Tosh and Owen were sat in Owen's flat, laughing as they remembered all the cringe worthy things they'd got up to together and university. Some of the parties Owen had been to would've made even Jack squirm.
Owen grinned, taking another gulp of the larger in his hand, watching Tosh giggle in the armchair she was sat in.
"What happened to us Tosh?" Owen asked after a moment's silence.
"What do you mean?" Tosh frowned slightly in confusion.
"We used to do this all the time, you know, just sit and talk," Owen sighed. "What changed us?"
"Torchwood," Tosh said grimly. "You were running from Megan… I was running from…"
"Your family?" Owen suggested lightly, not wanting to push his friend.
"Yeah," Tosh nodded. "Guess we were both idiots."
"Yeah," Owen agreed, sighing again.
"But we changed for the better as well," Tosh pointed out. Owen raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Well, we met Jack and Ianto and Suzie and Gwen."
"Yeah, let's see," Owen held up his hand counting them off. "Jack, the boss who'll shag anything, Ianto the tea-boy who hid his cyber girlfriend in the basement, Suzie the psycho killer and Gwen the copper who released a sex pheromone gas on Cardiff on her first day of work killing thirty men. I can see why that's the plus side."
"Hey, they're not all that bad!" Tosh protested. "And you can talk; you slept with three of them."
Owen stared for a moment trying to work out what Tosh was on about.
"Suzie, Gwen…" he paused waiting for Tosh to fill in the third person.
"Oh my god you don't remember!" She grinned, giggling again.
"Don't remember what?" Owen asked slightly worried now.
"You know the Christmas party a few years ago, not long after Suzie joined?" Tosh managed to ask
"Yeah," Owen nodded still looking worried and confused.
"You know how in the morning everyone woke up in the same bed, practically naked?" Tosh continued.
"Yeah," Owen said not sure he liked where this story was going.
"Well, only two people actually had sex," Tosh bit her lip. "You and Jack."
Owen groaned and covered his eyes with his hand.
"How do I not remember that?" He asked.
"Umm, because you and Jack were both so drunk that it was over in less than a minute?" Tosh laughed.
"You what?" Owen looked up. "You were timing?"
"Yup," she nodded. Owen opened his mouth to talk, but just then the phone went.
Jack sprang into action the minute he'd received the message. He launched himself towards the nearest phone, picked it up and began dialling. But the only thing he managed to get hold off was the receiver. The line was dead; evidently the people who had Ianto had stopped all forms of communication from the Hub.
Grabbing his greatcoat he headed for the door, intending to find the other members of Torchwood. When he reached the door however he found it stuck fast. Jack swore loudly and kicked the door, resulting in hurting his toe. The Hub was in lockdown.
Jack was not one to panic, but with his team, and what he considered his friends in danger; he knew he had to get out quickly and save them. He pulled out his mobile. No signal, but at least it was working. Time to take a leaf out of Ianto's book. His heart ached as he thought of what was happening to his lover.
He pulled some wires towards him and began to set about boosting the signal and redirecting it through the water tower.
"Come on," Jack muttered to himself. "Please work…"
He got hold of a signal and punched the air in victory.
"Yes!" He cried, dialling quickly. "Now, come on, pick up, pick up."
Owen picked up the phone shooting Tosh a glare to get her to stop laughing.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hi, Owen," Gwen's voice floated down the phone.
"Alright, Gwen," Owen sat up a little. "Something up?"
"No, just… bored…" Owen could almost hear Gwen shrug. "Up to much?"
"No, Tosh is here though," Owen said trying to sound offhand.
"Oh right," Gwen sounded left out. "Didn't those people say that we shouldn't talk to each other?"
"Yeah but Tosh was my friend before anyway," Owen replied. "Besides what are you phoning for if you're worried about that?"
"Just one last goodbye chat," Gwen said sadly.
Jack growled as he kept getting the same tone telling him that Gwen was busy. He hung up and tried Owen, whose mobile was turned off. Sighing he tried Tosh and finally managed to get through.
"Tosh, you are in danger," Jack blurted quickly. "Find Gwen and Owen and get yourselves back to the Hub. And I need the lockdown codes."
Tosh glanced over at Owen and nodded even though Jack couldn't see her, as he explained everything. She quickly muttered a number to Jack and hung up.
"Owen, tell Gwen we're going to pick her up," Tosh said.
"What?" Owen frowned. "Why?"
"Because someone is trying to kill us," Tosh replied.