It had been a week since the incident at the pub. The atmosphere at work had been slightly awkward; everyone felt they were treading on eggshells around Owen.
The rift had been quite tame the past week, too, so everyone was left with barely anything to do. Ianto had made coffee for everyone, and was just putting the sugars in when he was disturbed.
'Hello, eye candy', he heard from behind him.
'Oh God..' Ianto said when he realised who it was. John had appeared, Jack holding him by the scruff of his neck. Jack dragged him into the main part of the hub, where everyone looked up.
'What the hell is he doing here?' Owen asked angrily. Everyone was surprised, this was the first time Owen had really spoken this week.
'He claims he has something important to tell us..' Jack said sounding slightly fed up.
'I bloody well do' John piped up, frowning.
'What?' Jack asked him, letting go of his coat as he batted Jack's hand away.
John straightened himself up, then looking from person to person, starting to look serious. 'There's something coming', he said.
Owen laughed, his hatred for John completely clear.
'There is!' John pushed as no one had the reaction he was expecting. He sounded like a child.
'Yeah.. okay' Jack said, not sounding bothered in the slightest.
'Fine, you know what? I hope you all die' he said, sounding again, like a spoilt child.
'Is that it?' Owen asked, not even looking up from what he was doing.
John looked even more irritated, and began to leave.
'Don't let the door hit you on the way out' Ianto smiled sarcastically.
John left, giving Ianto a glare as he did so.
'What do you think that was all about?' Gwen asked, finishing the biscuit she had been eating.
'No idea..' Jack replied, retreating to his office.
Everyone continued with their work for another half an hour, Toshiko researching on her computer, Owen fiddling with some tech equipment and Gwen also typing away on a computer. Then suddenly Tosh broke the silence. 'Hey, guys, remember that yeti?'
Gwen looked up, 'the one from last week? What about it?'
'There wasn't just one.'
'What?' Gwen asked.
'There's been sightings of another one in a playing field not far from here. It was last spotted last night. People thought it was a bear.'
Gwen looked concerned, and went to get Jack.
'So, looks like our yeti had a friend' Jack said after reading the article on Tosh's computer. 'And I'm guessing they don't just come in sets of two.'
'Why do you think they're here?' Gwen asked, looking at Jack.
'It must have just come through the rift. The only place they feel at home is in the snow, which is why they're lingering here. I don't think they mean any harm, really. They just feel threatened by humans. They've never seen anything like us before.'
'Maybe we could just capture them?' Gwen suggested.
'And put them where?' Owen asked, joining the rest of the group.
'Nowhere. We don't have anywhere to put them and once the snow has melted they won't survive. The kindest thing to do would be to put them out of their misery. I just hope there isn't loads of them..' Jack walked off to get his coat from his office. No one wanted to kill the creatures, but it was the only plan they had. They knew Jack found it just as hard as they did when it came to deciding a creature's fate.