The Apocalypse Stops For No Time Lord [Epilogue]
Epilogue
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Torchwood was equally loved and hated after the events of the 26th and 27th of June. Videos of Bela and Jack saving (or ‘saving’ as some people said) various Cardiff residents from other more rabid Cardiff residents went viral in hours. Whilst many people in the world thought they were heroes, many others (a few of them demons) thought they were just killing humans.
A few other people argued that it was a government conspiracy to hide a secret project gone awry. In reality, the government itself was also in two minds. On one hand Torchwood had, once more, saved the Earth. On the other, there was a growing number of bodies to clean up at random places around the city.
And then there was that matter of the foreign minister’s aid who got a little bite-y after going to see family in Cardiff.
Meanwhile Sherlock Holmes and John Watson had raised their voices in support of the Torchwood pair, now being seen more and more consistently with Captain Harkness and his beautiful sidekick. The newspapers didn’t hold back, of course, especially after an anonymous someone recognised Bela (she continued to insist it was one of the Winchesters).
‘Torchwood: Home to the World’s Greatest Thief’
‘The Joker and the Thief: Captain Jack Harkness Laughs at Killer Accusations’
‘Hat-man, Robin, the Joker and the Thief: Britain’s Very Own Justice League’
‘Torchwood’s Double-date: Sugar has the Latest Scoop’
In the end, none of it really made a difference and in three months, the zombie apocalypse was all but forgotten.
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Bela burst into Jack’s office, narrowly avoiding a stack of books next to the door. Grin plastered on her face, she all but skipped over to the military man’s desk. On the wall above Jack was a framed newspaper article, the title screaming ‘Torchwood’s Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse’.
“I found it!” Bela declared, depositing her tablet on top of the book Jack was reading. “Well, Toshi found it anyway.”
“Found what exactly?” Jack asked, smile already pulling up his lips.
“The thing that came through the rift last night,” Bela replied with a tone that said she really expected him to figure that out. “It’s from Rexy-con-fall-on-a-tourist!”
Jack stared at her blankly for a second. “Sorry, what?”
“That place that you and the Doctor- The Slitheen!” Bela gushed, waving her arms in a vague, you-know-what-I’m-talking-about gesture.
“Raxacoricofallapatorius?”
“That-” Bela clicked her fingers at him. “That’s the one. Toshi tracked it down and the system files recognised particles from that place.”
A second later Jack was on his feet, pulling his coat from its hook. “Call Sherlock and John.”
“Already done,” she replied with a smile, picking her tablet up from Jack’s desk. “What now, sir?”
The joker offered her his arm. “Want to save the world again, Miss Talbot?”
“How many times is this now, Captain Harkness?”
“Oh, only about four times so far.”
The thief smiled and linked her arm in his. “Well then, we should make it an even five.”
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