The rain was hammering down around them; Louise twisted back and forth trying to get a focus on whatever was circling her. Jack had been gone for ages; she didn't know which way he'd gone. She tried to communicate with Gwen back at the hub but the coms where still down. She let out a deep breath watching the stream of warm air get riddled with bullet holes by the rain. The lights at the end of the road glistened on the pavement shimmering menacingly. Each little movement caught her eye. The eerie silence made her shiver, her hair now plastered to the side of her face. She looked round again trying to see into the gloom. She heard the splashing of running footsteps behind her spinning round she took aim.

"Hold your fire, it's me." Jacks unmistakable American drawl reached her from across the road, she lowered her weapon. "I've no idea the SUV's gone I can't work it out it was around here."

"I know, but it wasn't raining. I told you I felt a shift."

"What sorta shift."

"I don't know nothing I've felt before, it was so small I could have missed it if I hadn't been so on edge."

"Great so we have no idea where we are."

"We do, we're still in Cardiff, well a version of Cardiff either on a parallel world or in the past or a-an-other scenario, so we better look out. Don't want you meeting yourself!"

"Well I wouldn't mind." Jack joked. She rolled her eyes. Walking over to one of the houses, she pulled out her sonic screwdriver. "What are you doing? We can't break and enter."

"I'm not breaking anything!" she said as the lock clicked open.

"Well you haven't yet!" she pushed open the door carefully, and reached into the house. "Common Louise what are you doing. We should get back to where you felt the slip." She came back out the house.

"Well we're still in Cardiff on earth but we've slipped a few days!"

"What?" Jack looked confused.

"I went to that house to look at the paper. It's December 2010 but it's the 18th not the 13th."

"Great so we slipped from nice, cold, dry Cardiff 5 days into wet, Cold, rainy Cardiff."

"Yes exactly so if I were you I'd call Ianto and see where he is!"

"Do you think he slipped with us?" Jack asked.

"No I don't, I think it's just us two. We'd better head back to the hub."

"Is that wise?" Jack yelled over the hammering rain.

"Well if we've slipped we won't have been around, there shouldn't be 2 of us wandering around Cardiff in the rain. I just don't understand how this has happened."

"It's the rift we'll never understand it and there won't be two of us wondering in the rain the second set of us would have more sense!" They ran to the end of the road. Jack saw a taxi; he ran forward and put his hand out yelling. The driver just drove on spraying the water off the road over Jack. "Well that was friendly." Louise jogged and caught up with him. "It looks like we're going on foot." She smiled as he shook his fringe out of his eyes.

TWTWTW

Twenty minutes later they where jogging up to the small door of the tourist information centre that was a front for Torchwood 3. Jack opened the door and went inside closely followed by Louise. He called the lift and they went down to the underground den that they lived in. They entered the hub. Jack stared up at Gwen and Miles. There was something very wrong. Louise headed round the room to the wall there the TARDIS was she tried to open it but it wouldn't she couldn't get the key inside the lock. This really wasn't good, she ran back to Jack. Gwen was sat silently at her work station. Miles walked past her, squeezing her shoulder.

"Have you heard from Ianto?" she asked quietly.

"No, No I haven't he's not answering his phone or anything. He's beside himself, trying to take the blame. He can't believe she left."

"I can't believe Jack went with her."

"Gwen." Jack called out. She didn't turn. It was as if she couldn't hear them.

"Miles." Louise ran up the metal stairs to the first level. They didn't turn to look at her. She looked back at Jack, fear in her eyes. "We've not just slipped 5 days Jack we've slipped a reality or something."

"A what?"

"If we've slipped a visual reality no one can hear or see us."

"I have a feeling I'm not going to like what I hear."

"I'm going to go check on Ianto." She ran back to the door.

"No Louise we have to stick together this is wrong, very wrong." She ignored him and the cog door closed behind her. This made Miles look up.

"Gwen did you activate the door?"

"No what are you on about?"

"The door just closed." Gwen raised an eyebrow at him, he shook his head and went over to his workstation sitting down and tapping his coms.

"Ianto, Ianto mate you there?" Jack headed up to the main floor of the hub and put his hand on Gwen's shoulder, she turned to look right at him a hopeful glint in her eye. Then the disappointment of not seeing him she turned back to her work.

TWTWTW

Louise ran up the steps to Ianto's apartment, knocking on the door. She could hear Ianto inside, moving towards the door. He opened it only to stare straight through her. He started to close the door and she quickly slipped past him into his home, as she had done many times before but this time was different.

She could see the disappointment in his eyes that there had been no one there. She followed him through to the living room; he flopped back down onto the sofa where he had clearly been sat for the past few days. He lent forward and picked up his tumbler of drink; staring at the amber liquid in the glass he ran his hand through his already dishevelled hair, taking a sip. He looked like he hadn't shaved either let alone changed.

His Jacket hung on the back of a chair. His tie was on the coffee table. His shirt un-tucked and the top buttons undone. It distressed her to see him like this, putting the tumbler back on the table. He pulled a photo out of his trouser pocket and looked at it; she carefully walked around behind him it was the picture Miles had taken in his first week. Jack and Ianto with herself in the middle, a small smile spread onto Iantos lips. She found herself smiling as well. She watched as Ianto ran a finger over her face.

"Where are you? You haven't left me I know you haven't I won't believe it." She moved to sit on the table in front of him as he closed his eyes.

She put her hands on his knees leaning towards him, pressing her lips to his, he didn't open his eyes. He thought he was dreaming. He felt her hands on his legs sliding up as she leaned into him, pressing her soft lips to his parting them slowly. He dared not open his eyes knowing as soon as he did the happy memory would fade. He wrapped his arms around her pulling her onto his lap; he felt her smile beneath the kiss, her hands running through his hair. He would swear he felt a drop of water on his cheek, as if she was crying. That was wrong, she wasn't crying. He opened his eyes, but the dream continued there was no way he could mistake that kiss. He gasped. "Louise?"

"Yes." She said without thinking he couldn't hear or see her, she didn't know how she could communicate with him; she took his hand and gave it squeeze.

"I can't see you or hear you. Why not?" She reached for the post it notes on the table and a pen, trying to write but it wouldn't she couldn't communicate with him. Slumping back in defeat she shuddered with tears that threatened to overwhelm her. "Hey, don't worry we'll sort it whatever has happened." Then she knew how to talk to him, she jumped off him and ran over to his Jacket Ianto watched in dismay as his Jacket floated in mid air, then his PDA float over to him. Pulling out her sonic screwdriver, even though he couldn't see her he knew what she was doing, she tuned the device to a new frequency and started to type on in.

Ianto, we slipped a reality or two in fact, we're not sure how me and Jack we don't know what happened we slipped days when it happened it was back when we were out weevil hunting. Neither of us is sure what happened but because of it I can't get into the TARDIS, I know if I could I'd be able to change us back. I think it's a trap. You can't see or hear me but can feel it's really weird.

Ianto stared at the screen; he had experienced being invisible once before at it had felt very strange but this was weirder, much weirder.

"So you can hear me?" Louise tapped on the key pad.

Yes, I can. I can also interact with everything, it's definitely not right.

"Well I can see that, well in this case not so much see..." he trailed off and hung his head in shame. " I thought you'd left, with...with Jack..." He looked up then remembered he couldn't see her. His head hung down again.

She carefully went over to him and sat on his lap placing her hand on his cheek moving his face so he was staring into her nonexistent eyes. Knowing he was looking into her eyes he voiced what he'd really thought, "I thought you'd left me for Jack." She wanted to reassure him she'd never do that but she didn't know the future how could she promise and with no voice she couldn't anyway. She started to get up but Ianto tightened his grip on her. She moved a little to scoop up the PDA.

I need to get back to the Hub, talk to Jack and sort this out. I'll be back later.

She stood up, and went to the door. Ianto was on his feet, pulling on his Jacket and grabbing his coat. Louise was still holding his PDA. He put his Bluetooth back into his ear and tapped it three times.

"Miles, its Ianto. Louise is with me and I think you'll find Jack is in the hub. Well trust me he's there I'll be with you in 10." He hung up and took his PDA off of Louise and replacing it with his hand. "Don't let go I don't want to lose you!" she laughed even though he couldn't hear. Giving his hand a squeeze, she opened the door and they walked out into the cold afternoon.


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