Here you go, 26
"War? What war?" John asked confused.
"You're a time agent aren't you? Surely you have to learn the key events of all of time?" Flash asked.
"Fawks are you sure?" Bob turned to Rachel. Rachel looked back at the big board, flipped open her vortex manipulator and checked.
"I am unfortunately positive," she grimaced.
"I still don't understand what you're going on about?" Gwen stated. Rachel put down the tattered book on the stump she had been sat on. She opened it up on a dog eared page. Her finger following the lines as she read.
"In the year 4159, a very significant event overtook the brunt of the Vegas Galaxies. For many years beforehand, the Vegan Government had been overtaxing the lower paid citizens, leading to mass poverty. In early winter the rebellion took a more sinister turn with the theft of the Galifrean Grenade. This plan was stopped by the civilians seen as too severe, and so a war was started between poor and rich.
The rebellion was headed by the famed and scandalous Day Crawlers, the most renowned criminal organisation this side of the Nebula. Led from the very beginning by Modern Robin Hood and enigmatic elusive fugitive, Fawks."
"It reads like a newspaper article," Ianto noticed, seeing the columns and the writing style.
"It is, this is my scrap book," Rachel said. "Given to me by a very old friend of mine, it's full of spoilers,"
"This war, is now?" Owen asked, Rachel nodded. Jake told them,
"That grenade, is the Galifrean Grenade, we're the civilians who stopped that plan, now we're calling the troops and heading to war," He looked over at the signal in the sky. There was a knock at the big gate.
"Bear and Family here now," Came a deep voice.
"Come on bear," The large man from the market place entered behind him seemed to be all the shop owners, all the town.
Everyone was milling around the clearing.
"Flash, I'm all over the place can you…?" Rachel said, running her hands through her hair.
"No worries, I got it Fawks. You just, sort out," He said kindly. Rachel nodded and stalked off on her own, Ianto saw her leave, and followed.
He heard Flash yelling behind him but didn't mind as he followed Rachel through the crowd, to the secluded trees. She stopped a little way in, opened up the tatty sketch book.
"23rd November," She mumbled to herself. She looked down at her wrist strap. "Five days, alright, lets do this," She gave a deep sigh and hopped about for a moment.
"Jones, Ianto Jones," She called to him, "Are you following me?"
Five hours had passed, most were asleep now, safe in the strong hold of the Rachel's base.
"Is she ok?" Gwen said, looking over at Rachel, who was sat on her own with a drawing pad in front of her.
"She's a little shocked, and she's in very deep thought, best not to interrupt. She's a genius with mechanics, everything mechanical or electric here, she built." Flash said.
The torchwood team looked around, the majority of the base was electronic various computers and the big power generator which was projecting the signal.
"Do you think they will come?" Paul whispered to Jake.
"She will," Jake nodded. Looking over at Rachel. "I think she needs her right now, cold comfort and all that,"
"Who?" Jack asked.
"One of Fawks' err…" Will hesitated.
"Associates," Flash said, venomously.
"That's fuck buddy to the untrained ear," Rachel said walking over. She handed the book to Will. "I need these, in the range of two days,"
"You're not going to be able to fix him before," Flash said.
"Watch me," Rachel said. "Have you ever known me to set a target and not reach it?"
"erm…yeah, you're battle suit," Jake laughed.
"Hey I finished it didn't I?" Rachel laughed.
"Yeah, it just doesn't work," Bob smirked.
Rachel looked around at the sleeping, "I don't think they're coming," Rachel sighed.
"You sound disappointed," came a feminine voice from the other side of the gate. All of Rachel's boys pulled out their guns. So did Rachel. She went to the gates.
"Hello fellahs, and femme," She smiled.
"Femme fatale," The woman retorted.
"I know I am," Rachel smirked. "Would you like to come into the best criminals base?"
"We would, but they're not around," One of the men said. Rachel laughed, opening the large gate. "Kill anyone here and you all die, got it?" She warned them before she let them in.
"Got it, when did you get so serious?" asked the woman, there was four of them, all the males built like Paul, tall muscular and huge. The woman was slightly taller than Rachel, curvy in a long sleeved dark top and tight black jeans.
"I grew up," Rachel smiled.
"Well, that's a horrible thing to do," The woman smiled. She looked at the Torchwood team,
"Your new friends are scrumptious though, aren't you going to introduce me?" She asked.
"Not if I can help it," Rachel smirked. "Ianto Jones, Toshiko Sato, Doctor Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper, Captain Jack Harkness, Jessica Harrow and John Hart,"
"Captain," John growled. "Captain John Hart,"
"This is …"
"Professor Alexis May," The woman said.
"Professor? When was this?" Rachel turned to her.
"Whilst you were away. How was your adventure?" Alexis asked her.
"It was, ok. Come, we'll talk," Rachel said, taking her hand and leading them away from everyone.
"So that was?" Jessica asked.
"The other main criminal organisation around here," Flash said.
"mmm…." Rachel moaned sleepily. Stretching across the hammock at the top of the tree.
"Are you sure?" Alexis asked next to her. Her fingers dancing across Rachel's bare stomach.
"I'm positive, The Doctor told me so when I was just a kid," Rachel turned to her.
"But, what about the others?" Alexis asked her.
"They'll manage, but that's why I need you to do it for me, please Lex," Rachel begged.
"I'm sure you're just stealing the glory," Alexis rolled her eyes.
"Is that a yes?" Rachel gave a small smile.
"Fine," Alexis sighed. Rachel leaned up and kissed her, pulling away centimetres, she whispered.
"Thank you,"
"How long?"
"4 days, we start tomorrow," Rachel said.
Everyone had not stopped working and gathering for days now, Rachel had said that the 23rd was the day the war started. It was the 22nd. Ianto was handing out food to and drinks to everyone. The torchwood team along with Rachel's boys and Alexis's friends were discussing tactics.
Ianto headed through the base, not one person was doing nothing, everyone was preparing, gathering weapons, training, building, discussing. He headed to an area cordoned of from the rest.
Rachel was hard at work trying to fix her spaceship. It was now looking more and more deadly.
"How's it looking?" Ianto asked her. She turned to him and gave a small smile.
"He's together and working, but won't stand a chance against some of their ships," Rachel said regrettably,
"If anything, he's our plan B, he's your retreat."
Ianto noticed the "your," but chose not to say anything.
"It's going to be bad isn't it?" Ianto asked. Rachel hesitated, putting down the wrench she had.
"You lot will be fine," Rachel turned to him. "I promise,"
It was a couple of hours later, Rachel walked to the others,
"He's working," She said triumphantly. "I told you I could do it!"
"Maybe you should have a rest," Jack suggested.
"Can't lots to do," Rachel said. She called to Flo.
"Can you get me all the party food, you can? Tonight we're feasting, we're having a party,"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" John asked.
"I'm positive, tomorrow we fight, so we party tonight," She grinned. "But I have one more thing to sort out first," Rachel said, stepping over the table that was scattered with papers and maps, walking to the large tree behind it.
"Err…Fawks, are you sure that's a good idea?" Jake asked, as she typed a number into a keypad on the tree.
"This, no, I'm not sure at all," Rachel said. The front of the tree trunk slid up, revealing a mannequin dressed up in a suit.
"Fawks, that's not safe," Flash said.
"Correction, it wasn't safe. Not when I was a kid, no. but now, I'm a lot older, I have more control." She told him, as she said it she curled her fingers in and out, changing them into claws and back again.
"I don't know," Will said. "Remember last time it took us a week to get you back,"
"I'll be fine," Rachel snapped.
"Do you want to explain?" Owen said sarcastically.
"That." Flash said, nodding to the suit. "Is an experimental "Battle Suit" we built for Fawks,"
"We designed it so she can tap into her demonic power without losing control." Will said.
"But when we tried last time…" Paul said.
"It didn't quite work," Rachel grimaced.
"It took us weeks to get her human again," Flash told them.
"I was a kid! I'll be fine," Rachel said, taking the suit from the mannequin. She retreated to one of the more secluded areas of the base.
Now listen here, Demon. She thought to herself. We need each other now, more than ever.
I'm listening. She heard the voice retort in her head.
Rachel came back out in the new suit. It was different from what she usually wore. She remained in her black cowboy hat and mask, but instead of her vest crop top she had a long sleeved white top on. A black leather waist coat which highlighted her curves. Tight white leather pants on and knee high combat boots. With long fingerless gloves covering her palms and forearms, and her deadly fully loaded weapons belt hugging her hips. Every male's jaw, dropped.
"You look…" John started.
"Gorgeous," Jack grinned.
"Incredibly sexy," Ianto stated seriously. Rachel smiled and dropped her head to hide her embarrassment.
"how do you feel?" Will asked her, Rachel tried to ignore the others gawking.
"Powerful, Strong, like…like Fawks." She grinned looking at her reflection in the mirror.
"Fawks, are you ready to inspire hope?" Flash asked her.
"Yeah," She nodded, she walked out onto the stage, everyone gathered in front.
"Too long have the scholars of New New York been charging us for breathing. Tomorrow, we fight for our basic human rights which have been stole from us by a bank note!
A creature can't even starve without having to pay tax. I say, No more!" The crowd cheered.
"I'm not going to lie, some of us may not make it, they outnumber us, but what they cannot kill. Is the reason we fight this war. Tomorrow we set of a chain reaction, tomorrow the world sees us stand up for what is right. And our enemies will see that, the paupers, the orphans, the criminals are in the right! Tomorrow, the government fall! Tomorrow, we go down in history as the Vegas Freedom Fighters! Tomorrow, the world opens its eyes! Tomorrow, we win!" There was another cheer.
"So tonight, do whatever you want. Eat, fuck, dance. Live your life to the fullest, be with loved ones and just have fun. Tomorrow, we become victorious,"
Jessica was asleep in one of the hammocks, John shrugged on his jacket back on, the party still in full swing and there was a lot of beautiful boys and girls back there to get through, but for now he needed a rest. He wandered into one of the more secluded areas.
Rachel placed a tender kiss onto Alexis's head, she moaned gently and gave a satisfied smile, Rachel re-dressed and walked away from the pumping music behind her. She headed toward a quiet little stream, just north of where she was. But when she reached it she was surprised to find someone there.
"Hello, Toes," She smiled. Ianto was sat on his own with his toes dipping in the water. He smiled up at her.
"Where's Jack?" Rachel asked.
"Talking to John," He replied. "You're not letting us fight tomorrow, are you?"
"No,"
"You're getting Alexis to take us to a teleport hub and send us home," It wasn't a question. She sat down next to him.
"Yes,"
"You're not coming with us, are you?"
Rachel closed her eyes and sighed. "No,"
She wrapped her arms around her best friend.
"Thanks Ianto," She whispered.
"What for?"
"Everything."
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