'So, how is she?' Ianto asked Owen who was stitching Tosh's gun wound up, his expression filled with concentration. It had been 3 hours since the incident involving Gwen shooting Grey and everyone was just starting to settle down, yet still nervous about Toshiko. Jack was in his office, no one had dared disturb him. Grey's body was in the morgue. No one had any idea what Jack was planning to do with it. Gwen was pacing up and down the Hub above where Ianto and Owen stood in the autopsy bay, with Tosh lying unconscious on the bed.
'She'll be fine.. I just need to keep her sedated for a little while longer' Owen replied, his voice low.
'Gwen really seems on edge, doesn't she?' Ianto said quietly to Owen. Owen nodded without looking up.
'What can you expect? She did shoot Jack's brother' Owen said, removing his gloves. He had finished working on Tosh and now all they could do was wait.
'I'm going to see Rhys' Gwen finally said loudly. I can't wait here all day for Jack to come out of there. I need to see him.. tell him what's happened and check that he's okay. I need to see him'. Gwen had spoken to Rhys on the phone two hours ago to update him on what had been going on, and he had returned home to reflect on what had happened this evening. Rhys wasn't used to all of this Torchwood stuff yet, and having had such responsibility tonight, he was all over the place. John was sat just outside Jack's office, twiddling his fingers. Much to Ianto's amusement, Jack hadn't let him in either.
Just then the doors of Jack's office opened, and the clicking of his boots echoed through the Hub, making Gwen jump. There was a long silence, which Jack broke by asking 'how is she?'
'She's fine, just out of it while the medication does its job.' Owen replied.
Jack nodded once, then turned to Gwen. 'Look Jack, i'm sorry. Ianto-' Jack put his hand up.
'It's fine. I know. I'm not blaming you, Gwen'.
Gwen did a half smile, but her eyes didn't light up. 'I'm gonna go back to Rhys.. I'll see you all tomorrow.' Gwen walked out without looking anyone in the eye. The doors shut behind her and silence followed again.
'What are you going to do with the body?' John asked sympathetically, walking into the room. Owen and Ianto watched him, then looked at Jack, waiting for a response.
'I don't know.. I was thinking about burying it' Jack finally replied.
Everyone looked slightly startled. 'That's a little.. ordinary, isn't it?' Owen asked, frowning slightly in thought.
'It wouldn't feel right.. leaving him frozen in here.. or anything else. He'll be at peace, that way.'
'That's a great idea' Ianto said to Jack, smiling. Ianto wasn't used to Jack being in this much pain, and he didn't really know what to do.
'I agree' John piped up. Owen looked round at him.
'Hang on.. what's he still doing here anyway? Didn't you try to kill us all a few hours ago?' Owen said to John.
John looked slightly panicked. 'Grey was making me do it, or he'd have killed me. I had a bomb strapped to my wrist..' he started.
'Isn't it about time you were leaving now?' Jack asked rhetorically, not looking at John as he spoke.
'Oh yeah.. right', John looked sad, and walked towards Jack. 'So, this is goodbye, then'.
Jack looked up at him with a black expression on his face. 'Yeah. See ya'.'
John's look of hopefulness lasted for a second and when he realised that was all, his face dropped and walked slowly towards the door. No goodbye kiss or nothin', he thought. Just before he left, he turned around at them all. 'I'm, er.. sorry for almost killing you all', he added.
'Sure, see you again. We can have some fun like this again, sometime soon hopefully', Owen smiled fakely, then his face dropped. John left then, without another word.
'What a nice bloke' Owen added when he'd left.
Jack looked at Owen. 'You can go now, Owen. I'll take care of Tosh overnight. See you tomorrow'.
Owen nodded once, took his Doctor's jacket off and left.