Chapter seven
It's like fight club, but with Weevils….
Elena was sitting at her desk, the messiest of all the desks, but the fact was, she was playing a game of solitaire. After what happened with Eugene, she'd gotten a lot more better with how she was feeling, her eyes focused on the cards, every now and then she'd glance to Jade, the girl was wearing, blue jeans with a green and orange stripe long sleeved top, with black t shirt over it.
For a while Elena kept getting the feeling she'd done something to upset Jade, she kept looking back to where Owen would be in the medical bay, they hadn't talked in a while, no flirtatious looks, or even the way he spoke to her was about enough to make the hairs on the back of Elena's neck stand on end. So maybe that was why Jade was mad, she was getting closer with Owen, but Elena could see it was just a friendly way, but even that was more than what she had, the blossom was off the rose of what would be coincided a end to what ever they had, it made Elena feel worse, maybe it would have been better, but parts of her missed Owen. Missed the lame jokes, affectionate hugs, the moments when laying in bed, he'd brush the hair from her face, was it worth losing all that for something with Jack, that she knew deep down wouldn't last, it wouldn't work, and now she felt at a lose cos she didn't even know how she got in this mess in the first place.
Jade kept glancing to the hot mess that was Elena sitting at her desk, getting to her feet she made her way down to the Medical bay, Owen, who had been bitching about his computer running slower than a OAP whore.
Jade sat with Owen in the medical bay; normally she wouldn't be here, but then Owen's computer was playing up, so here she was fixing it for the god knows how many time. Owen was looking to Jade while sitting on the medical table, he kept looking over her shoulder as she was typing away, "I mean, I thought we was more than, fuck buddies, and then I see her with Jack." His tone dry, his eyes kept looking to Jade's back while she was getting frustrated.
"One Owen, we really need to get you a Mac, this PC is going to give me premature wrinkles." Her head turned around to face him, "And two, have you even asked her out on a date, asked her how her days was, find out her favourite movies…?" Jade kept a serious face, "and oh yeah, she's not having sex with Jack, trust me, I'll know…" her voice trailed off as she turned back to the computer screen.
Owen sat still for the longest time, his hands playing with his badge on his lab coat, he felt like a right plonka, "No," his voice sounded defeated, "But…"
"No buts Owen Harper, now get your skinny arse up to that girl, ask her on a date, and get to know her, and not just how her vag fits over your penis!"
Taking this as an order, Owen got to his feet looking to Jade, he went to say something, but she pointed away, it was clear he was going to have to bite the bullet, admit defeat and walk up the stairs to see Elena sat at her desk.
Walking slowly, Owen looked over her outfit of choice today, she wore a baggy black T shirt that hung off one shoulder showing off a white string vest underneath, her jeans were tight fitting, blue converses, her long wavy blonde hair pulled into a messy ponytail with random bits of hair flying about, she looked bored.
Elena side glanced to see Owen approaching, "Hey," she said with a halfhearted smile, part of her didn't know if she was needed, or was he just walking past to get something, but he'd stopped right beside her. "Can I help you with something?" she asked confused.
Owen couldn't stop looking into her eyes, her face clean of all make up, her hair still was cute in the state it was in, he wanted to touch her, "I was wondering, if you're not doing anything tonight, I mean if you're not busy," he inhaled, this was harder than he thought, "Would you like to go out for dinner, maybe catch a movie?" he kept playing with his hands in his pockets, he kept watching her slowly smiling bigger.
Elena felt shocked, for one, Owen looked nervous, and he was rarely nervous. But when he asked for her to come to Dinner with him, she blinked and smiled, "I'd love to," she felt herself feeling better about the day, "What time?" she asked now getting a spark in her chest making her feel maybe they weren't dying.
"Seven," Owen looked to Elena, "also, remember that dress I got you a while ago?" he asked her, she nodded, "Wear that," he leaned down brushing a kiss on her cheek, she felt her cheeks blush over, watching him walk away.
Elena swirled on her desk chair letting out a happy squeal, then looking to the screen, getting a browser window open, then started to look for the right heels to get to go with the dress, she knew if she reserved them now, she'd pick them up on her break.
While Elena had assumed that the dinner would be the start of something, she kept looking to Owen who was watching her in silence, the silence that was of two people who didn't really know what to say to each other.
Owen kept watching as Elena played with her food, "so, what is your favourite movie?" he asked her trying to start something to talk about. He couldn't believe how amazing she looked tonight, her long waves free flowing down her back, the dress he'd brought her made her curves look sexy, the shoes even made her look amazing.
"Erm, I think it's a tie between Texas Chainsaw massacre, the original not the remake, or The Amityville Horror, the remake," she played with her food, she didn't really want to eat it, she felt her stomach was churning, while feeling like she was boring him.
Owen laughed, "you like horror," he looked to the food on his plate, "I'd assumed you was a sleepless in Seattle kind of girl," he added.
"No, hate them slushy romance film, I just can't stand typical romantic comedies." She felt her hand playing with the fork, "Owen, what brought on the asking me out on a date?"
Owen inhaled, "I want," he felt stupid again, "Elena, I really want to get to know you better," he kept watching her eyes, "I mean, I thought we, but then with you and Jack…"
"Owen, there is nothing between Jack, and me" her eyes serious, she knew he was going to bring it up.
Owen eyes narrowed, "It didn't look like nothing, the way he looks at you, the way you look at him, I can't ignore it," his voice serious, his hand on the table looking shaky.
"Owen," Elena reached over the table, her hand touching his, her eyes looking deep into his eyes on the other side of the table, "I want use to work, I miss you so much," she kept her voice soothing, hoping he believed her.
The moment was right, Owen rolled her hand over holding it lightly in his hands, he tried to smile, but glanced over, Weevil, and finally, "Fuck!" he knew Jack saw them; he was making his way over.
Jack couldn't believe his luck, he'd hunted the Weevil, but it seemed to be stronger than he thought, the thing had slashed his chest, got away, but there was his team. Rushing over he glanced to Elena, "Whoa!" he laughed, ignoring the fact Elena and Owen were holding hands, "I have a favour to ask," he glanced to Owen who'd let Elena's hand go, "I need a little help," he smiled to Elena, "Owen, I'll have her back before desert…"
Owen's eyes narrowed, "No, we have the night off, we are on a date Jack!" he felt like smacking the man until he was bleeding.
"Owen, we can't let a weevil get free," she said while getting to her feet looking to Jack. Her eyes glancing to the wound, it was healed.
Owen slammed his fists on the table, "Elena, he can call Ianto, or Jade, sit down!" he kept looking serious, but more to Jack.
"Owen, you can come with us, I promise, I'll make it up to you both," His eyes looking down Elena's top as she stood close to him.
"Elena, sit the FUCK down!" Owen couldn't believe his tone, the one night he got to make it up to Elena for assuming, when he wasn't assuming at all, it couldn't be anyone more clear.
Both Jack and Elena looked shocked by this outburst, Elena kept looking from Owen to Jack feeling like Owen was making a spectacle of himself, and Elena felt sick, "Owen, don't ever take that tone with me again," she kept herself looking blank, inside it hurt to her him talk to her like she wasn't a person.
Owen got to his feet, "Don't bother," he threw money on the table walking away leaving Jack and Elena alone, maybe it was best to just give up and let Jack have her, he'd given up the hope of ever being the guy, he couldn't feel anything anymore that wasn't anger.
Jade felt like if she saw another A&E report, she was going to pull her hair out, run around screaming while pulling some more. "I can't handle this!" she muttered to herself, for the first time, she picked up her phone listening to the ringing, it wasn't too long until she hears Ianto's voice. "I know this is annoying, your night off and all, but I am drowning here…"
"Please don't tell me the hub's flooded again!" Ianto muttered down the phone, it made Jade giggle lightly, she loved how he'd always thought logically.
"No, no," Jade reassured him, she moved her phone to her other ear, "I have so much work with the rift, plus all these A&E reports every five seconds, I need some help, but don't feel you have to…"
"No I am on my way," Ianto hung up; she inhaled closing her eyes while thinking about how she didn't even know what to feel about him.
It didn't take Ianto too long to get into something smart, he watched the door roll open, it took forever, or was it that he wanted to see her, but looking to Jade, her hair was all over the place, her glasses on the tip of her nose while she was typing up a storm, her face looked focused. "I guess I got here in time…" he said while Jade jumped.
"Oh God," she placed her hand to her chest, "Yeah, can you go through the reports, I need to keep this Rift activity calm, cos it's spitting a lot of data today." She finally pushed her glasses up her nose, but froze feeling Ianto's hands on her shoulder.
"You've got a lot of tension on your shoulders," He whispered while rubbing the muscles, and Jade closed her eyes leaning forward, but for a brief second, she could only think of them hands on Lisa, then some reason she imagined Ianto and Elena having sex on a copy machine, she didn't know why but she did and it made her stomach churn.
Jade's eyes snapped open, "I think we should get this work dealt with first," she kept looking to her computer, she didn't want to think of how she'd feel when Ianto was around Elena, she didn't like how the woman who was there when Ianto broke her heart, and all she could see was Ianto checking her out. Jade wished Elena wasn't so fucking sexy around the Hub, and around Ianto, when she felt like a plain Jane.
"Right," Ianto nodded, he kept looking to Jade, something seemed to be off about her, he glanced to his computer, "coffee?" he asked while looking over her face carefully.
For a second Jade smiled, but it was a hardly there smile, "I'll be fine," she replied while looking back to her computer, she didn't really want to keep feeling something that kept creeping into her mind while she lightly typed out more.
Elena found herself kicking her heels off, as wonderful as they looked, she knew that chasing a weevil wasn't going to end well if she fell and broke her ankle, her eyes focused while she ran just in sync with Jack, she felt alive, but the dress was awkward to run when her boobs felt like they were going to fly out and she didn't really care right now, the weevil was heading to a parking garage, her eyes focused, "Jack," she shouted after him, "Go left, I go right." She kept in her mind about cornering the weevil, nowhere to hide.
Jack watched the Weevil, it stood in front of them both, he then glanced to Elena, "Barefoot?" he felt the corners of his mouth twitching into a smile.
Elena sighed, "you try running in six inch stiletto heels." Her voice light hearted, but glanced to the weevil hissing at them, she side glanced back to Jack.
For a second as they carried on moving forward, but a white van drove in so quick, Elena and Jack didn't have time to stop the men pulling the weevil into the van driving off, Elena trying to run after it, "Shit!" she screamed, pulling her top back up she waved a hand wishing she had something to throw at the van driving away.
"Well, who would be hunting weevils?" Jack slowly walked behind Elena placing a hand on her arm watching her jump turning to face him. "I gotta say, I love the dress," he looked down.
Elena sighed, "I know, Owen got it for me," she pulled the dress about to make sure her boobs stayed in place, linking arms with Jack, he looked into her eyes.
"Well let me," He lifted her into a bridal carry, "don't want you hurting your feet anymore than they need to be," he added while looking serious walking back to where the SUV was parked.
Ianto was looking to all the reports, he felt himself printing them out, placing them on a board while stepping back looking to all the injuries, it was the fact that he could see all of it, "Erm, these are normally morgue report." He glanced to the photos again.
"Yup, but they're still alive," Jade side glanced to the board, "Weevils all over Cardiff, people getting attacked," she kept thinking about how Jack was getting along with Weevil collecting.
Ianto kept looking to the board now, "you know I was thinking, that massage, you could come over mine sometime, I can work that knot out…" he winked to her, she hated when Ianto used that tone, her skin shivered, hearing the hub door rolling, she glanced to See Jack and Elena walking in, she sighed, going to the dress she was wearing, and finally her eyes to Ianto who was starting at Elena's dress making Jade feel sick all over again.
"Well, when you thought Weevil hunting couldn't get anymore glamorous…" Ianto said looking to Elena's dress, she kept pulling the top up.
Ianto quickly took off his blazer putting it around Elena with a sigh; he brushed his hand down her arms softly.
Elena sighed, "I am going to get showered and changed," Elena walked away from them, and felt herself picking up her phone calling Owen's mobile, she listened to the ring, it rung, then. 'You've reached mobile of Owen, leave a message, if I'm bothered I'll call back…' Elena exhaled, "Owen, it's me, can you call me when you get this, we need to talk…" she hung up the phone placing it down, then getting out of her dress she walked into the shower trying to make herself feel better about what happened.
Jade kept looking to Jack; he was looking over the board, "So all of these are A&E?" Jack asked playing with his chin, glancing from Jade to Ianto. Jade had seemed to slip into one of her moods while watching the computer screens.
"I've got the plates of the van, and I've followed it to a dockyard," she paused, "but the video footage, it kinda," she swirled the monitor to show that it had gone into static.
"Right," Jack clapped, "I think we'll need to…" he paused, he looked to the conference room, he could see Elena standing against the glass, wearing a pair of plain jeans, and then also wearing on of his spare shirts, he inhaled looking to her face as she was on her phone, he knew that she was calling Owen.
Jade following Jack's eyes to Elena, rolling her eyes, she kept a serious face, she really wished that Elena would just go home, go home and stop flaunting herself. "Dockyards…" Jade snapped making both Jack and Ianto stare at her.
"Yes, Dockyards," he pointed to Jade, "I'll just be a moment," Jack pointed out while going to the stairs, and Jade just kept looking Elena standing with her phone to her ear, then inhaled sharp getting ready to go with Jack.
Ianto looked from Jack to Jade, "why don't Owen go with you, more field training," he added with a worried look. He picked up a phone handing it to Jack, "Remember how one of these work?"
Jade stared to Ianto, she didn't understand, "No, I think it's best for Jade to come with me," Jack nodded.
"But Jade, Elena looks like she's upset, you could…"
"Just because I am a woman, doesn't mean I care," Jade snapped, her eyes glaring, "Why don't you go comfort her since you're so worried," Jade pushed Ianto out of her way walking away from the pair of them feeling sick.
Jade looked as the sun was rising, she inhaled while Jack parked the SUV, her hands brushing through her hair while closing the door behind her, "Jack," she looked to him taking his pistol out, Jade taking her gun out holding it in front of her walking into the building feeling herself wanting to have a reason to shot something. "Well what you think they were doing?" she asked while walking forward into the abandon building, Jack was right behind her.
"I have no idea," Jack kept moving, "but I am hoping it's something fun," he laughed, but both of their attention went to the body in the space, it was the only thing there, and Jack rushed over to it, he check vital signs, and figured the person was dead. "Can you help me with the body?" he asked when an annoying ring tone started.
"Is that from him?" Jade asked stepping closer, she kept looking down, "I mean…" she couldn't stand the annoying tone.
Jack looked offended, "do you really think I'd have this one," he then thought about his ring tone, raining men, he smiled thinking about it, then snapped, reaching into the pocket finding the phone he answered it, "Hello…" he heard nothing, but a dead line.
"So…" Jade glanced to the body, "Guess we've got to take him back to the hub," she glanced around, "I don't think anyone will be coming back," her tone kept low.
Jack standing up watched Jade, "Are you going to tell me?" He kept looking to the body making his way with Jade to the van to get a body bag.
"Don't know what you're on about…" Jade opened the back doors, but she kept looking forward.
Jack laughed, "Yes, but then, for a while, you keep looking at Elena like you want to poke her with something sharp." He kept his tone even, and Jade froze, "I think you have some explaining to do."
"Ianto," she started, "He looks at Elena like she's a piece of chocolate fudge cake, and I'm just a Victoria sponge," her voice low, her eyes focused to pulling the new body bag out, her hands shaking, "Why would he take me back, with mile high legs walking around with her long legs and perk boobs…?"
Jack felt himself laugh, he held his sides while looking to Jade's face changing, "Oh, oh Jade that is, I'm sorry." He added while looking to Jade's face changing confused to angry. "Jade, Ianto doesn't want Elena, he's never stop wanting you." He then looked serious, "Sometimes people would take Victoria sponge over chocolate fudge, Victoria is more of a classic…" he winked walking away from Jade with the body bag leaving her on her own.
Elena kept looking over the weevil attack victims; she brushed her hands going into her hair looking to Ianto, "Am I a bitch?" she asked the man who was standing behind her typing on the computer.
"Don't know what you mean," he kept looking forward, "I mean, why would you need to know?" he added feeling like he was trying to figure out how to make everything make sense with weevils being taken, and people turning up with Weevil attack wounds.
"Never mind…" Elena heard the door rolling, looking hopeful to see Owen, but it wasn't it was Jade and Jack walking making her hopes fall again. "I'll just got try and get myself sorted out.
Jack glanced to Ianto, "so we got anything more?" he asked trying to keep cool, he was going to have to talk to Ianto soon.
"Well I know that there might be a man in the A&E you and Elena can go and question," he pointed out, "I've tried to get through to Owen, but I keep getting voicemail," he added glancing to Jade while she went over to her computer trying to keep herself together, she didn't want anyone to know, but then looked to Ianto looking at her confused.
"Well I will call him," Jack glanced to Jade and then Ianto, picking up his mobile, the phone run a few times.
"This is Owen's voicemail, don't leave a message!" the voice sounded slightly drunk, and Jack rolled his eyes, he wasn't in the mood.
"Owen, nice try, but we have a situation that needs your medical expertise so get your bony arse to the hub now!" Jack listened to Owen hanging up, going to Ianto, "I'll need your help getting the body from the car," he added while glancing back to Jade who'd now started to get trapped into her own world.
Owen flicked his gloves off, he'd finished what he needed to do, placing his hands onto the table, "well as predicted, a Weevil," he nodded, "But he was beating pretty badly before he was killed," Owen inhaled, "the contusions and broken ribs don't consist of a weevil attack, they just go for the jugular…" he now glanced to the side where Elena was sitting, she was playing with the man's wallet, he didn't want to look at Elena, and she didn't want to look at him feeling the air getting tense, "well what I'd say, murder…"
"Saying that Weevil set on a man, perfect kill leaves no prints, no evidence and inconclusive DNA…" Jack sighed, but kept looking to the man, "Funny what people do…"
"Plus makes finding it a pain in the arse," Owen added while glancing around to the others.
"He had a family," Elena spoke up, she waved the wallet, "A wife and two kids," she kept feeling her hands playing, "I think someone should inform her," Elena kept looking from Jack, to Owen, the feeling scared.
Jade glanced from Ianto, Ianto was starting at Owen, while Elena looked to Jack, then everyone looked to Elena and she got to her feet. "Charming," her eyes going to everyone, "thank you."
"Owen, I think you should go with Elena," he was serious, using the tone you didn't want to mess with him.
Jade sighing while Elena and Owen walked away from the Hub, she felt her eyes going to Jack finally back to Ianto who was going behind Jack, "Maybe we should go to the hospital, check out that man who's been in surgery." He glanced to Jade who seemed to always give him mixed signals.
Jade could hear Jack and Ianto leave, she then pushed a lot of paperwork from her desk, she then looked to a photo on her desk, it was herself, with Ianto and Elena, Elena being the one in the middle smiling all happy, Jade screamed picking up the frame throwing it across the room, then fell down crying into her hands feeling like she was losing her sanity.
Finally she looked to the paper work, the dockyard they were at, the photo with the 'for sale', then she glanced to more paper, and then shifting through, laughed. "I fucking don't believe it," she got to her feet brushing the tears from her eyes, her eyes going to her computer. "Jadrienne, you are a fucking genius…" she kept clicking her idea that would be perfect, but will need a lot of work.
Elena walked out of the house, she turned to see that what she left behind was another grieving widow, her hand brushed into her hair while looking to the SUV, she jumped into the car while looking to Owen, she sat in the driver's seat, "You think, the worst part of being a police officer, and I'm sucked back into doing that." She spoke softly, her eyes going to Owen who looked blank, "So this is how we're going to be from now on?" she asked trying to keep herself together.
"What you want me to say, it'll get better in the end," His eyes snapped to look at her, she seemed so upset with the way he was talking to her, but he didn't want to like her, she was making it clear who she wanted.
Elena sighed, "Owen, what brought this on, I thought you wanted to make something of us?" she asked trying to keep control of her emotions, but it was clear Owen didn't give a shit, and she kept trying to keep a clear face.
"Well, I didn't, you're just a nice fuck that's getting boring." He then snarled at her, he knew it was easy to play the bad guy, if she hated him, he can hate her right back without feeling like a loser.
"Owen, how can you say that to me!" she snapped trying to keep herself together, but the tears slowly falling.
Owen placed his hand on the handle of the door, "what can I say, I was getting tired of your tricks," his voice low, harsh, and he felt Elena push him.
"Get the fuck away from me, fucking Wank Stain!" she slammed the door, locking it so he couldn't get back into the car, it was hard for her not to run him over, but knew that Jack would be annoyed if she ruined the paint work, so she drove back to the hub.
Jack was driving back to the hub with Ianto, the fact they hadn't found anything out from the man, it seemed like it might have been something deeper than what he originally thought, "Ianto," he started but stopped, it was awkward.
"Yes Jack?" Ianto asked while looking to his boss, it seemed that for some reason he wanted to ask something, so he wanted it over with already.
Jack laughed, "What do you think of Elena?" he asked with a small smile, he kept looking to the traffic in front of him. He was doing this for Jade.
"Erm, she's nice," he said it was a way of trying to figure out what Jack was meant to mean, so he kept looking to Jack, "I get along with her," he carried on looking to the light changing. "Jack, what is bringing on these questions?" He asked lightly.
"Nothing Ianto, nothing…" Jack carried on driving while looking forward as he made their way back to the hub.
Ianto blinked for a few moments, "does this have anything to do with Jade?" he asked while just looking to Jack feeling lost, "she looks at me funny, and Elena…" he stopped, "She's not jealous of Elena?" he asked feeling at a lose, it couldn't be possible.
Jack sighed, but then fact was he knew it had to be said, "Jade, is a very fragile girl," he then looked to Ianto, "She's in love with you, completely and utterly in love, and every time your eyes go to Elena's legs, offering her your jacket." He paused; he could see Ianto's face changing.
"No, Jack, no…" shaking his head, "no, just, its Elena," now laughing, "It's like asking me if I want to shag my sister or something," he added with a laugh. "But yes, she is attractive, but I'm not having yours and Owen's seconds." He looked to the hub car park coming into view.
The SUV just pulling up while looking to it parking and Elena storming into the building, Ianto now looking to Jack, "I am thinking that this is going to be something about Owen," he added as Jack parked, "I don't fancy her…"
"Well Ianto, you don't need to convince me, you need to convince Jade," he got out heading for the hub.
Standing in the hub, Elena was glaring at the door, "I fucking Hate men!" she moaned walking down the tunnel.
"We can hear," Jack said watching her turn around looking at both himself and Ianto, she just inhaled while carrying on walking into the hub seeing Jade clicking away on her computer, but Elena just went to the medical bay, she wanted to be right were Owen would find her.
"Jack, I had an idea that will make you be a happy bunny," Jade kept looking happy, she had work, and work would make it amazing.
Jack walking quickly to Jade's side, he looked over the screen, "Harper eels?" he looked confused. For the fact when it came to Jade she really knew what she was doing so he just decided to go along with it.
Jade finished the last, "I have thought, we've got a man, who needs a new place for his jelled eel business, goes to agency to get a place to buy," her eyes going to Jack, "It's a simple plan, but we'll find out what is going on…" she kept looking pleased, "I got a few loose ends to tie, but it's perfect."
Owen's feet were killing him when he walked into the hub, he didn't think the walk was going to be this long, all he knew was the look on Elena's face when he said the things he did, but he wished he didn't say them, he hurt he, but he wasn't going to make her chose between him and Jack, no, so as he felt the doors rolling open, he walked in looking to everyone except Elena. "Took your time?" Jack asked.
"I walked," he said while looking to Ianto, "I thought I'd need the exercise," then Owen walked away from everyone, he peeked into the medical bay seeing Elena at his desk walking back to everyone.
"Well why you was gone, Jade had an idea…" Jack smiled, and Jade looked pleased.
Owen flopped down on the sofa, "Well, she is the brains here," he looked to Jade hoping it was something he could be involved in.
"Well they have control on the CCTV, so they saw me and Jack at the Dockyard, plus Elena at the parking garage, so it just leaves you," Jade kept watching Owen.
"How do you feel about going into Property?" Jack added with a grin, "Jade is working your cover story."
"Yeah, I can use with being someone else about now," He looked to Elena making her way back up, she kept avoiding Owen before sitting at her desk with a sigh, then looked to the screen ignoring everyone.
Jack handing Owen over the Torchwood Black Visa card, leaving Owen wide eyed. "Go get yourself some nice suits, look the part," he looked please with it, and then looked to Elena who was blank to the world. "Just go wild, on me," he added watching Owen take the card walking away.
Jack finally looking to Elena, then walking to his office while trying to ignore the possible mess he'd made. "If anyone needs, I'll be in my office," he spoke to everyone leaving the room.
While helping Owen get the information from the laptop of the agent, she felt her eyes scanning the information on Mark Lynch computer, Jade was getting sick of having to go through porn, more sick kind of porn she could never thought about it. "Pervert…."
"Hey I am not that bad…" Owen said into the earpiece, and Jade cringed.
Jade laughed, "I'm still on the other end Owen, and I am talking about porn on his computer, you're all clear," she added with a finally smile, then she heard Owen talking to the guy Mark, now exhaling she was going to get ready for the searching. "First the google," Jade looked as he started the search, top link, what people think of him…" Jade laughed, "then what Owen thinks of himself," she finally listened to her phone ringing, she picked it up placing it to her ear, "Harper sales, Amanda Cho speaking how can I direct your call…" Jade listened to the phone going dead. "Predictable," she placed her phone down high fiveing herself, the looking back to where Jack was.
Ianto looking to Jade, he walk beside her, "Erm, where is that tracker?" he asked her softly, and her eyes snapped to him, "Jade," he added when she was quiet.
"Oh, there," she handed it to him, "what's going on?" she asked trying to be nice to him.
Ianto inhaled, "I ran an idea pass Jack, want to come?" He asked, but watched as Elena coming over, "Elena?"
"Fuck!" Jade got up, she see Jack making his way, then her eyes watching as Jack looked to Elena.
Jack sighed, "Elena, you're a mess, why don't you take this one off, go get some time to yourself," he tried to sound nice, but really he didn't want anything to happen, the needed to get this done.
Jade kept looking to Elena turning and walking the other way, Ianto still looking to Jade, she felt she was missing something, but watched as Jack and Ianto went down to the cells, Jade was standing around confuse.
Jade quickly followed the boys, she looked to the cell, "Well Janet, you get a trip out…" he smiled while opening the door.
"Why Janet?" Ianto asked while getting the tracker ready to go onto the weevil's clothes. And Jade laughed to the fact that Jack seemed to have to name everything.
Jack nodded, "Well, Barbara didn't have the right feel to it," Jack took the weevil before walking to where the SUV was parked, plus seeing Elena's car was gone he felt better about everything.
Owen walked into the House of Mark Lynch, he kept thinking it looked like a man who was seriously over compensating, but then as Owen looked over to a boxing bag handing from the middle of the room he couldn't help giving it a quick punch of it, his eyes going to March changing his shirt. "So how to you vent it out?" Mark asked him, it got Owen off guard.
"What out?" Owen felt nervous, the pub fight, this man was quick to have his back, but while he didn't trust the man, he knew he was still undercover; he needed to keep in character.
Mark laughed, the shirt was still open, he had old scars, bruises, and Owen inhaled. "The anger…"
"What makes you think I'm angry?" Owen kept watching the man, wanting to know what was going to happen from him.
So now Owen followed the man into the kitchen, listened to him going on about success, that all men have is stress and anger, "I can just see it, something in a man's eyes," he passed Owen a beer, "I'm thinking you, it's a woman that won't stop screwing you over, and not in the nice way…" he kept smirking, he took a sip of the beer in his hand.
"Well, I wouldn't put it that way…" Owen thought about Elena, she didn't make him angry, she was just, he exhaled, "Can I use your can?" he pointed out, and he needed to get some information on this man.
"Yeah, upstairs first left," He went into the living area again, Owen could hear him punching the punching bag again making him feel sick walking up the stairs, he could see the bathroom, but moved down into the hall more, suddenly walking up to a door that was padlocked, Owen looked over the railing before picking the lock simply walking into the room taking his gun out.
Jack sat in the back of the SUV; they'd just let Janet out of the back, watching as she ran away. If you could all Janet a she, Jade kept looking to her device with what direction Janet was going in, her eyes worried, "you let a weevil out in the middle of Cardiff!"
"Not the middle, more to one side," Jack could see that this wasn't going well with Jade, but Ianto stayed in the driver seat.
Jade sighed, "It's going to be unable to get with car, it's gone left, we need to," Jade sighed, "Ianto stop the CAR!" she shouted, and he braked, Jade jumping out with Ianto, she started to run after the tracker beeps, she could see the Weevil, the white van, and felt horrible about what was going to happen.
Jade ran forward but as Jack caught up Jade felt his arms pulling her towards him, "Jade," he whispered to her, her back was to his front, she kept thinking about it, she now inhaled against him, she watched as they beat the weevil, it sounded in pain, and she watched it be pulled into a van looking to her device, she could see Ianto walking towards them.
"Well we've got them," she waved her device, she didn't want to look at Jack, weevils might not be human, but they had feels and it seemed like Jack just didn't care.
Owen walked into the room, he held his gun forever, he looked around to all the different kind of knives, swords, gun, other things in the room didn't seem to out there, cos he knew a few people who'd collected things like this, but when he saw a weevil chained up, he jumped, and glanced to see Mark behind him, his gun back into the holster.
"Like what you see?" Mark laughed, "so you work with them…" he added while looking to Owen, finally the weevil, but he didn't know that, he kept looking smug.
"I don't know what you're talking about…" Owen added while trying to keep innocent, "What is that?" he wanted to change the subject, keep the topic off him.
Mark glanced, "They are crawling the city, no idea, animal, who knows, they might be us in years when there is nothing left but our rage." He kept looking to Owen, he laughed while giving the Weevil a good punching.
Owen cringe, he didn't like weevils but he wouldn't hurt one like this, and now he looked away.
"Got to admit, the site, everything, you nearly fooled me," Mark rubbed his knuckles, and then looked to Owen serious, "I see your boss, in the parking garage, with the whore, and that sluttish dress." He laughed darkly.
"I got her that dress!" Owen the stopped knowing he'd put his foot into it, he really wasn't good when he was angry, but he reached for his gun, and Mark raised an eyebrow.
"Think you're a big man because you can be behind your gun, but I've got something so much better." He looked serious again; "If you leave your gun here, I'll show you something you'll never thought possible.
Elena felt herself entering the hub, she knew Jack told her to go home, but being home alone, she found a shirt that Owen left, she felt she couldn't just let it all end, no she was going to fight for her feelings, she wanted to be able to look into Owen's eyes and make him know that she wanted him, and there was nothing with her and Jack, she walked around feeling alone, she kept looking around before seeing Owen's lab coat dumped on the chair, picking it up, she brushed it under her nose, the smell of Owen was strong, she brushed it over her face starting to cry again, she wanted to make things right and what she felt made her heart hurt while sitting on the sofa, she lightly cried while hearing a beeping, the beeping she placed the coat down brushing her eyes looking to her phone, but it wasn't hers, then she looked to the body, then moved over taking the phone out the bag seeing the code, she knew it was a postal code, so rushing to Jade's computer she started to look up where the address was.
Jade felt pleased when they found the beeping, she ran, hopefully see what was happening to the weevils, but her heart sunk seeing the blue light of the tracker device, she felt sick to her stomach, "Well that was a whole lotta nothing…" her eyes narrowed while looking to Jack and Ianto who finally caught up with her, she glanced to Ianto, then Jack, "We've lost them."
"I knew she would of made it eat the thing!" Ianto said while going back to the car, and Jade Glared.
"Yes Ianto putting a weevil in danger, forcing it to eat a tracking device, why are you two so insensitive!" her voice sharp she started to make her way to the SUV hearing Jack stop.
"Elena I told you to go home…" Jack said sharp, and Jade stopped in her tracks for a moment. "That is great to hear, we'll swing by and pick you up…" Jack looked from Ianto to Jade, "Elena at the hub, said that the dead man got a text, it's a building that is on that agencies site," he looked happy, "we gotta go pick her up…"
Jade opened the passenger side, she could see Ianto getting into the driver, "Remind me to wipe the skank germs off my computer when we get back to the hub…" her words like venom, Ianto was frozen on the spot. For a moment he felt sick of how she was acting like a stupid infant, "Jade, just for your information, I'm not shagging Elena, she makes me wear pink, and we bake, but if you're going to be bitchy to her, just because of what you think I feel about her, I think I'd just forget ever wanting to make things right with us, when you're always pushing me away for stupid reasons." he jumped in the back seat now not talking anymore feeling extremely pissed off.
Jade felt frozen, she got into the front passenger seat watching Ianto getting into the back, she couldn't believe he was mad, she'd never thought of him snapping like that let alone at her.
While Elena didn't know what the reason for the car being so quiet, she didn't understand until she got to the building, everyone getting out of the car, guns ready walking into what seemed to be like a fight club, but as Jack and Elena got close, Elena saw something she'd never imagine to be, it was Owen standing in a cage, with a weevil, and her heart sunk to her feet.
"Owen what the fuck!" Elena shouted out, but the weevil charged at Owen, it torn into his shoulder as Elena ran with Jack to the door.
Jade couldn't believe it either, but as her and Ianto held everyone up at the door, to stop the running it seemed the Jack had something to say.
Elena couldn't hear anything, opening the door; she shot at the weevil making it back away, her hands holding onto Owen's wounds. "You are an idiot, a fucking idiot." She felt him trying to push her away, but as Jack entered the cage he helped Elena pull Owen from the cage.
Mark couldn't believe it, he walked passed Elena and Jack, "Jack stop him!" Elena snapped, but Jack didn't the man closed the cage, Jack turning his back to pick Owen up, and as Torchwood team left the building all that was heard was the screams of Mark being torn apart.
Jade didn't like hospitals, she didn't like the smell, the way people always looked like they were at deaths door, even when they wasn't the person who was sick, but as she got to her feet, she knew that Jack was in Owen's room, giving him a lecture no doubt, but as she placed some money into a vending machine, her orange juice got stuck. "Fucking typical." She moaned, but Ianto walked beside her, he tapped the machine, rocked it a little and the drink was free, he didn't speak to her, "thanks." Jade said lightly, but she still felt like he was angry, he walked away leaving Jade with that feeling she hated to feel, turning around facing Ianto. "I'm sorry okay," her voice so loud a few people stopped to stare at her. "I can't stand Elena, because at the end of the day, she's chocolate fudge cake and I'm just Victoria sponge." Her voice light, "and she's got long legs, bloody blonde hair of gold, and possibly flex in god knows how many sexual positions, and… I hate her for it." She stopped looking to Elena standing in the background looking lost.
Ianto sighed, he turned to see Elena was gob smacked, "Jade, I don't like blondes, Elena is nice, but I don't see her as my type, and I can't stand chocolate fudge cake, I love you!" his voice quick and Jade looked like a fool, she felt his moving quickly towards her, his arms around her tight, "I always wanted you…" he whispered before kissing her forehead gently.
Jack stepped out of the room, "He wants to see you," He said to Elena, she nodded still trying to get her head around what Jade said about her, then looked to see Owen, his eye bruised, his arm bandaged, and finally his bare chest, with padding where the weevil bit him. In Elena's hands was a pillow.
"I got you a pillow," she said while looking to him hopeless, she didn't like seeing him like this, Owen knew it, he could read it in her eyes, she watched him so scared.
Owen laughed, "Yeah, cos the hospital is on back orders with pillows," he snapped out while watching her walking closer to him, she stopped.
Elena rolled her eyes, she moved closer to him while looking him over, "I thought it was nice," she glanced to the bag of grapes, "thought you didn't like Em," she pointed to the bag taking a grape out popping it into her mouth.
Owen sighed, she knew he hated grapes, she knew he liked a certain type of pillow, she was wearing blue, his favourite colour, she knew more about him than he gave her credit for. "Help yourself," Owen finally managed to say seeing her by his side, his face looked like a mess, his lip cut, eye was hard to see out, but what he could see made him scared for how he treated her.
"I would say we have to talk, but no," her tone was dead serious, "I'm going to talk, you're going to listen to everything I have to say," her eyes kept on him moving his head forward to place the pillow behind his head.
"Go ahead and talk." Owen said sitting up more. "And I'm not a bloody cripple I can put a pillow behind my own head." He muttered slightly darkly, God he would give anything for everything to go back to normal. This wasn't right. When she lent over he could smell her shampoo and soap and he longed for it.
Elena rolled her eyes, for a moment she didn't even know why she was bothering with this, but she remember that crying herself to sleep worried if Owen was going to live or die was enough to make her see what she needed to do, "I'd put it over your bloody face, if I didn't think you might like it!" her eyes kept on his, and he looked back worried. "Or I can bring Janet back to finish you off."
"Finish me, what, Elena you've fucking lost your mind!" he looked to her, his jaw clenched, his only good eye watching her face, "I am always going to be the second consolation prize," he pointed out, "Why have plan boring Owen Harper, when you've go Captain Jack Harkness…"
Elena paused, for a moment she laughed, "you feel second best to Jack, so you get into a cage with a weevil for what?" he hands waved, "To prove you're a bigger dumbass than him."
"Why you care?" Owen barked.
Elena stepped back, "I care, because I have no fucking clue, I thought we was starting something, but then you don't talk to me, except, 'Elena wanna quickie in the cells' and 'Elena can I come over for a shag' I don't know why I bothered." She then sat down her hands going through her hair, then felt Owen taking her hand with his good hand.
Owen didn't know he was seen like that, he kept his focus, "I haven't been in a serious relationship for three years Elena, and when you walked into my life, I didn't think you'd be falling for me, and I never expected me to fall for you," he kept looking her face over, she didn't let his hand go, but for a moment she leaned forward, her face close to his. "Elena I'm sorry okay, can we at least start again?" he asked while looking her over, and Elena smile, for a second he felt hope, as her lips brushed carefully on his, Owen knew he was getting a second chance to make things right.
