Merry Christmas!
When they got back to the Hub, she didn't get to talk to Jack the rift predictor program was going mad, Louise looked at it concerned she knew it; it was one of the random results the same readings as always just a lot more intense.
"Jack, we have to go it's one of the random rift movements, come on its huge." He pounded down the stairs, tapping his blue tooth he ordered Ianto to come back to the main Hub and look over what was going on whilst he and the lieutenant ran to the SUV and got going.
"I'm fixing the coordinates now," Ianto's voice came over the comm's system to Captain Jack Harkness and Lieutenant Carter-Jones in the SUV. The tracker in the Lieutenant's pocket lit up. She pulled it out and zoomed in on the heat source it registered.
"Jack, we have a complication. That is definitely not a weevil." She looked over at him as he drove. He looked at her.
"Well what is it?" he asked annoyed.
"It's registering two heart beats and an enormous amount of energy flow from them into what looks like a metallic device." Jack sped up as they drove through Cardiff's city centre, it was eerily quiet but there was a definite excitement about speeding through the dark streets of the city.
"What is it?" he asked again even more irritated. He had been pulled away from dinner with Ianto and wasn't best pleased. She started to type a code into the wrist strap it started scanning.
"It's a bomb of some type."
"Can you stop it?"
"It's feeding off his energy, we kill him it goes off we don't kill him it goes off. I can try reversing it but even so, if there really is two hearts that means Time Lord and that means re-generation. We'd have about 30 seconds before he or she came back to life causing an explosion."
"Can you reverse it? It seems to be the only option we have!" she read the calculations reeling across the screen on her wrist.
"Yes I can, how long have I got?"
"Minus 5 minutes." Ianto's voice made her jump. Jack laughed.
"I'm still not used to these ear pieces!" Gwen's voice joined Ianto's on the comm's system.
"Lieutenant, can you reverse that power?" Ianto had clearly felt that this adventure needed all four of them to be successful.
"Yes I can." She said confidently. She carried on watching the calculations that where telling her the programming of the device. Jack was giving orders to Gwen and Ianto at the hub. She zoned them out concentrating on which calculations to reverse. She hadn't seen anything like this before, it definitely wasn't Time Lord she pressed the screen to pause it. Transferring the calculations on to her hand held scanner. Jack watched her carefully; he still didn't trust her entirely. He kept a close eye on her, there was something intriguing happening to her and he hadn't worked it out yet and it was driving him mad. She pulled back from the scanner.
"Ok it's reversed but it will only give us seconds to deactivate the bomb, that's even if we can. Ianto how far away are we?" Jack looked at her slightly concerned.
"Bomb will be no problem, we can handle it." He looked her right in the eyes; she knew he was trying to reassure Gwen and Ianto more than her. "Ianto," he barked, "How far now?"
"The next right, into a car park, it's in a warehouse." The wheels of the SUV skidded as Jack turned the steering wheel violently.
"Was that really necessary?" she asked jack annoyed.
"Oh you know it is its all part of the drama. You're impressed really!" he braked suddenly; before the engine had stopped they had climbed out and opened the boot. Grabbing equipment and arming up.
"You ready?"
"Yes sir!" she cocked her gun.
"Now you're getting it, its all in the drama." He flashed her, a wide smile and ran off towards the doors. The lieutenant wasn't sure whether Jack naturally had this outrageous bravado or whether he was just trying to make everyone in the vicinity become highly attracted to him. What ever it was it was working. She followed Jack, he shot the padlock off the door then leaning up against it he looked at the lieutenant who was stood doing the same thing opposite him. She was calm as anyone; she was young but could handle a weapon – even though he hated to admit it better than him. He was intrigued to know her story, why she'd been acting so differently since she'd brought Ianto back and how she'd brought him back. She still hadn't let on to what had happened. He held three fingers up, his smile was still there it seemed to be even more dazzling as if it got brighter the more dangerous a situation got. He counted down on his fingers. She steadied herself finger on the trigger. They crashed through it stopping abruptly a wall faced them, one corridor right, one corridor left.
"Ah complication." He seemed disappointed they hadn't been faced with the danger straight away. "Ianto can you see us on the map?"
"Yes sir I can, what's wrong?"
"You didn't tell us about the internal walls." Jack said irritated.
"There are no walls, sir, it's a warehouse, there's not supposed to be any mainly because it's a warehouse!" the lieutenant tried not to laugh Ianto was just getting back into the swing of things and he was just starting to get his cynicism and sarcasm back and it was back with a vengeance!
"Well, even though the dictionary definition of warehouse is a building, or a part of one, for the storage of goods, merchandise, etc. this one has walls!"
"Don't worry Ianto we'll split up, that is if Captain Harkness feels he can handle it!" she heard Gwen snigger quietly. She knew Ianto was smiling.
"I'll watch you on the monitor. If I see anything close I'll tell you." He was definitely smiling. Jack looked at her unimpressed.
"Time to go solo." It was her time to grin and give off that annoyingly contagious bravado.
"Just be careful." Jack warned her, genuinely concerned.
"I've fought three Wars. I think I can handle one Time Lord." They headed in opposite directions. It was dark, turning corner after corner, every time going deeper and deeper into the warehouse, each corner un-nerving the lieutenant a little bit more. Every time she met nothing she got more and more concerned. They must have been turning corners for about 10minutes when jack asked the lieutenant how she was doing.
"Lieutenant," she nearly jumped out of her skin,
"Christ Jack! No need to bark like that!"
"Sorry you found anything?"
"Well, a corner another corner oh and did I mention that other corner?"
"Ok I get your point." She carried on round the next few corners then she was confronted by a door. She lent against it. Then she pushed through it quickly but silently. The corridor opened out into a huge room, there was rows arrows of seats a wide aisle down the centre of the hall, there was a man raised up on a section of staging holding a small metal cube. She walked cautiously to the aisle, as she moved further in she could see rows of heads over the seats. He still hadn't noticed her; she turned her Bluetooth on so the other three could hear her. She edged carefully towards the people sat on the back row. They looked human. Ghostly white and staring up at the stage carefully she reached out and touched one carefully, they didn't react and they where freezing cold, she checked the pulse, there wasn't one. This was a room full of dead people. She stood up walking to the centre aisle.
"State your name, rank and generation." She watched as he convulsed slightly, she hadn't tried all her new 'powers' she didn't really want to, but she knew this one would work. He fought the erg to obey but failed.
"Matterson, Doctor, 2nd generation."
"You guys are really starting to sound like iPods!" Jack laughed over the intercom. Unimpressed by his observation she carried on.
"Deactivate the bomb." She pulled her gun out pointing it at him. Walking half way down the aisle she cocked it ready to shoot, focusing on him.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Lieutenant Carter-Jones, Time Lord, deactivate that bomb or I will shoot you." She heard Jack come into the room.
"You won't shoot me." Matterson informed her. She fired her gun shooting him in the left knee. She cocked it again ready to fire another round at him.
"Your lucky mate, normally she hits a little high." For once she appreciated jack's humour.
"We've reversed what that is." Jack casually waved his gun at the cube the man was holding.
"No." the yell was terrible. "You've killed them."
"Killed who?" Jack asked confused. He came up level with the lieutenant.
"They could have been saved, all of them." The lieutenant saw a glint of light out the corner of her eye. She turned seeing military dog tags around the necks of the people closest to her. Jack had the man covered so she went over and read the set closest to her. She froze.
"Jack" he looked at her quickly She checked another set of tags and then another. "Their Time Lords." Jack looked at her quickly then back to the guy a bewildered look on his face.
"What?" she walked a few more rows down, all the figures had tags round there necks. "Where are they from?"
"They must have fallen trough the rift, some of them are the missing from the last war."
"Their dead you can't save them." Jack looked back at the man.
"I could have, this would have given my regeneration energy to them they could be shocked back to life." Ianto and Gwen had arrived and the lieutenant saw them moving down either side of the room.
"Deactivate it." Jack pointed his gun back at Dr Matterson.
"It's a bomb, it's not going to work and you can't bring back the dead." The Lieutenant called to him willing him to understand.
"Well technically…" Ianto started, but Jack shot him a warning look.
"Yes I can." He shifted and before he had time to realise what was happening the Lieutenant had shot him right between the eyes. She saw Gwen and Ianto flinch at the precision she had with out having to aim. She ran to the staging catching the cube as it bounced off the top step. She opened it easily the flow of energy, unclipping it and throwing it to Jack.
She ran up the steps dropping to her knees by the body. Gwen watched her turn the body over. Whispering to it, "come on regenerate." She watched his eyes roll into the back of his head. "No…No." her voice was full of pain it shook with grief as if she had known him she felt Jack's hand on her shoulder.
"He was delusional with grief; he lost everything Wife, two children."
"He chose to die; it's probably for the best." She stood up, not taking her eyes off the body.
"Can Ianto collect the tags? I can match them to the missing." Jack kept his hand on her shoulder, he nodded and shot Ianto a look and he started straight away moving carefully up and down the rows carefully collecting the tags, he also closed the eyes of them as he went. Jack looked over at Gwen.
"When he's done, burn it to the ground." He pocketed the cube and then put his arm right round the Lieutenant. "Come on kid, I think you need a drink." He led her out into the night.
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