Ianto Jones enjoyed nothing more than walking through the centre of Cardiff hand in hand with either one of the most mysterious people in Cardiff, Captain Jack Harkness or Lieutenant Louise Carter-Jones. Admittedly though he preferred it when they were visible, people had a habit of staring at both of them he didn't know whether it was due to the fact they both wore old style military uniforms or because both of them where rather handsome. Ianto was used to it and quite enjoyed the attention he got as well. He felt Louise's hand in his but couldn't see it. They rounded the corner and the Cardiff millennium centre loomed over them. They walked together to the invisible lift by the water tower that went further down than the eye could see into the underground secret layer that was the base for the secret organisation they worked for. They stepped on to the stone slab and Ianto activated the lift to take them down into the Torchwood Hub. As they started to descend they looked down on Gwen and Miles and in the Lieutenants case, Captain Jack Harkness.
"He didn't say Gwen stop going on at me."
"Didn't you think to ask?"
"No, no I didn't." Miles said sarcastically. Then looked up at the slab now coming towards him, running his hand over his chin where the nonexistent beard he was growing was. "You can ask him yourself now." He looked confused as Ianto stepped off the step and come towards them. "I thought you said Louise was with you! Or did you leave her waiting at home for you?" Louise grabbed the magazine off of Gwen's desk rolled it and whacked him round the head of it. She heard Jacks unmistakeable laugh, and Iantos quiet chuckle of appreciation.
"What the?" Miles jumped a mile!
"Personally I'd have slapped him." Jack laughed. "So have you figured out what's happened yet?"
"Well no but I have found a way to communicate." She ran back over to Ianto and started to rummage in his pockets.
"Hey, Hey, Hey space girl that's my job!" Jack laughed, his eyes betraying his true feelings. She finally found what she was looking for. She typed on the PDA.
Jack's jealous! Could you get everyone to the conference room? That way I can type on the main screen. She pressed her lips to his quickly. He smiled and whispered,
"I thought you didn't like public displays of affection."
I don't. But I'm not in the public! They can't see me. He laughed to himself and whispered, "Well maybe you should stay invisible!"
I hope you don't mean that!
"Gwen, Miles we'd better go up to the conference room, Jack and Louise will talk use through what's going to happen."
"But they're not here." Miles stated plainly.
"Then why is my PDA floating in mid air?" Gwen gasped and her hand flew to her face.
"I hate it when things like this happen." She said standing up and picking up her PDA. "What's Jack gone and done this time?"
"Hey why is it always my fault?" Jack asked in mock outrage.
"It normally is your fault." Louise put Ianto's PDA back into his pocket. They walked up to the conference room, Jack with them though Ianto didn't know that, but did feel him pinch his bottom as they entered the room. Louise went straight to the computer running the screwdriver over it, then picking up the wireless keyboard. It was times like these she loved technology and how easy it was to manipulate. She sat down on one of the conference rooms chairs and put her feet up on the desk resting the keyboard on her legs Jack sat opposite and grabbed the other keyboard.
"I'm not letting you take control just because you have a clue about what's going on."
"I can manipulate the technology to work on both levels also I've been thinking this through I don't think reality is the right word. Level is we've lost our all levels except for touch. I can't understand it. "
"Well you're a level up on me!" he smiled and started to type on his keyboard.
Right Team, well as we are all here. I'm going to hand over to Louise to explain what's happening.
She raise her eyebrows at him, how was she going to explain this, she had no idea what had really happened or why and she didn't know which one disturbed her the most. She started to type quickly on the keyboard.
Well basically we've dropped several levels of perception so you can't see or hear us we also for some reason can't write so pens and pencils are a no go. I am however capable of re-programming some technology so we can type. Whatever has done this clearly didn't think of that.
"Unless that's what they were counting on!" Miles interjected. Jack looked worriedly at Louise.
What I've done to be able to do this didn't lower any barriers. I don't know why it's happened. What I'm worried about is the fact I can see no way of fixing this.
Jack interjected.
Ok I think we've exhausted the fact we have no idea what to do or what caused this.
"So you're stuck like this?" Gwen reiterated.
Yes they typed. Louise put her keyboard on the table,
"I'll take Ianto to try unlocking the TARDIS there's no point me just sitting around."
"Why Ianto, Why could he do it?"
"Because he's got a key." Jack looked at her in surprise. She stood up and tugged at Ianto's hand he gave her the PDA. Jack looked at Gwen and Miles and wondered what to do. Gwen was looking at the chair where Jack was.
"I'm going to check for rift spikes in the area." Miles looked at her,
"And I'll go take scans of the area see it there's any residue energy." They got up and left the room.
TWTWTW
On your keys I put another key, it was just in case I never told you and I knew if anything ever happened you'd find it. It's the Yale one.
"When did you do this?" Ianto picked out the correct key from the bunch.
She hesitated then typed, last week. Ianto looked at her smiling.
So you going to try and open it or what? He smiled and nodded. Carefully he placed the key against the crack in the concrete. It slowly slid into the hidden lock, looking at the space where his PDA was hovering he turned it and watched as the door swung open. Louise smiled walking past him into it; Ianto followed the sound of her footsteps on the metal grating. She carefully pulled up her visualisation screen. Ianto watched the figures spinning across the screen.
"What does that mean?" she carried on, the TARDIS was behaving very strangely, she could hardly operate it she tried to patch the visuals back together. "You flickered!" Louise looked at Ianto who was starting at the exact point she was stood. "Whatever you did it worked, just for a second." She took the PDA off him again.
I can't make it hold but I recon you can, if I tell you what to do. Ianto looked at her wide eyed.
"No I can't."
Ianto please you have to it's not that hard, you just have to follow the keystrokes and then push that button and pull down that leaver.
"What if I get it wrong?"
Well it's not like it could get much worse! She typed. Ianto looked at her unsure. I trust you Ianto I NEED you to do this and I know you can do this. He looked at the space where she had been.
"Alright!" he moved over to the control panel, "I'll do it."
