A/N: I don't own any of the rights to Torchwood
A tall, brown haired sixteen year old walked slowly across Cardiff bay, pausing occasionally to adjust the strap of her heavy school bag. She flicked her long hair out of her eyes and smiled as she turned the corner and saw a man in an old blue long coat
"You wouldn't be checking up on me would you?" she teased
"As if Sammie" he laughed
"Ah so you're just hanging around here enjoying the view like you do everyday then Jack?"
"Exactly, now come on" he said giving her a gentle push on the back. As they walked Jack looked down at Sammie he couldn't help but grin, it was two moths since he had found his daughter and now she it was as if she had always been a part of the torchwood institute. As they walked into the hub the hustle and bustle of Torchwood life hit them. Owen was down in the medical bay doing an autopsy on the latest weevil victim, Toshiko was running a scan on some alien device they had dragged up from the bay a few days ago and Gwen was talking with Ianto about the best way to cover up the latest alien sighting by the public.
"Hey trouble" Owen grinned looking up from his work using a nickname which he knew annoyed Sammie
"Hey and can you not think of another inventive nickname?" she said rolling her eyes
"No this one suits you" Owen said laughing at the dirty look Sammie shot his way
"Don't you have any homework to do?" Jack said smiling at the banter going on before him
"Indeed I do" said Sammie dodging a latex glove which Owen had flicked her way and after making a rude gesture at Owen she left the main hub
"Do you have to tease her like that?" Toshiko said sighing at Owen
"It's so fun to wind her up" Owen grinned arrogantly
"Anyway moving swiftly on" Jack said "Have you found out anymore about that energy surge we spotted earlier"
"Not much, but we know it's defiantly alien and it's coming for one specific place" said Toshiko passing some papers over to Jack
"So where's it coming from?" he said frowning
"From the loading bays down by the docks, it's pretty much deserted down there so that rules out human activity and the reading is off the scale" Toshiko continued
"So what's the plan?" Ianto said
"We go and check it out, I don't like having trouble on my patch" Jack said picking up his coat
"Oooh are we going on an adventure?" Sammie said walking into the main hub
"We?" Jack said raising an eyebrow
"Oh please let me come you never let me do anything fun" she said pouting playfully
"We let you come on that weevil hunt" said Owen
"Yeah only so you could use me as bait" Sammie said sticking her tongue out "Please can I come Jack, I've done all my homework and I have nothing else to do"
"I don't know…" and Sammie walked up to Jack and made puppy eyes at him
"You know that never works on me" he said firmly
"Please, I'll be good and do everything you say"
"Ok fine but you stay with us at all times understood?"
"Yes sir!" Sammie said with a mock salute
"Less of the mouth please" Jack said laughing and they left the hub.
When they got to the docks it had started to rain giving the place an eerie feel
"This place is creepy" Sammie said shivering
"Scared?" Owen said grinning
"No!" she said defensively pulling her jacket closer to her body
"Ok lets get this over with" Jack said "Owen and Toshiko you check round the back, Ianto and Gwen you check the loading bays over there" he said gesturing over to a far corner "And you" he said talking to Sammie "Stick right beside me where I can see you at all times"
"Ok" a chorus of voices replied
As the team dispersed Sammie followed Jack keeping close to him, they went to some lockup's which looked abandoned, Sammie tried to open them but they were locked
"Little help of here" she said and Jack knelt down to examine the locks, after fiddling around with locks for a few seconds the lock fell of and fell to the ground with a clunk
"How did you do that?" Sammie said looking shocked
"An old friend taught me that" he said grinning
"Who?"
"Houdini"
"You knew Houdini?" she said frowning
"Yeah we dated for a while, he's really immature!"
"You know I never know when you're joking" she said shaking her head and Jack laughed
"Come on let's go and find this energy source" he said pushing up the metal door
The two of them entered the damp container and Sammie flicked on her torch as did Jack, they searched around for a bit but found nothing except a few old wooden pallets and sheets of tarpaulin scattered about. Suddenly the metal door slammed down behind them and Sammie's torch went out
"Jack!" Sammie screamed "Jack!"
"Hey, I'm over here" he said flicking on his torch and touching her hand gently "You ok?"
"No not really" she said looking pale
"It seems like we might have found what we're looking for" Jack said gesturing to a glowing light in the corner, he took her hand "Come on" he said gently
As they walked over to the light Jack could feel Sammie shaking next to him "Jack, I'm scared" she said in a voice that was barely above a whisper
Jack knelt down next to the glowing object and picked it up "This makes no sense" he frowned
"What is it?"
"An alien charge cell, it's like a mobile phone charger"
"What's it doing here?"
"We've been tricked so now what we're going to do is get out of here as fast as we can" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her along after him as he sprinted to the door, he pushed some button on his wrist strap and the door flung open and they both ran out into the cool air
"You ok?" he said turning to Sammie
"I think so" she said shivering
"Let's get back to the SUV" he said putting out a message on the intercom to the others
Sammie and Jack were nearly back at the SUV when she cried out in pain
"What happened?" he said turning towards her
"Something just bit me" she said clutching the side of her neck
"Let me see" he said brushing her hair away "There's no mark" he said frowning but by this time all the others had gotten back and soon Sammie had forgotten all about it.
When they got back to the hub, the team set about there day to day tasks but Sammie just stood there in the middle of the hub
"Are you ok?" Ianto said gently
"I feel a bit light headed" she said grabbing onto his arm
"Owen!" Ianto called as he sat Sammie down on a chair
Owen ran up to the pair and crouched down in front of Sammie
"Sammie look at me" he said as he checked her pulse "Your pulse is a bit weak and I need you to stay with me"
"I feel sleepy" she murmured
"Stay with me Sammie" he said getting anxious as the colour drained out of her face
All of a sudden Sammie lurched forward and coughed up blood which splattered down her front
"Shit!" Owen cried "Sammie, look at me" he said with a wild fear in his eyes
But Sammie passed out and her head hit the floor with a considerable amount of force
"Help me get her over to the medical bay" Owen said to Ianto
"What happened?" Jack said running over to them
"She passed out" Owen said setting her down on the metal table "Do you know what could have caused this?"
"She said she thought something had bitten her earlier but there was no mark" Jack said with fear creeping into his voice
"It could be some type of parasite then" Owen said looking worried
"You have to help her" Jack said grabbing Owens' arm and he nodded he knew how much Sammie meant to Jack, how much she meant to everyone
Jack looked down at his helpless daughter and held her hand "Stay with me Sammie" he said softly
