Chapter 2

Water baby.

"Aurelia!" Jack gasped and picked her up as he felt how cold she was and rushed her to the medi bay, Owen followed.

Owen was automatically into doctor mode and began cover the woman, Aurelia, in foil blankets and other blankets in order to induce warmth. "She'd warm quicker if she wasn't in her wet clothes, Jack." Owen suggested and Jack shot him a warning look.

"Don't you dare." He growled and the. Turned his attention to the just breathing girl who now began to shiver, her exposed skin turning like pale goose flesh. "Aurelia, please. Please hear me. Don't you dare die on me, missy, do you hear. I won't lose you too." Jack was crying and the rest of the team looked on in confusion and then were stunned when the girl gasped and clung to Jack.

"Aurelia!" Jack sighed and hugged the girl to him. "It's alright, you're safe. You're with me." Jack soothed as the girl's breathing returned to normal. She still clung to him like a small child does a teddy bear but seemed to be relaxing slowly.

"Daddy?" The girl asked in a silvery voice like water.

"Hello, my water baby." Jack said with a small laugh and the girl giggled too. Then started to cry.

"Who is she Jack?" Gwen asked several minutes later when the girl had released Jack and was letting Owen tend to her, she was suffering with exposure to the cold and hypothermia from being wet and cold. Jack had told her he would search for some clothes for her and Ianto in turn had disappeared to the shops to help.

"My daughter." Were Jack's only words and Gwen and Tosh exchanged glances at one another before following him to his office. When they reached the door they found Jack with a file open on his desk, a red pen in hand.

"Who's is that Jack?" Tosh asked.

"Aurelia's mother's." Jack said simply and then scrawled two letters and adage at the bottom of the last page. "D.D. April 15th 1912".

Gwen caught sight of that and took a seat opposite him, tosh took the other beside her.

"D.D? What does that mean?" She asked quietly.

"Discharged Dead. It's an old navy saying. Aurelia's mother was the daughter of a navy captain. It seems appropriate." Jack was quiet and then tosh spoke.

"Did you love her? Aurelia's mother?"

"Yes. She was my first love when I landed in England in the 20th century. Aileen Smith, niece of fated passenger captain Edward Smith." Jack said.

"The Titanic's captain?" Tosh asked.

"Yes. Aurelia and her mother were both born at sea. Hence water baby." Jack laughed slightly and delved in the bottom drawer of his desk and pulled out a photograph, he smiled before passing it to Gwen and Tosh. "That's us, 1890, December 24th. The day we married. Aurelia was born two years later in April 1892."

Gwen and Tosh exchanged a look as Ianto knocked on the office door before stepping through, arms ladened with bags from ladies fashion retailers including a shop Gwen had never heard of before, but Jack smiled before standing and going over to him.

"Thank you, Ianto."

"I took the liberty of assuming she'd feel more comfortable in one, sir. Her time period and all. I guessed the modern lingerie would be too much to handle to begin with." Ianto explained, blushing slightly as Jack opened the black patent shopping bag and peered inside.

"I think that was very thoughtful of you, Ianto. I am sure she will appreciate it." Jack smiled.

"What did you buy, Ianto?" Gwen asked, guessing from the man's look it wasn't something he'd bought before.

"A corset." Jack exclaimed as he steered Ianto off in search of his daughter who was still being looked at by Owen.

"How are you feeling, Aurelia?" Jack asked as he bounded down the stairs to the medi bay. Aurelia was sat up, grimacing as Owen took a blood sample from her.

"I'd be better if I was out of these wet things and this oaf didn't keep stabbing me with needles." Aurelia growled at Owen, who chuckled to himself. Jack smiled.

"Well, Ianto here, has done a little shopping for you, for fresh clothes, so you'll be more comfortable shortly." Aurelia sighed and hung her head. "Lea what is it?"

"You haven't changed, not one bit to look at. I've got old." Aurelia shook her head gently and Jack laughed again.

"You're not old Aurelia. You've just grown up. You will always be my little girl, no matter what happens." Jack smiled as Ianto placed the bags beside her on the gurney. She smiled and with her free hand opened a bag to peer into it.

"Thank you, Ianto." She added,mourning to the Welshman as he turned to move away. He nodded and returned her smile, shyly.

"My father was a master tailor... I. Guessed your sizes, If something doesn't fit, I'll return it for you." Aurelia nodded her thanks and turned to the two women who stood above her.

"Gwen Cooper and Toshiko Sato, my two other colleagues. Owen you've met." Jack indicated each in turn and Aurelia forced a smile as Owen removed the needle from her arm. He returned it and placed a piece of cotton wool against the site when it began to bleed again.

"Apply pressure." Aurelia did as she was bid and then spied the bag in Jack's hand, the material of the corset just showing over the top.

"I'll need some help with the laces... If you don't mind, papa?" Jack smiled broadly and happily.

"As if I would."