A/N. Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, and also to those of you who have added this to alert/favourite, i really appreciate it. This chapter took me a while to get right, but i think it's ok now. In this chapter the mystery starts to deepen a little as we find out what Jessie is worried about. It will make more sense as the chapters go on. Please review, as this always inspires me. Kat :)

Chapter 3.

Ianto exited the Hub and made his way across the Plass to the small coffee shop across from the water tower. It was one of the few places he found the coffee bearable. He entered and scanned the room for Jessie, eventually spotting her towards the back typing on a laptop. He ordered two drinks and carried them over. 'Hey,' he said as he sat down opposite her and placed the drinks on the table. Jessie smiled and took the drink, she then closed down the lid on her laptop.

'Hi, I went and got this from my car, thought I'd get some work done while I waited. Not very successful though.'

'Anything interesting?'

'I'm teaching a module tomorrow on The Iliad.' Jessie paused to take a sip from her drink, there was a brief silence.

'I have to admit, I never thought I'd see you in Cardiff,' said Ianto quietly.

'Me neither, but I only had two options, Cardiff or Kings College, London.'

'Ah'.

'Precisely and as I've never set foot in London since…. I don't intend to start now no matter how much it would benefit my career. I didn't think Cardiff would be so bad, that I'd be able to avoid anything strange.'

'How's that working out for you?'

'Great,' Jessie replied sarcastically. 'I was here less than twenty four hours before I saw my first weevil.'

'They are everywhere, mainly the sewers though.'

'I'll bear that in mind.' There was another brief silence, before Jessie broke it. 'I really didn't mean to just turn up like this.'

'That's ok, just because we're not as close as we were, I'm always here for you.'

'You might not feel that way when you've heard what I have to say.'

'Seriously whatever it is just tell me and we'll deal with it.'

'Ok, you might not see the point in my story at first, but stick with me.' Ianto nodded in understanding. Jessie took a deep breath. 'It all started last week when I had my classes moved. The history department is undergoing a bit of a facelift so some of my classes were moved to the science block. Anyway some of my students started joking around and telling stories about all the weird things that go on down there and that people have been known to go down there and not come back.'

'Some kind of university myth,' commented Ianto.

'Exactly what I said, I told them to stop telling me stories and to get on with what they were doing. I have to admit though, the corridor the research labs are on are really quite creepy. After class though this one lad, Jake came up to me and said that while the others were joking about the stories, there was some truth to them. His roommate Ben worked for Professor Medwell and he came into uni one morning and no one's seen him since. Jake said that before he went missing Ben changed became really withdrawn, but he wouldn't say anything. Jake's tried everything he can to get hold of Ben, but he can't, apparently even his parents don't know what happened and the university have him down as a drop out. Jake said that others had gone missing too and they all worked for Medwell. I had no idea what to say, I could tell Jake wasn't lying though, he is genuinely fearful for his friend.'

'I take it you looked into this?'

'Yeah, curiosity got the better of me. I looked at the universities drop out figures and in the last eighteen months they have gone up sharply in the science department. I made some enquiries about Ben and discovered that he was reported missing to the police, and the last place he was seen was on campus. I then decided to look into Professor Medwell as there was barely anything on him on the staff intranet, not even a picture. I figured he was just a really tough person to work for, I mean research science is one of the most pressurized. Everyone I spoke to said Medwell was secretive and rarely ventured out of his lab.' Jessie paused to take another sip from her drink, 'Then two days ago I was back down in the science block and I bumped into Medwell, literally.'

Ianto looked as Jessie hesitated, and a fearful look crept into her eyes. 'What is it?'

'Professor Medwell isn't who he says he is, I recognised him immediately. It was Dr Morgan.'

At this name the colour drained slightly from Ianto's face. 'As in Dr William Morgan?' he clarified, Jessie nodded. 'But…but that's impossible he's dead.'

'Believe me I had the shock of my life when I realised, it was all I could do not to flee the building. I tried to snap a picture on my phone, but he was in his lab before I could get my phone out.'

'So you think there's some truth in these stories?'

'With him involved anything's possible. I have no idea what he's up to, but all the stories of strange happenings and disappearances started after he began working there. His research is top secret, and although Sam showed me some basic hacking skills, computers aren't really my thing so I couldn't find anything out that way.'

Ianto sat and thought for a moment, a number of different thoughts were swimming round his head at these revelations, then something struck him.

'Wait, did he recognise you?'

Jessie shifted uncomfortably in her seat, 'Yeah I think he did. I mean he was polite and all, but you could see the flicker of recognition in his eyes, and then the way he looked at me as he walked towards his room, sent shivers through me.'

'And this was two days ago?' Jessie nodded. 'Have you seen him since?'

'No although…It's probably nothing.'

'What is it?'

'Ever since I saw him I've felt like someone's been watching me, and I'm pretty sure someone's hacked my email. I'm probably just being paranoid.'

'We can't take that risk. I need to call Jack.' Ianto took his phone out of his pocket and pressed 1, Jack answered after three rings.

'Ianto, is everything alright?'

'I'm not sure. You need to hear what Jessie just told me, there's potentially a bad situation in the making.'

'Ok, bring her in, the others should hear it too.'

'Are you sure?'

'Yeah, it's not like this place is a secret to her.'

'Right, see you in five minutes.' Ianto snapped his phone shut and turned back to Jessie. 'Come on, we need to go and tell Jack about Morgan, he's waiting for us.'

'Hang on, what do you mean us?'

'You need to come too, I can't explain it like you can, and they'll probably have other questions.'

'You're telling me I have to go in…' Jessie pointed over at the water tower. She was starting to sound a little panicked and Ianto wondered if she might bolt.

'The Hubs not that bad.'

'I'm sure it isn't, but I thought I could tell you and you'd pass it on. I never considered I'd have to go in there. I..I can't.' Jessie all but whispered.

'Yes you can. It's nothing like Torchwood 1, the building or the people and I'll be there the whole time.'

'I know it's just I've spent so long running from anything like this, it takes a bit of getting used to again.' Jessie said with a sad smile. She packed up her laptop and stood up, swinging her bag onto her shoulder and following Ianto across the Plass, both of them unaware of the eyes trained on them. Ianto walked up to where the invisible lift was hidden by the perception filter and waited for Jessie who hesitated. Ianto held out his hand to her.

'You trust me right, I promise everything will be ok.'

Jessie sighed and then took Ianto's hand and together they stepped up on to the step. As the lift started to descend, Jessie got her first glimpse of Torchwood 3.