Set sometime near the end of series one.

I don't own Torchwood, or any of its members.
Also the alien in this chapter is from Hellboy.

Gwen sighed as the rift alarm went off for the fourth time that day.
It had been a long day for Gwen, she had been chased by an angry weevil, coated in mysterious alien slime, and pissed off a blowfish.
All she wanted was to go home and put her feet up, but it seemed the day wasn't over yet.
She looked up to see jack hurry out of his office, "Gwen, Owen, with me!" He called out behind him, already walking out of the Hub.
Gwen sighed again, she could tell Jack was in a bad mood, but she could hardly blame him, everyone was in a bad mood.
The rift had been active all week, keeping them busy, at first it was fun, getting out of the Hub and into the field so often. But by Friday everyone was tired, and could do with a break.
Tosh sent them the coordinates of the rift spike, it had only been a small one, but it was worth checking if anything came through.
Tosh's coordinates lead them to a rather large park.
Jack groaned when he saw it.
"Tosh, is there no way of getting a more exact spot?" He asked hopefully.
"No," Tosh's voice came over the coms, "The spike was too small to get an exact reading, the best I can do is shrink it to the park."
"Right." Jack turned to Gwen and Owen, "Split up." He ordered.
Owen scowled, "Really? This place is huge, and we don't even know if anything came through."
Jack ignored him and set off into the park.
Gwen and Owen slowly followed him.
Gwen went off to the left, taking a small gravel path into a foresty part of the park.
She continued a way down the path, seeing nothing but a few joggers, out for an evening run.
Gwen smiled, she knew she should be looking for an alien artefact, but she couldn't help finding herself rather enjoying the park.
It was mostly quite, and free of people. Gwen felt relaxed for the first time that day.
She was just coming to a split in the path when she noticed a glint of metal out of the corner of her eye.
Turning, she noticed something on the side of the path.
Gwen went over to investigate.
It was a metal device, about the size of a c.d. It appeared to be made of a series of thin rings, connected by a metal rod running through each ring.
The outer most ring was covered markings, unlike any Gwen had seen before.
Gwen decided the object was almost definitely what they were looking for.
It did not appear to be doing anything, and it certainly didn't look dangerous, so Gwen knelt down and grabbed it.
Instantly she felt lightheaded, a warm weightless sensation filled her brain..
Gwen smiled as a tingling feeling stared in her hand, and slowly spread up her arm.
Suddenly Owen's voice came blearing out of the coms, his violent sting of swear words catching Gwen off guard.
She tapped her earpiece. "Owen, what's going on?"
Owen cursed before replying, "never mind, I'm fine now, just some bloody thing decided to use my leg as a restroom."
Gwen heard Jack laughing, and couldn't help chuckling at Owens misfortune.
"So anyone actually found anything Torchwood related?" Jack asked.
Gwen looked down the device and opened her mouth to reply, when Owen spoke, "Yea actually, I got something, and its definitely not from earth."
"Great!" Jack boomed, "Well then, lets get back to the hub.
Gwen frowned, Owen had found something too, could the rift send more than one thing through at a time? Gwen wondered, she would have to remember to ask Jack when she showed him the device she decided.
Cautiously she bent down and touched it, this time nothing happened, relieved Gwen picked it up and placed it safely in her jacket pocket.
Somehow they got back to the Hub without Gwen telling the others about the device, she intended to, but felt a good time never came up.
Gwen had thought Owen's discovery would be similar to hers, but it was completely different.

"What is that?" Tosh asked, bending down to peer into the cage Owen was carrying.
"Tooth fairy." Jack replied, pulling Tosh back, "Stay away."
Owen dropped the cage down at his station.
"Aww, its kinda cute." Gwen said, getting her first proper look at the animal.
It was the size of a rat, with blue grey skin, and thin leathery wings, it's nose was similar to a bats. It stood on all fours, staring at Gwen.
"Cute, but deadly." Jack said.
"Their killers, they hunt in groups to take down large prey, they like to burrow into a creature's stomach, and eat up to the heart. It would take a pack of them less than a minute to kill a person."
Gwen shuttered and stepped back.
"Why are they called tooth fairies?"
Tosh asked.
Jack grinned. "Because their favourite thing to eat is teeth." He replied.
Gwen shuttered again, "So what do we do with this one?" She asked.
Jack sighed, "Only one thing to do, kill it."
"Jack no!" Gwen squealed.
"There is nothing else we could do, give it time and it will eat everything, if it survives it could destroy the planet in a couple of years." He replied.
jack looked at Owen, "Shoot it," he ordered, turning away.
Owen nodded, he saw there was no point in arguing.
Gwen moved to follow Jack but Tosh grabbed her arm. "Just let it go, we've all had a long week, nows not the time for confrontation."
Gwen sighed, she knew Tosh was right, even so she felt bad for the little thing, it hadn't done anything wrong.
Sadly she retreated back to her desk, wincing when she heard the gunshot.

The rift was quiet for the rest of the day, a welcomed change, giving everyone a chance to rest and get started on paperwork.
Around 8pm Jack decided the rift had finely calmed down for good, and wouldn't suddenly spike again.
Owen suggested they go down to the pub, to relax. Everyone agreed to but Gwen, "Too much paperwork." She answered when he asked.
Gwen knew the others would think she was staying behind because she was still angry about the fairy, but in truth Gwen wanted another look at the thing she found earlier.