Tosh glanced at the CCTV footage from the Plass. They had taken to having the footage from around the Hub on all the time. She had to take a second look. On the screen was the tourist, staring absently at the invisible lift.
"Ummm Jack, you might want to take a look at this." Tosh called out.
Owen wandered over to Tosh's station, and gave a slight chuckle. "Oh look our pet tourist is back."
"What!" Jack's head popped out of his office door, and he moved quickly to the screens. He scowled at the image. Gwen and Ianto left their work to stare at the television.
Owen began humming just under his breath. It took a moment for the others to figure out the song
"The cat came back?" Tosh smirked.
"The very next day." Owen seemed to be enjoying their tourist's antics
"That's not helping Owen." Jack snapped.
"She's not doing anything. She's just looking at the water tower." Gwen said soothingly. "We just have to stay out of her way for a few more days, maybe a week. I mean she's on vacation, how long can she be here for?"
"It sounded to me like she's just drifting, so she could be here for while. Guess it depends on whether anything peaks her interest." Owen continued to smirk at the screen.
"Alright no one leaves until that girl is gone!" Jack stalked back to his office.
"I'm sure that's going to work. What if we have a rift alert?" Owen commented sarcastically, but without its usual bite. The group slowly broke up, and went back to their work.
Tosh couldn't help glancing at the screen, watching the young woman as she slowly turned away from the water tower with a thoughtful expression.
"Jack, we have a problem." Ianto burst into Jack's office.
"Oh, what now." Jack sounded almost resigned.
"Mafanwy's gotten out. She's flying around Cardiff somewhere."
Jack's head dropped into his hands, as though trying to shut out the day. He mumbled something that sounded to Ianto like "can't catch a break." He straightened up,
"Has the girl left?" Jack looked hopefully at Ianto.
"Tosh said that she left with what looked like a tour group about five minutes ago."
"Well, we can't leave a 10 meter long Pterodactyl out to terrorize the neighbours. We'll deal with it, if it comes up." Jack headed back out to the common area.
"Owen, Gwen, Tosh we have a situation." Jack swiped a hand across his forehead. "Mafanwy has escaped. We think she's still in Cardiff, but we have no way of knowing how long she been gone. Gwen talk to the police, see if anyone has called in a report on flying monsters, dinosaurs, or anything out of the ordinary. Tosh check the CCTV network, maybe we'll get lucky. Ianto get the dinosaur nuts from the SUV. Owen you'd better have some kind of tranquilizer, just in case." Jack dropped onto the couch tiredly, as the team scrambled. This was not his week.
Gwen was first with information "There's an incident on Queen Street. People are being attacked by a 'dragon.' It sounds right."
Tosh began typing furiously, calling up the cameras on Queen Street.
"That's Mafanwy alright."
"What, she decided to go shopping?" Owen asked
Jack ignored the question. "You three with me. Tosh, you're on coms, keep an eye on Mafanwy. If she takes off, let us know." Jack was up, and heading for the Suv, followed by the team. The four slid into the SUV, and took off for Queen street.
Tosh glued her eyes to the screen, watching Mafanwy stumbling around the crowds of shoppers. Suddenly, something else caught her eye. "Oh no!"
Finding Mafanwy was probably the easiest part of the job. She stood in the middle of Queen Street like a moving modern art sculpture. The whole team stopped in mid-run, gaping in shock. The young tourist stood in front of Mafanwy with a bar of dark chocolate in her hand. Jack led the rest forward. As they got closer, they heard a pleasant mezzo-soprano voice singing in a language Jack thought was almost Welsh, but that he couldn't place.
"Ummm help, anyone?" The Pterodactyl reacted to the lack of singing with a screech. "Nice dinosaur." The young woman continued singing the same song.
"Is there a reason you're singing an Irish drinking song?" trust Ianto to identify the song.
"Because she doesn't like anything else in my repertoire." The young woman took a moment to answer. Mafanwy darted forward, and grabbed the chocolate, swallowing it wrapper and all. The girl strangled a scream, took a deep breath and started the song again.
Jack came up behind the young tourist's shoulder. "We have to stop meeting like this."
"We've met?" The young woman was now sneaking conversation in between phrases.
"It'll come to you. Ianto, see if you can get Mafanwy to move away from our friend here."
Ianto called to the Pterodactyl. She tilted her head, and looked at the Welshman with one eye. Ianto began speaking softly in Welsh to the huge creature. Mafanwy continued to stare at Ianto. Suddenly, she swung around, wings spread for balance, toward the well dressed young man, and lurched toward him awkwardly. As she turned, her wing struck the young tourist, who dropped to the ground. Gwen and Jack started forward toward the girl, but were stopped as Mafanwy craned her neck to stare at them menacingly. Ianto jumped forward to regain the unwieldy creature's attention. It was time to try the new trick he'd been teaching her.
"Mafanwy. Mafanwy! Go Home." Ianto's voice firmed, "Mafanwy, Home!"
The Pterodactyl stared at Ianto for a long second
"Mfanwy, Go Home!"
Mafanwy continued to stare at Ianto, finally she stretched her oversized wings, gave an awkward run, and took off. She flapped hard, and finally dragged herself above the buildings around her. Ianto took a deep breath, as Mafanwy circled once and headed back toward the bay.
The young woman had managed to get to her knees. Owen was already examining the gash on the girl's head.
"Okay Dani, lets take a look at you. See if you've managed to lose anything to Ianto's pet."
"I'm alright, just a little shaken. It didn't hurt me." The young woman looked confused. "How do you know my name?"
"Like Jack said, it'll come to you." Owen continued his examination.
"You've got a nasty bump just about here." Owen touched a gash on the girl's head. She winced, "and I'd bet you've got a mild concussion."
"Did I fall?" The girl appeared to be even more confused.
"You don't remember getting hit?"
"I was hit?"
"Definitely concussed." Owen muttered to himself. "I'll know more when I can do a more thorough examination."
"I think it was looking for you." She looked glassily at Ianto. "It swooped down, and cornered a fellow in a suit. It kind of looked like a dog begging for a bone. So, I just did what I could to distract it." She muttered dazedly, "chocolate, I don't know what I was thinking."
"I told you, you spoil her too much." Jack had come up to the group during the conversation. Gwen had moved to corral the few witnesses still hanging around the street.
"She went home didn't she?" Ianto looked a little defiant. "Did you open the air vent? Otherwise, she'll be sitting outside the Hub, crying."
"I called Tosh, She's opened the vent, and she'll close it once Mafanwy's back." Jack put a reassuring hand on Ianto's shoulder. He turned to the doctor and the tourist.
"How's the dinosaur wrangler?"
Owen glanced at Jack "She may have a minor concussion, and I think things are starting to look familiar."
The young woman was looking hard at Owen, Ianto, and Jack.
"You do look familiar…Five favourite alien autopsies?"
"As I said, things are coming back to her." Owen looked slightly smug.
"You chatted about your top five alien autopsies?" Ianto shook his head.
"I only remember two." The young woman commented, dazedly. "a Hoix? and a Ratco…Ratty-calico…
"Raxicoricophallipritorian. I think we only got to two." Owen replied. He continued to keep an eye on the young woman.
"I need you to stay here." Jack spoke to the young woman, "I need to be sure you're not going to run off."
"I doubt I'd get very far, even if I did plan to take off."
"I still need your word."
"I'm not going anywhere, and as Doctor…Owens?"
"Doctor Owen Harper." Jack supplied with a sour smile. No point in getting into a temper now, he thought resigned.
"As Doctor Harper said, things are starting to look familiar. I want answers."
"Alright. Gwen, Ianto, Owen we have a major clean up here. We need to round up everyone who was on this street. Check the bars near here, I'm betting most of the bystanders are going to want a drink."
Owen caught hold of the young woman's arm, and helped her to stand up "Let's get you out of the middle of the road, at least." He supported her as she wobbled over to the SUV.
"Just settle yourself in here, and we'll be back in a moment."
The team scattered on their mission, and Dani relaxed in the backseat.