"Gwen!" Jack shouted as the man who stood in front of him flung her across the floor with a swift movement of his arm. She thumped against the hard, brick wall and crumpled to the ground.
(Earlier on that day)
"We've got something" Toshiko Sato said without looking up from her scanner.
"Its about 6 miles away. In a remote village of the M4. It's showing high blood pressure, so it definitely came through the Rift."
"I'll start the SUV" Ianto Jones called from the Main Desk.
"I'll call Jack." Gwen said, climbing up the metal stairs to Jacks office.
"And I'll," Tosh stared before she realized know one had stayed to listen. She placed the, rather weird looking scanner on the desk before reaching under it to get the 'Gadgets case'. She'd never noticed that the scanner looked unusually freaky. It was grey with deep, vertical, uneven, maroon lines doing up the side. The lines were all different widths and all met at the top of the scanner where the orange bulb was. Jack had found it in a Subway after they had lost pursuit of a green, slimy fugitive. Tosh thought about her boss often. He rescued her from her prison and yet she knew nothing about him. He employed her after hearing what she could do and she had been the 'Mechanics of Torchwood' as Jack described her. She felt somewhat pleased by this title but was also insulted. She had often seen him kiss other women (and many other men) but had never questioned him or thought him distrustful. He was flirtatious yet strong. Kind yet serious. He looked at other women and men like they were no one. Only there for his own enjoyment. He did not have any real feelings for these one night stands. But the way he looks at Gwen, her collogue. He looks at her adoringly. Like he was fire and she was ice. Touch her and she'd melt. He treated Gwen the same as he treated everyone else but there was something about his tone. Calm and soothing. Once, after a mission involving Gwen's husband, Rhys, Gwen had kissed Rhys passionately and the look on Jacks face. It was one Tosh thought she would never forget. She did not need one of Torchwoods devices to see what was going through Jacks head then. It was a look of pain and anger, of sorrow and jealousy, But also kind and thoughtful. There have been less times Jack had kissed Gwen then he had anyone else. Not many, but the kisses he had, were the most meaningful kisses Tosh had seen coming from Captain Jack Harkness.
"Right, what's our status?" Jacks said, snapping Toshiko out of her daydream. He came thundering down the staircase, grabbing his Greatcoat as he went and paused as Toshiko's station, pulling it on.
"Um Ianto is starting the SUV and I'm getting the gadgets" Toshiko replied, grabbing the rest of the blocky gadgets and placing them into the pacific slots carved out of the grey foam.
"Right, Tosh, finish getting your stuff then meet Ianto outside, check if he's got the deep tissue scanner. If he hasn't, it should probably be in glove compartment. And Gwen, come with me to the armoury and get the J6's. Then we'll all meet outside. Ok?"
"Right" Tosh answered, grabbing her case and heading for the entrance.
"Right" Gwen said, following Jack down the stairs to there fully stacked Armoury. Gwen had never really seen the Armoury. She imagined that it was like in the movies. Grey grilled walls with Heavy guns attached it. Following Jack down into the Hub, she wandered if he had any idea where he was going. She wouldn't have had the faintest clue without him. Even though Gwen's relationship with Rhys was on the rocks; Gwen didn't get the electrical surge through her body when she kissed him. But some how, when she kissed Jack, she almost saw stars. Even when he kissed her lightly on the cheek when he found out that she was engaged to Rhys. It felt like she had been struck by lightning. It was impossible to think of life without Jack Harkness. But through all of Gwen's dangerous, yet unbelievable adventures with Torchwood, there was one that she knew she would never, EVER forget. It was just after a mission that she had got a bit too… emotionally involved with and she and Jack were on top of a building somewhere. It was early in the morning and was as cold as hell, Jack saw that she was cold so he wrapped her in his coat and hugged her. They both stayed like that until sunrise and as they pulled away Jack kissed her, lightly but meaningfully.