Chapter One-

"Jack?" Tosh sat at her desk, her brows furrowing as she typed furiously on the keyboard in her lap. Jack Harkness swaggered over and peered at the computer over her shoulder. Tosh pulled up many graphs continuously spiking every second.

"That's a hell of a lot of rift spikes." Owen had appeared looking at the screen over Tosh's other shoulder at the same time as cleaning a bloody scalpel. Indeed, the line on the graph was the highest he'd ever seen it. Just as the three saw the line suddenly jolt upward, the power had gave way, leaving the team in the pitch black Hub. It was deadly silent without the constant humming of electricity, and it brought upon an ominous feel.

"The back up generators should be on." Tosh muttered, disturbing the silence. There came the sound of a soft click, and a beam of light emitted from a flashlight Jack held.

"Let's stick together to find Ianto, our way out, and whatever the hell caused the rift activity to soar off our charts."

A screeching sound was heard overhead, presumably from the rafters, and the beam of light travelled upwards. Myfanwy circled anxiously around the ceiling, and Tosh shuddered, remembering Lisa. Lisa was Ianto's sixty percent Cyberwoman girlfriend that he'd hidden in the basements, in high hopes of saving her.

Jack had sprayed her in what looked like barbeque sauce, and Myfanwy swooped down, ripping what little flesh was left on the woman off. The Cyberwoman tried to fight off her attacker, but without much luck. For a moment's time, there was a spark of what little humanity she had left, before Myfanwy took advantage of her, beginning his meal...

Tosh shook her head, trying to rid herself of the dreadful thoughts. Jack continued on, leaving through the store front down by the docks. If they didn't find Ianto there, Jack would venture back in alone. Ianto was, in fact, outside on the dark grey afternoon with a cell phone up to his ear. He finished his call and glanced up to see Jack, Owen, and Tosh.

"I just phoned my father." He notified them calmly. "He's going to bring in some... friends of his that may be able to figure out what's going on."

As if on cue, a rumble shook the ground, and a van of sorts flew down towards the Torchwood team. It skidded to a halt too close, for Owen's personal liking, and a petite young woman with caramel hair jumped out. She rushed to her trunk just as another car pulled in, this time a shiny black Range Rover that looked identical to the one Torchwood owned. Out of the car came a pair- a man and woman both wearing black attire, a man with greying hair and a raggedy tan shirt, and another man, supporting a suit of deep blue. The pair supporting the black attire disappeared almost as quickly as they had appeared in the first place. The man with the greying hair assisted the caramel haired girl rummaging around in the back of her van. The man in the suit, however, approached the Torchwood team formally, and as he came closer, he was able to be seen more clearly. He had brownish hair, and deep, stormy sea coloured eyes that seemed so strikingly familiar. Jack couldn't place his finger on whom he resembled until the man introduced himself.

"You must be Torchwood?" He guessed, and Owen gave a brief nod in reply. "I am Agent Coulson, here on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D along with a few others. So, I see you've met my son, Ianto."