It was the same story with the rest of the twelve sites. An egg that had hatched before they got there. They all went back to base exhausted. Gwen knew it was going to be a long night, so she called Recce to let him know. He wasn't to happy but that was to be expected. She took a quick nap on their old plaid couch to keep up her energy. Smells of pizza awoke her, she opened her eyes to see pizzas sitting on the table in front of her, Owen and Toshiko diligently working out what was happening and running tests on the samples from earlier. She ate a slice of the pizza and thought about her up coming wedding. She was nervous, she was giving her self away to one man for the rest of her life. She wasn't having cold feet, but she had the classic question "Am I doing the best thing for me?" stuck in her head. While she was pondering this Jack came and sat down next to her.
"Tosh," Jack grabbed himself a slice of pizza. "What do you have on this thing?"
"Well, its complicated," She bit her lower lip while she said this. "Its not in our databases per-say, but it is partly human."
"What do you mean partly human?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
"I mean it has a lot of genes in common with a human." Toshiko clarified.
"What does it want here?" Gwen asked, sleep still in her voice.
"Family reunion?" Ianto handed her a cup of coffee.
"Something tells me it wont be a pretty one." Jack stood up and resumed pacing.
Jack retreated to his office. He sat in the chair behind his cluttered desk and put his feet up on it , knocking a few stray papers off with his feet. Something seemed familiar to him, but he could quite pinpoint it. Just then Gwen came and sat down in the chair in front of his desk.
"Jack," she sounded worried. "Is it natural to be really worried about a wedding?"
"Yes," Jack smiled. "It is. What is it you're worried about?"
"I'm just worried that I'll regret this in a year or two." she didn't meet his eyes. "I mean I love him, but I don't know if I'm cut out for married life."
"Don't worry I'm sure you'll do fine."
Suddenly Toshiko ran into the office.
"Jack," she looked scared. "The rift has opened up again."
"Where?" he sat bolt upright.
"In Torchwood." Near the containment cells."
"Fuck," Jack cursed and tore past the two women, gun in hand.
"That does not sound good." Gwen sighed.
Jack ran as fast as he could to the cells. When he got there he saw a human figure on one knee, catching its breath.
"Who are you?" Jack yelled at it. "And what are you doing here?"
"Captain Jack Harkness?" the figure asked, in a very human voice. "Is that you?"
"Who are you?" Jack yelled even louder.
"I'm Torchwood." The figure answered.
"Torchwood four?"
"No, three" the figure stood up. He was wearing a pair of ragged jeans and a leather jacket.
"HOW?" Jack was two seconds from pulling the trigger.
"I'm chasing these things," the figure still had its back to Jack. "You sent me back. Two years from now these things will destroy most of the world. Today was the day they invaded earth and started hatching their plan."
"And your name is?" Jack lowered his gun slightly.
"Gabriel Rix." he turned around.
Gabriel's face was drawn, like he hadn't had a good sleep or meal in months. But he was still handsome Jack thought.
"I'm here to help you save the world." Gabriel smiled at Jack and stuck his hands in his pockets.