"I've missed you," Ianto commented as he and Arialle lay on what they called the feeding platform for Myfanwy as it was where they stood to feed her.
"Missed you too, it's been a while," Arialle replied softly. Ianto smiled, playing with a few strands of Arialle's hair. The two lay in complete silence, just enjoying the company, watching as Myfanwy flew around above and listening to the rest of the team joking and laughing as they played basketball.
"Where've you been then?" Ianto enquired
"oh, just...travelling," Arialle replied with a smile, memories of her journeys flooding back
"Let me guess, the right kind of doctor?" Ianto asked
"Yeah, we saw the most amazing things," Arialle replied "a planet that was a beach, the whole planet just one huge beach, and one where there is only a few males of the species, I'm talking like 4 maybe 5 males in the whole species, and they're like a giant, ugly slugs, but all the females are beautiful, they look similar to humans, except, they have what looks like hair, styled weirdly, but it isn't. It's skin." she described in great detail everything she saw. Ianto had always loved her stories of other planets and alien encounters. The way her eyes shone as she described them.
"Ianto, Ari, Chinese is here," Jack shouted, interrupting Arialle's description of the Jadoon. The two of them stood up and walked down the steps to join the rest of the team at the table.
"So, what have you seen?" Tosh asked Arialle excitedly
"Angels," Arialle replied with a smirk "Statues of angels, possibly the most effective and amazing things when it comes to hunting," she added, everyone looked at her in confusion "You see, when you're looking at them, they stand, wings folded, slightly hunched over, covering their faces with their hands. But the second you aren't looking at them, even if you just blink, they move, faster than anything I've ever seen, one minute they're stood on the other side of the room, blink, they're half-way across the room, blink again and they're in your face, hands in an attacking position, face in an ugly snarl, showing fangs, and that's when they start to mess with the lights. They control the lights, make them flicker from bright to dim at first, then completely off and you're dead," Arialle described "Enough about that, what have you guys been up to? Any more weevil's?" Arialle asked, trying to divert the unwanted attention from herself.
"No, but I heard of this strange thing happening," Jack began, all eyes moved from one Harkness the the other "17 people disappearing in the same place around the same spot, not one has been found, their vehicles all have strange marks," he explained "We're going camping," he smiled at the not-so-enthusiastic members of his team.
"C'mon, billions species in the universe and you are the only one's to go camping," Arialle told them, remembering what Jack had told her when they had first arrived on earth and she had seen people camping and been very intrigued.
"Exactly, embrace your uniqueness," Jack added on, "and that was my line," he told his sister in mock-annoyance.
"Everyone done?" Ianto asked, there was a general murmur of 'yes' so he started to clear everything away.
"Let me help," Arialle offered, grabbing the remaining plates and following Ianto. They were putting the plates away in a comfortable silence, when there was a loud bang from the main part of the hub. Ianto and Arialle exchanged a worried look, it wasn't a gun shot, they could tell that much.
The two of them got into the hub, to find it swarming with bugs.
"They aren't from this planet," Ianto spoke quietly, Arialle shook her head in confirmation
"No, and they're dangerous, I've seen them before," she added, confirming Ianto's suspicions.
"Jack, Tosh, Owen, Gwen, get into my room, on my desk you'll find some spray, it'll sedate them, then get the hell out," Arialle shouted to the members of their team, then "Ianto, with me, into Jacks room, we can get the rest in there and spray them, I have two canisters in my pocket," she ordered. Ianto nodded and the two of them ran to Jack's room, millions of the small brown creatures following them. When they were sure all of them were in, they sprayed the chemicals, covering their noses with the sleeves of their jackets.