Ruby cursed softly, shaking her hand in recoil as she blew out a small flame that had started on the radio that she was still working on. "Got her!" Tosh cried out at the same time, attracting the attention of Ruby and Jack.

Jack looked up from the office, moving to Tosh's desk at the same time Ruby did, the other two not noticing Ruby keep her slightly burned hand behind her back. "Got who?"

"The officer following us yesterday and today," Tosh replied, pulling up a file. "Her name is Gwen, Gwen Cooper."

Jack scanned over the file, nodding slowly, while Ruby just studied the pictures, narrowing her eyes. "Interesting…" Jack muttered.

"Speaking of interesting," Suzie spoke up from across the room. "She's back."

Jack and Ruby perked up, turning to Suzie. "She is?" Ruby asked.

"Wandering or-"

Suzie interrupted Jack. "Heading straight for the pizza place actually."

"Ooh, she is smart," Ruby commented, smiling.

Jack nodded, grinning as well. "She is. Alright everyone, listen up! We'll be having a visitor soon." Owen, Suzie, Tosh, and Ianto all looked to Jack, listening intently as he barked orders. "Everyone work like normal, but quiet. Focus on your work, ignore her. Suzie, Owen, and Tosh, stay at your desk. Ianto, stay up front, let Miss Cooper in, don't say a lot, as little as possible. Ruby and I will be moving around, but not much. Everyone just stay quiet."

Everyone nodded, Owen, Tosh and Suzie moving to their desks, while Ianto moved towards Ruby, holding out the medical kit. She gave him a thankful grin, as Jack raised his eyebrows. "And what is that for?"

"For...my burn?" Ruby replied, grinning back guiltily.

Jack rolled his eyes, sighing. "Again?"

"I've almost got it," she stated, moving to their office.

"Well be careful," Jack replied. "And just-"

"Follow your lead, I know," she interrupted, sitting down. "I got it, don't worry."

Gwen slowly moved into the hub, looking around as the team stayed silent. She took notice of the hand in the jar, Ruby noticed, before turning her gaze to the team members.

Suzie, Tosh, and Owen were all at their desks, working and ignoring her as Jack had instructed. Ruby was in the office she and Jack shared, paying attention to Gwen as she worked on the radio. Jack, once he saw the officer enter, moved out of the upper meeting room and down the stairs. He passed by Gwen, glancing at her before continuing to the office.

Ruby looked up as Jack approached, her eyes flashing to Gwen before sliding Jack some paperwork. Gwen, seeing Jack walk away, moved up the stairs to where Tosh and Owen's desks were, clutching the pizza boxes in her hands.

Gwen passed Tosh, but as she got to Owen, giggling broke out. The giggles turned to laughter, Owen turning around to face Gwen. "I can't do this! I'm sorry, I'm rubbish," he stated. "I give up."

Tosh pointed at Owen accusingly. "He set me off!"

Suzie sighed and threw her gloves down. "Well, that lasted naught point two seconds."

Owen leaned back, eyeing Gwen up and down. "Hmm...she's actually carrying pizza…"

Ruby rolled her eyes as Jack sighed. "Come on. She was gonna say 'here's your pizza', and I was going to say, 'how much?'" He stood and moved out of the office, Ruby standing and following him as she wiped her hands, with a clean rag this time. "And she says, 'oh, whatever, twenty quid', and I say, 'ooo, I don't have any money.'" Jack leaned against the doorframe of the office, Ruby leaning on the opposite side of the frame as Suzie moved up to the group. "I was working on a punchline. I'd have got there, but it would've been good."

"Yeah, sure," Ruby replied sarcastically.

"Here's your pizza," Gwen said quietly. "I think I'd better go."

"I think we've gone past that stage," Jack replied.

"You must've been freezing out there," Ruby commented.

"How long were you walking around, three hours?" Suzie added.

Gwen looked between the two women in shock. "You could see me?"

Jack interrupted them. "And, before we go any further, who the hell orders pizza under the name of Torchwood?"

Owen shifted before replying, "Er yeah, that'd be me. I'm sorry. I'm a twat."

"Yes, you are," Ruby stated.

Gwen stared at Jack. "That man at the hospital, that porter, what happened to him? That was real, wasn't it? He was attacked…"

"He's dead," Jack stated plainly.

"But there's no one gone missing," Gwen insisted.

"We took the body, retrospectively changed the work rota, planted a false witness who saw him leaving the hospital, giving him an alibi for the next forty-eight hours," Tosh explained, Gwen turning towards her. "So, when his body's pulled out of the docks next Tuesday night, he's only been missing for three days."

"He was murdered," Gwen muttered.

"Yes," Tosh agreed.

"And you covered it up," Gwen continued.

"It's my job," Tosh replied.

"And that other man," Gwen said, looking to Jack and Ruby, "John Tucker? Last night in the alleyway, I saw you."

"And what did you see?" Jack asked in response.

"You revived him," Gwen stated.

"No," Ruby replied, watching the woman closely. "What did you see?"

"You resuscitated him," Gwen tried, looking down

"No," Jack stated this time. "What did you see?"

Gwen looked back to Jack and Ruby. "You brought him back to life."

Ruby and Jack nodded in synch. "Yeah," Jack replied.

"Who-who are you?" Gwen asked, glancing at them all.

"Torchwood," Ruby stated, spinning a wrench in her hands, Jack stepping forward

"What's Torchwood?" Gwen pushed.

"This is Torchwood, all around you," Jack answered.

"And what happens to me?" Gwen asked next. "I'm police. Constable Gwen Cooper. You can't do anything."

Jack and Ruby exchanged a glance before Ruby stepped forward as well. "Right then, PC Cooper. Do you want to come see?" Jack asked, his hands still in his pockets from when Gwen had first stepped in.

"See what?" Gwen asked, fighting the instinct to step back.

"You saw the murder," Ruby answered calmly. "Come and see the murderer."

Gwen hesitated as the two walked away, when Suzie spoke up, "Go with them." Gwen took a breath and set down the pizza.

"What is Torchwood? Who are you? What is this place?" Gwen asked, following the two. She looked up as a screeching echoed through the chamber. "What was that?"

"Pterodactyl," Tosh stated as if it was nothing unusual.

"Are you coming?" Ruby asked, glancing back at the woman, her and Jack already moving down a side stairway.

Jack and Ruby moved down a level, leading Gwen to a clear cage, the cage with the Weevil. Looking at Gwen, Jack flicked the light on, the creature growling softly and looking up.

"It's alright, it's safe," Ruby commented softly, watching the creature.

"It's sedated," Jack added, motioning Gwen forward. "It's called a Weevil." Ruby rolled her eyes, making Jack add, "Or at least, we call them Weevils. We don't know their real name because they're not too good at communicating."

Ruby muttered, "By your standards," making Gwen glance at her.

Jack turned Gwen's attention back to him quickly. "But we've got a couple of hundred of them in the city living in the sewers, feeding off...the well, it's the sewers. You can guess."

Ruby picked up where Jack left off, kneeling down to get on the Weevil's eye level. "But every once in a while, one of them goes rogue, comes to the surface, attacks...Actually, it's been happening more and more and we have no idea why. But it's alien."

Ruby stood, stepping back as Jack turned to Gwen, who was staring intently at the creature. "Look into its eyes," Jack said softly. Gwen's gaze didn't break as Jack stepped back, grabbing a stool. Gently, Ruby put her hand on Gwen's shoulder, nudging her to sit down.

"There you go," Ruby muttered softly. The Weevil's gaze shifted from Ruby to Gwen, hissing softly. "Take your time."

"It was born on a different world," Jack said, leaning against the wall behind Gwen. "And it's real."

After some time with the Weevil, Gwen had decided she had had enough, so Jack and Ruby lead Gwen back up to the main level. Ruby went for the pizza as Jack led the woman to the area they had been standing in before.

"Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper," Jack introduced.
"Doctor Owen Harper, thank you," Owen responded, glancing at Gwen before looking back at his paperwork.

Jack rolled his eyes and continued on, turning to the rest of the team. "Toshiko Sato, computer genius." Tosh nodded to Gwen, before looking back at her screens. "Suzie Costello, she's...third in command." Suzie glanced up and rolled her eyes slightly, before going back to the glove, Jack turned towards where Ruby was now sitting, Ianto having given her a plate. "And this is Ianto Jones."

"Ianto cleans up after us and gets us everywhere on time," Ruby commented.

Ianto smiled and replied, "I try my best."

"And he looks good in a suit," Jack added, before moving to his office.

"Careful," Ianto replied. "That's harassment, sir."

Ruby giggled softly, shaking her head.

"But why are you telling me their names?" Gwen asked, following Jack slightly. "I'm not supposed to know, am I. This is classified, isn't it?"

"Way beyond classified," Ruby replied from the couch. Jack nodded and went to continue to his office, stopping as Gwen continued.

"Then you shouldn't be telling me. What are you gonna do to me?"

"What do you imagine?" Jack replied.

"Well, I've seen too much," Gwen stated. "Your names and everything, and the Weevil…" Gwen turned to Tosh then. "And you can dump a man in the water and lie about his death.

Jack slid on his coat, grabbing Ruby's as he moved out of the office. "Okay, Tosh-finish that calibration tomorrow morning." Ruby stood and brushed the crumbs off her lap, moving towards Jack as he continued. "Owen, first thing, get a hold of Chandler and Bell, cos I think they're lying." Jack glanced at the team members as he spoke, holding out Ruby's red jacket at the same time. "Ianto, if he needs back up, then you'd better be on stand by." Ruby slid into her jacket, smiling at Jack as he smiled at her, before Jack looked back to his team. "Suzie, I know it's a pain in the ass, but I need the costing on the glove research." Jack and Ruby moved through the area, before Jack turned to Ruby. "And as for you, you're coming with me."

Jack stopped then, looking at Ruby. "Did I forget anything?"

Ruby looked up in thought, mouthing numbers, as if she was counting, before shaking her head. "Nope, we're good."

"Perfect," Jack replied, before glancing at Gwen. "This way."

Gwen paused before following the pair around the tower. "I'm getting tired of following you," she commented.

Jack paused and looked at her, smirking as he replied, "No you're not."

"And you never will," Ruby commented from ahead of them.

Ruby stepped onto the large stone, Jack following her lead. "Stand on here," Ruby stated.

Gwen hesitated, Jack insisting, "Come on, next to us."

Everyone called goodnight as the door opened, the light flashing a usual.

"Now, you came in through the front door," Ruby said, looking at the woman.

"Let's take the scenic route," Jack added, grinning as he hit something on his Vortex Manipulator.

Gwen gripped onto Jack's arm as the stone moved up, Jack and Ruby exchanging a smile as Gwen glanced up, then down, then back up.

Eventually, the trio reached the top, the stone locking into place by the Roald Dahl Plass. Jack and Gwen glanced around, Ruby keeping her gaze up, though people passed by, not even noticing the trio.

"But, but they can see the lift," Gwen stuttered. "Why aren't they- I mean…" Gwen glanced at Jack, before letting go of his arm. "We are right out in the open. They can see everything."

"Does it look like they can us?" Jack questioned.

"No, but look at us, Gwen responded, holding out her arms. "We couldn't be any more public."

Jack turned and waved to a man walking past. "Hello!" The man continued on, not lifting his head. "Hey, you there, hello!"

Jack grinned, as Ruby looked back to the two with her. "It's called a perception filter," she stated, Gwen's eyes moving to the woman. "He can sort of see us, but we don't quite register. Just like something in the corner of your eye."

"It only works on this exact spot," Jack added. "Step off…" Jack stepped on the stone. "Hi. Nice night." The woman looked up as he waved, but continued on, Gwen stepping off as well. "And lo, we are perceived."

Jack held up a hand, helping Ruby off the stone before they walked off, Ruby's arm tucked under Jack's.

Gwen followed them quickly, asking, "How does it work?"

"No idea," Jack replied. "We know how to use it, not how it happens."

"But if I were to guess," Ruby spoke up, glancing at the woman, "I'd say that there was once a dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit placed right on this spot which welded its perception properties to a spatio-temporal rift."

"But that sounds kind of ridiculous," Jack responded as he paused, glancing at Ruby, then Gwen. "Invisible lift has got more of a ring to it, don't you think?"

"But hold on," Gwen insisted. "If no one can see it when the lift's coming up, there's a bloody big hole in the floor. Don't people fall in?"

Jack scoffed and looked up, before looking at Ruby. "That is so Welsh."

Ruby shrugged as Gwen asked, "What is?"

Jack looked back to Gwen and said, "I show you something fantastic. You find fault." And as he finished the sentence, he turned away, walking down the sidewalk with Ruby. Gwen took a moment, glancing back at the "invisible lift" before running after the pair.

A/N: Sorry for the EXTREMELY late update everyone, but here is part 2! I'm going to try to keep this updated more. .

But I hope you like it! Look for part 3 soon. ;)

Who do you think Ruby is? And what's her connection to Jack? Comment your ideas!