3.05: Turning Point

## Episode

The suited man now with his "true" face revealed can be seen speeding down a motorway, he seems to have a feed of the Manchester Hospital CCTV cameras running at the side of him to see if the group of Torchwood members make any sort of move.

He reaches the end of the M62 and continues along the M6 until he reaches a roundabout where he stops. He seems to be searching for something but cant quite put his finger on what it is, he pulls up to a service station and notices something strange inside as a small metal chest can be seen on a lone table just inside the door "Ah" the suited man grins "That's where you put it" he grabs it and runs back to his car.

He pushes open the door with his elbow and gets inside, speeding out of the car park he drives around to the front of the services and parks right in front of the lone entrance to the service station.

The metal chest has a black beetle engraved on it, the supposed calling card of The Trickster's Brigade: a group of beings who never show themselves and only really exist to cause chaos, the suited man opens the chest, inside he finds something strange looking and black, it has a caved in centre and is remarkably light.

Whilst holding the strange object he starts to get flashbacks, he can be seen being falling through a multiverse portal entering a black, all knowing place "Ah, you're one of the last..." an echoed voice says in his mind, the suited man starts to feel very tired and his vision becomes blurry "Ah, there are too many of them, I thought I had wiped all of them out...there are too many..." the suited man starts to uncharacteristically freak out like he isnt even in control of his own body, it's like he is having a nightmare.

The echoed voice continues "The work is not done, Live Control is supreme." - the suited man replies "I will not fail" the vision of him stumbles out of the portal again and onto solid ground, clearly Earth "I have to finish what they start, this is what I was born for" the suited man says holding his head, then everything goes black as he passes out.

Back at the hospital in Manchester, some coroners take away bodies from the Director's attack (including The Director himself) whilst Shane, Dan and Colin check on Alexa who is still recovering from her injuries.

"How we feeling?" Shane asks politely. "Still feeling a bit groggy" Alexa answers rubbing her head. "Shit, I forgot that, thanks for reminding me" Shane replies - "You forgot?" Colin questions with a stern expression - "No, I'm just trying to lighten the mood a little" Shane answers back, awkward silence ensues.

"I'm just going to sleep, I need my rest if we're going to escape tonight" Alexa says - "Escape?" Dan speaks up "Alexa, I don't know if you've noticed but you got shot in the stomach and I got knocked out too, there's no way we're getting out of here yet."

Just then a scuttling sound can be heard in the vents above the group - "What's that?" Colin seems taken by surprise "I don't know" Shane says "Hopefully its just rats" he hopes as the vent opens above the group, dropping down from the vents is several grotesque looking beings, almost like demonic pincers had grown out of their arms.

Alexa screams slightly as Shane, Dan and Colin draw their guns on them, "There like undead Macra" Shane exclaims, the creatures let out a disturbing chuckle as they approach the group. "What are you?" Shane asks in a serious tone "if you can even speak." The creatures start to chant the name of their race over and over again " Mazkil, mazkil, mazkil " in unison.

"What the hell did they just say?" Dan asks out loud.

"Mazkil" Shane says "I have never heard of them, what about you three?" he asks Dan, Colin and Alexa.

"Nope" Alexa says shook, Dan and Colin shake their heads - The Mazkil surround the group looking to intimidate, they chant in unison once more and suddenly they speed up, seeming to fly through the air at the trio of guys protecting Alexa.

Shane, Dan and Colin open fire on the Mazkil, but the creatures take little damage, they clash around each other - they also let out a black liquid like substance onto each other it seems to add protection to them suggesting some kind of organic defense system - The Mazkil continue flying through the air and clashing around.

Meanwhile Colin notices that Alexa has disappeared from her bed, "Alexa!" he shouts as a light fills the room.

The Mazkil have also seemingly disappeared, instead replaced by a rock object similar to the one the suited man found at the service station.
Dan picks up the rock out of curiosity but like the suited man he gets a flashback, his is different though - it shows Dan lying on the floor of his house in tears, a shell casing by his head, he seems like he cant move as someone kneels next to him to help him. The camera zooms out to reveal its Shane.

Shane reaches out his hand to Dan in the vision "Come on Dan, come with me. We'll be all right." its like Dan's mind is rebelling against the vision as a gunshot is heard, Dan drops the rock meaning his vision ends and he regains focus as Colin and Shane look around for where the gunshot came from.

Shane sees Alexa in the corner of his eye pointing her gun at the three men, she points her gun barrel towards the ceiling and begins laughing.

"Colin" Shane says to him "You have a mole on your team" - Colin doesn't respond to this, his eyes just seem to water in sadness that someone would turn on them.

"How many?" Shane asks Alexa "How many days have you been pretending?" "Looks like you found out eventually..so there's no point responding to that." she replies. Shane tries and think of a way out of this, something that doesn't involve hurting Alexa. Something about this just feels wrong though.

"You got shot" Shane tells her "Yes" she responds "But it could have been a lot worse, don't worry I remember."

She seems distracted by something as Colin moves into to try and disarm her she pushes the gun barrel against his head instead and pulls the trigger, instantly killing him - Shane's tone changes "Did you really want to do that?...thing is I've lost so much, you've added another one to that list...ARE YOU SURE YOU REALLY WANT TO SPILL MORE BLOOD?."

She slowly back peddles and stares at her hands in disbelief. Dan grabs the gun barrel from her whilst Shane pushes her against the wall "I could have you executed..." - "I know you won't....you're a good man Shane" Alexa says to him.

Clearly fed up with all this Shane just straight up shouts "Dan...We're taking her with us...let's end this" - Shane and Dan lead her to a car and drive to Lincoln "Where are we going?" Dan asks "My base" Shane responds "Torchwood: Lincoln City" Dan responds "I'm just a field agent though I can't access the equipment room or do any real research, we need to get the team together first."

"We don't have any more team members after Alexa here killed one of them, plus the others are likely dead after Live Control converted them" Shane says to Dan dryly "You don't give a flying crap do you?" Alexa responds seemingly mocking Shane "You're alive, they're dead, end of story." Shane responds. "Now I'd be quiet Alexa, we need to talk when we get there, plus you just killed a team member" Shane adds.

Back at the service station, the suited man has recovered and sees that the group is moving location - he screams inhumanely while finding the car they are in using Live Control's database, eventually he does.

Around 10 miles to Lincoln and the suited man has caught up to the group "Oh no" Dan says seeing the suited man in the mirrors - Dan drives the car more aggressively weaving in and out of traffic to try and escape the suited man "Watch out!" Shane shouts to Dan more than Alexa as the car gets closer to the center road.

The suited man in his car seems to be monologuing "Live Control is supreme, you are the last targets before we start expansion - You can't get out of here alive...the whole world will be under my control soon" he continues as the car gets closer and closer.

The chase continues into Lincoln itself, through the center of town and onto the highway, the suited man swears when he sees that the group is getting away - "Let me out" Shane says to Dan "It's time for a distraction."

Shane jumps out at the Brayford Waterfront and the suited man's car is immediately drawn to Shane as Dan and Alexa drive off, Shane runs down the waterfront as the suited man's car chases him - after running for a few minutes Shane dips down a side ally causing the suited man's car to lose control and plummet spectactularly into the Brayford Pool, the car sinks however there is no sign of the suited man, Shane runs back into town knowing his base is around here.

Shane rejoins Dan and Alexa who want to know where the base is, Shane takes them through a disused shop and down some stairs revealing the Torchwood: Lincoln City base to them - Shane then quickly handcuffs Alexa for interrogation "Now we're even" Dan thinks as Shane takes him to the equipment room.

"Why are we here?" Shane asks Dan - "If were bringing down Live Control and that suited freak, we need to do it now while the others are distracted" he responds.

Shane and Dan gather some equipment and hide out in the base, they then head to the prison cells in the bottom of the base where a handcuffed Alexa waits - brains behind this so we need to find him and kill him" you say.

"Why did you turn on us?" Dan asks firstly - She looks at the two men in front of her.

"Oh Danny boy" she begins "Wouldn't you like to know?" she laughs a little crazily "But i dont want to talk to you...I want to talk to you" she points at Shane "Tell me are you enjoying your retirement?" - "If you call getting shot, almost dying and being on the run retirement then yes" Shane answers - "Good." Alexa responds bluntly.

"Who do you work for?" Shane asks "Live Control?" - She leans forward "Live Control is just the beginning, their behind the scenes, they are everywhere....you can't stop their chaos, none of us can" she says menacingly.

"Of course" Shane says throwing his hands into the air "You find the final Torchwood members - me, Dan and Colin and then blend in so you can infiltrate us - use our own tech against us and everything, those savage human experiments were just distractions."

"Something like that" she smiles "Now let's go kill some freaks."

"You really think I'm gonna let you go?" Shane asks her after her overconfident comment "You lost me a new friend."

"Oh" she smiles "Then give me your gun" she orders.

Shane looks at Dan and raises an eyebrow "I thought you said she was bluffing."

Dan is also shocked "Heh...me too...also she actually ordered you to give her your gun? The security alarm then goes off, Dan runs up to the main computer and checks the outside camera revealing the suited man is waiting outside "No way" Dan says in shock.

Back in the cell Shane continues to defy Alexa "I'm not giving you my gun."

"Well you're not going to be able to stop what's about to happen then" she says with a smirk "Well this is a shame" and with that she leaves the basement, still handcuffed.

Back upstairs, Dan tries to deadlock the main door as the suited man tries to force his entry, Alexa knocks out Dan and lets the suited man, she joins him by his side as they smile at Shane, who stands alone, "Shane...allow me to introduce myself" the suited man says.

"I am from the race called The Molanye, I am the last of my kind, Live Control is the only way we see this planet ever reaching peace with itself." the suited man adds.

The suited man continues his speech "My personal name is Ral and I come from the multiverse, I researched this world and its defenses...Torchwood must be eradicated like I said when we first met, sadly you couldn't co-operate and now you won't even see the new era of peace on Planet Earth, thanks to Live Control...Alexa kill him." He dismissively waves at Shane.

"Yes...see the funny man has a name" Alexa laughs as she approaches Shane with a gun, aiming it right at his chest.

Outside, Live Control agents surround the base's entrance and with Dan out cold - Shane is trapped at gunpoint.

## Characters

* Shane
* Dan
* Alexa
* Colin
* Mazkil