Through the Looking Glass ((OwenXJack))

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"Note to self, never date a girl who's ideal first date is watching the cartoon Alice in Wonderland.I really was about to go insane." Owen was driving home from a date, a not so good date, and his mind was whirling through it. The girl was named Alice, so he supposed the movie idea would have been cute if they both weren't older than school kids.

The date had started out with a nice dinner and a ride to his apartment. When they got their he had turned his communicator off as usual. However when the girl wouldn't shut up about her favorite movie and worse wouldn't let him kiss her he turned the communicator back on. For the first time ever he actually wanted Torchwood to need him. Things got even worse when the girl pulled the movie out of her purse.I mean come on who carries a movie around with them? He had watched it with her, all the while just hoping the Rift would spit out an alien who eats bad dates.

As soon as the movie had ended he drove her home saying he was needed on the night shift at the hospital. He didn't bother walking her to her door and drove off as soon as she was out of the car. "I pity the man who marries that girl."

His reveries were cut short when he noticed something odd. His music had cut out, his car had stopped, and he was staring at the Rift. Only he hadn't been driving towards the Rift, he'd been driving home. He quickly got out his communicator and dialed Torchwood. "Owen to Torchwood...major Rift activity. Owen to...." He never finished the sentence when the Rift flared and he found himself whisked away. Where he landed was even weirder, he was watching himself attack Jack in the graveyard.

"Must have gone back in time to when Jack recruited me. Why though?" He reached for his communicator only to find it not in his pocket. "Shoot not good." He ducked behind a shrub when the two men he had been watching walked by and shook his head. This was not good, he had to stay hidden and hope the team had got his message. Back in the present day Owen's car turned on, his music resumed, and a small communicator laid open and abandoned by it's front wheel.

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It was just a normal day in the office, Gwen, Ianto,Tosh and Owen had all gone home for the evening. Jack was finishing up a few loose paper work as he sat at his desk. Thinking to himself as he tapped his pen on the desk he sighed, straigtening himself up he stood up from his desk chair and walked out of his office."Oh...Doctor. Where could you be?" he said to himself as he roamed around the faclicity.

Coming to a stop in front of the computers he stared into its vast openness as his mind waundered once again.Tapping his index finger against his chin he bit his lip as he looked around the room."It's a bit empty inside..." Jack's mind taunted him. Stepping away from the computers he turned to go back up to his office when his vortex minipulator started to beep,eyes darting down at his right wrist he flipped it open."Rift activity at this hour?" he scoffed and ran up the steps to retrive his jacket, once he had that on his intercom came into his ear as Owens voice spoke to him.

 "Owen to Torchwood...major Rift activity. Owen to...."

"Torchwood, this is Jack." he replied as Owens radio frequencey became blurry, looking down at his minipulator he ran to the exit and straight towards the garage where they kept all Torchwood vehicles. "Owen? You still there?...." he  asked into the intercom and as Owens signal cut off completely."Damn it!" he said to himself as he veered out of the parkinglot and onto the street. The last words he caught from Owen were "major Rift activity. Owen to...." .

Updating the where abouts of the rift activity he got on the vehicles phone locator and dialed in the crews numbers."This is an emergency their has been  rift activity and I'm sending you all the location. Owen might be in trouble his intercom went dead on me as he gave me the update, I'll be checking on his where abouts.Over and out."

Speeding now he turned a few corners, finally spotting Owens car. Stopping his vehicle he got out quickly and ran to the drivers side."Owen?" realizing he wasn't there he looked around for any clues and spotted his ear piece laying on the ground next to the front wheel.

As he picked up his intercom he placed it to his ear, hitting a button on the side of it he replayed the last message that went through. It was Owens warning off major rift activity and then it cut out. Only it didn't stay cut out it replayed what seemed to be the rift opening up and sucking Owen inside."Oh...Owen. Where did you go?"

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Back in the past Owen watched himself accept Jack’s offer to go to Torchwood with him. He swore to himself under his breath. There had to be a way to get a message to Jack without messing up the timestreams. He had to and going through the Rift a second time was too risky, he might end up further in the past or worse in the future. He didn’t even want to think of the possibility he might actually wipe himself from time. No he had to tread carefully, no more acting the stubborn fool he had to do this right.

Looking around he sighed, leaving a note was too risky someone might pick it up or it could get ruined, he had to think of something Jack would look for. Closing his eyes he thought to himself, what would be the first thing Jack looked for at the scene? Well me, but obviously I can’t be there…can I? The though made him smile, he could leave a recording. Standing so quickly he made a few squirrels start and dash up a tree he took off running towards the Rift.

As he approached the Rift he slowed to a walk. He couldn’t risk drawing the past Torchwood’s attention, if they saw him the past Jack might have them take him in for questioning and that was a situation he’d rather avoid. Looking around he tried to find a good place to hide his phone, then pressing the record button he looked into the camera and spoke his piece.

“Jack if you’re viewing this then I’ve gone back in time because of Rift activity. If this isn’t Jack then whoever picked this up put it back right now and keep walking. This message isn’t for you and you’ve no business touching things that don’t belong to you.” He took a deep breath and continued. “I got sucked back in time by the Rift and it pulled me to the day you recruited me. I’ve left this message to tell you I’m alright Jack, alive and well, but I’m stuck. I’ve got no way of getting back and have no other way to contact you. I hope this message has gone long enough you can trace it and get to me because I can’t think of anything more to say. I have faith in you Jack. Owen out.”

He turned off the recording and hit save. Ignoring the odd looks he was receiving he turned and hid the phone in the nearby street lamp. He hid it carefully so it wouldn’t be seen and removed. Then taking a deep breath he moved off to find someplace to hide. He really hoped Jack got the message, he didn’t know how long he could hide from Torchwood. He figured he had a few hours to spare before they picked up on his signature. With that in mind he headed for the nearest pub, what better place to hide than in plain sight. No one would think of that. He hoped.