Liz Sherman (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
open_flame) wrote2011-03-10 08:06 pm
open_flame) wrote2011-03-10 08:06 pm
Twitter Log - Sam Liz - 3/10/11
Sam:*picks up the phone and calls Aunt Liz*
Liz:*frowns, not recognizing the number* Yeah?
Sam: Au- Liz? Liz Sherman-Harkness?
Liz:*tired sigh* Who is this, this number's supposed to be private.
Sam:Um... you don't really know me. Yet. My name's Sam. Sam... Myers.
Liz: You related to John? *then those negative emotions she's had for weeks hit her again* Is he okay? Is something wrong with Kitty?
Sam: Yeah, I am. And they're fine, I promise. I was just calling because, well... I need some advice, and you're the first person I thought of.
Liz:*coughs* I was? How could I be the first one you thought of if I don't know you? What's this about?
Sam: I'm sorry, I know this doesn't make any sense to you. But... if someone you loved was in danger, would you go after them even if people had told you not to?
Liz: *her breath catches, that question hits very close to home* It would depend on who was in danger and who told me to let it be.
Sam: It's... it's a boy. He means everything to me. And someone who knows a lot about the people who took him told me there was nothing I can do but I can't let it go like that. Especially when it's my fault he got taken in the first place.
Liz:*she has to take a drink of water to be able to speak* Sam...Sam Myers. Can I trust you to keep something between you and me?
Sam:Of course. I should be asking you the same thing, actually.
Liz:You must not know me -that- well. I'm the queen of secrets. *takes a deep breath, then jumps into it* I'm assuming you remember the incident with the children a few years ago. When they all just...stopped. Every last one. My husband, stopped it... eventuality but not before someone tried to kill all of us by putting a bomb inside him. They captured Jack before he reset.
Sam:*holy...* Um... I don't know about that. I, uh, well, I'm from the future. And in this time I haven't even been born yet. So you can't tell my mom I'm here, okay? I don't want to freak her out.
Liz:*stares at her phone* Oh my God...I broke time and space, didn't I?
Sam:No! It's not your fault! I followed Trevor, I was the one who screwed up. Please don't blame yourself, Aunt Liz.
Liz:Sam... wow. *sighs* I guess Jack would have sealed all those files from the kids. No wonder you didn't know about the 456. I won't tell anyone, just last low, you're not even at risk of a paradox. Jack says this happens a lot. *sighs again * Listen, I did have a reason for telling you about Jack getting blown up then, if you wanna hear it. I think it'll help.
Sam:Oh, right. Sorry. I'm listening.
Liz: *smiles* You're just like your father. Anyway, when they took what was left of Jack, I followed them, with one of...well one of Jack's former lovers, a guy named Ianto. Jack told us to just run, and he'd come to us, but I insisted we go get him. We got there after Jack had reset. He was a threat so they...buried him...alive. *trying to hide that she's crying* I wanted to go in there and kill every last one I'd them for doing that to him...of all people. Ianto stopped me. Ianto knew that Jack would be all right, andthat if I was hurt or killed, Jack would...he wouldn't be able to forgive himself. Understand?
Sam:*nods, even though Liz can't see it* I understand. But Uncle Jack is different. This boy... he can get hurt. He could be hurt right now, I don't know.
Liz:Sam, you don't know your Uncle Jack very well, do you? *shudders* It hurts, ever time he has to come back. But he's a strong man the strongest, bravest, most selfless man I've ever known. And this guy, if he told you he'd be alright, and the people who know the situation and the enemy better than you say he'll, you have to trust them. I know, it's hard, *doesn't bother to hide that she's crying* but we have to be strong enough to trust the people we love, even when it feels like we're staring Armageddon in the face. You have to have faith, Sam. You do.
Sam:*hearing the tears in Liz's voice scares her, she's seen her cry so rarely* I'm so scared, Aunt Liz. They only took him because he gave me something that was protecting him. It's my fault.
Liz: Sounds like magic? *sighs* Well you know how I feel about magic, right? ...and it's not your fault anymore than you being here is my fault, you know that right?
Sam:*sighs* I know. I just hate feeling like I'm helpless, you know? I'm used to just doing something!
Liz:Sam, I gotta go. Somebody's knocking and that means the twins collected way too many shells again. I'll call you later.
Sam:Okay. Thanks, for talking to me.
Liz:*frowns, not recognizing the number* Yeah?
Sam: Au- Liz? Liz Sherman-Harkness?
Liz:*tired sigh* Who is this, this number's supposed to be private.
Sam:Um... you don't really know me. Yet. My name's Sam. Sam... Myers.
Liz: You related to John? *then those negative emotions she's had for weeks hit her again* Is he okay? Is something wrong with Kitty?
Sam: Yeah, I am. And they're fine, I promise. I was just calling because, well... I need some advice, and you're the first person I thought of.
Liz:*coughs* I was? How could I be the first one you thought of if I don't know you? What's this about?
Sam: I'm sorry, I know this doesn't make any sense to you. But... if someone you loved was in danger, would you go after them even if people had told you not to?
Liz: *her breath catches, that question hits very close to home* It would depend on who was in danger and who told me to let it be.
Sam: It's... it's a boy. He means everything to me. And someone who knows a lot about the people who took him told me there was nothing I can do but I can't let it go like that. Especially when it's my fault he got taken in the first place.
Liz:*she has to take a drink of water to be able to speak* Sam...Sam Myers. Can I trust you to keep something between you and me?
Sam:Of course. I should be asking you the same thing, actually.
Liz:You must not know me -that- well. I'm the queen of secrets. *takes a deep breath, then jumps into it* I'm assuming you remember the incident with the children a few years ago. When they all just...stopped. Every last one. My husband, stopped it... eventuality but not before someone tried to kill all of us by putting a bomb inside him. They captured Jack before he reset.
Sam:*holy...* Um... I don't know about that. I, uh, well, I'm from the future. And in this time I haven't even been born yet. So you can't tell my mom I'm here, okay? I don't want to freak her out.
Liz:*stares at her phone* Oh my God...I broke time and space, didn't I?
Sam:No! It's not your fault! I followed Trevor, I was the one who screwed up. Please don't blame yourself, Aunt Liz.
Liz:Sam... wow. *sighs* I guess Jack would have sealed all those files from the kids. No wonder you didn't know about the 456. I won't tell anyone, just last low, you're not even at risk of a paradox. Jack says this happens a lot. *sighs again * Listen, I did have a reason for telling you about Jack getting blown up then, if you wanna hear it. I think it'll help.
Sam:Oh, right. Sorry. I'm listening.
Liz: *smiles* You're just like your father. Anyway, when they took what was left of Jack, I followed them, with one of...well one of Jack's former lovers, a guy named Ianto. Jack told us to just run, and he'd come to us, but I insisted we go get him. We got there after Jack had reset. He was a threat so they...buried him...alive. *trying to hide that she's crying* I wanted to go in there and kill every last one I'd them for doing that to him...of all people. Ianto stopped me. Ianto knew that Jack would be all right, andthat if I was hurt or killed, Jack would...he wouldn't be able to forgive himself. Understand?
Sam:*nods, even though Liz can't see it* I understand. But Uncle Jack is different. This boy... he can get hurt. He could be hurt right now, I don't know.
Liz:Sam, you don't know your Uncle Jack very well, do you? *shudders* It hurts, ever time he has to come back. But he's a strong man the strongest, bravest, most selfless man I've ever known. And this guy, if he told you he'd be alright, and the people who know the situation and the enemy better than you say he'll, you have to trust them. I know, it's hard, *doesn't bother to hide that she's crying* but we have to be strong enough to trust the people we love, even when it feels like we're staring Armageddon in the face. You have to have faith, Sam. You do.
Sam:*hearing the tears in Liz's voice scares her, she's seen her cry so rarely* I'm so scared, Aunt Liz. They only took him because he gave me something that was protecting him. It's my fault.
Liz: Sounds like magic? *sighs* Well you know how I feel about magic, right? ...and it's not your fault anymore than you being here is my fault, you know that right?
Sam:*sighs* I know. I just hate feeling like I'm helpless, you know? I'm used to just doing something!
Liz:Sam, I gotta go. Somebody's knocking and that means the twins collected way too many shells again. I'll call you later.
Sam:Okay. Thanks, for talking to me.