Ianto sat on the hub sofa, his head in his hands. He didn't notice Tosh sit beside him until she put her thin, light brown arm around him, "I don't get it. What does he want?" Tosh shook her head,
"I don't know Ianto. I don't know," she trailed off. Ianto looked up and his eyes were red from tears, "When he does get what he wants, what will happen to her?" Ianto whispered. Tosh turned her head away, pretending she hadn't heard, "Tosh. Truthfully?" She turned back around and looked uneasy, "Truthfully? I don't know but it can't be good," Ianto sighed loudly and put his head back in his hands, "Hey, don't worry. We can stop it, of course we can," Ianto looked up once more and shook his head firmly, "No. We are just sitting here and we don't even know what he is looking for," Ianto stood up and stalked out of the room.
Tosh sat in silence on the sofa until she heard a voice behind her, "I'll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell," Tosh got up quickly and walked cautiously towards Bilis, "What is it?" Bilis shook his head,
"Promise," he reminded her. Tosh sighed then nodded,
"I promise,"
"I shall walk the earth and my hunger will know no bounds," Tosh was left in shock and horror when Bilis disappeared and Jack came running into the room, "Tosh what is it?!" He shouted.
"Try googling it again," Ianto said impatiently. Gwen pulled at her hair and clicked the search button again, "I'm trying but I keep getting redirected to weight watchers!" Ianto sighed with frustration, "Move over," he said after Gwen made a few more failed attempts and he pushed her out of the way, "There!" He said triumphantly after a few minutes of clicking and tapping at a keyboard, "1996, beginning of January. 12 people killed. Mostly between 16 and 30. Names given as...oh shit," Ianto swore as his eyes drifted over the list of the dead, "Shit shit shit!" He yelled louder.
"Don't you think you should focus more on exams than your boyfriend?" Ianto said, frustrated. Imogen rolled her eyes and picked up her school bag that was dumped on the red beanbag in their room. Before leaving their room she bent over to check her straightened brown hair was in place. Rhona wasn't too happy when she came back from their parents with red dip dyed hair, but what could she do? Ianto was growing more frustrated, "Imogen!" His sister turned around and sighed, "Wake up Ianto, it only takes one of us to revise,"
"And that's going to be me?" He was annoyed that she had said that. She would do anything to get out of school work, "Might as well be, you like studying!" Imogen shrugged, "Im not taking Biology," he reminded her, "Just chemistry and physics and you need all three," he continued. Imogen sighed, beaten, "Maybe I don't want to be a doctor anymore," Ianto laughed at her,
"You kidding? You want it more than anything," Imogen rolled her eyes then went down to breakfast. They sat next to each other while they ate their Cheerios, but didn't say anything. They didn't need to. Finally, though, Ianto spoke up, "I'll help you revise, if you want. Tonight?" Imogen looked shifty then said, "Sorry. I'm...I'm going out tonight," Ianto dropped his spoon on the table and stormed out, but not before scowling at her.
Imogen felt bad as she walked to school, alone at first. 10 minutes away from the school gates she met up with her best friend Cerys Wilson and they laughed about boys and music with their arms linked. Cerys was great, but she wasn't the same as Ianto. He knew everything about her and things Cerys would never understand. But that's why he wasnt talking to her now. When they fell out, they fell out bad. They reached the school and a voice out of nowhere called to them, "Hey, Immy," Imogen smiled and turned around, Deaglan. Deaglan grinned at her and moved closer to her, "I'm just gonna...go," Cerys said awkwardly. Imogen waved at her then turned to Deaglan, "You just always appear, you know?" He laughed and took her hand in his, "I know. So first day of year 11? How's this gonna work out for us?" Imogen shrugged then replied,
"Probably not going to," she sighed then linked her arm through his,
"Ok what's wrong?" Deaglan stopped and pushed her hair out of her face. Imogen shook his hand away and then apologised, "It's just Ianto. He wants me to study more," Deaglan laughed, "Well he's right! You should study more. Your taking, what, ten million A-levels?" Imogen laughed and shook her head, "Five, actually. Well atleast that's how many Ms Barnett says I should take if I want to get into University of Wales," They had walked across to the upper school where the rest of the Year 11s were huddling from the rain. This year they had to get in a day earlier than the Year 8s, 9s and 10s so they could look after the Year 7s on their first day. Imogen was probably going to murder an 11 year old before the day was through and was dreading the day ahead of her. Ianto was standing by the far wall with Gareth and David. They were talking, but she didn't know what about. Ianto had blocked her out of his head. Imogen took a deep breath and walked over to where they were standing, "If you don't mind boys," Ianto looked up, startled by her voice. Gareth and David shrugged and moved away from them to join the rest of the new Year 11s, "What do you want Imogen?" Ianto was holding an umbrella so Imogen ducked under it to shelter herself from the rain, "To say sorry," she whispered. Ianto looked her in the eye and sighed, "You don't need to, ok?" Imogen nodded and huddled closer under the umbrella, "This doesn't mean I've forgiven you," Ianto warned just as Imogen hugged him tight. Ianto sighed. He was defeated and hugged her back.
"I don't get why your doing this!" Imogen yelled at Bilis. She walked across the white mist towards him, "Surfacing my old memories. What are you looking for?" Bilis laughed, "I want to unlock death," Imogen shuddered. What he had just said did not sound good, "If you find what you want? What will happen to me?" Bilis walked closer towards her and stated simply, "Then you die,"
