Gah! I apologise now for the late uploading. But i've been moping...no reason why. I've just been moping xD
But i also typed my fingers to the bone getting this finished..ok that was a little dramatic! But i have wrote the end. I'm uploading it all at once cos i don't like waiting for endings, and i'm sure a few people don't like waiting for endings either!
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"Hello?" A voice buzzed over the airwaves. Colonel Grant and the very few survivors looked to the radio which was sitting on the desk. The radio was covered with dust from disuse, the whole room was dusty from disuse.
In their attempt of escape they'd managed to locate a abandoned annex and hide. It wasn't exactly the way Grant wanted things to do but it was either hide or get vaporized. The first seemed so much more appropriate. Not to mention a lot more appealing.
"Hello?" The voice exclaimed and buzzed again. "Yohoo! Anyone there? I take the lack of answering as you're either dead. You're ignoring me because of how our last meeting went. Or," here the voice trailed off and there was muttering over the speakers. "Or! I got the wrong place. If so I apologise for confusing you." There was more muttering, Grant nodded to one of the men who rushed over and operated the radio.
"Hello."
"Hello!" The voice beamed happily. "I am so happy to hear your voice."
"W-what? Really?"
"No not really I don't know who you are." The voice paused. "Who are you?"
"Nathan."
"Hello Nathan. I need to ask you something, is this the former base of operations for U.N.I.T.?"
"Yes."
"Ok, is Colonel Grant there? If so put him on the line, that a boy. We know each other. Well when I say know I mean...we conversed and it was a little awkward...well when I say awkward I really mean-"
"Doctor stop rambling!"
"Tell him Phil is here too still." The voice which could now be pinned down to belonging to The Doctor said in a happy tone. Nathan turned and looked at Grant, he pushed himself out of the chair and walked over.
" Colonel Grant here."
"I think you can stop being so formal. Don't you think it's a little pointless to use formalities now?" The Doctor said simply, Grant could almost picture the brown haired man looking at him with indifference with a light smirk.
"What is it you want?"
"Charming, we radio in because we're all concerned about your welfare and what do we get in return? Hey! Let go-"
"This is Jack Harkness, former member of Torchwood. Colonel how many casualties are there?"
"A few. Not many, most of my men got blasted half to hell."
"Sorry to hear that Colonel." Jack paused. "We're stuck in a former Torchwood base." Jack explained but his voice was starting to fizz out.
"We're losing you Jack. Boost your signal." Grant said while frowning down at the desk in front of him. Jack's voice muttered a few more times before it fully dissipated.
Silence entered the room before a high pitched whining noise erupted from the speakers. "Hello Colonel! We lost you there. Now as Jack was saying, and as I was saying before he stole the spot light," The Doctor paused. "We are indeed stuck in a former Torchwood base. Us leaving it will result in the Trions being on high alert. Is there anything, and I mean anything, around you or that you can access to cover our signal?"
"We made scramblers but they're pathetic and keep dying!"
"Thanks for chiming in Phil." The Doctor said dryly obviously not liking the fact that people kept getting involved in his explanation. "The scramblers we made will not be able to block out the TARDIS. Heck they can barely keep this signal being rerouted. This is I believe it or not our eleventh scrambler. Before we managed to contact you we contacted a bakery." He paused, "A bakery in Italy."
"I like Italian food." Jack's voice said simply.
"I do too! We should go to a Italian restaurant after all this is done...that's if we've not died."
"I like a nice Italian too." Jack's thoughtful voice said with an evident smirk. Grant managed to hear Phil mutter something but not a full reply. "Oh I get it. You're a one Time Lord sort of gal huh?"
"Jack! Shut up!" Phil exclaimed childishly.
"Can you two stop please? Some people are trying to save the world." The Doctor said seriously, Grant could clearly hear Phil and Jack mutter a sorry and then all went silent.
"There isn't anything here. Everything has literally been destroyed. They came in shooting and left shooting." Grant paused. "That's a brief description of what happened."
"Thanks." The Doctor sighed, "Listen...I'm not going to lie here, for once. Things look bad. They have us outnumbered and out gunned. How are your defences?"
"Operational."
"Right, well at least you're all safe as long as you don't do something stupid." The Doctor said while a mild buzzing took over the airwaves. "Got any weapons?"
"We're a military base Doctor. If we didn't have any weapons what would we be?"
"Useless."
"Exactly."
"You have a much better chance at contacting the other U.N.I.T bases. I want you to execute whatever plans you have drummed up and stored away for possible hostile alien take over." He paused again and the buzzing noise got worse. Despite the interference Grant could still hear The Doctor's voice say sternly and seriously; "Please keep damages and fatalities to a minimum." With that his voice fizzled out.
"You heard him men, lets get to contacting those others bases as well as finding usable weapons."
"So! Contacted Grant, check that off of the list please."
"What now?" Phil questioned while leaning against the console. Beside her The Doctor stopped pushing random buttons and looked at her.
"We leave Earth."
"And go where?" Sarah Jane asked. During the transmission she and Luke had been silent unlike Jack and Phil.
"You say they have us outnumbered?" Phil said thoughtfully while looking up at him. "I know an army."
"No." The Doctor said seriously while walking past her. Phil frowned and watched him go. "No." He said again seriously.
"But why?" She questioned simply.
"They got involved in our previous fight. They cannot get involved in this one. It'll be to much galactic happenings for the people of Earth to deal with in one day." He said while looking up at her. "This is between the people of Earth and the Trions. Naramiel and her army and the Ice Warriors have no place in this fight."
"Woah, hold on a second." Jack jumped between the two and held his hands up. "Ice Warriors? Like...those antisocial blokes from Mars? How did I manage to miss out on this previous fight when they were involved?"
"Sorry you weren't included," Phil smiled. "It was an awful fight though. I mean...I left it dead. Doctor left it emotionally stricken." At this The Doctor looked at him and nodded.
"I may have cried." He admitted while Phil nodded in agreement, "Anyway! We don't need them! It'll be us five and the back up from U.N.I.T against the Trions."
"And the hundreds of ships they have."
"Erm," Luke held a hand up, they all looked at him. "We've not been outside. We don't know how many ships they have. Or in fact how many there are."
"He's right," Sarah Jane smiled and nodded at her sons words. "We don't know what we're up against until we're out there."
"Are you suggesting going out onto ground zero?" Phil raised an eyebrow and then gulped when the elder woman nodded as an answer.