Facing the truth.... (open)

[Daniel O'Neill]

It had been almost three weeks since he last stepped foot into the hub, had seen any of his team. It was his own doing though and now he was ready to face whatever may come from that. No one was around at the moment, he had waited until they left to come in.

Not wanting to face Jack in person with everyone around. He found his way down to the cells and sat outside beside any empty one, his back leaning against the wall. His head was hung, resting in his arms for the moment.

He couldn't keep doing this, he needed to deal with this before it killed him. This job was everything for him and he missed his family. Daniel took off and did what he did second best, living in the outdoors. It was the last place anyone would look for him. However he had been back for a week but spent the last week trying to work the courage up to face Jack. The last thing he wanted was a pissed of Captain Jack Harkness dealing with him but that is what he was worried about getting. There was also the fear of being locked in a cell for the rest of his life.

That was one thing Daniel knew he could not handle. Being trapped in a small space with no way to get out. He could recall the time he had to recuse a little kid from a well. It was hard and he almost had a panic attack from having to work in that small space. It was rough and thoughts of being stuck in a cell because of what he was, wasn't something he could handle..

His eyes looked over at Janet who was pacing around her cell. "Might not be alone down here anymore. Chances are good you will have some company..."

What had drove Daniel away was the fear that Owen had drove into him... the worry of what might happen to him. He wondered if Ianto had told Jack what was going on. He knew the other man promised not to share the results of what happened and Daniel trusted Ianto with his life.

Anyone who knew of Daniel's past would see that the Doctors and military had done nothing to help him out. That there had been a series of lies and broken trust. Which left Daniel with a hard time of trusting others or letting them close. Those who knew that would understand why he had runaway from this.

His eyes closed falling asleep there. But it wasn't a soild sleep and the nightmares were the reason why. After a few hours passed of him trying to rest, sounds of footsteps were what woke him up. He heard them moving closer to where he was.

[Jack Harkness]

It hadn't escaped Jack that Daniel had been gone from the Hub for an extended period of time. Hell, with only a few team members in general, it was clear when someone was missing. However, the Rift had been unusually quiet and given that Jack knew where to find him at any point in time, he left Daniel to his own devices.

If he needed Daniel, he'd go find him. As of right now, he didn't need the other man in an employment capacity.

Jack also knew this sort of behaviour and he knew that Daniel would return whenever he was good and ready to. When he did, there'd be a severe dressing down, and then they'd continue on their merry way as they always did. It was just the way Jack ran his team and, up until now, it had gone quite well for him.

Checking through CCTV, Jack smirked when he saw Daniel had returned to the Hub -- just as he knew he would. He kept an eye on the man for a bit, frowning when he heard what Daniel said to Janet. What possible reason could Daniel have for being locked up. Of course, Jack knew there was something special about Daniel -- he didn't smell like a normal human. Jack, however, didn't know much more beyond that. Daniel had shown Jack a fair amount of loyalty and that's all he asked.

Not to mention Jack had gone through the Hub to make sure he wasn't hiding anything down below.

The next time Jack checked on Daneil, he had fallen asleep. Frowning, Jack left his office and made his way down to the cells. He crouched down beside Daniel, lightly tapping him on the shoulder. "Daniel?"

[Daniel O'Neill]

Loyalty was something Daniel could give easily as well as being the best he could be. However trust and faith was something he had struggled with. The team had become like family to Daniel and he could not ask for a better place to work... It was recent events that drove him down the road to running away. With Owen nipping at his heels and with how the other man acted, it all made him feel like he was after him. Then there was the issue with the women. How he seen how evil she was and claimed he was just like her. It left him in that kind of state where he wasn't sure where to turn.

The last thing he wanted was to hurt those around him that he cared about. If there was any chance of him being like that women. He seen what she could do and he wasn't sure what could stop her. The only thing Daniel hid was the fact he seemed to heal at a slightly faster rate than what was normal... Ianto had gone through the lengths of hiding the results of the tests they ran. Daniel was feeling bad that Ianto might get a tongue lashing for it though.

The tapping on his shoulder startled him thus the slight jump to the touch. His eyes looked over at Jack, seeing him there he was wide awake. Daniel swallowed hard and looked down. "Come to lock me up? I seen what a women who said she was like me could do..." Daniel held out the file in which the government kept hidden on him.

Inside the thick folder was paper work on how they stole him away from his parents, ran test and injected him with all kinds of drugs and even alien DNA. All in order to protect themselves from any threat. It said he was a project failure but lead the way to the creation of newer and stronger drugs. His memory had been wiped and him left for dead. "Might want to read that..." Daniel said as he waited for Jack to chew him out for what he had done.

Daniel was still trying to make sense of it, trying to put the pieces together. It felt like it was something out of a really bad tv series or movie. Not sure how or why part of the military and government felt like they needed to do this or how they were able to get away from it. His tired eyes looked over at Jack, his face still wearing a bit of scruff on it. Taking care of himself wasn't something he had done a lot of lately. "Didn't want to waste Torchwood's time looking into my past.. It was personal, I had to find answers after I seen the results of the blood test and I didn't want Owen to finding out about it... he's been out to get me.. You must know what it feels like to wake up believing your one thing only to find out that your not that anymore..."[/color]