Chapter 10: Whilst the Wind Blows

A/N: Hi there! Don't ask me about the title name, it just fits, you know? Thanks to Marzi, Sushi Chi, NO-PANTIES, jimmy-barnes-13, tempestuous-rayne and Halfreck3929 for reviewing the last chapter! Let's go on to the next chapter and see what goes on. This chapter is about ehh…2 hours from the last. I don't see Ianto as a procrastinator. Hopefully characters won't be OOC. Enjoy!

Warning: Choppy-ness. I apologize. It was the only way the chapter could work correctly.

Disclaimer: For the record books, I don't own.

*TW*

"Ianto?" called Jack as he opened the door to his flat. A girl's giggle echoed through the flat. "Avalon?" he asked slightly confused to the situation.

"Oh! Mr. Jones, didn't here you come in," she giggled some more. "How are you?" asked Avalon, barely getting through the sentence.

"Fine, thanks," Jack looked around and noticed no Ianto. "Where is Ianto?"

"Regaining his composure in the other room," she sputtered. Jack raised an eyebrow. "Ianto's…friend sent him a certain e-mail,"

Jack remembered what he sent Ianto just a couple of weeks ago; just a little fun for Ianto's inbox. Okay it was more than a little fun…

"Ja-I mean-Tad, what are you doing here?" asked Ianto, as he smoothed out his pants.

"Office work, I need your help," Jack's tone was serious.

"You help? What kind of office work do you do? Stuff that requires a 16 year old to manually work with your co-workers?" asked Avalon inquisitively.

"Er…yes, but we have to go. Avalon is your father or mother going to pick you up?" asked Jack.

"I texted my father, and he is almost her e, don't worry," she smiled. "Ianto, I e-mailed our project to my address, I'll print it at my place. We got a printer for the time being," she smiled, grabbed her bag, and headed out of the door with a wave.

Ianto heard the door shut close, and turned to Jack. "So, did you get a clear scan result from Tosh?" asked Ianto.

"Yea, we found that the alien is actually from V12Y75; the Fuegons. Shape shifting aliens, more specifically,"

"Shape shifter; I thought those only existed in folklore, like the ancient Greek's?"

"Did you ever wonder what inspired it?" smiled the Captain. "Come on let's get back to the Hub and start to straighten this thing out,"

*~*

They came out of the door, and headed straight to the conference room. The team members were sitting around the table discussing what was going to happen, and how the situation was going to be handled.

"So, Jack, just how are we going to take care of this?" asked Gwen.

"From what I remember correctly, they reside in the place they first infiltrate, also known as the school. We will stay as a team. Tosh can you trace the residual energy lingering around there?" asked Jack. Tosh pulled out her PDA , and quickly typed up all that she needed to do.

"Done," she said. "The school residual energy is in this general area," she put the image on the conference room screen, so everybody can see. With her pen, she pointed to spots that were active.

Jack stood up from his chair and pushed it in. His team members all looked straight into his eyes. "I want all of you geared up and in the SUV in 10 minutes; even you Ianto. We are officially getting rid of this alien," stated the Captain. The SUV was revved up and quickly, and sped off, leaving the water tower, in a cloud of dust.

*~*

The team sat in the car, watching the trees pass by. They checked their equipment to make sure nothing would get stuck in the line of fire. The SUV pulled up quietly to the school. It looked like a creature in itself; the bright yellow windows shown bright against the dark blue sky, making a scowling remark upon the team.

"Beautiful school," said Gwen, trying to ease up the obvious dreary mood. They all walked up to the doors and picked the lock. Only taking a few minutes they were in. The school was mostly silent, the footsteps only thing echoing the halls.

"The residual energy diminishes around here, I think were safe, for now," Tosh stated.

"You sure the alien is around here?" asked Gwen.

"Well it should be in the general area. It stops in the circumference in the area," added Toshiko.

The team continued their quest to try to find the alien, however nothing turned up. They turned another corner into a dark hallway. No external light was there to aid them. Gwen took out her flashlight, and turned it on. The light stretched as far as the hallway went, focusing on the bulletin board.

"Anyone want to find out what the daily lunch special is?" lightly remarked Gwen.

Jack gave a small chuckle. "Maybe they'll have something that makes this school stand out from the rest," The team all walked up to the board. There was nothing out of the ordinary at the first glance. Owen turned his small flashlight, and examined the board even closer. There were smears of blood across the papers.

"Oh, that's just pleasant," dryly said Owen. There was a light shuffle in back of the team; no one seemed to notice. "Jack, can you make light of this?"

"We'll, no. I'm at a loss for words. Maybe Tosh can get a sample to read on her PDA?" asked Jack.

"That might be a good step," Ianto agreed.

"Guys?" asked Gwen. The two didn't respond. "Guys?" she asked more indignant. "OI!" she finally got the guys attention.

"What?" Owen answered.

"Tosh is missing,"

The present team members were clustered together in the front lobby of the school. People were rubbing their necks in frustration from stress.

"What the fuck took her?" asked Owen, yelling slightly. "Gwen did you see anything?"

"Er, no. She was standing behind me when I heard a muffled scream. I quickly turned around and she wasn't there. Like a cloud of puff, gone in an instant," Gwen bit her bottom lip in fear.

"Should we split up? You know to cover more ground? It only seems reasonable…" Ianto's voice drifted off.

"This school is huge. That is probably the best possible answer," Jack said. "How 'bout we split up into pairs; Gwen and Owen, you monitor the left wing of the school; Ianto and I will go to the right end," He paused so everybody knew what was going on. "Toshiko needs our help,"

*~*

When Toshiko opened her eyes it was pitch black. Her hands were tied behind the chair that she was sitting in. She had a dish cloth in her mouth, to keep her from screaming loudly. There was some shuffling in back of her. Toshiko's eyes widened, not knowing what was going on.

"So, so, so," said the thing in back of her. "Roaming the halls at night. The principal won't like that,"

Toshiko spit out the dishcloth in annoyance. "Where am I, you…thing?!"

"Mrs. Mulber; or what this form's name is supposed to be. This," the alien showed off its body as a host showing off the brand new car. "I should say, was Mrs. Mulber. Her body is actually pretty fresh…I think it's around here somewhere,"

*~*

"Do you hear anything?" timidly asked Ianto.

"Not at the moment," responded Jack. They both walked further down the hallway, their footsteps echoing. The faint sound of mumbling was heard, but pinpointing it exactly was definitely a challenge for the both of them.

*~*

"Why here? Why this school?!" worried Tosh. The alien, as of now, had a gun out. Toshiko was trying not to fall underneath the alien's power.

"Well, if you want to know, my ship had fallen through a hole in space. I still don't know how that happed. Our ship crashed and we needed a place to survive. My species can only survive if we shape shift every six month in your time, and it was a long time since we last did," The alien let Toshiko sink in the information.

I knew there those rift readings weren't just sudden Weevil attacks out in the city, back last February, thought Toshiko.

"Anyway, another one of your crew members got infected with your silly infections. Rhinovirus or something. See, things like that, made our system weak. Instead of two shifts a year, we had to convert to twelve. We sometimes resulted in killing younger souls for strength. It definitely worked," the alien was vitriolic with its words. Toshiko's face was stunned with horror; imagining the lifeless killings of all the people over the time that they were here.

"B-but why kill them?! They didn't do anything to you!" she was fearful.

"We need the DNA to transform. No host, no DNA. Salvaged in any types of forms, like blood, hair bone marrow, you name it," the tone was mocking. It traced the gun underneath her chin, to make her eyes lock eyes with each other.

To be continued.

A/N: I'm over ten thousand words! Landmark :D It's getting close to the end….. Anyway on a brighter note, Halfreck3929 learned a new word in Spanish class, llanto, and if you say it correctly it sounds like Ianto. We could not stop laughing. Just thought I share. XD

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