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History?

Rhys sat on the edge of the bed as Anwen curled into his chest and closed her eyes. The little girl was exhausted and a little confused by her sudden change in surroundings. Donna wandered over to the window. The red head was quieter than he had ever seen her before. It was beginning to worry him.

"How on Earth did you end up mixed up in all this?" Rhys asked as Donna folded her arms across her chest, her hair still wet from the soaking she had recieved when she had been arguing with Jack. Rhys wasn't nosy by nature but he wanted to know why Donna seemed so adamant not to talk to anyone about how she had met up with Jack the second time.

"Long story"

"Well, we ain't going anywhere. Are we Anwen cariad bach?" He smiled at his daughter.

"What does that mean? That welsh?"

"Yeah. It means Anwen my little love." Rhys smiled. "So?"

"I met up with Jack about five or six months ago. He was traveling. Seemed a bit lost if you ask me. And I was travelling and wanted to come back home. Wanted to get away from where I was." She sighed. It was not a topic of conversation she felt comfortable with.

"Cardiff isn't home though. Is it?" Rhys smiled kindly. Donna could see why Gwen had fallen for him. She turned away as she nodded her head.

"Nah, Wales isn't home. Not for me. Not sure where home is anymore." She stared out over the rainsoaked night as she wondered whether she would ever see the man that had changed her life again.

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"They rebuilt it." Ianto announced as the trio stood a few feet away from the new Tourist Information Centre in Roald Dahl Plas.

"So I see." Jack smiled. He loved the Hub. It was his home for a long time. He looked around the Bay as he remembered joking with the Doctor and Martha about his childhood. He smiled slightly as he remembered their relief at returning from the year that never was.

"Wonder if they rebuilt the rest of it." Gwen smiled as the rain seemed to stop as she spoke.

"No." Ianto sighed. "No, the Hub was secret. The people that put this back together would never have known about the Hub."

"Well. Things move on. Perhaps this version of Torchwood. You know the one thats out to kill us has changed to." Gwen watched as Jack shook his head.

"I should have stayed dead." Ianto joked as Jack closed his eyes. "Sorry. Not funny."

"No." Jack sighed. "Not funny. I can see what the Doctor means now. You grow old and die and me? I'm left behind to mourn and age but never die."

"Can we stop the self pity and recriminations for five minutes?" Gwen walked across to the Tourist Information booth as partygoers and people out for the evening milled past her. "This verson of Torchwood. Why do they want to kill us? You never said."

"I don't know." Jack answered honestly.

"Then how do you know they want to kill us?"

"The fact they shot at us when you had your baby there? That is pretty much a good enough reason to think they want to kill us." Ianto answered. "Look, I've been hiding from these people for months. I've been in Ireland, London, Scotland."

"Explains the Nessie connection." Gwen smiled.

"Yeah. Well, I've been hiding from these people. Then when I began to suspect he was back on the planet I thought I'd better make my way back here. To Cardiff." He explained as Jack stared at him. "I've hidden too long. I know the Government wanted rid of our Torchwood but somehow this version got through the Grid and I for one want my life back."

"You knew?" Jack stared at him. "You knew the Rift had been breached?"

"I guessed. I was in London at the battle of Canary Wharf. I saw what came through and I stood by Gwen when you ran off to help the Doctor re-order the planets. It isn't difficult to make the leap."

"Right, ok." Gwen turned to the two men. "You say you knew, Ianto?"

"Guessed."

"Jack? What did you know? I mean I know you think we are needed but you haven't really told us why this version of Torchwood want us dead. And isn't Rose Tyler something to do with them now? The blonde girl? The dimension jumper?"

"Rose." Jack smiled at the thought of the fiesty young blonde. "She works for Torchwood and yes she has been known to defy the laws of physics. But she can't help us with this. Look, I found Donna after she had left the Doctor. Remember I told you she had a memory wipe? Well it started failing. She was beginning to remember things she shouldn't. Like the Ood. She remembered them. Anyway, it wasn't just me that could see she remembered. The rift seemed to latch on to the Huon energy she has. Anyone who has travelled in the TARDIS has it." Jack paused, uncertain of what else he could say that wouldn't break Donna's confidence.

"Who realised she was remembering things?"

"The Daleks."

"Oh my God."

"Exactly. There is always one that gets through. When we bumped into each other I had been killed again. The Daleks usually mean business. Anyway we got away and a few days later realised that we were being followed. That someone from the other side of the Rift was after us. I half hoped it was Rose or her mum. You know I always liked Jackie."

"Jack."

"Sorry." He smiled as Gwen raised an eyebrow. "The fact of the matter is this. Torchwood is necessary. 2012 is just around the corner and unless we do something this version of Torchwood is going to rip the Rift open. The dimensions will collide and the universe as we know it will collapse."

Gwen and Ianto fell silent for a moment as Jack appraised them. He wondered for a moment if he was right to track Gwen down. Ianto finding him in the cafe was just an added bonus. That had been his own personal miracle.

"Save the universe." Gwen smirked. "Isn't that a normal day for us?"

"So, you'll help?"

"Jack, I told you this back at the house. I'm in. For Anwen's sake as much as anything else. I don't want her growing up in a world where universes implode all over the shop." She smiled as Ianto shook his head and smiled.

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Jack walked across the small gap in the pavement and hugged Gwen as Ianto stood smilling. He was just relieved that they had all managed to get to the centre of Cardiff without being killed. Gwen pulled back a little from Jack as the heavens began to open again.

"Jack?"

"Yeah." He smiled, genuinely relaxed for the first time since Gwen had found out he was her father.

"What now?"

"DUCK!" Ianto yelled as shots rang out. Before Jack knew what he was doing he threw Gwen to the floor as Ianto hid behind the newly rebuild Tourist Information Centre. A second and third shot rang out as Ianto swore profusely. Jack held Gwen's head to the floor as screams and sirens erupted around them.

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A/N More soon? Constructive reviews welcome.