Gwen looked at the screen with its heart breakingly familiar message. Rift alert, she sighed. It was exactly a year since Tosh and Owen had gone. Six months ago she had lost Ianto and as always Torchwood rebuilt; Lois, Martha, Mickey and to Gwen's surprise Captain John Hart had joined. She left Rhys with the baby during the day and only saw her daughter at night while she was asleep.

Walking towards the freshly rebuilt cog-wheel, she pulled her phone from her pocket securing her gun to her belt and speed-dialled Lois. She glanced around the hub and nodded to John who followed her towards the SUV. "Yes - again - get Mickey and Martha. I'll send you the coordinates." She seemed to have said those words or ones similar a thousand times.

It was a disused warehouse, again. She sighed again as Mickey parked his car next to the SUV next to her. As the tem assembled Gwen felt a pang of sadness, in less than three years since she'd joined almost the entire team had been replaced.

"Okay. Martha with me, we go with west. Lois, Mickey east. John comms. Got it. Make sure you have your guns. Remember don't shoot unless you have to. It makes diplomatic relations harder." She gave her order quickly and they set off.

Martha kept shooting her odd looks and finally said. "It's today isn't it? a year since Tosh and Owen-"

"Yes" Gwen cut across her. "A year without them"

Lois and Mickey followed the sounds of swearing into a large empty room. There was only one creature in the room and did not look very threatening.

He was a young man with black hair. He was facing the other way and had on a black leather jacket and black skinny jeans. He was wincing and cursing as he pulled shards of broken glass from his finger.

"Freeze!" Called Mickey and the man whirled around. He was human in appearance and had a face remarkably like a toad.

"What are you police?" called the man, he had a London accent and spoke English without a hint of Alien. "Won't apply to me." he said dismissively.

"You seem very confident of that." Said Lois watching the man carefully. "Look we're not the police." Mickey turned to Lois and signalled for her to scan the man for Alien forces. "This won't hurt. It's just to check something." She pulled a small touch screen device from her satchel and flicked on the blue light.

The man's eyes widened and his confident demeanour vanished. "Where the hell did you get that?" he demanded sharply.

"It's part of my job. I've had it since I joined Torchwood. Torchwood is a special-opps-"

"Cut the crap. I know what Torchwood is. Where the Hell is Tosh? That's hers. It's always hers. Where is Jack if you're Torchwood?"

"Toshiko Sato? Captain Jack Harkness? They haven't worked for Torchwood for some time." Lois informed him.

"What?" The man yelled and sank to his knees.

"Gwen, Martha get over here quick we have a nutter who knows about Torchwood." Mickey spoke quickly into the comms.

"Who's on comms?" The man asked from his kneeling position. "Ianto? Gwen?"

The other doors burst open. Gwen and Martha dropped their guns and ran headlong into the man sitting in the middle of the room. Gwen kissed the top of the man's head. She rose and faced Mickey and Lois.

"Mickey Smith, Lois Habbiba meet the King of the Weevils." Their mouths dropped. "Torchwood employee 565. Dr Owen Harper"

TBC

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