The Hub was quite deathly quiet. Ianto didn't like it when it was like this it was as if the whole building was in mourning. Louise had nipped out quickly to go and collect the food, Gwen had gone home to see Rhys and Tristan but was coming back and Jack was still dealing with Sam. He didn't agree with it he knew how much retcon she'd been given it was enough to take her as far back as junior school. There was no way of knowing how much it would affect her it worked differently on everyone. He span slowly round on his chair letting out a long sign.

"That was a big sigh."

Jack commented as he came back into the Hub.

"Yes." Ianto muttered.

"Cheer up Ianto, we no one died." He shot Jack a look.

"That's barely the point Jack. Lou warned you."

"I know Ianto there is no need to remind me."

"You know what Jack sometimes I think there is need to remind you. You always think your right you all ways think you know best but you don't sometimes we know better." At that point the Hub entrance rolled open and Gwen and Louise walked in, carrying a bag of food each. Louise gave her bag to Ianto.

"I'm going to go check on Miles the wound wasn't so bad and he needs to eat." She ran off towards the medical bays.

"I'll go grab some glasses and cutlery, see you up in the conference room in 5." Jack turned and walked up to his office. Ianto followed Gwen up the stairs and in to the conference room.

TWTW

"We're never going to have a quiet week are we?" Miles said quietly. Ianto laughed.

"A quiet day would be nice." Gwen lent back and smiled.

"Even an hour would be nice."

"We have plenty of quiet time." Jack said putting his feet up on the desk a beer in his hand.

"Yeh but then it gets really busy all at once as if just to spite us." Gwen added.

"Yes I think that sums it up nicely." Ianto agreed. Louise smiled and listened to them chatter away.

She watched Jack actually relax slightly.

"I know today's been tough on everyone and I'm sorry I put you under that pressure but something good has come out of this."

"What good has come out of this?" Miles asked stung by how blasé Jack was about the whole situation.

"No one died, we shut down a dangerous organisation and I leant we need more people but can only look after them one at a time."

"So really quite a productive few days." Ianto said sarcastically.

"We did well." Gwen said quietly.

"Yeh we did." Miles nodded.

"And now we carry on." Jack said standing up.

"Although I think after we've all had a good night sleep." Louise said with a smile. There was a murmur of agreement from everyone. Gwen got up and picked up her coat.

"See you all tomorrow."

"Night Gwen." Miles stood up and bade them good night. Ianto didn't go anywhere.

"We need to keep an eye on Miles." He said.

"I know." Jack said.

"I'll see you two in the morning." Louise got up and left the room. She reached the TARDIS and pushed open the door, hanging her coat on the back of the door she walked over to the centre control panel she pressed a few buttons and the computer screen flickered into life. She scanned the figures and diagrams that spun and revolved on the screen.

"I can't work out what it wrong with you come on give me a hint, I've fixed everything." She ran her hand over the panel. She pulled up one of the floor panels and hopped down inside starting to work on fixing what needed to be done. There was a knock at the door, she pulled herself out and replaced the floor panel.

"Yes?" she called out and Ianto opened the door and entered. "I wasn't expecting to see you this evening Mr. Jones!" she smiled and turned back around tugging one of the leavers down and the screen turned off.

"I'm full of surprises." He watched her walk around the TARDIS, "it's not the sort of night I will be able to sleep."

"Take a seat then." He did leaning back into the sofa.

"Its days like these I wish I could sleep."

"You sleep fine!"

"Yeh not after these days though, days where we lose people. People who where good. How would have been good...but they where got to by people by..."

"By Torchwood." Louise finished for him pulling the grate back from the floor she rolled up her sleeves and picked up her sonic screwdriver off the control panel.

"Yes by Torchwood."

"It's not that simple Yan." Louise said hopping down into the TARDIS."

"What if it is?"

"It's not; there are so many different factors for how people behave or how people turn out." She slid in under the main frame of the ship.

"She would have led a normal life. She won't now. Everyone gets affected by the rift, the artefacts, the power, the secrets and the fear."

"We don't know how she would have turned Ianto your over thinking this."

"You know how she would have turned out." Louise stopped tightening bolts she'd just started work on.

"No I don't, I can see every single possibility I don't know which possibility will happen."

"Bet that's confusing."

"Not really you learn to block it out." She carried on tightening the bolts.

"Why?"

"There are just too many options to much change; fluctuation time isn't a set path it's like a squiggle on a page and then the page is scrunched up."

"I don't get it."

"Well you try following that squiggle without un-scrunching the paper."

"You can't."

"Exactly." She slid out from under the grate and stood up. "Hey pass me that will you." She pointed to a small component on the control panel. Ianto stood up and gave it to her; she ducked back down under the grate. Ianto sat on the edge his feet dangling down the underneath of the ship.

"I think I get it. I suppose your right we'd never know how she'd have turned out."

"We wouldn't Ianto so don't think about it anymore." He didn't say anything. "So what are you doing?" she smiled and let out a small quiet laugh.

"I'm fixing the TARDIS."

"I know that, "Ianto said exasperatedly, "but what exactly are you doing?"

"I'm fixing the semi-thermo resonator then I'll re-configure the quadulatory system to triangulatory systems, re-booting the whole main frame and I hope resetting my co-ordinates and thus enabling me to move my ship to another part of the universe." She slid back out and stood up. Rummaging through a tool box, she pulled out another strange looking implement she ducked back down for a few moments before returning again and pulling some wires out a box to Ianto's right she continued to work. Ianto sat silently.

"So you... you are going to leave as well." It wasn't a question it was a statement.

"I don't know." She said quietly standing back up she looked at him.

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"I mean I just want to fix my ship." Ianto looked at her and smiled.

"So what are you looking for now? I bet I can find it a lot more quietly." She smiled at him and he gave her a cheeky grin in return.


Another chapter...should be Biology revision...have done 4 hours of my 15 for art exam...A felt some writing was in order xx