully through the ground level of the car park, keeping their weapons out in front of them and looking around for any sign of movement. Jack and Jamie had climbed to the top level and were doing the same along the open topped highest level. They then repeated this, Jack and Jamie working their way down as the others worked their way up.
Molly was searching for evidence of Rift activity, when a muffled sound coming from the street on the left side of the building caught her attention. She shook her head, thinking it was probably a cat looking through the bins. Then she heard it again and as she looked she saw a human sized shadow. She took her gun out from the waistband of her trousers and edged towards the street. The police had the area cordoned off and no one should have been able to get through. 'Maybe it's a policeman', she thought to herself. Molly walked to the edge of the street and peered around the corner of the car park wall in time to see the someone ducking down behind a bin, from what she could tell it didn't look like one of the sirens. She pressed the comms unit on her ear and said, 'There's someone in the street on the left side of the car park, I'm going to check it out.'
'Be careful, and let me know immediately if it's one of the sirens.'
'I don't think it is them, probably just someone that got caught behind the police cordon and is now hiding scared.' Or at least I hope so. Molly added mentally to herself. Molly walked around the corner and down the street towards the bins. When she got there she could see a woman huddled up against the bin. She was wearing a long dress and had long dark brown hair. This was definitely not one of the people she saw in her dream. Molly lowered her weapon, but kept it by her side as she bent down. 'I'm not going to hurt you.' The woman looked up at her, and Molly noticed that she had blue eyes, completely blue eyes and they looked terrified. When the woman looked at Molly there seemed to be a flicker of recognition in her eyes. Molly tried again. 'What's you're name? I know you aren't from around here, but I can help you.'
'My name is Mia.' came the softly spoken answer.
As she answered Molly froze, she recognised her voice. The voice that had spoken to her in her dream. She took a step back. 'You were in my dream.'
'Yes, and I'm sorry for that, but it was the only way I knew to show you what I needed to.'
Molly looked at her confused for a minute, so many questions were flying around her head. 'I don't understand why or how though?'
'On my home planet we often use dreams to communicate warnings to people. The problem here is that my ability is not as strong. I had to work what I needed you to see into what you were already dreaming.'
'So that's why those women were shooting at my wedding. I was already dreaming about that and then you added them in. So that's not what's going to happen?'
'I can not predict the future, but I'm sure that is not going to happen. It was the only way I knew to try and get help.'
'Why me though?'
'I saw you at the castle, after I landed here. You and the other woman picked up my transporter. You had a stronger energy, although it took me a few days before I could focus fully on it and get into your dream.'
'Finding me and talking to me would have been easier.' said Molly.
'Probably, but I've been staying hidden, ever since I realised the assassins had followed me here. I'm still confused as to where I am.'
'You're on Earth. There's a Rift through space and time that runs through this city and you've fallen through it. I have a lot of other things I want to ask but first, I need to get you out of this street to safety. The assassins are still about.'
'I managed to escape two of them, but they are still up there somewhere waiting for me to move,' she said pointing in the direction of the car park.
'My friends are in there, they can help us.'
'This should never of happened,' sighed Mia.
'Maybe not, but how about we get somewhere safer.' Molly stood up and looked around, there was no way to know where the sirens were, and they had the best vantage point in the car park. 'Jack,' Molly said activating her comms again.
'What is it? Do you see one of the sirens.'
'No, but I have found who they are looking for.'
'Really?'
'Yeah her name is Mia. We need to get back to the SUV, but I have a feeling that if the sirens are still about, they are going to make their presence known as soon as we move.'
'That's if they are still here.' answered Jack.
'How many levels have you got left to check?'
'Two. Ok, wait until we are in position and then on my signal move.'
'Ok.' said Molly, then turning to Mia said. 'When I'm given the signal we are going to make a move to our vehicle, and then we can get you somewhere safe. Try and work out what to do.'
'Nowhere is safe from them, they won't stop until I'm dead.' said Mia sadly.
'Why do they want you dead?' asked Molly curiosity getting the better of her.
'It's a long story, I will tell you when if we make it out of here.'
'When we make it out of here.' Molly said, again with more confidence than she felt.
X
After Jack had spoken to Molly he spoke to the others. 'Right we only have two levels left. We are going to position ourselves at the doorway to those levels so that when Molly and Mia make a move, we will be able to help immediately should the assassins be here and attack.'
'So we're using them as bait?' asked Jamie tersely.
'They need to move, and we need to find the sirens, this is the best way.' answered Jack.
Jack and Jamie positioned themselves at the door to level 5 while Gwen and Ianto did the same on level 4. 'Ok Molly, we're ready when you are.'
Molly held out her hand to Mia to help her stand up. 'We are going to run to the end of this street, and around the corner. You will see a big black vehicle, get behind it. Don't look back. Ready?' Mia nodded. 'Go'. As soon as Mia got up and made a break for the end of the road, shots were fired from above. The sirens had been watching, and as soon as they had Mia in their sights they were firing.
X
As soon as the first shots were fired it became clear which level the sirens were on.
'Jack, their on level four, I can see them.' said Gwen.
'We're on our way down.' answered Jack, as he and Jamie ran down the stairs to the level below where they met with Ianto and Gwen. They pushed the door open and swiftly got into position behind some cars.
'Hey,' Jack shouted, drawing the women's attention away from Molly and Mia. They immediately turned and started firing at Jack, who quickly ducked down behind a car.
'You weren't kidding about the showing no mercy thing were you.' commented Jamie. The firing stopped briefly and they peered around the edge of the cars they were behind. It was the first time they had seen the sirens properly and the sight was breathtaking. They were two very attractive women, with long blonde hair and figures any model would die for. They were also wearing the burgundy jumpsuits Molly had mentioned. They were currently walking towards where the team were crouched, firing every now and then.
'On the count of 3, I want us all to stand and fire.' Jack said, then he waited for a break in the sirens shots, '1...2...3' All at once the four of them stood up and fired in the direction of the sirens. One of them ducked to the right and behind a car. The other wasn't so lucky and was hit in the shoulder and leg by a bullet. She fell to the ground with a cry. The other one sensing she was in trouble, made a run for the ledge and jumped off. Jack and Ianto ran to the ledge and looked over, while Gwen and Jamie went to deal with the one they had injured. Jamie gave her a shot of sedative and then started work on stopping the bleeding from the bullet wounds.
As Jack and Ianto looked over the edge the second siren was nowhere to be seen. Ianto turned to Jack, 'How could she have disappeared from this high up?
'This is nothing to them. We at least got one, maybe we can use this to our advantage.'
'I doubt she's going to tell us anything.' Ianto pointed out.
'Maybe not, but the others will come looking for her, and for their target.' At this point Jack remembered about Molly. 'Molly you there?'
'Yeah,' came the slightly breathless reply. 'We're in the SUV, did you get them?'
'We got one of them, stay put we're on our way down. We need to get back to the Hub.'
They took the unconscious woman down and put her in the back of the SUV. Mia was sat with Molly, obviously feeling secure in her company. She shrank back a little when the others appeared, but Molly reassured her that everything would be fine. Jack, Jamie and Ianto did one last sweep of the perimeter before they headed back to the Hub. They were all unaware that they were being watched from across the street.
