I stood next to Gwen as Jack and John were coming down on the pavement elevator as I called it. They were talking, but too high for me to hear what it was.

Jack stepped off the platform and stopped Hart before he could.

"Weapons." Jack said. Hart took out two guns and gave them to Jack, who put then on the metal plate Ianto was holding next to him. He then took off the sword that was on his hip and handed it to Jack. He shrugged and I looked down at the scanner in my hands.

"And the rest." Jack held out his hand.

"Oh, you know me. I'm a two weapon man." Hart replied. He was lying…again.

"One pistol strapped to each leg, laser knife beneath left elbow and 17 small explosive charges in the lining of his coat." I say, reading off the scanner. Jeez, this dude is loaded.

"Slipped my mind." Hart explained.

"He's a compulsive liar. Why is he in the building?" I ask Jack, sternly, as we walk down an empty corridor.

"There's the tiniest one percent chance he's breaking a habit of a lifetime and telling the truth. Which means this city is in danger."

"And what if he isn't?" I ask and we stop and he turns to me.

"I don't know." He looks to the side, avoiding my eye contact.

"God damnit Jack!" And I push him. "Why did you leave?!" I don't know what had come over me, but I suddenly felt really angry, like I wanted to break everything in my sight. "You left us...You left me!"

"Emily…I'm sorry." He said softly and took a step closer.

"Why, Jack?! Why'd you leave?!" I yell at him and took a step back.

"Emily…" He reached out to me and a swatted him away. "I left, to find someone who can help me. I've been brought back to life so many times. Dragged back to life, it's like being hauled over broken glass. But I came back…for you. The thought of coming home to you, that's what kept me fighting!" he took a step closer.

"Jack, it doesn't matter that you came back! What matters is you left, Jack!" I shouted at him, tears welling up in my eyes. "You left me, Jack! I thought we had something—"

"—we do." Jack interrupted me, reaching out to me but I pushed him away again.

"Maybe we did...not anymore...you don't care, Jack." I say softly, my angry being replaced with sadness.

"Don't say that! I do care, Emily!" Jack yelled back at me, sadness in his eyes. "I love you." He said softly.

I felt sad, angry, happy and lonely at the same time. I love you too…but you hurt me and you're going to do it again…

"If you did, Jack, you wouldn't have left in the first place!" I shout at him, tears running down my cheeks. "You don't care, Jack!" I stormed out of the room, my eyes blurred with tears and my cheeks hot.

We were all in the meeting room. John sat at one of the chairs with his one foot on the table, like he owned the place. I sat on the chair opposite him with my legs crossed. The rest stood, Jack and Tosh by the screen. I noticed that every so often I saw John gaze over at me, I felt really awkward. Was something wrong? But I didn't show it, I didn't want to show I was weak. I was not just the 'pretty face'! I also didn't show any sign of still being upset over Jack and I's conversation earlier because I didn't want anyone to know about in and I didn't want it to affect our work.

"Seven hours ago, we logged a minor surge in rift energy across three locations." Tosh explained.

"Six of us, three locations, that's simple. Two people per canister." John said. And jack looked at him and said,

"Excuse me. I give the orders." Jack scoffed. You keep telling yourself that, I thought.

"Well, give some, big boy." John smiled at him.

"John's right. Sorry do you prefer John or Captain?" Gwen asked.

"With eyes like your, if you call me Vera I won't complain." John flirted. God, he's worse than Jack.

"Tosh, Owen and I will take north. Ianto and Jack, go west. Vera and Emily, you take the docks." Gwen ordered. What?! I'm with 'get-into-everyone's-pants-Magee'?!

"Emily, can I talk to you first?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, sure." I say and get up.

"Excuse me. Not to repeat myself—"

"Got a problem with this, Jack?" Gwen asks him. I look over at him. I'd rather be with John then with Jack, at the moment.

Jack pauses and then says, "Not at all." And smiles.

"Okay then, Emily?" Gwen says and walks towards the door. I follow and we walk behind the wall so no-one can hear us.

"Okay Emily, I want you to flirt with him a bit, can you do that? You know find out what he's really up to." Gwen asks. ME?! FLIRTING?! I'm like a mute noodle when it comes to flirting!

"I don't know, Gwen. I suck at flirting." I look at Gwen, nervously. I don't know if this will help the not just the 'pretty face' thing in working. I guess not. "Why don't you?" I ask. I'm anxious now.

"Hey, calm down." Gwen comforts me. "You know you're the prettiest one here…and I'm engaged." Gwen explains.

"You're engaged?" Jack's voice came from behind us.

"Jack?!" I say, rather loudly as I turn to him.

"I need a word with you." Jack says and takes my arm, gently but a bit roughly.

"Oh gee, aren't I popular right now?" I ask as Jack pulls me back to the briefing room.

"Oh can I watch this bit?" John asks still in his chair and I see everyone else has left. "He's gonna give you all the dos and don'ts. I love it." He explains and Jack glares at him.

"She'll be with you in a minute." Jack says and points to the door.

Reluctantly, John complies and heads out the door and down the passage.

"What does she want you to do?" Jack asked, leaning on the table with both hands. I walk up to the opposite side of the table and lean in closely. I might as well test if I'm any good at flirting.

"Well…What do you think." I bring my lips right up to his but stop, so they're just there, millimetres away…so close…

I want to so badly, but that would be giving in.

I pull away and look down at him. He doesn't move, just stares into nothingness.

"She wants me to find out what he really is up to." I explain.

"NO!" he says sternly. "It's clever, but dangerous. Leave it up to me." He looks at me.

"No! I can do this!" I slam my palms on the table. "He knows you too well. He'll never tell you the truth." I try to convince him.

Jack sighs heavily. "Okay, three rules. One, don't believe anything he says. Two, always keep him in front of you. Three, under no circumstances let him kiss you." Jack explains and I can see he's a little nervous.

"Has he got to the no-kissing rule yet?" John's voice comes from the passage. "He only invented that because he wants me all to himself." I look at Jack one last time then exit the door.

"Okay, keep in front." I order and he complies. Jeez, what have I gotten myself into?!