Torchwood - Series 5

The Assassination of Torchwood - Episode 4

Captain Jack and the Torchwood Two team try to guess at why Captain Jack is wanted. "Well I hadn't done anything wrong lately and no one knows who I am. I should hope." Jack explains to the new Torchwood crew. "Have you had anyone try to get to you lately?" James questions him. "Any aliens?" Isabella guesses. "No. Nothing." He answers. "What about the people in control of The Blessing?" Rex asks Jack. "Remember those three families. They wanted you. They had your blood. Maybe they want you back, as they are probably still out there." Rex explains to him. "Rex. I may only say this once: you are a genius!" Jack replies enthusiastically. "Wait a minute, who are these families?" Archie questions them. "The three families took control over three important things about life today." Jack starts. "Media, Politics and the Economic World. Each one of them chose one to take control of back in the late '20s. I was there. Then half a year ago, we stopped the miracle by transplanting my blood into The Blessing from Shanghai and Buenos Aires at the same time." Jack explains to them. "I don't think I got all of that, but I think that makes sense as to why they want you back. And by reporting you and how they did it." James replies. "So what will Archie and his fellow friends of Torchwood Two do about this matter?" Archie questions them in the third person. "We're gonna stop them. That's what." Jack answers and they get prepared to go and find the three families.

Andy drives Gwen back to her house and parks outside it with their police car. "Thanks for that back at the docks, Andy." Gwen thanks her friend and partner in the force. "Oh that's alright. At least we know to be looking out for those creatures again." Andy replies as Rhys comes out and looks displeased to see Andy. "Oh, great. So you're going to be working with my lover are you?" Rhys questions him. "Yes, actually. I am." Andy replies, not very happy to see Rhys either. "Boys, please. Rhys, Andy saved my life today, so you have him to thank for whatever's going down tonight! And Andy, Rhys is my husband, so you have to be able to respect my life choices." Gwen explains to both of them and strolls inside, leaving her two men alone together. "Right, well... I suppose she sorted it. I'll see you soon, Andy." Rhys says and follows Gwen. "Same with you." Andy calls back. "You large bugger." He mutters silently once Rhys is inside. He gets back in the car and drives off.

"What do you mean he saved your life?" Rhys questions Gwen after she picks up Anwen from her mother. "Weevil's. The Weevil's are back! One came up behind me and would've had me in the end if it wasn't for Andy saving me." Gwen explains to her loving husband. "Alright then. I'll go put the kettle on, man." Rhys replies and makes tea for Gwen so she can rest. "Did you have a rough day, love?" Mary asks her daughter. "Yes, it was. Those aliens that Torchwood named Weevil's are back in Cardiff." Gwen explains. "Oh, viscous ones are they?" She asks. "Oh, yeah. Very, very bad ones!" Gwen answers her mother and rests Anwen on the floor for her to play with her toys.

Jilly packs some things she thinks that she will need for the journey to Cardiff in two nights time. Her mobile phone rings and she picks it up. "Hello, Miss Kitzinger speaking." She says. "Jilly, it's me." Answers a familiar voice. But who was it? She wasn't quite sure at first and she realised that it was: The Blue-Eyed man. "What is it? Is something wrong with the flight?" Jilly questions him. "No, I just wanted to make sure that you'd be okay gathering up the Captain for us. So for your safety, as we know Jack will make a struggle, we're giving you two men with guns. Two guys. Two guns. They'll help you take out his friends, while you get us the Captain." The Blue-Eyed man explains to her. "Okay, so how many will we take out?" She asks him, however he had hung up by the time she asked.

Captain Jack and company speculate on why they want Jack back. "Maybe the same reason as whatever it was before?" Millie suggests to them. "I don't think so. Can we get a flight to... oh, I don't even know where they are anyway." Jack replies. "I doubt that they'd leave a trace of themselves on the internet somewhere." Rex says. "Unless. Unless they have." Jack replies and Millie starts searching for results such as 'Three Families', 'The Blessing', unfortunately nothing seems to come up for them. "We'll keep trying, but it's getting late." James says to everyone. "Me and Rex haven't got anywhere to stay. So, Archie can we crash at your place?" Captain Jack asks Archie if they could stay at his house. "I suppose." He answers.

At Archie's house, the three arrive in the dead of night. Inside it is extremely messy and is hard to get from one room to another. Archie shows them to a spare room, unfortunately he has only one bed to spare. "I'm not sharing a bed with you again, Rex. No offence." Jack states when they are in their room. "One of you could sleep on the floor, while Archie goes back into his magnificent bedroom." Archie suggests. "That would work. Dibs on the top bunk!" Rex replies, jumping on the bed like a child. "Seriously? Fine then, but tomorrow I'm on the bed, you bastard!" Jack says to him resting on the floor.

Later when the three of them are asleep, Jack rolls around, sweating and suddenly wakes up looking frightened. He goes down the stairs and turns on Archie's laptop. He signs in as the Torchwood account. He does a search on where Gwen Cooper is. He finds where she lives and her house phone number. He takes it down and rings her. "Is that the bloody phone going off?" Rhys questions Gwen and he gets up to answer it. "Look, whoever this is, it's a joke phoning someone at two in the bloody morning. So stop this bollocks and phone us another time, thank you!" He rants through the phone. "It's Jack. Captain Jack from Torchwood, Rhys. Remember?" Jack informs him. "Oh... oh right. Sorry about that!" Rhys apologizes when he realized it was Jack. "I'd like to speak to Gwen, if you don't mind." Jack asks him. "No, okay. Sure, I'll just call her down then." Rhys replies. "Gwen! Gwen, I need you." He calls her down. She comes down the stairs, angry and tired. "What the bloody hell, Rhys? Why're you calling me down at this time?" Gwen quizzes him as he hands her the phone. "It's Jack." He says to her and goes up the stairs, back to bed.

"Jack what is it?" She asks him when she takes the phone. "I had a nightmare. It was about Ianto. His voice saying 'Don't forget me' and I'll never forget that moment. That moment when he died in my arms. Then it took me to you. And I thought that I'd never get over your death. It's good that you left Torchwood, but I think that the families are going to try and get you!" Jack explains to her. "Jack I need to get to bed; this bullshit isn't helping." Gwen replies. "Gwen, listen to me! The three families might come to get you too. I know they want me, but they might try and take you too!" Jack warns her worriedly. "I'm going to bed now. Thanks for... whatever that was." Gwen replies and puts the phone down. Going back to bed and forgetting about that unusual conversation.

Jilly goes to visit The Blue-Eyed man and he hands her a pistol outside the abandoned house. "You know how to handle yourself?" He questions. "Yes. Those men who'll be joining me; who are they?" Jilly questions him. "You don't need to know them or their names. You just need to know that they'll help you out." He explains to her. "There's been a change of plan: your flight's today. In several hours, I'll be needing you in Cardiff. Is that okay with you?" He asks her. "That's fine. Do I need new tickets?" Jilly questions him. "No. No, you'll be on a private plane. It's all booked." The Blue-Eyed man notifies her. "Oh, alright. I'll get my bags and I assume it's at the same airport." Jilly says, taking her pistol and he replies by nodding his head. She goes and gets her bag and takes a taxi to the airport.

At the airport, she meets her guards who are heavily weapon-ed up. They nod their heads and she enters the plane. She takes a seat where she likes (there's no one else apart from her and her bodyguards as passengers). One of them gives her a list of names and pictures of people. "Here are the people we need to take out. We need to assassinate them and collect Jack." One explains to her. She looks at the list and on there is: Sophie, Millie, Isabella, Bruce, James, Archie, Rex and Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams!

[THE PICTURE IS OF ESTHER DRUMMOND, WHO DIED IN THE FINALE OF MIRACLE DAY, SAVING THE EARTH. R.I.P]