Apologies for this being a) short and b) very late in appearing. I'm about to go and one of my finals in an hour, but once they're all out the way in a few weeks, I'll hoping to get a lot more time to write. Thank you to everyone who is still reading, or indeed has just joined us.

The sun forced its way through the parting in the curtains, and bright line shone across the floor to the foot of the bed and up the far wall. Ianto rolled over and screwed his eyes as tight as they would go in an attempt to fight the glare.

"Morning sleepy head."

Rubbing his eyes and pulling himself a little more upright against the headboard he was able to take in the figure of his captain leaning against the door frame smiling smugly back at him. "Morning," he managed through a yawn.

"Time to rise and shine, work to be done." Jack sprung off the door frame, threw a towel at Ianto and practically danced out the room.

Ianto felt rolled his eyes as he removed the towel from his head and planted his feet on solid ground at the side of the bed.

Martha and Mickey stood on the side of Cardiff docks, jacket collars pulled up as far as they went.

"Nothing like a good bit of sea air to wake you up in the morning." Mickey said, teeth chattering and shuffling his feet to encourage some circulation anywhere lower than his knee.

Martha shivered slightly and smiled.

"Morning!" Gwen called brightly, striding across the tarmac to reach them. "Bit nippy today, no?"

"Morning Gwen." Martha said turning her back on the docks.

"No sign of the boys yet then?" Gwen asked, tossing her head to the side to remove her hair from her face.

The deep roar of a car engine interrupted their conversation; a large black SUV flung its self round the side of a near by warehouse and slid sideways to end up stationary outside the hub doors. Martha looked at Gwen, raised her eye brows and inclined her head towards the car. Gwen sighed, zipped up her jacket a bit further and broke into a small jog to catch up with Mickey who was already approaching the vehicle. The passenger door opened and Ianto slid out landing lightly on the concrete floor, he straightened his suit jacket, shut the door calmly behind him and looked across at his friends as they approached.

"Morning all, ready for another exciting day I hope." Jack's american accent boomed across the dock land, Ianto flinched and the SUV visibly shook as the driver's door slammed shut.

"Ready when you are Jack." Mickey called back.

"Today is gonna be good," he said unlocking the hub, "I can just feel it."

"It always worry when he says that." Ianto said.

Martha smiled, Gwen laughed, they each grabbed one of Ianto's arms and followed Jack and Mickey into the hub.

"Woah!" Mickey called from his station as he lept off the chair. "We've got something."

Ianto stood up from the pile of boxes he and Jack were sorting through, Martha and Gwen appeared out of the medical corner.

"That looks like a weevil to me." Ianto said.

"Did someone say Weevil?" Jack asked.

"Yes," Gwen said, "looks to be near the shopping centre according to this reading."

"What are we waiting for?" Jack asked as he swung his greatcoat over his shoulders, "Martha and Mickey with me, grab couple of weevil sprays out that box as you pass. Ianto. Gwen. You two keep sorting this place, we need to be ready."

"Jack, don't you think.." Ianto began.

"Its a weevil, Ianto, I can handle a weevil."

"Yes, sir, of course, sorry my mistake." Ianto smiled as politely as he could.

Jack looked at him quizzically.

"See you later sir."

"See you later Ianto." Then he turned his back and hurried Martha and Mickey out the hub.

"You all right?" Gwen asked placing and hand on his shoulder and giving a gentle squeeze.

"Yes, never better." Ianto said, retained his smile.

"He'll be fine." Gwen said encouragingly.

"Of course he will," Ianto said "this is Jack we're talking about."

Gwen smiled sympathetically, "lets get this sorted for him coming back."

"Yeah." Ianto sighed and wandered back across to the boxes. "The man who has spent centuries trying to die has just become mortal and is off to test it against a blood hungry weevil. What could possibly go wrong?" he finished sarcastically.