Jack mused quietly over alll of the things he hadn't known about Ianto; the person he was supposed to know the most about. The fact that Ianto had a high ranking role in Torchwood One didn't bother him too much, because despite Ianto's attempts to hide it, it had managed to deep into things that he did.
Jack had marvelled over the fact that Ianto had always managed to stay on the good side of Kathy Swanson, along with all the other police officers; rather than becoming a menace to them as all the other members of Torchwood were. He understood now that Ianto's seemingly magical abilities were due to his vast experience of dealing with the police in London.
Ianto's friendship UNIT and particularly with the General and the Brigadier as well, were infinitely more interesting and unusual for any other member of Torchwood. The leader of Torchwood Two was well known for his blatant disregard of UNIT; considering them to be lumbering idiots and despite Jack's efforts, even his Torchwood didn't have much of an opinion of them.
Owen yawned loudly next to him and Jack raised his eyebrows to him which Owen responded with pointing ahead to where Tosh was walking with Gwen. Gwen was waving her arms around animatedly while Tosh was frowning and glaring at her oblivious team mate.
"Wonder what Gwen's talking about, Tosh clearly disagrees," Owen said, smirking at Gwen's outraged expression to what Tosh had countered with.
"I don't know. Maybe they're talking about boys," Jack said, waggling his eyebrows suggestively. He understood that Owen wanted to take their thoughts away from Ianto and he appreciated the gesture. Owen moaned.
"Oh come on, Captain. I highly doubt that they're discussing you or anything of the sort; otherwise Tosh might actually be agreeing."
They continued along the road, Jack occasionally checking his vortex manipulator for the location of the alien ship.
"Jack," Owen spoke; and the softness of his voice alerted Jack to his seriousness in a totally different way, what he was about to say had been resting on his mind.
"Yes, Owen?" He replied, answering in kind.
"What are we gonna do when we find these bloody aliens? We don't exactly have a way to force them off Earth, at least not permanently. They could come back again." Jack nodded thoughtfully, proud of the fact that the doctor was thinking things through properly.
"If we get rid of the aliens that are here, then the others will get the message that we're not fooling around and will leave us alone. If not they'll have to deal with me." He added the dark part grimly and Owen shivered as he imagined that look directed at him.
"That'll be enough. Though I want to give them a piece of my mind for hurting Ianto. And all the others. They're just monstrous, for what they did." They continued on, each envisioning what they would do when they saw those responsible for hurting so many people.
Toshiko looked longingly back towards where Owen and Jack were conversing and then down towards the scanner which was pointing her in the directing of the alien ship. Gwen walked alongside her with a frown on her face.
"So why did these aliens take Ianto? I mean he doesn't exactly have the highest clearance. 'Cause logically they should take someone with higher clearance, so why didn't they take someone higher up, like me?"
Tosh stared. "Are you saying that you want to be kidnapped and tortured? Also, Ianto has the second highest clearance in all of Torchwood, including Torchwood Two. If aliens wanted to get information or get Torchwood to agree to their demands, then Ianto would be the best person to be taken. But seriously, Ianto is being tortured and you're wondering, why him?"
Gwen looked stunned, but then she glared at the other woman. "You know that's not what I meant. I'm trying to say why is it so important for them to plan this whole thing to get to Ianto And what do you mean that Ianto has the second highest clearance in Torchwood?! He's only a Teaboy!" She threw her arms up in annoyance.
Toshiko frowned at this, managing to resist the urge to slap the Welshwoman.
"You know that Ianto is more important than that! It was only a nickname and no one, even Owen uses it anymore. It's offensive!"
Gwen frowned again, neatly stepping over the rocks in the uneven ground and between the trees. She opened her mouth to argue again but Tosh stopped her, raising her hand.
"We're here."