A/N. Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, i really appreciate the reponse i have had so far. Special mention to chironsgirl who mentioned something in her review that i hadn't factored in, so i wrote a little extra bit in. :) This chapter has a lot of talking in it again but i needed to have this in order for the plot to move on in the next few chapters. Please review. Kat :)

Chapter 4.

After Ianto's call, Jack had pulled up the Plass CCTV on his computer. He had told the others that Ianto was bringing Jessie in and that they would meet in the boardroom to discuss whatever the issue was. Jack watched as Ianto and Jessie walked over to the invisible lift. He saw Jessie's hesitation and he couldn't blame her for that. Then he watched as she took Ianto's extended hand and got on. Jack left his office and walked down the stairs to meet Tosh, Owen and Gwen who were all waiting near the lift. As Jack watched it descend he couldn't help but notice that Jessie was still holding Ianto's hand and he felt slightly jealous. No, he wasn't jealous he tried to tell himself, he had no reason to be. The problem was he couldn't shake the thoughts he'd been having about how this woman had shared a part of Ianto's life Jack knew nothing about, and they'd been close, he didn't think they'd been anything more than friends, but he didn't know for sure. Damn he was jealous. Jack had a hard enough time keeping his feelings for Ianto in check as it was, and feelings like jealousy only served to show just how hard he was falling for the Welshman.

The lift finished it's descent and Ianto and Jessie stepped off. Jessie let go of Ianto's hand, but stayed close to him. Ianto moved forward a little and said 'Jessie, you remember Jack, Owen and Gwen from earlier,' to which she nodded in confirmation. 'This, is Toshiko Sato,' he continued pointing to the only person Jessie hadn't seen yet.

Tosh smiled and held out her hand for Jessie to shake, 'Please call me Tosh.'

'So this is Torchwood 3' said Jessie as she took in her surroundings.

'Better than London? asked Gwen.

'I suppose. At least here you actually feel like you're in the base of a secret organisation. Canary Wharf was just like working in an office block, albeit one with aliens in it.' As she looked around Jessie heard a noise from above her that sounded like the flapping of wings followed by a screech. 'What the…' Jessie was speechless.

'That's Myfanwy, you get used to her,' replied Ianto.

'You gave a pet dinosaur,' Jessie said somewhat incredulously.

'Yep, long story.' Ianto sneaked a look at Jack and as their eyes met a small smile crossed both their faces as they remembered that encounter in the warehouse. 'How about I make everyone a drink and we go up to the boardroom.'

'About bloody time, I've been dying for a coffee since we got back earlier,' remarked Owen.

Ianto rolled his eyes 'I won't be long ok.' He directed this at Jessie as he could see her nervousness.

'Come on, I'll take you up there,' said Tosh. Ianto smiled at her gratefully, then he went into the small kitchen area and set about making them all a drink. He pulled a spare mug out of the cupboard for Jessie and set it with the others.

Up in the boardroom Jessie was feeling distinctively nervous about being with the others without Ianto. He had warned her that they might try and ask her questions, particularly Gwen, and had probably already read her personnel file. She sat and listened as they made small talk about the purple creatures they had caught earlier. She could tell they had questions, and she was also puzzled at the way Jack kept glancing at her with an expression she couldn't quite read.

Ianto soon appeared and handed out the drinks before taking his seat at the table. Jessie drank some of her coffee and smiled. 'I'd forgotten just how good your coffee was.'

Jack cleared his throat to get the attention of the room, 'What is it that you needed to tell us Ianto?'

'I'll let Jessie explain,' said Ianto.

Jessie then repeated what she had told Ianto in the café.

'You believe it was definitely Morgan?' asked Jack. He had never met William Morgan, but he'd heard the stories.

'Definitely, he's not somebody you forget.'

'Who's William Morgan?' asked Tosh.

'He was one of the head scientists at Torchwood 1, and a cruel man. He would do all sorts in the name of research. You did not want to be near his lab when he was experimenting on something.' Jessie shuddered at the memory. 'I'm just worried about what he might be doing.'

'This Morgan was supposedly dead right,' commented Owen. 'How come no one twigged he survived?'

'Think about it, the only people who would instantly recognise him are Torchwood 1 employees, most of whom are dead. If he disappeared off site before anyone saw him then he'd inevitably end up on the list of the dead,' replied Ianto.

'I wouldn't put it past someone as evil and slippery as him to get away,' added Jessie. 'It also wouldn't surprise me if he some sort of escape route for emergencies. He could easily have got away in the chaos.'

'So you have no idea how he could have got out,' asked Gwen looking at Jessie, and not really thinking her question through.

'Look, I could barely tell you how I managed to do it, let alone anyone else,' came Jessie's rather terse reply. The others glared at Gwen.

'Sorry,' said Gwen. 'I didn't mean for what I said to come out like that.'

Jessie sighed,' I know and I'm sorry for how I replied. I never saw Morgan that day as far as I remember. I understand too that you're curious, its human nature, but in this case the less you know about what happened that day the better, some of us don't have that luxury.'

Sensing the uncomfortable atmosphere in the room Jack tried to move on. 'Are you sure he'd remember you?'

Ianto sniggered, 'Oh he'd remember Jessie alright.' Jessie blushed as Jack, Owen, Tosh and Gwen all turned to look in her direction.

'What are we missing?' asked Owen.

'Erm..I may have accidentally ruined one of Morgan's experiments by setting his test subjects free.'

'Accidentally?' came Ianto's disbelieving reply.

'Fine, I purposely let them free. The guy was torturing these poor alien mice, that were completely harmless, so I liberated them and kept them safe in the archives. Anyway I didn't act alone, it's just I was the only one that got caught. I thought you might have seen that in my file.'

The two women opposite blushed and this confirmed that they had read her file. 'We saw you were written up a few times, but not what for,' answered Tosh.

'That was one of the things. Hartman was annoyed I wouldn't give up my co conspirators so she sent me to Torchwood House as punishment.'

'I've always wondered what that place is like,' mused Tosh.

'I'm a self confessed history geek so I loved it, which upset Hartman further because I wasn't supposed to enjoy it. That's where it all started though, Queen Victoria, werewolves, the Doctor, I mean what's not to love. I actually think Sam got punished more as he had to listen to all my stories.' Jessie smiled fondly at the memory.

'What about Archie though, that's guys weird,' remarked Owen.

'He is a little strange, you get used to him though, and believe me, it's better than working for Hartman.'

'You should try working for me, I'd put them all in the shade,' said Jack.

'Yeah, I bet you would,' laughed Jessie. Then turning to Ianto she said, 'You want to be careful telling stories on me, I have a few on you remember.'

'You wouldn't, challenged Ianto.

'Really, do the words Halloween and party mean anything to you,' she answered knowingly. Ianto immediately went red.

'What happened?' said Tosh, 'You can't say something like that then not tell us.'

'It was nothing, really unimportant,' said Ianto.

'Sorry my lips are sealed, Ianto has inventive ways to get revenge.'

'Tell me about it,' said Tosh and she went on to recount the time Ianto had put them all on deaf for a week as they fell so far behind with their paperwork and he was due to give a report to UNIT using it. As she listened Jessie noticed Jack looking over at her again and something suddenly clicked in her mind.

As the conversation died down the tone became serious and Jessie spoke again, 'So what do you think. You can tell me if you think I'm crazy, but I can't shake the feeling Morgan's up to something.'

'I agree we should look into it. What with his reputation and the sort of things he was involved in at Torchwood 1, I'd be happier knowing what he's doing. I'm also not convinced it's a coincidence he ended up near the Rift,' said Jack. The others murmured in agreement. 'We are going to need access to the University so tomorrow, Tosh you can go in with Jessie and see if you can get anything from there systems. For now though I want you to go through Jessie's laptop and see if you can find any system breaches. Gwen, I want you and Owen to go through missing persons reports to find anyone that has gone missing off campus and we'll compare it to the dropout records. Ianto, I want you to go through the Rift logs to look at any activity over the campus. I'm going to look into Morgan, we'll meet back here when we have something.'

After Jack finished speaking everyone got up to do their allotted tasks, except for Tosh and Jessie who stayed up in the boardroom. Jessie pulled her laptop out of her bag and booted it up, entering her password and then passing it to the tech expert. As it loaded a picture appeared on the background, there was a woman who was obviously Jessie and next to her was a handsome man, tall, brunette, he had chocolate brown eyes and was wearing a tux, while Jessie was wearing a white dress. It was a picture of their wedding day. 'That's a lovely picture,' commented Tosh softly.

Jessie smiled at her. 'It is. It was my favourite from the wedding. I couldn't look at them for a long time, but now I like being able to see Sam whenever want, especially after a bad day, it's oddly comforting. You probably think I'm weird now.'

'No I can understand you wanting to be able to look at a picture whenever you want. He was very handsome.'

'Yeah, I know I never thought he'd be interested in me. I was lucky to have him.' Jessie didn't mind talking about Sam, as long as it didn't involve talking about the last day she saw him. Tosh started to work on the laptop, pausing briefly to ask, 'Is there anything really personnel on here?'

'It's mainly my lecture notes and research. The only emails I tend to get are from work or my mother asking me when I'm coming to visit.'

'Ok.' Tosh got back to work, her fingers moving so fast they were almost a blur. 'Your security on here is top grade, yet someone's still managed to breach it. They've had a good look around and planted a virus that will activate and send back information when you use it.'

'Great,' muttered Jessie.

Tosh activated her comm to inform Jack, and he appeared back in the boardroom, bringing the others up with him.

'It seems that someone is taking an interest in you, so I don't think that staying in your flat tonight by yourself is a good idea in case they're watching that too. '

Before Jessie could say anything Ianto said, 'That's fine she can stay with me.'

'Is that such a good idea,' asked Jack. 'If they see you together it will be obvious Jessie's turned to us.'

'If they are watching then it's a bit late to worry about that as they would have seen us together earlier,' argued Ianto. Then looking at Jessie he asked, 'Is that ok with you?'

'That's fine by me if you really think it's necessary. I will need to go and collect some things though.'

'I can go with you to do that,' interjected Owen. 'I don't think I've been helping Gwen much.'

'Yeah I'll go through the files quicker on my own,' agreed Gwen.

'Good idea, go pick up what you need then meet back here. Gwen and Ianto keep going on your research. Tosh, do you think you can find the source of the security breach?'

'Give me a little time I'm sure I can.'

As Owen and Jessie stood up to leave Ianto called, 'Be careful.'

'She'll be fine, she's in my capable hands,' answered Owen.

'That's what I'm worried about,' replied Ianto. Owen glared at him before leaving with Jessie while the others got back to work.

Outside on the Plass the figure was still watching, waiting to see when someone would reappear. As Owen and Jessie came into sight on the Plass the figure took out his phone and dialled.

'She's on the move again.'

The gruff voice on the other end answered, 'take care of it.'

'What about the guy with her?'

'Take care of him too if you have too. They will not interfere with my plans.' The call was then disconnected and the man started to walk after Owen and Jessie, checking the gun in his pocket as he did so.