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Business as usual

"Run! Both of you!" yelled Jack as he covered his teams exit from the warehouse. The creature was worse then they had expected, pure evil, there was no way they'd stop it without some better equipment then three hand guns. Once he'd given Gwen and Ianto a head start he turned and followed his team through the door, closing it quickly behind him.

"What was that?!" asked Gwen as Jack slammed the door. She'd seen some weird stuff in her time at Torchwood, things most people couldn't possibly imagine but that about took the biscuit.

"No idea, ferocious would be one description." Replied Jack with his usual hint of humour. That was the thing about Jack, he managed to laugh in almost every situation, no matter how dire. In fact, Gwen wouldn't be particularly surprised if he'd cracked a few jokes while he was being tortured for information a few days ago.

"We should get there area sealed off before anyone else tries to go in there with that thing." Said Ianto matter of factly.

"Good idea. Gwen, can I leave you to talk to your buddies in the force and sort that out. Us two will get back to the hub and try and work out what to do about it. You alright getting a lift?"

Gwen smiled, for all his bossiness Jack honestly cared about his team, wanted them all safe. He did have a heart under that hard, often cold exterior. "Course, I'll get Andy to give me a lift. Don't you worry." She smiled as she pulled out her phone. "Hey, Andy…yeah, not too bad… I need a favour…"

Ianto was moving towards the SUV and Jack followed, getting into the drivers seat with Ianto beside him using a handheld computer to get things rolling. Jack started the engine and pulled away. After a couple of minutes silence Jack looked at Ianto, hard at work. The poor man needed a break but they were just too understaffed.

"Ianto, look, I never really got chance to ask. Are you OK? You know, after the hostage thing and all?"

Ianto nodded, he would much rather forget all that. The sound of his screams. Jack, the immortal man, screaming. It made him shiver to think about it.

"Really, if you need to talk about it…" started Jack, not finishing his sentence. It was one of those sentences that people never finished. Either they assumed the other person would know, or they didn't know how to finish it. Jack was experiencing both situations simultaneously. What should he say? 'I'm here for you.' 'You can always talk to me.' All possible outcomes seemed insignificant. He knew Ianto had been having nightmares since it had happened, he'd seen the young man tossing in his sleep, terrified, pinned to his sheets.

"I've looked into the archives and there's only one thing that even remotely matches the description of that thing but it was much smaller." Continued Ianto, he really didn't want to relive that day, talking wouldn't make things better.

"What?"

"There's no name on file, it was simply called 'The Beast'" a smile adorned Ianto's face briefly, "Inventive of them. Anyway, it sounds about right but was about a third of the size of that thing. Maybe we should call ours 'Big Beasty'."

"Mm, OK. When was that report filed?" asked Jack, smiling at the name Ianto had given the creature.

"Erm… hang on, yep. 78 Years ago almost to the day, by a Captain Jack Harkness. Any relation?" Ianto joked.

Jack smiled; Ianto knew full well who that was. He flung the SUV around a corner, nearly taking out a speed camera in the process. While the general public may thank him for it he knew the police department most certainly wouldn't. "Nope, never heard of him. Oh, like the name by the way. It's officially… official."

"That sentence started well, pity it ended so badly." Joked Ianto

Jack glanced at Ianto, it was nice to see him smiling again. "Its been a long week alright." He grinned his big cheesy grin and looked back to the road. The monitor Ianto held suddenly started bleeping madly. "Great, that's all we need. Where is it Ianto?"

Ianto tapped the screen a few times. "5 miles out in the bay. Only a tiny blip, it can wait till we get to the hub."