This chapter took a lot of me to write. A family member was diagnosed with Lung Cancer and it was a shock to overcome. I won't go into details, I just let the readers know and I hope you all understand. Here is the next chapter and I hope you all still are enjoying this fic. Mega thanks for all of you who are following this story. We writers love to hear phrases like that. I should name this chapter as the CELL PHONE CHAPTER... a lot of cells go off. Gotta thank my best friend in the whole world for Betaing this for me. Thanks a lot man.

Being Torchwood.

"You think he is coming down for breakfast at least?" Annie crossed her arms as she had breakfast made and dished up on the table and George was a no show at the table. Mitchell wasn't known for his manners as he just shrugged his shoulders and began to eat.

"Pass the salt yeah?" Mitchell demanded as Annie rolled her eyes. "Look, I am giving him some space. It's not everyday you hear you are responsible for inflicting the same curse to someone else."

"And how do you deal with it?" Annie snapped back as Mitchell dropped his fork.

"Alright, go check on him." Mitchell allowed Annie to check. Her teleportation to his room was easier than him walking up the steps. Besides, his tea was going to get cold. Annie had tried to give George space last night but if he was still moping she would blame Mitchell for her intruding.

"Mitchell!" Annie yelled as Mitchell dropped his mug of tea and ran upstairs. He opened George's door as he looked around, readying his mind for anything he was about to see in the room. He saw Annie there trying to grab a piece of paper left on George's bed that didn't looked that it was slept in. "I can't get it. I am too nervous." Annie tried to get the paper again as her hand went through the sheet and through the bed. Her emotions were getting to her.

Mitchell grabbed the paper and read it.

Mitchell, Annie- I will be in Cardiff. I have to tell him. Cover for me at work. George.

"Damn that kid." Mitchell pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed Georges' number.

"George, what are you doing? Come back." Mitchell spoke even before George could even say hello. "What? Listen, I could have gone with you, I've heard stories about Cardiff and... What? No. George just wait. What if he doesn't accept you there and....? George I told you I saw him and his group here... he could still be here... and... George?" Mitchell shut his phone as Annie looked worried.

"Well?" Annie couldn't take the silence anymore. She wanted to know what was going on.

"He is in Cardiff. He took the car. And he is sorry about the dishes." Mitchell ran his hand through his hair. He felt so helpless. He could not protect George out in Cardiff. He was on his own.

George parked the beat up yellow car as he looked at the address of the Tourist Information Centre when his phone rang. He pulled it out as he smiled a bit. They'd finally noticed he was gone. George pushed his glasses up a bit as he looked out into the bay.

"Hello Mit..." George began to say when he knew his den mother was pretty upset since Mitchell had skipped the normal hellos.

"George, what are you doing? Come back."

"Can't go back Mitchell. I have to do this."

"What? Listen, I could have gone with you, I've heard stories about Cardiff and..."

"What there more danger in Bristol than here. It looks decent and I found the place I am looking for. I am going to talk to him. I owe him that. He could hurt someone if he... doesn't know." George spoke sadly as he dreaded the day the creature in him attacked an innocent.

"What? No. George just wait. What if he doesn't accept you there and....?"

"Can't force him to listen you know. Tully was... I got to do this Mitchell. It is the least I can do."

"George I told you I saw him and his group here... he could still be here... and..."

"You can't protect me from this one. I am doing this Mitchell. Tell Annie I am sorry. It was my day to do the dishes." With that George closed his phone as he took a good look at the bay. Cardiff was really beautiful. It was peaceful. What if Mitchell was right? Maybe it was a mistake to come here by him. His ankle itched as he used his other foot to massage the itchy area. He took a deep breath as he looked for the Centre.

"Is Jack finally coming for us? This place is rather boring." Owen stated as he went through some folders and flipped through them. He really hated this type of work. This was more of an Ianto sort of job. "It isn't my fault that tea boy got injured so please let's hope we don't get punished with this boring work forever." Owen complained.

"Stop complaining. Now I know why Ianto switched you to decaf."

"Oh whatever. What have you come up with?" Owen gathered some folders and took them to Gwen who was looking at the computer archive. "Sure, anyone can do that..."

"Is he always this cheerful?" The stations' archivist commented as she helped Gwen organize the copies she was making.

"Margeritte is it? Believe me, if you see what we see all the time, you would probably be this cheerful yourself." Owen gathered the files he wanted to make copies of as he handed them to Margeritte.

"Don't you know how to use a copy machine? User set on Primative" Margeritte dropped the folders to the ground as she only helped Gwen.

"Bloody overpaid...."Owen mumbled

"Shut up Owen and come take a look at these. Some random complaints of something howling in the nights. Written of as a pack of wild dogs."

"Yes, we do have that problem." Sergeant Herrick commented as he also looked at the files Gwen had pulled up.

"We had reports of a local kennel being raided and the animals being released because of some animal rights activists." Margeritte pushed her glasses up to look over the file. "Placed those in the Kennel file. Something animal control deals with. We just get the reports and hand it to them."

"Too much of a job to chase dogs eh?"

"Don't see me chasing you around do you?" Margeritte snapped back at Owen who only smiled. All that bickering and every time she would push her glasses up, Owen would get a look at her piercing blue eyes before they got covered with the glass lens once again.

"What she meant was that we have different departments for each case. We deal with murders. Now it makes sense to send someone with experience with animals on that case than having someone with experience with murders correct? I am sure your organization handles these things the same." Herrick spoke defending his badge. "But those are just reports. No one has ever been seriously hurt."

"But if you look at the other complaints, it is around the same time. I've never heard of a group of hounds coming around the neighbourhood around the same time. "Gwen looked as she went as far as 4 months ago with the same complaint dates.

"What are the dates Gwen?"

"Around the end of the month. Funny it looks like during a full moon." Gwen and Owen looked at each other.

"It was a full moon when Ianto was attacked." Owen made a serious connection.

"You think whatever is out there attacks only during a full moon?" Gwen whispered as Herrick tried to make his own connection. His phone rang as he excused himself to answer the call.

"Some hysterical woman in that time of month." Owen joked as Gwen elbowed him. She noticed that Herrick was busy and Margeritte was gathering the copies for her.

"Seriously Owen... This is just too strange. And I think they are hiding something. I need to get closer to figure out what it is."

"Not that hard, you see the way he looks at you." Owen joked as Gwen grinned. "Oi... Don't get any ideas. Gwen..." She smiled as she had a plan in her head.

"Sergeant Herrick" Herrick spoke as he answered his phone and went to the back of the room to be somewhat private.

"Herrick, it's me."

"I know who you are Seth. I have told you never to call me while at work." Herrick warned Seth as he knew the only reason he kept him around was his link to Mitchell.

"It's important. Harvey came into the parlor. Mike's dead."

"What?" Herrick gritted his teeth. Mike was so young and so full of hate. He reminded him so much of Mitchell back when Mitchell wasn't in a crusade to better himself as a human...

"Harvey said they were just having some fun. An American military man tossed Mike around, like he knew who he was. Harvey said the man's name was Jack. That's what he heard others calling him as he chased Mike and killed him." Seth replayed the message. Everyone had a thing for Mike. He was so young.

"Thank you." Herrick shut his phone as he gritted his teeth some more. This Jack was going to pay. He cleared his throat as he went back to the group and looked at them gathering copies. Margeritte stopped him before joining the others.

"Sorry sir but... there was a link established to your profile." She whispered as Herrick gave her a look. This was getting more interesting.

"Did you handle it?"

"Yes. But I'm not sure how long it will take them to break the wall down. The user is pretty clever."

"I trust your work. Go. I shall handle the team." He grinned as he caressed her face as she smiled at him.

Toshiko typed away at the computer as the SUV made a quick fast turn. "Jack... please."

"Sorry Tosh but we have to get there. Something is not right at all here and the creature I killed mentioned Herrick's name."

"And you are saying that person was a vampire?" Tosh couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Yep."

"Jack, are you sure you didn't hit your head on the wall... "

"Ianto, I am serious. I haven't seen any out in Cardiff but they do exist." Jack made another turn as he knew his team mates knew how to take care of themselves but he had to make sure he didn't send them into a trap.

"Stock up on the Garlic Bread then." Ianto rolled his eyes as he held his shoulder. The sling helped him move a bit but it still stung. Not to mention he was going to wake up later tomorrow with more pain and aches.

"Alright, information on Sergeant William Herrick. Lived all his life in Bristol. Been with the police since leaving College. Owner of B Edwards funeral parlor and... his record is clean. Wait... huh. Someone logged me off. Police reports are really protected but... it is just Bristol." Tosh frowned as she typed again but found no record.

"Keep trying." Jack parked the SUV as he pointed to Ianto. "Staying?"

"No sir. I keep getting attacked while near the SUV. It's a curse. Sorry Tosh." He grinned as he exited the SUV and followed Jack into the police headquarters.

"I think we have a link. We need some copies of all these reports." Gwen reported as she smiled at Herrick. She was flirting with him. No girl could ever resist Herrick.

"Good. We could talk things over some dinner. You must be starving after working so hard without a break." Herrick smiled at Gwen as she blushed.

"Great, now I am going to be sick." Owen whispered as he gathered a lot of the copies into a folder.

"Dinner sounds lovely." Gwen smiled as she had a feeling that the sergeant knew something he wasn't telling. She could read his body language and something was wrong other then obvious flirting Herrick was doing.

"Don't you think we need to run this by Jack?"

"Run what by me?" Jack's accent echoed through the archive room as he stood there in the doorway. Ianto followed behind, holding his head. Owen came close to the tea boy and looked at his head.

"Come here Ianto, what happened now?" Owen tried to see the dried up cut above Ianto's eyebrow as he flinched away.

"Let's not right now." Ianto pushed Owen away as he stood by Jack as he looked over the folders that were on the table. Ianto snorted a bit as the place was a mess. He looked up to see someone staring at him. The policeman was looking at him with curiosity in his eyes. That made Ianto a bit uncomfortable but something about the man.... Made him stand out. He stared back as there was something different about him. Ianto sniffed the air as he stopped. What the hell was he doing sniffing the air? Ianto thought as he turned his attention back at the folders Owen was holding.

"Gwen here has a date." Owen laughed as shifted the weight of the folders.

"Oh?" Jack raised his eyebrow as he crossed his arms. Herrick came closer to what seemed to be the leader of the team. He extended his hand.

"Sergeant William Herrick."

"Captain Jack Harkness." Jack shook the hand as both men squeezed their hands tight. "Firm grip you got there."

"You as well... Captain." Herrick let go as he looked over the man. American. Military. Jack. This man killed Mike. It took all of Herrick's strength to stop himself from killing the man there and then. "It's not a date, I assure you Captain but your officer here did come up with some interesting connections and if we talked more about this, we could work together to solve the recent crimes around here. You should be very proud of her actually. Mind if I offer her a job?" Herrick smiled as Gwen smiled.

"Just for research. Comparing notes with Sergeant Herrick. "Gwen agreed to the date... Dinner.

"Team meeting." Jack yelled as the group gathered together outside the room. Ianto kept staring at the man as he smiled at him. "Ianto!" Jack yelled as he snapped out of it and joined the others.

"I don't trust him Gwen. There is something wrong here. Ianto was attacked while we went to talk to the girl in the woods. They are... they weren't human and one of them said Herrick's name. We need to prepare for what we are facing here Gwen.... "

"But you need me on the inside Jack. I can get in and see what's going on if he's involved."

"Oh I bet he wants to get inside you." Owen laughed as he didn't like this idea either.

"Shut up! What I mean is that I can figure it out. If I need help, I will call and... "Gwen protested. She was getting her way. "Like it or not Jack, you know this is a good idea to get in here. You can tell me what we are facing and plan it out but I can take care of myself and this is the only way. I can get him to trust me and... "

"Has anyone forgotten the Captain John incident?" Owen reminded the team as Gwen rolled her eyes.

"And your incident of opening the rift and shooting Ianto and..."

"CHILDREN. Listen. I don't like this." Jack crossed his arms as he looked at Ianto. Ianto was acting a bit funny lately. Even just being attacked, he should be used to it now. Looking at Ianto, he could see just how young he was. Maybe he needed some time off. But why attack Ianto all the time?

"Jack, let me do this. He seems to flirt with me; I can play that game Jack. There is something going on here during the full moon. We have the files but if he is hiding something or knows something... it can help. We can know what attacked Ianto and everyone else here in Bristol since it is not the first time. "

"Alright. My conditions. Owen and Tosh will follow you and stay nearby. Tosh will track you at all times." Jack tapped on his comms. " Tosh, do you have a link to Gwen's cell phone?"

"Hold on. Yes. I do." Tosh replied as she kept the link locked.

"Alright, good. Owen will fill you in." He ended the link as he didn't like this plan but he knew Gwen. Nothing was going to stop her.

"Oh so while we hang out in an SUV the whole night, what are you and the tea boy going to do?" Owen crossed his arms back as he did not want to be stuck in an SUV being bored out of his mind.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Jack winked as Ianto rolled his eyes. Jack threw the keys at Owen as he smiled. "Buy yourselves some clothes. Something nice. "Jack grinned as Owen rolled his eyes.

"Well you can look through these if you are not too busy with the tea boy." Owen gave Jack the folders as Owen walked towards the exit. Gwen started to walk back to the room when Jack stopped Gwen from going in.

"I don't trust him. I don't trust this town. I know it is hard to believe but... " Jack rested his hand on Gwen's shoulder as he whispered the creature that he had recently killed and revealed to her that there were vampires in the town. Gwen gave him a look as she nodded.

"Believe me, I will be careful." She left to go into the archive as Jack turned to see Ianto. He kept staring at Herrick who was talking to a woman who was typing on her desktop computer. Jack walked to Ianto and placed his hand on his shoulder. Ianto flinched a bit as he calmed down.

"Sorry sir. We are leaving then, yes?"

"Yes, it looks like you could use some rest and maybe a new suit." Jack pulled Ianto from the doorway as he started to walk out of the building.

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