Jack touches his fingers to Owen's pulse briefly - unconscious but alive, before standing and approaching the powered-down conversion unit.
"Gwen?"
"I'm fine," she says shakily. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Sort of. Jack, please get me out of here!"
"It's all right," he assures her, completely untruthfully. There's a Cyberman in Cardiff, in his base, one team member out of commission, one trapped in a machine, one who's just sealed them all in with it, and one who is looking far too guilty for Jack's peace of mind.
"Where is she?" Gwen asks, determinedly calmly. "Where did she go? Please tell me you got her!"
Jack looks at Ianto, gaze cold. "Stand guard by the door." The boy nods, and reaches for a torch. He pauses as he passes Gwen.
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry," he tells her quietly, and goes to the door.
"Let's just get out of here," Jack says before he says anything angrier, eyeing the controls, then the mechanism overhead. He fiddles with his wrist strap controls for a moment until the unit responds, headclamps releasing Gwen as the table tilts back up.
~~~
Ianto leads the group back through the hallway, with Jack and Gwen following behind, Jack carrying Owen slung over his shoulders. They make it nearly to the doorway at the end when Ianto pauses, and Jack eyes him cautiously.
"Clear?"
"Clear," Ianto says, and continues.
It's only a few moments later that Lisa steps out and blocks their way out. Gwen draws in her breath with a sharp hiss. "Oh, God, there she is. What is she?"
"Some form of Cyberman," Jacks answers her grimly, attempting to hold his gun level at the... thing without dropping Owen. "They're us, upgraded. Humans with emotions removed, created on a parallel world and supposedly destroyed on this one."
"What are we gonna do?" she whispers.
"I don't know."
The question is settled for them when Lisa steps away and disappears from view. The three stand, frozen for a moment, unsure what just happened.
"She's gone," Ianto says.
In answer, Jack presses his gun against the younger man's temple, and cocks it with a click.
"Get us back to the Hub," he bites out.
Gwen looks as if she might grab his arm, then seems to think better of it at the look of fury on his face. "Jack, what are you doing?!"
"Resisting the urge to shoot," he answers, and pushes Ianto forward with the muzzle. Slowly and tensely, they make for the hub.
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"Gwen?"
"I'm fine," she says shakily. "I'm fine, I'm fine. Sort of. Jack, please get me out of here!"
"It's all right," he assures her, completely untruthfully. There's a Cyberman in Cardiff, in his base, one team member out of commission, one trapped in a machine, one who's just sealed them all in with it, and one who is looking far too guilty for Jack's peace of mind.
"Where is she?" Gwen asks, determinedly calmly. "Where did she go? Please tell me you got her!"
Jack looks at Ianto, gaze cold. "Stand guard by the door." The boy nods, and reaches for a torch. He pauses as he passes Gwen.
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry," he tells her quietly, and goes to the door.
"Let's just get out of here," Jack says before he says anything angrier, eyeing the controls, then the mechanism overhead. He fiddles with his wrist strap controls for a moment until the unit responds, headclamps releasing Gwen as the table tilts back up.
~~~
Ianto leads the group back through the hallway, with Jack and Gwen following behind, Jack carrying Owen slung over his shoulders. They make it nearly to the doorway at the end when Ianto pauses, and Jack eyes him cautiously.
"Clear?"
"Clear," Ianto says, and continues.
It's only a few moments later that Lisa steps out and blocks their way out. Gwen draws in her breath with a sharp hiss. "Oh, God, there she is. What is she?"
"Some form of Cyberman," Jacks answers her grimly, attempting to hold his gun level at the... thing without dropping Owen. "They're us, upgraded. Humans with emotions removed, created on a parallel world and supposedly destroyed on this one."
"What are we gonna do?" she whispers.
"I don't know."
The question is settled for them when Lisa steps away and disappears from view. The three stand, frozen for a moment, unsure what just happened.
"She's gone," Ianto says.
In answer, Jack presses his gun against the younger man's temple, and cocks it with a click.
"Get us back to the Hub," he bites out.
Gwen looks as if she might grab his arm, then seems to think better of it at the look of fury on his face. "Jack, what are you doing?!"
"Resisting the urge to shoot," he answers, and pushes Ianto forward with the muzzle. Slowly and tensely, they make for the hub.