The black SUV of Torchwood pulled up alongside the entrance to Bute Park. Jack, Tosh and Owen got out. It was early morning and the locals were out and about, heading to work, heading to school. Jack didn't want to rush head on into the unknown with all these innocent people around. The three strolled causally through the park, trying to keep an eagle eye out for the disturbance. Tosh looked at her handheld monitor that was connected to her computers back in the hub. It told her the location of the rift spike.

"It's about 100 yards in that direction." Tosh instructed pointing to the left. The team started to head to the direction Tosh had pointed out when her machine made another noise. The others stopped and looked at her.

"What is going on?" Jack asked her.

"Not sure, another spike I think." Tosh replied. Jack touched his headset.

"Ianto, what are you reading?" He spoke into it.

"Another spike in Bute Park, the other side of your location." Ianto said.

"Where is Gwen?" Jack asked him.

"She is on the way." Ianto replied. Jack looked to Tosh and Owen.

"You two head to the second reading, I will find this one." He touched his earpiece again. "Gwen can you hear me?"

"I am pulling up behind the SUV now." She said.

"Join me." Jack said to her. In seconds Jack saw the familiar figure of Gwen running towards her.

"Ianto filled me in. He seems pretty annoyed you left him behind." Gwen said as they ran off.

"He won't stay mad at me for long." Jack smiled.

"He is as much a part of the team as anyone Jack." Gwen said. The two were still running, looking for evidence of the spike.

"I know, but I am still the boss and when I want someone to stay behind, I will say." Jack said. "No sign of anything." The two stopped running and looked around. The park was peaceful. Nothing was disturbed.

"I don't get it. What caused the spike?" Gwen asked.

"Not sure. Could be another Weevil who has instantly run for cover." Jack said.

"Why so much rift activity, its like someone has declared open season on earth." Gwen said.

"Yeah and each time, there is nothing to chase, no evidence. There could me loads more aliens running around the city and we have no idea where they are."

"Or what they are." Gwen pointed out.

"Well whatever caused this spike, is long gone." Jack said. Touching his earpiece in called through to Tosh and Owen.

"Anything your end?" He asked them.

"Nothing, as peaceful as a bloody Sunday morning." Owen replied.

"Is there any sign of disruption, anything to indicate where, whatever it is, came through." Jack asked.

"Unless a discarded plastic bag is the alien, no." Owen said.

"Meet back here. We need to track to see if something or someone came from the rift and is loose somewhere." Jack said. He looked at Gwen who had the familiar annoyed look about her.

"What?" He asked.

"Why did you leave Ianto back at the hub?"

"That's my business."Jack said.

Ianto stood and watched the monitors flash as it detected another spike in the park. He passed the information onto Jack and the others who dutifully set out to dispatch whatever had caused it.

Sure Ianto was annoyed that Jack had made him stay, but he knew the reasons behind it. Now he had to babysit the hub while the others were out having adventures. Unable to resist the temptation inside him, he picked up some rubbish from around Tosh's computer and walked over to the bin and threw them in. He noticed some papers unorganised on Gwen's desk. He walked over and started to clear them up. There was nothing else he could do from the hub to help the team unless they find the cause of the spikes.

Picking up his cup of coffee, Ianto sat down on the old couch. He sipped it and looked around the disserted hub. He loved the job but sometimes he felt frustrated by it all. Jack had told him many times that he was a part of the team, the soul of it. But he was still struggling to feel like it. The other's had their uses, they contributed to the team. A Doctor, an Cop, a techno genius. It made him wonder why Jack kept him around, beside the occasional night together and game of naked hide and seek.

Slightly tired, Ianto sat back and rested his head back on the sofa. He closed his eyes but a sudden wind made him open them. He stood up as the wind whipped through the hub. It got stronger and he put his arms over his face to protect them. He went to activate his earpiece but a huge gust of wind knocked him off his feet, his earpiece fell out of his ear and skirted across the floor.

He looked over to where it landed and started to reach out for it. As he did a big cloud of orange light formed in front of him from the middle of the hub. Ianto slowly got up, disbelief overcoming him. He had seen this before, not long ago. He knew nothing good was going to come from it. He pulled his gun from its holster and pointed it towards the mist. Slowly an unwanted but familiar figure slowly appeared in the cloud, forming into a human being. It stepped out of the cloud as it closed behind.

"Well well well, its Eye Candy."