A/N: This fic is for Reefgirl, who wanted a ficlet where the Sues to vacation in Cardiff and run into the TW crew. For those who don't know who the Sues are here's a quick intro;

Lydia Winter: Physicist (Retribution!-BiteMeTechie)

Crysta Santella: Biochemist (Travels Of An UnSue Mary Sue-NenyaVilyaNenya)

Alex Ramsey: Head Chef (Cooking With Blue Mary Sue-Reefgirl)

Maxine 'Max' Wainwright: Teacher (Not Your Normal Teaching Job- by none other than me.)

Spoliers for SGA season3 and season2 for TW. Don't own Torchwood, I only play in the sandbox. Reveiw's are love (and so are cookies, but reviews are so much better and healthier for you in the long run).

"Remind me why we're here again?" Lydia groused after narrowly avoiding getting run over by a bicyclist.

"Because we got you away from McKay." Crysta replied, gazing across the street. They were into the last weeks of their month-long leave from Atlantis and there wasn't much to do after reporting into their respective department heads. The two of them plus their other friends, Max and Alex, had decided that they needed to go somewhere different for a change and had picked Britain as the perfect spot. Cardiff was their last stop after going to England to visit Alex's family, then traveling to Scotland to visit Carson's grave and family.

"I think he's gonna like these." Max commented as they walked out of the shop with their purchases. She had wanted to look around the Cardiff shopping district and maybe get some ideas for the wedding but Lydia and Crysta had wanted to check out the wharf so they had compromised by splitting up and planning to meet up later.

Spotting Crysta waving across the street, Max waved back and moved to step off the curb when a black SUV sped past with feet to spare. She watched the car continue to speed down the street, heart pounding at the near miss.

"Shit Max," Alex cursed seeing how pale her friend had gone after almost getting run over. "you all right?"

"Besides the slight heart attack, I'm fine." Max replied, taking a deep breath. As Crysta and Lydia crossed the street she muttered to herself, "Stupid drivers; think they can get extra points by hitting pedestrians."

"Watch it Owen!" Gwen yelled from her position in the back as the SUV narrowly avoided running someone over.

"Bloody pedestrians." Owen muttered as he rounded the corner and sped down the street. "Think they own the road."

"So what do people want to do today?" Lydia asked as the four of them sat around the table outside as they waited for their orders. After Max's near miss they decided to spend the rest of the day around the hotel pool. Now they were at a little café just down the road from the hotel having breakfast.

"I want to check out the Castle."

"Water Front."

"I'm up for anything."

"We still have two days left until we leave, why don't we save the Water Front for our last night? From what the clerk at the hotel told me they have some pretty kick-ass clubs down there." Lydia offered up. "Although he did tell me to stay away from two of them, apparently some really weird stuff happens there."

Alex raised an eyebrow, "Considering where we work, I think all of us can handle a little weird."

"That's what I said, but then the guy said that Torchwood had been to both places and afterwards one of them had been completely trashed; needed to shut down for repairs."

"Who's Torchwood?"

"Got me."

Crysta shrugged, "Who cares as long as we can have a good time, right?"

Just then there was a shout and they all turned in time to see a man dressed in tattered period clothing and blond hair go running past. The man was followed closely by a small group of people; three men and one woman with one of the men dressed in period clothing as well.

They were gone in a matter of seconds and the four of them were left wondering what had just happened. A quick glance around told them that no one else was gawking at the sight, most everyone was going about their morning routine, and for a few seconds the girls wondered if they had even seen the group run past.

"This is the last time!" Jack fumed as he, Owen, Ianto, and Gwen ran after John, hoping to catch the man before he made it through the rift with the alien artifact. It was theirs; they found it first, having come through the Rift a few years before, and now John had somehow gotten his hands on it despite it being in secure lock-up (although Jack had to admit that the man was good picking any kind of lock).

Honestly, he thought that they would've learned by now that having the man show up would bring them nothing but trouble. But this only fit with the theme of the week; save the world every single fucking day or die trying.

"Care to explain to me why you two want a picture in front of a water sculpture?" Crysta asked while holding the camera and looking at Lydia and Max with a raised eyebrow.

"Because it's something a tourist would do and for once I want to play the 'ignorant American'." Lydia replied, staring back at Crysta.

Max nodded, "That would be nice for a change and if someone got angry at us they wouldn't aim something pointy making us run for out lives."

Crysta just rolled her eyes while Alex sniggered at the statement. Although she wouldn't admit it, Crysta was secretly glad that if they made a faux pass here they wouldn't have to run like hell to stay alive unlike if they were in the Pegasus Galaxy. "Fine, go stand beside the fountain and I'll take the picture."

"It's not a fountain, it's a water sculpture." Lydia retorted as she and Max stepped up onto the curb.

Crysta looked through the viewfinder but couldn't see either one. Lowering the camera, she stared at the structure in front of her to see where the two of them could've gone. "Where'd they go?" she asked Alex.

"Got me, I was staring at the brochure for a second and when I look up they're gone."

"Any idea where they went?"

"Hell if I know."

"Maybe they decided to be juvenile and hide on the other side." Crysta mused out loud. "I think we should go take a look."

"Why isn't she taking the picture?" Max asked as she and Lydia stared at Crysta. It had looked like she was going to take it for a few seconds, but then she pulled down the camera and started to talk to Alex.

"Hey Crysta!" Lydia shouted from where they were standing, but Crysta ignored Lydia. "CRYSTA!!" She still didn't get a response and then both of them went off, leaving her and Max behind.

"What the hell?" Lydia asked stepping off of the curb and pulling Max with her. "Hey guys!"

Crysta stopped short when she suddenly heard Lydia's voice and turned around to see the two running towards her and Alex. "Dude," she replied, as they grew nearer. "where'd you guys go?"

"What are you talking about? We were standing right there, you were the one who decided not to take our picture and suddenly walk off."

"Excuse me?" Crysta asked, raising an eyebrow. "It was you two who decided to suddenly walk off. And how'd you do that by the way? Did you steal McKay's cloaking prototype, Lydia? I thought that he hadn't perfected it yet."

"No I didn't steal the prototype." Lydia retorted. "And for your information I wouldn't have to steal it; I'm the one who came up with the idea and Carter assigned him to help me."

"Uhuh." Crysta replied, not convinced. "Whatever let's go back to the hotel and change if we want to get to the bar before it's packed."

"They gone yet?" Jack called out as he came down the stairs from his office. It had been a long day; yet another 'save the world from certain destruction' and he knew that everyone needed a drink before heading home, which is why he suggested that they all head to the bar for a few rounds.

They had decided to use the invisible lift but before they could use it Tosh's computer had picked up some girls standing right over it so that meant they had to wait until the coast was clear. Jack would've had them go through the surface entrance, but Ianto had already closed up shop and it would've looked a little strange to have a group of people exit the building a number of hours after closing.

"Just left." Tosh replied after glancing at the screen.

"Good, now who's buying?" Jack asked with a grin.