"Ok I know I complained about the countryside, but this is a little ridiculous!" Owen yelled through the howling wind, the freezing snowing stinging him in the face as it quickly hit his face. Gwen said nothing she just stayed snuggled inside her parka. Everyone was trying to stay warm as they listened to Owen's complaints.
"Nothing is wrong with Alaska Owen! You just have to get used to it!" Jack yelled back. "This bloody bastard better not take weeks to catch. I agree with Owen, it's freezing here!" Gwen said in a muffled voice. They were trying to capture an ice demon who, fed off the warmth of human hearts.
"Alright, the storm is getting stronger so we better find shelter!" Jack yelled. "What about that building over there!" Tosh said pointing towards a barn like building. "I'm getting strong rift activity over there!" "Alright troops, lets go!" Jack said leading the way. Once they were inside Jack announced, "Whoever doesn't want their heart eaten stay cautious!" "Yeah, like we didn't already know that!" Gwen said as Jack smiled.
Jack started a fire and everyone huddled around it grateful for warmth. Gwen felt cold though. Only on the left side of her as if someone was breathing cold air onto her neck, but she chose to ignore it. Tosh suddenly looked at the rift readings and looked at everyone with a worried look including Gwen who was slightly shivering. Everyone saw her look and saw Gwen. "I'm getting major rift activity from the left side of Gwen." Tosh said slowly and quietly, which scared Gwen. "Are you saying the demon is invisible?" Owen asked. "Yes. And it looks like it's going to attack Gwen. Everyone, no sudden movements, Okay?
Gwen could feel the cold getting closer and closer until her heart was starting to feel cold. The cold was creeping inside of her and it hurt so much! She started to whimper in pain at first, but when the cold increased the pain increased and she soon started screaming and she fell backwards screaming and squirming and rolling around in pain. It looked as if she was trying to get fire off her but it was the complete opposite. She kept squirming and screaming, as the coldness was so intense that she felt her heart stop then she closed her eyes.
Everyone had watched Gwen screaming and crying and squirming in agony. Now they saw her limp on the ground not breathing. Everyone stared not moving, because of the events that just happened. Jack was the first to move and went over and checked her pulse. It wasn't there, but she couldn't be dead. Not now. He kept checking it until Owen ran over and took Gwen from Jack he felt for her pulse as well it wasn't there. He realized something though, Gwen's eyes weren't glazed over her, skin hadn't paled a bit, and she looked perfectly healthy.
"Is she dead?" Tosh asked. "Um no. Her heart isn't beating, she's not breathing, but she is alive. I think her insides are frozen." Owen said. "Get her near the fire." Owen instructed finally coming up with a plan. They moved Gwen near the fire and about an hour later her heart started beating again and she started breathing. Something was wrong though. When everyone asked her questions she completely ignored them. She had an annoyed look on her face and a look that was like fire and ice. So sharp and deadly that you could feel a knife stabbing you in the heart and you could feeling your skin burning away. They had never seen that look on her face before. Owen sat next to her and she punched him and walked away to the other side of the barn. Owen held his bloody nose and exclaimed, "Oi! What's your problem." He said it in a funny way because his nose was slightly messed up. Gwen just laughed a heartless laughed and mocked what he said in his funny voice.
Jack stood up and walked towards Gwen. "Gwen what's wrong?" he asked a little cautiously. "Oh you think that since you're the leader of this group I'll give you answers instead of anyone else. Well I will not give you any bloody answers as well just because you think I trust you completely!" Gwen spat in his face. When Jack looked like he had just been punched in the face for the first time Gwen smirked and turned her back away again. He went back to the fire and sat back down next to Owen who had tissues up his nose. "Let me just say that can't be Gwen! That is not our loving caring Gwen!" Jack said after a few moments of silence. "Well according to my scans the alien left her and didn't do anything to her." Tosh said.
"Jack." Ianto said quietly. "That can't be her! The alien must have done something!" Jack exclaimed. "Jack." Ianto said louder this time. "Even though she is a bloody madwoman she would never punch me in the face. At least not this hard." Owen said. "Jack!" Ianto said even louder this time. "This can't just be her! I mean all that screaming and crying must have done something to her!" Jack said worried. "Jack!" Ianto said loud enough to echo through the entire barn. "Yes Ianto." Jack said calmly.
"You said it fed off on human hearts because of its warmth. Correct?" Jack nodded "What if it just fed off of the warmth of the human heart not like physical warmth but emotional. What if some died in the process and when Gwen was screaming on the floor it was eating the warmth of her heart?" Jack looked at Ianto with surprise. "That is brilliant Ianto." Jack whispered.
They turned to see Gwen pointing her gun at Ianto and she said with a smile, "And that's exactly what happened." As she shot.