Thanks for the reviews peeps. Here's chapter Two.
Chapter Two
The decorations where just about finished when Owen returned to the hub.
"Where have you been?" Toshiko asked.
"That would be a secret. We've got a problem though."
"What might that be?" Jack asked while he moved one of the bits of tinsel to a more pleasing location.
"I think we've got a time leak."
"Why do you say that?" Toshiko asked.
"I saw a Victorian bloke."
"You sure it wasn't just someone with unusual clothes sense?" Ianto asked.
"No it wasn't. You might have forgotten but I spent many unhappy months in servitude in the Victorian era."*
Toshiko shivered at the memory.
"So I know the proper clobber when I see it and this guy was freaked out."
"Did you talk to him?" Jack asked.
"I tried to but he ran away. Then he just disappeared."
"What'd he look like?"
"Tall skinny guy, looked like mousy hair under his hat."
Toshiko's glasses where already on and she was poised over her keyboard. "Where was this?"
"He disappeared in Wesley Lane."
"Ok," she said tapping away. "There is some low level activity there. I didn't think it was much to worry about. Was there anything else unusual?"
"No not really. It was snowing but that's not unusual."
"It is, it was far too warm to snow today."
"Well it felt cold enough to me."
"It must have been coming from the time bleed."
"Rhys you've got to find a turkey," Gwen moaned into her phone. "Well it is a bit late, I told you to get one last week. No we haven't caught any alien turkeys. You've got to find one. No fish fingers won't do! God I can see you mums face if we dish up fish fingers instead of a roast turkey with all the trimmings. No I don't know how they all invited themselves around. Yes I know we had to invite my parents once yours had invited themselves. Do they know out small our flat is?"
"Sounds like Gwen's in for fun this Christmas," Ianto said to Jack.
"Yeah, I wouldn't like to be at that table. So what are you plans for the festivities?"
"My sister and I are going to see mum. It'll be nice to see them," Ianto said smiling. "How about you?" Ianto asked.
"Oh me, I've no plans. I suppose I could shove a mince pie into Gray's drawer."
"Why don't you come with me?" Ianto said trying to sound casual.
"Meet the family ay?"
"They don't have to know about… us. You don't have to it was just an idea." He said regretting asking.
"I'd love to."
Ianto smiled again.
Toshiko approached.
"Jack I'm worried Owen might have stumbled across something significant. I think we'd better go and have a look."
* In Phantasmagoria