"Come on, open up!" Owen shouted, aimlessly banging on the door to the tourist shop. "Any luck?" he asked Tosh and Ianto as they walked back from the invisible lift.

"No" said Tosh. "There's no way in."

"Did you try phoning them?" Owen asked.

"Phones are switched off" said Ianto.

"What the fuck is going on!" Owen yelled. "We should be in there!"

It was early morning and Owen, Tosh and Ianto were all stuck outside the Hub. Owen was pissed off that he was missing out while Tosh was starting to get very worried. Even Ianto felt uneasy as they all desperately tried to find a way in.

"He did it" said Tosh suddenly. "He put the Hub into lockdown" she said anxiously.

"What?" Owen asked unpleasantly.

"Um…I told him if worst came to worst then that's what he should do, so it couldn't get out" she said.

"Brilliant" Owen said spitefully. "That's just fucking brilliant. So the CCTV isn't working either. And you couldn't think to tell us this half an hour ago!"

"I'm sorry, I forgot. But he only would have done it if…something must have gone wrong" she said worriedly.

"So…for all we know he could be dead?" said Ianto.

"Fuck this I'm not hanging about" said Owen ignorantly. "Call me once you get in" he said and left.

--

"Where are you going?" Gwen mumbled tiredly from Jack's bed.

After the alien had died, Jack had led her to the bed where he sometimes slept. They had stayed up talking for a while, about how they felt and where they were headed…Gwen had told him how Rhys would never forgive her for what she had said and that she wasn't sure that she wanted him too. She still loved him, although she could no longer see a life with him with all that she had seen and done, and the work that she was eager to keep doing, to protect people like him…Jack told her a bit about his past and she was stunned to learn how old he really was, although it didn't change how she felt about him. He also told her what the alien had told him, and Gwen admitted that what it had said was true and that she did have feelings for him, as she learned that he did for her. She couldn't go home so they decided that she would stay there for a while and that they would take things slow, although slow wasn't exactly the word she would use to describe what happened last night…And with Gwen staying at the Hub, there was no point in lying to the team. They promised each other that they would act professionally at work; however keeping that promise was another thing entirely…

"Reversing the lockdown" Jack replied as he started to get dressed.

"Do you have too…" Gwen whined.

Jack laughed. "What happened to being professional at work? It was your idea, I was the one who was against it remember…" he said teasingly.

"It's not time for work yet" she said.

"How do you know? It's completely dark in here" he questioned.

"Well…you're the boss" she said seductively, rolling over to face him.

"Yes I am" he said and kissed her forehead. "I'll be back in a minute" he said quickly and kissed her lips before she could protest.

"I hate you" Gwen called out half-heartedly as he left.

"I love you too" he called back grinning.

--

Outside, Tosh and Ianto waited quietly, both worrying about what might have happened to Jack and Gwen when suddenly the shop door swung open. They hurried inside, guns drawn and cautiously entered the Hub.

As the cog door rolled back revealing the Hub, there was no sign of Jack or Gwen anywhere.

"Jack!" Tosh called. "Gwen!"

Together they walked up to Jack's office. Ropes were hanging off the chair where Gwen was once tied and there was a strange pile of pink dust on the floor. At last, not far from the dust was another pile. This one was of Gwen's clothes.

"Oh God" whispered Ianto.

"Gwen" said Tosh conclusively.

"But where's Jack?" asked Ianto.

"Should we call Owen?" asked Tosh.

Just at that moment, a hatch on the floor opened. Ianto and Tosh both jumped and held their guns out firmly in front of them.

"Jack?" said Tosh bemused as he emerged from the hatch. They both lowered their guns.

"I thought I told you to come in late" said Jack sternly.

"We're sorry Jack, about Gwen" said Ianto sympathetically.

Jack looked confused.

"What happened?" asked Tosh.

"Jack, what's wrong?" Gwen called from below before he could answer. "Jack?"

"Who's that?" asked Tosh after hearing the female voice.

"Jack" Gwen repeated, appearing next to him in the hatch holding only a sheet to cover herself.

"Gwen?" both Tosh and Ianto said staring at her in shock.

"I think they thought you were dead" Jack whispered to Gwen.

"Yeah well you could have said something" she whispered back. "I'm just going to get changed" she said to them feeling completely embarrassed and disappeared again.

"But…the alien?" Tosh asked looking at Jack.

He signalled to the pile of dust on the floor.

"Oh" said Tosh. "But…how?"

Jack climbed out fully. "Long story" he said.

"Does it have something to do with…you and Gwen…you know" asked Ianto awkwardly.

"Uhuh" said Jack arrogantly.

"Then why aren't you dead?" Tosh asked confused.

"Guess I was just too hot to handle" Jack replied teasingly. "Where's Owen?" he asked surprised that he wasn't there with them.

"He left" said Ianto.

"Sorry Jack" said Tosh, referring to interrupting them.

"It's ok Tosh, we were going to tell you. Gwen's going to be staying here for a while" he said. "So why did he leave?" he asked Ianto.

"Got tired of waiting I suppose" said Ianto.

"Wait, so how long have you been here?" asked Jack.

"Um…not long" said Tosh.

"All I know is what Owen said. 'Come in extra early'" said Ianto.

"I see…and why did he say that Ianto?" he asked, noticing the worry on Tosh's face.

"He didn't say, exactly…implied that something big was going to happen, and seemed excited. That's all really" he said obliviously.

"Who's this" asked Gwen as she joined them.

"Owen" said Jack turning to face her.

"I'm going to kill him" muttered Gwen.

"As your boss I'm afraid I can't allow that, but…how do you feel about attempted murder?" Jack asked Gwen seriously.

"Go on…" Gwen asked curiously.

"Tosh, call Owen. Say that the Hub's open and that you're going in. You haven't seen me, or Gwen. Ok?" Jack said.

"What are you thinking?" Ianto asked Jack.

"It's payback time."