Suzie Costello suppressed a smile as she walked across the room to Gwen. Kneeling before her, she took her green mask off to reveal the black eye her father had given her not so long ago. Gwen gasped horrified and gently reached out to touch it, Suzie leaned into the gentle touch inwardly smiling at feeling the loving warmth of Gwen's touch.

"Who did this to you?" Gwen demanded.

"That's what I wanted to talk about" Suzie said meekly. "it's a bit difficult, I never told anyone this before...the teachers had their suspicions but the care workers kept saying nothing was happening" Gwen let out a snort of disgust and Suzie smiled weakly while inside she was congratulating herself on what a wonderful actress she could be. Oh she hated her father for what he does to her but she would never be meek and frightened and timid about it, that's something Toshiko Sato would do. She was cunning and devious and burning with the desire of revenge. "My mother died a few years ago and my father has been heart broken ever since....so he drinks and he blames every little thing on me..."

"Oh Suzie!" Gwen cried out before pulling Suzie in a loving hug. "Don't worry I'll sort it out. We'll go to the police station right now and show them this black eye. You give in your statement and they'll haul his arse in and slap him with an arrest warrant"

"No, we can't, he'll kill me!" Suzie begged.

"I won't let him near you!" Gwen snapped fiercely.

Suzie smiled. "You care for me that much?"

"Of course I do!" Gwen said stunned that Suzie had to ask. They were friends, of course not as close as Ianto and Andy and even Owen and Tosh but still Suzie was a good friend.

Suzie stood up. "Good, I was worried that I would have to do something violent to get you to co-operate with me"

"Suzie?"

"Gwen, I hate my father so much. He's obese, unhygienic, abusive and a drunk. Nothing but a waste of space. People around here are so cold or stupid and pathetic. But not you Gwen Cooper, you're warm and loving and so bright that you make stars seem dim" Suzie stared at Gwen with an unnerving heated stare, something almost close to lust but wasn't. "People like Harkness only dirty you. I would never dream of touching you more than a chaste touch. Gwen you just told me that you love me back and that's what matters. I'll let you on a little secret; I laced all of his beers with an overdose of cocaine. He'll be dead in days" Gwen looked horrified and pale, she slowly edged away from Suzie and further back on the bed. "Bilius has secured me two tickets to New Zealand, you and me Gwen; we can be together forever and ever and ever"

"My god" Gwen whispered terrified. "It was you....all this time it was you"

"Aren't you happy? I gave you everything you deserved, love, devotion and faithfulness. Far more than Harkness," she spat Jack's surname out in disgust, "could ever give you. Do remember Gwen we are talking about the biggest man-whore on Earth. I protected your virtue as much as I could unfortunately Harkness had taken your virginity but don't worry I think my punishment is enough for him. Shame the little brat didn't die, we could have spared the future generation from a filthy slut"

Gwen felt fury bubble up in her. "Alice!" she snarled. "Her name is Alice, not brat, not filthy slut, Alice Melissa Harkness! And she's the most beautiful baby ever! She is innocent, goddamnit!"

Suzie looked at her with pity. "Of course she would be pretty, she is Harkness' daughter. Oh Gwen I can see that bastard had ensnared you with his little girl's blue eyes. Can't you see I did it all for you, just like I did with Emma"

"Emma was my friend! She could have died!"

"She kissed you with disgusting drunken lips" Suzie spat out. "She deserved it and was a right twit to believe me when I told her the teacher needed to speak to her. She's not a bright girl but she's not the worst student either, no teacher needs to speak to such a boring average girl"

"Emma is wonderful! She's very creative and has beautiful designs for clothes" Gwen snapped, feeling defensive for her poor friend. "Don't you dare insult my friends!"

"See and this is what I love about you Gwen! You're so protective and loving and warm. You make the sun look shameful! Oh you have no idea how conflicting my love for you is" Suzie crawled onto the bed and leaned in close to Gwen who was trying to lean away from her. Suzie's breathe tickled Gwen's face as she spoke. "My love is like to ice, and I to fire: How comes it then that this, her cold so great. Is not dissolved through my so hot desire, But harder grows the more I her entreat? Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not allayed by her heart-frozen cold, But that I burn much more in boiling sweat, And feel my flames augmented manifold? What more miraculous thing may be told, that fire, which all things melts, should harden ice, And ice, which is congeal'd with senseless cold, Should kindle fire by wonderful device? Such is the power of love in gentle mind, that it can alter all the course of kind" Suzie trailed a finger along Gwen's cheek bone only to have it slapped away by a glaring Gwen. "Edmund Spenser, a beautiful poet"

"You're insane!" Gwen spat out. "Do you have any idea how frightened and jumpy I was because of you following me and leaving me little notes? I was scared stiff!"

"You were tired" Suzie said soothingly. "Harkness is a horny bastard you keeps you up all night. I understand"

"No you don't! Because let me tell you Suzie I will never love you" Gwen hissed. "I rather die than go anywhere with you"

Suzie's smile faded away and her eyes went cold and empty causing Gwen's insides to freeze. "That could be arranged" Suzie said in a flat voice. "I would rather kill you than let anyone else have you"

Gwen attempted to roll off the bed only to have Suzie pin her down, hands squeezing the life out of her throat, choking her, killing her....

The door flung open and Jack stood there mask-less though his blank expression made up for this missing mask. Suzie let go of Gwen in shock and stood up, glaring at Jack with such hatred that Gwen shuddered. Gwen took the opportunity to get off the bed and back away from Suzie, attempting to get the windows open, if she and Jack have to jump out to escape this insane bitch then they will. Unfortunately the window was too small and they were five stories up, so it wasn't a smart idea.

"Suzie" Jack said calmly. "You will leave my girlfriend alone and never bother us again"

"Why the hell should I do that?" Suzie sneered.

Jack lifted up his mobile phone and pressed a button, suddenly Suzie's voice floated out of the phone confessing to attempted murder of Alice and Emma. "Janet gave me the key when a teacher told me where Gwen was. I listened outside for a while and when I heard you admitting to be Gwen's stalker I recorded your confession" Jack explained with a grin that didn't reach his eyes. "Now, you go away and never come back or I give this to the police and you'll be looking at ten years at least"

"Then I'll just have to kill you" Suzie said without hesitation. She pulled a gun out from the slit of her dress where she must have had some sort of thigh holster. She smiled in a sinister gleeful way. "I've dreamed of killing you for so long"

Jack held his arms up and smiled. "To die would be an awfully big adventure" Suzie faltered, looking slightly confused causing Jack's smile to broaden. "Oh Suzie, don't tell me you never read Peter Pan?"

Jack took the opportunity to tackle Suzie to the ground causing her to drop the gun; Gwen shrieked and leaped back as the pair wrestled on the floor. Suzie managed to knee Jack in the balls causing him to groan, taking the advantage she pinned him down on the ground and patted the ground until she felt the cool metal of the gun. Picking it up she held it up to Jack's temple and smirked.

"I hope you enjoy your big adventure"

The door flew open again. "What the hell, Jack?" Owen said looking shocked as he pulled Tosh to hide behind him and Ianto and Andy looked stunned as well. "The teachers had to call the police thinking three kids are being beaten or something up here"

"Witnesses now and the police are on their way" Jack said as Suzie slowly stood up. "You could try to kill us all and snatch Gwen but I can't see her not overpowering you and running back. Also once they hear the gunshots and see the bodies with you running away no doubt security will stop you for the police. Face it Suzie, it's over"

Suzie turned to Gwen who looked frightened and smiled sadly. "Beautiful Gwen" she whispered causing Gwen to flinch.

Suzie then pressed the gun under her chin and pulled the trigger.

"NO!"

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The police had finally finished questioning everyone and Owen stared emptily at the forensics team as they wheeled out Suzie's body in a body bag into the ambulance. Many students have left now after their worried parents had gone to pick them up. From the distance he could see Jack sitting next to a shell-shocked Gwen who was wrapped up in a blanket. Ianto and Andy were making their way to him and Tosh much to his disappointment and relief had been taken home by her mother.

"How's Gwen?" Owen asked.

"Still in shock" Ianto said grimily. "I think it'll take a while to get over it"

"Gwen's strong, I'll give it a week till she's back to herself" Andy said though he looked worried. "She'll still have nightmares though. I can't see her getting over it completely....ever. Who'd thought out of all the people it was Suzie Costello, I would have put my money on that Adam git"

Owen gritted his teeth at the reminder of Adam Smith. "I heard the police tell Jack that they had found Suzie's father dead and a lot of photos of Gwen all over the place. Including a shrine to her in the back of her wardrobe, I bet that's where Gwen's mug is right now"

Ianto and Andy shuddered in unison. "You think she was the one that got her pulled in the police station a couple of months ago?" Ianto asked.

"Most likely. She was a very cunning woman, I wish she was here just so I could kill her for what she did to Alice" Owen said curling his hand into a fist.

"And Emma" Andy added with a dark look.

Suddenly Owen's phone began to ring, without checking the id Owen answered immediately. "Hello? Yes this Owen Harper....yes....yes..." a grin broke out on his face. "You're kidding me? That's brilliant, don't worry we'll be down there straight away, thank you, goodbye, yeah you too mate" Owen closed his phone up and jogged over to Gwen and Jack. "Hey you two aren't going to believe this" he called out.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Alice has woken up"