The creature quietly entered the Hub, he had deactivated the alarms, and it was early enough that only Jack and Gwen would be there. Glimpsing up at Jacks office he hurried to Tosh's computer. He erased the footage of him entering the Hub, and set the cameras to play a loop showing the hub empty for the next half an hour.
Moving as fast as he dared he rushed to where the device lay, and gently scooped it up and tucked it away into his pocket. in its place he put down a modified C.D. From up close it looked nothing like the device, but it was just the right size and shape someone watching the CCTV would mistake it for the device, as hopefully Gwen would.
Painfully aware of the time he hurried downstairs to Gwen's cell. The creature was surprised and pleased to see Gwen was already awake.
She was sitting on the bench in the cell, staring at the opposite wall with a far off expression on her face.
"Hey Gwen."
She looked up, startled. "Ianto?"
"I felt bad, you being stuck down here all night, so I brought you some coffee." He opened the door and held out a thermos for her.
She frowned at it. "Thanks" She said, tentatively reaching out and grabbing it. "Why's it in a flask?"
"I made it at home, you smashed the one in the Hub yesterday."
She nodded slowly and carefully unscrewed the lid. Slightly suspicious she examined the liquid. It looked and smelled like coffee. Gwen took a small sip, and smiled at the familiar taste. Thirstily she gulped the rest of the coffee before handing the thermos back to him.
She noticed he was grinning now, and opened her mouth to ask him why he was so happy. Her world went fuzzy, her vision darkened and her head began to spin. She fell against the wall, struggling to think straight.
She faintly heard the door close and footsteps fade away as he left.
Gwen stumbled around her cell shaking her head, trying to clear it. Suddenly it was clear, at least she thought it was clear, it seemed that way. Gwen straightened up and looked around her, where am I?she wondered. She saw an alien holding cell, the walls where green and slimy, a small bench jutted out from one of the walls, it was bright pink and pulsating. She backed away from it and hit the door. Gwen looked at the door in interest, it was made of strong glass, yet she felt she could brake it. Gwen through herself at the door, crashing into it, pain shot up her arm, but nothing else happened. She smashed into it again, this time she felt the glass creak under her weight. Smash, a crack appeared. Smash, the crack widened, smash, the glass gave way and she tumbled out into a dark musty alien corridor.
The creature glimpsed at the car clock and felt his lips form a smile, he was surprised at how natural the action felt now, remembering how strange it had been at first. He had, he realised, begun to settle into this body, being human felt almost normal. He looked again at the clock, Gwen should be feeling the full affects of his potion now, that is if he got the amounts right, it was a tricky thing to do. He needed it to take at least 20 minutes to fully control the person, but still strengthen them to the point they can break through bullet proof glass. That was why he had tested it on the human male first, he winced, remembering the events of last night. It was good he had tested it before giving it to Gwen, his first batch had been much to strong..
Gwen ran wildly down the corridor, clutching throbbing arm. She stumbled madly through the alien maze, determined to find her way out. Finally she burst into a large room she recognised. Gwen knew she was near the exit. The room was the aliens information base, it was huge, with thick green walls. A blue pillar was in the centre, covered in pulsing pink veins. There where several desk like features in the room, Gwen knew each one contained all the information about one of the hostages aboard the alien space ship. She ran to hers, planing to destroy it.
Jacks eyes flicked open, he could here someone moving around the Hub. Instantly his body went into attack mode, he leapt up and grabbed his gun which lay near by. Quietly he approached his office door, and silently pulled it open. Keeping low and moving quickly he hurried out, his eyes flicking around the Hub, searching for the threat. It didn't take him long to spot a figure angrily smashing at Gwen's desk. He jumped forward towards the figure, pointing his gun at them.
"Freeze!" They looked up, startled, and let out an inhuman growl, backing away from Jack. He froze for a second in shock, staring at them.
"Gwen?"
Gwen stared up at the hideous alien, with its large bug eyes, it almost looked like a massive fly, buzzing angrily at her. She turned and ran, sprinting towards the exit, as she did so she noticed one of the other desks had a familiar item on it. She wasn't sure what it was, but she knew she wanted it. Gwen grabbed the thing and kept running. She heard a bang and felt something graze her leg. The alien was shooting at her! Gwen screamed as she smashed through the door, frantically running through the building until she burst out into the morning light. Looking around she realised she was on the alien observation deck, a railing was in fount of her. Grasping it she peered down, all she saw was darkness, but Gwen knew somewhere down there was earth, her home. She heard a cry behind her as she threw herself over the railing, and down into the waters below.
Jack screamed as he watched her fall, sprinting to the railing and desperately grasping at the air, as though he could reach her. Staring down he searched the water for some sign of her, waiting for Gwen to come up for air. Nothing happened, he gave her another moment, willing her to appear, before following her into the freezing water.
Gwen was thrown around, the second she had entered the water an underwater current had grabbed her, whisking her away, underwater. He world was twisted upside down, she wasn't sure were the surface was anymore. The water pushed and shoved her, battering her already sore body. Occasionally she would be pushed up, her head would break the surface and she would gulp down a mouthful of air before being dragged under again. The water ripped into her skin, it grasped the device, ripping it from her hand. Gwen wasn't sure for how long she was in the water, at some moments it felt like seconds, at others hours. Finally she hit something, hard. A wooden post, a dock post. Grabbing hold she clung to the post, pulling herself up through the water.
With a gasp Gwen propelled herself out of the water, clinging to the dock, coughing and gasping for breath. She sucked down the air and sat up, looking around. The potion had worn off while she was in the water, her vision had returned to normal. Gwen way alone on the dock, it was still too early for most people to be around, and the weather was wrong for fishing. Gwen stood up and hurried off, heading home.
Jack thrashed wildly in the water, desperately looking for Gwen.
"No," he whispered scrambling out of the water. He sat there staring at the water. "No." He repeated louder. He had failed, Gwen was gone, drowned. He watched the swirling water, a ball of sorrow growing in his stomach. "No, no no no!" Jack gasped, he had failed Gwen, he could have saved her, if he was faster, if he hadn't paused, if his shot hadn't missed. The ball burst, the sorrow swarmed out, filling him. Anger flared up inside him. With a growl he stood up, he needed to get away, go somewhere peaceful, safe, he needed to leave Gwen's death bed. Running madly he took off, not sure where he was going..