Gwen drove like a snail towards the hub. She could drive as fast or as slow as she wanted, it was late and the roads where empty. She kept rethinking what Rhys had said to her. She did not want to leave him but she knew in her heart that Torchwood trumped her husband anytime. Anyway she needed to go back there was no way that Jack was going to let her leave completely. Not after finding out that she was connected to the rift, no way.
She finally arrived at the hub about
an hour after she left the flat. As soon as the cog door was heard
Jack was down the stairs like a gunshot. He had been so worried about
Gwen. He wanted to go and check she was fine after half an hour
without any contact from her.
"She'll be fine Jack." Said
Toshiko after he had said that he was leaving to go find her.
"Yeah
she and Rhys will be going at it like..." Owen tried off after
getting death stares from Tosh. That had been nearly 2 hours ago and
now he wasn't the only worried, but the rest of the team was trying
there hardest not to let it show. Ianto was in archives or make
coffee and hardly spoke; Tosh was perfecting some of the program she
had invented. Owen was either in the med bay or sat at his computer
doing Work but everyone knew he was playing games on the
internet. Jack was not successful and hiding this fact. He was jumpy;
every time there was a loud bang or shout he would come running as if
someone had just shouted fire. So when the siren that goes off when
the cog door opened sounded, Jack came running.
"Gwen are you
okay?" asked Jack after he had skidded to a halt an inch away from
her face.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Said Gwen, but Jack could tell
from her voice that something was wrong but he didn't push it.
An hour after Gwen had walked into
the hub she was sat at her desk trying to do her work. Owen was
prating about as usual. This got too much for Gwen so she screamed at
him that she was trying to do some work and would kill him if he
didn't shut up. Owen said that women shouldn't be allowed to work
in torchwood coz there PMS only got in the way. Jack, who was stood
on the walkway above the workstations, was looking down on the fight.
After that remark of Owen. Jack thought that Gwen would slap him but
to the surprise of him and the whole of torchwood, she just sprinted
of towards the lower levels of the hub.
Jack came running down the
stairs, he was going to see where Gwen was and if she was alright but
Tosh stopped him.
"Just let me talk to her." And with that
she turned and ran after her friend.
Tosh found Gwen sat in the toilets
with her head on her knees which where folded up into her chest. Gwen
was crying freely, she was sobbing her heart out. She had been
holding it in since she got back to hub, but she was afraid to show
what she felt in front of Jack.
"Gwen?" asked Tosh worried
for her friend. At the sound of her name being called by someone that
wasn't Jack Gwen looked up. Her face was red and blotchy her eyes
were puffy and her cheeks were covered in Mascara and Eyeliner. "What
the matter, hey?" Tosh asked while sliding down the wall to sit
next to her best friend. Gwen told Tosh about what Rhys had said and
that she didn't know what to do. By the time Gwen had finished
telling Tosh what had happened. Tosh had been sworn to secrecy and
Gwen was sobbing again. Tosh stood up to go and offered a hand to
Gwen.
"No I think I'll stay down here for a little while
longer, clean myself up a bit." Tosh nodded her head but was
worried about her best friend.
When Toshiko got up to the
workstations she found Owen sat at his desk and Jack in his office.
Tosh walked to her own workstation and set up her computer running a
translator program. Half an hour later and No one had moved. Suddenly
Owen shouted at the top of his voice
"Jack, Lower levels!" and
sprinted of in the direction in the way of the lower levels of the
hub.
Jack ran top speed to stop just behind Owen who was stood
next to the door.
"Who's in the toilets, Tosh?" as Tosh had
just skidded to a stop behind Jack.
"Oh my god, Gwen is in
there!" shouted Tosh. As soon as the words were out of Tosh's
mouth, Owen and Jack shared one quick glance at each other before
both they kicked the door at the same time. Which sent the door
flying of it hinges. On the floor was an unconscious Gwen Cooper. The
team ran to her sides and started to do their work. Tosh scanned Gwen
for any internal or external injuries and looking over the CCTV for
anything serious. Jack was holding Gwen and barking orders to Ianto.
Owen was testing Gwen and checking her over.
"Report!" shouted Jack to Owen
had been looking at Gwen for the past five minutes with just an upset
look on his face. "Owen?" asked Jack. He was already worried
about Gwen, the fact that Owen didn't answer him with some kind of
quick come back was just plain scary to Jack. "OWEN!" shouted
Jack at the top of his voice. Owen looked at Tosh who just nodded.
Toshiko was stood with her scanner still in her hands but she had
tears running down her face.
"Jack, she's dead," at these
words Tosh burst into tears but Jack didn't notice. Jack had closed
down the minute Owen had finished speaking.
Gwen Cooper, the heart and soul of
Torchwood, The glue that held them together could not be dead. "No"
said Jack not even thinking about what he was saying, not looking at
the other two people in the room. His eyes were stuck on Gwen's
pale figure."She's not dead she can't be dead."
"I'm
sorry Jack but she is." Said a crying Owen. Tosh was now freely
sobbing into Owens's chest. Owen was trying his hardest not to
breakdown completely. Owen was holding Tosh up. He couldn't let go,
if he did she would fall.
"NOOO!" screamed jack. He would not
believe that she was dead she couldn't be dead he just wouldn't
believe it. He hadn't told her that he loved her; he hadn't told
her everything that he wanted to. Jack scooped up Gwen body and held
her head next to his chest. Jack who had been fighting tears finely
gave in. Rivers ran down his cheeks, his whole body shook. Jack was
crying so hard he didn't notice Owen pick up Tosh like a baby and
leave Jack on his own with what was left of his best friend. Even
though Owen had never said it.
Jack came out of the toilets about 2 hours later. He had cried himself dry. He walked up to the main area of the hub. Tosh was curled up into Owen who where both sat on his computer chair. Ianto was sat on the old and battered couch. Owen had told him though tears what had happened. As Jack walked in Toshiko, Owen and Ianto looked up. Every person was grieving. Every person's eyes were red and puffy. Jack opened his mouth and started to speak. "Gwen cooper was a fine friend. She defended this planet and our behinds more times than I can count. She had the softest heart and the hardest punch I have ever known. We all loved her. We will all miss her so much. But we have one duty to her. We must keep fighting. We must keep the aliens at bay, and if we come across what or who caused Gwen's death. We will cause them there's!" There was a determination in Jacks voice and none of the team doubted that he wasn't telling the truth.
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