Gwen Cooper had just walked into the Torchwood institute when Jack suddenly flashed by, the hem of his long navy blue trench coat flying behind him like a cape. For a minute she stood in the corridor, stunned into complete silence as she stared after him, even when he and turned the corner. Hoisting her bag up higher on her arm, she shook her head.
"I really need to get used to this job," she said to herself as she began walking again. Everything about the job was weird- even the people she worked with, all of them keeping some sort of secret until it became a web, confusing and tiresome. As she entered the lab, she noticed all the computers up and running, Toshiko and Owen peering over one intensely, Owen pointing out little things and Toshiko nodding her head repetitively. Ianto, meanwhile, was nowhere to be seen- Late again? Gwen thought as she slid the door behind her, bolting it shut.
"Good morning!" Gwen called out, her voice echoing int eh cavernous lab. Without turning away from whatever it was they were doing, Owen and Toshiko gave her a small wave of their hands. Gwen waved to their backs, stalking over to where her desks at, cluttered with paperwork from a previous case.
"Gwen, do you have the report from last week?" Owen called over to her, walking to her desk. Nodding, Gwen dug through the piles of paper, careful not to knock them over. Once she found it, she handed Owen the manila folder, wiping her hands on her jeans.
"Thanks," he said, flipping it open and leafing through the pages, "hey, by any chance, have you heard of a superhero team called the Avengers?" Gwen shrugged.
"Not really, no," she said, pursing her lips, "why?"
"Figured," Owen sighed.
"Well, then why did you ask?" Gwen said.
"They got something to do with our newest case is all," he explained, then said, "follow me. Tosh will show you the video clips and what not."
As soon as Tosh had clicked play, Gwen widened her eyes- it looked as if they destroyed everything but the villain- which looked like it was doe sort of metallic armored alien.
"That doesn't look like Cardiff," Gwen pointed out.
"That's because it isn't," Toshiko said, pausing the video. Onscreen, a man in his early twenties wearing some sir tot spandex suit made to look like a flag- red, white and blue, He was holding a shield in mid-swing.
"Then where?" Gwen asked, tucking a strand of her dark brown hair behind her ear. She pressed play again, watching as an entire city took damage.
"New York City, Manhattan, New York," Owen said, crossing his arms.
"America?" Gwen was confused, "but what does Torchwood have to do with America?" Owen shrugged, clasping his hands behind his head.
"Yo! Tosh!" Jack suddenly shouted from the balcony above, making the three of them jump.
"Y-yeah, Jack?" Tosh stammered out, pausing the video as quickly as she could.
"I'm gonna need the pterodactyl!"