Hello - i would like to put a warning out for the next chapter on its going to be and M its not integral to the story i will put the next chapter up aswell so you can just skip over it if you wish. I wanted to try writing something different so I did. It's a flash back with Louise and Ianto. So this is you warning in advance.
hope you enjoy this chapter. xx
"Ok well one down five to go." Ianto said taking the evidence bag off of Gwen. Louise pointed her screw driver over her shoulder and the incessant buzzing stopped and that's when it hit her.
"Oh my God." She hit herself in the head. "How the hell could I have been so stupid? It's was staring me straight in the face the whole God damn time!" they all looked at her. She waved her screwdriver at them. "Have you very seen a sonic deceive like this before?" they all looked at her. Then Gwen spoke.
"Not one that's as precise as that, not as sophisticated."
"Exactly so why then can my sonic screwdriver de-activate those bugs on its single frequency?"
"Maybe they were created with a similar device?" Ianto voiced.
"Exactly and where else have you seen a device like this?" she asked again.
"Nowhere." Miles answered.
"So who created to bugs?"
"The Time Lords." Ianto said. Gwen and Miles looked at him perplexed.
"So what do you think they are looking for?" Her voice almost broke, looking into Ianto eyes.
"You." Ianto said quietly. Mile and Gwen turned to look at Louise.
"Oh Shit." Gwen said loudly.
"We'll find the remaining 5 and stop them relaying the information."Miles started. Louise wasn't listening. Why now? She thought, why now?
"Louise snap out of it. We can stop this how do we track them?" Gwen jerked her out of her thoughts.
"Ianto when you archived the bugs did you see one with a different set of markings? Maybe some black on the gold or it may be slightly bigger."
"Yes."
"Ok can you get it for me?"
"Sure." He turned on his heal and headed down into the archives.
"Why do you need that?" Miles asked watching the rift predictor program carefully.
"It's like the queen bee I will have extra technology and I'm hoping a tracker."
"Ok, I'm going back to that flat and take more readings for residual energy hopefully the others aren't far from their buddy." Gwen scooped up the SUV key.
"Be careful Gwen." Louise called after her.
"I will." She called back. Ianto returned moments later the insect in his hand.
"Thanks Ianto." Louise took it off him. Running her screwdriver over it the top of the bug opened and she looked inside at the delicate mechanism. A small blue diode in the centre caught her eye carefully removing it she wired it up to the monitor she was looking at. The data the bug had collected flashed up on the screen, scanning through it she found what she was looking for. "There." She pointed to a file on the screen the information in it was still ticking up, something was still uploading. She pinpointed its location.
"Ianto do you know a place called Mumbles?"
"Yes it's in Swansea."
"Ok our Bug which are now not bugs but one large Bug is at the moment it's going through there heading towards Langland." She transferred the data over the SUV's navigation unit. "Let's go." She called and everyone grabbed their gear and headed out the door.
Louise drove quickly, too quickly for Ianto's liking but he just sat there watching her negotiate the traffic with relative ease. They made it to Mumbles and Ianto recalculated where the bug had got to.
"It's heading towards the coast."
"Scan for rift activity!" she said following the road marked Langland.
"There's rift activity by Langland Cliff."
"That's where it's headed; it's trying to get home!" she put her foot down. Pulling up at the cliff they all jumped out Miles and Ianto waving their scanners around. Ianto followed the energy trail.
"Can you hear that?" Gwen shouted over the wind. Spinning round Miles saw it first.
"There." He pointed at the giant insect flying right at Louise.
"Shit." She ducked as the swooped over her, pointing her sonic screwdriver at it. Nothing happened. "Not now." She said. Hitting the screwdriver which had been playing up frequently of late, she tried again. It just irritated the thing; it flew at her again knocking her off her feet. "Ianto catch." She threw the screwdriver to him; she pulled her other one out her boot as the insect flew at her again its large sting fully extended. "Try the other settings." She shouted, "use the small dial, it changes it, turn it left." She rolled out of the way as the insect plunged the sting deep into the ground where she had been. She pointed the other screwdriver at the under belly of the insect as it plunged again, she just got out of the way. Her screwdriver alone wasn't going to stop this.
"What can we do?" Gwen yelled.
"In the SUV, there's a larger less accurate sonic device go and get it."
"Common Ianto a little help it'll take both to disable it for a few seconds."
"I'm trying." Then she heard the distinct noise of a working screwdriver and pointed hers at the creature as it dived for her a 3rd time. It froze in mid air giving Louise enough time to get up.
"Try holding it." She shouted.
"I am." Ianto called back praying the screwdriver wouldn't give out.
"If this gives out it's going to go straight for you."
"I know, but if I go much further it won't hold it." Louise saw Gwen running back to her with the device. "Gwen it needs time to power up. Hold the button ringed in blue on the side. Once the blue ring is fully lit let go of the button aim it at the insect."
"Ok." Gwen held the button down. Iantos screwdriver started to falter.
"Louise." He said cautiously. Then the insect broke free of the devices flying straight at Louise, who caught off guard barely, had time to duck, the large sting on the creature piercing her thought the right shoulder its momentum pushing her back to the edge of the cliff as the bug pulled back out of her shoulder she lost balance tumbling over the edge of the cliff.
"Louise." Miles and Ianto called out in terror. Gwen watching the blue circle was so close to completion. The insect now turned its attention to them.
"Gwen is that nearly ready?" Miles asked worriedly.
"Nearly there," she watched it and as it reached the top of the circle the light joined. The insect was speeding towards them as she released the button it's wings stopped beating and it hit the floor, indenting into the ground and creating a long gouge in the grass. Ianto ran to the edge of the cliff followed by Miles and Gwen. Louise was already sat up on the sand bank below,
"We'll pack Mr. Buzz here away Ianto if you want to go help Louise up those stair."
"Thanks Gwen." He jogged over to the paths that lead down to the sea.
"Louise is making a habit of that." Miles commented as they heaved the bug into the back of the SUV, taking care not to catch anything on the razor sharp sting.
"Yeh, but even I didn't see that coming." Gwen said.
"True. Jack won't be happy."
"Ianto won't be." They looked at one another.
"Don't you ever feel stuck in the middle sometimes?" Miles asked Gwen as then lent against the car waiting for Ianto and Louise.
"Oh it was worse when it was just me Ianto and Jack I mean I walked in on them a fair few times!"
"Sorry Ianto and Jack were together."
"Yeh, for quite a while."
"When did they break up?"
"I don't think they were ever truly together, but ever since Ianto came back they've been well growing further apart."
"Sorry came back?" Miles was getting more and more intrigued.
"Yeh err its complicated." Gwen didn't elaborate any further. That's when they heard Ianto and Louise.
"You wouldn't be fussing this much it had been Jack who'd gone over the cliff!" She said exasperatedly, clearly Ianto was fussing over her.
"Well no but he's not my girlfriend." Gwen's eyes widened slightly at hearing it. Miles frowned he didn't think she was supposed to know that.
"No but he was your partner and I don't think you would have fussed over him then either!" Ianto didn't reply, "you wouldn't fuss over anyone else, so don't fuss over me."
"If it had been Gwen or Miles they would be dead."
"Well just be grateful it wasn't them that went over and stop giving me a hard time, how the hell was I going to know what would happen?" they just came into view on the path Louise looked perfectly fine except for a bit sandy and damp and the great puncture in her coat and shirt which was a little bloodied but the wound was long healed.
"No one did but you have to be more careful!"
"I was being careful Ianto, for crying out loud when you fight aliens especially giant mechanical ones these things happen."
"Glad to see you're alright." Gwen called over when they got a little closer; Louise rolled her eyes at her and smiled.
"I'd be better if Mr. Jones here stopped nagging me about health and safety!"
"I'll drive." Ianto said grumpily and took the keys out of her pocket.
When they got back to the Hub Miles and Ianto set about storing the insect and Gwen sorted out all the paperwork, there was no sign of Jack although Louise hadn't expected him to be back.
"I'm going to go lie down, shout if you need me." She said.
"Yeh sure." Gwen smiled kindly. Ianto watched as Louise walked away to the TARDIS. Once he and Miles had finished with the giant bug he looked over the rift monitors, it was getting late and both Gwen and Miles had gone home, he kept glancing over at the wall where the TARDIS was hoping that Louise would come out. He sat back in his chair. No he thought why does she have to come to me, I have the right to go to her.
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