A/N: Many thanks to RedShoeKitty for the beta.

After his update from Owen, Jack considers the situation a bit. Here he has a pair of refugees from London…and a rather large mess to clear up where they came from. He does believe that they had nothing to do with the Ghost Shifts; Jeannie, after all, was unconscious most of the time, and Ianto was her faithful…guardian? Watchdog? Who knows what he USED to be, it was fairly obvious that he was now a great deal more to her.

Jack shakes his head to clear it a bit, and then calls for a meeting in the boardroom to discuss the possibilities for their two newest members. He stops himself for a moment as he realizes that he has already decided to hire them both, come what may.

Once everyone has gathered in the boardroom, Jack looks at each person present, making eye contact with each one. He introduces Ianto as their new archivist, with Jeannie as his assistant, or whatever else needs doing that she is capable of. He tells Tosh to set them both up with accounts on Mainframe, along with keycards, and necessary keys to get into the Hub. Owen, he knows, already has a medical profile for both of them, so nothing to say there. The only thing he asks of Owen is to let him know when Ianto and Jeannie are able to start training for the field; even if neither of them ever goes on a field mission, they still need to be able to defend themselves if the Hub is breeched.

3 months later…

Time passed, as it always does, with busy days as the two newest team members were integrated into the team. Owen checked Jeannie's blood every week to get an idea of how she was changing, creating a chart to graph how her DNA changed from human to…whatever she was becoming. She kept a journal annotating the new things that she could do, and kept Owen updated.

Ianto and Jeannie chose to set themselves up in one of the larger storerooms instead of finding a flat or house. They both had plenty of time to dedicate to getting it 'just right' for the two of them, ensuring ample living space for both. Jack just quirked an eyebrow at the thought of company in the Hub, and helped them with the installation of needed appliances, plumbing, and electrical fittings.

While outfitting the apartment, the three became quite close. They spent many hours together, chatting, learning…flirting…

When dark markings began appearing on Jeannie's skin (see note at end), Jack realized what species she was becoming, excitedly calling a meeting to share the news. He had Ianto scout through the archives for any and everything regarding 'Phela' that he could find.

Once everyone had been seated in the boardroom, Jack stood up to address them. Indicating the folders in front of them, he told them about this race of beings known only as 'Phela'. By the time he was born, they were extinct, their planet a barren husk. But Jeannie's skin markings and blossoming abilities indicated that this is what she was becoming. "Nothing bad," he says. "All of the Phela that I ever heard about were good; every race has its bad apples, but they were mostly good. One thing I do remember is a myth: that the Phela would return."

Jeannie, after thinking about this for a few minutes while reading through the folder that was placed in front of her, sighs. "At least they look like tattoos; I would hate to have to wear a full-body suit all the time!" Everyone chuckled at her comment.

Jack looks at Suzie, "whatcha got on that glove research? Figured out anything yet?"

Suzie looks excited, and her eyes are shining. "Jack! It resurrects! Not for long, but with practice, I think I could get it to go longer. Maybe even permanently!"

Jack frowns a bit, looking unsure. "I don't know if we really want to do that; everlasting life is not all that it is cracked up to be." He sighs, and then looks at Suzie again. "You have 2 more days, then I'm locking it away; you're getting obsessed by it, and that's never good."

Jeannie and Ianto share a look during this conversation. Jeannie quietly states, "The veil between the living and the dead is there for a reason; anything that circumvents it is likely to weaken it. Personally, my main fear has always been zombies; I don't want anything happening that might even conceivably make that fear a reality!" Jeannie looks Suzie in the eye, "Besides, Jack is right. The glove is changing you, I can see it." Her voice takes on a strange quality. "You must release it, before its hold upon you becomes too great to break, and it drags you down into the dark with it." Jeannie shakes her head, and looks around the table. Solemn stares meet her gaze; this is the first time that the rest of the team has seen any of her abilities in use. Suzie feels a chill go down her spine, and shivers. Glancing at Jack, and then looking back at Jeannie, she says, "Lock it up. Better yet, destroy it; you're right, I can feel it calling me even now. Thank you Jeannie."

Jeannie gives Suzie a small smile; Jack wraps up the meeting, and heads to his office to slog through some of the never-ending paperwork piled on his desk. Ianto heads to the kitchen to brew a round of coffee, while Jeannie follows Jack. Suzie heads to her workbench, gathers the glove and knife, and then takes them both to Jack's office, where they are placed in a lead-lined secure container. They'll figure out how to destroy it once Suzie has had a few days without its insidious voice polluting her mind. Tosh settles at her computer, to continue tweaking the rift-prediction programme, while Owen starts his monthly inventory.

15 minutes later, with fresh cups of caffeine in everyone's hands, work around the Hub continues.

Jeannie is settled onto the small couch in Jack's office, with a PDA containing all of the information he and Ianto have been able to gather on the Phela.

The Phela are shape-shifters, and were confused in the past with were cats, due to their alternate form being feline. Their primary form seems to be humanoid, with a shift to feline happening if stressed or upset. It is unknown whether they can control the shifts, or even if they retain their intelligence once shifted.

They appear to be long-lived and fast healers. Their similarity to humans is uncanny; the only noticeable difference being their hair. The hair appears to be fur instead of normal hair, and it seems to be the same color when they shift to feline.

Jeannie closes the file, a frown wrinkling the skin of her forehead. She looks up at Jack. "So, I'm a cat. This could be cool, I suppose. Not like I can do anything about it, so I may as well enjoy it, yeah?" Jack looks up at her, and grins, his eyes sparkling. "Yep! So many things that we can do with fur." He grins broadly as she blushes.

A/N: The skin markings look quite a bit like dark black tattoos. If any of you has seen a cat that has been shaved (for surgery or whatever), you may have noticed that their skin reflects their fur-color to a certain extent. Where the fur is dark, so is the skin; where it is light, the skin is pink. I am using this to put 'highlights' on Jeannie, as part of the Phela race. Where the markings are translate as black fur when she shifts.