Notes: So, a team of Torchwood agents set off to do battle with the mighty Sutekh the Destroyer. The Doctor learns that time has not diminished his powers.
(At the end of the chapter, you have to hear the descending pitch whistle. 'Weeeeoooooo. Dum-dum-dum-dum. Dum-dum-dum-dum. Dum-dum…. dum-dum. Dum-dum-dum-dum. Dum-dum-dum-dum. Dum-dum…. dum-dum. Whoo-whee-whoo…. wheee-whoooo)
This is a tribute to the old series where each week they used to leave the Doctor and [insert companion name here] in peril, and us thinking 'Nooo!'. (You have been warned)

Chapter 16

John and Rose joined the rest of the team in the restaurant, taking their plates of food and cartons of drinks off their trays and putting them on the table. John took Rose's tray and put them on the receptacle over the rubbish bins.

Jack, Gwen and Jake had been studying maps and floor plans on their tablet PC's while they ate. They had done a virtual drive through in Google Street of the route they would take from the landing zone to Lee Kuan Yang's villa.

"So John, what's your history with this Sutekh guy then?" Jack asked as he had another bite of his burger.

"Back in the old universe, I was travelling with Sarah Jane in the TARDIS when we had a relative continuum stabiliser failure. It was caused by a powerful mental projection."

"Who's Sarah Jane?" Gwen asked looking at Rose, thinking she must be an 'ex' of John's.

Jack wanted to tell them of his memories of her. "Sarah Jane Smith. Investigative journalist and adventurer, at least she was when she travelled with the Doctor.

He looked at John with a mischievous grin. "I think she had the 'hots' for him if truth be told."

"She did not!" John said a little too quick and forcefully. Rose snorted a laugh.

"She admired my superior intellect. And as you rightfully said she had a spirit of adventure."

He bit into a chip before continuing. "Anyway, as I was saying, the relative continuum stabiliser failed. The archaeologist Professor Marcus Scarman had discovered the inner chamber of the Pyramid of Horus, discovering Sutekh and thereby accidentally allowing him a chance of escape."

"I didn't think anything could get through the TARDIS's extrapolator shields."

"Nothing physical, no. But this was a mental projection of immense power."

"So what happened then? I mean to Scarman?" Rose asked.

"Sutekh killed Scarman and controlled his corpse, using it to take the tomb artefacts back to the Old Priory, which is where the TARDIS landed. Scarman and the Osirian service robots constructed a rocket aimed at the Eye of Horus on Mars."

John took a sip of his drink. "I was able to destroy the rocket, but fell under the psychic control of Sutekh's will as a result. Sutekh forced me to take Scarman and the robots to Mars in the TARDIS. Despite my attempt to stop them, Scarman destroyed the Eye and freed Sutekh."

"What did you do?" Gwen asked, hanging on every word.

"I got back to Earth and managed to trap Sutekh inside a time tunnel, formed from his own transportation portal. And that's where he is now, only it appears his mental powers know no bounds. I had no idea that he had previously been in this universe as well."

Alice came into the restaurant and caught Rose's eye.

Rose squeezed John's hand. "Back in a minute Love." She gave him a kiss and stole a chip, which she bit into slowly and seductively, grinning at him as she did so.

'Well, that's an improvement', John thought to himself.

She went over to Alice and she took her to a quiet table.

"Rose, I've been told about this latest mission. Your father wants me to make sure that you are fit to undertake it," Alice said.

"Oh great, now even Dad thinks I'm weak and feeble," Rose said with a huff.

"No Rose, he doesn't. He's worried about you, like any father would be. But he's also Director of Torchwood, and he has responsibilities."

"Yeah, I know. Look Alice, this is like climbing back on the horse for me. I'm going to be John's backup, his technical support. Jack, Gwen and Jake are the assault team. I'll be fine, and I really need to do this," she said, pleading with her best friend.

"I know," Alice said with a smile. "And I think a supporting role will be just the thing you need to get your confidence back. That's why I'm going to recommend that you be included on the mission."

"Oh thanks Alice." Rose hugged her, and they rubbed and patted each others backs.

They finished their lunch and went to the Special Operations Briefing Room, where Andy McNab was ready to go over the final preparations for the mission.

"Doc, would you like to give us some background on our enemy?" Andy said.

"Sutekh is known throughout the Galaxy by many names, including Typhonian Beast, Set, Sadok, Seth and Satan. During ancient times, Sutekh's brother Horus and the remaining seven hundred forty Osirians tracked Sutekh down to Egypt and used their powers to imprison him in the Black Pyramid. The Eye of Horus on Mars beamed a signal to suppress Sutekh's powers and hold him prisoner. The tales of the Osirians were remembered in Egyptian mythology, and he still retained a cult of followers," John started.

"Sutekh possesses immense power: he can change the course of history and destroy entire stellar systems, which included his home planet of Phaester Osiris. He's even able to contain the destructive force of explosives from miles away, although this is difficult and can be easily disrupted by a simple distraction."

Rose noticed that John's face was full of worry.

"He is incredibly powerful and easily able to defeat a Time Lord. His powers become apparent when his eyes glow green, allowing him to leave a person in agonising pain for centuries. Furthermore, his mental abilities allow him to easily dominate others, making them puppets to his will."

'Did he just shudder'? Rose thought.

"He is also able to telepathically read other beings minds including mine, and monitor progress several thousand miles away with the aid of Osiran computer technology. This includes reanimating corpses for servants, as he did with Marcus Scarman."

John looked around the room. He could see that everyone understood the seriousness of the threat Sutekh posed.

"He can focus his power through these servants, enabling them to burn people to death with a touch, and was able to destroy the Eye of Horus on Mars from Earth when Scarman was within a few metres of it."

"So not all Osirians are like this, if his brother imprisoned him?" Jake asked.

"No, Sutekh was somewhat paranoid, fearing that all life forms might potentially rise up against him and therefore he destroys all life wherever he finds it. Despite this though, he is extremely intelligent and patient."

"Right then people, we know the plan. We have to take this servant down fast, before he knows we are there," Andy said.

"Sutekh will be channelling his energy through a conduit. Last time it was a scarab ring. We need to find this conduit and destroy it," John told them.

Andy had already been to the armoury and requisitioned their Glock 17C automatic pistols.

"These Glocks are loaded with a special ammunition that John says will kill Lee Kuan Yang, the servant of Sutekh, who happens to already be dead," Andy said.

Chrissie uploaded the latest intelligence available on Lee Kuan Yang and his villa in Hawaii. The team started to load their backpacks with their equipment.

"John, do you want to call the TARDIS into the Standby room," Pete said. "The guys in the garage have some transportation that they are keen for you to try out."

"That sounds interesting," John said as he reached out his phone and called up the TARDIS app.

Once Andy was happy that everyone knew the mission profile and could recall details from memory, he declared the mission a 'go'. They moved through to the Standby Room and started boarding the TARDIS.

Rose gave her Dad a hug and a kiss, before saying goodbye and walking through the door.

"See you later Pete," John said before entering the TARDIS and closing the door.

In a corner of a car park, on the west side of the island, at 74-5583 Luhia St, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States, under a palm tree, a blue wooden police box slowly materialized to the sound of the universe trying to catch its breath.

In London, it was 14:00, which meant it was 04:00 in Hawaii. 'A good time for a raid' Andy had said. This location was at the Kona Coast Shopping Centre, several miles from Lee Kuan Yang's secluded villa on Hao Street. John felt this was far enough away to keep the TARDIS out of harms way.

The doors opened, and three electric trail bikes silently whispered out of the TARDIS. John and Rose on one, Jack and Gwen on another, and Jake had one to himself.

"Ooh, this takes me back a bit. Do you remember the last time I rode pillion with you?" Rose asked John.

"Oh yeah," John smiled. "The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. We had that nasty alien face stealer to deal with."

"At least I was dressed a bit more feminine then. Pink heels and layers of tulle, rather than black cotton drill and boots," she said with a laugh.

They had chosen to ignore airports, passports and customs and excise for this mission. It was a quick in, eliminate and out before anyone knew they were there.

The bikes were fitted with the latest high tech computers and sat-nav, and boasted the latest high torque superconducting motors. The sat-nav led them out of the car park and onto Palani Road, where they crossed the Queen Kaahumanu Highway and headed north towards the Hawaii Belt Road.

The highway was flat and relatively straight, with a few gentle, curving bends, and lined with lush vegetation. The bikes silently and effortlessly accelerated to 100 mph. Rose tightened her grip around John's waist, which, if she'd have been able to see his face, produced a boyish grin.

The lights were off on the bikes and they were using the night vision visors on their combat helmets to see where they were going. They zoomed passed junctions and over a crossroads; the right hand road of which led to what Rose considered to be a very nice housing estate.

The sat-nav told them they were still on Hawaii Belt Road, and in a couple of miles they would reach the turning for Kaloko Drive.

"Sharp turn coming up on the right onto a single track road," Jake announced.

As they travelled along Kaloko Drive, with its pleasant grass verges, they could have been on any country lane in England. It was only the occasional large fern or palm tree that gave away the true location.

They took a long lazy curve to the left and then accelerated up the hill.

"I think you must have inspired the mechanics in the workshop Doc," Jack said over the headset. "These bikes are terrific."

They took another long cure, this time to the right when Jake spoke into the headsets.

"Sharp turn on the left. This is the street we want to be on."

The road was a long, gentle incline and the bikes flew along with no effort at all, until they crested a hill to come to a private road on their left that had a low gate and an intercom. The simple metal gate was on free standing gate posts which would stop a four wheeled vehicle. The trail bikes however were able to squeeze between the post and the herbaceous border.

They made their way silently down the road until they were able to see the luxury villa. They dismounted and took covering positions. They were in stealth, agent mode now, all except for John who just crouched down and kept quiet while the experts did their thing

Chrissie had hacked into the HR records of New World Electronics and found that the villa had two security staff on duty at any one time. She had also pulled maps and floor plans and so the team knew the layout of the area and could function as if they had been there before.

ZAPP!

"Beta Three reporting one target down. Over," Jake reported.

"Roger that," Jack replied.

"Despatch to Beta One. Satellite thermal imaging shows another heat source on the far side of the villa. Over," Chrissie told them.

"Gwen, Jake. Would you like to take care of that? Over," Jack asked.

"Consider it done. Over," Gwen said.

John watched as Gwen and Jake faded into the darkness. They were impressive, and it gave him a great feeling of pride to think that his Rose could do all that and still be the caring and considerate person she had always been.

A few minutes later they heard a quiet 'zap' and Jake reporting that the other security guard was out of action.

"Jake, Gwen, enter through the back of the house, we'll go in through the the front. Over," Jack said.

"Roger that," Jake replied.

John and Rose followed behind Jack as he led the way to the front door. John took out his sonic screwdriver, unlocked the door, and Jack led the way in.

They followed the hallway along to an open plan living area, and a sight that was very disturbing. There was a man in a white suit with a mandarin collar, who Rose thought looked just like Dr. No from the James Bond film of the same name.

But that wasn't the disturbing part. What was disturbing was the sight of Jake and Gwen standing still, pointing their Glock 17C's at each others chests.

"Ah, the rest of the guests. Please come and join us," the man in white said.

John and Rose were compelled to walk towards the man in white, while Jack moved towards Jake and Gwen. They were stiffed legged and dragging their feet, trying to resist the movement.

"Why do I feel like I'm in a science fiction B movie?" Rose asked John as they stood in front of the man.

The man was laughing in a sinister fashion. "Oh I never tire of watching people walk like that."

"The late Lee Kuan Yang I presume?" John said.

"And who have we got here then?" Yang asked, his green scarab ring glowing. "It's the Time Lord! We meet again, Doctor…. But wait, you are the Doctor, and yet not the Doctor."

Yang looked at Rose. "And who do we have here? A valiant woman…. You're wife! Oh my revenge is going to be exquisite."

"What are you going to?" John asked.

"Me?" Yang said with a single laugh. "I'm not going to do anything. You on the other hand, Doctor Not-The-Doctor, are going to kill your wife," he said, suddenly cold and evil.

"NEVER!" John spat out. "I will fight you and I WILL stop you!"

"What, like they will?" He waved his hand casually at Jack, Gwen and Jake, who were standing in a triangle, pointing their pistols at each other.

"Oh look, a triangle. How apt." He clicked his fingers.

BLAM! Three shots rang out simultaneously, blood splattered across their friend's chests.

"NOOOO!" Rose screamed.

Their friends staggered backwards away from each other and fell to the floor, unmoving. Rose looked at John through the tears in her eyes. She saw his expression and her blood ran cold.

His face was full of anguish and despair, mixed with a cold rage, anger and determination. He looked at Yang, his eyes black with ancient fury.

"You-will-pay-for-this," John said through gritted teeth.

"Oh no, Doctor Not-The-Doctor. It is you that will pay, for trying to trap me in this time tunnel. Do you know how boring it is in here."

Yang looked at Rose. "Give your husband your weapon my dear."

"No!" Rose said, but her hand held the Glock by the barrel, and presented the grip for John.

"Take the gun and point it at your wife," Yang commanded.

"No! I won't!" John said defiantly, his hand trembling as it started to reach for the gun.

Rose was crying, as John shook his head violently, his arm rising to point the gun at her chest.

"Please, don't do this," John pleaded. "You can do anything to me. I won't fight you, but let Rose go. I'm begging you."

"I am doing anything I like to you, I'm making you, a man who hates guns, shoot the love of his life. Oh revenge doesn't get any better than this."

"John?" Rose whimpered.

"Rose," John said, his voice breaking.

"Shoot her," Yang said.

BLAM!