Olivia woke as two people were about to place her in a bath. "What…where am I?"
"You are in Cardiff ma'am. Just go easy…you will feel much better once you're clean."
The two women removed her from the bath and toweled her off. They brought a box forward within it was a small navy blue dress slip. The dark haired woman moved towards M and placed it over her head and let it cascade down her shivering body.
"This is hardly hospital attire…where am I exactly in Cardiff."
One of the nurses smirked. "Save your questions for the bosses ma'am. Come, sit so we can do your hair."
The women dragged a brush through her strawberry blonde locks.
Hair…damn them…my hair is long again…M sighed, exasperated as she remembered the painful searing of the drugs and the bright light shining in her eyes. She involuntarily shivered, as she remembered that Ronald Wilson's hands were on her and his lips on her mouth.
"I don't suppose one of you would be kind enough to get me a mobile?"
"No ma'am and if you don't behave yourself we are to restrain you."
The two women looked at the clock and quickly moved her to the bed. Damn it! He must be on his way soon. M dreaded the confrontation to come.
There are steps in the hall and M cringed for what was coming next.
The door opened to reveal the smiling face of Ronald followed by the less amused face of his younger brother Joseph.
"My darling you are awake and looking lovely after your bath…leave us please and prepare and bring us the next serum please."
The two women leave, as M pulled the blanket up to her neck, trying to shield herself from his gaze.
"How are you feeling today?"
"Like crap…go to hell Ronald Wilson."
"Still a mouth on you…I always admired your spunk."
"And I always liked your brother better…and by the looks of him now, I still do."
Ronald's face contorted into a rage, as he turned to look into the smiling face of his younger brother.
"He is not for you Olivia."
"Why not…you did this to get to me and Minerva…you crave power and she is the one with that…why can I not have the kinder gentler man who is your brother."
M was attempting to push him off guard and hopefully cause a war between the two men.
"You are not a witch?"
"Of course not you fool…if I was I would have turned you into a frog long ago."
"ENOUGH! I am going to have you…nothing can stop that now!"
Ronald pulled the blanket off her and raked his eyes over her lecherously. Joseph grabbed his arm before he touched M.
"I told you so Ronald…years ago…I alway knew she was not a witch and I alway liked her…not to the obsession that consumes you but I do not want to see her hurt by your cruel hands."
The two began to push and shove, but a nurse arrived and they stop, collected themselves before taking the drug from the woman and asking her to leave.
"What is this one for? Will it make me fall in love with you Ronald or will it change my hair colour to something you would prefer in this bizarre fantasy world?"
"This darling will continue to take away your age and make the change permanent. Not even the witchcraft of your cousin, who will be arriving the day after tomorrow will be able to change you back."
"I don't want it…it's a mutation of all that is natural."
"Be serious Olivia…who wouldn't want to be young again? All the aches and pains of age erased…beauty…immortality."
"Immortality…sounds terrible don't you agree Joseph…you were always the practical one along with being nicer and much more attractive."
Joseph smiles and looks down on her. "You are a very smart woman but you will not be able to manipulate me that easily."
"Really…but what if I just want to make your cruel evil older brother go further into the depths of insanity…would you not insert yourself to at least save him from himself?"
Joseph frowns as he ponders her question and looks at the face of his brother who is now injecting her with the syringe.
"If you attempt to rape me Ronald I promise to yell your brother's name every time you force me to bed. I will try to picture him pleasuring me as you force me…I will never think of you…ever."
The mad contortions crossing the face of Ronald Wilson begin to disturb Joseph further.
"Stop it Olivia. I don't want him to hurt you."
"I know Joseph and that is why I like you, why I have always loved you."
Ronald lost it and began throwing things around the room in a rage. He punched his brother in the face and Joseph fell to the floor. Olivia jumped out of the bed and swung the closest object she could find at Ronald's turned head.
Tanner and Q had settled into the hub at Torchwood and apprised them of the situation.
Jack and Ianto were still reeling from that fact that there were real witches, earth people, actual humans with witching powers.
Bond and Minerva apparated into the hub shortly after. Minerva was on edge, and therefore so was Bond.
"Oli…M is in distress…something is happening?"
Jack brings up a display on the city. "Where…do you know?"
"I can find her but I cannot risk magic to take us there without knowing the layout of the facility."
Bond looks at Q and Ianto busily typing into the computers. Q looks up. "I think I have traced the power thefts to an area. Here…"
Q pointed at the map.
Jack looked and frowned. "Is that as close as you can get us to Olivia?"
Ianto nodded in agreement with Q. "It seems by these cctv feeds, that one of our past inmates has headed to the same area regularly…a Silurian."
The others looked at the picture in shock at the creäture from beyond the rift.
Bond was in shock by the fact that his man, Jack knew M's name. He let it slip in front of...well... Minerva had called her by that name also in front of Tanner. As far as Bond knew Tanner knew already, but the new Q didn't.
Minerva sensed Bond's distress from Harkness' use of her cousin's name.
"M…let's try to keep to her title please. I know she would appreciate it. That creäture is horrid and here I thought house elves were shocking when I first saw them."
Jack smiled his stunningly charming smile at Minerva. "Sorry about the slip and I know of many that look worse ma'am."
"Ok I will go with Minerva and Bond…we will stay in contact and hopefully not need the extra fire power. You two close down their access to the rift once and for all."
Jack grabbed his gun and the three entered the lift, leaving Tanner to help with coordination from there.
They exited the building and Bond spoke with the armed unit outside that came with Tanner. They will follow at a distance to the site and hang back until called.
Minerva walked forward extending her arm that had the matching bracelet of her dear cousin, using it to guide her. Bond and Jack followed along.
"How long have you been a 00 for MI6?"
"A few years. How long have you been the head of a secret organization?"
Jack smiled. "Too long."
"How do you know M?"
Jack smiled a sly smile in the handsome agent's direction. "What does that matter?"
Bond tensed and grit his teeth. "Just wanted to know…saw pictures of you from the 1800's so I will ask again how long and in what capacity did you meet M and are you a danger."
"Many believe that I am a danger, but to her…never."
Bond would like to wipe the infuriating, knowing smirk of the arrogant bastards face. "So you were involved?"
"Once…I found her in a pub and she had incapacitated a mutant that I was chasing…we went for drinks back in 1968."
Bond watched as a far away look crossed the man's face. "I thought she was married by then?"
Minerva turned back and rolled her eyes at the two alpha males jousting with each other. "Would you stop leading him on Jack…you and I both know that you only had drinks together and that she told you she was engaged. Stop tormenting the poor agent…he is hopelessly in love with her."
"And I wait…how do you know all this anyway…crystal ball?"
"We are closer than sisters…we speak often and she thought I should know about a secret organization called Torchwood and the immortal man who hit on her in a pub. Besides you're spending time in a relationship with that nice Mr. Jones now as it is?"
"You are a wealth of perception and information…I can now see the family resemblance."
Bond smiled at Minerva and then turned back to Jack. "Did you switch sides after she rejected you?"
Jack winked at Minerva as he told Bond. "Who says I switched sides."
Bond frowned as Minerva waved her hand and wand towards a building in front of them. It was an old warehouse.
Bond and Jack moved cautiously to the door and stood on either side as Minerva waited with her wand ready.
"She is in distress we need to get to her soon…try not to kill them all…we need to know what they did to her if we are to reverse it."
Jack looked serious for once. "What do you mean…I thought they just kidnapped her?"
"Ronald Wilson dumped a potion in her mouth and she appeared to become younger before they disappeared."
"Olivia is young again?"
Bond nods and grips his gun tightly. "Let's just get her back and deal with all that later."
"You're right…ready?"
"Yes."
Jack knocked on the door and waited…nothing. Then he turned the knob and swung the door open. He smiled as he looked back at his comrades.
"Well, that was easier than expected…I wonder what surprises we will find inside?"
To be continued….