7

"So we can amp up the teams working over by Bute Park in case of…" Gwen's voice petered out as something flew past and Jack blinked turning to find Ianto there with a hand still outstretched and a look of surprise.

"It flew."

"Ianto… placing a rubber band on a ruler and pulling it back usually has that effect" Jack replied calmly.

"So that's why Owen broke so many rulers" Ianto said to himself as he placed it back down "Little shit was always stealing mine. That time he broke my little unicorn one Toshiko gave me I gave him decaf for a week. He didn't learn though. Stealing my rulers, little creep."

"Oh my god" Gwen said, and then started to giggle.

"Ianto? Internal voice love?"

"Oh, sorry. So many voices in there already, I thought there was more room out here" Ianto said blandly, then grinned cheekily as he pointed at Jack "Gotcha."

Jack blinked, and then started to laugh "Cheeky shit."

"Those marks on the victim's hands are indicative of the Gilli when in heat, right?" Ianto asked suddenly, changing tack "Don't the females have those barbed things on their heads so the males do not become too amorous?"

Jack swung to look at the screen "Shit. You're right. We have that on file somewhere?"

"Mainframe. Gilli, under Water Wheel and also cross referenced as Pink." Ianto said calmly.

The screen flickered and then the screen started to full with pages of info as the file downloaded.

"Wait… voice recognition? Are you telling me she could hear us this entire time?" Gwen asked with her mouth open, swinging to Jack who shrugged.

"Ah… I forgot to say?"

"JACK!"

"What! Toshiko was working on it, no idea if it worked. Just because the bubble did, doesn't mean all her little projects were that far along" Jack defended himself.

"Ah yes, the time bubble. The Daleks were pains to get into the furnace" Ianto sighed to himself, shaking his head as he started to look at another notice board on the far wall.

"Right, can we get back to this then?" Rex demanded angrily and they all turned to watch Rex take over. The rubber band hitting him fair in the face as Ianto stood there with the ruler in his hand.

Rex glared at him in silent rage.

"Sorry, checking the range… farther away back here." Ianto called out, then added under his breath "And you are still a twat."

"I heard that!" Rex yelled.

Ianto did not answer and Jack said to Gwen "Windy-Woo are notorious tricksters. Love games and shocking people. That side of this Ianto takes a while to get used to. Our Ianto was so… calm. This one had a spice to him like you would no believe. So prone to … ooo… what ya got Tiger?"

"A ferlaxian Battery pack, it was right there on the desk like a paperweight" Ianto replied, turning to Jack and they both stared at the thing in Ianto's hand "Ooooooo."

Rex stood by Gwen and huffed "Look at them. Both smacked with the shithead stick."

"At least we were not smacked with the fucktard one." Ianto replied without looking away from the two pairs of hands now fiddling with the piece of kit. "Careful Cariad, not the… blue one."

"Shit… I thought it was lilac in the shadow… fuck… ah… "

"Yellow… for the love of coffee… the yellow! Turn it off, push yellow!" Ianto growled and Jack struggled to disarm the bomb he had almost set off, laughing softly as he nodded.

"I know that.. just… making sure"

"Pussy."

"I… I beg your pardon?" Jack gaped.

"I might be a tiger, but you sir… need a cat nap if you cannot think through some basic problem solving" Ianto scolded gently "And you did NOT know it was the yellow. You always push the blue then the yellow while screaming that the countdown clock sped up."

"Oh yeah.. well… I like blue. You know that" Jack pouted, taking the little bomb and placing it on the floor, then before anyone could stop him he stamped on it breaking it.

"Problem solved" Ianto nodded thoughtfully "That is too dangerous to even have the bits close tighter. A planet killer, one of those. We need to scatter the bits."

"It was the only one right Gwen?" Jack asked, turning to face her.

"And I thought he could not get any more annoying, he brings in a fucking clone" Rex said softly "Look at them. Know everything and share nothing. Two peas in a pod."

"I am not a pea… I was grown in a vat not a pod" Ianto said to Rex with open annoyance "You know… people like you… you have no imagination. If you were Christopher Columbus' navigator the earth would still be flat!"

Jack roared with glee "that's a good one. I gotta remember that one."