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Chapter 4:

Hermione lifted her head up and saw a dis-believing look on Jacks face. "Oh come on Jack. You expect me to believe you about the existence of aliens' when you don't believe in magic!" she said standing up and laughing. She walked towards the door and turned to face Jack, looking serious. "Can I go now or what?" she asked in a bored tone.

Jack snapped out of his shock about the existance of magic and stood up facing Hermione. "Actually you already believed that aliens exsisted before today. I on the other hand have never encountered magic and have found no need to believe in it until you brought it up, so excuse me if I find these things kinda hard to believe when you tell me, okay?" he paused for a moment and looked at the woman thoughtfully before continuing, "Oh and the answer to the other question is no, we're not done here yet." he said smirking and folding his arms across his chest.

Hermione glared at the man, "You just don't know when to quit do you?" she said in an exasperated tone, whilst waving her arms around the air in frustration. "Luckily for you however I do and i'm not going to answer any more questions until you tell me what you name is and what the hell torchwood is. Understood?" she said wagging her finger at Jack. Gees, this man is so infuriating she thought annoyed at the way he was now smirking at her.

Jack continued to smirk at the young woman as he thought about what she said. She definitely has fire, and fire is just what this team needs right now he thought smugly.

"What the hell are you staring at Jack? It should be a, 'well my name is Jack something and torchwood is...' not a stare and a smirk. Bloody hell I thought you had brains." she said in annoyance looking extremely pissed off.

"Actually Ms Granger, its Captain Jack Harkness, not Jack something... but it was a good guess though." he said smiling with a mischievous wink as he saw the woman's face go bright red with anger and possibly embarrassment.

"Jack..." the woman growled in frustration, running her hand through her hair.

Jack grinned even wider, "My, my, I do like the way you said my name Ms. Granger. It was...sexy." he added wagging his eyebrows at the woman. The table exploded and Jack moved back slightly looking between the woman and the table, before resting his eyes on the woman in shock. "Was that magic then?" he whispered not being able to find a stronger voice. The young woman nodded smiling, with her hands on her hips, looking smug. Deciding that he didn't want to know anymore about magic right now, Jack found his voice again. "Well this is torchwood." he said using his arms to show her. " Basically, Cardiff is sitting on a rift through time and space, that lets aliens slip through and it's our job to stop them before they hurt mankind." he said breathing heavily.

It was Hermione's turn to be shocked now as she thought she had gotten away from trouble but instead she's found herself in a new kind of trouble...with aliensshe thought grimly. "I'm guessing your looking at me like that right now because you want my help." she stated in a knowing tone as she looked at Jack, who was looking at her with pleading eyes. He nodded slowly and Hermione thought about it before replying in an even tone, "No-I can't...I have to go." before whipping out her wand and casting the Alohamora charm before walking out.

Jack stood there frozen for a minute or two before snapping out of his thoughts and looking around the room. "Damn it!" he muttered angrily before exiting the room himself and heading towards main area of the hub where shouts could be heard. Jack spoke into his ear piece, "Ianto, make sure she doesn't escape but don't hurt her." he said in an urgent tone, as he walked into the main part of the hub. Ianto and Gwen could be seen on the left side of the woman, whilst Owen and Tosh had opted for the right side.

Hermione looked at them all in annoyance and whipped out her wand again. "Look I don't care if the bloody queen of england told you I had to stay here, I want to leave right now." she said in an unsteady tone pointing her wand at each of them in turn.

Gwen moved towards the young woman, stopping short when the wand was inches from her face. "Look hunny, lets calm down and talk about this rationally okay. I don't know what Jack said to piss you off so bad but I do know that he does it to all of us, so your not alone" she said in a soothing tone, smiling as she watched the woman lower her wand slightly.

"Sorry." Hermione mumbled as she felt herself getting pulled into a hug by the woman. "That was a trait I picked up from my best friend- except he was worse." she said smiling wistfully. Gwen noticed how she used the word was in the sentence and stored it away for another time.

Jack walked up to the others and signalled them to go before walking up to Gwen and Hermione. "That was quite a show you just gave us." he said in a joking tone. The two women broke from the embrace and turned to face Jack. "So your willing to help anybody who needs help but when I offer you a job that gives you this opportunity, you say no. Wanna tell me why?" Jack said in a confused tone.

Hermione looked nervously at her hands for a moment before looking up at Jack. "Look Jack you only offered me the job after finding out that I could do magic and I don't like being asked to join something as a spare part." she said in a truthful tone.

Jack laughed at her until he saw the glare he was receiving from Gwen. Clearing his throat Jack spoke in a honest tone, "Actually, you have a fire about you that's hard to distinguish and that's what this place needs. You'll be treated with respect by everybody and won't get treated any differently cos you are new. So what do ya say?"

A/N:Well that's another chapter over and done with. Please read and review and I will update soon.

A/N: Chapter re-edited on: 30/08/09