"Owen."

Was she just imagining him? No, she couldn't be. After today her mind had never been clearer. She may have been upset and maybe she wasn't exactly thinking straight as she sat in the rain, but the man walking away was definitely Owen Harper. How she had no idea, why he hadn't let them know he was alive…well she wasn't about to let him get away.

"Owen!" she yelled.

The man stopped and cautiously turned around to look at the woman who knew his name. "Gwen?"

Gwen laughed and cried tears of joy as she ran to him and threw her arms around him.

Owen caught her and hugged her tightly, holding her head to his shoulder.

"Oh thank God!" Gwen gasped. "We thought you were dead."

"I am dead Gwen" Owen replied.

"Where have you been?" Gwen asked, ignoring his sardonic tone. "Why didn't you come see us, or at least call us to say you were alright?"

"I'm sorry Gwen. I needed some time alone, but I did try. I came by the Hub a few days ago and it was completely deserted…"

"Was the power working?" Gwen cut in.

"Yeah, why?" Owen asked.

"It's nothing, go on" Gwen insisted.

"Anyway, so the Hub was empty and then I tried calling Tosh, which I've been doing for the last few days. So what's going on Gwen?" he asked.

"Why did you need time alone?" Gwen asked, shamelessly avoiding the question but at the same time curious to know what had kept Owen away for so long. He was still holding her close.

"At the power station…I didn't…I didn't get out in time."

"What do you mean?" Gwen asked, pulling herself out of his embrace so that she could see him. Owen immediately turned his head away from her, hiding underneath his hood.

Owen took in a deep breath. "I mean" he began, his temper rising. "By the time I got out, it was too late. The damage was done."

"Owen look at me" Gwen said sternly. "Look at me!" she yelled and tried to pull his hood down.

Owen grabbed hold of her wrists and aggressively pushed her away. Gwen stumbled backwards and fell onto the muddy ground. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning. Gwen looked up at Owen in disbelief as the light hit his face and she gasped at what she saw. Before she could say anything, a man appeared and tackled Owen to the ground. It was Captain John.

He began to lay into him. "No John, stop!" Gwen yelled as she got up and ran over to them. John continued his assault on Owen and Gwen had to pry him away. "John stop its Owen!" she screamed.

"Owen?" John asked looking up at her.

Gwen quickly knelt down beside Owen and helped him into a sitting position. She put an arm around his shoulders and looked back at John and nodded.

"Oh, sorry" John muttered to Owen and looked back at Gwen. "It's just, I saw him push you and thought you were in danger so…"

"What are you doing here John" Gwen asked angrily.

John sighed. "I followed you here ok. Saw you leave the Hub, and followed you."

"So what, Jack sent you to keep an eye on me!" Gwen screamed.

"Gwen" Owen said quietly.

Gwen quickly calmed herself down and turned her attention back to Owen.

Owen slowly pulled his hood back, revealing his partially decayed skin. "I'm sorry" he whispered.

Gwen tenderly placed her hand on his cheek and tears began to form in her eyes for everything that this man had been through. "Me too" she whispered back and burst into tears.

Owen quickly pulled her into a hug, and rocked her gently as she cried.

Ok now I'm really sorry but I have my end of year exams in less than one week now and I haven't started studying yet, so I won't be updating in a while I'm afraid. I was going to wait until after exams to start this (really I should have and should be studying right now!) but I decided not to keep you all waiting due to all your wonderful reviews (and threats lol) so I hope this chapter will do for now and hopefully answer some of your questions. Please review xox