"Sir!" Mace snapped at the phone. Sometimes, Jack could see where the Doctor had been coming from when he said UNIT was over the top, however, their red berets were still worth chasing after, he thought wryly.

"Captain actually." Jack replied automatically. "You wished to speak with me colonel?"

"Yes Captain. About the goings on in Cardiff, and the rest of Wales for that matter. Our sources say it all came from your 'hub,' is this correct?"

"I'm afraid so… someone broke in and did this, they drugged and injured two of my team, there is no way to trace them they disabled the CCTV."

"Right. Well I must say Captain, I am disappointed, I was under the impression you had the best system in the world."

"So did I, it uses retina recognition to allow access. Obviously they were over ridden in one way or another, don't know how, and don't know why." Jacked sighed, he hated not knowing things. He was meant to be the super cool 51st century guy who knew everything.

"I suggest we lead this operation Captain, we believe we know what is behind these attacks on Wales and we are most eager to recover it." The colonel's voice told Jack that this wasn't merely a suggestion, but an order.

"This wouldn't be anything to do with Georgina Mayhew would it? The girl your team were chasing? The one that is now dead? Would it?" jack asked avoiding the previous statement.

"Ah, yes, poor little Georgina, you still have her body, I presume? How has Owen Harper done? Found anything? My operatives were most concerned to know Torchwood had taken over the operation. For some reason, they don't seem to trust you. Something to do with an earthquake apparently." The colonel's voice had started to slow down but now it was back to its usual business like tones. "Anyway." He said. "You will no longer concern yourself with UNIT affairs. Your team is to step down; you must all take some leave. I hear Gwen Cooper is getting married soon, yes? She needs some time to organise that so… oh, and we will require unlimited access to you 'hub,' I assume we will see you when we arrive. Au revoir Captain Jack." The colonel hung up before Jack could open his mouth. His eyes narrowed as he thought about how well that conversation had gone. No way was any UNIT member, save one, going anyway near his hub, or his team. Under no circumstances was he going to start taking orders from them!

Again he signed, then grabbed the phone and dialled Martha's mobile, she'd know what was going on.