A large black SUV screeched into the parking area at Cardiff police station. Jack lept out the driver's side door and dashed round the front of the vehicle to the station door. Gwen opened her door slowly and went to fetch Carys, Ianto climbed out after her and straightened out his suit.

"Come on you lot," Jack called from the door way, "I don't want this taking any longer than it has to."

"Someone's in a hurry." Gwen said to Ianto.

A lady dressed in police uniform appeared in the doorway.

"Can I help you sir?" She said to Jack, her tone wasn't exactly friendly.

"I think you might," he flashed a grin "Torchwood, looking PC Andy Davidson."

"Oh" she sighed. "Yes he's through here."

Jack and the others followed the lady through to a small office at the back where Andy sat at a computer.

"Gwen," he said with a great big smile across his face, "I'm glad you're here, sorry I couldn't pop over quite a lot happening last night so I've got a mound of paper work to clear up this morning."

"What have you got?" Jack said

"Well, it looks like a pile of broken mirrors to me but it shouldn't have just popped up in the forest, again exactly where he did." Andy nodded in Ianto's direction.

"Great. At least it's not alive then." He scooped up the box, "let's get this lot back to the hub."

"You've chosen a new place then?" Andy asked, but Jack was already out the door.

"Yeah, saw an hour ago infact." Ianto said and looked down the corridor after Jack. "We'd really better go with him. Sorry."

"We'll leave you to it," Gwen put her hand on his shoulder, "sorry" she said pulling a small regretful face, then she and Martha left too.

"What's the hurry for Sir?" Ianto caught up with Jack at the boot.

"The hurry?"

"The hurry?" Ianto confirmed.

"The rift is chucking out things from the old hub and increasing activity levels by the hour. So far we have no idea why and no sort of way of dealing with its 'offerings'."

Ianto sighed, he had a point. As much he was quite glad to be here alive, if it started throwing weevils or pterodactyls or anything more dangerous they were going to be in trouble.

When they got back to Gwen's house Gwen left Jack, Ianto and Martha looking at the rift monitor while she tucked Carys in for her afternoon nap.

"Well" said Ianto, trying to sound helpful "There is one noticeable positive spike for every collection we've picked up."

"And," Martha added "inbetween times it sort of fluctuates but nothing much either way and I'm sure if we altered the scale it would look almost like a flat line."

"But why is it doing it?" Jack asked.

Ianto and Martha looked at each other, they really didn't know. Ianto ran his hand through his hair, "I wish Tosh was here" He said.

"Yeah me too." Jack managed to small but sad smile.

"She'd do some sort of analysis, tell us when the text one might be, make some prediction about the source or at least the pattern." Ianto said regretfully.

"You could ask Mickey." Martha suggested.

"Hmm," Jack looked at the ceiling and then back at Martha "you think he'd cope?"

"He's fought the cybermen, the daleks, tracked the doctor and worked for torchwood in another universe, I can't think of anyone with a better CV."

"True," Jack breathed in, "very true. You got his number?"

"Yep should be in here somewhere." Martha removed her phone from her pocket.

"I'm sure he's a lovely guy, but who is Mickey?" Ianto asked.

"He's a another acquaintance of the Doctor," Jack said, "He was there when the Daleks decided to move a collection of planets to another location."

"And he knows how to switch a computer on?"

"Oh yes," Jack flashed one of his many suggestive grins, "and he knows exactly which buttons to press."

Ianto rolled his eyes.

"You're not serious?" Martha gave him a disbelieving look.

"About the computer, deadly serious." Jack was nothing other than straight faced.

A smile spread across Martha's face and she slapped Jack across the shoulder before pressing call. Jack laughed, Ianto raised his eyebrows and returned to the computer, sometimes reality was difficult to understand simply because Jack existed.

"Mickey!"

"I'm good thanks and you?" Martha smiled at the other two and played with her hair.

"Good, good. No I'm in Cardiff actually, with Jack."

"Yes he's back, and yeah he seems well."

"Well actually Ianto is here too."

Yeah thats kinda why I'm calling..." Martha pulled a nervous expression as she waited for the response.

"Well, we're having a bit of trouble interpreting some Rift data, its all a bit computery for me. Wondered if you might fancy giving us a hand?"

"Well I'm sure Jack could get you a ticket on the next train if you're free today?"

Martha gave the thumbs up to Jack and Ianto. Jack gave her two back and prodded Ianto.

"London to Cardiff asap." he whispered.

"Right you are sir." Ianto brought up the web browser and starting booking some tickets. He wasn't sure why the Sir had slipped back in, but sometime when Jack and Martha were together he felt rather like outsider. It wasn't that he minded Jack had friends, infact it was somewhat of a relief to know he did; especially one as adorable as Martha. He just wished that Jack was consistent with his attention, rather blowing all hot and cold, it left him very confused.

"Any luck?" Jacks voice disturbed his thoughts.

"Yes, yes he can get the same one Martha did and we can pick him up this afternoon."

"Great." Jack patted him on the shoulder and turned to Martha.

"Got it." She said with a smile and returned to her phone call.

The door to the study moved and Gwen entered the room.

"How's it all going then? We in for a flood of activity?"

"We're not sure." Ianto said.

"If it continues as it should be this evening before anything else arrives." Jack added in. "A friend of ours," he indicated at Martha and himself, "Mickey, he's coming through from London to give us a bit of a hand with the rift prediction stuff."

"And he's staying?"

"I've booked him into the Hotel with Martha." Ianto said.

"Knew we hired you for more than your suit." Jack nodded appreciatively in Ianto's direction. Ianto managed a smile.

"So what now?"

"Well," Jack began, "I think we're got a few hours before Mickey gets here, so I suggest we load this stuff into the SUV and then you girls can have nice afternoon doing whatever it is you get up to when you have time off. Ianto and I will drop it off at the hub and then we've got a house to see and some shopping to do."

"Ooo," Martha said, "sounds like fun."

"You've got our new mobile numbers, call us if anything looks vaguely suspicious."

"I can bring one of Tosh's PDAs just incase." said Ianto.

"Right lets go team." Jack said grabbing a box from the pile in the corner.