Sammie ran out into the night, ignoring the cold rain that was pouring down her neck, she sobbed loudly as she ran, she had no idea where she was going but she knew she had to get away from him. Who did he think he was ordering her about like that?

Sammie skidded around a corner and straight into a pair of strong arms. She struggled to get free but the arms held her tightly, there was something familiar about their grasp but she couldn't remember, slowly she looked up and saw Jack standing there, his brown hair dripping from the pouring rain and his face held a worried frown, she kept struggling but Jack held on tight

"Hey it's ok" he said holding her tight

"Let me go" she snarled

"Sammie I'm not going to do that" he said slowly

"Let me go" she snarled again"

"Sammie listen to me, if I let you go you're going to be in danger"

"I don't care" she cried

Jack sighed and sat her down on the floor, his arms still wrapped around her

"I know you're scared" he said and she shook her head violently

"I don't care" she repeated

"I know you're scared and this all seems strange but this is what your mother wanted"

"Then why didn't she tell me?" she sobbed

"So she could protect you?"

"From what?"

"The thing that killed her" and Jack felt her body go tense in his arms

"Why didn't it kill me then?"

"Because you weren't there at the time so it got angry and killed her" and Jack heard Sammie gasp between the sobs the came flooding out of her

"Why does it want me?"

"She never told you did she?"

"Told me what?" her tears of pain we turning to tears of anger

"You're special, you have this ability, you can…you can channel energy through people's memories and emotions"

"How?"

"I don't know but you have to believe me"

"Prove it"

Jack sighed and paused before closing his eyes

Sammie felt a force push through her very soul like a thousand volts of electricity and suddenly the small Cardiff backstreet changed into an old dance hall where people where laughing and smiling

Jack walked over to a young girl and smiled

"You look beautiful Estelle" he said taking her in his arms

"Captain Jack Harkness you should know flattery gets you no where" she smiled

"I can't help but tell you the truth" he smiled back and leant in to kiss her, they embraced and when they broke apart they laughed

"I love you Jack" she said

"I love you too" Jack whispered back and he took her off towards the dancing and they whirled around the floor staring lovingly into each others eyes

Sammie gasped as the street turned back to normal, the street light above her pulsed with light and then it turned off

Jack opened his eyes and looked at Sammie "Now do you see?"

Sammie nodded slowly with her mouth hanging open

"Sammie, I promised your mother I would look after you and I wouldn't let anything happen to you but I can't do that unless you cooperate with me"

Sammie nodded slowly and Jack stood up "The hub is the safest place for you to be" he said taking her hand and pulling her up gently.

The pair walked off into the darkness and Sammie smiled gently, she felt safe with him. Behind them the streetlight flickered gently.

By the time they got back to the hub both of them were soaked. Ianto stood in reception and smiled softly when he saw Sammie and he led her into the hub and gave her some of her own dry clothes.

Jack walked into his office and took off his wet coat, Gwen entered the office almost immediately and started bombarding him with questions

"Is she ok?, What happened Jack?, Are you ok? Have you worked out how she does it yet?" Gwen babbled and Jack laughed gently

"Gwen she's fine, she was just a little scared, and this is a totally different social environment than she's used to" and Gwen nodded, after hovering for a few seconds she retuned to her work and gave Jack a comforting smile before she left.

After a few minutes Jack looked up and saw Ianto and Sammie enter the office, she looked dryer than she had been before and she was dressed in a short brown skirt and a long sleeved green top and she was wearing some black boots to top the outfit off, her hair was loose and flowed around her shoulders

"I see Ianto has a good choice in clothes" Jack smiled and Sammie looked confused

"I thought you would need your things from home" Ianto explained "Since you're going to be staying with us" and Sammie nodded, biting her lip nervously

"Ianto took some of your things to your room, well it's not much of a room, it's small but cosy" Jack said and Sammie nodded again

"I just want you to know that you're safe here and nothing can harm you" Jack said with a serious look on his face. He looked up at the girl, she seemed tired but her eyes shone bright, it must be the after effects of the energy channelling.

"You should get some rest" Jack said kindly and Sammie smiled at him and left the room.

Sammie sat down on her low bed, Ianto had shown her to her new room and had left her with her bags a few minutes ago to give her some privacy whilst she unpacked. Jack was right the room was small but it was enough and with her things in it she felt a little better about the situation she was in.

Gwen walked into the room and Sammie felt nerves flow through her again, she wasn't used to all the attention she was getting and she wasn't sure if she liked it or not

"Hey" Gwen smiled kindly

"Hey" Sammie bit her lip nervously

There was an awkward silence for a few moments and then Sammie's mobile rand out through the silence, she fumbled around in her pocket for it and saw she had a text message, it was from her friend Becca

Hey babe, howz u?

I tried u on ur home phone earlier but no1 was home

Just wanted to know wot went on with u and J earlier

Becca xx

Sammie smiled as she saw the words from her friends.

"Who's that?" Gwen said

"My friend Becca" Sammie smiled

Sammie and Gwen spike for a few minutes longer and then Gwen left leaving Sammie to think for a bit.

Back in the main hub Jack was thinking at his desk when the desk light throbbed with energy, Ianto walked in and looked at the light

"We're going to have to work out a way for her to control it" Jack smiled

"I'll stock up on bulbs" Ianto said as the desk light flashed off and on again