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Mamba Seyra (New Beginning?)

Rhys stared at his wife as Anwen began sucking her thumb. He couldn't quite believe what he had just heard.

"Gwen?"

"I have no idea." She narrowed her eyes as Jack ran a hand through his dark hair. "I have no bloody idea."

"Can we talk?" Jack looked at Gwen as Rhys rolled his eyes before taking Anwen and walking back into the house.

"Torchwood is not needed." Gwen stared at him. "I think blowing up the Hub was a clear indication that we are not needed, never mind hounding us out of Cardiff." She closed her eyes and fought the tears that were threatening to fall.

"That was just a place." Jack walked towards her and risked resting a hand on her shoulder. "And for the record, I never should have used the redcon on you all those years ago. I am sorry."

"Yeah well." Gwen sniffed. For a moment Jack thought he saw the Gwen he had come to know and love. The one that had opened the door to him was not the girl he had worked alongside. "Don't you say the Hub was just a place. What about Myfanwy? Owen and Tosh? It was practically home to them. And you lived there."

"I know." He hugged her as Donna huffed.

"Sorry to break up this touching reunion, but are we doing this?" She looked from one to the other.

"Yeah." Gwen nodded. "Jack's right. Torchwood is more than just bricks and motar. Look, you lot better come in." She stepped back to allow Donna and the others to walk in. She heard Rhys mutter something undistinguishable under his breath but she knew he would never try to stop her from doing anything she wanted to.

"Rhys?" She called as he walked into the living room.

"I know I know." He sighed. "Kettle's on. I don't suppose there is anything I can say to stop you, so I may as well help." He sat down as Anwen settled herself into her father's shoulder. Her eyes already heavy with sleep. It was well past her time for an afternoon nap.

"Look, Gwen." Donna sat down. "There has been sightings of a creature in Scotland."

"Oh give over. If this is Nessie again, leaver her alone. No one has been able to find her in the hundreds of years she's been there. She can take care of herself." Gwen picked up her coffee mug.

"Hang on a minute, The Loch Ness monster is real?" Rhys' eyebrows almost hit the ceiling.

"Course she is. We reckon she came through the Rift about the same time Myfanwy did. Only thing is we have no idea how she ended up in Scotland." Ianto answered. "And Gwen, if you think this is coffee you have been in hiding far too long. Where's the kitchen?" He stood up as Gwen smiled. It was beginning to feel like old times.

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The skies above Wales were heavy with rain waiting to fall as Donna walked out into the yard behind the cottage. She had automatically liked the welsh woman but she had no idea how the family had been able to hide away in the hills above Llantrisant so easily. It may feel like the middle of nowhere but they had been found easily enough.

"She's gorgeous." Donna rested her arms on the walls.

"Anwen? Yeah. I think so." Gwen smiled.

"Look, Jack told me about you and him. He told me all about Torchwood, Ianto, Owen, Toshiko and what happened. You went through Hell but what good is hiding up here? If we found you I reckon the people that could be looking for you would be able to. If they wanted to. So, what's the point in hiding?"

"I have the baby to think about these days."

"Yeah." Donna nodded. "But you are back. With Torchwood I mean?"

Gwen nodded. "Never left, not really." She glanced at the red haired woman. "Once you're in. You're in."

"Thats what Jack said. You know he told me he's your dad."

"Yeah? Well, that was more than he told me." She sighed. "The reason I made Rhys and Anwen hide up 'ere with me? Duck!" She threw Donna to the floor as shots ran out. A black van screached it's breaks as Donna scraped her knees on the gravel. Ianto and Jack yelled as they returned fire. The van sped off as Anwen started crying as Rhys swore. Donna closed her eyes as the tyres screached along the gravel road.

"Is that a regular thing around here? Cos if I'd have known I would have bought shin pads." Donna huffed as she got to her feet.

"No." Rhys snapped as he walked across to Gwen. "It bloody well isn't."

"Who was that?" Gwen ran a hand through her black hair. "Jack?"

"That is the reason why Torchwood is needed. They've been going around the country causing mayhem." Jack sighed. "Myfanwy is upset, I've seen her screaming through the skies at Cardiff Bay. Nessy is upset and there has been unparallelled Rift activity since they appeared."

"Who are they?" Rhys was genuinely worried.

"They are trouble." Jack stared at Rhys. "And they are determined to destroy everything we worked for. They are determined to cause chaos and destruction."

"Who are they?" Gwen stepped towards him. "Jack, they shot at my husband when he was holding my baby. Tell me who they are!"

"Remember that night in Cardiff when I told you that the 21st Century was when everything changes? That was who causes the changes. That is Torchwood 3. They fell through the Rift and something happened. Now they are back." He watched as the confusion cross Gwen's face.

"Why do they want to kill us?"

"Torchwood." Jack sighed "They blame us for them disappearing, something has warped them, changed them. They are trying to remove anything and everything that has anything to do with the Rift. Including us."

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A/N Is anyone reading this? Shall I go on?