Suzie Costello

[[Backdated to shortly after Sark went missing.]]

Suzie's got her laptop, a handful of carefully-selected CCTV images, and a Plan. Well, sort of a Plan. It's really more like desperation, which she doesn't much care for in principle.

Julian is missing. She intends to find him. But to do that, she'll need some help. Thus, she's looking for Tosh.

And won't explaining this be fun?

Suzie's... Not completely asleep, but where she'd like her glasses and a book, she's got nothing but a head full of painkillers, so she might as well doze for a little while.

So she's curled in on herself as much as the wound will allow. Her eyes are closed, her breathing even, and she's just barely aware of the room around her. To all appearances, she's sleeping soundly.

Suzie hasn't been to see Tosh. She hasn't even tried. If Tosh needs anyone around her right now, it's people she can trust. And Suzie's got no illusions there.

Instead, she's working at being useful, working out her story. She's got something no one else has when it comes to infiltration and deception -- her cover story, if she plays it right, is the absolute truth.

In her own timeline, she'd have betrayed Torchwood. It was only a matter of time. And, sickening as that thought is, it's her armour here and now. He can't spot a lie when there isn't one. ( ... )