Nightingale: Agent of Torchwood

Everything Changes [5]

Nightingale walked outside the Millennium Centre, biting her lip as she considered Jack's proposition.

"You got a good likeness,"

Nightingale turned around and saw Suzie holding a knife. "Suzie, right?"

Suzie took a step towards Nightingale and noticed the Gallifreyan's eyes glance towards the weapon. "I thought you might've seen it when you shook my hand. He said you were good. Anyway it's not much good now, I can't really..." she gestured with the knife "You're going to put up a fight so I've got..." Suzie searched her handbag. "Erm, hold on...sorry,"

Nightingale took the distraction and lunged at Suzie, causing the girl to fall against the pavement. Nightingale kicked the knife away.

Suzie put up her own fight, and Nightingale stopped when Suzie pointed a handgun at her. "There, that's better,"

"Put it down..." Nightingale ordered.

"I was gonna show up at your apartment. But you had to come back...in all honesty, saved me an extra trip,"

"You want me to disappear. Fine, I'm gone...not a word to Jack or his team about your little extracurricular activities,"

Suzie shrugged. "Torchwood's gonna find out by morning, but we'll be gone. I don't know where, far away...What am I going to do? I loved this job; I really loved it. And now I've got to run. Oh, Christ! How can you do any job after this?"

"What do you want with me?"

"You do this job for long enough, and you end up thinking, how come we get all the Weevils and bollocks and shit? Is that what alien life is? Filth? And then here you are...you're my ticket." Suzie brushed Nightingale's hair away, her hand grazing Nightingale's face.

Nightingale screamed in pain as needle after needle was put into her.

Suzie keeps Nightingale locked away as a pet, using her gifts so she can remain rich.

***

"I finally figured out why you call yourself Nightingale,"

Nightingale looked back and saw the Asgardian Prince. "Oh?" she felt his presence even closer and turned around, shocked that they were centimeters apart. The Gallifreyan couldn't help but shutter, but it wasn't out of fear.

"It's because you feel trapped. You have a voice that wants to be heard, but it's been locked away along with your wings,"

"Only partially right, my Prince. I call myself Nightingale because my ability is my song,"

Loki moved to move a piece of Nightingale's hair from her face, but she was quick to catch his hand

"and whenever I sing, some choose to cage it and keep it for their entertainment,"

Loki used his other hand to push Nightingale's chin so she was looking up at him. "I would never do that to you,"

Nightingale looked into Loki's gaze and saw love and decided to act on it and kissed him.

Suzie recognized Nightingale's gaze. "What did you see?"

Nightingale shook her head as tears streamed down her face.

"What did you see?!"

Nightingale glanced past Suzie and saw Jack had come up the on invisible lift.

Suzie noticed the glance and shot Jack in the head.

Nightingale screamed.

Suzie aimed the gun back at Nightingale. "I can't let you go,"

"Please,"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I've got to. I've got it. I've got to,"

Jack stood up behind Suzie. The hole was still in his forehead. "Let her go,"

Suzie turned and grabbed Nightingale, aiming the gun at Nightingale's head.

Nightingale and Jack knew that Nightingale could return in a regenerated form, but she didn't want to leave this form.

"Suzie, it's over. Now come with me," Jack said.

Suzie looked from Jack to Nightingale, then put the gun under her chin and pulled the trigger.

Nightingale screamed as Jack ran over to her to ensure she was alright. She could only nod as she didn't hear Jack's questions.