I'm am soooooo sorry for the long wait. I have had major writers block concerning this story, but my muse has returned! I have figured out a storyline, woop! Anyhoo... there is a warning on this for the fact it is fluffy. I love fluff, it's fluffy! :) Hope you like! x

Aria settled in well to the Torchwood way of life, although it wasn't surprising especially with the Doctor as her father. She helped everyone, doing anything. Her advanced knowledge of electronics and basic machinery allowed her in helping Mickey improve the hub system tenfold. Although basic, her knowledge of medicine and several species anatomy allowed her to help Martha in several autopsies and sort out some of the previous medical records, giving names to previously unknown specimens. Due to Jack's somewhat over protective nature, she didn't get to help Rex that much as his speciality was weaponry and the out in the field work. She could easily disassemble and reassemble her own choice of weaponry, a 52nd century laser blaster, but 21st century guns she was clueless and Jack had rather not risked it, much to her displeasure. Then finally there was Gwen. At first Aria thought Gwen was jealous of her, but those worries were quickly abashed when Gwen asked for help in the archives where they got along swimmingly.

All in all Jack couldn't have hoped for anything better. His girlfriend and friends/ work colleagues were getting along and working together. It went as to far to say that Mickey said that he "better not mess it up", and that was something Jack was hoping to stick too.

That hope was torn to tatters by the end of the week.

Rex was called to a small house in the outskirts of the city. Apparently the owners had caught an alien that needed to be brought in; Rex would've done anything to get out of the hub and away from Jack and Aria's shameless flirting. At first it was cute, but now it seemed that they seemed to rub it in his face that he had no romance in his life. He had once. He'd never admit it to anyone but he did have a thing for Esther, she was smart, cute and was someone who would able to understand the messed up job that was Torchwood. But she was gone, just like he should have been. But he's not and he'll never be gone again. Just like Jack, he'll keep coming back.

Rex pulled up to the small house; he was in the new SUV. It was, apparently, just as conspicuous as the last but with more gadgets. All paid for courtesy of the newly elected British Government, who felt guilty over the acts of the previous government's actions in blowing up the Torchwood base. It was fair to say they had bought the most expensive SUV possible and loaded it with state of the art tech, just to burn a hole in the pocket of the government. Jack had almost pissed himself when they had told him that there was no limit.

Rex got out of the SUV, slammed the door and locked them. Checking for his gun, it was still safely hidden in his pocket, and pulling out his Torchwood ID, he walked up to the door. He gave the door bell and quick ring and in almost an instant the door opened to reveal a woman in her mid-thirties and man not much older standing down the hallway. "Torchwood." He said holding up the ID. "You called?"

Rex had been welcomed into the house quite warmly; it was a first for Rex, when at the CIA he rarely got a warm welcome when entering someone's home. "Tea?" The woman, Tam, offered. Rex politely declined. "Well you better come look at it then." Tam continued and led Rex to the garage.

Tam opened the slightly worn down door and flicked on the light. The garage was a mess, but in the corner in what looked like a dog's cage was the alien. Rex shivered at the sight of it, it was a rather large interpretation of a rat, but a few of its features were off. Its fur was longer and lighter than a rat's, its colour looking a lot like a tabby cat's fur rather than a rat's. "John, my husband, found it down the back of the garden. It was all caught up in the kid's football goal; he caught it and called the police, who forwarded us to you." Tam explained the banging of feet above and the giggling of children proved to Rex that she was telling the truth.
"No worries, I can sedate him and put him in the back of my SUV. He'll be out of your hands then." Rex explained and Tam nodded.
"Brilliant, it's been freaking the kids out. We just want it out of the house."
"No worries...I better get started then." Rex said and got to work preparing a tranquiliser. Tam nodded, the chorused shouting of "MUM" from the main house caused her to leave Rex on his own.

Within 10 minutes the giant rat was securely in the back of the SUV and Rex was bidding goodbye to Tam and John. "Thanks for the help." Tam said happily. John gave Rex a handshake.
"Got more guts than me mate. Who'd have thought giant bloody rats in Cardiff?" John said. Rex nodded, holding himself back from laughing from the irony of the statement. Rex then climbed into the driving seat of the SUV and headed back to the Hub.

Rex parked the SUV in its usual spot and preceded the lift the large container holding the rat-thing into the hub. "What is that?" Gwen squealed in horror as Rex carried it through the hub and towards the cells.
"The so-called small creature that was picked up by the Hammersmith's on the outskirts of the city." Rex replied, struggling a little with the weight of the container. Aria could see his struggle and went over to help him.
"Here let me take this." She said and lifted the container with ease in one arm. Rex's eyebrows rose. "It's a Vegas 6 street rat. They're like your common Earth sewer rat, except bigger and a different colour. They're pests to be frank." Aria explained eyeing the creature inside the container. She was halfway down the corridor now, just outside the cells; Rex was trailing her getting ready to open the cell doors.
"So it really is an over-grown rat?" Rex asked.
"Yep, might as well kill it to be honest but Jack will probably have my head so just keep it in there. It'll die by itself eventually without the other member's of its nest." Aria said and placed the container on the floor of the cell. She then walked out and Rex closed the door of the cell behind her, trapping the rat-thing.

Very little else happened for the rest of the day. Rex had to fill in the corresponding paper work to go with the rat and Aria kept herself entertained on an item which had fallen through the rift a few days previous, a Gallifraen Child's Nightlight.

She was currently sitting in Jack's office, the lights out, watching how different pictures, created from her mind, danced across the walls and ceilings. Right now it showed her interpretation of Gallifray from the stories her Mum and Dad told her when she was very little. It was a little blurry and some points of detail were inaccurate but Aria thought it looked breathtaking nonetheless.

The distinctive red grass was like a patchwork of deep reds and dark pinks around a large glass dome, at its highest lay a small building, then inside was the metropolis that was the citadel. There were tall, spiralling towers that stopped mere millimetres from the dome's edge and reflected the light of the twin suns to give the entire Citadel an angelic glow. Then in the wind you could here the laughter of young children running and playing in the fields, all of them younger than 8, all of then innocent and naive of the troubled futures that would behold them when they became Timelords or ladies. All in all, it looked perfect.

"Wow." A voice said from behind Aria. Aria wasn't shocked, she had been trained to expect surprise and honestly, even though Jack had entered silently, she had still heard him come in.
"If you wanted to scare me you're going to have to do much better." She chuckled, turning to face Jack. Jack laughed softly.
"You found out what that thing does then?" Jack asked, pointing to the night light on the table.
"Yeah, it's a Gallifraen Night Light. It seeks out any Timelord it can and connects to its mind. It then allows them to project any image they want." Aria explained. She then shuffled up. "Come and have a look." She continued patting the seat next to her.

Jack obliged and sat next to her, putting his arm around her waist. "What do you want to see?" Aria asked. Jack smiled and leant over and whispered something in Aria's ear. Aria gasped in shock. "No, something clean, thank you very much." She replied, her face slightly crimson. Jack laughed and Aria felt his chest vibrate next to her, she couldn't help but laugh as well.
"Okay, what about the first place you visited in the Tardis?" Jack requested. Aria nodded, trying to recall her first visit. This was the earliest she could recall.

On the ceiling the image of a water feature appeared, it was slightly obscured by pieces of hair, but they were so big and close to the camera they looked more like shadows than hair. The fountain was surrounded by a village green and around the green were several small shops, including a post office.

"Where is that?" Jack asked softly, his eyed still glued to the ceiling.
"Leadworth, it's a little English village and that's in about 8 years from now." Aria explained. Jack nodded and pulled Aria closer to him, she was practically lying on top of him now, both of them looking up at the ceiling.

A flash of ginger hair flicked through the corner of the image, but the main attention was on a man and woman who were talking to someone below the image. The man had sandy brown hair, a rather large nose and a look in his eyes showing anyone and everyone that he would do anything for the woman. The woman had dark brown hair, bright green eyes and a surprised, yet overjoyed smile on her face. The woman's mouth than started to move but no words came out.

"Why can't we hear what's she's saying?" Jack asked.
"Because I can't remember what she said." Aria replied with a giggle. Jack rolled his eyes and kissed her head.

The image of the people slowly started to blur, until they came nothing but smudges of colour. The colours then dramatically changed as if the image was being moved to look at something else, but before it could refocus the image went black.

"What happened?" Jack asked looking down at Aria on his chest.
"I fell asleep. I was only a few months old at this point in my defence." Aria admitted. Jack tightened his arms around Aria's waist.
"Hmmm... who were those people then? Did you ever find out?"
"Well the woman turned out to be an older version of my sister at the time and currently for me she's probably doing this about now and the man was her boyfriend, Rory Williams."
"He might be related to Rhys." Jack realised raising his eyebrows.
"Hmm... maybe, I'll have to ask Gwen," Aria yawned. "...in the morning." She finished. Jack smiled at the sound of her yawn. He tilted her head up and gave her a kiss on the lips.
"Get some sleep; I'll be here when you wake up." Jack promised. Aria nodded and snuggled into his chest. She was asleep within minutes, Jack wasn't far behind.

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