"Ianto, stun-gun, now!" he yelled and Ianto ran off. Unable to do anything, Lizzy just sat and watched. Jack was wrestling with a werewolf-looking creature, and even though he was very muscular, the beast seemed to be stronger. Ianto returned with what Lizzy assumed to be an electro shocker and threw it to Jack.

Right when he was about to catch it, the 'thing' clawed at his face and send him flying towards the ground. The young girl heard Ianto yell, but it was too late. The monster closed its claws around Jacks throat and pressed it in.

"No!" Lizzy and Ianto yelled at the same time, the suit-clad man storming towards the beast and trying to rip it off his boss. It turned around and wrestled him to the ground, too.

'That's it. This is how I die.' Ianto thought and closed his eyes, trying to recall happy memories to make this less painful. How did the Weevil even get out of the vents? This wasn't Janet, it was the one him and Jack had caught just yesterday.

Right when he prepared himself to feel the claws rip his flesh away, he saw a shadow behind the Weevil. It couldn't possibly be Jack.

"God, you're ugly." He heard someone say, the American accent lingering in the voice.

Irritated, the Weevil turned around and faced the little girl, she didn't even reach up to his shoulder. "Really, really ugly." She repeated and jammed the electro shocker into his furry, gooey chest. With a loud thud, it fell to the ground, only missing Ianto by a few inches.

Looking around with her eyes ripped open, Lizzy ran over to where Jack was lying on the floor. She knelt beside him and already felt tears beginning to well up in her eyes. She turned around to face Ianto, who was walking towards her slowly. She reached for Jacks wrist and checked for his pulse, but as expected, there was none.

"I'm sorry." She said, but to her surprise, Ianto just shrugged.

"He'll be back."

Puzzled, Lizzy asked "You mean he's… immortal?"

"I guess so…" Ianto gave her a lopsided smile. "You just saved my life, you know that?"

She just shrugged before he continued. "Thank you!" Another shrug. "No, I mean it. I would have been dead without you. How did you even get out of the handcuffs?"

Lizzy smiled and wiggled the bobby pin at Ianto, the one she still had been wearing from this morning. "You never know when you're gonna need them, and besides, my bangs get on my nerves…"

They both started laughing, relieved that they both made it out of the dangerous situation without getting hurt, or worse, killed.

"What's going on?" Jack asked followed by a yelp of pain, obviously confused as why he was on the ground. Ianto lend him a hand to help him up, pointing over his shoulder to the Weevil that was still lying on the ground. "I died." Jack stated, now without the slightest bit of irritation in his voice. "Are you okay?" He looked at both Lizzy and Ianto.

"Why is she out of her handcuffs?!"

'Great, I just saved your team mates life and that's the first thing you say?' Lizzy thought to herself and sighed loudly.

"She saved my life, Jack. She got out of her handcuffs and electrocuted the Weevil! I almost died!" Jack turned to face her, as if to make sure Ianto was telling the truth. Again, Lizzy just shrugged.

Leaning against the table she had been handcuffed to only five minutes ago, she crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I suppose I did."

"How did you get out of the cuffs?" Chucking her bobby pin at him, she said "You should keep it. Gets pretty nifty at points…"

"Why do you know how to crack handcuffs?"

"I don't want to be rude, but don't you think he's gonna wake up at some point?" Ignoring the question she just had been asked, Lizzy pointed at the creature on the floor. "What is that, anyways?"

"It's a Weevil, an alien." Ianto explained and to his surprise Lizzy only nodded, as if she wasn't bothered by the thought of just having knocked out an alien.

"Stay here!" Jack ordered before grabbing the legs of the Weevil and pulling it down the stairs.

After a couple minutes of rather awkward silence, he returned and wiped the sweat off his face.

"Lizzy." He said, now sounding much nicer than before the attack. "Take a seat?"

She reluctantly nodded and let herself fall onto one of the chairs. Maybe, just maybe, there was still a small chance that she could turn this whole situation around and get the information she needed.

"So, tell me, where did you learn all that?"

"Family business." She didn't want to give away too many things, but Jack only looked at her, obviously expecting her to continue. After a heavy sigh, she began to speak again. "My brothers and I hunt monsters. Ghosts, demons, ghouls, pagan gods, angels… basically everything you can think of. It's how I was brought up."

Ianto and Jack both seemed too stunned to say anything, so she just continued, her voice getting sad. "They're onto something big this time, they wanted me out of the country. It has to pretty bad, normally it's just out of state. I did some research and found out about Torchwood."

"Why, out of all the possible locations, did you choose Cardiff?" Ianto scoffed.

"It's small. Easier to get in. My brothers don't know what they are dealing with, but it's nothing of the usual stuff, I've been out with them on hunts ever since I was nine years old. This is something different. And Torchwood sounded… well, different. I told them there was this very nice school here, so they let me go."

Jack was honestly impressed by the small girl sitting in front of him. Sure, it took some skill to get the key from Ianto, but she managed to save his Tea Boy when he couldn't, and now she was revealing that she had been after monsters practically all her life. It wasn't what you would expect when you first looked at her. Her light brown hair was pulled up in a high ponytail, a few curls escaping the tie. She was little, couldn't be much taller than 5'4, and her legs looked awfully skinny in the jeans she was wearing.

"So, are you just going to stare at me?" She suddenly asked and Jack smiled. She definitely knew how to entertain him, the sarcasm still swinging in her voice. He had no idea how she wasn't scared, but he found it impressive.

"No. Tell me, Lizzy, how did you think coming here would help you?"

"I don't know. I guess I hoped I would figure that out along the way…"

All of a sudden, the door swung open and the woman Lizzy had seen earlier appeared on the doorstep. "Tosh!" Jack greeted her and a fond smile appeared on his lips. "Found anything about little Liz?" The Captain had to hold in his laugh as he could practically hear Lizzy frown behind him.

"Yes, in fact I did. Her name is Elizabeth Mary Winchester, daughter to Mary and John Winchester, sister to Sam and Dean Winchester. From Kansas. Sixteen years old, went to multiple schools, never stayed long anywhere, no recorded place of residence was for longer than two months." Obviously feeling bad for the way she just read off the biggest part or her life story from one single slip of paper, she turned to the young girl and gave her an honest, gentle smile. "Sorry Sweetheart. How are you? Are they taking good care of you down here?"

"She took out a Weevil. I died, she saved Ianto." Jack replied dryly, now also feeling bad for the way he had treated the girl. On the other hand, she broke into his office, so a little overreaction on his side should be considered normal.

Tosh raised both her eyebrows and her smile froze on her lips. "Are you okay?" Lizzy just nodded.

"You don't really talk much, do you?" The question came from Jack, a slightly mocking tone in his voice.

"I only talk if I feel the need to." Right there it got clear again that it was Winchester blood that flowed through her veins.

Ianto offered a small laugh. "That's okay, Jack talks more than enough for the four of us!"

"Okay, enough. What do you need help with, Lizzy?"

She had been staring at her hands for the most part of the conversation, but now she looked up. Did he really just ask her that? Was there maybe a slight chance of getting the help she needed in order to support her brothers? "I don't really know what I am looking for, I'm just sure that Sam and Dean aren't dealing with the usual stuff this time. They didn't talk much about it, but from what I've heard, it doesn't sound like a ghost. Or demon. Or, in fact, anything I've ever heard or read about."

"How much do you know about aliens?"

"Not a lot, to be honest. It's not really our area. That is basically why I am here, I think. I thought that I could just do some research…" This just had to work, if they gave her access to their files for at least a few hours, she might just be able to get the information she needed.

"You could have asked, couldn't you?"

"You think so? I didn't really want to risk that, trust me, I've been declared crazy many more times than a sane girl my age should."

"Psychopaths think they are sane, too, you know." Ianto threw in and smiled.

Jack smoothly stood up from where he was sitting, his back straight and a gentle smile tugging on the corners of his mouth. "Give us a second, okay? And try not to get killed… or escape. We'll be right outside the door."

Lizzy heard the door clicking shut. She had no idea how she could possibly explain this situation to her brothers if they didn't let her go. What if they decided she knew too much and thought it'd be better to just kill her? After all, they didn't have any connection to her.

On the other side of the door, Jack was bend over slightly. His eyebrows were knitted together and Tosh and Ianto could practically hear the wheels turning in his head.

"What are you going to do, Jack? Redcon?" Tosh felt sad just thinking about it, she had already been having a hard time finding out things about the little girl. She was so young and yet neither her mom nor her dad seemed to be alive.

Before their Captain even had the time to think of an answer, Ianto spoke up. "Don't, Jack. She saved my life, if it wasn't for her I'd be dead by now. I feel like I owe this to her, you know? She seems trustworthy, too. I mean, apart from the fact that she stole my key. She knows a lot about monsters, she didn't even seem too surprised to see the Weevil. She's good, Jack, she opened that handcuff in less than a minute."

"What do you want me to say, Ianto? That you can keep her as your pet, locked up in the vents?"

"No! Maybe she can join us for a little while, she won't be staying for too long, at some point her brothers are going to want her back. They sounded worried, too. And who does that? Send their little sister to a different continent to protect her? Jack. Jack, please. Let her be an intern, or whatever. She can help me make the coffee if you want to, just please, give her a chance. I have a feeling about this." Ianto didn't specify what kind of feeling he had about the whole situation, because he wasn't entirely sure himself. He just felt like he owed something to the American girl.

"You are not going to let her touch my coffee, Ianto." Jack said, turned around and pushed the door open. There was something glistering in the eyes of Lizzy, but Jack didn't know where to put it. He was certain it wasn't fear, at least not for herself. Maybe she was scared for her brothers. His sympathy for her grew by the minute, and he gave her a wide smile. "We could use an intern, Elizabeth."

Her eyes shot up from the table and locked with his. Right there Jack could see how young she really was, hope and happiness burning up in her eyes, her cheeks becoming slightly rosy and her lips forming an honest smile. "Thank you." She said, sounding very grateful for the opportunity she just had been given.

"Ianto, get her a security pass so she doesn't have to steal your key anymore. And a coffee, I think she could use a coffee." Jack and Lizzy exchanged one long look, telling each other things neither of them could say out loud. In some way, Jack saw himself in her, when he was much, much younger.

"Welcome to the team, Lizzy Winchester."