A/N: I've only watched s. 1 + ep. 1 s. 2 of Torchwood, so I don't know too much of the interior of the Hub. Feel free to correct me! All reviews are welcome, flames as well, as long as they're constructive. Tell me if you're confused by anything.


"Did she tell you why they were chasing her?"

"No, Owen, she ran in, hid behind the counter and passed out once I told her it was safe."

"Poor girl, she must've been terrified."

"I wonder what her name is."

"Why don't you ask her. She's waking up."

Lydia groaned and put a hand to her head before opening her eyes. When she did, however, the first thing she saw was a hand holding a strong light, shining into her eyes. She swapped the hand away with an irritated sound.

"Give the girl some space, Owen," an american voice said, sounding amused. The man holding the light grunted and moved, giving Lydia room to look around. She was laying in a sofa, with a blanket wrapped around her. Five people, including the Light-Man and her saviour stood around her. The room they were in looked like a mixture of underground, office and prison-of-sorts. No windows, brick walls, desks with computers.

The man with the american voice, a handsome guy in old fashioned clothing, looked down at her smiling friendly.

"How are you feeling, sweetheart?" Lydia unwillingly shivered at the nickname, though no one seemed to notice. She nodded courtly as an answer.

"Can you tell us your name?" one of the women, the brown haired one with big eyes asked. She had a very strong accent.

"Lydia." When the others looked like they expected more, she simply said "just Lydia."

"Ok, Just Lydia, I'm Captain Jack Harkness. This is doctor Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones. You are safe from those guys here."

Am I?

We are underground. I do not think they can find us here.

Where underground?

I do not know. You lost your consciousness.

"Where am I?" she asked out loud. "Under the Plass," Toshiko Sato answered from behind a computer. "Oh." Absent mindedly the girl clutched her head, trying to will the throbbing to stop.

"I'll get you some paracet for that," the doctor, Owen, said, dissapearing into another room.


"Who's that then, Tea Boy?"

Everyone in the Hub looked up at Ianto, only to see him carrying a girl of thirteen-fourteen in his arms. She had short redbrown hair, and looked quite frozen in the t-shirt and jeans, considering it was beneath zero celsius* outside.

"Oh my god!" Gwen with her ever caring person cried. She ran towards Ianto and looked down at the girl. "Where did you find her?"

"She was hiding from some men behind the counter upstairs. They didn't exacly look like her nearest family."

"She's passed out," the former cop pointed out, looking at Owen.

"Put her on the sofa, and I'll check her over," Owen sighed. Ianto did as so, and the doctor crouched down beside her.

"Some minor scratches here and there, otherwise she looks fine."

"Who's this, then?" their captain asked, coming down from his office to see what everyone was doing by the old sofa no one longer used.

"An excuse for you to not do the paperworks, among other things," Ianto stated. Jack grinned and turned to Gwen.

"Ianto found her hiding from some men," she answered. The captain crouched down. "That is not clothes you use outside now," he observed. "She probably ran away in a hurry."

"Kidnapping?" Tosh mused.

"Could be, except she doesn't look like a daughter of anyone rich."

"Did she tell you why they were chasing her?" Owen asked, turning to the tea boy.

"No, Owen, she ran in, hid behind the counter and passed out once I told her it was safe."

"Poor girl, she must've been terrified." Gwen was looking worried at the girl.

"I wonder what her name is."

"Why don't you ask her. She's waking up."

The girl groaned and put a hand to her head. Immediatly Owen was shining a light into her eyes, checking her pupils. She swapped his hand away with an irritated sound.

"Give the girl some space, Owen," Jack said, amused. Owen grunted but moved, giving her room to look around. She took in the Hub with grave eyes, her expression unreadable.

Jack looked down at her smiling friendly, that smile that made you want to trust him immedieatly. The girl didn't look like she was too impressed.

"How are you feeling, sweetheart?" She shivered at the nickname, though no one gave notice, assuming it was too cold for her. Soon she nodded courtly.

"Can you tell us your name?" Gwen asked.

"Lydia." They looked at her, expecting a surname, but she simply said "just Lydia."

"Ok, Just Lydia, I'm Captain Jack Harkness. This is doctor Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones. You are safe from those guys who was chasing you here."

Lydia tilted her head, almost like she heard a sound. After a while of silence, she askedwhere she was.

"Under the Plass," Tosh answered from behind a computer, checking at the same time for any files on this girl.

"Oh." Absent mindedly the girl clutched her head, obviously suffering a headache.

"I'll get you some paracet for that," Owen, said, dissapearing into the medic bay.


* 0 Celsius = 32 Fahrenheit