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Owen is supposed to be dead, twice over. More accurately, he's supposed to be trapped in a radiation-flooded nuclear facility, watching his own body decay.

The only explanation he can think of is that the Rift took him, and the only conclusion he can come to is that he was luckier than poor old John.

So he picks a direction, and starts walking.

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She hadn't a clue where she was any more, staying in the same place had just seemed wrong. She really was about as good with knowing where she was as she was with keeping track of time. Well time that was running normally. Hopping through it wasn't a problem in the slightest. That made sense. Which could explain so much about her.

More to the point she was still alive. Lyssa had been in worse situations. Well about the same. You didn't join the Agency and just get rich. If you ended up rich at all. Screwed over, messed up and able to keep yourself alive. She had hot wired a car and worked out how to at least keep it running for a while. So from walking to driving wasn't all that bad a change.

She slammed on the horn as she saw the figure. Anything else that came, the gun should at least deter them so she could floor it and hopefully get away.

Owen, lost in thought, jumps out of his skin when the horn sounds. His next response is to turn to look at the driver and give her the finger.

"Was that really necessary?"

"Yes. No, but it was funny." But her answer is somewhere lost to laughing as she leans out of the car. "Gonna be a complete tosser or you want a lift?" Not that she isn't glad to see someone she recognises even if she hasn't quite got the idea he doesn't actually know her.

"Depends." He starts to trudge towards the car. "Where're you going?"

"No clue. Wherever I want." She hasn't had a clue about where she's been going... oh long time before she turned up to this place. "Happy to take suggestions."

"Well, given I don't know where we are or, for that matter, who you are, I'm going to have to go with 'wherever'." He leans in the car window, smiling wryly. "Owen Harper."

It was the moment he said that, she realised. "I'm Lyssa James. And you're not driving. For now, other than that we're good."

"Driving tired kills", he points out, grinning. "Going to convince me you're not a serial killer, Lyssa James?"

"Death doesn't bother me." She's seen enough of it. "No." She smirked at him. "Besides, how do I know you're not? Poor defenceless woman like me all alone."

He holds up his wounded hand in evidence.

"Wouldn't do me much good to try with one hand out of commission. And you couldn't kill me anyway, so I guess we're safe."

"What the hell happened to you?" She somewhere between horror and concern. "And why couldn't I kill you?"

"I broke my finger to prove a point", he says flatly. "Can't kill what's already dead... you couldn't even hurt me."

She paled. "Don't break the car." She made a move to switch to the passenger side. She really didn't feel like driving then.

"Don't worry. I'm a good driver."

He's qualified, anyway, even if he can be reckless in emergencies.

"I trust you." She grabbed the gun and settled herself. "Used to know a guy just like you."

"Oh yeah?" He slides into the driver's seat. "Where was that, then?"

"Yeah, odd little town in Wales. He was an utter tosser, saved my life though." She cares though.

"Funny, that. I was in Cardiff before I came here."

"Ya know I think that was the place." Pause. " A weevil nearly killed me."

Owen sits bolt upright at that, staring at her.

"You know about weevils?"

"Yep and they really hate me. I know about Torchwood. I used to to work with Jack."

"That's... not possible. I'd have heard your name if you'd ever been Torchwood."

"Parallel universe theory. Simple really. Though the crossing them I don't get. I think I used to know the answer but I don't now."

"All right, say I accept you're from a parallel universe Torchwood. You just happened to be the one to pick me up?"

He's just a little paranoid.

"The universe works in mysterious ways." She nodded wisely, she really is completely dippy.

"Ooh! Maybe because the other you saved me I had to pick up you!"