Chapter Fourteen

Toshiko was folding up her duvet when the entry phone buzzed again.

"Oh god he's not back again is he?"

Gwen went over to the phone and smiled "It's someone much more welcome," she said pressing the release.

Toshiko smiled when Jack walked in. "Erasmus didn't see you did he?"

"I made sure he didn't."

"You got what I was on about then?" Gwen asked.

"Of course, I'm not stupid you know."

"Do you think Erasmus is behind it?" Toshiko asked.

"There is something about him. I thought I was imagining it at first. But the evidence is stacking up against him, and now with Owen going missing. May I?" Jack asked indicating a chair.

"Of course."

Jack sat down. "I was already getting a bit weary of him. So I trailed him yesterday."

"How did you manage to keep a low profile?" Gwen asked.

"You'd be surprised, even someone as handsome as me can become invisible if I want to be."

"So what did you find out?"

"He's got a lot of friends for someone who's supposedly friendless. There were about five of them, all young men around his age."

"You think they are part of this?"

"Well I don't think they were just collage buddies. I think there's more to it then just Owen's disappearance."

"Do you know where they're holding him?" Toshiko asked hopefully.

"No, not yet. Ianto's working on a couple of leads but we have to be careful not to rouse Erasmus' suspicions."

"We will find him won't we Jack?"

"Of course we will."

Ianto came into the hub and placed his coat neatly on the back of a chair. He looked at his box which was flashing erratically.

"Oh god I hope it's not going to blow the place up."

The following morning the box was still flashing and it had turned red.

"Perhaps it's some kind of warning," Toshiko offered.

"Are you feeling better today?" Erasmus asked.

"Much, thank you."

"Perhaps you shouldn't be working in your condition."

"I think that's up to Toshiko," Jack said forcefully.

"I wish I knew what it meant," Ianto said holding the box in his hand and peering at it.

"What do you think it is?" Jack said taking the box from Ianto and offering it to Erasmus.

Erasmus shrunk back as if Jack had offered him poison, "I wouldn't know, not my kind of thing."

Jack found this reaction somewhat interesting.

Once again Owen struggled against his bonds. It was useless of course, he hadn't managed before when had had been stronger and less damaged so how he thought he was going to manage now as a mystery. But he couldn't just sit there, if his calculations were right the full moon was tonight.