A/N will be rerated M for future chapters.

"Ah...guys..." Tosh called out as she looked up from the monitor. "He's gone."

"What!?" yelled Owen as he whirled around in his chair to face her.

"Our cell-guest," she elaborated. "He's gone."

"What do you mean he's gone Tosh..." said Owen as he moved next to her to look at the monitor.

She pointed at the screen. "Gone..."

"Shit!" Owen cursed. "Guys...we have a problem!"

"What's all the commotion down there?" yelled Jack as he came out of his office.

"The Ractor's missing," replied Owen as he checked his weapon.

"And what do we mean by...missing?" Jack asked as he jogged down the stairs.

"Gone, disappeared, not where we left him..." Tosh replied.

Jack moved to one of the computer terminals; tapping a few keys he brought up the recording of the CCTV footage from the cells from the last half hour, fast forwarding through it. "Who searched him?" he yelled as he paused the recording.

"Gwen," replied Tosh.

"Yeah?" asked Gwen as she walked into the main area of the Hub.

"You searched the Ractor before putting him in the cells?" asked Jack.

"Yeah...why?"

Jack took her by the shoulders and spun her around to face the screen. "Notice anything?"

"Shit!" she exclaimed as she looked at the still of the Ractor using a device to open the cell door.

"Did you frisk him?" Jack asked as he swung her back to face him.

"Of course I did..." she answered trying to cover her embarrassment.

Jack folded his arms across his chest taking a deep breath as he looked at her. "Let's go get ourselves a Ractor ...again..."

They found the Ractor without too much trouble after it rather successfully managed to get itself totally lost in the tunnels; with the alien safely back in its cell they made their way back to the central area of the Hub.

"Call it a day guys," said Jack. "I'll see you all tomorrow."

They all gathered their stuff and moved towards the cog door.

"Gwen..." Jack called as she was leaving. "Can I see you in my office before you go?"

They all shared a collective look as they walked out the door glad they weren't Gwen right now.

By the time Gwen had put her bag and her jacket back down on her desk Jack was already in his office; slowly she walked up the stairs dreading the conversation that was about to come, she knew she'd fucked up and she felt bad enough as it was – she didn't think she could handle Jack giving her a lecture about how to do her job. She walked in to see him sitting back in his chair his boots propped up on his desk.

"Sit down," he said as she stopped in the doorway.

"Listen Jack I know I stuffed up today," she began as she sat in the chair across from him. "I promise you it won't happen again."

"I'm actually surprised it happened this time PC Cooper," Jack replied. "Didn't they teach you how to frisk someone in the Police?"

"Yes they did," Gwen replied. "And that's how I frisked him...and I obviously missed something."

Jack looked at her in silence a moment before swinging his legs down to stand up and walk around his desk; stopping next to her he raised his arms out to his sides. "Show me."

"Excuse me?" she asked, unsure what he wanted.

He looked down at her his face entirely serious. "I want you to show me how you frisk someone."

She blinked once then slowly got to her feet moving behind Jack; taking a deep breath she reached out to run her hands lightly down his sides, over his hips, quickly patting down each leg.

"That's it?" he asked as he turned to face her.

She looked a little surprised. "Yeah that's it."

"Not very thorough," he replied frowning a little.

"Well how would you do it then?" Gwen asked getting a little annoyed despite herself.

A lazy grin spread itself across Jack's face as he leaned into her. "I was hopin' you were going to ask that."