Toshiko banged the keyboard, Owen peering over her shoulder, the light illuminating his long thin face, his full lips that made him- in Toshiko's opinion- look somewhat like a frog.
"Do you at least have his signal tracked?" Owen asked. Toshiko nodded.
"Yeah, but for some reason it disappeared," she said, and he isn't answering his phone. Owen reach dingo his pocket to produce a phone of his own, flipping it open and punching the keys.
"Whata re you doing?" Toshiko asked, keeping her eyes not eh screen in case anything popped up.
"Calling JAck, that's what," Owen said snakily, holding the device to his ear, "because he has to listen to someone, right?" Toshiko shrugged. The only person Jack ever seemed to listen to was himself- and sometimes Gwen, but rarely.
"Are Gwen and into here today?" Toshiko asked, "I didn't see them com win for work earlier." Owen shrugged.
"Gwen will probably come late like always and i really don't give a damn about whether or not Ianto shows up at all." Toshiko smirked, scrolling through what seemed to be digital codes. "What are you doing?"
"The institution he broke into- it was S.H.I.E.L.D, correct?" Tosh asked. Owen nodded, the phone ringing loudly.
"Yeah, why?"
"They have a security system of their own that shuts down automatically when someone breaks in as a safety precaution," Toshiko explained, "so that's probably why we can't see jack on eh security cameras at the moment." As soon s the words left her lips, the screen flickered and an image of a labaraotr popped up, the people inside looking like bugs as they moved around. Owen pointed to one at a table
"Zoom in on that one there," he said. Double clicking, Tosh blew up an image of an older manx in a white lab coat, a purple shirt underneath. He was holding a flashlight, flicking it on and off as if he were nervous. About what though?
"Who is that?" Toshiko asked, squinting as the man moved around on camera, another coming into view. This one was a bit shorter, wearing a plain t-shirt, a pair of sunglasses perched n his head.
"And him?" Owen pointed to the second man, "who is he?" Toshiko shrugged.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Toshiko said, "can you run them up on the records?" Owen ambled over to his own desk, opening a laptop. immediately, he began typing, his fingers almost a blur as he suddenly punched the keys, exclaiming, "Aha! Found them!"
"Well, ins tea dog getting excited about it, tell me!" Toshiko said.
"Alright, the first one is a Doctor Bruce Banner," Owen said, carrying his laptop over to her, scrolling through a pageful of information, "he uh, had this weird accident with a gamma radiation experiment." Toshiko nodded, taking the laptop from Owen, scrolling through once more.
"And what happened to him after?' she asked, "because judging on this, eh should have died from all tat exposure." Owen sighed, rubbing his cheek.
"Whenever he gets angry," Owen said, "he turns into, well, not really an alien…" Toshiko raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Well, what does he turn into?" she asked.
"A big green…. thing," Owen said, for lack of a better explanation. Toshiko opened her mouth, then closed it.
"So…." she finally said, "he turns into a monster?" Owen nodded.
"Something like that," he said, clicking s few buttons, "Look at that. Called the Battle of New York." A video popped up not eh screen, showcasing a giant green monster in ripped purple pants ripping up what poked like metal worms, although they were probably aliens.
"So, he saved a city from an alien attack?" Toshiko concluded. Owen nodded, "And that's not all," he continued, "he had help. From a team called The Avengers."
"Avengers?"
"They're kinda like us, only we're cooler nd have better costumes," Owen joked with a grin. Toshiko shrugged.
"Who else is on this team besides Doctor Banner?" Toshiko pressed.
"Well, they all ahem codenamed, y' see. Banner becomes a thing called The Hulk," Owen explained, "the the other guy in the video? His name is Tony Stark, creator of Stark Enterprises, making weapons, of all things. Codename is Iron Man." Owen pointed to the image of Stark on the camera, "see that glowing thing in his chest?"
"What about it?"
"That is what's keeping him alive," Owen said. Toshiko gaped, covering her mouth with her hand, her nails perfectly manicured. Owen nodded, "yeah, he was hooked up to a car engine for about a year, somewhere int eh Middle East trying to escape from terrorists."
"Well, he looks great for whatever happened to him" Toshiko commented, "but who else is not eh team?"
"There is the leader- Nick Fury, leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.- and don't ask me what that is. Someone obviously just really wanted the initials to spell shield, for some reason, the bloody wankers," Owen went on, "anyway, besides him is two assassins-"
"Is this even real?" Toshiko cut in.
"- Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton, better known as Hawkeye and Black Widow. And last but not least, Thor, God of Thunder and the super soldier Captain America." Toshiko let out a laugh, her eyes crinkling at the corners as she smiled.
"Okay, that last one is really lame, no offense," she said between giggles. Owen cracked a smile, crossing his arms.
"Didn't i tell you? these guys, based off the video footage, look like fucking amateurs compared to us," Owen agreed. Toshiko shrugged.
"So Jack is with these Avengers and doing what, exactly?"
"Trying to bring the Tesseract back where it belongs," Owen said.
"And where is that, exactly?"
"Here, in the Torchwood labs," Owen answered, "he's going to try to convince Fury to let him bring it here for testing before it goes back with Thor to Asgard- whatever that is." Toshiko nodded. It all sounded completely insane- Who had their own superhero team anyway? That's kind of like what we are though, she thought, but instead of New York we protect Cardiff, England.
"Well, how come we can't pick up Jack?" Toshiko asked, "he's there right now, isn't he?"
"They probably took him in for questioning, made him give up the communication and tracking devices," Owen said, "wanting to be cautious and all, but it really is just plain stupid if you ask me."
"Americans tend to be overly cautious," toshiko said. owen nodded in silent agreement then said, "So I'll try to keep track of him best i can whir you watch the monitors? I highly doubt we'll pick him up for a while though," Owen suggested. Toshiko nodded.
"Good idea," she said, turning her attention back to the screen, watching the video of the Avengers for the second time. They seemed to look like a team but were really scattered- they didn't even carry any communication devices in case one of them was in trouble.
"Posers, are what you people are," Toshiko muttered to herself as she rewinded the video for a third time, watching the Hulk rip into the metal alloys of an exotic alien creature, it's screams echoing front eh tinny speakers.