It had been a few hours since Jack met Chloe, and he was already getting irritated by the continuous buzzing of her sonic. He didn't need it often, but he needed sleep. "Chloe," he called as he trudged up the stairs to the girl, who was still working on the computers, "Don't you get some sleep?"
"I only need a few hours every night. Sorry, was I annoying you?"
"Just a little."
"Sorry. I'll do something else."
"No, come with me, I can find you somewhere to sleep."
Chloe sighed and got her bag, reluctantly complying and admitting, "Fine, but I have to warn you, I have a tendency to have nightmares..."
"Nightmares? Why?" Jack asked, rather curious.
Chloe shot him a rather sorrowful look. "I think you know why."
The Captain nodded in understanding and decided not to ask any further. "Right. Come on then."
…
Chloe sighed and frustratedly tapped on the computer. She was trying not to use her sonic and wake Jack but she wasn't getting as far as she wanted. "Nightmare?" Jack's voice suddenly asked from nearby. Chloe's brown hair swung as she looked at Jack, "Yeah. I have them a lot; almost every night. I didn't wake you did I?" "No," Jack said, laughing slightly, "No, it's about 9 in the morning. My body clock's set to wake up before my colleagues. They'll be here soon." "Well then, at least I can get to work," Chloe smiled, took her sonic out and started working again as Jack grinned at her.
Soon, the alarms of the entrance opening sounded. Chloe looked up at Jack who indicated she should follow him. They got to the entrance just as the other four members of Torchwood Three came in. "Morning folks!" Jack greeted cheerfully.
"What's she doing here, World War Two?" Rex asked as he spotted Chloe.
"All these years I've known you and you still don't know how to be polite. Give it a try, will you?"
"Oh, whatever. I got some work to do so would you mind telling me what I want to know?"
"Don't get excited, Rex," Alex joked, "I'm sure if Jack found something too odd about her that she'd be in one of the cells."
"Well, I wanna find out what's weird about her. I can see it."
"Oi! You do realise I'm right here and I'm very capable of firing a bullet that goes through your skull," Chloe snapped, making Jack chuckle and the others look at her.
Re looked down a little, feeling a little guilt. "Sorry."
"Anyway, this is Chloe, she'll be working with us," Jack introduced, "Chloe, this is Rex, Alex, Lisa and Michael; the other members of Torchwood Three."
"Why would we want a teenager to help us?"
"Jack, you're not telling us," Michael said as he continuously looked at Chloe. Something about her was fascinating to him.
"Remember how I told you about my friend Rose?" Jack prompted.
There were replies of 'of course' and 'why', and Jack gestured to Chloe.
"No...she can't be," Lisa denied.
Michael frowned, "Not following."
"Well, the Doctor left Rose with the Metacrisis and who better to fall in love with? He had the Doctor's love for Rose so what else were they gonna do?" Jack explained.
"Well, that's a little fucked up."
"Just a little. Especially considering that the Metacrisis grew out of the Doctor's severed hand..."
"Sorry, what?" Alex said, almost choking.
"Oh, didn't I tell you that bit? I'll tell you later. Anyway, just get on with it shall we? Michael, I need those data collections transferred to the main system and all the new items found catalogued. Alex, go check up on the Weevils we got. Lisa, could you get coffee? And, Rex, I heard one of the computers bleeping – go and check it out."
"Bleeping? That's it?" Rex asked.
"Yes, you never know, there could've been an incident so go!"
Chloe and Jack watched as the team hurried off.
"It's not usually this quiet," he explained.
"Jack!" Rex suddenly called, "We got an alien report about 2 miles west! Someone's been attacked!"
"Lisa! Michael! Come on! Alex, look after Chloe!"
"What? I'm not a child, I can come with you," Chloe noted, wanting to come.
"If something happened and I saw the Doctor, he'd give me an earache. Or worse."
"Why would he care about me?" The teenager asked, clearly confused.
"Trust me, he would. Come on!"
Chloe sighed frustratedly as they all hurried out. She hoped it would be a better experience there, but that thought and expectation definitely had the potential to be completely wrong.
