Ok Chapter seven, end on a sort of cliffhanger. So enjoy

Disclaimer: I do not own Torchwood as it is owned by the BBC

Fun Fact: John Barrowman was in a cameo role in the 2004 movie De-Lovely a sort of musical/ biopic on the life of the American composer Cole Porter. He sang Night and Day with Kevin Kline who played Cole Porter.


Chapter Seven

Familiar Faces

Another door was slammed in our face as Owen and I tried the fifth house in our search for the witness. So far we hadn't had much luck as they had all claimed that they didn't see anyone enter or leave the house, let alone anyone with brown hair and medium height. I seemed to get the feeling that they really didn't want to talk to us.

"Want to go on to the next house?" I asked as we left the house.

"And get another door slammed in our face? No let's get back to the SUV!" Owen answered and started to walk back down the direction towards where Jack had parked the SUV.

"Oh come on Owen, we could at least try one more house" I yelled at him but he kept walking back towards the SUV. "Fine I'll go on without you then" I muttered to myself as I went in the other direction towards the next house.

My walking off seemed to attract his attention as a few minutes later he caught up to me just before I walked up the path towards the house.

"Fine you win, but we are going back to the SUV after this ok?" Owen said as I stopped to wait for him.

"Fine, I'm not going to argue." I answered smiling.

The visit though hadn't been in vain as the occupant of the house had seen something. He claimed to have seen the witness walking off in the direction towards the alleyway at the end of the road. After we thanked him and made our way back towards the footpath Owen stopped in front of me and turned around.

"Should we go back to the SUV or should we check out the alleyway?" He asked.

I thought about the others as they might be back at the SUV waiting for us. So it was tossed up between going back and telling them what we found out or checking out if the witness was still in the alleyway.

"Let's go investigate." I answered quite serious.

Owen nodded and we made our way towards the alleyway.


Jack walked back to the SUV to see Gwen waiting for him. Tosh had stayed behind at the hub to study the orb again. He couldn't blame her; the orb sure was interesting with its markings and the Huon particles that it contained. They still needed to learn more about it so they could find out why it was left at the crime scene.

"Had any luck?" He asked as he walked up.

"Not really, they are all keeping closed mouthed." Gwen answered as she looked up from the ground. "What about you?"

"Same here, have you seen Owen or Peter?" He asked as he leant against the SUV next to Gwen.

"No, I think they are still talking to the neighbours."

Jack nodded. "I hope they have more luck then we have."

Gwen looked at the houses that they in front of them. There was a question that had been bugging her all morning but had been afraid to ask. Now she had that chance to ask it.

"Jack, do you know who the witness is?" She asked which made him look at her in surprise.

"What makes you ask that?" He asked with a puzzled look.

Gwen wasn't sure how to respond to that but tried anyway. "Well it's just Peter told me that he thinks that you know who the witness is."

"Ah yeah I told him that the witness was closer than he thinks." Jack explained.

"You seriously don't suspect Peter do you?" She asked.

Jack didn't now how to answer that without giving away who he thought the witness really was. He liked to keep mysterious and not reveal anything from his past. He certainly had an idea who the witness might be but he really didn't want to reveal that for the moment without jeopardising his past.

"Jack?" Gwen asked snapping him from his thoughts.

He looked at her. "Come on let's go find Owen and Peter"

His answer being left for another day.


The alleyway was quiet as Owen and I walked down the dark path. I noticed that it lead off in two different directions which meant that the witness could of gone either way. It seemed like that it would lead to a dead end in the investigation.

"Great, the witness could have gone off in any direction!" Owen sighed and gave a look of disgust.

"Let's split up, there's a chance we might find something" I said. "Pick a way and we'll meet back here later alright?"

Owen nodded and took the right while I was stuck walking down the left alleyway. It started to get darker as I walked down as the clouds overhead started to overcast the sky confirming the predicted rain that was expected for the afternoon. I kept walking to see if the witness had left anything behind in case he had been chased by the killer, which seemed unlikely but possible considering.

I kept walking while the rain began to fall softly down from the sky above. I thought about the nightmare that I had last night. All I could remember was hearing a voice comforting me telling me that everything was alright. Even if I couldn't figure out the voice I knew that it had been Jack's when I woke up. I always felt bad that I was putting him through this even though we never really talked about it. I never knew how he really felt. I had been having these nightmares for over a month now and it had just destroyed my state of mind. Thank god I had finally taken that step of seeing a psychologist.

The phone started to ring in my pocket so I stopped and answered it.

"Hey where are you?" Jack's worried voice asked me.

"I'm checking a lead; the witness was seen walking towards the alleyway at the end of the road." I answered.

"Ok I'll come join you then!"

I smiled to myself before hanging up. I hoped that he would find me before I got lost which seemed unlikely. The alleyway was just one way which made it easy to walk back if I needed to. I kept walking until I saw a big area which indicated the end of the alleyway. I was about to turn back when...

"Hey, I was wondering when you would show up!"

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