'You say that this happened right before the rift alert' Jack said looking to Gwen, who sat across the table from him in the boardroom.

'Yeah.' She said frowning, 'He just collapsed. I…I think it hurt him' she said, her voice catching in her throat slightly.

It was Jack's turn to frown now. He had come back from the site of a rift spike to find Gwen and a small child in the medical bay of the hub.

Gwen had been on her way into work when she'd spotted him, alone on the street; too young to be out without his parents. She had been wondering whether she should get out of her car and see if he was alright when he had fallen to the ground, unconscious and tossing and turning as if having a nightmare.

Before she could call an ambulance, her phone had buzzed. It was Tosh telling her there was rift activity. When the child had woken up, he had been fine but had been talking about a monster that crawled out of the sewers and Gwen had realised in horror that he was describing a weevil. She asked him where his parents were but he had become frightened and didn't want to tell her anything. Eventually she managed to convince him to come with her to the hub, at a loss to know what else to do. She had phoned Andy at the police station in case anyone reported him missing or had seen her coaxing a kid into her car and got suspicious. He had been curious but obliged to watch out for anything without asking too many questions, probably noting the stress in her voice.

'Jack he was talking about a weevil' Gwen said to him, her voice full of concern.

'What exactly did he say?'

'He said he saw a monster climb out of a sewer and bite a woman. He said it had big fangs and the woman was screaming'

'Hmm.' He murmured. 'I guess we better ask him about it'

They all walked down to the medical bay where Ianto was desperately trying to reassure the kid who was sitting on the slab, his feet dangling over the edge. He had his head in his hands, covering his eyes and ears and was trembling slightly.

Ianto moved aside to let Gwen do her thing. They all knew Gwen would be good at this.

'Hey there sweetheart,' she said gently 'It's ok. My name's Gwen'

The boy shifted slightly on the slab, aware and uncomfortable of all the eyes bearing down on him.

'Can you tell me your name' she asked, leaning towards him.

'Jace' he said quietly, his voice muffled by his sleeves.

'Ok 'Gwen said 'And your last name?'

The boy looked up at her this time. 'Connors' he said nervously.

Tosh turned away swiftly to search the name on her computer.

'Nice to meet you Jace Connors' Gwen said, smiling. 'This is Owen, Ianto, Tosh and Jack' she said, pointing out her team members respectively.

'Howdy' said Jack to the boy who looked around at them all sheepishly.

Toshiko came back from her search and handed a tablet to Jack, which displayed all of the details on file about this kid. He frowned down at it and then realised they were all looking at him expectantly.

'Jace' he said, trying to sound reassuring, 'can you tell me about the monster that you saw.'

Jace looked to Gwen, the person he hardly knew and yet the person here who he knew the most. She nodded encouragingly and patted his back.

'He had big teeth' he offered.

'Oh yeah? Can you remember anything else? Jack prompted.

'The lady was crying.' He remembered. 'And she was all wet and red.'

At this, they all drew in sharp, shocked breaths and exchanged anxious looks.

'Where did you see this?' Gwen asked, concern heavy in her voice.

'Before' Jace said, 'When you were there' He looked at Gwen.

She was confused. 'But…there was nothing there sweetheart, it was just us.'

'No but in my head' he insisted, 'up here' he pointed at his temple.

They were all frowning now.

'Do you mean that you had a sort of vision, like a nightmare yeah?' Gwen asked him.

He nodded worriedly, observing the ominous looks on everyone's faces.

'Has this happened before?' Jack asked him. His voice was gentle but they could detect an undercurrent of tension.

Jace was confused by this. 'Yeah' he said, as if it were obvious, 'a lot'.

'What d'you see?' Jack asked him, an awful idea forming in his mind.

Jace thought for a moment and then he said, 'monsters and…lights and noise'

This confirmed Jack's suspicion. 'Okay everybody, team meeting'

They started to move towards the boardroom. 'Ianto can you-' Gwen started.

'Yeah' he said cutting her off and moving to where she'd been standing. She squeezed his arm gratefully.

'Ianto's going to look after you for a bit now okay sweetheart?' she said to Jace, rubbing his back comfortingly.

He looked miserable and frightened but he nodded solemnly and she was reassured that Ianto would be with him.

In the boardroom Tosh was displaying Jace's records on the screen above the table. 'No father on record, his mother is the only guardian; they live in a house in Splot.'

'Why hasn't she reported him missing?' Gwen asked, somewhat angrily.

'Good question.' Said Jack. 'Someone should go round there and speak to her. Let her know we've got her son. Ask her questions. Tosh why don't you go with Ianto?' He suggested.

'Owen, I want you to run some tests on him.' Owen nodded.

'What is it Jack? What do you think's going on?' Gwen asked, curiously.

'I think he's having visions of everything that comes through the rift' he said gravely.

There was silence as they all considered the implications of this. Jace was only six years old.

'What shall I do?' Gwen asked after a few moments.

Jack smiled at her, 'you can stay here for moral support.' He said fondly. 'Okay, let's get to work.'

They all went to their various tasks, hoping that Jack wouldn't be right.