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Jack Harkness ([personal profile] iwasforgiven) wrote in [community profile] fracturedrp2011-04-04 07:33 pm

Fighting the Post Trial Blues

When: Four Days After Trial.
Where: Jack's Shooting Range in the Bronx
Who: Gwen [livejournal.com profile] redtrainers, Liz [livejournal.com profile] lizfirestarter and Alisa [livejournal.com profile] enigmassweet

What: Jack is going to let the three female members of his staff blow off a bit of steam and a few 'alien' cars. He's broken out the heavy artillery, treated for pizza and hot dogs to go with heavy machine guns and one rocket grenade launcher.

"Okay, Liz you're not going to name your first born 'Uzi'." Jack teases, as he places the guns, all of them Earth bound guns on the tailgate of the SUV. "I know all of you are trained on how to use these but a bit of out doors practice doesn't hurt anyone."

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Jesus, could you maybe attempt to be discreet, Boss?" Liz shoot's Jack a glare as she looks over the weapons. She pick the one that is most familiar.

Yeah, Jack giving Liz the so called freedom to tell Owen he gets to determine if Liz is fit for field work was NOT a good thing. It's a complete no win situation in Liz's mind, so much so she can't even find the guts to bring it up to Owen. Liz is more cranky than ever from trying to come up with a way to have that conversation go smoothly.

She sighs and looks over to Gwen, then Alisa. "You guys wanna go first or should I?"

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Gwen had been told to show up, but couldn't believe it until she saw it regarding why. When she did, she broke out in a huge grin. This was just what she needed to let off some steam.

"No, you go ahead. I have a feeling you have the most anger you need to get rid of." She smiled warmly at Liz and went over for a piece of pizza. She so did not want to be in Owen's position. She just wanted to be there to watch it when it happened.

Smiling at Alisa, Gwen moved over to the side and decided to just hang back and watch for now. "Jack doesn't do discreet. Not well."

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Alisa climbs out from the SUV and she offers a smile to Jack. "Okay, so I get to do clean-up duty after all the fun stuff is over with." The idea of being on the field at all is pleasing. It was good news after all that happened during the time she spent in the TARDIS.

She wanders over to take a look at the guns and the fact they used the Hummer that's Red friendly with the gun up top gets a smile from her. "I think we're going to wake up a nest of Weevils that have slipped through." She looks at the guns for a bit and then the food, a hot dog is going to be more interesting right now.

"Have fun with that gun, they're all very you and in vogue with this spring's greatest fashion." She takes a bite of the hot dog and she mmphs. "With an accessory of smile." She gives Gwen a smile and she leans back on the tailgate. "Discreet and Jack, you should of seen the look on the people's face when he 'forgot' what side of the road he belonged on."

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Why would I possibly be angry...?" Liz comments to Gwen before shooting their boss a glare and muttering "Big mouth." as she walks past. She snatches the rest of her hot dog, which she's finally starting to get sick of, thank God, and finished it. "Just saying...Jack's got issues with keeping things under wraps nice and quiet, it all." Liz snorts as she checks the gun out to be sure it's ready "In fact, you were shooting up your own damn car when I first met you, weren't you?"

"Wake up the rift oggity boogity?" Liz glaces around before fire the weapon, emptying the entire clip into a pile of rubbish on the edge of a fence near the warehouse.

She really didn't know that tank of explosive fuel was there, honest she didn't. Oh, well. At least it was a small explosion. Well, small by Liz's standards, which is to say enough to make all the car alarms within a block or so start blaring.

Liz's jaw drops as she blinks before looking back at the others, unable to hide her shock. "Uh...mission accomplished, I think." So much for discreet...

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Gwen shook her head. "He didn't tell me anything. You just seem angry. I used to be a police officer before I joined Torchwood. I'm good at reading people. Ask Jack." She watched, smiling softly at Liz. "And there was that whole conversation we had in the TARDIS..." She gave Liz a look but didn't mention what they talked about while they were in there. Liz would remember.

Before she could say anything else, Gwen jumped at the sound of the bang. Her eyes widened and she stared as the pile of rubbish blew up in flames. She could feel the heat a little even from this distance.

"Well, at least it wasn't Jack who was broke the discreet rule this time?" She grinned and looked over at the Captain and Alisa, trying not to laugh.

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Alisa just rolls her eyes and she looks over towards Jack with a mock angry face. "Someone is going to be sleeping on the couch tonight." She thinks for a bit and she reaches for one of the machine guns.

"If there is even a monster from the Rift out here. I don't think anyone sticks around when you come out here Jack," Alisa smiles, and she loads the clip of the gun.

The explosion gets a flinch and she eyes Liz and Gwen. "Okay, so we get to break our rules of discretion today. Liz the Russian judge gives you a 6." The neighbors surely didn't appreciate it but they're growing more and more used to their colorful neighbors.

She picks an empty trailer and she goes to empty a clip into the side of it. The lack of anything in the single wide is disheartening. "Yes, those ninety-year plus Salvadorian nuns deserved to die due to your horrible driving."

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Liz backs away from the blaze to join the group, looking almost sheepish for a moment. Hey, at least there weren't any bricks flying to smack her boss in the head and kill him this time like on that awful zombie mission. She snort when the 'scores' are handed out. "Really? Just a six?"

She meets Gwen's eyes for half a second. No, she didn't forget that conversation on the TARDIS. That was the moment Liz realized the relationship with Owen really was....real. Still, it took her finding out they were going to have a baby to be brave enough to tell him everything. Well, almost everything. She'd have to thank Gwen for the pep talk, but now was not the time for that.

Liz rolls her eyes, casting an almost judgmental glance between Gwen, Jack and Alisa. She looks back at Gwen. "Remind me to ask you about how to figure Owen out, huh?" With that, Liz grabs a bigger gun, one she's not exactly used to but hey, a gun's a gun right? You've shot one, you've shot them all. "This is more like it..." Liz grins as actually giggles like a kid in that candy store. Jack really should know better than to let Liz Sherman around an assortment of guns by now.

"Guess that means I gotta try again." And with that Liz turns from them and runs closer to the blaze. The heat doesn't bother her much, seeing as her ability makes her fireproof.

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwen looked over at Alisa. "What, a monster who doesn't want to meet Jack Harkness? Watch it, you might make his ego deflate a little." Gwen giggled and looked back and forth between the group of them and the blazing fire. She was glad that they were out here where nobody would bother them too much. The fire might raise too many eyebrows among people that didn't need to ask questions.

Gwen smiles at the compliment from Jack. It's nice to know that he has her back. It's what made him a great leader. "The Welsh give you a ten, Liz." She turned to Jack and blinked at him. "Nuns? No, wait, I don't want to know."

Gwen nodded her head to Liz. There was a lot she could tell the oher woman about Owen. And not just because she'd been in his bed a time or two, but Liz was right. Now wasn't the time to have that conversation. "Later, over a few strong margaritas." She watched Liz with the bigger gun and she grinned at what she saw. Liz was like Owen with a video game at his computer. Happy. Well, now she knew what to get Liz for Christmas.

However, Gwen doesn't know about Liz's gifts. Not yet. She hadn't been lucky enough to see them in action. "Wait! Liz, don't get too close!" Her eyes widened and she started to run after the girl, intent on keeping her back far enough from the fire. "You need to be careful with that gun!"

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Gwen, I think the monsters are on to Jack's plans. Deflate his ego?" Alisa rolls her eyes back and then she laughs with a bright smile on her face. "I don't think those Time Lords enjoyed the sight of two fixed points." Other than The Doctor she doesn't have much faith in his own people, well not leaving Romana out.

She pats Jack on the head and she gives him a forgiving smile. "Okay, you're back in the bed room." The cop comment gets a little bit of a laugh and she reaches back for a slice of pizza with a free hand. "You have no skills with people in authority. Jack, you're worse than Owen when it comes to tact with authority."



She looks at Liz and in her best mock accent. "You didn't make it blow up big enough!" Then there's a defeated look on her face and she slaps another clip into her gun. "The trailer? Its just got redneck air conditioning. I was really hoping to find a meth lab in the center." Then there's concern for the small fire in the field and she scrunch faces. "Let's try to avoid burning down the Bronx?"

Margaritas, margaritas ... "I'd be glad to have one and so would Liz." She then watches her friend with the gun. "Liz! You've lost your mind!" Okay, the big gun fun is there for all to have. It felt good either way to just be out there and having fun. Alisa places the machine gun back with the other guns and she hefts up the RPG launcher.
Edited 2011-04-05 21:38 (UTC)

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can not drink, do not mock me. Thanks for the ten, though." Liz shouted back teasingly at Gwen before looking at Jack. "And I have seen you naked more times than anyone should see an authority figure." She mocked Jack before running headlong into danger. What's the worse that could happen, right?

Everyone else was laughing and having fun still, it seemed. Liz however... "Shit," The closer she got to the epicenter of the blast, the slower and heavier every part of her body seemed to become. It took what felt like ages for Liz to raise her head up enough to get a look at what was coming from the explosion. It was slowing her, physically and mentally. So much so it took her a moment to get her mouth open.

"Aw...crap..." The monster, which had to, of course, resemble a one-eyed floating squid let out a howling scream that nearly knocked Liz off her feet. The flailing tentacle like things took care of that, though.

She hit the ground hard enough to knock the wind out of her and send that shiny gun flying. "Mother..." Liz gasped as a halo of blazing hot fire wrapped it's way around her body instantly, instinctively protecting her from danger. The creature hesitated, but the effect of it's power to slow down any living creature was still too much for Liz to overcome and make an escape.

The beast lunged at Liz, and on instinct her fire flared as her arms shot up to protect her face. "...Fuck." Liz hissed as she watched, and felt, the thing take a chunk out of her favorite leather jacket, and the portion of her arm it was supposed to be protecting.

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwen chuckles and looks up at Jack as he gives her a squeeze and a compliment. She had to admit, it felt really good to see Andy right after she had started Torchwood. It was a terrible thing to think of, but yes, she'd enjoyed the look on his face when he realized she was Special Ops. "I don't hate it that much," she teased.

She had been about to comment on Alisa with the rocket launcher when she heard Liz. they weren't mocking, just a little poking fun in a loving manner. Gwen agreed with Alisa. Liz had lost her mind. She had never seen anyone run that head first into danger before except Jack.

Her eyes widened and she ran, stopping in her tracks not far behind where Liz was battling the monster. It was like everything was in slow motion. She watched what was happening and for that one moment didn't know what she was supposed to do. When Liz flamed up, Gwen screamed, thinking Liz had caught fire because of the monster. "No! Jack!"

Gwen pulled out her gun and started to fire shots at the monster. There was a small part of her that thought the gunfire would probably be useless, but she still had to try. Suddenly, a tentacle flew out at Gwen, knocking the gun from her hand and throwing her back on her ass with a loud thud.

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-05 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've never had a boss that just would wander out of the office with his junk out on display." The playful squeeze is met with a big warm smile, it just feels all homely and cute. "Of course it does. I waited a long time to shove that little ID card into a face of a cop. Owen just has such away with it though."

"Yes, Jack would be happy in a room full of everyone along with a thing," Alisa teases, and she then watches Jack run after Liz. She's got the rocket launcher in her hand and she goes to run after the three. The kids are going to wind up with some serious issues somewhere in life.

Then out came the tentacled monster and Alisa just has a rocket launcher with her as she runs along with the others. She feels herself in slow motion this is bad as her legs feel like jello. "Ugh...shit...." This just feels bad and she puts the rocket launcher up to her shoulder.

There's no need for instructions on what to do she's going to shoot the monster once it's cleared from Liz and Jack.

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Can you really blame a girl who grew up in a place where they hunt monsters day in a day out for thinking she can handle one little monster? OK, Maybe you can.

Liz cried out in pain at the bite. Her mind was clouded, the effect of the monster still too much for her. It was all she could do when she noticed her friends coming to call the blaze back enough to keep them safe.

As soon as the threat of being burned alive was gone, the creature lunged at Liz again. By sheer luck, her legs caught the think and kept it at enough of a distance Liz could turn her head and shout without being eaten.

"Boss...?" It wasn't actually a question, but a demand. Liz stretched the arm that wasn't bitten to hell out above her head before calling out. "Get me the hell out of here before this thing eats me!"
Edited 2011-04-06 00:49 (UTC)

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
Gwen laid on her back, trying to get up and finding it useless. Whatever that creature was, it was holding her down. Everything was slow motion and she could barely kick her foot, much less pull herself up off the ground. The only thing she could do was growl and glare. She was getting pissed.

She was aware of the fact that she could still hear. The powers that the creature had didn't affect that. At least, she didn't think so. She could hear Jack yelling for them clearly and she wished she could look over at him. Next time, they need better research before they go hunting. Some times things don't run smoothly.

Gwen tried to look over at Jack, blinking her eyes. And did so. Frowning, Gwen tried to sit up. This time, she found that she had no problem sitting up or moving. Her brow furrowed as she tried to figure out what was going on, scanning the area around her. Then she saw it. Off to her side, the monster had spotted the enigma that was Jack and was distracted by him. It reminded her of Abaddon.

She didn't think twice. Running over to Liz, Gwen bent down and grabbed the large gun that Liz had been wanting to shoot. Hauling it up to her shoulder, she turned and looked for Alisa. Making eye contact with her, she motioned her shoulder towards the creature. Her gunshots hadn't made a dent, but maybe if they both fired larger weapons at the creature at the same time. It was worth a shot at least.

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Alisa just watches the horror unfold slowly her body is slow to respond to her brain or its just the other way around. Its a 'thing' as it is sometimes claimed to be and a thing that can actually be stopped and blown to slimy bits.

She frowns at the rate of time its taking her finger to find the trigger, it's pissing her off more that it is now going to look at Jack like dinner. "Oh, no you don't, you horrible tentacle monster with piss poor depth perception.." She grates under her breath and she gets wind of word from Gwen to put a little girl power into it.

Go team girls! Maybe she can try to get her Vortex Manipulator to do the Power Rangers jingle. It'd fit even if she wouldn't get a robot dinosaur to come to her aide.

The finger and trigger finally connect, she slowly presses it and hopefully the rocket that comes out finds the creature. The heat from the back end is felt as it passes by. "I bet this is one of those, 'fuck me' moments..."

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
How can slow motion happen so fast? The moment the creature notices that Jack's probably more filling than Liz is the feeling she's been pumped full of tranquilizer leaves Liz's body. She scrambles backward on her hands in an attempt to get away.

Now's the tricky part. She knows that Gwen and Alisa won't hesitate to blow this thing to kingdom come, and she know that she's not explosion proof unless she's the cause of it. Liz see's the whatever the fuck this is snacking on her boss's leg and grumbles under her break before launching a fireball at the things face...eye...whatever. "Hey, I wanna go one mission without getting my boss killed, OK!?"

Liz reaches out her good hand and pulls on the back of Jack's coat as hard as she can. Maybe they can avoid that rocket Alisa just shot...maybe

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-06 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Gwen grins as she aims the gun at the large creature. She waits just a moment, enough for Liz to pull Jack out of the way. When she hears Alisa fire, feels the rocket firing past, then she knows she's good to go.

"Working on it Jack," she calls out to him. Get out of the way, she thinks as she pulls the trigger. The boom echoes around her and the kickback makes Gwen shudder. The gun is nothing to Gwen compared to seeing Liz launch a fireball at the creature. While she thought the creature flamed Liz before, now she's not so sure.

Gwen looks over to Alisa, shooting her a large smile. "Yeah, it is one of those moments. And no dinner first," she teased. She looks back at the creature, watching him with a morbid curiosity that she only could have learned from Torchwood. Everyone else would run, but not them. They stay and make sure the thing is dead. It's what they do.

"Is there one mission that goes off without Jack dying? I don't remember that many of them?"

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-07 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
The creature turns around to see the rocket coming for it and it opens its mouth to swallow the grenade. It takes a beating from Gwen and soon it just explodes in a shower of monster goo that lands on the four.

There's a look of relief that neither Jack or Liz got caught in the gunfire and she tries to turn her head as bits of monster rain on her. There's that look of ugh but it's replaced with a smile. "Now this is just the icing on the cake."

She wanders over towards Jack and Liz with the rocket launcher still in her hand. She's going to help Jack to his feet. "No, he's getting better at not throwing him at things.." She smiles over at Gwen as she goes to place her arm under Jack and she drops the rocket launcher at her feet. "Kind of better.." It doesn't matter to her if Jack's bloodied or covered in alien goo, helping him out on his feet is important.

The thing is dead, it's well dead and full of sticky goo..

She looks at Liz's arm and she frowns. "I'd ask if you're okay, but I know the answer to it."

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2011-04-07 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Liz was more concerned about her being the direct or indirect cause of one of Jack's countless demises. It's getting to be a bit ridiculous, frankly. Sure they went though the Black Suited agents like they were free back at the BPRD, but this is different. "You're insane. I never want to do that again." She looks between Gwen and Alisa with a little smile. "Thanks for blowing that thing all to hell. Hope we didn't need to take it back to study because..." There's nothing but goo and bits, not anything identifiable.

Liz knew could count on the others to take the thing out, but she still feels stupid for going to stir up trouble. She was trying to capture, for lack of a better way to put it, herself again.

Liz sits up, wincing in pain before she looks over frowns at her arm. "See, this shit's familiar, too." She won't be wearing any tank tops anytime soon. "Son of a..." Liz holds her arm out to Jack, knowing it's better to have him look than just leave it to get all nasty and clotty and gross.

"We didn't bring along something to make this nice little flesh wound go away all quick like, did we?" Liz pokes at her arm then cries out in pain. It's anything but a 'little flesh wound'. This is going to be fun to explain to Owen. "House isn't working today, is he?" Liz is hopeful, Oh so hopeful to avoid Owen seeing this wound until she comes up with a really good excuse for why she was so reckless.

"Oh..I am gonna puke," Liz winces when Jack licked the slime from the creature. "It's not jelly donut goo, boss. It's...goo goo!"

[identity profile] redtrainers.livejournal.com 2011-04-07 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Gwen smiles at Alisa and her eyes widen. "Cake? There's cake?" She was teasing, but cake did sound good. "Is it chocolate? I could really go for some chocolate cake. With creamy frosting."

Reaching up, she wiped some goo out of her hair, frowning as she did so. She was sticky, and not in the good way. Rhys was going to have a good laugh when she got home. Looking up at Jack, she stuck her tongue playfully out at him. "Better than you look. And no, this would not be a good topping on anything." She had no desire to eat alien anything. Ever.

Her smile faded a little when she looked to Liz. The poor girl's arm looked really bad. She wished she had more medical talent when she saw that. Liz clearly didn't want Owen to see her like this. "Liz, do you need some help?" She inched closer, offering Liz her arm for support. "Please, don't puke on me though." Gwen had a few questions regarding Liz and the fire, but she'd save them for later.

[identity profile] enigmassweet.livejournal.com 2011-04-07 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Alisa shifts her arm around Jack oh never mind she's covered in goo that's tingly. The idea of cake is a wonderful one right now. "Triple chocolate with white chocolate shavings.." There's a blissful sound in her voice and she holds a finger up. "And Hawaiian Surprise, funny it's not a Hawaiian snack neither."

She reaches for the goo that's on her chest and she pulls the sticky and weird feeling goo. It was all good until Jack helps himself to the stuff on her cheek. "Ugh! Seriously, it's not a romantic thing. This is why we keep Jack away from making food." Alisa's time traveling through time and space meant eating 'alien' food along with what would be alien.

Alisa's worried about Liz and she really got chewed up pretty good but then there's Jack when he hefts up his pant leg. She knows it hurts him but he's good at hiding it from everyone. "You're not okay to walk on your own or drive." She scolds him a little bit but the smile is there on his face. "I'll get you a box of Krispy Kreme donuts to make it feel better. Make it three boxes."