Planning the attack- chapter 21 (Sunday)

The next day all six members of Torchwood were sat at the boardroom table. Jack and Ianto looked as if they hadn't slept a bit. Ellie was pale but coping surprisingly well. Johnson was bruised but that was all. Gwen and Aidan looked better than the others but Gwen had spent the night in Rhys' arms.

'Whatever went on last night' she looked at Jack and Ianto, 'today we have to deal with this threat. For some reason yesterday they were sent in unarmed. It looked like a test. Aidan give us what you've found out.'

'I came in earlier and I think there is good news and bad. Which do you want first?'

'Bad' said Gwen.

'I feel pretty stupid saying this but I think some of our security systems have been infiltrated. I think they knew we'd placed surveillance at the house and gave us only what they wanted us to see. They've also been able to get into the diary entries to find where we were scheduled to be. However, the good news is that they made a mistake with the van. They thought that no one would notice as the camera wasn't official so wasn't listed. I've been able to track the van and it doesn't go back to the original house it goes through Barry and ends up on the coast near Porthcawl. I've checked on Google but it seems to be blocked. I've found the ordnance survey and there is a building of some sort there. I guess this is where the experiments go on and where we'll find the creatures, the blowfish and the weevils.'

'Great so that's where we hit but we need to distract them by attacking the original house at the same time. I think we need to involve the local police. As the 'spooky stuff' as Andy used to call it will be at Porthcawl we can send the police in with Jase there at the same time.

'Perhaps we shouldn't have retconned him' said Aidan. 'I assume you want me to set this up. What are we going to tell them?'

'They have armed guards there so illegal weapons and possible drug making. We can show them the feed showing men in white coats' said Johnson.

'OK this is what we will do then. We need time to recover and lull them into a false sense of security. They will think they've got to the target without detection. I assume you have cleared out the problems in the system but for now we plan everything on paper. Aidan get Jase and tell him what we know. I think we need to set this up for tomorrow hitting at dawn simultaneously. Check that they can manage this.'

'On it now' said Aidan leaving the room.

'Right we will attack at Porthcawl at the same time tomorrow morning. We don't know what we'll find so we go in prepared because this time they will have weapons. We need weevil spray as well and several vehicles. We need the spare SUV and the van from the garage. Aim is to capture what we can but if we have to shoot aim for the head and shoot to kill. Don't look like that Jack sometimes you just can't do the right thing. These may have been people once but there is no way back for them. Ellie that's true isn't it?'

'I would say that their DNA is now permanently altered and so no there is no way to remove it and for them to revert back to being human.'

'I'll plan the details. Johnson, Jack I want your input on this. Ianto can you work with Aidan on liaising with the police and we'll let you know what your role is later. Ellie can you get together some sedatives that we might be able to use and the weevils sprays etc. OK everyone let's get on with it.'

Ianto got up, looked at Jack and left the room to find Aidan. This was another conversation that he didn't want to have but he knew like the one with Jack that it couldn't be avoided. He sat down at the monitor next to Aidan who had opened a secure link with Jase.

'Can you get to the Plass as I need to talk to you? We've had some security issues so I'm not going to do this by phone. Yea as soon as you can. Ianto come with me we can talk as we go.'

Aidan got to the centre of the Hub and shouted up 'going to meet Jase to sort everything now. Ianto's with me. Will be back as soon as we can. I have my PDA but only contact if necessary. I'll be happier when I see what they have to decide whether all the systems are safe again.'

Gwen shouted 'good see you later. We'll plan here.'