Gwenn had a headache. She had had it when she woke up in the morning, she had it in the shower, and now, driving to work. She hoped she wasn't going down with something, not with the rift so active. Rhys had told her to take the day off, he was always telling her to do things like that, daft old Rhys, she loved him for it though, because he was so naïve and never mentioned her work, and never asked about the injuries that almost constantly covered her body. She checked her watch as she turned her small dark blue car into the car park. She was just on time, which was probably a good thing as Jack had been in a foul mood when she spoke to him earlier, something to do with UNIT parading through the streets last night, and something to do with a body, a body which was lying some way beneath her feet now. People walked around her, going about their normal business, not knowing about the things that were going on, going on all the time, while they ate chips and watched telly: that was a line Jack liked to use. Gwenn thought it was another thing he had picked up from his Doctor, his magically Doctor. The one who had come back, but Jack had chosen to come back to Gwenn, Tosh and Owen, although they all decided it was Ianto he had really come back for. By now she had reached the tourist information centre, this was her destination every morning, after all, that was where she worked.
Several hundred feet below her Captain Jack was worried. He was often worried about the rift however today he was more worried about the body. It had turned up late last night, around 11. Tosh had identified it using the documents and the missing person's website. It was Georgina Mayhew. 14 years old, who had run away from her house 2 days ago. No one had told her family yet, that was usually Gwenn's job. However Jack had no intention of letting Gwenn do that, because that would mean telling Gwenn where the body had been found, and under no circumstances was she finding that out.
Gwenn came down in the lift with Ianto, who had already done the morning coffee run and had returned heavily laden with 4 cups of varying sizes and types.
"so what do you know of the body?" Iantos soft welsh voice echoed around the lift.
"only what Jack decided to tell me" Gwenn replied
"guessing that isn't much"
"dead right, all I know is that it's a girl, and she's dead. Anything else to add to that amazing collection?"
"She's 14 and ran away from home 2 day ago. Toshiko's going to tell the parents later." Iantos eyes flickered towards Gwenn as he said this.
"that's odd," Gwenn frowned "talking to the ones that are left behind is usaually my job, since the others are all too 'clinical.'" At the last word Gwenn made speech marks with her fingers. Being clinical was one thing Jack always complained about, that's why he encouraged her relationship with Rhys. It kept her 'human,' which was a joke given what they fought.
By this time they were standing at the cog wheel door, watching it turn open with its usual fanfare of flashing lights and mechanical grindings. As they opened Gwenn caught an unusual flurry of Tosh closing a lot of windows on her computer screens. She hid a frown as Tosh looked over at her and smiled. Tosh was a small Japanese woman, with jaw length hair and smiley eyes. Today however, they were not smiling. Gwenn quickly dumped her stuff at her desk and hurried to join Owen and Jack in the autopsy room.
