TORCHWOOD
Outside the Government, beyond the
police. Fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. The Twenty-First
Century is when everything changes, and Torchwood is ready.
Torchwood Institute, Torchwood 3 -
Cardiff Wales. Primary function: To monitor and control any and all rift
activity concerning time and space that runs through the main city. Also, to
seize and alien technology or species that may come through. Current Location:
the base is situated beneath the Roald Dahl Plass. Referred to as the Millennium
centre. A natural perception filter denies access into the hub unless you have
access to the lift. Access is usually found by way of the tourist office run by
Ianto Jones near the waterfront.
Name: Captain Jack Harkness. Position: Head of operations,
Torchwood 3. Officer number: 474317. Access Code: 002-9872-110487. Level 1
Security Clearance: Access all areas.
Current Employees are as listed in
Torchwood files.
Captain Jack Harkness: Official leader and head of Torchwood 3.
Current Status: Active. Little is really known about this man other than the
fact that he is unable to die and ages so slowly that he still appears young
and in his prime when in fact he is really older than he appears to be. Has a
human daughter that wants nothing to do with him after he sacrificed her only
son, his grandson, to be used to kill the alien race known solely as 456.
Current status of his daughter: active. His grandson: deceased.
Gwen Cooper: Former Police Constable and Liaison
between local city authorities and Torchwood. Gwen replaced the now deceased
former employee and weapons specialist Suzie Costello who killed herself to
prevent being arrested and found out for the murders she had committed. Current
Status: Active.
Dr Owen Harper: Medical Officer. Recruited by Jack
after he is witness to his fiancée’s death due to an alien parasite which grew
within the confines of her brain. Hospital staff who tried to save her life by
operating thinking it to be a brain tumour were killed along with the patient,
leaving Owen the sole witness to the truth. Jack recruits him while he stands
at the graveside of his fiancée. Current Status: Active.
Toshiko Sato: Computer specialist. Recruited to Torchwood
after she was accused of espionage by theft of blueprints and the building of
the device they were for and the hacking of computers of not just her employer
but other businesses. Current Status: Active.
Ianto Jones: Administrator/General support. Former
employee of the main branch of torchwood and survivor of the canary wharf
incident. Moved to Cardiff and hounded Jack daily until he relented and hired
him as a member of the team and general dogsbody. Current Status: Active.
Dr Martha Jones: Medical officer and Unit liaison and
former companion to The Doctor. Martha married Mickey Smith former companion
also of the Doctor and ex-boyfriend of Rose Tyler. Rose, now confined with her
mother Jackie in a parallel world is also a former companion of the Doctor.
Martha's involvement with Torchwood is in a limited capacity, but if and when
needed she is released from her duty with UNIT to assist. Current Status:
Active.
STARGATE
COMMAND
Is a top-secret military base beneath Cheyanne
Mountain in Colorado referred by personnel as Area 52, and run by the United
States Air Force and the United Nations in an international advisory capacity.
This base is charged with the running of an Alien device known as a Stargate.
Its function is that of a door between planets using a system of gate address
symbols usually 7 in number, but the further away the destination the more
symbols are added to the main point of origin earth symbol.
Past & Current personnel.
In chronological order, the leaders of
the SGC:
Major General George S. Hammond
(1997-2001) — Hammond
briefly retired under duress in 2001.
Major General Henry Bauer - (briefly replaced General Hammond in
2001) Current Status: active but his whereabouts is unknown
Major General George S. Hammond
(2001-2004) — Promoted
to Lt. General to head of what is now called the "Department of Homeworld
Security", Current Status: Deceased
Dr Elizabeth Weir, the SGC's first civilian commander
(2004), left to be in charge of the Atlantis expedition. Current Status: Active
Brigadier General Jack O'Neill
(2004-2005) Promoted to
Major General and replaced Hammond as commander of the Department of Homeworld
Security. Current Status: Active
Major General Henry Landry (2005-201?)Current Status: Active
Major General Evan Lorne (~2034) alternate timeline. Current Status:
unknown
Chief medical officers: Doctor Janet Frasier
(1997-2003) Current
Status: deceased.
Doctor Carolyn Lam (2005-present) Current Status: Active
Main
personnel:
SG1
Jonathan Jack O'Neill: Former team leader
Cameron Mitchell: Current Team Leader: Current Status:
Active
Samantha Carter: Current Status: Active
Dr Daniel Jackson: Current Status: Active
Tel'c: Current Status: Active (it should be known that he is a
man from another world and is known as a Jaffa. once the carrier of a alien
symbiote that jack referred to as junior and now requires tretinoin to survive
now that he no longer requires a symbiote to live.)
Vala Maldoran: Current Status: Active (it should be
known that she is also from another planet. her real place of origin is
unknown)
Jonas Quin former team member: joined the team
after Daniel died and ascended but returned to his own world to help lead and
reform their government. Jonas is from Kelowna.
Former members:
Colonel Robert Makepeace
Captains: Mathison & Hangman
Major Evan Lorne alternate timeline.
Current Status: Active but again their whereabouts is
unknown.
Synopsis
Lt Col. Samantha Carter, currently
stationed at stargate command base of operations beneath Cheyanne Mountain in
the State of Colorado Springs is faced with a total system wide computer
failure resulting in the activation of the whole stargate system throughout the
stars. While searching for the catalyst and a solution to the problem one word
appears on all computers.
TORCHWOOD!
Chapter
One
Mission Debriefing read like clockwork.
Though all scheduled missions would of course continue as normal all others had
been placed on hold till further notice depending on how the long arduous hours
of routine maintenance and system checks or upgrades were completed. One such
team which in this case was the main primary one SG1 had no scheduled off-world
missions so they unlike other teams situated at the base were free and clear to
come or go as they pleased. The team's current leader Cameron Mitchell went off
on his own but kept his cell phone and pager on hand at all times, and though
it was legal to carry firearms outside the base he left his gear in the base
weapons locker room.
Dr Jackson had been requested to attend
a viewing at the museum where he had been employed before he was hired in a
civilian capacity to solve the puzzle of the stargate program. Daniel still marvelled
how he managed to accomplish in three weeks what his colleagues couldn't do in
two years. Tel'c their resident Jaffa had refrained from the invites of both
his friends and returned to his quarters to follow the culture of his race. Kel
No Rem a ritual of deep meditation. Samantha Carter was following procedure as
she was heading up and aiding the teams for the routine maintenance of all
stargate systems. Scientist, and Astrophysicist with countless years of
experience both off world and on earth was settling in to the job at hand. The
team would be starting with the longest problem first the upgrade, maintenance
and refit of all computers that were for and dealt with the stargate system
throughout the universe the main point of origin being the one situated in the gate
room there at the base.
On level 15 of the base which houses the
civilian guest living quarters of which there were currently none, this level
was at present under strict guard by well-armed personnel. The reason being
that this level was currently housing a goa'uld system lord who rose to become
the most powerful after the resurrected Anubis fell as did the rest of the
system lords one by one to the one now housed on level 15's civilian area. His
name:
Ba'al
Were one to look at the man sitting
comfortably in one of the chairs they would think him an ordinary businessman
rather than an alien from another world. Ba'al currently dressed in a smart
charcoal grey/black pinstripe suit of the highest quality is a male of athletic
build and at around 6 ft some would consider quite handsome. Ba'al had short
cropped black hair with short cropped beard and moustache and a tanned
complexion. He had brown eyes and a shrewd intelligence. He had an amiable but
charming personality, a wry sardonic sense of humour and held an amusement for
some of the more basic cultures of planet Earth. He was a man that cultivated
power solely for his own gain and danger.
The system lord used his wit and charm
for deceptive purposes. sometimes even vindictive or vengeful purposes, you
could say it depended upon his frame of mind at any given time. But one should
not let this impression make a fool of them for this particular Goa'uld had a
subtle insidious ruthless streak when crossed or angered. His rational and
adaptive qualities allowed him to blend into whichever environment he found
himself in which in this case was the current situation he now found himself
in. He was a prisoner held currently on level 15 civilian guest quarters under strict
guard. Was he a patient man? Who knows? But one thing was for certain, the man
was making plans for his escape when the opportunity arose, but for now he
settled in for the long run and bides his time. Watching, listening just
waiting for the right moment.
Chapter
Two
Torchwood
3
Late evening long after the team had
finished for the evening. Gwen Cooper, off home to her husband to be Rhys
Williams, Toshiko Sato off home to her empty house, alone as usual. Owen Harper,
resident medical doctor of the team off out to the local bars and nightclubs to
pick up whomever would fall for his tacky lines and bought drinks. This left
the only two personnel left. Ianto Jones, general dogsbody for the team but
highly appreciated all the same. Always the first to arrive and usually the
last to leave but not this night. This night the Welsh Teaboy as he was known,
stayed on duty at the hub along with the longest serving member of the team. Captain
Jack Harkness. A man that quite literally could not die and who was always on
the base sitting behind his desk doing paperwork among other things.
The Captain did not have a home as such,
well not like his team mates and friends; for him his home was the hub itself.
Though he could rest he didn't require it as such, and was often awake at any time
of the day or evening. He was a man born of the far future but confined to the
present modern day, since he turned up during the Victorian era under the rule
of Queen Victoria who would come to found the Torchwood Institute after her
encounter with The Doctor and Rose Tyler and the alien lifeform Lupine
Wavelength Haemovariform better known as a werewolf in legends of earth
history. Torchwood was named after the Torchwood estate where said incident
took place and where the master of the house died and the mistress left in
grief. Though Victoria's guardsman referred to Sir Robert MacLeish as a traitor
to the crown he was not in fact seen as one by her Majesty the Queen. She chose
to honour his bravery and sacrifice by founding the Institute in 1879.
'Tea Sir'
Came a Welsh voice from the right of him
as he sat at his desk. The Captain looked up startled to realise that there was
still someone on base other than himself.
'Ianto? What are you still doing here? Go on
home man, get some rest.'
He responded as he sat back in his chair
to stare up at the man that stood next to his desk after placing a hot cup of
tea on the table next to him.
'If it’s all the same sir, I think I'll
hang around just a while longer. You’re welcome for the tea by the way.'
He returned with his usual shy smile and
exited the office and walked down the iron stairwell to the main floor. Besides,
he still had Myfanwy to feed and water. Jack watched him from his office
thoughtfully. In the background the hum of the control tower for the rift
hissed and fizzed and crackled causing both men to frown and wonder what the
rift was up to this time. But over this small sound came the squawk of the
prehistoric pterodactyl that was their resident pet come mascot. Ianto
disappeared from view as he went down the iron stairwell and onwards to where
the pterodactyl had made her nest.
'Come on Myfanwy feeding time.'
The Welshman called softly after he had
everything sorted. He moved back to the stairwell as it walked out, its long
snout first before the rest appeared. The pterodactyl looked at him and called
a short greeting and went straight for its food. Ianto smiled and turned
leaving her in peace. Above in the upper level the rift machine was building in
power enough to worry the captain who forgot about his tea and stood up
grabbing his coat and slipping it on before walking down to the same level and
stopping right in front of it, eyes narrowed.
'What is it up to? '
He spoke thoughtfully not bothering to
turn around already knowing that Ianto Jones was there and reaching for the
button that would page the rest of the team to return. Jack turned his dark
head and looked over his shoulder.
'What?' Jack waited for the forthcoming
response. 'Call it a hunch sir but I think we're about to have a whole lot of
trouble coming our way. I sent the text to recall everyone.' Was the reply as
he went to stand by the computer monitoring the readings....
STARGATE
Command
Daniel
Jackson's office.
What could be said but that it was well organised clutter; artefacts, folders, files, boxes, etc strewn all around the
room from floor to ceiling. Even the desk was a well-organised clutter of
files, folders artefacts, small though they were and mission reports that were
written up and ready to be filed away. On the desk among the many file folders
lay an artefact control device for the quantum mirror that they had found on a
previous mission to planet p3r-223. The mirror itself had been shattered into
pieces after two unauthorised encounters with it. The mirrors frame was whole
and undamaged only its glass like centre had been shattered and the pieces
stored together with the frame in the room just off the disembarking ramp in
the gate room. It had been placed there until they were ready to send it back
through the gate.
A young soldier of private rank walked
down the corridor towards Dr Jackson’s office with a box laden with artefacts
and all relevant paperwork to be placed there until it could be tended to. He
entered the room and dumped the box unceremoniously upon the desk nudging the
unseen control device for the mirror, switching it on without realising it and
walked out closing the door behind him and returning to duty. In the store room
the mirror switched itself on but since the shattered pieces lay haphazardly
inside the box there was a glitch and a power surge which emitted outwards and
struck the power cables and electrical box which then went through the entire
base and into every computer.
Immediately alarms sounded throughout
the base and Samantha Carter’s voice could be heard in the main control room.
'Report System wide power failure
throughout the base and computer mainframe. What's happening to cause it?'
In the gate room the stargate was active
and going around its gate address lights lighting up but not locking onto
anything as the lights flickered on and off and computers switched on and off
and on again... The general came out of the office and looked at Carter.
'Col Carter?' Enquired General Hammond.
'Sir we have a system mainframe failure
and I don't have any idea as to the cause. The upgrades were running as
scheduled without any problems till now.'
Meanwhile
in the civilian quarters where Ba'al was being kept
Ba'al looked up at the flickering lighting
in the room he was now surviving in and frowned. When he heard the alarms, his
lips turned upwards into a smile. This he thought was his chance to escape the
rooms he was in and either return through the gate or at least escape from the
sgc. He stood up to his full height and reached across to his left wrist
touching something unseen, instantly his left hand now had upon it a hand
device or karakesh as it was called in the language of the Goa'uld. Ba'al had
long ago incorporated into his own the cloaking technology that both now
deceased queens Hathor and Nurti had once had.
He altered the device used for such so that it now incorporated his
entire being and walked towards the door and opened it.
The soldiers both turned weapons raised
but before they could do anything Ba'al used the hand device on them and sent
them crashing into the wall rendering them unconscious. He walked through the
corridors and headed straight for the gate room unseen but just in time to
hear.
'Col Carter, General, look at the
computer screens.'
Both turned around mid-conversation at Walter’s
voice and looked. One word appeared on every monitor.
TORCHWOOD
(Inside Torchwood 3)
The main entrance into the hub opened
and in walked the rest of the team that Jack called friends, family and co-workers.
Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato and Owen Harper.
'This better be worth it' Muttered Owen
just as the rift gave a surge of power unlike anything it had before right in
its centre which it seemed to be powering and sent them all almost crashing to
the floor.
'What the hell?' Came Owens voice. 'Jack
what's happening to the rift?' He asked as light and energy flowed all around
creating what appeared to be some kind of doorway.
'No idea.' came the Captain’s quickfire
response.
'It’s some kind of gateway or door into
who knows where. The power readings are off the scale.'
The voice of the resident computer
expert for Torchwood replied.
'Jack its being powered not just by the rift
but something else.' Toshiko shouted as she held onto the framework and looked
at the readings that it was collecting.
'Can we shut it down?' asked Gwen. Tosh
looked over between Jack and Gwen.
'Without knowing the cause of it in the
first place trying to shut it down may cause more damage than good Gwen.
There's no telling what will come through it and into here if it is from here.
The readings suggest it’s from somewhere else.' She replied
'The rift machine didn't open this but
it’s helping to maintain the powering of it. Unless we can shut it off at the
original source?' She said shrugging.
'Alright everyone get armed and ready
for whatever may come through and find a way to at least keep this contained
here and not out there in the city.'
Just
then two words appeared on the screen that read.
STARGATE
COMMAND
Everyone looked at one another.
Chapter
3
As a doorway had appeared inside the hub
using the rift machine as its gateway, that same doorway appeared inside the
gate room right in the centre of the stargate. Ba'al took this as his chance
and walked out of the room and down the stairwell and into the gate room. There
he revealed himself to them, a smirk upon his lips and turned and walked
through the doorway without a word.
'Sir we have to get him back there's no
telling what he might do or where he's gone. There's no gate address either so
we have no idea what’s on the other side of that.' Carter said, after their
witnessing of Ba'al entering it before they even knew he was there.
'Indeed' Came a deep voice from behind
them. Heads turned and saw Teal'c standing there. Moments later Daniel Jackson
and Jack O'Neill stood there.
'What now! Carter!' he snapped.
''Sir we have a system failure with one
word on the screen that reads TORCHWOOD whatever that's supposed to mean and
now Ba'al has escaped and gone through.' She replied to her commanding officer.
''Col O’Neill take a team and go and
retrieve Ba'al before he does any damage. Col Carter will remain here to figure
out what happened and what is responsible for this and see if it can be
stopped. Report back hourly.' General Hammond stated. Jack O’Neill nodded his
head as Teal'c left to retrieve his staff weapon and Daniel also to change and
gather supplies of his own. Jack went to retrieve sg teams 3 and 15 telling
them to gear up for an unknown mission to who knew where and hope for the best
and to meet in the gate room on the double. On the other side of the gate Ba'al
appeared inside the hub and stood looking around himself being a man of action
he ignored those around him and went straight for the nearest exit.
'Hold it right there Who are you and
where exactly did you come from?'
Captain Jack Harkness inquired as he
stood up to his full height and made his way towards the intruder. The Goa'uld
turned to look at him his eyes glowing and raised his hand releasing the power
of the hand device sending the captain backwards and off his feet. The system
lord turned around and studied the doorway and it didn't take him long to
figure out how to open it, which he did. Seconds later the door slid open and
Ba'al stepped through it and made for the corridor that would take him out into
the city.
Everyone stood up but before they could
do a thing more came through the gate lead by Jack O'Neill.
'Hold it, who are you people and where
did you just come from and who was it that came through just before you?' Jack
Harkness snapped. The team pointed their guns at the newcomers and waited for
answers.
'Ba'al came through here?' O'Neill
returned signalling his men to spread out. 'Where is he? We're here to
recapture a very bad man and return him to where he belongs.' O'Neill stated.
Just then Daniel Jackson stepped forwards.
'Jack we're in another time or place like with
the mirror best not to antagonise the locals' He said and received a glare in
response. 'Ah hi, I'm Daniel, Daniel Jackson. This is Jack O’Neill and the big
guy is Teal'c.' He said by way of explanation as to who they were but not where
they'd come from since that was something he couldn't explain. Jack Harkness
sighed and rubbed his head thoughtfully.
'Great you’re all from a parallel world
to this one? That's all I need.' He said and sat down on the top of the desk
closest to him.
'Jack?' asked Owen confused only to have
O’Neill look at him with an inquiring expression and snapping the question at
him.
'What?' Owen looked at the newcomer.
'Not you, HIM!' he pointed at the head of Torchwood. Jack Harkness sighed and
stood up and extended his hand out to Daniel.
'Captain Jack Harkness, head of
Torchwood. My team, Doctor Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato tech specialist, Gwen
Cooper and Ianto Jones. Welcome to Torchwood and as to your previous question
the intruder left me seconds before you showed up. Now you want to tell me how
and why I now have a parallel doorway opening in my hub using my rift control
machine as a power source and just how and why I have one alien and a bunch of
soldiers in my base?'
Daniel realized that both men held the
same name which was going to be confusing when anyone spoke to either man. 'We
don't know Captain Harkness we were upgrading our systems when a complete
system failure occurred and the word TORCHWOOD appeared on the screen. Our
teammate Sam Carter is with a team of experts trying to figure out how it
happened and how to fix it. but our prisoner Ba'al escaped and came through
here. We've been sent to retrieve him.' Daniel returned.
'Ah sir, with this open it may affect
the weevils and other alien species in the city. It may even bring about who
knows what while its active.' Ianto Jones said, stepping forwards. In the
background the sound of Myfanwy could be heard. Jack Harkness turned to face
him.
'Ianto, see to Myfanwy, then start
monitoring every frequency and news broadcast on anything out of the ordinary.
Tosh, see if there is a way to find this Ba'al alien that left the hub. Gwen,
you check in with local authorities and let Rhys and Andy know what or who to
look out for. Let’s get things moving.'
He said to them all which made his team
set to work to fulfil his demands. Jack turned his attention to his guests.
'Let’s work together shall we, that way
there is a better chance of succeeding in you retrieving your alien and
returning back to where you came from. By the way don't be surprised if you
come across aliens here on earth, they show up all the time. '
As Jack spoke to their guests the rest
of the team followed his orders to the letter. Tosh had the computer already
doing a search. Ianto took care of their alien guests and their resident mascot
Myfanwy. Gwen was on the phone to both men to let them know what was going on
as well. Since Owen wasn't asked to do anything he stayed where he was, eyeing
the newcomers with dislike.
'I say put them in one of the holding
cells.' he muttered but not low enough that everyone couldn't hear it. 'Owen,'
Jack snapped, the use of the tone in his voice was enough to silence the other
man.
'Um what did you mean, you deal with
aliens all the time?' Daniel Jackson asked with a frown, and wondering just
what this would mean for either Ba'al or Teal'c for that matter. O’Neill also
had the same thought and made sure to place himself closer to and in front of
the Jaffa.
The captain looked at him and smirked.
'This is Torchwood, Dr Jackson. In this world once the human race hit the 21st
century every alien across the universe had decided to visit here with the
intent to either invade or wipe out and as you can see, they've failed. Plus,
there is a rift that exists in two places which tends to cause havoc hence our
machine which you can now see is being hampered by that portal you all came
through.'
Jack Harkness was amused that they
thought that they would be able to shield their friend.
'If we wanted to contain your friend we
could and would and you wouldn’t be able to prevent it. But I will make allowances
for him since I can see he won’t harm anyone unless provoked. It’s the other
one that came through first that needs found and contained.'
Jack stared back at all of them and
still held a smile on his lips. Tosh looked up from what she was doing. 'Jack
things are up and running and a search for him is underway right now. I'm
assuming that he's smart enough to want to have followers, those that will look
out for him if he can so I’ve created a search pattern for that as well and its
running as we speak.'
The captain nodded his head to her while
O’Neill had turned to look at her assuming that it had been himself, she was
talking to. Gwen reappeared and gave a heads-up signal to him so her side was
completed. He nodded a second time.
Chapter Four
Outside the base...
It didn't take the Goa'uld long to
assess the situation that he now found himself in; a new parallel world and Earth
where the stargate either did not exist or had yet to be found. Being a man of charm
and elegance, he immediately set out to achieve a cult following much like Seth
had done in their own time. He also knew that sg1 would not be far behind in
trying to recapture him. The first thing he did was acquire a place to stay,
one of wealth and status in the human world then he began to find followers;
those that were weak willed and easily influenced to follow commands he gave.
What the time difference would be in this world compared to his own Ba'al did
not know nor did he care as long as he achieved his goals by using those who
would follow without asking too many questions. Humans were after all nothing
but slaves or hosts for his race.
STARGATE COMMAND
It had taken hours and hours of work but
eventually the team had figured out what was going on. How the pieces of the
mirror had been activated by accident by one of the soldiers on the base when
he delivered the boxes to Daniel’s office. It had been an easy mistake to make
since Daniel's desk was so cluttered. Once it was established that this was the
cause, all that remained was to notify the team through the current opening.
'Sir if Ba'al is in their world then
what from theirs might have come into ours? We've found the cause on this side
and they already know the cause on theirs, it's just a matter of recapturing
Ba'al and bringing him back and then finding out how to shut this down and
closing the doorway between both worlds.' Samantha Carter asked. The general agreed.
'Col Carter, see if you can make contact
with sg1 and let them know what is going on, then have two sg teams do a sweep
of the base to make sure nothing came through from their side of things. Since
this base is in lockdown till this is sorted if there is anything here it will
not be able to go far.’ He replied and she nodded her head turning to the
communications system.
'Col O’Neill can you read me?' she
inquired waiting
TORCHWOOD.
'What is it Carter? We're about to go
after Ba'al with those on this side running things.' O’Neill replied through
his radio.
'Sir, we found the cause of the problem.
The shattered pieces of the quantum mirror in Daniel's office are active. It seems
the power surge we encountered activated it.
General Hammond says we have to search the base in case anything from
that side came through here also?' She responded.
'That would explain the rift machines
power surges too sir in overloading. There’s the possibility that while active
anything that might come through the rift could end up in either world?' Ianto
said looking at the captain.
'Who's that?' Sam said as Ianto's voice
was heard over the link.
'Ianto Jones, Torchwood' He replied
answering Sam Carters question.
'Ianto, intros later, Tosh do a search
to make sure no aliens are missing from here in the hub or coming through the
rift and see if there’s anything happening above in the city, while you’re at
it alien tech included.' Jack replied and she set to work.
'Sir?' Sam's voice came back puzzled and
looking for answers. 'If you like I can send two of mine through to your world
to assist in the search. They are better equipped to handle them if so?' Jack
stated to O'Neill who nodded thinking that it might be a good idea.
'Carter notify the general that there
will be two coming through to help in the event that there are things from this
side there. Daniel is also returning to retrieve two zat weapons just in case.'
He said over the radio.
'Aye sir but who was that talking just
now.'
'Captain Jack Harkness, leader of
Torchwood and you are?' Jack inquired with his usual flirtiness and plum.
'Samantha Carter sg1.' She replied back.
'Jack!'
'Carter!'
O’Neill and Gwen replied at the same
time.
'This is no time for your flirting ways
send Ianto and Owen through to find out if any of the weevils or who knows what
is on their side while you and I and these newcomers go after this Ba'al
they're referring to.' Gwen said.
'Are you in charge now, Gwen?' The
captain inquired.
'No, but we're all used to your antics
and they're not and it would take too long to get this mess sorted if you’re in
your flirting mode.' She snapped back.
'Sir, she's right besides....' Ianto
never finished that sentence for the whole team knew that he and Jack had
something going on together. Jack sighed and nodded his head.
'Owen, you and Ianto go, you know the
measures to take concerning anything from our world that might be in theirs. Stay
in touch with Gwen and Tosh at all times. I'll aid the Colonel and his team in
retrieving their hostile.'
'Aye sir' They said in unison and went
to find what they needed before returning to step through the portal doorway.
at the same time Daniel had returned through and went to retrieve two zats
while the general had been told what was going on. Daniel returned through
moments before Ianto and Owen returned.
'Zats Jack.' Daniel said. 'General’s
aware of them and they will have all the help they need. sg 15 and 12 are about
to begin a sweep of the base while Sam’s trying to find a way to shut the
doorway and return things to normal.'
O'Neill nodded his head as the two Torchwood
men stepped through to the other side to be met by Sam and both teams along
with the general.
‘Tosh, you and Gwen keep in touch on all
sides and let me know if anything unusual is going on. You three are with me,
your hostile will head for secluded and wealthy area of the city but at the
same time he'll be looking for the weak and susceptible to do his work.' Jack
indicated they should follow him to the car so that they could get things
underway.
'One thing you should know is that you
need do nothing if I go down in any capacity. It won’t take me long to recover
and be back on my feet.'
'If you die what happens to your team?'
Daniel asked as they all got into the car.
'Dr Jackson I can't die; I just keep
coming back to life. I died once and was brought back to life, now I can't die
at all. Believe me, so you won’t have to worry.' He said as he drove them out
of the hub and to the area of the city that they would need to be in their
search for the hostile alien. Daniel and the others had surprised looks on
their faces.
Chapter
Five
While both teams got to work on both
sides of the portal rift Tosh and Gwen got to work. While Gwen did a search of
the hub, slow though it would be, Tosh set the computer to detect anything out
of the ordinary. Each woman took their own sectors of the base. Tosh did the
upper levels while Gwen the lower and each kept in touch with the other and if
they needed to, they could do a conference call for every one of their team.
Neither woman could detect or find
anything missing from the hub so at least they found themselves safe that way. Both
women met up just outside the cells level about to return to the main section
when Tosh's alert went off. Each glanced at the other and then ran for the main
room and the computer.
Tosh went to the screen to see and then
looked over at Gwen.
'We have a problem Gwen a big one.'
‘What?' She said raising her weapon in
the event that it was in the hub.
'Not on our side theirs. I've got
readings of Dalek tech and an organic form that is not from our side either but
it looks like they have all somehow become part of one another.' said Tosh.
'Oh shit, that's all we need, Cybermen
or Dalek there. We have enough trouble with them here! But what of the organic I’m
assuming its humanoid with part human and Dalek now a part of it?' Tosh nodded.'
'Agreed, but whatever it is now, it’s
going to be trouble. I'm going to send all the info to Jack and our guys there.'
Tosh said at the same time as she was sending all the information that they
were currently gaining. What was now part Dalek would be found out later as
pieces of both Una’s and Goa'uld all in one. At the same time as Toshiko was sending
the details to Jack about what she had detected the information popped up on
Ianto's hand held Tablet as Owen was doing the introductions for them in front
of the general and Sam Carter. Ianto felt the vibration of the tablet and
picked it out of his suit pocket and raised it up and read what was now
scrolling across the screen.
'Owen. Sorry to interrupt but Tosh has
just sent through details that are disturbing. She's also got Gwen sending
through the required weaponry.'
Owen turned around and looked at him.
'What now? Isn't this enough to be
getting on with.'
Ianto stared at him as stoic as ever and
said. 'Dalek tech has been detected this side along with two strains of
unidentified organic life.'
'FUCK! that's all we need' Owen cursed
as Sam and the general and those who worked on the base that were in the room
looked at one another in confusion.
'What is a Dalek and how did it get
here?' Sam inquired stepping forward. Both men turned around and stared at her
and then at one another.
'A Dalek is or rather was a humanoid
lifeform that mutated into a lifeform that existed in a weaponised outer casing.
Each is the enemy of the other. The Dalek want to wipe out all life throughout
the universe. If it’s not Dalek its exterminated.' Ianto explained to her
without expression.
'And now it’s, here in our world? You
mentioned organic strains mixed in with them what are they?' she inquired.
'That's from your side perhaps you can
tell us what the strains are?' Owen said stepping up and nodding to Ianto to
show her the strains integrated with Dalek tech. Ianto turned the pda around so
Sam could see it and read the different strains that were on the screen. She identified
two unknown strains which she assumed were of Dalek origin but the two the
others didn't know, she knew instantly. Sam turned around to the general.
'Sir these people are right we have a
major situation. The strains they couldn't identify are Una’s and Goa'uld
strains. It looks like the lifeforms from their world have somehow merged with
both an Una’s and a Goa'uld symbiote. It makes the situation even more
difficult.'
The information went over the comm link
back to the hub and was then transmitted to the captain and those he was with
at the same time after a small-time lapse in receiving or sending of info.
When it came to human being’s Captain Jack
Harkness knew exactly how to deal with them to make sure that they would forget
the incident once it was over and done with. Torchwood had a drug that could
and would make sure of that though it was rarely used unless it was absolutely
needed and the captain knew that it was something they would have to use where
this particular incident was concerned. Now they were at their destination and
parked just out of sight where they could assess the situation and learn how
many people were in thrall to the alien that was known as Baal. While on the
other side of the portal the sgc along with Ianto Jones and Owen Harper were in
the process of doing a search of the base and the surrounding area on the
surface to find the problem that they were facing and to make sure that it
would be dealt with before the local population got wind of it.
one advantage that the sgc had over
torchwood was that they could call on the aid of their allies whereas torchwood
had only themselves to handle any situation that they found themselves in or
called into by others.
Chapter 6
A battle on both sides of the open
portal ensues when Captain Jack Harkness and sg1 head off to recapture Ba'al
who has made himself a little cult following of humans that could be persuaded
into his service while on the other side of the portal Torchwood’s Owen Harper
and Ianto Jones are in the process of fighting a Dalek that now has both Una’s
and Goa’uld incorporated into it.
Owen was the first to speak up.
'You know I read the files on these
things. If it does incorporate DNA or lifeform other than itself it’s not going
to like it and its going to consider itself impure. according to the files they
tend to exterminate anything that is not pure Dalek even their own.'
'It’s something we can use against it if
we can get into a position to have it talking.' Ianto said with a grin.
Samantha Carter was thoughtful.
'Then we can shut down all access points
and drive it into an area that has no way out.' She responded and went on to
speak to the general via radio at a little distance away from them.
Back on the Torchwood side there was a
battle going on against those that were trying to prevent Ba'als recapture. O’Neill
and Daniel were using tranquilliser weapons so that no one would get killed
while Teal'c was using a zat weapon only if he had to.
'If we can find the water supply, I can
put something into it to make them forget that they were here or that they ever
were in a battle or encountered any of us. ' Jack stated. 'having it is quite useful
on occasion though use of it is done sparingly. '
'Why?' asked Daniel.
'Because I once put it into the water
for the entire country and got into a lot of trouble for it, Dr Jackson. The Queen
was most unhappy.' he smirked. O’Neill looked at him. 'Daniel give him a hand
to find the water mains so that he can add whatever it is into the system. Tel'c
and I will get Ba'al'
Not waiting for a response both men
disappeared inside the building. The property though big it didn’t take them
long to find the water and put in the chemical that Captain Jack Harkness had
brought along with him. Once he did this, they slipped into the building and
went after their target from the opposite direction so that they could trap Ba'al
between them.
Chapter 7
At stargate command after a lengthy
battle and loss of a few men the Dalek entity was cornered with the only exit
shut in front of it though both Ianto and Owen knew that it was smart enough to
find a way out but hopefully not before they found a way to kill it.
Owen looked at the Dalek from his
vantage point.
'Dalek, we know that your kind exterminate
all things not like you, even your own if it is not pure Dalek. By your own
kind you know you’re not pure Dalek so you should have exterminated yourself
once you realized this. Since you haven’t, we're going to have to do it for
you.'
The Dalek raised its eyestalk and looked
at him.
'Dalek’s do not take orders! We will
find our way out and exterminate.'
While this was going on Sam returned
with the poison, they had managed to create that would kill any Go’auld
lifeform.
'Here, release this into the atmosphere.
Inside there the only Go’auld is the one inside that thing there are no others
here on the base.' She said to them.
Owen nodded his head.
'The lifeform inside you Dalek is going
to die first. That will leave you weak and give us more of an advantage to
killing you.'
The Dalek’s response was to fire hitting
a weak spot in the door denting it.
'This metal is weak. We will destroy it
and exterminate.' It responded and
opened continuous fire at the point in question with the toxin released into
the room.
'Aim for the eye stalk, it’s their only
weak point.' Ianto said as the toxin
took effect killing the symbiote Una’s life form slowly. Though it seemed like
hours, it was not that long when eventually the Dalek failed and was killed when
its head exploded. Everyone cheered.
'Right, now all we have to do is get rid
of the Dalek permanently so that the timeline returns to what it should be. Nice
working alongside you all but now we should return to our side and aid in
catching your enemy and returning him through before the portal shuts.'
Over the radio he heard Tosh and Gwen. 'Make
it fast boys, the portal is starting to disintegrate and flicker, how long it
will remain active we don't know. Jack’s already been told.'
Sam used a zat on the Dalek entities
remains causing it to be vaporised then she guided the Torchwood men back to
the point of origin so that they would be able to return to their own world. Both
men said their goodbyes and left. Captain
Jack was getting impatient. He looked over at Daniel and noticed that he held a
zat weapon as well as a tranq gun. Using his vortex manipulator, he scanned the
building for anything alien and got a lock on it.
'Daniel, I assume one shot of that gun
will incapacitate it?' he said pointing to the weapon. Daniel nodded. 'Right,
get it ready along with your tranquilizer we’re taking a short cut. I’ve
already locked onto your target so you have this one chance to take him down
before he can do anything.'
Jack held up his hand and with the
manipulator. 'Put your hand here and hold on. This is a vortex manipulator that
will allow us a little jump through time and space once we're in the same room.
It’s up to you.'
Not waiting for a response Jack caught
the man’s hand and hit the button. Instantly they were teleported through time
and space into the same room right behind Ba'al who turned to face them. Daniel
immediately used the zat which missed him and Ba'al hit him with the karakesh
hand device. Jack stepped in and hit him hard enough to make him stumble giving
Daniel the chance to use the tranq gun which caught him right in the chest. Though
Ba'al tried to escape the tranq was fast acting and put him unconscious within
minutes.
Jack and Teal'c entered the room to find
both men tying up Ba'al.
'Daniel?'
O’Neill inquired.
'Later
Jack, I’ll explain later. Right now we need to get back as the opening that
brought each of us to the other is closing and if we want to get home we have
to go now or be stuck here permanently.'
Tel'c picked up the system lord and
waited.
'Right, let’s get going'
They all headed for the car and got in
making sure that Ba'al was secured and Jack Harkness drove the car at its full
speed and back to the hub in record time. Minutes later they entered the main
room.
'Jack you've got minutes if not seconds
before it closes. Owen and Ianto are already back.' said Gwen.
'Well then, best get through before it
closes, was nice meeting you and working with you.' Jack said shaking hands
with sg1. Teal'c was his usual self. He shook hands and stepped through with Ba'al
back into stargate command centre which took the system lord and this time
confined him where he wouldn't be able to escape; also making sure he had no
other weapons or devices once the hand device was taken from him. O’Neill and Daniel
both said their goodbyes and stepped through and seconds later the rift shut
down as if it had never been active. There was nothing but silence. on the
other side sg1 watched the mirror pieces disintegrate as the gate closed and
anything related to Torchwood disappeared from the time line.
'Well that was one for the books, eh Daniel.'
Daniel looked at him.
'Time travel Jack. They travel through
time and space on a regular basis not just dealing with alien life forms of all
kinds. That's how we got to Ba’al in the end.'
Jack looked at him.
'Disorientating too, travelling like
that. I wonder how the reports for this little adventure will read to those
reading it? especially the NID. Can you imagine being able to travel anywhere
across the universe with just a little device that's strapped to your arm? I
think I am going to leave that part out of the report.'
Daniel wandered off back through the
corridors to his office to write up his report leaving Jack O’Neill and the
rest of the staff in the gated room behind pondering this.
In the coming days everything returned
to its normal routine on both worlds. Reports were written and filed away and off
world missions continued. Torchwood filed away its own version and went back to
protecting Earth from alien incursions and other things.
the end.
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