Chapter Two

"What are we looking for?" asked Ianto. They were in the first room Andy remembered being in.

"Anything out of the ordinary. Is there any rift activity?" replied Jack.

"No. Nothing, this room is spotless. It looks like it hasn't been touched let alone been the scene…"

"We could make it look like that," smirked Jack.

Ianto raised his eyebrows, "That…well I don't think that is the best idea."

"Pity," replied Jack standing up and kicking the bed, "The trash has even cleaned."

"Should we have a look at the other room?" asked Ianto.

"Might as well, where is it?"

"Two floors up."

"Really? Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"So let's assume that when this woman moved Andy he was asleep since he says he remembers being in here and waking up upstairs. This she alien would have needed helping moving him."

"Well that is if he got the room numbers right to begin with, it sounds like he was totally sunk last night. Plus we know nothing about this alien perhaps it has super human strength."

"Excellent points," said Jack with a bit of pride. He was amazed at how quickly Ianto was adjusting. Not completely, he was bound to have his quirks but he had always been the quickest to bounce back and accepting what was in front of him. Well mostly. He was doing much better than Owen had. Although in all fairness there was a difference between Ianto's return and Owen's.

As the elevator opened Jack followed Ianto down the corridor watching him in his sharply pressed suit. They hadn't left the hub last night so it had come from the bags that Molly had offered the other day. It was one of the new ones that Molly had picked out and Jack had to say that she had great taste and she knew how to dress Ianto.

"Jack?" called Ianto from inside the room.

"Yes?"

"This room looks as spotless."

"Any rift activity?" he asked stepping into the room.

"No. Like the room before it is completely untouched."

Jack touched his hand to his ear, "Gwen?"

"Yes Jack."

"Find anything on the CC TV footage?"

"Not yet, but I just got started."

"Okay let me know," turning to Ianto Jack said, "Well let's go check the logs for Andy's name and to see who these rooms were reserved to."

As the two headed down to quest services, Molly was racing down the stairs back at the hub.

"Molly what's wrong?" asked Gwen looking away from her monitors.

Molly looked pensive and worried, "Gwen how well do you know Andy?"

"Pretty good I'd say. You know we were partners, mates even."

"Were you aware Andy was and is doing drugs?"

"No! Not Andy! Sure he seems daft sometimes, but he is not stupid. He doesn't do drugs. I mean to even to suggest that is mental."

"I believe you. Andy doesn't really seem like the type to do drugs but his blood work came back positive for E."

"E? I really don't believe it. He seemed fine when I interviewed him. He wasn't coming down from anything!"

"Well there a bunch of other things in his system as well and it looked like he had been given or taken high doses of vitamin B12."

"So he was masking it? No that is just mental."

"I don't know other things in his system concern me."

"Such as?"

"GHB."

"The date rape drug?"

"Yes."

"Really?"

"It accounts for the memory loss."

"I can't believe this," Gwen turned back to the monitors, "What happened to you Andy?"

Molly pulled up a chair and started watching with Gwen. After about 10 minutes she said, "Look there's Andy walking into the pub."

"Good eye, lets fast forward and catch him coming out…there he is and he with a gal. Follow them and see where they go. I am going to try and figure out who she is."

Molly moved to her monitors and began watching Andy and his new lady friend as they headed through the streets of Cardiff while Gwen ran facial recognition programs hoping for a match.

Meanwhile back at the hotel Jack and Ianto were hitting a brick wall.

"So neither room had any occupants in them and there is no Andy Davidson anywhere?" asked an exasperated Jack. He was kicking himself for not just heading back to the hub and letting the team get the information. It had taken him 15 minutes to get the girl behind the counter to give him any kind of information. Turning to Ianto as the girl returned to her screen, "Have I lost? Is there is anything on my face? Is my hair graying?"

Ianto just shook his head. Of course Jack was would be more concerned with the time it took to get the receptionist to agree with him rather then the total lack of information they were currently getting.

"No one registered last night under the name Andy or Andrew Davidson," said the blonde receptionist. She looked up at the two incredibly gorgeous men in front of her. She had been only able to hold out for 15 minutes. The one who was doing all the taking was sinfully gorgeous and had a silk tongue. The other was dressed impeccably and a childish glint in his eyes. She felt like she could have a lot of fun reprimanding him. She had to turn away as her thoughts went a very naughty route.

"Thank you," said Jack totally unaware that receptionist was giving off any kind of vibe.

Getting into the SUV Ianto said, "Maybe Andy had the wrong hotel."

"Or maybe he is just making this all up," said Jack before checking back in with the girls, "We are heading back…No we didn't find anything…Okay, like I said we are heading back."

"I don't think that Andy would make up a story like that and send us a wild goose chase. For one it's just not like him and two I think he may be a wee bit afraid of you," said Ianto a moment later as he navigated the city streets.

"You think he is afraid?" smirked Jack, "Well he might have if he was mugged."

Ianto sat in quiet contemplation. He could see Jack's point but he really didn't see
Andy pulling one over on Gwen. Ianto would admit the Andy did seem a little empty and he certainly did cling to Gwen when he got a chance but he seemed like a good copper. In all the cases they had worked with him on Andy had been completely professional. Plus Jack had talked last night and told him everything Andy had done for his family and well that made him alright in his book.

Jack watched as Ianto navigated the streets on auto pilot. He could tell that his mind was a million miles away. "What are you think about?" asked Jack pulling Ianto back to now.

Ianto decided to keep the conversation focused on work. Later he would ask if Jack thought he could see his sister, "That I should probably pull all of Andy's bank and credit activity records when we get back."

"Good idea. We maybe should have done that before went on this wild goose chase," replied Jack.

"Yep."

Jack turned to peer out the window. It was clear that Ianto believed Andy and the others did as well, but Jack was not easily fooled. He would wait to find out what the others had found.