Nightingale: Agent of Torchwood

Day One [4]

Jack burst into Carys's lounge. He was wearing white overalls and a gas mask. Jack pointed his gun at Carys.

Toshiko entered behind him, and Nightingale and Owen came through the front door.

"What's going on?" The postman questioned.

"Put your trousers on and get out. Now!" Jack ordered.

The postman fled.

"It always breaks my heart to say those words,"

Tosh took a reading, "Air quality's okay,"

The team removed their gas masks.

Carys dodged past Nightingale.

"Gale, look out!" Jack exclaimed.

Owen tossed a device in front of Carys, and she was trapped inside an energy cylinder.

"What's that?" Nightingale asked.

"It's a sort of inflatable cell. The power runs down after an hour, though. The battery life's bollocks," Owen explained.

"Who said you could use that?" Jack demanded.

"Er, I just stopped a prisoner escaping," Owen said hopefully.

"You know the rules. None of that stuff leaves the building without my express permission,"

"Fine. Don't thank me,"

Jack used his bracer controls to deactivate it.

"Come with us," Nightingale told Carys.

***

The team entered the hub, and Nightingale led Carys.

Jack stopped Nightingale "I understand I said I wouldn't force you to use your ability, but..."

Nightingale nodded in understanding. "You want me to find information on the alien,"

"Yeah,"

Nightingale nodded, took Carys to the cell block, and put her in a cell.

"Are you MI5? Where am I? What'd want?" Carys questioned.

"I think you know Carys," Nightingale said.

"How do you know my name? I've never been in trouble. What do you want from me?"

"I know something is living inside you and what it made you do. His name was Matt Stephens; his parents lost their only child at three o' seven this morning,"

Carys cried out in pain as the alien took control. "You broke my ship,"

"Come on then. Where are you from, and why are you trying to invade Earth because you can forget about enslaving them,"

"Who said anything about enslaving? No. I want the energy, the climax. I live off that energy,"

"Right, just to recap, you've traveled here to feed off orgasmic energy,"

"There's nothing else out there like it. You taste so good, you're the best hit there is," Carys cried out and was thrown against the cell wall as she fought to regain control.

Nightingale opened the cell door to check on her.

"No! Help me. Please, get it out of me,"

"Carys?" Nightingale asked as she helped Carys to her feet, then looked confused for a second.

Carys pushed Nightingale against the wall and started to kiss her.

Nightingale and Carys kissed passionately.

Carys ripped Nightingale's blouse open. "No, it's no good. It has to be a man," Carys screamed in pain. "I'm losing. Promise me you'll help me. Promise me,"

"I promise," Nightingale closed Carys' cell door.