"Jack?" Owen says into his comm, moving down the hall to the door. "Tosh?
Above them, Jack's not getting any of it. "Gwen? Owen? Can you hear me?"
"No comms," Gwen tells Owen, and he nods in response.
"We're on our own, then."
Looking through the window in the door, he can't see much of anything. Too many flashing lights through the dirty window. There's some sort of table connected to wires, but the only thing he can tell is that it definitely doesn't belong in their basement.
"What the hell is going on?"
"What's the matter?" Gwen asks.
"I can't see well enough. But there's something in there. Some kind of operating table." He indicates the door. "Get the bolts."
They push back the locks on the door, then look at each other.
"Okay?"
"Yeah," he responds, stepping back and aiming his gun at the door.
"Okay, one, two ..." He kicks the door open before he gets to three and they both step inside quickly, shining their lights around the room. The beams bounce off the equipment, and Owen has to stop himself from taking a step back when he sees what's really inside the room.
"No! No, no, no, no!"
"What the hell is it?!"
"It's wrong. It's beyond wrong. It shouldn't be here! Turn the thing off! Turn it off!" he shouts at her.
The flashing lights and alarms turn off when she hits the buttons, and back in the Hub the automatic power is resuming.
"Internal levels are being restored," Tosh says to Jack, who immediately tries to raise Gwen and Owen on the comms once more.
"These things brought down Torchwood One," Owen hisses to Gwen over the crackling of the comms. "But they were all destroyed. Why is there one in our bloody basement?!"
"Just tell me what it does!"
"It's the remnants of a conversion unit. This machinery turns humans into Cybermen."
The crackling intensifies, and then Jack's voice comes through. "If I don't hear something within thirty seconds, I'm coming down there!"
"Jack, it's Gwen. The comms dropped out. We're back online now."
"Any sign of Ianto?"
"No. But we have found parts of a Cyber-conversion unit. Fully powered up and working."
"This is no time to be kidding around, Owen."
"I'm deadly serious," he whispers. "I dunno why it's here, or how it got here. But that's what's draining our power." He waits for a response. "Jack? You there?"
"I want you two back up here immediately," Jack commands.
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Above them, Jack's not getting any of it. "Gwen? Owen? Can you hear me?"
"No comms," Gwen tells Owen, and he nods in response.
"We're on our own, then."
Looking through the window in the door, he can't see much of anything. Too many flashing lights through the dirty window. There's some sort of table connected to wires, but the only thing he can tell is that it definitely doesn't belong in their basement.
"What the hell is going on?"
"What's the matter?" Gwen asks.
"I can't see well enough. But there's something in there. Some kind of operating table." He indicates the door. "Get the bolts."
They push back the locks on the door, then look at each other.
"Okay?"
"Yeah," he responds, stepping back and aiming his gun at the door.
"Okay, one, two ..." He kicks the door open before he gets to three and they both step inside quickly, shining their lights around the room. The beams bounce off the equipment, and Owen has to stop himself from taking a step back when he sees what's really inside the room.
"No! No, no, no, no!"
"What the hell is it?!"
"It's wrong. It's beyond wrong. It shouldn't be here! Turn the thing off! Turn it off!" he shouts at her.
The flashing lights and alarms turn off when she hits the buttons, and back in the Hub the automatic power is resuming.
"Internal levels are being restored," Tosh says to Jack, who immediately tries to raise Gwen and Owen on the comms once more.
"These things brought down Torchwood One," Owen hisses to Gwen over the crackling of the comms. "But they were all destroyed. Why is there one in our bloody basement?!"
"Just tell me what it does!"
"It's the remnants of a conversion unit. This machinery turns humans into Cybermen."
The crackling intensifies, and then Jack's voice comes through. "If I don't hear something within thirty seconds, I'm coming down there!"
"Jack, it's Gwen. The comms dropped out. We're back online now."
"Any sign of Ianto?"
"No. But we have found parts of a Cyber-conversion unit. Fully powered up and working."
"This is no time to be kidding around, Owen."
"I'm deadly serious," he whispers. "I dunno why it's here, or how it got here. But that's what's draining our power." He waits for a response. "Jack? You there?"
"I want you two back up here immediately," Jack commands.
Owen protests, "We still haven't --"
And then everything goes black.