Torchwood Nova Scotia; Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

Aman Oliveira returned home. There wasn't much he could do for Idrissa. When he left, the general had maintenance bots disposing of the raiders remains. That was a part of Torchwood he would have preferred not seeing. It made him wonder. He understood the value of the facility. It housed valuable alien artifacts. The questions were who knew there was something to steal and that it was minimally defended. If they had inside knowledge, they would have known about potential back-up. Unless their information was outdated. Which generated more questions rather than answers.

"Why did you lie?" Kailen approached in the hallway.

"What?"

"You said the general called."

"He did. Idrissa called while I was on the phone with the general."

Kailen crossed his arms. "Why did you go?"

Aman sighed. There was no answer Kailen would accept. "I'm not doing this. I portaled into a combat zone and I stayed until General Williams had it under control. Idrissa is in the infirmary and may need to be transferred to Cardiff."

"I landed the drone and brought it back."

"Good."

"You should have been here."

Aman wished he could have seen it. "Bobby Zhao suspects the men who attacked Nigeria are connected to the group that attacked Basanjo."

"The group that killed dad?"

"Yeah."

"Are they dead?"

"Fifteen confirmed. The general said he'd call when he had more information."

Torchwood Three; Cardiff, Wales

Jack Harkness sat in his office reviewing information sent from Nigeria by the general. It was perplexing. Initial DNA scans indicated the raiders were humans with genetic modifications but not biomechs. Zhao had been tracking the group for uncertain reasons. The Ferryman provided information linking the dead men to the situation in South Africa. What they wanted from Torchwood nevertheless how they knew it was there was worrisome.

Both the general and Aman suggested outdated information. The facility had been labeled a cult. If they attacked Basanjo for his network in attempt to get slaves, they might have gone after the Fellowship. Or someone provided them with inaccurate information.

Dmitri stepped stepped into the office carrying a tablet. "I have results." He handed the computer across the desk. "I don't know what they mean."

The information didn't provide as much information as he hoped. There was something definitely odd about Luc's DNA and the profiles he sent for his father and cousins. It made him think of Trefor's hybrid DNA. There was no advantage to increasing the speed human genetics evolved, and the results were very different. His people had less gender separation and were more open minded. That wouldn't increase anger and intelligence. There was nothing obvious with the others. They needed an idea of what they were looking for.

"Do we know what Beaupre's original motivation was? I joined Torchwood to help people. I stayed because I was accepted."

"He was a God and country type."

"Were the black ops authorized?"

"In the beginning."

Dmitri paused to think. "You assumed control of Three after your team leader committed suicide, and took over Torchwood after the Institute burned. You believed you were the last office leader left."

"A completely separate Torchwood?" It would have been incredibly difficult to hide.

"Different motivation. With you in the open, the other Torchwood could have operated in secret."

"How does that result in any of this?"

Dmitri shrugged. "The Pierro group could have gotten out of control without the Institute to monitor whatever they were doing. If Beaupre was under pressure to solve problems, the stress could have driven him to do things we won't understand. The justifications necessary for torture, experimentation and slavery suggest he was insane."

"That brings us back to tracking a branch of Torchwood that successfully hid from me."

"What about the Talbots? John got information out of Derrian."

That was not something Jack wanted to explain. Anwen scared Talbot to the point he gave John information.

"I'm out of ideas. Can I go home?"

"Yeah." He couldn't get information from the Talbots, but he might be able to track them. It would take time. Resolving the various unethical research problems might provide better information, and it had to be the priority.

Ianto Jones looked up as Gwen entered his office. She looked tired. It had been another long, crazy day in a seemingly endless series of them. The increasing problems guaranteed more. With the research, he wasn't getting home anytime soon. Him, Jack and Kylia were likely staying the night again. Whatever happened at the Nigeria office involved Three, Four and Nova Scotia. Jack needed to stay. Ianto preferred to. He needed to think of Kylia.

"Did Jack mentioned Nigeria?"

"Yeah." Ianto hoped the general wasn't hurt.

"Two of the dead have been identified through Interpol. Known associates of Russell Lake."

"The man that died in Ireland connected to the Heritage Foundation?"

"And possibly Moss-Probert."

It was going to be a longer night than Ianto originally assumed. They hadn't been able to determine why Russell Lake attempted to abduct Jeannette Dove. The lack of information reminded him of Marvyn Tew. Ianto couldn't help but wonder if Lake had been set-up. The photograph they found of Lake at the Heritage Foundation took a bit to find, but was potentially staged.

"Will you pick up clothes tomorrow morning. I can email specifics."

"Yeah." Gwen walked over to Kylia who stayed seated while Anwen and Trefor stood. "Why don't I take Kylia home with us? The kids can have a sleepover."

Kylia looked over at him. He motioned her over. She hurried across the office. "Can I go?"

"Yep." Ianto hugged her. "Be good for Gwen."

She nodded and kissed him on the cheek. "Goodnight, grandpa."

As he watched Gwen leave with the kids, he wondered if he should have taken Kylia home. Staying with Anwen and Trefor would be more fun, but he needed to tell her she was more important than his paperwork. It didn't help the guilt that he immediately thought of time alone with Jack. He had no idea how Gwen managed.

Ianto sent a quick text message to Jack and told himself to focus on research. He realized that Russell Lake could offer answers. The information they had from Interpol included multiple warrants before he reportedly died. He read the file summary three times. It made him think of Bashiri Oliveira. Beaupre had chosen a South American hitman and established him in South Africa. Lake had been a small time criminal in London before he suddenly branched out.

He made a mental list of the London pieces. They hadn't paid much attention to Tedmund after Miriam killed him. They didn't know the extent of the situation then. He proved easier to track. Having a seemingly legit job meant he didn't have to hide his taxes or other details. A Google search found a charity website listing Tedmund Lake as a success story. Officially, he was a murder victim, not a criminal.

The charity reminded him of something. He checked the research on Janne Talbot from Four. The general handed the investigation off to his new office manager. Liam listed charities Janne Talbot had been connected to by tax records and other financial information. That was the London connection. They had been looking at the wrong Talbot.