Chapter Nine – Save The Weevils

"What did you say about me?" Ianto asked the captain worriedly.

"Nothing you need to worry about." Jack smirked and the man in front of them laughed, "I hear you're new to Torchwood."

"Yeah, I started a few months back."

"Liking it?"

"Well, you know. The wonders of the universe open up to you when you work here." He chuckled.

"Don't I know it." Ianto smiled sincerely.

"Brooke tells us you have a little project, sounds intriguing." Jack chimed in.

"What did she say about it?" Gavin asked curiously.

Jack chuckled, "Only that you didn't like people asking about it."

"No, I don't mind."

"Had a feeling you'd say that." Ianto mumbled under his breath.

"So what is this project about?"

"Weevils."

"What?" Ianto's brow furrowed.

"People get killed all the time by Weevils and they are the biggest threat to the security, the secrecy of this organization."

"I guess you're right but there isn't a whole hell of a lot we can do about that." Jack pointed out, "Just keep catching them and sending them back to the sewers."

"Well I'm working on a toxin that is harmless to people, harmless to everything except Weevils."

Ianto's eyes widened, "So you're saying…"

"Get them all at once. Kill a lot of birds with one massive stone." Gavin explained.

"But that's-" Jack was interrupted when Ianto tugged on his hand to stop him.

"That's amazing." Ianto murmured.

"Yeah, well we have all the information we're going to get from them but I'm still working on it."

Ianto nodded, "How far along are you?"

"There's still a lot of work to be done but I'm confident." Gavin smiled, "Could you excuse me, I think I should tell Brooke to stop giving people the wrong idea. I don't mind talking about it."

"Of course." Ianto smiled politely and watched him walk away before turning back to the older man, "Jack, I'm sorry."

"We can't let him do that."

"I know, we'll think of something."

"That's murder."

Ianto cupped Jack's face in his hands, "We'll stop him. Don't worry."

"How could anyone even think of doing something like that?" Jack's voice was quiet.

"We won't let him do that. We'll work together to stop him, okay?"

"I'm so glad I brought you tonight."

"So you're glad I've been stalked, watched you slowly die, had the chance to be poisoned and had the chance to be blown up?"

"…Well no." Jack chuckled and pulled Ianto closer, kissing him gently, "You're too good to me."

"I know. Don't worry, we'll save the Weevils. Do you think this might be why he was in that coat?"

"Well, so far we have two Torchwood leaders, a scientist preparing Weevil homicide and Brooke."

"Why's Brooke in there?"

"I don't know. That's what's worrying me. The three of us are up there, top targets but Brooke…she's just another employee." Jack groaned in frustration.

"Does this mean we need to talk to her again?"

"No, I doubt we'll get anymore information from her."

"Well what do we do next?"

"I don't know. It's your turn to come up with a plan."

Ianto paused in thought, "I need a computer."

"Why?"

"To get some background information on Brooke."

"Well I didn't exactly pack one."

"No, but I brought my phone."

"So…?"

"Tosh has done some tinkering." Ianto smirked.

"I could kiss you!" Jack chuckled, hugging the younger man.

"You always do." Ianto laughed, hugging back.

"Do you need some privacy to do this?"

"What did you have in mind?"

"Well I'll go through that coat, make sure I didn't miss anything, while you do the background check."

Ianto smiled, "Okay, fine. Let's go."

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"Lock the door." Ianto murmured as he sat on the floor, leaning back against the wall.

Jack smirked at him, "Trying to trap me in a room with you?" He teased, locking the door.

"I could ask you the same question." Ianto looked up at him and he could see the smile but the hurt from the Weevil toxin was still there.

He grabbed Jack's hand, making him look in the Welshman's eyes, "We're going to fix it."

Jack nodded, smiling at him before turning to the coats, looking for the one they'd found before.

"And…I've hacked in."

"That was quick." Jack went through the coats pockets and sighed, "Nope nothing."

"Well it says that she's a twenty five year old archivist. Impeccable record…Jack don't." Ianto murmured as Jack sat next to him and nuzzled his neck.

"No. Does it say anything else?"

"It…no. I think some background…stuff has been deleted. Please…god…stop it."

Ianto bit back a moan as Jack sucked and bit at the sensitive areas of his neck.

Jack laughed, "No. Do you think you can restore some?"

"Probably." Ianto groaned and put down the phone for a moment, turning to Jack and kissing him fiercely.

Jack grinned and pulled Ianto closer, reveling in the taste of the younger man.

Ianto finally pulled away, only for air and rested his forehead on Jack's, "You've had your fun. Now will you please let me do this?"

Jack pouted, "Fine but hurry up."

Still trying to figure out where this is going and whodunit? Me too haha. Please review.

Cheers,
Gabz
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