Ianto returned from his call. "They're on their way, Jack and Gwen, with some kid who can help apparently." He gave Owen a bemused look. "Do you want a coffee, now you're dressed?"

He didn't even wait for an answer, and left to go make 5 mugs of his best.

"Ianto..."

Ianto froze, and he turned back round to face Owen, who was staring into his eyes.

"Where's Tosh?" He said, his expression almost changed to pleading, but Owen held strong. Ianto walked back to the balcony that over looked the Autopsy Room, and put his hands on the railing to hold himself up as he had to say these words to Owen.

"She died, shortly after you. Grey had shot her. She was talking to you as she died." Owen just looked down. Ianto turned and walked away.


"Nice kit." said Simon. He was crawling around on the backseats of the SUV as they headed back to the Hub, pushing buttons and poking at all the screens.

Jack glanced back as he came off Cogan Hill. "Sit down, put on your seat belt, or I will turn this very special car around."

Simon complied and sat quietly, passing his iPhone from left hand, to right hand, and back again. "Earlier on, back at the Pier, you said Tosh."

"I also said sideburns, what does it mean to you?"

Simon seemed quieter all of a sudden. Gwen turned in her seat to look at him.

"You don't mean Toshiko Sato, do you?"

Gwen had her sympathetic but questioning voice ready to go. "How do you know her?"

"I wrote one of my final essays on her. My professor made me take out the part about being arrested by a secret organisation and then being recruited by another, lest either should happen to me. Looks like it didn't do me any good." He chuckled nervously, looking out the window.

Gwen reached back and rested her hand on his knee, Simon looked back at her and smiled thankfully. "That woman that you saw back there, that was Tosh."

"I know it was a sudden situation, but didn't you recognise her?" Jack butted in.

"I only had old pictures, some snaps from her MOD days. To be honest she was the inspiration that got me into computer science. She was the youngest before me." He smiled at Gwen again. She smiled back, and then turned to face the front again.

The rest of the drive was silent.


Mwhahahaha, I have returned. I thought I had already uploaded this chapter, but I hadn't. So guess what? There's another chapter heading right to you next Wednesday. I'm gonna try and get more regular with this, so apologies for the very very long wait. The next chapter is nearly 3 times longer than this, so look forward to it. Talk soon :)

JangoHarkness