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Crypto headed for the barn the moment they got back and as everyone pulled stuff from the back of the SUV he returned with a look of thunder.

"Bad?" Ianto whispered and the grunt of reply was enough for him to abandon the unpacking and follow him to one side where the scanner sat. "You found it, in the barn?"

Crypto nodded and Ianto looked at everyone crowding around the SUV, Gwen in there trying to argue that she needed that 'blanket the bloody kid was clinging to' and knew Jack would put his foot down any second so he motioned, "Let's go see."

Ianto entered the barn with the sidearm out, pointed down as he stalked from stall to stall but found only bored animals and food. He checked the loft, then the tack room, "OK I give up. Where was it?"

Crypto went to the room the little cage was still in, pushed to one side and sat as Ianto frowned and looked around, "But… why?"

Crypto didn't know either but vowed to find out as they rejoined everyone without being missed, except for Jack who raised his eyebrows and Ianto nodded to show he would tell him later.

"OH WOW!" Rhys boomed, "Pie dishes!"

Now the conversation turned to food as they decided what some future meals might be and Jack slid around to prod Ianto.

"Scanner was in the barn" Ianto hissed, "Crypto sez Gwen's' smell all over it. In the room we have the little crawler in, but why did she need it after the thing was gone?"

Jack frowned, "Doesn't make sense to me either. She went a bit rancid after the procedure but it's not like we are gonna do it twice, it showed the entire thing was gone."

"Don't know, maybe she's scared it will grow back and is checking for herself?" Ianto shrugged, "I mean…it will not with the quarterisation that thing does but did we explain that to her fully?"

"Erg, point" Jack grimaced, "Wanna to Paper Rock Scissors to see who has to talk to her?"

Ianto rolled his eye, "For the love of the gods, I will do it ya pussy."

Jack blinked then grinned as the cheeky kitty walked away, that tiger the only one deserving to flick his whickers and Jack glanced over at Owen, waving the scanner at him, "Look what Crypto fond the clever fella."

Owen bustled over and snatched at it with relief, "Thought I was gonna have to lay down and tantrum for it, thought maybe that might help."

"No need, unless you want to. Crypto might like some entertainment" Jack quipped as Owen snorted and headed off to check the calibrations, now alarmed that it might be damp or something.

He plugged it in and muttered as he found the battery completely flat and left it to charge as Ianto approached Gwen who was helping Tosh put some of the gardening supplies away.

"We found the scanner" he said with fake excitement, "Seems it was in the barn here, someone must have forgotten they popped it down when checking the stock or something."

Tosh looked at him, knowing it was a lie but she played along as she knew who it was probably for "What a relief. He can stop going on about it like a kid who lost his dummy."

They both watched Gwen's look of horror as she turned and looked at the little room then try to act like she hadn't, so Ianto decided to push, "So Owen has it now checking the data, will we know in no time flat who the silly bugger was that had it last and why."

He had expected Gwen to be angry, maybe even embarrassed but he had not expected her cry of alarm as she took off running out of the barn and Ianto canted his head as he stared at her retreating figure, "Well look at that. A rare running Gwen Beast."

Tosh snorted, "What do you think she really had it for?"

"Jack and I thought maybe she was scared her appendix might grow back and agreed we should have explained that the procedure took more of the entire thing so nothing was left behind to do so but now… she was a bit too frantic for just a preventative action don't ya think?"

"Shit" Tosh said with a sigh, "Let's go see."

"I am glad you are here, didn't want to be alone but hell's teeth I want some time out sometimes" Ianto grumbled as they walked towards the house, "She needs a time out too … out there."

Tosh shoved at him and giggled then they went in to find Gwen sobbing as she demanded Owen destroy it or give it back telling them all that it was her personal details on it she was objecting to, she hadn't given permission for them to take a full body scan blah blah blah…

Crypto frowned as he listened, then looked at the thing still charging.

Full body scan was done?

He shuffled over and nudged it then growled with frustration as he saw he would need at least some fingers then let his paw mutate into a hairy hand, tapping the scanner to see what she was up to with it.

Well.

That…wow.

Didn't expect that one.