The group of five walked into the hub. Owen was down in his medical bay, and Tosh was working at her station with Gwen. Alonna and Alonza stared in wonder at the hub. Jack and Ianto smiled at them. The Doctor was already inspecting yet another thing he deemed unfit to be in the hands of 21st century humans, and Jack Harkness.
"Where did you get this?" The Doctor asked holding up what looked like an egg.
Jack shrugged. Ianto shook his head and replied. "It was retrieved from a meteor last year. We have no idea what it does."
"Let me see that." Alonna said, carefully taking it from the Doctor. She held it with the tips of her fingers and inspected it with the experience of an expert. "It's a communication device from a Tolan ship." She tossed it and caught it in her hand then handed it back to the Doctor.
"I was wondering where the other one had ended up." Alonza said to no one in particular.
The Doctor smiled. "Brilliant."
Jack and Ianto looked at Alonna and Alonza in confusion.
"We take care of all things alien related when you guys are busy." Alonza explained.
The rest of the Torchwood gang had wandered over.
"Thanks for the help but aren't you a little young?" Tosh wondered.
"Well we're a year older than Ianto." Alonna mumbled.
"Besides we're smart, not to mention the Gift. We're perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves." Alonza said matter-a-factly.
"The Gift?" Jack asked.
"We can see possible futures, we have a telepathic link, although I attribute that to the twin thing. And we can read minds." Alonza shrugged.
Toshiko shuddered.
Alonna looked at her and smiled. "We hate the mind reading thing, total invasion of privacy, not to mention creepy. We tune it out." Alonza nodded in agreement.
Owen started mumbling in the background.
"Owen if you're gonna complain either do it loud enough for everyone to hear, or shut up." Alonna snapped.
Everyone stared at her, including Alonza.
"Sorry" she mumbled.
"What's bugging you 'Lonna?" Alonza asked.
"Nothing. Just tired. What time is it… in fact what day is it?"
"December 15, 2009. 7:00 am." Ianto answered.
"Well there goes 9 hours of sleep." Alonna mumbled.
"We're gonna take a nap. Wake us up when it happens." Alonza muttered.
"It?" The Doctor asked.
"Doctor, where ever you go …odd things happen and well its Torchwood. Something's bound to happen." Alonna smiled.
Alonna and Alonza each took a chair and closed their eyes.
Alonna jerked awake with a gasp. Alonza turned around to look at her.
"You ok 'Lon?"
"Yeah. Yeah Z, just a nightmare." She answered shrugging.
"Ok. Well come look at this message the Doctor found on the Tolen communicator." She said turning back to the computer. Alonna trudged over to her. "You sure you're ok?" Alonza whispered, rubbing Alonna's back.
Alonna nodded. She looked closely at the message. "Sis… this is Russian. We don't know Russian."
"I'm almost done translating it. Damn I wish Ianto was here."
A tear streaked down Alonna's face.
"Shoot, Sweetheart I'm sorry."
"No it's ok."
"That's what the nightmare was about wasn't it."
"Yeah. A lying son of a bitch Welshman who couldn't keep it in his pants."
All of Torchwood and the Doctor stared at the girls, then at Ianto, and back at the girls.
"Wish I could smack him upside the head. Ya know?" Alonza said. Jack unconsciously moved in front of Ianto.
"I would to. If he were still alive that is." Ianto's face went white.