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Chapter 3:

Gwen arrived at the Hub at 9am the next morning. As she came in through the entrance, she saw Tosh, Owen, Ianto and Jack were already there. 'Morning,' she said unenthusiastically, as she dumped her coat on the back of her chair.

She looked round at everyone. Ianto making coffee; Toshiko busy leafing through files; Owen… well, Owen was doing a search on the computers. And then there was Jack. He'd gone back into his office and was talking on his mobile to someone.

Gwen decided to go talk to him now and knocked quietly on his door. he beckoned her in and she sat down quietly for him to finish.

'Yeah okay. That's fine. It'll be fully processed with a complete description in a week. Bye.'

'Who was that?' Gwen asked.

'Torchwood Two in Glasgow. Their computers are down and they really need to analyse an alien object. But I'll get Tosh on it when it arrives.'

Gwen nodded. 'Are we not busy this morning, then? I thought I'd make a start tracking down that CCTV you want.'

'No we're not busy. But if Tosh isn't that busy, you might need her help getting into Torchwood One's records. They'll probably have been encrypted since it went down.'

'Ok. Well I'll see how far I get. I won't let you down, Jack.' She got up and turned to go.

'Thanks Gwen,' he said. 'For everything.' She gave him a small smile and left the office.

Three hours later, as Gwen was starting to think about lunch, she was still at the computer, getting closer to finding the right file on Torchwood One's mainframe. Jack had been correct in saying she'd need Tosh's help; she wouldn't have been able to get as far as she had without her. Tosh had asked why she needed to get on there, and Gwen had just said Jack needed something looked up.

Then, suddenly as she clicked into another programme, she saw what she was looking for. She saved the location in the programme and sent it to Jack's laptop. Then she looked for him, and found him upstairs in the Boardroom whilst he was looking through some files. 'I found it!' Gwen said. 'I sent it to your office computer.'

Jack shot up from his seat and as he jogged down the stairs with Gwen on his tail, he declared everybody take a break and go out for lunch. There were no arguments as everybody headed out, except Owen raising his eyebrows at Gwen before following the others.

When the door was sealed and everybody was gone, Jack and Gwen went into his office and he settled on his chair whilst she hovered behind him so she could watch as well as uploaded the page. He selected the CCTV from that day, and fast-forwarded until the wall opened up. 'Aren't you going to watch the before bit?' Gwen wondered.

'This is the only bit I'm interested in.' he said quietly. He watched intently as there was no volume, as the Daleks were being sucked in, and he watch with his eyes wide as he saw Rose reaching for the lever that had unlocked, slowing down the sucking process. He saw how the wall was pulling at the Doctor (who Jack noticed was different but somehow knew was the Doctor) and Rose and that they were using some kind of alien magnets to keep themselves held. But then Rose reached for the lever and let go of the magnet. She locked the lever back into place but the force pulling her was too strong as she struggled to hold on. Jack couldn't see the Doctor's face as the camera had been behind them, but he saw the Doctor tense as Rose slowly began to lose her grip.

Jack took a deep breath and forced himself to continue watching. Gwen put her hand on his shoulder and felt he was tense too. They both watched in silence as she lost her grip and headed straight for gaping hole behind her. Just as Jack thought she was going to be sucked in, a man appeared out of no where that he didn't know, grabbed Rose before she fell in, and disappeared with her.

Gwen suddenly became aware of Jack's breathing and she realised he had been holding his breath as Rose had plummeted towards the hole.

The breach closed behind her and they continued to watch as the Doctor walked slowly let go of his magnet and stood with his hand against the wall she had almost fallen through.

Jack looked up at Gwen, guilt in his eyes as he stopped the CCTV.

'She didn't die.' He said weakly. 'He lost her.'