Ianto Jones was unbelievably bored. The rift had been silent all day so after completing his paperwork earlier he had been sent up to man the tourist office. It didn't take him long to remember why he hated being on duty in the little office. There was nothing to do in there but sleep or stare at the wall. People rarely ever came by and he didn't blame them because the shop had the most random open hours. After staring at a wall for a few hours he dozed off unaware that a slight shift in his sleep had turned his ear com on.
"Oi, tea boy, no slacking on the job! If were not allowed to sleep at work neither are you!" Ianto had learned the hard way months ago that hearing Owen's voice first thing after waking up wasn't the best. It was almost a knee jerk reaction to yell back, "I wasn't sleeping!" but he knew that would just earn some rude comment from Owen about how they could hear his snores echoing across the hub so he swallowed a retort and leaned back in the chair hoping to get some more sleep when he heard the bell on the door ring. It was pretty shocking because not many came to the tourist office and Jack hadn't told him they were expecting anyone.
He looked up to see a young girl about sixteen or seventeen by his reckoning. She was wearing a pair of skinny jeans tucked into knee high brown boots. She had on a tan jacket with the collar up and her long curly brown hair was hanging over her face. Even with only half of her face visible he could tell that she was very pretty, maybe not in the conventional sense of the word but defiantly pretty. When she looked up to stare him in the eyes he was met with the most amazing eyes he had ever seen. The rings of silver and green caught his own eyes and it was almost like he was staring into her soul. Her words jolted him out of the gaze, "I would like to speak to Captain Jack Harkness, please."
At once Ianto was jerked back into his fake persona, "I'm sorry there is no one by that name here."
She just smiled at him and replied, "Well he's the head of Torchwood and this is one of the entrances to the Torchwood Hub so could you please tell him I want to talk to him."
Ianto wasn't about to let her know she was right so he gave her a smile and asked, "What did you say your name was?"
"Elizabeth Bryn"
"I'm sorry Miss Bryn but you must be confused this is just a tourist office!"
She didn't stop smiling but immediately her whole body tensed and in an almost deadly calm voice she said, "Well you see that's where you're wrong. I have several reasons why if your interested." At his nod she continued, "First, ask just about anyone in Cardiff about Torchwood and they will almost always point to this office. Second, I have spent weeks ensuring that this is indeed the right place and determining who I need to talk to. Third, why would you be sitting in a tiny dirty tourist office in a suit and wearing an ear com if this wasn't Torchwood?"
Ianto was genuinely startled by all of this usually if you asked someone for proof they would just say "I just know" but this girl had proof and he was impressed. He put his finger to his ear, turning on the com and said, "Jack, could you come up here real quick?"
The girl's immediate response was a brilliant smile that spread across her face and a thank you. Not even a minute later Ianto heard the familiar sound of the cog door opening and watched as Jack stepped through.
"You called, Ianto?" Jack said with the classic Harkness grin.
Ianto just nodded and pointed to the girl and started, "This girl, Elizabeth Bryn wanted to talk to you." The smile fell from his face and he gave Ianto a look that said, "Who is she and why didn't you get rid of her?" but Ianto just gave him a little shrug and walked back into the Hub letting the cog door close behind him.
AN: This chapter and the next were originally going to be all one but I decided to split it in two so I could post this today. Please read and Review!
-Jack
