A/N. Thank you for the reviews for the last chapter. I hope you enjoy the new one. :)

Chapter 47.

The SUV pulled into it's parking spot near to the Hub. Jack, Ianto and Jamie went about dealing with the unconscious assassin, taking her into the Hub and straight down to the cells. Gwen followed not far behind, with Molly and Mia bringing up the rear. As they started to descend into the main part of the Hub, Mia slowed down, the nervous look in her eyes was evident. Molly stopped too.

'It's ok, you'll be safe here. No one can get in, believe me, I wrote most of the security protocols.'

'It's not that I'm worried about. I feel guilty that I have brought this trouble down upon you.' Mia answered.

Molly smiled, 'Like I said to you earlier, this is what we do. Come on lets get inside.' Molly instinctively held out her hand and Mia took it and let Molly lead her into the Hub. As they walked Molly thought about Mia, she didn't look particularly old, maybe twenty. She didn't know what she could have done to deserve someone taking out a hit on her, but she was determined to find out. Molly felt protective towards Mia, and Mia seemed to trust her. Molly just hoped that this was a good thing, and it wouldn't come back to bite her if they found out Mia had actually done something really bad.

They walked into the main Hub area and Molly gestured for Mia to sit down on the sofa. She looked over and saw Jamie coming up from the cells, and walked over to him to wrap her arms round him in a warm embrace. Jamie smiled then pulled back slightly so that he could give Molly a kiss.

'Hey,' came Jacks voice from behind them. 'No kissing in the workplace.' Molly looked over to see him grinning.

'So you'll be leading by example then Jack?' Molly shot back, and she laughed as the grin on Jacks face turned into an expression of mock horror.

'Never' answered Jack, grabbing hold of Ianto's arm as he went to walk past, and pulled him into a kiss to illustrate his point.

'I missed something didn't I?' Ianto commented when they broke apart, and he looked around at the others stifling giggles.

'Did you get that siren sorted?' asked Molly, changing the subject.

'Yeah she'll be out for a while though.' replied Jamie.

'Do you think she'll give us anything?' asked Gwen.

'I doubt it, highly trained assassins like her would rather die than talk.' Jack said, 'but we may be able to use her. First though we need to talk to Mia and see what she knows.'

'I just have to go and get the rest of my med kit out of the SUV then I'll be with you,' said Jamie and he headed back up to the cog door.

'Gwen I want you to go through the CCTV near the car park and see if you can track the one that got away. No doubt she'll be meeting up with the other two. Ianto can help you. Molly and I will talk to Mia.' said Jack. Gwen nodded and headed off to her terminal.

Jack and Molly went over to where Mia was still sitting on the sofa. Molly sat next to her and Jack opposite. 'Mia, we need you to tell us what is going on?'

'I will try and explain the best that I can without getting into the politics of it too much, but I'm not exactly sure of everything.'

'Just start at the beginning,' encouraged Molly'

'I am from the ruling family of my planet. There has been some civil unrest over the past few years, and my father and I have been working hard to resolve it. We finally came up with a deal that everyone was happy with, but my father died before it was signed.'

At this Molly reached a hand out and squeezed Mia's arm reassuringly. 'I'm sorry.' she said.

'Thank you, but he had been ill for quite some time. He would have loved to see this deal go through though.'

'I take it that he had you help him, so that you could carry on if died.' said Jack.

'Yes, I was to carry on his work and sign the deal.'

'Which hasn't happened yet?'

'No, the problem is that I can not sign the deal until I officially take power. That can not happen until after a two week mourning period.'

'So if you die before that period is up, the deal never gets signed.' theorised Jack, and Mia nodded in agreement. 'So who would want to stop you from signing?'

'There are some among the elders that do not see the good in the change we are trying to bring about. They believe it will ruin our way of life. It is only a very small minority, but they are a strong minority. I do have one friend within their ranks though, and he let me know what they were planning, in the same way I told you,' she said looking at Molly slightly guiltily. She then continued, 'My plan was to travel to a remote part of my world and hide out there with a friend until the two weeks were up.'

'Except you ended up here instead.' supplied Molly.

'Yes, and those assassins followed me. I never thought the elders would go that far to get me out of the way, it only makes me more determined though.'

'Right then,' started Jack. 'That gives us something to work with. We need to try and send you home, but first we have to find the other three sirens. Do you think you can get your transport working again?'

'I think so.'

'Good Molly can help you. First though, I want our medic to look over you. You've been through a lot these past few days.'

'Speaking of Jamie, where is he?' asked Molly, 'he went out ages ago, and I'm sure I haven't heard him come back in.'

'Good point,' answered Jack. He got up and walked over to the med bay, looking to see if he had manage to sneak in while they were talking to Mia. When he saw no sign, he tapped his comms, 'Jamie, where are you?' Nothing, so he tried again, 'Jamie.' Silence. Jack started to get a sinking feeling. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and called Jamie's number, which went straight to voicemail. He strode over to where Gwen and Ianto were sitting. 'Can you pull up the car park CCTV by the SUV.'

'Sure, why?' asked Ianto as he started typing on the keyboard.

'Jamie went to get his med kit out of the car, and no one's seen him since.'

Ianto got the CCTV up of the car park. The boot of the car was open and Jamie's bag was open on the floor, it's contents spilled out like it had been dropped. 'Go back through the footage, find out what happened.' The footage on the tape was rewound, and they looked on in horror as they saw Jamie leaning in to the car, unaware that two women were closing in behind them, one of them hit him hard on the back of the head and carried him away. The three of them were watching the video footage so intently, they hadn't realised that Molly had come over to see what was happening.

'What the…' she stopped mid sentence in shock as she watched what was happening on screen. Molly then turned to run towards the door, but she was stopped as Jack got there first. 'Get out of the way.'

Jack reached out and held Molly by the shoulders, 'Molly, running out there is not going to help Jamie. For all we know one of them is still out there.'

'I don't care,' Molly practically shouted, the panic in her voice evident.

'You blindly running out there and possibly getting yourself hurt is not going to help Jamie, and he'd be mad when he comes back.'

Molly took a deep breath, 'Fine, so what are we going to do?'

'See if you can get anything from any of the cameras nearby, we need a lead on where their going. Other than that we wait, I have a feeling they will be in touch.'

'What if they've already killed him,' Molly said fighting the urge to give in to the tears forming in her eyes.

'They won't have, because we have something they want, and now they have something we want back. Their gonna want to trade.' Jack let his hands drop from Molly's shoulders now that he was sure she wasn't going to run out of the door. 'No one leaves the Hub,' he said looking at everyone in turn. Molly sighed and went over to her terminal ignoring the concerned looks everyone was giving her. Jack picks up the transporter and takes it over to Mia, 'Let's see if we can get this working again.'

Everyone gets on with their work silently, no one quite knowing what to say. The silence is interrupted by the sound of a phone ringing. It's Molly's and she picks it up without looking at the display. 'Hello,' she says tersely, then realising she sounded abrupt, she softens her tone. 'Look I'm sorry, can I call you back later…Ok thanks, bye.' She snapped her phone shut and threw it on her desk.

'Who was that?' asked Gwen unable not to voice her curiosity.

'The florist,' answered Molly, 'They certainly pick their moments, but I just can't deal with anything wedding related right now. There might not even be one at this rate.

'Don't talk like that,' said Gwen, 'We'll find Jamie.'

Molly just looked at her and said, 'I just need five minutes.' She got up from her chair and headed down into the medical bay.

Ianto got up from where he was sitting and followed her, 'I'll go sit with her.' Jack nodded and then got back to Mia. Molly was sat on the autopsy table, swinging her legs and looking despondently into her hands. Ianto sat himself down next to her. 'Everything's going to be alright,' he said, hoping he sounded reassuring.

'I hope so.'

'The sirens are going to have to make a move soon, like Jack said we have something they want.'

'Waiting for them to make the first move gives them all the power though.' said Molly, something suddenly striking her as she spoke. She leapt up off the table, 'We need to make the first move.' Ianto watched as she started to hurry up the stairs and back into the main Hub. He got up quickly and followed her. Jack and Gwen looked on in confusion as they passed.

'Where are you going?' Ianto called over to Molly.

'To set about making the first move,' she replied as she hurried off down the corridor that led to the cells, Ianto, Jack and Gwen, not far behind.