A/N: Hello Lovely readers! Thank you so much for your support and I want to say that I was so glad that I was able to update after such a long time of absence. I'm actually hoping that for the rest of this month, I might be able to update more chapters, but we will have to see before second semester hits and I don't have time anymore until summer…. But don't worry, I intend to stay around and make sure that I continue updating as much as I can!

I'll stop babbling so you can enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 21: Reset

Iris woke up from the sunlight that came through the window. Blinking a few times to adjust her eyes, she later managed to open them and look next to her and smiled warmly. Jack was lying next to her and she couldn't have been happier at that moment. It was strange really, about Jack admitting his love for Ianto and describing it after they had finished their round of passion the night before.

But it made sense. Jack had developed feelings for the man before her arrival. It was just that she had somehow weaseled her way into both of the men's hearts and Jack somehow got to her first. And as she looked at Jack, she never realized how peaceful he appeared. He was always serious or nonchalant about everything, flirting at anything that breathed. She continued to stare at him until she saw him shift to avoid the sunlight.

Smiling at that desperate move to sleep more, she carefully got up as to not wake him up and headed towards the bathroom to shower. Once she was done, Jack had gotten up and was sitting on the bed as he looked at her covering herself with a towel.

"Good morning." He said, still looking a bit tired, but smirking nonetheless.

Rolling her eyes, she just went to her closet and said, "Get washed up, we still have work to do."

Jack groaned as he realized what she meant. They had paperwork they had to deal with. Nodding with trepidation of the sheer amount of work he was about to do back at the Hub, he went to wash up.

The moment he went in, Iris checked her phone to see if she got any calls and found that she didn't. Concerned, she called the Doctor. After about one ring however, the Doctor picked up and immediately yelled out,

"Iris! You're alright! Thank goodness… I was getting concerned."

Iris frowned as she asked him, "What?"

The Doctor was in the TARDIS as he had been fixing the console a bit before frowning and asked,

"Don't you remember last night? I felt something akin to your memories being shifted all over the place and I wasn't sure if you were in a good situation. Then you started panicking and I reached out to you. I didn't mean to advance the bond…"

Iris' eyes bulged as she yelled out once more, "WHAT?!"

The Doctor just realized what he had said and he stuttered out, "uhh…. I might have advanced the bond?"

Iris sighed out and pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration as she cautiously asked, "And what should have changed since you oh so politely advanced the bond between us without asking?"

The Doctor winced at that tone and he said, "Well, now I can feel your emotions a bit more clearly and we can talk to each other via our bond…"

Iris grew so silent and still that the Doctor stopped what he was doing and waited, guilt building up more and more while Jack walked into the living room to awkwardly stare at her growing anger.

Jack eventually broke the silence with, "Uh… what happened?"

Iris glared at him and Jack flinched. Even though Iris was tiny, when she outwardly expressed her anger like that, it spelled trouble. With that, he said,

"Sorry Doc… You're on your own."

The Doctor grimaced and Iris' anger flared and she tersely said, "We need to talk later."

The Doctor said, "Alright… uh… I'll talk to you later."

Iris sighed and said, "You're not in trouble, but we need to set some rules about this. Seriously."

The Doctor nodded before realizing that Iris wasn't there and said, "Sure. Alright."

Iris smiled and said, "until later Doctor."

With that, she ended the phone call and tried out the bond and said through it, Don't try anything funny now.

The Doctor jolted at that, not used to having another voice come into his mind like that. Blushing a little, he heard Iris laugh through the bond before grumbling a little. But eventually, Iris left him alone and he sighed out in relief.

Meanwhile, Jack was in the kitchen, cooking them breakfast when he heard Iris come in and prepare the coffee. Jack looked over and asked.

"What was all that about?"

Iris shook her head and said, "We can say a certain Time Lord decided to advance our bond to the point that I can talk to him without calling him on a phone."

Jack tensed a little and asked cautiously, "Are you alright with that?"

Iris glanced at him and sighed as she said, "Well, there's no way around it. And it's not too bad when I shut him out."

Jack dropped the waffles onto the plates as he said, "Oh? And was that what happened last night?"

Iris blushed as she shoved Jack a little in embarrassment. "Shut up will you? I'm going to scold him later in person, so don't do anything funny."

Jack chuckled and saluted her with, "Yes ma'am."

Iris glared at him playfully as she just started pouring coffee into their cups before they ate their breakfast. Once they were done, they had gone to the Hub straight away, when they saw Ianto step up from the archives once more and greet them with,

"Good morning sir. Good morning Iris!"

Iris blushed a little upon seeing him before quickly hiding it with, "Hey Ianto!"

Ianto smiled and followed after her and dropped off some paperwork as he briefed her in what she had to do. Iris listened intently when Ianto asked,

"So, uh, how are things with Jack?"

Iris froze and looked up at Ianto again in shock. But she quickly realized that she needed to respond and stuttered to her utter horror

"Uh.. I-I think e…everything is fine."

Ianto raised an eyebrow at her stuttering, causing Iris to get flustered even more before she just turned around, puffing a cheek in frustration before furiously typing up the paperwork she had to do.

Ianto was a little confused at her reaction before he went to Jack's office with his coffee when Jack looked up at him and smirked.

"She flustered?"

Ianto was surprised at that and asked, "Sir?"

Jack stood up, realizing that he hadn't heard anything from Iris yet and just shook his head and said, "Nah, it's nothing. Don't worry about it. Thanks for the coffee Yan!"

Ianto looked aghast at that nickname but wasn't sure what to think about it. He just shook his head at that and decided to think not much of it as he headed down to do some more cleaning up in the archive. That was when Iris sighed and yelled out,

"Ianto! There's been weevil activity. We have to call Owen and Tosh, they're the closest to it right now."

Ianto nodded and went to call the duo. Iris' eyes followed the Welsh man's exit and just sighed as she thought back to Jack's statement last night. But this wasn't the time for her to think about that. Not yet. She needed to resolve this issue better with Jack at a later time. For now, the Weevil needed to get taken care of.

Iris listened in on Owen and Tosh as they were chasing the Weevil when suddenly Iris heard Owen yell out something that she didn't quite catch when they heard him whisper in surprise,

"He's dead."

Iris immediately cleared up the paperwork they will need for the man and awaited the pair's arrival. She cleaned herself up and the autopsy room with Ianto's help, a solemn air surrounding them. Despite working in Torchwood for a while, Ianto knew that Iris disliked seeing dead people. She never complained, but it was evident from time to time when the woman thought nobody was looking.

Owen and Tosh quietly came in with Jack and Gwen. Jack had gone out to pick up Gwen from her apartment on his way to help bring in the body. Once Jack got settled, he said,

"Are we ready to study this guy?"

Iris nodded and Owen quickly opened up the body bag. He then cleaned himself up while Iris prepared the body for an autopsy. Once Owen was ready, they began looking around the body for any alien signatures. When none of them really seemed to pop up, they then looked for any signs of common street drugs. That did not come up either. They were going to do more when Jack suddenly said,

"Hey, I think I might know someone who might be able to help with this case."

Iris and the rest of the team looked up at the Captain with surprise when Jack looked at Iris with interest, hoping that she understood his meaning. She just looked at him incredulously for a while when it just dawned on her and her eyes widened. Jack nodded at that and then headed back to his office to call the mystery person over.

Owen turned towards Iris and asked, "Do you know what the hell he's talking about?"

Iris just smirked and nodded as she took off her gloves and said, "Someone special."

Owen sighed and just shrugged as he followed suit to take off his own gloves before going back to Tosh.

Iris, Gwen and Ianto observed how Owen talked to Tosh about something, causing the woman to giggle a little bit before suddenly looking back at her screen, as if trying to tune him out, but it was clearly obvious that the woman was blushing.

Gwen then whispered, "Do you reckon that they are together?"

Iris smirked and said, "Oh yeah…. If that's not flirting right there, I'd be the stupidest person on Earth."

Ianto smiled a little and he asked humorously, "Oh?"

Iris looked up at the man and blushed a little, "Jack. You know."

Ianto shook his head and said, "I'm not so sure about me."

Gwen rolled her eyes and said, "Well, before the whole Iris and Jack thing, it was pretty obvious that you and Jack were an item. We were all betting about when you two would get hitched. Though back then, I have to admit, a part of me was jealous…"

Ianto looked at Gwen with shock written all over his face.

"What did you just say?"

Iris laughed a little and just pat Ianto on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about it too much Ianto. If anything, you flirt a lot too."

Ianto's mouth opened even further at that comment. Iris just realized what she had said and blushed furiously before muttering something about clearing papers and went to her desk, as if she was avoiding the look on Ianto's face as best as she could.

And afterwards, the day just passed on. Hours passed and Ianto kept on wiping the desk at the tourist information office, thinking back to the sudden change in Iris' behavior during the day. He was lost, why were Jack and Iris flirting with him all of a sudden?

That was when the door opened and he noticed a woman come in. He hadn't seen her face and he put on his best apologetic smile as he said,

"Sorry, we're closing."

That was when Ianto looked up to see Martha Jones. Ianto just stared at her in surprise before stuttering a little,

"Excuse me, sorry about that ma'am."

Martha rolled her eyes and laughed out loud as the door opened and said teasingly,

"Just call me Martha. Seriously Ianto, after all that time, do you still struggle with names?"

Ianto just smiled and the two went in for a hug as Ianto said,

"I missed you. The other will be glad to see you again."

Martha smiled and grabbed her suitcase again as she said, "They'd better."

In the autopsy room however, Jack, Iris, Owen, Tosh and Gwen were talking about the body when Martha heard Jack say,

"Documents on the body identify the victim as Meredith Roberts."

Owen shook his head in frustration as he said, "No obvious signs of violence."

Gwen just looked at the team and asked, "Are we saying it wasn't the Weevil?"

Owen just rolled his eyes as he defended with, "Give me a chance, Miss Cooper. I've only just started."

Iris looked up to see Ianto standing by and noticed how he pointed behind him. Iris tiptoed and saw who he was talking about. She smiled widely and said,

"We have a visitor Jack. VIP."

Gwen, Tosh and Owen shared a confused look, but followed the rest of the team, not sure what to expect.

When they got to the Hub, Jack said out loud,

"Suddenly, in an underground mortuary, on a wet night in Cardiff, I hear the song of a nightingale."

Martha entered the Hub with a large smile and Jack said, "Miss Martha Jones."

Martha just looked at him and then Iris, measuring the atmosphere before jumping and hugging the both of them tightly as she said, "Oh, it's good to see you Iris!"

Iris laughed loudly while Jack whined and asked, "What about me?"

Martha just uttered a "hmm…" and shrugged, causing the rest of the team to snigger.

Jack then calmed down as he said, "Toshiko, Owen, Gwen meet Martha."

Owen looked at Martha warily and asked, "Just a casual visit, or?"

Martha looked at him with indifference and said, "I'm here to complete your postmortem."

Iris nodded and said, "Doctor Jones is from UNIT."

Gwen then thought hard and reached out to shake Martha's hand and said, "Oh, I'm sorry… Sorry, I get a bit confused. Which one's UNIT?"

Jack answered her with, "Intelligence, military, cute red caps. The acceptable face of intelligence gathering on aliens. We're more ad hoc, but better looking."

With that, the team arrived at the Autopsy room. Iris, Owen and Martha prepared for the Autopsy again while the rest stayed at the area above them.

Martha ignored the quip and said to the Torchwood medics, "I identified a pattern from UNIT's data on sudden deaths. Toxic shock. Nothing to link the victims. Different ages, sexes, ethnic origins, occupations. But there was a statistically significant concentration in South Wales."

Iris froze at that. How could she have forgotten? It had been so long since they had a case involving an episode. She should have noticed earlier… was her memory failing her now? Everyone had noticed how she froze and Martha asked,

"Iris? Are you alright? You look a little pale?"

Iris looked up, causing Martha to frown and said, "Iris, you alright?"

Iris gulped a little and nodded, not daring to look at Owen. There had to be some way to change this. She had to. She smiled tightly and said,

"I'm fine. Sorry, this happens sometimes. Don't worry about it."

Martha quickly glanced at Jack, noticing how the man had gotten concerned but didn't say much. Martha then nodded while Owen said,

"So what about this pattern, then, Doctor Jones?"

Martha continued with, "They were being written off as suicides or accidents. Look."

With that, she opened the victim's eye a bit more for Owen to see. Iris glanced at it and nodded back, indicating that she knew as Iris continued with,

"Puncture mark. Hypodermic needle. You'll find his bloodstream was pumped full of ammonium hydroxide."

Owen looked up in surprise as he said, "Yeah, bloodstream. That was the thing I was going to do that next."

Martha then asked all of the team, "Have you checked his medical records?"

Owen shook his head a little and said, "No. I was just about to."

Martha replied, smiling a little as she said, "Let's give I a go. You never know, Owen, you might learn something."

At that, Owen rolled his eyes and stuck his tongue out at Martha's back. Iris saw the childish act and shook her head, smiling. Jack laughed as the rest of the team followed Tosh and Martha, who headed towards the Hub.

Tosh brought the medical records and Owen reads off, "One Meredith Roberts, age 45."

Tosh added in, "I know there's been a major crash on the NHS system. Wiped a shedload of files."

Martha frowned and said, "Including all the victims I flagged up from the UNIT data. And now yours."

Tosh shook her head as she said, "A computer crash wouldn't delete data so cleanly. This is deliberate. Let me look into it."

Martha nodded and headed towards Jack's office, seeing Jack smiling at her and indicating for her to come in. Iris was with Ianto when Jack said, "Iris! Come here!"

Iris rolled her eyes at that, but smiled brightly, excited to catch up with Martha Jones again. She entered with the UNIT medical officer and settled into the chair by Martha. As Martha sat down, Jack asked,

"How's the family?"

Martha smiled and gently said, "Getting better. They send their love."

Jack smiled and said, "Give them ours." He clapped his hands together, before saying, "So, end of the world Survivors club!"

Martha chuckled and said, "God, I am so glad to see you two!"

Iris smiled back and said, "Likewise. We missed you."

Jack smiled a little and said, "See, you did come all this way to just see me. It's the jaw line. Once seen, always yearned for. Iris approved."

Iris gave him a playful glare, earning a small smile from Martha as the woman shook her head at the man's antics. Jack then softly asked,

"Do you miss him?"

Martha smiled before shaking her head again as she answered the question with, "No. I made my choice."

Iris raised an eyebrow at that, causing the doctor to groan and admit, "Maybe sometimes."

Iris laughed out loud at that and playfully punched the Doctor in the arm and said, "You wouldn't believe what he says about you sometimes."

Martha blushed a little before asking, "What? What does he say?"

Iris whistled and shook her head, as if hiding a big secret and said, "Oh, the things he say."

Jack laughed out loud as he saw Martha grow distressed at the teasing. Martha just whined out, "Please don't tell me he's telling some weird story about me."

Iris then burst out laughing until she calmed down as she said, "No. He says wonderful things about you. Don't worry."

Martha blushed even more at that and said, "Oh God. Don't do that!"

Martha continued with, "But I only miss him a tiny bit. Tiny, tiny. Then I come to my senses again. Anyway, I've got plenty to occupy me."

Jack looked at her with amusement and said, "Oh, yeah, Miss Highfalutin'. What is it? Medical officer?"

Martha nodded as she responded with, "Oh, yes."

Jack then asked incredulously, "So do I have to call you ma'am?"

Martha laughed at that, enjoying the moment before thinking it too weird from the captain and shook her head as she said,

"No. Just follow my orders to the letter."

Iris saluted her and made the medical officer laugh all over again. Iris was so small and cute that it was just adorable to look at. Jack then put on a somewhat serious face as he said,

"You should have called me if you were looking for a job."

Martha looked wistful at that and said, "I wasn't. This woman from UNIT rang out of the blue, said I was just what they needed. That I'd come highly recommended by an impeccable source."

Jack pointed up and asked, "You mean?"

Martha looked at Iris and Jack, nodding as she asked, "Well, who else would have done it?"

Iris smirked and said, "He must have thought he owed you a favor. We all do."

Then, she stretched and hugged Martha before saying, "I have some more work to do, but I will talk to you guys again regarding that case."

Jack and Martha asked simultaneously, "No hints?"

Iris shrugged and said, "Things should be alright for now."

The other two time travelers looked at each other with confusion but just shrugged it off and watched Iris head out of the office and walk towards her desk. Once Jack thought Iris wouldn't be able to hear his request, he asked Martha,

"So, do you think you could get me one of those red caps for personal use? I'm thinking Iris might look good in it."

Martha's eyebrows shot up at that statement before laughing and blushing a little as she said to him,

"You want uniforms, get your own. Now, am I going to get the guided tour?"

Jack smiled widely with teasing in his eyes as he saluted her and said, "Yes ma'am, whatever you say, ma'am! Huah!"

Martha chuckled at his antics and said, "Leave it."

Iris was working on some paperwork that Jack had neglected to do again, and noticed on the side Ianto walk up to her.

"Need anything?" Ianto asked.

Iris nodded and said, "A coffee would be lovely. You have no idea how much I need it now more than ever."

Ianto chuckled and said, "I swear you're addicted. It's not good."

Iris shrugged and said, "What can I do? You're a great barista, great man, great archivist, and one of the best agents here. It would be strange to not have you around. I wouldn't survive without you to take care of me."

Ianto smiled at that, his heart beating a little faster. Though knowing of her relationship with Jack, he wanted to quash it down. But that wasn't easy. Something about her always made him want to keep her grounded and safe.

"I'll always be here for you. You know that."

Iris nodded and hugged him spontaneously, breathing in his smell, blushing bright red as she shyly said, "I know you are. That's what keeps me sane amidst everything. From the very beginning. And know that I will always be here for you too."

Ianto smiled and hugged her back before saying, "Let me get that coffee your body needs."

Iris laughed and nodded as she separated herself from the man and went back to work. While typing away furiously at the document she had to write for Jack, she heard Owen say,

"Yeah, there's a lot of argument about this, but for my money it's got to be a surgical instrument."

Iris looked up and observed as Martha questioned the Torchwood medic with, "Really?"

Jack rolled his eyes and said, "He's guessing. Typical medic."

Iris yelled out, "Oi! Rude!"

Jack held up his hands as if surrendering and said, "Sorry! I meant smart medics."

Iris glared at him even more, puffing air into one of her cheeks and Owen just laughed at that. Martha looked at the woman with curiosity. She hadn't seen Iris so lively before and it was good to see at how bright of an attitude the woman carried. It was warm and comforting.

Owen then grumbled on with, "Right, well, I call it a singularity scalpel. See, what it does is it concentrates energy on a tiny fixed point without damaging anything on the way. It's brilliant."

Martha looked at the instrument with wonder as Owen continued to explain while Gwen scoffed and said,

"Yeah, do you remember the last time you did that, Owen?"

Owen ignored her as he said, "Yes. Right. Now, all we're going to do is, we're going to vaporize this paper without even scorching the cup."

He crumpled a piece of paper into a paper cup, trying to simulate what would seem to be a harmless experiment.

Jack whispered into Martha's ear as he backed her away from Owen, "This is going to end in tears."

Owen didn't hear it as he focused intently on focusing the singularity scalpel to the supposed right settings as he mumbled, "Ok…"

Owen then clicks onto something, causing something behind Ianto to explode. Ianto screamed out an "Argh!" at the explosion, letting go of the coffee he had made for Iris fly into the air and fall to the ground. Ianto grew angry at that and glared at Owen, huffing out a breath of annoyance.

Iris laughed at that and went to Ianto to pat him on the shoulder and whisper, "It's alright. Thanks for the coffee."

Ianto looked down at her and smiled at the funny situation while Owen looked guilty from Iris' mock glare for ruining her coffee.

He whispered, "Er, I haven't quite got the calibration right yet."

Everyone laughed but Ianto, who noticed something pop up on Iris' screen as he said,

"Jack. There's been another attack. Assault with a hypodermic. Only this time, the victim survived. Woman aged 27. She's in the hospital. Medical records wiped, just like the others."

Jack then requested Martha and Owen to go and talk with the woman while Iris remained behind and looked more at the leftover analysis of the other victims. When the duo came back, they were all in Jack's office as Jack said,

"Locally, we've got a murder victim and survivor. Both attacked with hypodermics, both with their medication records wiped."

Martha continued with, "And more cases across the UK. We think the point of the attacks is to destroy evidence of their medical condition."

Jack then looked at Gwen as he said, "Gwen, Ianto, pursue the criminal investigation."

Gwen nodded alongside Ianto and headed out. The 51st century man then looked at Owen and Martha before saying, "Martha, Owen will follow up with the medical side."

Owen said, "fine." The two medics then left to do their work.

Jack then looked at Tosh and asked, "Tosh, any luck in retrieving those medical records?"

Tosh shook her heads, looking annoyed as she said, "Not yet. I'm gonna have to dig down into the system memories, see if I can find any remnants of deleted or temporary files. Completely illegally, of course."

Jack then looked at Iris and said, "Iris, I want you to help out with whatever you can. We're gonna need both of your skill sets in solving this case."

Iris nodded and waited for Tosh to leave. Iris immediately turned to Jack and said,

"Jack, this level of difficulty of finding information for Tosh, you know that this could potentially involve the government? Do you want me to go digging through that aspect?"

Jack looked hesitant before saying, "Do what you have to. We're not dealing with a freak with some needle fetish. This is a conspiracy."

Iris frowned and nodded, concern emanating from her. Jack noticed and pulled her into a hug and said,

"You alright?"

Iris shivered and said, "What if this ends badly?"

"Does it?" Jack asked.

Iris didn't answer but looked at him, not sure what the truth would be. Jack noticed her confusion and her fear of something happening. Jack pressed a finger to undo her frown and then cupped her cheek in his hand, letting her cuddle into it a bit before kissing her.

Iris leaned into the kiss before pulling away, content from the gentle kiss he gave her. He smiled and said,

"Whatever it is you know about this case, I want you to know that none of it will be your fault."

Iris leaned into hug Jack and whispered, "I'm scared."

Jack hugged her tighter and said, "I'll protect you."

Iris hugged him for a while longer before saying, "I should help Tosh."

Jack chuckled and said, "Don't keep her waiting."

Iris nodded and walked out of his office. She heard Tosh say, "Ianto, the police have found another body in Heath Park. From the initial reports it's got all the hallmarks of the other attacks."

Ianto responded with, "I'll get Gwen, head out there now."

Iris walked up and read the files on Tosh's screen and sighed out a breath. Another life was lost. And she felt terrible for it. Tosh didn't notice this small revelation.

Iris then walked back to her desk and started looking up the Pharm to see if there was a way to go around their system. But it wasn't easy and eventually, she gave up, not finding a way. Eventually, Martha and Owen went back to the hospital to talk to the patient, Marie, who had survived the attack. But eventually, she heard Owen say over his coms,

"Iris, she died."

Iris froze her task she was doing at the moment and hesitated before carefully saying, "Come back to report it."

Owen said they would be back soon and the other end of the coms went silent. Iris released her breath, frustrated. Jack came by and asked, "What happened?"

"Marie, the girl that had survived the attack… I wonder if I would have been able to save her."

Jack noticed the sad look in her eyes as her fingers brushed through her hair that she had let loose from the messy bun she had done earlier. He hugged her and said,

"I understand what you feel…but it probably would have ended like this in some way or another. Don't blame it all on yourself. We can focus that guilt to catching the ones that led to this outcome."

Iris nodded her head, leaning into Jack's embrace, enjoying the silence of the Hub. Tosh had gone to the conference room for a moment to double check something. But she had also gone to give Iris some privacy when she had seen Jack leave his office and had looked at Iris. She noticed that though Iris was much livelier, her focus from the pain had shifted to the guilt of losing people on cases that she knew of.

Iris then pulled away as she said, "Thank you… I might have needed that Jack."

"Anytime." Jack said as he muffled her hair with his hand and smiled warmly.

With that, Iris went back to work and focused on trying to see if she could glean more information regarding the doctor that she would have to stop later. Whatever the cost. But then, she suddenly felt a tug from the Doctor as he said, "Oh, you would not believe where we are right now!"

Iris smirked a little at that and then immediately put a sour look on her face as she recalled how she was able to hear him and asked, "Where are you?"

"A planet called Death's Deal! Donna and I were answering a mayday call when we landed here. Do you know about this planet?"

Iris immediately grimaced, recalling exactly what adventure that was. She sighed and answered back with,

"Unfortunately, yes… I do."

The Doctor then asked in a concerned voice, "Iris? Should I be wary about something"

Iris winced even more at that and warned him with, "Spoilers."

She heard a groan and felt the annoyance flow through their bond and chuckled at that. She then said,

"Spaceman, just trust Donna on this adventure and keep an eye out for Erskine."

The Doctor grimaced as he responded back with, "I was afraid you would say that."

Iris laughed and asked, "You already saw that mayday then?"

The Doctor seemed to confirm this with a grunt using their bond, causing Iris to laugh at that and said, "Well, I have a case I'm working with Martha so I have to go. But we need to have that talk later."

The Doctor sent a little bit of guilt through their bond, and said his farewells and promised Iris to not do anything stupid. Once the bond fell silent again, Iris sighed upon seeing her team file into the conference room. Iris followed and sat down with the paperwork she had prepared while she had been conversing with the Doctor through their bond. Martha and Owen stood in front of the screen and Owen began to say,

"This, folks, is a molecular model of the drug that we found in Marie's blood."

Martha continued with, "She called it Reset."

Ianto asked, "So what does it do?" He looked concerned as Iris stood up and joined the other medics, handing out the paperwork she had prepared on Reset per the two's request.

"Right, well, think when you find a virus on your computer and a software we set up onto it identifies those viruses and delete them. This alien, whatever it is, when it is placed inside a host, identifies viruses, harmful bacteria, toxins, mutant cells and more to create the ultimate healthy state. The perfect health. Something that wasn't meant to exist."

Owen cleared it up with, "Basically, the body's been turned back to its factory settings."

Martha added on with, "It's the ultimate magic bullet. Supersedes anything and everything in the pharmacological armoury."

Gwen shifted in her seat, unsettled by this and the reports from the student she had gotten as she whispered out, "But that would be the greatest medical discovery in history."

Iris sighed as she responded to that statement, with, "Yes, but it comes with the price of hosting a lethal parasite in your body. From what I learned, this thing grows to be bigger than humans, so we don't exactly know how longs humans can actually host the parasite until it causes human death."

Jack then said, "Ah, not so good a discovery."

Martha rolled her eyes at his amusement with the report of the parasite and warily said,

"The parasite needs a healthy body until it's incubated. So the parasite egg incorporates this magic bullet, which puts everything in the system back to its factory settings."

Jack clapped his hands as a response to wrap things up quickly as he faced the entire team and said,

"Reset. Neato. So, who runs the Pharm?"

Iris changed the screen to depict the Pharm's information as Ianto read from her reports,

"Well, the public image is innocent enough. Private public partnership between the government and a consortium of the pharmaceutical companies. Researching and developing cutting edge biotechnology."

Tosh perked up as she studied the report and said, "Their IT systems are way more cutting edge than they need to be. Plus, they've got seemingly unrestricted security clearance."

Iris added, "Which means they'd have the capability to erase medical records if they wanted to."

Tosh nodded and smiled at that and said, "Exactly."

Jack was deep in thought for a moment before he asked, "Who runs this outfit?"

Gwen answered him with, "The Institute director is a Doctor Aaron Copley."

Owen nodded at that and added with suspicion, "Yeah, I know his work. He's one of the most respected research scientists in his field."

Ianto added with the information he had gathered earlier while helping Iris, "Harvard graduate. Did research at Cambridge. Last job, Harvard Professor of Molecular Pharmacology. Came to the UK to set up the Pharm."

Jack looked at the image of Aaron Copley that Iris had pulled up for everyone to see and commented with an amused smirk, "Hmm, he's kind of handsome, too. Do you think he'll like visitors?"

Iris shook her head at that and just tiredly smiled at his joke. As Jack and Owen were preparing to head out, Iris grabbed Jack's arm and said,

"Be careful. He's not going to stop believing that he's right. He's the type of man that could easily learn to kill someone in order to get his way."

Jack smiled and asked, "Worried about me?"

Iris smiled back and said, "Always. I don't like you getting hurt."

Jack grew serious as he responded back with a kiss. One hand gripped the back of her neck while the other arm wrapped itself around her waist to bring her up to him. Iris kissed back with equal fervor, the kiss being slow and filled with much meaning.

Iris pulled away after a while and straightened Jack's coat for him and said, "Come back safely."

Jack nodded and gave her a peck on the forehead before leaving the Hub with the Torchwood rover. Once she saw them leave, Iris walked her way over to Ianto, who was gathering some materials to prepare for when Jack and Owen would come back.

Iris hugged Ianto from behind and snuggled her head into his back, liking the smell of his home-made coffee. Ianto's eyes widened as he felt her arms around him and asked,

"What did I do to deserve this?"

Iris smiled and said, "You just looked huggable. Like a teddy bear."

Ianto laughed at that and said, "Well, thank you ma'am."

At the address, Iris sighed and frowned as she asked, "Must you call me that whenever I hug you?"

Ianto turned around and smirked as he said, "Well, what should I call you then?"

Iris swallowed a little at the close proximity of Ianto's face towards hers, clearly blushing at how flustered she felt around the Welsh man after Jack's confession from before. She looked away from his eyes and whispered,

"Iris. Just Iris… I don't like you calling me ma'am. It makes me sound old."

Ianto smiled warmly, seeing how Iris was blushing and hugged her as he rested his head on top of hers and said,

"Don't worry. I'm so tall that nobody will think that you are older than me."

Iris giggled as she asked, "What is that supposed to mean?"

Ianto laughed out loud a that and the two joked around as they argued. Martha observed this and asked Gwen,

"Aren't Iris and Jack together?"

Gwen shrugged and said, "Knowing Jack, this can easily turn into a three-way relationship. And besides, I personally thought Iris and Ianto were going to get together before the whole Iris and Jack relationship."

Martha looked at Gwen with surprise, asking with curiosity, "Why?"

Gwen responded with, "Well, when Iris first came here, Iris immediately latched herself to Ianto to help him out when we didn't trust her enough. She always stood by him. Ianto lost his former girlfriend, but Iris was the one to first acknowledge him as a human, as a person that should be treated better than he really was before Iris had come along. That attracted both Jack and Ianto to her, but Ianto was able to really smile and laugh more through Iris. You could see how when Iris' condition worsened, Ianto would be the one to help her fight through each day. She relied on him more than Jack. She probably felt safer with Ianto and still does."

Martha looked back to observe Iris and Ianto, who were smiling at each other warmly and saw how, if she hadn't seen Iris with Jack beforehand, that it would have been highly likely for her to have assumed Iris had a relationship with Ianto. She wasn't sure what she felt about that, but one thing was clear: both men loved Iris with their entire being.

Once Jack and Owen had come back, the entire team met up at the Hub as Tosh said,

"Iris and I can't hack in there, Jack. And if we keep trying with a brute force approach, they'll know they're under attack."

Jack nodded, but he had a stern look in his face as he answered, "An alien life form is preying on the human bloodstream. I need a way in there."

Ianto added on, "Tosh, I've got the results of that research. On the screen now."

Tosh and Iris both looked at it, but Tosh reacted first to the set of information that was sent to her as her eyes widened at it and smiled as she said, "Ianto, that's brilliant! They're in the market for volunteers."

Jack nodded and said, "That's understandable, given their wastage rate."

Gwen spoke up at that and said, "Then one of us goes in undercover."

Jack shook his head, not liking the gleam in Iris' eyes as he responded with,

"No, we don't know enough about the workings of that place. Too many things could go wrong."

Martha then spoke up, knowing the look in Jack's eyes when he had glimpsed over at Iris, "Unless you were to put a medic in there. Someone who knew what to look for."

Owen spoke up not quite getting what the meaning behind that was as he said, "Yeah, but I can't do it. They know me now, don't they."

Iris laughed out loud at that and as Owen glared at her, she cleared her throat and smirked while saying,

"I know it's hard to believe, Owen, but we weren't thinking of you."

Jack noticed the way Iris nodded at Martha and then realized what Martha Jones had said, still not liking the idea of his friend going in the Pharm undercover as he said,

"No way."

Martha narrowed her eyes at him and said, "Come on, Jack. I've been in worse places and you know it."

Jack looked back to Iris who nodded to Jack to his silent question and said, "She's more than capable of this task. Believe in her."

Jack sighed out loud as he resignedly said, "Alright."

Owen shook his head at that and asked, "Jack, can I have a word?"

With that, he took the 51st century man to the side and whispered,

"I know you're big buddies from way back whenever, but you can't just send her in like this."

Jack looked at Owen with a reassuring look as he said, "Trust me. If not me, trust Iris. She's more than capable. I'd rely on Martha if the world was ending. In fact, Iris and I both did."

Owen looked bewildered at that, but didn't argue further about sending Martha undercover into the Pharm. If Iris trusted her so much, he was not going to argue much about it.

Once that was settled, Iris and Martha were at the Autopsy room discussing the new information the two men had brought from the Pharm. Iris walked down with the clip-board in her hands as she said,

"Okay. These are the plans for the Pharm's buildings. Form what Jack and Owen saw, they reckon that the main house contains Copley's office, medical research suites and the accommodation for the clinical trial subjects."

Martha then asked as she looked up, "What about the buildings at the rear?"

Iris looked at the information that Ianto had handed her earlier and answered, "Restricted area, fenced off, armed security. Jack thinks that's where the readings of alien life forms came from."

Martha's eyebrows shot up at that and she muttered, "Cool."

Iris laughed but Ianto just said, "But you don't need to go anywhere near there."

Martha chuckled and responded jokingly, "Spoilsport."

Iris double-checked everything she and Ianto had prepared for the UNIT medical officer and said,

"The first thing you need to do is get yourself accepted as a clinical trials subject. Don't try too hard, just act like yourself. Also, don't draw too much attention to yourself compared to others who would most likely volunteer for this program."

Martha nodded at that and smiled as she said, "Be invisible. I can do that."

Iris looked at her and continued debriefing her with what the woman needed to do as she said,

"Once you're in, we need you to gain access to the Pharm's IT systems. Once you're there, Tosh and I need you to close down the system firewalls and security protocols. That way, Tosh can gain access to the files and see what they're really up to."

Martha smirked a little as she said, "Industrial espionage. It's very civilized."

Iris shook her head at the woman's amusement and said, "Once you've done that, I really need you to get out. Don't let your curiosity rule your head even if you see something going on within the Pharm itself. We don't want unnecessary risks. It could cost not only yours, but our lives."

Martha saw how serious Iris was about this and nodded as she said, "Understood."

It was something in Iris' eyes, but the look of determination and underlying warning terrified her from debating back. She must know something that she didn't about what would happen and she didn't want to risk it.

Iris then sighed heavily and smiled to bring her optimism back up. With that, she muttered, "Cool!" and hugged Martha tightly.

Martha pulled away and whispered up close to her, "So… Jack asked me if I could get you a UNIT cap to wear."

Martha laughed out loud at how red Iris' face immediately became as Iris muttered something about how Jack was never satisfied.

"I think I'll pass… I'm not… I just-"

Martha laughed even harder at how flustered Iris seemed at that and saw how Iris glared at her for her amusement.

Martha then leaned up closer as she wriggled her eyebrows and asked,

"So am I right in thinking that you and he…"

Iris nodded, not able to say anything, wanting to curl up into a ball and disappear from pure embarrassment.

Martha then asked, "So, what's he like?"

Iris glared at her as she muttered something again. Martha heard it, but wanted to tease the girl a bit more as she asked, "What was that?"

Iris choked out in embarrassment in a slightly louder voice, "Innovative."

Martha's eyes widened at that, realizing why Iris seemed flustered as she incredulously asked, "Really?"

Iris once again replied, "Bordering on the avant garde."

It almost sounded resentful to the point that it clearly showed how Iris was not quite comfortable sharing it with others. Martha looked extremely surprised and blushed just a tad bit. Martha had expected Jack to be pretty open about their sex life, but not this blatantly experimental with Iris.

Martha stuttered before managing to express, "wow…"

Iris hid herself before clearing her throat and said, "So, uh, should we get your cover story sorted?"

Martha nodded furiously and the two women headed back to Jack's office, where they met Ianto and the others. Martha entered when Ianto handed her the other things she needed to go undercover as he said,

"Fake ID. First name Samantha, thought the Jones would be safe."

Martha nodded and asked the Torchwood team, "Okay. How do I stay in ouch?"

Tosh spoke up with, "Communication's very tricky. The whole place could be wired. We don't want you chattering away to us and being overheard."

Jack seriously said, "But I want to monitor you at all times."

Martha looked confused as she asked, "So?"

But when she was handed what looked like contact lenses, her confusion grew as she said,

"I don't need contact lenses."

Gwen looked at her with a smirk before saying, "You need these."

Martha hesitantly took the contact lenses and went to the Hub after putting them on, finally figuring the purpose out as she shouted out,

"Oh, I'm a camera."

Jack smirked and responded to that with,

"As Chris Isherwood once said to me when we were cruising the Kurfurstendamn."

Iris shook her head that, trying to push down the little bit of jealously in her. That wasn't needed at the moment. But Martha ignored the comment Jack had made as Gwen had sent a message to the contact lenses and Martha gaped at the advanced technology she was trying out.

Tosh explained to Martha, "Power comes from the body heat, so they only work when you're wearing them."

Owen walked up closer to Tosh, putting one arm around the Torchwood technician, making Tosh blush a little as he seriously said, "Yeah, so you have to wear them everywhere."

Iris realized that Owen was saying this as a warning this time, unlike the innuendo he had made in the show. But then again, he seemed to have a subtle relationship with Tosh that she had noticed getting stronger each time she came back from being with the Doctor.

Martha joked back though as she said, "Well, I'll do some things with my eyes shut, then."

Jack then changed the subject back to the mission as he said,

"In case of an emergency, we can speak directly to you."

Iris joined into the conversation as she said, "The lens will communicate with your sensory neuroreceptors. Bypasses the auditory system."

Martha asked, "But can't these signals be intercepted."

Ianto smiled as he kindly explained, "Alien technology which exploits a solution to the EPR paradox."

Martha snapped her finger as she realized what that was as she exclaimed, "Oh, quantum entanglement of remote particles?! That's cool."

Jack chuckled and looked proud of Martha as he said, "Did I mention she was brilliant?"

With that, Iris dropped Martha off at the Pharm and headed back to the Hub, waiting with the team, observing the screen as Martha was talking to Copley. The team all grew anxious as Martha seemed to lose Copley, but when Martha quickly grabbed the doctor's interest, Iris let out a big breath from all the nerves getting to her.

Later, Jack whispered out nervously, "Come on Martha…"

Iris massaged his shoulders a little to reassure him that things were going to be alright. But she did say,

"We should get ready to leave just in case. We don't want to not be prepared for it."

Ianto heard that and said out loud, "I already got the rover ready. We just need to wait and see."

"You genius!" Jack said and then pecked Iris' cheek before going to his office to deal with some more paperwork.

When Iris looked around the screen, Owen came up with a can of lemonade for her and a beer for him as he watched the screen that Martha was filming through her contacts. Iris thanked him for the drink and said,

"You and Tosh are getting on well."

Owen smiled a little as he said, "Yeah, you know me, Mister Sociable."

Iris whispered to not let Tosh hear, "She's beautiful."

Owen silently drank his beer and gave a hum of a noise as if agreeing. Iris smirked bumped into him as she said,

"You know she is."

Owen smiled and said, "Yes, well, fair cop."

Iris wriggled her eyebrows as if insinuating something while Owen glimpsed over at Tosh and then back at the other Torchwood technician/medic as he sighed and whispered,

"No, she's only interested in work."

Iris frowned and sighed as she asked, "Do you really think so?"

Owen looked a little bit defeated before hiding it as he muttered,

"Yeah… Plus, if I tried anything with her, I think Jack would have my kneecaps."

Iris shook her head and nudged him as she said "Don't worry about that. Go for it. Is there anything you can talk to her about?"

Owen blushed a little as he said, "Well, there was that thing she was organizing."

Iris pushed him and said, "Go for it."

Tosh looked up at the bewildered Owen and smiled at him a little, when the man walked closer to her. Owen gulped and looked back at Iris, who merely gave him a thumbs up. He approached Tosh as he asked,

"So, what happened to that pool tournament you were organizing?"

Tosh looked at him and hesitantly said, "That? It was never a tournament."

Owen looked surprised at that and then asked, "What was all that about then?"

Tosh blushed a little as she whispered, "I was asking you out on a date."

Owen froze at that realization and Tosh looked a little distraught from looking at him so shocked before Owen cleared his throat and awkwardly asked, "Sorry?"

Tosh repeated even more nervously, "I was asking you out on a date."

Owen couldn't believe his luck at that and repeated, "A date?"

Tosh looked upset at that and said, "You didn't realize…"

Owen shook his head and grabbed Tosh by her shoulders as he looked at her with a straight face, asking her seriously, "You and me?"

Tosh was getting confused by his sudden action and said in a shaky voice, "Yeah…"

Owen grew a little hopeful as he carefully asked, "Do you still want that?"

Tosh looked up at Owen with surprise and a little bit of hope as she squeeked out, "Yeah"

Owen burst into a full smile as he pulled away a little as he said, "Let's do it."

Tosh breathed out disbelievingly, "Are you being sarcastic?" She really hoped that that wasn't the case. She really wanted this to be reality rather than some sick joke. But when she saw the serious look Owen gave her, that doubt melted away as he said,

"No. One date, let's see how it goes."

Tosh nodded quickly almost looking like a bobblehead as she smiled and blushed whilst saying, "That's fine. A drink."

Owen patted her shoulder as he said in a relieved manner, "Okay."

Tosh breathed out again, "Yeah."

Iris chuckled before yelling out,

"Oy, lovebirds! As much as I love watching you agreeing to go on a date, we still have to concentrate on Martha."

At Iris' interruption, Owen and Tosh jumped and both blushed, their faces turning bright red. Both awkwardly stumbled their way over to Iris as they came back to see how Martha was doing. Ianto and Gwen joined along to see how things were going. Jack came back from his office to see how it was going.

When Martha left her room at the Pharm and headed towards the Administrator's room, it was clear Martha wanted assistance with the keycode panel. Owen whispered, "Tosh, can you get us past this?"

Tosh scoffed at that question and said, "Easy peasy. She just needs to get the lenses within the EPR field."

She typed this message to get closer to the keycode to Martha. When the woman did exactly that, the five digit code was cracked and Martha typed it in, quickly entering the room before security could spot her.

Martha made her way over to Copley's computer, but needed a password for the user.

Iris then politely took over and typed to Martha what to do so that Tosh would have remote control of the computer. Once that was done, Tosh got control and everyone read the information regarding the Mayfly.

Iris grimaced at that information, knowing what was taking place at the Pharm. Ianto noticed this and wrapped an arm around her, bringing her in for a hug to comfort her in that regard. He wasn't sure what caused her to feel the way she did, but he hoped that he could help somehow. When they continued reading the information, Gwen muttered,

"Wow. We've never seen a species like that before."

Tosh whispered, "It's beautiful."

Meanwhile, Owen shook his head as he cautiously said, "It's lethal."

Jack didn't like where this was going as he said, "But what is Copley doing with them? Martha, now we've got control, we can download all of this and go through it here. Get out of there pronto."

Gwen urgently asked Tosh, "Tosh, do you have that code breaker software?"

Tosh then said, "I'm sending a patch through now."

Gwen thanked her and quickly went to work using the program Tosh sent. Soon enough, she pulled up the list of the clinical trial subjects and found the victims they had been studying. She reported this to Jack, who said in response,

"Old CIA terminology for assassinations. The Pharm are running their own hit man, which is kind of unusual for a medical research facility."

Iris then urgently pressed on with, "We have to leave now. There's a name we haven't seen before, Elin Morgan. She's still on grid."

Jack pulled his coat on as he said, "She soon will be. Take Ianto and pull her in."

Iris nodded and Gwen and Ianto followed her out to the field. Jack quickly grabbed Iris' arm, knowing that he couldn't stop her from leaving as he said, "Be careful."

Iris whispered back, "Always."

Jack nodded and let her go. In the range rover, Iris was tracking Billy Davis' mobile and said to the rest of her team, "Gwen, step on it, he'll be at Elin's flat in three minutes."

"On it!" Gwen yelled as she stepped onto the accelerator more. Eventually, they arrived at Elin's flat and quickly and quietly stepped into it. When Ianto stepped into the bedroom, Gwen bolted in and yelled out,

"Hands above your head! Up!"

When Billy raised his hands, Ianto helped stun him, while Iris did a quick checkup of Elin. Determining that she will be fine if she was to be sent to the hospital, Iris called the ambulance for the poor woman.

Ianto meanwhile contacted Jack to inform him of the recent development as he said, "Jack, we've got Billy Davis. He could help get you into the Pharm."

Jack urged the team to return to the Hub. When they arrived, Ianto dragged Billy to the holding cell area. Iris didn't follow, not wanting to observe the torture. Although the man would not be harmed by their team, but she knew that the man had the Mayfly in him. When Ianto came back up with a grim look, Tosh seemed to have a eureka moment before she asked him,

"Ianto, what have you don with Billy Davis' body?"

Ianto looked at her disbelievingly as he answered, "Er, I was just about to dispose of it. Why?"

Tosh smirked as she said, "I've thought of a way we can use him to get us into the Pharm. Clever, huh?"

Ianto frowned as he realized what she was saying and said, "Oh, you are warped on the inside. How do you think of these things?"

Tosh shook her head as she smiled and said, "I'll take that as a compliment."

Iris helped Tosh with the controlling of the rover. When they finally arrived at the Pharm, Jack whispered to them,

"Tosh, Gwen, Ianto, check out Zone A. We're going after Martha. Let's go."

Iris followed the two men into the examination room, where Martha was being held. Owen had brought the tool that he still was not sure how to use, but Iris had insisted that it would be needed.

When they finally arrived, Jack yelled out,

"Hands above your head!" But the trio saw how bad Martha's condition was and Iris raced forward with Owen while Jack angrily asked,

"What have you done to her?!" to Copley.

Iris urgently said, "They put Reset into her. We need to use that singularity scalpel now, Owen!"

Owen hesitated while pulling it out while Copley said,

"She's survived the larval stage. The only subject ever to do so. It's fascinating. Turns out these bugs practice sibling cannibalism. Only the strongest individual is left now. God knows what happens next."

Iris growled at the sick wonder in Copley's voice as she retaliated with,

"This Mayfly is a lethal parasite and you know it! Of all things, you should know human experimentation is not good!"

Copley didn't know what to say back as he just remained quiet while Owen glanced back at Iris, who yelled out,

"Owen, use that scalpel now!"

That was when Jack got the information from Ianto about Zone A. Iris was holding Martha's form as she heard him say,

"Understood, Ianto. Tell Tosh to go for total shutdown. This place is a torture chamber."

Copley huffed as he said, "I don't need to debate medical ethics with you."

Jack growled in anger as he said, "You abused the Mayflies. You turned them into parasites."

Copley looked angry at that and defended his project with,

"We didn't understand how the Mayflies reproduced. We tried to limit the damage."

Iris yelled out angrily back, "What damage? Murder?"

Copley continued arguing with, "They were going to die anyway. We're on the edge of the greatest discovery in history. It's got to be worth a few sacrifices. You must understand that, Jack, you're involved in alien research."

Jack shook his head as he continued pointing his gun at Copley while he answered,

"Not like this. I'm closing this place down."

Copley scoffed, still not understanding his situation as he said, "In your dreams. This is a state of the art, official facility."

Jack glanced at Iris instructing Owen how to use the singularity scalpel while he said,

"Oh, I'm not going to do it by sending a memo. We're in control of your IT systems. As we speak, we're crashing your data banks, wiping your records."

The doctor looked like he was about to burst in anger as he yelled out, "That's cyber terrorism."

Iris bit out, "It's better than everything you've done Copley."

Jack evilly smirked as he menacingly said, "Oh, and that's just for starters. We're going to trip the systems of your fire, radiation and biohazard safety networks. The power will be cut, sprinklers will be activated, and a large part of this facility will be sealed and flooded with inert gases."

Copley looked flabbergasted at that and whispered out, "The aliens will die."

Jack continued to say, "They're already dying. This way they'll be put out of their misery."

Copley lifted his arms in frustration as he continued to argue, "For God's safe, we're on the same side."

Iris shook her head at that and said, "No. Combating hostile aliens is one thing, but this is slavery, exploitation, a war crime."

But at that moment, Iris grasped Martha's body still as the woman began convulsing. Iris yelled out to Owen, "Owen! Anytime now!"

Jack yelled out, panicking a little, while Copley took this chance to escape, "You'd better be sure because it's never worked before. Are you to sure it's safe?"

Iris nodded while Owen kept muttering as Jack joined Iris in keeping Martha still as he yelled out again,

"Iris, tell me you're sure this is going to work. We could kill her with that thing! We're losing her!"

Owen mutters and whispers to himself when suddenly, Martha's body jolted up, breaking the restraints, breathing in gulps of air, before falling backwards limply. Iris quickly caught her, stopping the woman's fall and held her, making sure she was alright.

Jack waited with baited breath when Martha's breathing calmed down and Owen breathed out with relief,

"Oh, bloody hell, it worked. Thank God for that."

Jack carried Martha's body and said, "Let's get out of here."

Iris wiped the sweat that was forming on her forehead and said, "Gladly."

But before she had left the room, she stared at Owen, determined to save him from the terrible fate that lied in front of him for this case.

As they all left, Iris heard a guard escort a lot of the workers while Owen was helping Martha and saying,

"I am prescribing rest and recuperation for you, madam. And a few days in bed, preferably under my or Iris' supervision."

Martha just nodded, tired from battling the Mayfly within her body. Meanwhile, Gwen came to join the group, having the assistant, Doctor Plummer at gunpoint as she escorted her to join the others. Then, Jack instructed Tosh to shut down the facility, which immediately started the evacuation program for the entire facility of Pharm. Then as Jack was turning around Copley appeared with a gun and yelled out angrily,

"Did you really think I was going to let you just walk away? You've ruined everything I've worked for."

Owen stepped forward in front of everyone to the team's discomfort as he said,

"Now, let's not be stupid, okay? We're both rational men, scientists. I know you don't want to shoot her."

But Copley's gun rang out with a bang and the next thing everyone realized was Iris' body pushing Owen out of the way, and Iris fall down from the impact of the bullet. Jack quickly shot Copley in the head while Martha and Owen knelt by Iris, Owen yelling,

"Iris! Can you hear me Iris?!"

Ianto froze and so did Jack, not knowing what to do as Tosh cried out, "You've got to help her."

Jack finally realized what was going on and he cried out in fear, holding the limp body, whispering to her,

"Iris, stay with me."

Iris felt weak and the burning sensation in her stomach really hurt. Her whole body began to tremble soon after when the cold settled in. Iris weakly looked up at Jack as she whispered,

"Jack…"

With Owen's instructions, the team transported Iris to the rover and they tried to drive quickly back to the Hub. But Iris couldn't really hear anything anymore as the black spots were coming into her vision. Tears fell and Iris reached for someone's hand.

Ianto noticed this, since Jack was driving the rover, breaking the speed limit by a much greater speed than the rover probably could handle, and he grabbed her hand, whispering to her, "Stay with us. Please… Everything's going to be alright."

Owen was trying to stabilize Iris with Martha's help, but it was clearly not doing much as Iris' body was getting colder and trembled a lot. Ianto then yelled out in shock as Iris' hand slipped away from his, completely limp, and see her head fall to the side, her eyes closed.