3.04: Dead of Night

## Episode

In London, Police in riot gear can be seen throwing tear gas at the savage humans whilst the suited man puts his human face back on, The Director leaves the beacon broadcasting the signal on top of the London Eye before getting off and running off with the suited man back to their black car quickly speeding off.

"May I ask what all that was for?" The Director asks, the suited man responds "Easy, whoever survives gets recruited - the test is simple for them, outthink the savages - outwit the savages and you have a person with a natural survival instinct and that is what we need for our agents, like I said before the people we tested were just the start, we can continue expanding whilst everyone around us destroys themselves." the suited man says as the two head back to their headquarters.

Back in Portugal, Dan writes on a blackboard - Shane, Alexa and Colin watch on as he explains the plan to get back to the UK from Portugal as he believes that they are ready to take on Live Control, he explains: "We can't be seen coming, they know were out here somewhere...so we have to do it fast, so I booked us a flight back however its on a private jet and we have fake ID's." he says handing everyone one "We're gonna land in Manchester, when we get to the airport, we just walk on through, pick up our bags and get on a train to London from there."

Alexa questions the plan "You don't seem to have thought this through" she says with a serious tone "This is a life or death situation" Shane interrupts "For now its good, we need hope so at least we've got a sort of plan." Alexa shrugs still skeptical about the idea.
At the Live Control compound, where everything started, the suited man notices Shane's Torchwood ID beeping - he quickly traces it back and finds that Shane has backup and there on their way back, he grins "We need a welcome committee for them" as he sends an asset to wait at Manchester Airport.

In the compound, a group of humans, seemingly captured by the suited man are getting ready to get out of there but they don't know what's in store for them as the gate opens - as expected a horde of converted humans with guns are there.

The suited man is impressed "They've advanced, learning how to use firearms now....brilliant" he mutters.

The Director is not so impressed "We have people that can do that, for little effort, we don't need them" he says refering to the people in riot gear that first brought down Shane and Torchwood: London.

"Tradition gets boring Director" the suited man says dismissively as the Director storms off back to his office.

A few hours have past and Shane, Dan, Alexa and Colin have made it to Lisbon Airport's private jet terminal and show the security their fake ID's to get through security.

The group are then seen waiting for the jet to be ready to board, Shane spots Dan speaking to a man in security gear who looks like he is a member of airport security.

Dan walks back to the group "We're in" he says with a wink, leading the group to the gate marked "First Class." Alexa once again questions him "First class on a private jet?" she begins "Isn't a private jet first class anyway?."

Dan laughs "I have friends in high places" he says as the group all board the jet. As the groip all find seats, the jet pushes back and begins to taxi down the runway.

Shane seems deep in thought as the plane taxis, he says to himself "They likely know were coming, god knows what they will try and do once we land" he seems scared, which is rare. The pilot soon comes on the intercom, saying that he is afraid that poor visibility has caused a delay in takeoff and that the runway is contaminants, but that he is sure it will be cleared soon - after around twenty minutes, the plane takes off and everyone seems to relax, Colin seems to be the quieter one of the group as he hasn't said much throughout the trip all he is seen doing is drawing, writing notes and typing on a laptop, clearly zoned in on his research, Dan seems to be laid back but also seems aware of his surroundings whilst Shane is very on edge.

Back at the compound, the suited man decides to play a trick on an unsuspecting Alexa who has her headphones in watching a movie, a message from the anonymous Contact tells him not to however "out of boredom" so he says he does it anyway, he puts some hypnotic music through Alexa's headphones, Alexa's eyes soon widen and start to roll as she listens to the hypnotic music "Live Control is supreme" she says monotonal as her arms outstretch in front of her revealing some very expensive jewelry on her wrists.

The suited man back at the compound seems amused by all this. He decides to make his own joke on Alexa who is now dancing in her seat to the music, a slow dance to the strange hypnotic song.

"Join us Alexa, live forever in our world" "Yes...master" she says as she rolls her head around and walks over to where Colin sits on the plane, she begins to unbuckle his belt. Colin notices the strange looking Alexa "You alright?" he asks, "Live Control is supreme" she says monotonal "Join us Colin, be free in our world" - you and Dan notice whats happening and walk up to the entranced Alexa "Nice trick" Shane says as he and Dan look on to Colin's relief.

Alexa just looks at Shane and Dan, her eyes continue to roll as she puts her hands around Colin's neck - "Stop it" Dan screams at her and rushes her only for him to get punched in the face, Shane decides to engage the hypnotized Alexa "This is Live Control's way of getting to us, using people - controlling them, doing it all from the safety of the compound...I expected better" you say to Alexa, who just stares at Shane, her eyes still rolling.

"Honestly though I did, you lot are impressive and all that but your doing all this - thinking with Torchwood gone you just can, well Torchwood doesn't stay dead for long so look out and more importantly...stop running" Shane says to the hypnotized Alexa in a rather confident tone. Shane can't tell if his little speech worked or not but you do notice her eyes stop rolling and her face seems to relax a bit "Good, see you are learning."

"Yes I am, you know me, you know what I can do and when I land back in the UK...Live Control will flatline" Shane announces removing the headphones from the outlet on the plane stopping the hypnotic music meaning Alexa comes back around.

"I've brought you to a new level" Shane says proudly yet jokingly looking at Alexa "Oh?" she says holding her head "What did you do?" she asks, Colin and Dan can be seen recovering from the encounter in the background "Well, I just have a way with words" Shane laughs.
Back at the compound, the suited man can only see a "Lost Signal" message on his computer, he screams unnaturally however this becomes a laugh as he notices the asset is waiting at Manchester Airport for the private jet.

When the plane lands in Manchester it is around 2am in the morning, hardly anyone is around as the group go through customs and back into the UK so it surprises the group when they see a man in camo robotically walking towards them with duel wielded pistols. "Who the hell is that?" Colin quietly asks "I'm guessing some sort of soldier, maybe a spook" replies Alexa "What if, what if he's a Hunter?" Dan asks. "No" Shane replies "Look at the symbol on his uniform...thats an asset from Live Control, don't let him see you."

The group all move through the terminal quietly trying not to catch the robotic man's attention, they get to baggage claim where the group all claim their bags only to see that the asset has found them and is blocking the exist, he fires his guns, he is clearly some kind of robot as mechanical whirring is heard.

"Did he see you?" Shane asks the team. "No, he seemed to be looking for someone..." Alexa says. The group all look and see Colin standing opposite the asset "Take me, save them" he says to it, The Asset shows no emotion and doesnt even speak, it simply aims at the group and shoots. They all dive for cover using anything in the baggage claim as cover, the asset is clearly well trained however and quickly picks out the most intuitive, which is Dan, he screams as the bullet passes his ear and then promptly falls down. "I'm alright" he says with a thumbs up.

Shane runs up to the Asset and tries to wrestle his guns from him, a somewhat flawed plan however Alexa joins in and also tries to pry the guns out of the asset's hands, she also fails and a bullet punctures her stomach it seems to not be fatal however she collapses holding on to her wound.

During this time Shane has successfully grabbed one of The Asset's guns "Don't hurt my new team, they are not who you want" Shane says, The Asset again doesn't reply and rushes Shane, only for Shane to sidestep, The Asset lands on a baggage belt and disappears as it seemingly couldn't figure out what to do next.

"We've got a window" Shane says before rushing over to Alexa, Dan and Colin are already by her side, Alexa is clearly bleeding out. "Hang in there Alexa, you gotta get to the hospital" Dan says trying to encourage her to keep fighting. Though the group is already running to the car-rental booth since plans have changed to avoid The Asset, Colin seems confused whilst Dan shouts desperately " I need a vehicle, anything." "I thought we were taking the train" Colin says. "No, we need to get to a hospital" Dan says.

Inside the booth the group see a sign for a local taxi firm, Colin grabs one of their cards and tells the man in the booth what happened.
The man in the booth quickly phones an ambulance for Alexa and lets you know a vehicle is on its way, "as well as the police."

Shane seems confused "Why the Police? what are they gonna do about that freak in there?" pointing to the terminal where The Asset seemingly is.

The man in the booth shrugs but before he can say anything else he is suddenly shot by someone, the shooter is revealed to once again be The Asset, a chase ensues as the group make their escape in the taxi and they manage to lose The Asset in the airport. "It will be back" Dan says to the group "But first, lets get Alexa some help." The taxi arrives at one of Manchester's hospitals where Alexa is checked in, Colin opt's to stay with her he tells Shane and Dan to "end Live Control."

Shane and Dan walk out the hospital and head back to the airport to deal with The Asset but on the way there they find The Asset walking along a main road, Shane and Dan decide to whistle at it which lures it towards the two and into a parking lot.

The Asset follows the two men into the parking lot and a fight ensues with it which leads Shane, Dan and the Asset to the top level of the Parking Lot, The Asset seems to be enjoying this challenge and jumps from level to level trying to hit them both as Dan tries to shoot it. "It's messing with us" Dan says "Clearly not made by humans" Shane adds. Both Shane and Dan are getting tired though so they start trying to avoid the jumps and just shoot it while moving.

As it jumps back to the top level, Shane uses his powers to launch a stream of lightning at The Asset which causes the robot to spark and smoke to come out from it from the electrical current, after this it realizes it is defeated so just blankly stares at Shane and Dan.

"RUN" Shane shouts, as Shane and Dan leg it - The Asset starts shaking before self destructing itself with a small charge in the base of its head - "Didn't see that coming" Dan admits.

The suited man was seemingly watching all this unfold on CCTV he is livid that The Asset self destructed so ridicules The Contact on what he was supplied with and how he allowed it to happen, he mentions how the organization has now started to lose faith in the supplier - "Chaos is good" The Contact replies through a series of cryptic messages.

The suited man shouts for The Director to patch him through to Dan so the suited man can try his hypnosis trick again however The Director interrupts saying: "You said it would be simple, however i never expected subversive behavior like this!" he pauses for a second "What about Alexa? she is injured and vulnerable - we can heal her and then...recruit her" The Director suggests. "What? You can't just kidnap a civilian and use them against their will!" The suited man jokes around "I LOVE IT" he says more seriously "Prepare for extraction" he says to The Director.

The Director gets in a van and sets off with a team of converted humans, after a few hours he says "We're approaching the hospital now, stay in the van" The Director says into his phone hanging up.

The people in the hospital start to run out into the street after Shane and Dan told them to get out of here as The Director and some converted humans step out and start attacking the hospital, The Director then steps inside and starts making his way to Alexa's ward where she is being treated.

Alexa hears the gunshots outside and a voice "GET DOWN!" She shakes as The Director knocks out Colin - however she can see Shane and Dan hiding under the other hospital beds, The Director approaches Alexa and holds a knife to her throat as the suits continue to attack the hospital. "Well, well, well, who wants to help the doctor?" The Director asks menacing holding up a pocket knife likes its a scalpel.
He pushes the other hospital beds to one side revealing Shane and Dan who slowly move into view, they both raise their guns at the Director. The Director laughs "I thought you guys would never show up." He notices Shane is holding a gun "A gun? that's not you at all" he says he has clearly been reading Shane's file that the suited man has from their first encounter.

"Leave her alone" Shane orders, The Director pauses and actually goes to try and slit Alexa's throat but Shane takes the opportunity to shoot the Director in the head, Dan joins in and shoots him several more times killing him instantly.

Just then, some converted humans jump into the ward too however Shane electrocutes them all with his lightning powers before addressing his new friends. "Are you okay?" he asks Alexa who is still laying on the hospital bed. "Yeah, I guess so. That was a bit of a shock though" she answers.

The suited man can then be seen back at the compound, his head in his hands in disbelief as he sees The Director being gunned down on CCTV. "NO!" he screams in rage and hits his head against the wall, This damages his "human" face so he rips it off revealing his "true" face "NO MORE HIDING...NO MORE GAMES" he declares as he draws a futuristic looking shotgun, He runs out his office disappearing from view.
When he is gone though he gets a message from The Contact who cryptically says "We will finish what you started, do not bother attempting to trace me, you won't get anywhere" as a flash of a black beetle appears on the suited man's screen.

## Characters

* Shane
* Dan
* Alexa
* Colin
* The Contact