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The scan showed more similarities between the cube, gloves and the knife. Jack looked at the equations that where in the cube but not the other three devices. Ianto and Gwen where looking at the screen unsure of what it was really showing them.
"So how does it work?" Gwen asked.
"I don't know, it's clearly something to do with these calculations," Jack gestured at the screen, "the way they work together maybe? But however it works that doctor was right. The way those calculations run together and the way they run it's creating..."
"Regeneration energy," The Lieutenant yelled coming out of the TARDIS, "those equations convert small amounts of Time Lord Regeneration energy into much more powerful regeneration energy."
"How do you know?"
"I scanned my genetic make-up and these calculations are present in the regeneration proteins, so this device could in theory be used by a Time Lord to bring the dead back to life with no adverse side effects, they would be to coin a phrase alive and kicking!"
"Oh you're good, your brilliant" Jack picked her up in a tight hug.
"Why thank you!"
"So what are we going to do with it?"
"We're going to test it then where going to lock it away!" Jack said putting the Lieutenant down, picked up the cube and then headed across the Hub to the autopsy bay. He threw it at the lieutenant who caught it and put it between the two hearts of doctor Matterson then stood back. Jack watched the screen on the medical equipment and Ianto waited with his stop watch. Nothing happened.
"Well that was exciting!" Gwen said sarcastically.
"Energy." The lieutenant went over and picked up the cube, Jack looked at the hand held scanner and saw the energy swirling around her and the cube,
"Ok it's swirling again; you know maybe this wasn't such a good idea." But before he could stop her Louise held the cube and pushed it against the man's chest. A huge surge of bright, hot energy sent her flying backwards across the room smashing into the far wall of the tiled autopsy room. She felt her head hit the cold tiles and she slid down the wall to the floor the force that had thrown her gone as quickly as it had come. There was a throb of pain from the back of her head. She tried to move her hand to the back of her head to feel the damage but couldn't, she knew this feeling all too well by now the awake but dead stage just a few more minutes and she'd be awake, alive and awake.
"Lieutenant?"Jacks voice started to float over her thoughts. Leave me alone she thought I just need some quiet, some peace. "Lieutenant, Can you hear me?" yes I bloody well can shut up, your yelling!
"Shut up!" she moaned.
"Well come back!" Jack said a little too jovially. She was lying on the cold concrete floor of the autopsy room; she tried to push herself up.
"No you don't," she felt Iantos hand on her shoulder pushing her back down, "it may be cold but you've been unconscious for a while."
"I'm fine." She said. Moving her hand to the back of her head she could feel the sticky congealed blood there but the wound had already healed. "What happened?"
"Well you flew across the room and the Doctor woke up!" Jack said a smile on his face.
"He's with Gwen now. She's talking to him!" Ianto added and then said to Jack. "I'm going to do some basic medical checks on the doctor and the Lieutenant."
"No you're not I'm fine Ianto." She started to get up and Jack helped her. She groaned a little as her bones straightened out and clicked back into place, she saw Ianto wince at the sound. Admittedly she would have winced but she knew it would hurt too much. "So it worked?"
"Yes, it did although we won't be using it again!" Jack said as they got to the stairs.
"I am so glad to hear that!" she took the first step up her knee clicked and the next, by the time she reached the top of the stairs she could walk by herself.
"Well, were never going to use it in a small confined space again!" she gave Jack an unimpressed look. As he let go of her and they walked up to where Gwen was sat talking to the newly alive Doctor.
"Don't worry; I'll put a combination lock on the safe so he can't use it!" Ianto whispered. She smiled and mouthed thank you at him. "My pleasure." He said walking off with the cube towards the safe in Jack's office.
"Hello," she said looking at the Doctor, Gwen got up and offered her, her seat. Louise took it and looked at the man who had been dead, "I'm Lieutenant Carter-Jones and do you know where you are?"
"Yes, I know everything." He said plainly.
"Good good," she pulled her stethoscope out of her pocket, and gestured towards the man with it, "may I?"
"Go ahead." She placed the cold metal on his chest, sliding it down after a few minutes. "He's fine."
"So do you have a first name?" Gwen asked politely.
"Peter."
"Well Peter, we have a few things to talk about."
TWTWTW
Back in the TARDIS, the lieutenant and Peter were sat at the computer; she was inputting his data into the Gallifrey record system.
"Lieutenant how many are left?" she looked at him.
"22 including the both of us." She smiled sympathetically as she finished imputing his data. "Do you have a ship?"
"Yes I do, so if it's alright with you Empress I'd like to get out of here."
"Yes of course, sorry what did you just call me?"
"Empress." He said simply.
"How did you know?" she hadn't told him she was sure how had he known?
"You ordered me to tell you who I was I had to obey, even though I tried not to I was forced to."
"Right yes of course, just a few more things before you go, all the remaining timelords are in contact with one another, and are free to roam where ever they please. I will always be here if you need me. I've accidentally implemented a new regime there are less boundaries, you just have to be careful and safe; don't try anything against the shadow proclamation. In case you wish to go home you can, Gallifrey was saved after the war.
"Thank you, I'll bare all that in mind."
"Good and just one last thing where did you get that technology from?"
"I built it; I was part of a research group on Gallifrey before the 2nd war, trying to create a device to bring life, which meant we didn't have to keep on going back in time and stealing people away into the future. We didn't get in ready in time, after the first war we were shut down but I continued working on it until it was ready, then I came here finding many who had slipped through the rift all those people in that hall today fell through during the war." She smiled and nodded at him, he got up and she shook his hand.
"Goodbye." He nodded leaving the TARDIS. The lieutenant walked over to the large bed in her room, flopping down on to it knowing she wouldn't sleep she started to think back over everything. The endless time war and how many had died, her relationship with the doctor and how she'd found herself here. After the wars all of them the Wars to end all wars, 21 time lords the new generations, new DNA, no Darleks but then that's what they always thought but they always survived. She hoped there would be more time lords hidden as humans she prayed there was, but she didn't know to who she was praying to, she was god, there was no one above her. Time lords may not be the mighty master race anymore but they weren't extinct, they had hope. She lay back knowing sleep would just bring the nightmares of her previous life back into a vivid reality. It wasn't even late.
She got up and went out into the Hub. Gwen was just leaving for the night Jack was up in his office; Ianto came down the stairs as he levelled with her he stopped.
"Are you alright lieutenant?"He looked slightly concerned.
"Yes I'm fine." She smiled slightly.
"I'd still prefer to check you out; you could have been effected by that cube."
"Tell you what I'll let you check me out but only over a drink." She smiled widely. He blushed slightly then smiled.
"er...Yes we'll go for a drink, shall I get Jack?"
"No, just you." She looked into his eyes.
"I'll go get your coat." She smiled, he was such a gentleman. He returned his own jacket on, carrying hers. He helped her into it. "Shall we go the scenic route?"He asked animatedly. She nodded, they headed for the lift, on reaching the street above they headed in the direction of Torchwood's local.
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