I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who reviewed the early Chapters. Having never written for the site before it was a great encouragement and hence the expansion into what is rapidly approaching the double figure chapter mark! Thank you so much to those of you who are still reading, it's really exciting for me to know there are people out there who want to read my stuff. It has been suggested that I get a beta reader I wondered if anyone could explain how this works? And how I might go about finding/choosing one? Hope all are well, happy new week!

On further investigation it became apparent that most of what had just turned up in the forest was the same as stuff Gwen had managed to clear from the rubble of Torchwood 3. What was odder still was that when they looked up the inventory for items of alien origin on the torchwood server, all items were on the list. They had at some point in the past already found identified and stored the items safely away. After some complaints about getting his only clean suit dustier still Ianto and Jack had taken the rubble box into the back garden in case it contained anymore clues. Among the many bricks that could have belonged to any building in Cardiff, they recovered 6 off white wall tiles. Some of the tiles had black lettering, or at least part of letters, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to arrange them in such a way that the read "Tor". Back inside, Gwen had repacked the gadgets into their box and begun to exam the rift monitors. The only activity since Ianto's arrival was another spike of activity around 4am in the morning, similar shape but smaller amplitude than had occurred the previous afternoon.

"Looks less and less like a coincidence to me." Ianto was looking at screen.

"Yeah," Jack sounded slightly distracted. He was leaning on the desk, right arm bend up to support his head while his fingers tapped along this cheek. He turned his head to face Ianto, raised his eyebrows and grinned like a small child with a secret plan.

"What?" Ianto sounded cautious, he'd seen that look on Jack too many times before.

Jack straightened up and dug his handed into his pocket. "Well, " he began a distinct smugness to his tone, "Increasing rift activity, unexplained arrivals and guess what?"

"What?" Ianto's face expressed very little emotion, the question was unnecessary; Jack was undoubtedly 3 steps ahead of whatever he was saying.

"We're just in time."

Ianto smiled. Jack was so Jack. "Would you like me to find us some new premises?"

"Ah now thats when I really stop doubting you're you."

"I'm sure I could think of more fun ways to prove it." Ianto's face was dead pan. "Sir." He added, closing his eyes temporarily as a small grin crept across his mouth.

"I'm sure you could," Jack smiled but didn't advance. "You'll have to show me later. Right now I need a hub and a vehicle, something similar to before practical but not too ordinary." He swung out the door. A second later he swung back in hanging off the door frame with one arm, "can you get us a house while you're at it? Don't want to out stay our welcome with Rhys." And with that he was gone.

Us? Thought Ianto.

Us as in we both need a house fine a nice two bedroom semi we can share. Or Us as in together, we need to find a house for Us the couple? People has been saying that a lot recently "couple" or at least they had been last year, which was as recently as far as Ianto was concerned. Safest he decided to find somewhere with two beds, and then all options were covered, just because you own two beds doesn't mean you can't share one, or indeed both... Ianto shook himself before his mind wandered off the topic all together. Best to start with the vehicle, that shouldn't be too difficult; and would provide them with the necessary transport to go hub hunting.

"What have you got?" Jack bounded back into the study.

"Well we can head across town and pick up a new SUV today, there's a few plausible places to set up base, so we could look at them on the way back."

"Nice work, Ianto. What would I do without you?"

Ianto just smiled. "I try my best."

"Great, well, try your magic again and see if you can get Martha somewhere really swish to stay tonight."

"What time are we expecting her?"

"15:23 assuming there aren't any delays. She's cleared the time with UNIT and on her way to the station now."

"Right, thats quite soon."

"Yeah, you excited?"

"Erm, not exactly the word I'd use Jack, finding out my fate."

"Hey hey, come on now, don't going getting all down on me. You are here and now and very very alive, she isn't going to change that."

"No, let's hope not. It will be nice to see her again, wonder how the honeymoon was?"

"Looking for all the saucy details are we?" Jacks eyebrow was raised again, Ianto wondered if he might pull a facial muscle before nightfall.

Ianto rolled his eyes. "No, some of us are capable of more refined conversation."

Jack nodded slightly lowering his eyes to look down his nose as he did so. He looked so very pompus.

"Shall we see if we can pick up this car first?"

"Lead the way."

At 15:20 a large black SUV was parked in the Penarth Road car park. Jack had gone in to find Martha; Ianto was sat in the passenger seat entering Jack's new mobile number into his new phone. In just over two hours the pair had managed to purchase a new car, a pair of mobiles and a couple of shirt for Ianto. Thank goodness it was all going on expenses thought Ianto, he had no money of his own; it wasn't like the dead had bank accounts.

Martha spotted Jack the moment she got off the train. He was kinda unmissable!

"Jack." She yelled as she lept into his arms. "Its so exciting to see you. And Ianto," she looked round, "where is Ianto? I thought you two would be inseperable."

Jack's smile was wide enough to reach both ears. "He's just looking after the car, we've been shopping."

"Have you now? Come on then show me your new wheels."

Martha climbed into the back seat; Jack hopped back into the driver seat and started the engine.

"Ianto! Its so great to see you, weird like," Martha shook her head, "but brilliant, utterly, brilliant."

"Thank you." Said Ianto, tucking the phone into his inside jacket pocket.

"So, how do you feel?"

"I feel fine, really quite, well just fine really." Ianto shrugged and twisted to look back at Martha.

"Great," she said still smiling, "how exciting! So you guys got plans? Torchwood strikes again?"

"I've always got plans, Martha Jones, you should know that." Jack smiled back at her in the rear view mirror.

"We've looked found a couple of plausible looking locations. Thought we'd check them out tomorrow; you can come too if you like?" Ianto sounded keen for her to come.

"I'd love too."

"Great." Ianto smiled.

"Great" said Jack.

"Great, then" said Martha. "Where you guys staying?"

"Gwen's very kindly put us in her spare room." Ianto said.

"But Ianto's going to find us a place of our own, aren't you?"

A place of our own now that's got to be an us hasn't it? Thought Ianto, he swallowed and tried to find his voice "yeah looking into it, be easier once we know where the hub is going to be."

"Hmm," Martha's reply was more than suggestive.

Jack winked at her in the mirror.

"That reminds me!" She exclaimed. "I've brought you a present!" She tossed a brown paper bag into Ianto's lap.

"For me?" he said. At a guess he'd have said that if Martha was going to bring anyone presents, it would more likely be Jack than him.

"Well, yes. Well you need to have it. But I think Jack may enjoy it more than you do."

"Will I now?" Jack's voice was all flirt.

Ianto had bad feeling about this as he unscrunched the top of the bag and slipped his hand inside. His fingers met something soft to touch, fluffy but slightly rough. Extraction from the bag confirmed the present's identity... a UNIT red cap.

"You, erm, you didn't have too." He looked back at Martha, he face a mixture of appreciation and irritation. She smiled, he couldn't help but smile back, Martha's smile was somewhat infectious.

"I say!" Said Jack

"Go on, put it on then," Martha was laughing, "very dashing" she announced

"Oh my!" said Jack, approval and seductive tone both running through his voice.

Ianto looked at Jack, he felt more than a little silly, sat wearing the cap, but was so worth it to had Jack's undivided attention. His clear blue eyes holding gaze with Ianto's own.

"Jack!" Martha nearly lept into the drivers seat.

"Whoops!" Jack whistled as he turned the steering wheel just in time to avoid them hitting the wall in front. "Guess the road bends right there."

"Yeah, perhaps you should take the cap off Ianto, at least until he's not driving anymore."