Aurthor's Notes - I am soooooo sorry that this is, 1) Taken so long to write because I have had major writer's block. I think the plot bunnies are hibernating! and 2) It's so short! But I promise that I'm going to start writing more from this story and the other one that I have going :)

Anywho, hope you like this little chapter and plz review cause review are love! Blue x

She clung to Jack's shirt as he lead her to the Autopsy Room. She tried not to look into the eyes of the rest of her colliges as she slowly desended the stone steps.

The body of her boyfriend was covered in a white plastic bag, Owen's small metal table of tools and probes stood next to it as if waiting to get on with the job at hand,

"Gwen..."

She looked up through her hair at Owen as he removed her grip from Jack and lead her to the surgical table, "Now I need you to be prepared. I know this ain't easy but..."

She appreciated him trying to comfort her, even if it was in his own, cookey way but even he knew that she could never prepare herself for this.

Gwen nodded and stood tall trying to look more confident as Owen unzipped the body bag and flung the top off.

Her hands met her mouth but now quick enough to cover the shrilling scream,

"Rhys! No!"

His body was shrivelled slight, his stomach almost gone and a few fingers on his rught hand clearly broken but it was his face that made Gwen scream. It was clear that he was petrifed and in an amazing amount of pain when the 'Gollum' alien struck.

She sank to her knees and slapped the tiled floor with the palm of her hands, "Nowa!"

Jack slipped one hand underneath her arms and one hand across her waist and lifted her up with his powerful forearms. She sobbed and hit his chest with her fists, "It's your fault! Your fault!"

He grabbed her wrists and made her look at him, "I know you want to blame someone right now and I won't stop you but I promise you, once we find out how this creature works then we will catch it and we will make it suffer until it cracks!".

He turned to Ianto who was leaning against the white wall on the steps watching the spectical below, "Take Gwen and give her the strongest coffee you have".

Ianto nodded and took Gwen away from the captain, taking most of her weight. Even thought she was in hysteria she realised that he was a lot stronger than he looked and followed his steps out of the autopsy room but before they left she heard Jack questioning Owen,

"What the hell happened?!"

"He was partcialy eaten!"

"Thanks Quincey for stating the obvious!"

"It get's worse, Jack"

It went quite and Gwen could see the expression on Jack's face in her mind,

"How could it get worse?!"

Owen coughed before he spoke again, " He was...", he took a deep breath, "He was still alive Jack",

"What?"

"He was still alive when he was being eaten"

Gwen broke away from Ianto and ran to the nearest bathroom where she hurled into the first toilet bowel she managed to get to.