Two

Toshiko was totally immersed in the Torchwood files. Over the course of the five years that she had worked for Torchwood, she had gone through the files on many occasions. One thing she never got used to though, was the immensity of the files, which dated back to the creation of the Torchwood Institute in 1879 by Her Royal Highness Queen Victoria.

In her studies, Toshiko had found a few mentions of the mysterious man known only as "the Doctor". Jack's friend, the one that he had left them to travel with. Actually, Toshiko had met the Doctor during the "Space Pig" incident, though she did not know it at the time. Besides Jack, she was the only other member of Torchwood Three to actually meet the Doctor!

Regarding her research, Tosh found that the largest religion is Wales was Christianity, followed by Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism, and Judaism. Jack had not been totally clear about what to look for concerning the different religious denominations of Wales.

Deciding the take a break before getting a migraine from staring at her computer monitors for too long, Toshiko removed her glasses and walked down to the Autopsy Room, where Owen would surely be working on a cadaver or trying out new alien medical technology.

Sure enough, there he was, filling out paperwork and drinking coffee. Tosh stopped at the top of the stairs and watched him for a moment- building up the courage to talk to him.

Ever since the day that Owen Harper had joined Torchwood Three, Toshiko had been madly in love with him. To her dismay, he remained utterly oblivious- at least until after he'd died and come back to life. But while alive, Owen had slept with Suzie Costello, Gwen Cooper, and every other woman in Cardiff who wasn't Toshiko Sato.

While this pained her, Toshiko's sense of professionalism allowed her to carry on with seeing him day after day and not breaking down.

"Hey Owen." she said, going down the steps to stand next to him. Owen looked up from his paperwork and looked at her.

"Hey Tosh. Aren't you supposed to be going through the archives, or something?" Owen asked, taking another drink from his coffee.

"Yes. Jack asked me to look through the archives for incidents involving religious sects...but there are so many on file and he wasn't very specific about what I should be looking for. So, I thought I'd take a break and see how things were going with you." Toshiko said, blushing slightly.

Owen stared at Toshiko for a few moments, making her very uncomfortable. "Well, I'd better get back to work, then." Toshiko said, turning.

"Tosh, wait. I'm sorry. You've been so good to me during this whole dead man walking affair. It's just...I having a hard time dealing with it and I..."

"Don't worry about it Owen." Toshiko interrupted briskly, hurrying up the stairs to her workstation.

Hot tears streamed down her face and she quickly wiped them away. Why do I keep setting myself up to get hurt!? Toshiko wondered. Because I love him. No matter what else happens, I will always love him.

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Captain Jack Harkness had seen many things over the course of his life...Traveling with the Doctor and Rose, and later Martha; living his normal life in the 51st Century; his work with the Time Agency; traveling back to the 1800's and living through present-day while trying not to create a paradox by crossing his time line.

Staying in Cardiff didn't reward him with the same adventure that traveling through time and space with the Doctor did, but it still gave him enough action to keep him satisfied.

After a night of vigorous 'naked hide and seek' around the Hub, Jack had been awoken by the sound of the severe storm striking Cardiff. Careful not to wake Ianto, Jack crept into the main Hub area and checked for Rift activity.

Normally, Jack wouldn't check for such things, but for some reason, this storm just felt...wrong somehow. And if there was one thing that Jack was an expert on it was strange phenomenon.

Leaving the Hub before the sun had risen, Jack decided to take a walk. He'd checked for Rift activity, but nothing out of the ordinary had showed up. Still, something was definitely wrong, Jack could feel it his gut. Hopefully Tosh would be able to discern what was wrong when she checked Rift activity and did the searches he had asked her to do.

After a few hours of just walking the streets of Cardiff, searching his memory for clues as to why the storm had bothered him, Jack's mobile rang.

Without looking at the caller I.D., Jack knew who was calling. "Gwen Cooper. What can I do for you?" he asked, grinning widely.

"Jack, where are you?" Gwen asked, all business. Oh wow. Hope she and Rhys are having marital problems already. Jack though.

"I'm just up the street. Why?" he asked, dread settling into the pit of this stomach.

"Tosh has gone through the archives." Gwen replied.

"And?" Jack asked, a little impatiently.

"Well, she hasn't exactly found anything yet. There is some much information to go through. Can you narrow it down at all?" Gwen asked.

"Hold on, I'll be right there." Jack said, hanging up.

As quickly as possible, Jack returned to the Hub. The reason that he had been so vague in the his note to Toshiko was that he had no idea what to look for. He felt like he should know what was happening...but he didn't.

Once inside, he noticed that Gwen and Toshiko were sitting together at Tosh's workstation and Ianto was handing out coffee. "Ah Jack." Gwen said, standing up and crossing her arms over her chest.

"Yes. I'm back." he replied, smiling at Ianto suggestively. Ianto nodded and headed to Jack's office quietly.

"We need you to narrow it down Jack. There is so much information in the archives that we could all spends years searching through and never find an answer." Gwen insisted.

"What is this all about, anyway?" Toshiko piped up.

"That's the thing-I don't know." Jack confessed.

"What?" Toshiko replied, utter shock on her face.

"Ever since that storm last night I've had a bad feeling...but I checked for Rift activity early this morning and nothing out of the ordinary showed up."

"The same thing happened when I checked it a few hours ago." Toshiko said.

"And for some reason I just feel that something is wrong...something I should remember." Jack continued, trying with all of his might to remember....when he had worked for the Time Agency, they had removed two years of his life from this memory...could this be something that had been erased?

Jack was shaken out of his reverie by Gwen's hand on his shoulder. He noticed that Toshiko was also looking at him with concern etched on her face.

"I'm fine...seriously." Jack insisted, hoping that he was right.

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The Mystics' plan had been set into motion. They could sense that Jack Harkness was on edge...but this was only the beginning. The trap had been set, and Jack would surely go for the bait. Only the mystics knew what was in store for Captain Jack Harkness and his idiotic Torchwood...