She closed her eyes as she felt a strong wind rush around her, pushing her around trying to make her drop the machine, but she held on to it without losing faith in what she most wanted in the whole abyss: to get the universe back to normal. No matter what the cost was, if it cost her death, she would let the universe live, just for the sake of one. She felt pain pulp in her head, rushing through her chest making a path through her arms and out through her fingers, as if connecting with the 'rewinder'. It was too much pain to bear. She wanted to let go, but she couldn't. She had to hold on until the whole universe was back to normal. She had to hold on. It was said that life past in front of you before you died, and she could see why. All the moments in her past started to flash in front of her, as she closed her eyes waiting for her to die. Moments she hadn't taken notice before since then but now could remember. The first time she had ever met Rhys. The first time she had been a PC. And she was reminding herself of the people who she most loved in the whole world: Rhys Williams, her parents and family, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, and Jack Harkness... her job: Torchwood. And when she was sure she wouldn't be able to take it anymore and her soul would leave her body, a hand touched her shoulder and removed the machine from her hands.

Darkness everywhere she looked. Is this death? Is this the place we are taken when we die?

Gwen...

A whisper calling through the darkness, you can actually feel those voices and the darkness closing in into you.

Gwen...

She felt breath around her, a cold breath breathing behind her, and she turned around: nothing there.

Gwen...

The voice kept calling all around her: lots of voices, whispers. A little child's tone asking for her to come over, but she didn't want to. She kept turning around briskly and violently, trying to make the voices go away, as she felt cold sharp points daggering at her making her turn around to see nothing in their place.

Gwen...

A familiar voice, suddenly calling for her, and she turned around to see the darkness moving away to give light a way reaching her.

Gwen...

The voice, warming and welcoming, calling for her, increasing in volume and then the light touched her...

Gwen snapped her eyes open, and light filled her vision. In the middle of the light, a shadow, a silhouette, familiarly looking like the Doctor's silhouette. She sat up, looking around herself. They were in Tiger Bay, Cardiff. She couldn't believe it; she was incredulously staring at her surroundings still not believing it. The Doctor patted her back amiably.

"It's over," he simply said.

Gwen broke into tears, sinking her face into his chest, and he caressed her hair, looking around himself seeing the rest of the people that had been standing by present to what had happened in the whole universe, not getting what had just happened.

Gwen entered the Torchwood hub excitedly. There, at the feet of the Rift Manipulator, Rhys sat, dazed, alive. Her eyes puffed with tears and she ran into his arms. He held her tight, not wanting to let go of her. She kissed him telling him: "I love you."

He kissed her back. "I love you too."

She broke the embrace, still excited. She ran around the hub, to Toshiko's computer terminal, to Owen's, the espresso corner and the medical area, calling out:

"Jack! Ianto! Anyone else here?"

But no one answered. Wasn't what she had done enough to bring everyone back to life entirely? She started to cry more, as Rhys hugged her once more, consoling her. And then her mobile phone rang. She answered it.

"Hello?" she muttered weakly.

"Gwen!"

Gwen's heart started to beat faster than ever. "Jack?"

"No, it's Andy."

Her heart was torn to pieces, as PC Andy Davison started to ask her too many questions about what had happened. She didn't want to hear him, she hanged up. She looked around the hub, bringing memories of the people who once filled the room up, with joy and fun and love.

"They're not dead."

Gwen and Rhys turned around to see the Doctor behind them, coming through the rolling door. He had his hands in his pockets and a grim face.

"They're alive and well," he continued. "In fact, they're in Paris right now."

"How do you know?" Gwen asked, her eyes shining with hope.

"When Adam took us away from Earth they were still there. Every single human in this planet has come back to life thanks to you: no exceptions."

She gave him a blank face.

"And I also used your phone to contact them," he added, scratching his head in embarrassment. "And I can tell you right now that I have not seen any pictures or any recordings in it while you were unconscious. Nor did I play any games on it." Gwen smiled at him, and he grinned back. "They're taking a little vacation in Paris for a couple of days until the weird happenings are sorted out."

"I should be able to sort that out right away," Gwen said and started to make her way to Toshiko's workstation when the Doctor stopped her.

He shook his head. "Humans can sort this one out by themselves."

But she knew what that look he was giving her meant: Jack and Ianto wanted to pass the time together.

"I guess that means a bit of a holiday for you two," the Doctor said with a smile, and looked at both Gwen and Rhys.

They both grinned back at him, but then Gwen panicked a bit.

"But won't the planet need Torchwood for us to keep the aliens away from Earth? They need us to protect them."

"I'll sort it out," the Doctor replied, "for a while. When I'm sure that Jack is back. I'll make sure he texts me, now that I have his number." He laughed.

They all had to laugh.

He knew the number from front to back. All he had to do was to press the numbers on his phone. But every time he was about to do so, fingers seemed to get paralysed. Jack entered the bedroom.

"Well, I'm getting the bubble bath up, but there doesn't seem to be any bubbles in it, so…" Jack noticed Ianto with the phone. "Trying to contact someone?"

Ianto turned around and nodded. "Just can't… It's something personal…"

Jack nodded, understandably. He started going back to the bathroom when Ianto called him.

"Jack?" Jack turned around to Ianto. "I can talk to you about anything, can I?"

"Of course."

Ianto took a deep breath – he didn't usually talk to any of his Torchwood buddies about anything personal. "There's a very important person I want to talk to, but I just… I don't know what to say…"

"I wouldn't know what to say either…"

Ianto looked at Jack. "I wasn't talking about you."

"Oh." Jack simply said, disappointed.

"I trust you, Jack," Ianto said. "This person, I haven't talked to them in ages. And I don't know if I should, but… I just…"

"Call them."

Ianto looked again at him. Jack was all serious and understood the situation.

"Family is the best thing to keep with you," he continued. "Don't waste it like I did."

Ianto nodded. Jack stood up.

"I'll be waiting in the bath."

Ianto flicked his phone and for a moment stared at the numbers. Then he decided and he dialled.

Jack entered the bath, and got into the water. He felt the soap touch his skin, and he smiled in thought. He had said at the beginning of that week that he was so alone, that he felt so lonely and… bereaved. He laughed at his statement. How could he be alone when Ianto was there with him and for him? Gwen was also there with him. He wasn't fighting and defending Earth by himself anymore. That anymore had appeared a couple of years ago since his first team member came into Torchwood. He had never been alone. And less was he alone now.

The Doctor walked across Tiger Bay towards a blue box in the middle of the bay. He stopped in front of it and looked at it tenderly. He caressed it and hugged it. People around would have thought he was crazy, but the TARDIS was the only family, home and friend he had left. He was glad she was still alive.

He opened the doors and entered the old spaceship. He got stuck into the control, bleeping at it as he smiled in joy of his friend's revival. Before everything had gone to normal, he had been killed. He had been dead. And now he knew how it felt. He didn't want to go back to that. He thought maybe there was something after a Time Lord's death, but there was just nothing. A Time Lord, Lord of Time, able to do anything, and he had nothing to expect but nothingness after his lives. He stopped.

Wasn't Gwen supposed to have died? Why was she alive? He then suddenly realised about what Gwen had said back in Angel's Icon, when she was seeing the rift.

Darkness will come.

Darkness will come… Rose had said afterwards it wasn't right now…

Darkness will come and in the dimmest of times…

The Doctor's eyes widened.

…one will have to die… But that's not right now.

The Doctor knew it had something to do with the prophecy of that lady… But no… he couldn't… It couldn't happen…

Gosh! He needed to get a bit more cheered up.

He set the TARDIS' console's destination and pulled a lever. He looked down at the lever that wasn't supposed to be moved. He decided: he took hedge sheers from out of nowhere, as if they had appeared by magic, and cut off the stick lever. And he felt satisfied.

He arrived to his destination. He looked at his screen to see where he ended up. Ooh… it seemed very, very interesting. He went off into the TARDIS' depths and for along moment didn't come out. Then he came out wearing a space suit he had retrieved from a past adventure with… Rose Tyler… He rapidly and excitedly opened the door and stepped on the red ground. He smiled at the sight.

"The red planet!"

He overlooked at a red paradise and walked on towards a base not far away from where he was, not knowing what was yet to come, or what was to happen after the next adventure that was to come.