Beyond Torchwood

Who?

I looked up, and couldn't hold it back any more. I let the tears stream down my face. I finally had a home, friends who cared about and some perfect chick waltzes in and makes me the bad guy. I wiped my eyes and sniffled. I shot one of my best friends and appeared to betray them all. I stood up and walked. I walked for an hour and it was more like a trudge. I looked like shit and was barely staying awake. I made it to Torchwood and walked in. They all looked at me. I just held my arms out. "Go the fuck ahead and lock me away like I'm a mental case. Just don't let her touch me. That's all I fucking ask," I said just barely keeping myself together. "Weapons," Gwen said. I handed her my guns and the knife I kept in my boot. Jack cuffed my wrists and took me to where we locked away the weavills. I sat in the corner and watched as he closed it. I started thinking. She clearly has planted fake memories probably by touch. I wasn't able to see her tamper with the others mind. No... I saw her mess with Jack's he still had a thing for Ianto and then she kissed him. Now what did she do before she kissed him. For fuck's sake why can't this be easy? I closed my eyes. She placed a hand on his shoulder! I stood up and started to pace. "Ok so she tampers with their minds by placing a hand on the neck some other physical contact placing false memories in their heads. She messes with their personalities as well somehow. Who is she though? Natalia Erin Smith never existed until a few little while ago. She's too perfect. So alien I suppose?" I thought aloud. "She wants me to break down that's what I've been doing falling into her trap. Who's gonna believe the mentally unstable girl right?" I continued. "I will," spoke up a voice. I looked up to see Owen. "What do you mean," I asked. "I told you. I'll believe you. The proof you showed was irrifutable," he said. I stood against the steel bars. "Thanks," I said placing my head between the bars. I was going to feel so guilty for this but I need to do it. "You're welcome," he said taking a step forward. "You're the only one who still believes me," I said. "Because I..... love you," he said. I leaned forward and kissed him but I slipped his gun and pulled back loading it and aiming it at his head. "No you don't. I'm sorry Owen I'm so sorry, but I have to fix this," I said. "I understand," he replied a bit sadly. "Unlock the door," I said. He did so and I ran out leaving the gun in his hands. I just stabbed the one person who believed me in the back. It was late and of course Jack was the only one there. I ran over. "Before you say anything listen to me," I say. He looked up increadulously. "You just don't know when to stop do you," he asked. I ran to the computer and pulled up the video files and played side by side a weeks worth of no Natalia. "Look she only shows up here," I say pointing to today's footage. He sat back. "But that's not possible," Jack muttered. I showed the two photos of before the profile and after.

I showed each contact point. "Natalia Erin Smith is not real you let this creature into Torchwood," I said looking at him. I heard clapping echo the room from behind us. "Congratulations you figured it out Jodie Holmes. But what are you going to do now? I live off of your memories," She said taking a step towards us. I stood upright and my eyes widened as a gunshot rung out. I looked down and my abdomen had been shot. I held a shaking hand over it and fell to my knees as they buckled. "The..... retcon pills...get Torchwood together now," I was in shock I knew because I couldn't feel the bullet. I took shallow quick breaths as I pulled myself up. "Jodie you were just-," he said aiming a gun at Natalia. "GO," I shouted cutting him off. He did so after she tried to shoot again but it was empty, and I staggered over to her after I made a quick tourniquet. I ripped the gun from her hands cuffing her quick enough that she couldn't stop me. I shoved her to the cell I was previously in. Owen saw me and ran to my side. Ugh I can no longer stand this puppy shit. "Key," I struggling but closing her door shut as she began shouting. He started firing questions like a machine gun. "JUST HAND ME THE FUCKING KEY," I shouted snapping. He gave it to me shocked. I locked her in."C'mon," I said staggering off to the conference room and I leaned against the table. I hung my head closing my eyes for a second. I looked up as the door opened. I took out the pill jar and put one amnesia pill in front of each chair. I put one in Jack's hand and put one in my own. Jack placed water in front of everyone. "What's this for? Why's Jodie here and when did she get shot," Gwen asked. "I escaped.. to prove what Natalia was, sh-she shot me," I said and the footage played. "She feeds off memories of her or in general. In order to remove her we must forget her," Jack explained. "She also.... changed us, Jack is less trusting more stubborn, Ianto I can't tell it must.. be internal. Gwen..... your wearing a crapton of make up and Owen.... your too innocent," I said. "Think of the things ..... that made you, you and tell me them," I said as more spaces formed between words. I took a deep shaky breath. Jack watched and Ianto was the first. Then Gwen. She had bright red lipstick, bronzer, and now navy blue eyeshadow..... Next was Owen. I looked at Jack and he hesitantly looked at me. She had implanted memories of them dating. "It's not real Jack......None of this is. But I'm real, They.... are real," I said looking at him. He looked at it and back up. He swallowed the pill. I watched and they all started to doze off each telling their own story. Their heads dropped. I walked to the computers erasing the videos and all files correlated to her. I felt my nerves come back. I grunted and pain shot up my side and down my leg. I walked to the cell. "Don't send me back. Please," she pleaded. I shook my head and grabbed the nanogenes. I sat down. The pain seared through me and I held back screams but whimpers escaped my lips. The warm sting of tears blurred my vision. I took even shallower breaths. I grit my teeth and took off my shirt. I couldn't help but scream in pain. White hot bolts shot each individual nerve and I couldn't bare the pain. I felt the tears escape and run down my cheeks. I opened the canister and the nanogenes fixed it. I capped them and put it away. I could breath again and the pain was gone. I put the blood stained shirt in the fire and zipped up my clean jacket after wiping up the blood. I popped the pill and watched Natalia glitch as though she was a computer program. I sunk down to my knees falling unconscious.