Jack smiled as he took a photograph out of his draw and gazed at it; in the photograph was a young girl with sparkling green eyes and dark brown hair, she had a smile which seemed to light up her whole face and every time Jack looked at this photo he had an urge to mimic this action.

Suddenly Gwen burst into the office and was about to start talking when she saw Jack's expression, then she looked down at what he was holding

"Jack…" she began and Jack started to put the photograph back in the draw

"Gwen…"

"Do you know her…?" Gwen said curiously as she saw the photograph

"Who?" Jack said willing the conversation to stop

"The girl in the photograph…?" Gwen said softly

Jack nodded and Gwen saw not to take it any further as she saw the look in Jack's eyes which had clouded over as if he was reliving a distant memory.

"Anyway there have been reports of unseen disturbances on Forest Road at number 28…"

Jack turned pale as he heard the address and jumped into action grabbing his coat and bolting out of the door before Gwen could say anymore.

"Jack! I need your help on this…" Owen yelled as Jack sprinted to the door but Jack paid no attention and kept on running

Jack didn't stop running until he got into the SUV and when he did he drove so fast that the road was just a blur before his eyes.

The SUV screeched to a halt outside a small terraced house on Forest Lane and Jack leapt out and ran to the door hammering on it

A young woman opened it appearing to be cross at the disturbance but her face changed when she saw who it was

"Jack" she said breathlessly

"Emma I need to talk to you now, you and Sammie are in great danger"

And at once the young woman let Jack inside, moments later they were sitting at a table, the young woman gave Jack a weak smile but he could not return it

"Emma…" Jack said softly

"Jack she's a child" Emma said knowing what Jack was going to say

"She's nearly sixteen…"

"And that's still a child Jack"

"Emma you can't say you haven't noticed it" Jack sighed

"Noticed what?" Emma said in full knowledge of what Jack meant

"Noticed what she can do…we picked up a reading of a disturbance today and you know what that means"

Emma nodded and Jack touched her hand as a means of comfort

"Have you told her?"

"How can I tell her Jack?"

"She needs to know at the moment she's in great danger"

"No"

"Emma you can deny it as much as you want but this time it's for real"

"So what am I meant to say?"

"Tell her the truth"

"Yeah I'm can just go up to her and say oh by the way Sammie you actually have secret powers you can channel energy through people's emotions and now some aliens are after you because they want to get these powers and use them to destroy humanity!"

"Maybe not quite so dramatic" Jack smiled

"Jack this isn't a laughing matter"

"Sorry but she needs to get put of danger you both do"

"No Jack...please don't take her from me"

"Then come with her"

"No Jack i can't leave here it's my home and you know as well as i do that it'll follow us wherever we go"

"Then let me help"

"No Jack torchwood can't get involved unless it's absoloutly necessary i don't want Sammie to get involved unless it's a last resort and i mean a last resort and untill then we stay here Jack, you know Sammie is my life and i need her"

Emma looked so determied Jack tried to argue back but with no luck eventually the agreed thar torchwood would observe and keep an eye on them but they wouldn't interfere unless it was a last resort

"Promise me something Jack…"

"Ok…"

"If anything happens…"

"Nothing will happen my team will look after you"

"No listen if anything does happen promise you will look after her"

"I promise"

Jack left the small terraced house with a small tear falling down his cheek he sniffed and dried his eyes and drove away in the SUV telling himself everything was going to be ok

Back on the house Emma sat down on the chair and sighed she know that the day was going to come soon but she needed some time, she was so deep in thought she didn't even see the shadow come up behind her.

"Hey!" a young boy came up behind a girl and gave her a playful push on the back

Ow!" she said turning and pouting

"Aww poor lambkins!" said the boy laughing

The girl gave him a push back which nearly caught him off balance

"Ow Sammie!" the boy said jokingly

"You started it" Sammie stuck her tongue out and continued walking

"You deserved it"

"For doing what?"

"Hitting me earlier"

"Yeah and I only did that because you threw paper at me"

"I wasn't aiming for you"

"But you hit me"

"Aww did the nasty paper ball hurt little baby Sammie"

"Hey less of the little baby and yes it did hurt actually!"

Well I am so incredibly sorry" he said grinning

"Yeah right"

"I am!"

"Oh and this has happened ooh about a million times already"

"Oh Sammie you have to forgive me I can't get on with my life if I have wronged you in this way you have to forgive me gracious one!" he said starting into a routine she had heard millions of times before

She raised an eyebrow "You are such a drama queen"

"I know and that's why you love me"

She gave a sarcastic laugh but the boy grabbed her and hugged her

Sammie squealed at this sudden action

"Erm...I can't really breathe!" she said laughing and the boy let her go and shook his head in mock annoyance

"Always exaggerating!"

"Well if you tried to strangle me!"

"I gave you a hug" he said tapping her head lightly

"Ow!"

"It's ok it's only your head no loss there"

Sammie stuck her tongue out and he just grinned, they carried on walking and chatting about everything for a bit until they got to a junction

"Well I'll see you tomorrow Sammie" the boy said turning the opposite direction

"Bye" she said turning down the road and immediately something caught her eye, there were police cars, fire engines and ambulances blocking half the road so she couldn't get all the way down, suddenly she had sick feeling that this was her house and she walked a little further getting closer to the tape blocking the road she surveyed the scene as she walked and among all the hustle of this was a black SUV and five people standing outside it looking grim, then one moved off carrying a silver suitcase into the house and the other three followed; only one of them was left ands Sammie drew closer she saw he was tall and had brown hair and was wearing an old style military coat which looked like something out of WW2 there was something familiar about him but Sammie couldn't think what it was, something in her past was trying to get her attention but she couldn't quite remember it; she stopped and closed her eyes and it suddenly came rushing back to her.

A tall man leant over her cot and sang gently at the young infant

"Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket never let it get away

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder some starless night

And just in case you feel you want to hold her

You'll have that pocketful of starlight"

The sleepy infant gurgled happily at his song and eventually fell asleep

The man kissed her gently on her forehead and left the room taking one last glance at the peaceful infant.

Sammie sighed at this memory, it always made her feel sad even though it was a happy time, maybe it was that she didn't know who the man was that made her feel so sad but when she looked in the man's eyes up ahead something seemed to piece together inside her but she just shook her head and told herself it was a coincidence.

As she got to the tape the man looked up and held her gaze for a few seconds, Sammie could sense something inside him was hurting him when he looked at her so she dropped her gaze to the floor. When she looked up again she saw he was walking over to her but she just stood there as if her feet were stuck to the floor

"Sammie…" he said softly

Sammie's eyes opened widely when he spoke, she recognised that voice but she couldn't quite remember from where she closed her eyes and tried to think

The young infant stumbled forward unsteady on her feet many times she had nearly fallen over but she always kept her balance

"Sammie" a gentle voice cooed and the infant stumbled over to the man who scooped her up in a hug and in return the infant gurgled with laughter, the man turned to a brown haired woman sitting next to him and smiled and she leant in to kiss him

"I love you" he whispered in her ear

"Sammie…" the man said again and Sammie snapped out of her thoughts

"Erm…what…sorry" she blushed

The man stuck out his hand and said "I'm Captain Jack Harkness"

Sammie shook his hand gently but she still had a bemused expression on her face

I knew your mother and…"

"Knew…" Sammie said softly and Jack closed his eyes realising his mistake Sammie's eyes grew big as she witnessed a body being carried out of a house, her house she gasped and turned pale, and started shaking

"Sammie…"

"What happened to her?" she gulped not knowing if she wanted to know the answer

"She…she…"

"What the hell happened to her?" Sammie said getting angry

"Sammie she's dead"

Sammie closed her eyes wishing it was all a dream when she looked at Jack again he saw she had tears silently falling down her face

"I am so sorry" he whispered

"No….no it's not true she was fine this morning how….when?" she cried

"She…she was attacked by a shadow we couldn't save her in time"

"What's a shadow?" she said tears falling down her cheek

"A shade from the dark realms"

Jack put a comforting hand on her shoulder but she shook it off and glowered at him, she didn't like feeling vuneralble and she liked it even less in front of this stranger

"So why are you here then?" she said through gritted teeth fighting back tears

"Because….I work for Torchwood"

"What's Torchwood?"

"It's an organisation that deals with aliens"

"Aliens?" she said raising an eyebrow "Yeah because I can really see that E.T is going to take over the world"

Jack sighed she was going to a difficult one

"Anyway" she started "How did you know my name?"

And Jack closed his eyes for a moment

Jack smiled as he put his arm round the heavily pregnant woman

"How about Jessica?" she asked flicking through the book of baby names

"Jessica Harkness" he said letting the name roll of his tongue

"No…maybe not then" she smiled softly

"What about Sammie?" he said propping his arm up against the pillow

"Sammie Harkness" she said nodding "I like it"

Jack put his hand on the protruding bump and felt a small kick "I think she likes it too"

"She?"

"Yeah it's defiantly going to be a girl" Jack grinned

"Sammie Harkness" Emma smiled

"I said how did you know my name?" Sammie repeated

"I knew your mother"

"How come she never mentioned you?"

"So she could protect you"

"From what?"

"From the thing that killed her"

Sammie looked shocked and started a few steps back and Jack reached out to steady her

"Sammie you need to come with me" he said gently

"Where?"

"To our base?"

"Why?"

"Because I promised your mother I would look after you if anything happened to her" Jack sighed sadly and Sammie stumbled back in shock, Jack put out his hand to steady the girl and at that moment Sammie closed her eyes trying to fight back the returning and memories came flooding back

Jack softly bounced the infant on his knee smiling at the gurgles of laughter she made, everything about her was perfect in his eyes; she had a tuft of brown hair which always stuck up making her look like a small cockatoo and she had a pair of piercing green eyes which always made Jack shiver when he looked into them

"I love you Sammie" he grinned and she put head on one side and babbled in baby talk in reply, Jack laughed and kissed her gently on the forehead

When Sammie reopened her eyes and looked up at Jack he had a shocked expression on his face

"What?" she said quickly

"Wow I didn't know that it was that strong" he murmured to himself

"What was?"

"Sammie we need to get going" he said dodging her question as he led her over to a small group of people standing outside of a big black S.U.V they smiled as he walked over and Sammie felt herself turn red as their gaze fell upon her

"Team this is Sammie" he said introducing her

"Sammie this is my team" he said nodding towards the group of people

"Dr Owen Harper" a small brown haired man said half nodding towards her but with his eyes fixed on his work

"Toshiko Sato" a dark haired woman said smiling softly

"Gwen Cooper" the last woman said and held out her hand, Sammie shook it gently

"And this is Ianto Jones" Jack said putting his hand on the shoulder of the man in a dark suit

"Pleased to meet you" he said smiling at Sammie

"Sammie's coming back to the hub with us" Jack gave a knowing nod to his team

"Jack is she the one…." Asked Owen and Jack nodded

Gwen looked at Sammie and tried to remember where she had seen her face before and then it clicked, the photograph on Jack's desk, could they be some relation, there was a resemblance…

Sammie looked up sadly into Gwen's eyes and there was something in them that sent a shiver up Gwen's spine, the young girls eyes felt like they were piercing though her

Jack put a hand on Sammie's shoulder and gently led her into the S.U.V and as they left the tragic scene behind Sammie looked out of the window scared about what was going to happen to her

Jack looked back at Sammie and smiled it had been 10 years since he had last held her like that…10 years since he had been with Emma and her and he realised he was 10 years to late.