3.01: Contact

Contact marked the start of season three of Torchwood: Lincoln City and was the first season to have a continuous story throughout with the Live Control Agency being a constant presence throughout the season.

### Location (s)

Lincoln City, UK
 Live Control Agency Headquarters

## Episode

Shane can be seen under the city of Lincoln in the Torchwood base during a quiet day, he seems uninterested and somewhat bored until Torchwood London calls him. "What?" Shane asks, clearly not wanting anything to do with them, Torchwood London shows Shane a case file regarding a strange man called Mr Smith who claims he has been abducted by aliens. They mention that they no idea what this is about but it sounds serious so they tell Shane they want him to investigate after some thought and alot of debating amongst himself he decides to investigate.

Shane seem skeptical of this man, Shane says to himself "If he has been abducted why would he want people to know...people are usually quiet about these things, I should be careful."

Shane steps back in view of the webcam so Torchwood London can see him, he asks Torchwood London for an address on Mr Smith and they say he lives in the suburbs of Lincoln, once there Shane can't make out the name of the street as the sign is heavily covered in graffiti but Torchwood London says to report to the local police station once you have found the address, however ignoring their orders, Shane sets off to the local police department to inquire about this man Mr Smith instead of looking for the house first.

He walks into the police station, he nods politely holding up his Torchwood ID badge "Shane, Torchwood Institute. I have received a case file about a Mr. Smith" the two policeman look at him and sigh as if their tired of Torchwood, instead of greeting Shane or anything like that they cut straight to the chase "We're going to need more than a Mr Smith if were going to help you, Torchwood doesn't exactly have clean hands as an institute - The 456 invasion, The Miracle - so without any further evidence were not helping you." Shane tries to explain that it is important to make sure all is well with this Mr Smith character but the policemen are unmoved and unfriendly, they say they have had enough of Torchwood over the years and close the door in his face to which Shane says with a shrug of the shoulders "Rude."

Shane says to himself "If you want something done do it yourself" he gets out his iPad and link what Torchwood London has told him with the software on it to try and find Mr Smith himself, his iPad starts to give off a signal in the local area, he heads towards it as Torchwood London look on from a drone flying above his location. Shane gets closer and it seems to be coming from a house halfway down a street, Shane walks past the house, scouting the area and then a glance at the iPad reveals the signal again coming from an old abandoned house across the street.

Shane looks at the house, it looks like no one has lived here in years maybe even decades "seems like this is the one" he thinks as he heads to the door, nearby he sees that the police have arrived "Better be quick" he says to himself knowing the police aren't really on his side.

He heads inside and finds himself in a dark eerie looking house with a few pieces of old furniture here and there. "This home owner should just clean up for gods sake, look at this place" Shane jokes to himself, on the floor there are several pieces of paper filled with writing on conspiracy theories and even Torchwood itself, it looks like research but it also looks like a load of scribbles like whoever lived here was really trying to convince themselves, looking at the papers it comes clear that whoever wrote this seems to be a very disturbed individual as red marker pen can be seen with the word Torchwood crossed out and written over several times.

Shane then hears something drop upstairs, it seems almost too convenient but knowing the police will try and enter soon Shane cautiously goes upstairs to find nothing "It was probably my imagination" he thinks to himself "I am in an abandoned house after all" as he starts looking though each room.

After finding nothing in the other rooms apart from dusty furniture, its almost like the house is stuck in the 1990's, Shane enters a big room and discover more notes, these though seem to be organized in some kind of plan. "Disturbing" Shane remarks, what seems like a gunshot can then be heard and the Torchwood London drone falls to the ground, Shane looks panicked as he has no way out thinking the police are coming into the house, however his curiosity gets the better of him thinking he has time, he starts looking through the papers.

As Shane looks through them, several men in riot gear (looking like some people out of an agency not the police) charge in and point rifles at him, he then realizes this is a set up "Crap" Shane just says realizing he isn't getting out of this.

The people in riot gear scream "PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD" Shane looks scared and confused as they escort him out the house quite roughly and into a black SWAT like van "GET IN" they scream as they handcuff him and shut the back door of the van with him inside, two of them get in the front and start driving. Shane feels disorientated by this whole scenario but he thinks to himself "Right, what's this about?" He thinks back to what happened at the house and try and make some sense of it all.

The people in the front of the van driving start to talk, one can be seen with a radio he says "We have found a member of Torchwood" they continue driving for what feels like miles as Shane sees himself leave Lincoln City from the back of the van as he starts to have a small mental breakdown Shane continues to try and figure out what's going on.

The radio crackles to life again "Take him to join the others" a voice says, the two men in the front nod and turn the radio up "We are sorry, it is for the best" Shane doesn't speak to the driver who just told him that as they continue to drive, Shane remains in the back of the van "Looks like I'm in this for the long run" Shane says with a gulp clearly not in control of the situation.

The van soon arrives at a strange glass office building, Shane feels an even stranger sense of as the men get out and lead him into the building. Shane is taken into an office and thrown on the ground with his Torchwood ID taken from him, he sees a man sat on a chair looking down at him, he seems chipper and wears a black suit with a white shirt and a blue tie, he seems to be going grey as he looks quite middle aged he also seems full of himself "Nice catch" he says to the agency men who nod in agreement "Put him next to the others, don't hurt them though, we need them alive remember."

"You what? Shane says as he is thrown into a cell with a bunch of other people, Shane looks around the cell and notices the people that are in there with him are people from other branches of Torchwood. Shane looks at them as they look back at him and while the others seem relaxed, Shane knows that any of the people outside the cell could kill them on the spot if they wanted too "This is a set up" someone says in the cell, everyone just looks at the man and scoffs.

"Thats what we all said" one said "They caught us off guard and drove us here wherever here is"

"I don't know where here is but I'm sure it's much better than wherever they took us from, I'm glad to get out that shithole of a base." says another.

"You clearly don't like working for Torchwood then" Shane says sarcastically as the man gives him a glare.

"I'd watch what you say, I think they made it clear that they don't want us talking" he says in return

Shane just chuckles a bit as the agency men re-emerge and just throw food packs at everyone, the man in the chair then steps up and walks down to everyone in the cell "You are all members of Torchwood, an institute that is a cancer upon Earth, you say you defend the Earth but you have caused more damage than good so we are here to stop you from doing any more harm. You, and all of you are to be taken back to London so that the people there can decide your fates, I'm sure they'll agree with us that we are doing the world a favor."

The man that said he didnt like working for Torchwood tries to make a quick escape but is quickly tasered and then shot in the leg "GET HIM - HANDS IN THE AIR" he doesn't comply and continues to try and escape, he is shot again this time in the arm and then finally in the chest "HERE HE GOES" a guard says as he opens fire using his rifle, The cellmate falls down dead.

They pick him up and throw the corpse into a trash chute, the man in the suit says in a very cocky way "Bit abrupt...but ok" he seems to like the fact that someone has tried to escape.

He asks for everyones names, his facial expression is arrogant and haughty. He seems very self assured. The other Torchwood members introduce themselves: One introduces herself as Captain Jeanette, she seems very easy going, another introduces himself as Cody, the gun totin guy and the last is a chubby man called Harsha, he seems very nervous.

They all sit down together to eat their lunch from the food packs thrown at them, Shane takes this moment to ask the captain about the dead. "Did you know him?" he asks curiously only to be met with a "He didnt matter" Jeanette says rather to the point "He hated working for us, you could even say he was a mole.", the man in the suit loiters over the cell "WOW, He didnt matter" he claps slowly in amusement, clearly enjoying the drama in the cell.

The man points to Shane with intrigue "You" he says, he grabs Shane's Torchwood ID card after a brief struggle "Shane" he says after reading his name dismissively "What am I going to do with you?" Shane looks at him with a serious expression "Nothing because guess what, I'm getting out of here and when I do, Torchwood is going to burn this place to the ground" Shane says he is now face to face with the suited man, the man just pushes him and laughs out loud "I like you alot. You're going to be great." he says and leaves, now with the man and his agency men gone - Shane, Captain Jeanette, Cody and Harsha can begin planning their escape.

The four of them debate however the group decides to keep it simple, Captain Jeanette takes charge and gets everyone up and telling them to grab what they can and make a break for it, first obstacle is the iron bars that hold the Torchwood members in, Shane steps up and concentrates, he uses his lightning powers to try and slash open the iron bars only to get tasered by some unseen electrical wall "What the !" He says in surprise as he falls to the ground, the iron bars have acted as a conductor and all his powers have been almost drained. "What the !" Shane says again very surprised.

Captain Jeanette facepalms "This is stupid, they have clearly researched all of us, why do you think they have took our cards - they plug them in into this fancy card reader which hacks the microchip in the card revealing our profiles and who we are." she says

"They have access to all our personal lives?" Shane asks

"It seems so, so even if we do escape, until we defeat these people...we would be outcasts, runaways even. " Jeanette says in a calm way as she feels the wall for a weak point and finds one, she knocks out a guard and uses their gun to shoot a large hole in it.

"Ok boys" she calls out "Its showtime" the agency men quickly enter the room as the alarm blares, they open fire with Harsha saying "GO, I'll handle them" however he is shot down, Captain Jeanette then tells Shane (as Shane seems the youngest) to leave and not look back as the guards fire at the group.

Shane is able escape through the wall as Cody is gunned down, Shane grabs Captain Jeanette by the hand "Come on" he encourages her as the two run out of the building, leaving their two fallen comrades behind, "We are free" Jeanette says as the two of them start running however this victory is short lived as they are suddenly faced with men with guns telling them to freeze "Well that was interesting" one says while taking Shane's arm "Turn around, back in the cell."

Shane raises his arms but quickly put them on the shoulders of the guards trying to use whats left of his lightning powers to shock them which works but now he has no lightning left in his system as the iron bars have drained it, the escape is almost successful when they both hear a gunshot and look around to see no one except the suited man holding a gun, Shane then feels blood run out of his chest. "Come on" Shane says feeling the blood. Jeanette looks at the blood "No...No...No" she says to the suited man "Sorry you two" the suited man says "No happy endings here" he smirks.

"Shut up" Shane says as he starts scream in pain trying to suppress the wound "I'm dying, I'm dying, I'm dying." Jeanette looks Shane over for a second "I think its too late" she says as his breath slows and he falls to the floor.

The man in the suit walks over his body "It is done, Torchwood is eradicated..." Shane just looks at him as if to say "This guy may have set the trap" The man grabs a pistol and points it at Jeanette "One to go" he says pulling the trigger "You'll do" but he pauses and Jeanette pleads "You wont...." Captain Jeanette replies as he shoots her dead.

The suited man leaves the bodies of Shane, Jeanette and even his own guards in the grounds as he goes inside and goes on his computer it is revealed that the agency is the L.C.A (a mysterious worldwide organization known as Live Control). The man types and sends a message saying "Torchwood is eradicated" a reply comes through saying "Good, it had to be done."

Outside, life fades from Shane's eyes.

## Characters

* Shane
* Captain Jeanette
* Cody
* Harsha
* Torchwood: London
* "The Suited Man"