A/N: Tis is the next to last part of this story. It's also I think one of the shortest chapters if not the shortest. I wanted to stop it at a resonable area, because the last bit has some explanations about whats been going on. I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to reply and tell me what you thnk! Anja

Memories 2

"I've got Rift activity!" Astra called out.

"Where?" Jack called, coming down from his office.

"Near Taye's place, but listen to this before you go. I cross referanced the robberies and their dates and times to rift spikes that hadn't really caught my attention at the time. They were all too small for something to have actually come through the rift. So I don't think it's the rift, maybe someone using the rift. I only mention it now, because I've been working on a theory and I think that since whatever it is, is near Taye's place, kinda proves it."

"Let's go!" Taye called. Really not wanting his apartment to be next. Gwen and Ianto followed Jack and Taye out of the hub.

"I'll be here!" Astra called after them

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Jack and the team entered the aprtment and looked around. The main room was dark and thr figure of a man could be seen staring at a photo on Taye's wall. Jack motioned for Taye to hit the lights. The lights flickered on and the form of a man became clear. He was wearing what appeared to be a military jacket, but definatly of alien nature. He had soulder length brown hair which was tied up in a low pony tail. He looked at them. He spotted the owener of the apartment, but it was the man next to him that made his hear stop, "Boe..."

Jack Harkness was a reasonable man. Usually. But after seeing who was standing in the middle of Taye's apartment, everything that held him together left him. The man that stepped through the rift was a liar, a thief and a murderer.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't shoot you where you stand Rhiley."

The rest of the team watched. They'd never seen Jack like this. It was if something had come over him. Taye, Ianto and Gwen watched as the other man held his hands up.

The man, Jack had called Rhiley said, "Because I didn't kill her."

Jack looked at Rhiley. He knew this conversation wasn't about Crystal Trent. They went back a long way, "I was told you did."

"By who? The Council?" Jack nodded, "And you believed them?"

"Well, you were missing, Romi was missing. What was I supposed to believe?"

"Please. Just don't shoot me. Yes I killed to girl at the University, yes I'm behind the robberies, but I can explain. Please."

Jack stared at him. His revolver was pointed right at the man's heart. They'd been friends once, brought together because they'd both loved the same girl. Not that anyone knew that Jack had loved her, or so he thought. Once she'd chosen Rhiley, he'd kept his feelings to himself. He lowered the revolver, "You'd better have a bloody good explanation," He looked back at the others, "Take him."

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Jack sat in his office, staring at the CCTV footage from the vault. Rhiley Sparks sat on the floor near the back corner of the cell, knees curled in and head in hands. Jack leaned back in his chair and thought about what he'd said. "By who? The Council?" Jack nodded, "And you believed them?" He sighed, sat back up and looked at his desk. He started sorting through paperwork, but his mind couldn't focus on the here and now. His mind was more then a hundred years in his past, remembering his time working with Rhiley, John and Romi. He stood up, intent on going down to the vault to deal with this mess, but a shout came from the main hub.

"Weevil spotted!" It was Astra's voice.

Jack made his way out to the hub. Gwen wasn't around anymore, having gone home to Rhys an hour ago, which left Taye, Ianto and Astra, "Who's coming?" He asked.

"Not me," Astra again.

"We will," Taye said, coming down from the upper area with Ianto.

Jack walked up to the young woman, who was staring intently at something on the screen, "Why not?"

She didn't look at him, "I'm trying to figure out what this strange spike means," She pointed and an oddly shaped spike on the rift detection scans, "It popped up after your friend down there came in," Jack looked at it and nodded, before leaving with the guys.

After half an hour, she turned the CCTV on to watch the vault, everyone appeared to be behaving themselves. She felt herself drawn to their newest arrival. She used the controls to focus in on his cell. She turned away for a moment, fed new coordinates through to the SUV for the guys, then looked back to the screen. This was the man who killed her friend and started her strange new life with Torchwood. If not for him, she'd never have met them. She was just about to look back to the rift monitors when he looked up at the camera. There was something so familiar about him. More then just that day at the university. It was as if she knew him from elsewhere. Sure she'd seen him in her dreams, but... She couldn't explain it to herself. Something about the way his eyes looked through the camera at her, beckoned her to go down to the vault and she did. She got up, grabbed an ear piece and her PDA so she'd have contact with the others and information to give them.

Rhiley heard the door to the corridor open. He was sure it was Boe, but he was surprised when he saw a female he hadn't seen on the team. A female he'd seen only once before that day at the University. He couldn't believe that after five years, she was standing right in front of him and to top it off, she worked with Boe. He watched her as she watched him, but neither said a word to each other. She looked older then the first time, healthier. She'd been so weak.

"Who are you?" She finally asked.

"They call me Rhiley Sparks," He replied carefully.

She nodded, "You used to be a friend of Jack's?"

He nodded and sighed softly, "Is that what he's going by now? Yes, A very long time ago. What do they call you?"

She paused, not sure if she wanted to tell him, "Astra Lifrey."

He'd known that, but he wanted to be sure, "So..."

"So nothing," She said, "I really need to get back to work," She turned to leave.

"Do you still have that silver Pocket watch?" Rhiley called, before she could get too far away.

She turned back to him, "How..."

"You have questions about your life, yes?"

Astra shook her head, "Stop it..."

"I can answer them."

"No! Jack says-"

"Forget what Jack says, what do you say?" He watched her as her hand gingerly clasped around something attached to her belt. After a moment she held it out for him to see, "Open it."

If she hadn't of worked for Torchwood she would've thought all this fuss over a little pocket watch was stupid, but she'd learned never to assume anything. She glanced down at the small pocket watch, decorated with small astronomical figures and symbols. It was just one of the few mysteries in her life. She looked up at him, "Why?"

He shook his head, "Just do it."

She shook her head, "I have work to do." With that, she turned on her heel and headed out the door while looking at her PDA. The last thing Rhiley heard before she left was her passing instructions on to Jack.

Sitting back at her desk, Astra put the watch down beside her keyboard and wen back to work. The weird rift spike she'd noticed seemed to be coming from the Hub, but they hadn't brought in any new technologies recently, so it didn't make any sense. Sighing, she left a system scan running, then got up again. She headed to the kitchenette, but then turned back. She picked up the pocket watch.

"Answers huh? Too good to be true I bet..." She pressed the release and the pocket watch opened, releasing the catch and opening to reveal an intricate clock face, but that wasn't the most amazing thing. Out of the watch came a glowing, yellowish gas. She turned her head slightly as it surrounded her. The gas slowly started making it's way closer to her, until there was nowhere left for it to go, but through her and into her. Her eyes glowed brightly for a second, but as the glow vanished, she doubled over in pain. She gave a cry of pain, that only Myfawny could hear, because there was no one else there. Her legs couldn't handle her weight any longer and she collapsed to the floor by her desk. The silver pocket watch fell from her hand and her earpiece came off as her head hit the ground. Pain continued to wrack through her body, her mind burned with images she couldn't place, until it was all too much and everything around her went black.

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"Ok, we're getting coordinates from the hub," Taye told Jack, "TURN!"

The SUV swung around a sharp right turn and continued on, never slowing down. Had they not been Torchwood, Jack would've lost his licence years ago for his horrendous driving. The Weevil was running down the road beside them. They weren't sure if it was trying to outrun them or attack them, either way, it was right there. Suddenly. Jack swirved the SUV and slammed on the breaks. They were a few feet ahead of the Weevil, but it was closing in. The three of the jumped out of the car, weapons and Weevil spray ready. What suprised them though, was when the Weevil stopped and stared at them. It threw something at them, then took off running in the other direction.

Jack stared after the Weevil. They'd never done that before. Ianto went forward and looked at what it had thrown, "It's a cassatte player."

Jack and Taye knelt beside him and looked at it. Jack reached out to the player and pressed play, "Forget the Weevil, go back to the hub. You're needed at the hub. Go!"

Jack and Ianto looked at each other. The voice on the casette was strangley familiar, but there was something strange about it, something warped and niether of them wanted to hope incase it was another sick joke.

Taye looked at them, "Guys?"

Jack looked at him, "Let's go. Hub."