What is Torchwood? // Owen Harper

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Elliot was walking back to his apartment from the College, it was fairly dark out. Well it was dark as it was half past nine o'clock. Even though he was only fifteen years old the young man had completed primary and secondary school and was no attending a college. He found it to be a pain in the rear to constantly tell authorities when ever he was stopped that he was a college student and regularly took some night classes. The young man pulled his messenger bag closer to him as he neared a group of people,  but they were not the regular folk that he would normally see on a night like this.. One of them was wearing an old military coat that looked from the 1940's or so.. Elliot thought that perhaps the man just liked that style of clothing. 

He paid no attention as to why they were out or what they were looking for. He did not even know that there was a violent species of alien out and about on the streets. Of course if there was something strange going on the streets the newspapers were not saying anything anyways. The young man just kept on walking, only stopping at a bookstore that was holding a book for him, "Yes thank you wery much." Elliot was so excited about the book that he failed to correct his accent as he spoke. But the owner seemed to not care about his accent or the fact that he could barely understand what the young man was saying. Elliot paid for the book and stepped back outside. He looked back to the door as he heard the door lock behind him before walking down the street again. 

Elliot did not get that far, having rounded a corner to take a back alley that he regularly used as a shortcut to get to the apartment complex he lived at, when he heard someone following him. He glanced back to see a somewhat hunched over figure, but thought it was simply a person trying to scare him. Really it was starting to work as Elliot wondered if he should just keep walking or if he should start running. As whoever it was got closer to him, the idea of running won the debate and Elliot broke into a run, holding the bag close to his side, "It will be alright Stella.. Just feeling somezing wrong about who is behind us." He could see his little Adipose friend was scared as the young man looked down to the little alien that rode along in his bag. 

He glanced back to see that there was now two more.. no three were chasing him, "Hold on Stella!" He quickly climbed up a fire escape ladder to the rooftop before using another on the other side of the roof to climb back down. Elliot sighed with relief when he did not see any of the three people nearby and slumped against the building, "Lost them.. Perfect.." The young man looked to his left to see one of them again before he was able to catch his breath. Elliot wondered if he was going to be able to run anymore. Elliot took Stella out of his bag and placed her on his shoulder as he slipped his somewhat heavy messenger bag off of his shoulder, getting ready to use it as a weapon if he needed to since it was heavy enough to do some sort of damage due to how heavy the bag was thanks to all the books inside. 

The creature got closer and Elliot could really tell now that it was not a human in a costume at all, but he could not process any more information as it lunged at it. He swung his bag as hard as he could, nailing it in the head before taking off into another sprint. At least he tried to before another one got in his way, "Oh bugger.." Elliot put Stella inside his coat, into a pocket on the inside as he backed away from the second Weevil, "It's like they are hunting.. What do I do?" He asked as he watched a third one appear. Then all three took a lunge, the young man ducked down low and crawled away to get behind a dumpster that he thought could be used as a shield from them.

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Owen Harper walks into the Hub and without saying hello to anyone walks to his office and reads the file on his desk. He sighs and leans against the back of his chair it bending a bit and groaning its complaints. "Another rift death, another heart broken, I hate my job sometimes." He scratches a few added notes. Suddenly the red alert goes off and he glares out the doorway. "Of course something happens now when I am busy. Nothing ever happens when I have to endure long night shifts." He storms of out into the main Hub area he walks past Gwen and Tosh and then brushes past Ianto and Jack. "Let's get this show on the road so we can get back as soon as possible." 

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After a silent ride over and the briefing happens Owen looks at the dead corpse and sighs. Another dead body? Wonderful just wonderful. Can't there once be a survivor? Owen sighs again then moves over to it stretching medical gloves over his hands. "Clearly this is a Weevil attack from the wounds." He moves the body about a bit and note the unique smell only a dead body can create. "The victim has been dead maybe twenty or thirty minutes. I'm pretty sure the Weevil may still be around." Out of the corner of his eye he sees a teenager walking past and tilts his head in surprise. He pulls the gloves off his hands with the rubber snapping noise breaking the silence just as well as a gunshot. 

He watches the team as the gather round the corpse and slips into the shadows following the teenager. He felt concerned that the boy might fall into danger, plus he may be a suspect as well. His eyes fall on a stooped figure that he immediately notices is a Weevil. He keeps to the shadows now tailing the Weevil. Suddenly he sees a few more join the first in stalking this teen. Something is not right here. He continues to follow the group. He sees the boy climb a fire escape and watches it. His concern spikes when the Weevils follow the kid up the fire escape. 

Owen follows the Weevils up just as the boy downs a Weevil. That was enough for him and he drew his gun and fired at one of the Weevils. He then runs over to the boy and says flatly. "I'm Owen Harper, stay beside me and don't get bitten."

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Elliot thought that he and his Adipose friend were safe as he slumped back against the wall. He let out a yelp of surprise as he heard a gun go off, and covered his ears to protect them. It was so close, it was right where he  and his friend was.. who ever shot the gun. He heard a body slump to the ground. The young man kept his eyes tightly shut, holding Stella close to him. He opened his eyes and looked straight out from their hiding spot as he heard footsteps coming towards the boy and the Adipose. His heart raced as he thought about the possibility that the shooter was going to shoot him and his alien friend next, but he relaxed as the look on the man's face told him something else.


Elliot listened to what Owen Harper said and quickly nodded, "Yes sir." He said as Elliot scrambled to his feet and stepped out of their hiding place. He looked to the other two Weevils that were left, "I.. Don't plan of getting bit by those things Mr.Harper.." He mirrored the taller man's movements as best as he could. Elliot pulled Stella closer to him if it was possible. The young man watched the Weevils closely, staring for a moment at the dead one before focusing on the other two as they appeared to be communicating, "Is it me? Or should we run now? Because it sounds to me that they are coordinating something." Elliot looked up to Owen, wondering if the older man was thinking the same thing. Elliot was no animal expert but he has watched shows about animals and learned to recognize when an animal was coordinating an attack or retreat. But by the look of the two Weevils it sounded as though they were coordinating an attack instead of a retreat. 

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"Is it me? Or should we run now? Because it sounds to me that they are coordinating something." 


Owen looks at the kid with interest. The kid certainly knew his stuff. "Ya they are and that never is a good thing. Now I need you to do this for me kid. Follow my every movement, stay close to me, and if I say run you better run tell you can't run anymore. Got it?" He then turns and runs the way he came. He silently hopes the weevils are to focused on what they are talking about to notice him. He chances a look back and swears as the beasts come after him. "Kid get out of here!"