Chapter 6

The next few hours passed slowly. Ianto ordered us pizza and we ate while we waited for something to happen.

Just then an alarm went off and the lights went off. "We've got a security breach." Tosh said as she tried to find out exactly what came in the Hub.

I had feeling on what it was, so I ran down to the cells. I found John there. "I thought that you were going to come back to the cave."

I knew that I had to keep him down here with me. I knew that if he saw Gwen, he would kill her and I didn't want to put my father and the rest of the gang through that pain so I said the one thing that I knew that he wanted to hear. "I lost track of time. I just got finished telling Jack, that I never wanted to see him again."

John looked at me and then at the door. "Ok. We can leave as soon as you're ready."

Just then, Gwen came in and said "Here you are, Sapphire. Jack was looking for you."

John looked at Gwen and then back at me. "I thought that you killed her. I found her body." he said as he lunged for Gwen.

I couldn't let him do that. I jumped on his back, knocking him to the ground. Gwen just stood there until I pushed her towards the door. "Get out of here!" I yelled as John got up and started to advance toward Gwen again.

I threw myself on top of John, again knocking him to the ground. "Stay away from her!" I yelled as I punched John on the face.

While I was making sure that John wasn't going to follow Gwen, she went to the main part of the hub where Jack was waiting for her to come back up with me. "Where's Sapphire? I thought I sent you down there to get her."

Gwen was taking deep breathes, before she said "It's Sapphire."

Jack walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders "What about her. Did something happened to her?"

Gwen shook her head. "I'm not sure. I found her in the cells. She was talking to John, when I went down there. He came after me, but Sapphire stopped him. I'm afraid what's going to happen to her."

Just then John came up with a gun to my head. Jack looked at us with fear in his eyes. "Sapphire!" He gasped.

John looked at Jack and then at Gwen. "I'll make you a deal, Jack. If you give me Gwen, I'll give you back your daughter."

"Don't do it, Dad! I'd rather die than see Gwen or anyone else die. Especially on account of me." I said as I felt the gun push further against my head.

"Quiet you. If you say one more word, I'll kill you right here and now." John said as he continued to look at Jack. "I'm waiting."

Jack looked at me and then at the rest of the crew. "Go ahead and take her." he said.

"No. Jack, you can't." Gwen said as she started to walk towards me and John.

Jack pulled her back and held her as he watched John and I vanish.

"Why did you do that. She saved my life. The least that I could've done was save hers?" Gwen said as she clung onto Jack's coat.

"I didn't want to, but I didn't have a choice. Besides it's what Sapphire wants. I know that if you died, she'd blame herself for it. But I'll save her." Jack told her as he pushed Gwen away from him.

Jack then went into his office to think of a plan to save Sapphire. When he got to his desk, he sat down in his chair, put his head in his arms and started to sob.

Gwen watched her boss from the door leading into Jack's office. Silently she went in the room, walked to the desk and put her hand on his shoulder.

Jack felt the hand, so he lifted up his head and looked at Gwen. "I'm sorry for talking like that, Gwen. I'm just worried about Sapphire."

Gwen put her arms around Jack and gave his shoulders a squeeze. "I don't blame you for being worried about your daughter. I just wished that I could turn back time so I could stop her from sacrificing herself for me."

Jack smiled and said "I bet that if you had turned back time. She probably still would do it. She saw how I felt after John kidnapped you. I gave her a look that said that I was disappointed in her, because she didn't warn us about working for John, but then after the weevil attack, I knew that where she went and why she did it. She knew how important you are to me, so she decided to save you, because she didn't want me to be mad at her."

After Gwen heard the story of the reason why Sapphire saved her, she wanted to return the favor. "Jack, I know where John took Sapphire. I'm going after her." she said as she left the office.

Jack leapt up from his chair and went after her. "Wait, Gwen. If you go after her, you'd be going against her wishes."

Gwen looked at her boss. " I just can't let her get killed because of me."

Jack shook his head. "You heard what Sapphire said. She'd rather be dead than to see anyone of us get killed. But we might be able to sav her without John knowing what we are planning on doing."

So they left the Hub, with Gwen leading to John's lair to save Sapphire.