Gazing bewildered at each other, they stepped back and took a closer look at Tosh's station. Everything seemed to be in order so Ianto went down on his knees and crouched under the table. Between the cabling he found a very small metal casket. Handing it over to Jack, he scrambled to his feet again, brushing the dirt from his hands and pants.

"Oh, sweet," Jack whistled and turned the small box in his hands. "This is some neat bit of technology. It automatically locks on to the nearest video stream frequency and sends the information to a receiver."

"Do you have any idea at what range?"

"No, but it can't be more than ten miles." Jack closed his fist around the box and looked at Ianto. "Do you think you can configure the rift scanner to trace this frequency?"

"I can try." Frowning, Ianto turned to Tosh's computer and pulled up the rift monitor program, entering the frequency he started a city wide scan. Again both men stared anxiously at the screen when it showed a map of the city and quickly zoomed in to a location in Splott.

"Ianto Jones, you are brilliant!" Jack shouted and swept his lover in his arms, kissing him soundly. "I'm going out and getting them back."

"You're not going alone."

"Yan..."

"No, Jack, I'm not letting you walk into this alone. For all we know, this could be another trap."

"All the more reason for you to stay in the Hub." Jack squeezed the transmitter in his hands to keep himself from grabbing Ianto and locking the young man into a cell. He didn't want him near that bastard ever again.

"Jack, this is not up for discussion. I'm going with you." Ending the dispute effectively, Ianto turned and walked to his station to get his gun. Jack was still growling when he came back. "Are you coming?"

Resigning, Jack grabbed his coat and started to follow Ianto, when something hit his mind. "The SUV is still in that alley."

"We'll take Owen's car, the keys are on his desk." Ianto didn't wait for Jack, but made his way to the garage, already drumming his fingers on the roof plate of the car when Jack barged through the door.

They didn't lose another second, jumping into the car when Jack had unlocked it. Ianto just slammed his door shut again as Jack floored the accelerator and the sports car skidded out of its parking spot.

Jack ignored every speed limit, both men well aware of the fact that the footage of them finding the transmitter had been sent to the receiver as well as all the other footage. If they had been watched the rest of the team was in even more danger now than before.

Ianto used one hand to steady himself, while the other held his PDA, showing the still active transmission frequency. Switching the PDA to another screen, he now looked at a map of Splott, the red dot still pointing at the location of the receiver.

"We'll be there in a minute, get ready." Jack showed a grim expression, his hands clutching the wheel in a death grip.

Ianto just nodded, taking a few breaths to calm down his nerves. They had no idea what they would run into. They were outnumbered at least three to two for all they knew and they had no idea about the condition of the rest of the team.

Jack steered Owen's car around the last bend and hit the breaks, bringing the car to a screeching halt.

Ianto checked one last time the location of the receiver and confirmed their position to Jack. Pointing at a small house surrounded by a green garden, he stuffed the PDA into his pocket.

"This is it. How are we goning to do this?" Pulling his gun and flipping the safety off, Ianto looked at Jack.

"I'd say we kick the door in and see what will happen. You stay behind me, if they get me with their first shots, it will give you time to aim and kill. No prisoners."

Ianto nodded and after a sign from Jack, both jumped out of the car and ran to the front door of the house, Jack pulled his gun, while he ran, using his momentum to kick the door down. Ianto was close on his heels, his weapon pointed out and ready to shoot.

They made it through the hall without any resistance, securing room after room. There was no sign of Owen, Tosh, Gwen or the kidnappers. When they were sure the ground floor was deserted, Jack indicated the staircase and started to walk upstairs slowly. Ianto made one last sweep of the floor before he followed Jack, climbing the stairs, his heart pounding in his chest.

When he reached the top step, he saw Jack disappearing into a room. Looking around carefully, Ianto set off in the other direction, heading for the only other door. Slowly pushing the door open, he found another empty room. Only the slight disarray of the furniture and some discarded clothing showed that the house was actually occupied.

Then his gaze fell on another small door embedded in the wall.

"Jack."

He slowly approached the small wooden door, relieved when he heard Jack's heavy footsteps behind him.

"Ianto wait, let me." Jack didn't wait for confirmation but just headed for the small door and yanked it open, fully expecting to be shot to hell.

But he stared into yet another deserted room, only this one showed him that they were in the right building.

"Yan."

The younger man had already stepped behind his Captain and looked over his shoulder. One wall of the room was covered with monitors and he didn't need a second look to recognize the shown images as the interior of the Hub.

Now sure that they were alone in the house, he put his gun back in its holster and stepped into the room. There was a desk with a computer terminal in front of the monitor wall.

"Maybe I can hack into the computer and find out where they have taken Owen, Tosh and Gwen." Not waiting for an answer, he sat down on the wooden chair and hit a key on the terminal. He was too occupied to hear the quiet beep that followed that act.

However, Jack didn't miss the sound and he followed the noise that had come from behind the desk. When he bent over to look at the floor between desk and monitor wall, his heart dropped. Within milliseconds his eyes notified his brain of the danger and he grabbed Ianto's arm and yanked the young man from the chair.

"Out now!"

Not caring about the confused questions from his lover, he pulled Ianto through the room and down the stairs as fast as he could, just thankful that Ianto didn't resist physically.

Ianto didn't know what to make of the sudden hurry of his Captain, but he had learned to trust his judgement and now only tried to keep up and not tumble down the stairs. He was just relieved of the front door still being open because otherwise they would have smashed against it.

Both men were barely through the door and out on the front lawn when a loud explosion tore through the early afternoon and the upper floor of the house ceased to exist. The blast wave knocked them both off their feet and they crashed into the narrow fence while the debris from the explosion rained down on them.

A sharp pain in his side was the last thing Ianto felt before everything went black.