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"You ok?"

I swear to the gods and the great Goddess, if more person asks that…. Ianto swallowed his anger as this was not their fault either. He managed to say "just a little shaken."

"Cool, can you get her back then?"

Ianto looked up from Myfanwy's fur he was clinging to and found Jack crouching by the shower door, the dog between them at her most puffed and dangerous. She almost filled the space. Ianto tapped her gently and she settled to a more normalized size. Ianto was about to apologise knowing how scary that must be to find a monster in your face but Jack was already laughing "Good girl. Yes you are, what a good girl."

"You got him?" Ianto asked as he rose and tried to compose himself.

"Them. Three… Suzie took a hit to the thigh, she's ok. Strong stuff that girl." Jack said as he stepped aside to let the dog slide out and then she found space to tear out the bathroom door.

"Fuck, don't let her run" Ianto sighed going after her to find the doors closed. Good. Last thing he needed was her on the loose. She might eat someone.

"Right… how the fuck did they find us so quickly?" Owen demanded tuning to Toshiko "How about we sweep the cars for bugs first?"

"Clear mine first, I will take Ianto to one of the secondary sites and wait for you to join me… I will take route B. Chose between you, all pick which different routes you chose to get there" Jack said as he stated pulling things about, "Pack your shit up Ianto."

"Ah… I didn't unpack anything. Nothing really to unpack" Ianto said finally, looking around as he also wondered how… his eyes fell to Myfanwy. "It's not her is it?"

They all turned to look at him as Owen knelt by Suzie till tending her thigh wound.

"Well… a golden Sherlish is a little unusual" Toshiko agreed, "But… we can't separate you, you clearly need her."

"What if we dye her?" Ianto asked after considering "Get a few bottles of hair dye and… turn her brown like the others. They will look for a golden one, not a brown one right?"

"You know… I like that line of thinking Tiger" Jack said and then swung to Toshiko as Ianto blinked at the nickname he seems to have gotten for himself.

"Buy three packs, her fur is thick and I want it to look as realistic as possible, try for two and number three different a shade too… let's make it good… their heads, paws and tails are darker than the rest of them right? A few shades difference?" Jack was pulling out his phone to check for pictures.

Soon they were in the shower again… just in their underwear this time, Ianto unable to stop himself from staring at the toned muscles on the man sharing the space that was suddenly so tight. His tighty-whities were tight too…. Oh goddess… when wet see-through… oh man. Ianto knew his own boxers were letting 'someone' peek out as Jack seemed distracted too. The dog did not care. She sat looking moody as they applied the dye with their gloved hands sliding about in her fur.

Owen sat on the closed toilet seat like a chaperone, watching while he went over scenarios as he fingered her collar mindlessly, then stopped moving. The sudden silence had Jack turning to look at him with surprise, Owen not commonly stopping midstream like that.

"What is it... a tracking device?" Jack demanded "Ianto, is she chipped with a tracker for anything…shit should have thought of that."

"No… they tried to chip her but she was already too strong… hates needles and I got a special dispensation given her unique colour. So easy to recognise. No.. no tracking devices" Ianto said and he looked over to watch as Owen fiddled with the cloth collar there more for show than anything as she needed a full harness when out for a walk given her size and strength. Like walking a little surly donkey in a fur coat.

"Huh" Owen said as he pulled something from behind the name tag, holding it up between his thumb and finger in the light.

"What is it?" Jack demanded, rising "A tracker? A Bug?"

"No… it's a memory spot" Owen said softly, rising from the toilet to leave the two men to wash off the dye "I have to give this to Toshiko to see if she can break the encryption. Looks like Dom left something for Ianto… just in case."

"Knickers!" Ianto yelled after him "His favourite curse word… it never made sense but he said it so often I would say it with him. Try Knickers."

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"Holly shit. It's the evidence on Saxon we were missing. Looks like he's been holding out on us for the big reveal at trial." Toshiko said softly "Poor bastard. He had… oh my god… is that…"

They all watched her screen as photos flashed by and Owen started to giggle "That… that was Gwen."

"I didn't' know she could fit into a corset that small" Jack said with a slow blink "why have photos of his women on there too?"

"Because she was not one of his women" Ianto said as he stopped rubbing the dog with the fourth towel in a row "What if… she was his go-between. I mean… he knew a lot more than he was letting on right? He had people on the streets so… stand to reason he had connections on both sides."

"Makes sense" John agreed as he swung in his chair "you know… if she was one of his contacts…. Shit."

"What?" Ianto asked as Jack's face changed too.

"Was he the only one playing both sides" Jack finished "Is she the reason why they know where you are?"

"Well… we will soon find out once we get to site B… you take route B to site B… I … Owen… you take Rout D to site B and take Toshi with you" John said as he frowned "Let's call it in… tell her we are heading to Site C. Me and Suzie will go there and make movement about the place, see if anyone comes calling."

"Someone is clearly leaking to the other side" Jack agreed, turning to Ianto "Come on. They will go to C, we will head to B."

Ianto rose and nodded heading to get his pathetic backpack as his dog rose to look forward towards the door. The car keys in Jack's hand and her master's sigh telling her they were moving again.

She does love a good car ride.