fractured_agent | Captain Jack and Captain Jack [for slayers

April does sense why Owen opened the Rift. And she is not sure how to handle the situation, since Torchwood is not her responsibility.

"We have reason to believe the equations were purposely tampered."

"You think the caretaker did it?" Gwen asks, putting the pieces together quickly. "Bilis Manger?"

"Almost certain of it," Jack replies with a nod. He looks at Owen. "Go treat your shoulder. I'll deal with you later."

Owen makes a scoffing noise, a bit put out that no one seems to be appreciating his effort to get them back, even though he had an ulterior motive. But he moves towards the autopsy room to get his tools and medkit.

April breaths a sigh of relief when the smell of blood leaves the room, once Owen heads to the morgue.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you what Bilis was planning. It is something you must face..."

Jack was afraid of that, but he understands. "He wanted us to destabilize the Rift... but why? What could he possibly stand to benefit from that?"

"Maybe he's trying to get someone or something through too," Ianto says, thinking of Owen's reasons for opening the Rift.

"So far I'm not seeing any increased activity," Tosh reports. "Everything looks as normal as it has been recently, for the most part."

"Everything will stay normal for a while... but it will come. Whatever happened today will have consequences..."

"The Weevils are also agitated, but they won't attack today."

That's something, at least. If not for April being able to predict that for them, he might have had to keep Tosh from her grandfather's birthday celebration. "Set the monitors to record automatically, then you can go to your party," Jack tells Tosh. He looks over at April. "Do you still want to do evaluations?" It's been a very busy several hours and he totally understands if she'd rather wait until later.

"I would be willing to stay for a while." She gets a sense that Jack might need her more, than the others. And the excuse of the evaluations is just as good as any...

"Better do Tosh first then, so she can get going." It's more of a formality than anything else, since April spent enough time with Tosh over the last few hours to have a good idea of how Tosh is doing under stress. Which is to say that she didn't have them up all the time, but when she did, they were fairly decent.

He also sees through to her other reason for offering to stay. And he appreciates it a lot.

"Sure thing." April seeks out a private place where she and Tosh can do.

She smiles at the other woman, "The good news is you had a decent handle on your shields, even during a stressful situation."

"I still have trouble keeping them up all the time," Tosh confesses. "It's easy to forget."

"Exactly. But now that you know that, it is something you can work on."

"I know in a stressful situation, it can be easy to forget about your mental shields."

Tosh smiles a little nervously and nods. "So what do you want me to do?"

"It can be hard to simulate stressful situations accurately, to practice those skills. But especially with something on the horizon, try your best to push your boundaries. And keep yourself mentally calm in those situations."

"I always knew I should've taken up meditation," Tosh says, with a nod. "What about right now? What should I do for the test?"

April reflects for a moment, knowing that a stressful situation would be best to test Tosh.

"Do what you can to remain balanced..." Is the only warning she will get. Then after a moment, April uses her psychic powers to simulate the sounds of a fight outside the doors. Tosh will hear the Weevils attacking. Her team members calling for help. The door will be locked though... if she tries to flee...

Tosh almost jumps out her chair, and makes it halfway there before she realizes something is up. April said before that Weevils wouldn't attack tonight. And she doesn't seem to be reacting herself. So Tosh forces herself to sit down again, but it's difficult. It sounds so real.

Maybe... She wonders if her shields would block out the projections, and focuses on keeping them up. Hoping it will let her block out any false noises.

April can sense that she is working to block out the projections, and nods slightly in encouragement. With a strong enough shield, the false fight would fade away...

"Good reaction time."

"You've got to be quick on your feet to work here," Tosh replies with a relieved laugh.

"The thing I admired is how you thought outside the box, and challenged yourself to strengthen your shields to block out my projections."

"You will get there Tosh, with practice. And you will have one of the strongest shields for a human."

That raises Tosh's curiosity again. She never did get to ask what exactly April is. But this doesn't seem like a good time, so she puts those questions aside for later. "Wow. High praise."

"I won't keep you from your grandfather's birthday. I am confident you will practice from what you learned today."

"Send whomever is next right in."

"Thank you." Tosh isn't sure they're close enough for it yet, but what the heck. She gives April a hug, both in thanks for helping train Torchwood and for her help today in 1941.

Gwen comes into the briefing room next, curious as hell about what the three of them experienced during the temporal shift.

April returns the hug, after all she is very comfortable with her own boundaries.

Then she smiles at Gwen, as she enters. "Your curiosity is radiating very strong, Gwen."

"I can't help it. It's my job to be nosy," Gwen says, a little embarrassed, but not offended.

"I am sure Jack will provide with a briefing, but the three of us were sent back in time. To the 1940s."

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