As the giant cog door whirred into life, Ianto stood staring into the cold, lifeless hub as the door opened. A lot had happened to him and the rest of the team in the past few weeks, which had left all of them exhausted and emotionally drained.
Ianto stepped into the hub and saw Gwen sat yawning at her workstation, "morning" he said, giving her a hug.
"morning" Gwen replied "how's you?" squeezing him back. The whole team had become much closer to each other and learned to depend on each other a lot more, they had to.
"I'm fine" Ianto replied "just a bit tired, where's Jack"
"He's in his usual place, sat in his bloody office, not moving, not doing anything" said Gwen with a mixture of sadness and anger in her voice.
Ianto left Gwen and moved towards the centre of the hub, towards the steps that led to Jack's office. As he walked through the hub, Ianto was unaware of the dark eyes watching him from the shadows. Something dark, something primal, something evil was watching and waiting........