SUMMARY: Disappearing dreidels, reappearing dreidels, strange blue powder with unidentified genetic material, plus 2 good looking Rabbis. A trap is set to catch the dreidel thieves
8 short chapters so you can enjoy all of Chanukah with the Torchwood Team
Jack and Ianto headed back to the Hub to meet with the rest of the team. As they ate a quick dinner of carry-out Chinese, they reviewed what they had found. Tosh had reviewed rift activity over the last few weeks but could find nothing that tied in with the disappearing dreidels. She had also taken a call from PC Andy that the shopkeeper from the gift store in Cardiff had found the expensive silver dreidel on a counter when he came back from lunch. Again, there were no signs of a break-in.
Owen had some interesting results from his testing. "It definitely is genetic material, but not human. And it doesn't match any known genetic patterns for animals either. But they are almost certainly epithelial cells."
"Skin cells," Jack pondered, 'that's interesting."
"So were looking for a blue skinned alien..." Ianto started...
"…in dire need of a good moisturizer," Gwen snarked.
After reviewing all the data available, they still couldn't figure out what was going on. Jack felt like the answer was right there…he just had to find the key to putting everything together. He was mentally reviewing all the species of alien life he knew of that had blue skin or scales or feathers, but couldn't think of any that would fit the events.
Ianto received a call from Rabbi Robbi on his cell letting him know that Mr. Wolman was expected at the synagogue around 9 PM. He let the Rabbi know that they would be there no later than 8:30. He put her on the speaker phone for the Team to hear.
"Good. Adult classes will be over by then so it will be just your team and myself." The doors will be locked, so please ring me on your cell once you are close. And leave the SUV down the block. If these are aliens trying to avoid detection the Torchwood Logo may scare them off."
After the call was finished, Jack wondered aloud who was in charge of the operation.
"I'll bet if she was cute, Jack would already be seducing her. I here he likes to be bossed around," Owen teased as he looked straight at Ianto.
"She is quite attractive," Ianto offered, "but she's married and a Rabbi and if Jack says one thing inappropriate to her, I'm going to kill him."
Jack laughed. "OK, well whoever is in charge, its not me apparently."
They drove over to the synagogue arriving right at 8:30 PM. They chuckled as they saw the big sign lit up by blue and white lights, obviously made by children announcing the Chanukah party.
REALLY COOL CHANUKAH PARTY!
Games, toys and surprises.
Candy filled dreidels for all!
They realized that there wasn't a date for the party which made it sound like it was imminent.
Mr. Wolman arrived at 9:15 and he and the Rabbi carefully unloaded all the items for the Chanukah party. Mr. Wolman had several deliveries to private homes, so he quickly left after his car was unloaded.
They put the dreidels in the middle of a conference room in plain sight. They hid around and outside the room and waited.
By midnight everyone was getting a little tired. But something told Jack that they just had to be patient.
At 2 AM, there was a flash of light, and some whispering in the conference room. Gwen hit the lights. Everyone gasped.