Surprises Chapter 2 Unexpected Guests

A screech ran through the hub. Tosh and Gwen rushed into the rift area only to find Owen flapping his arms around his head. "Nice moves Owen!" Gwen joked. The girls glanced at each other trying to suppress their giggles. Tosh flicked her hair back trying to put her serious face back on. "What happened?!" Owen shifted trying to restore some dignity. He straightened his t.shirt and slumped back down at his desk. "Owen..." she enquired again. He mumbled something under his breath. "Sorry..." Gwen questioned. He sighed, "alright! It was a pigeon it just flew in from no where!..." Tosh and Gwen exchanged sarcastic looks. "It was scary alright! It just appeared from no where!" Gwen fell into hysterics but Tosh seemed more serious. "Where were you at the time Owen?" "Just over there by the rift machine" he said gesturing towards it. Tosh stopped looking puzzled prompting Gwen to compose herself. "Whats up Tosh?" "Well the same thing happened to me earlier.." "What you were attacked by a big scary pigeon?" Gwen joked and ducked as Owen threw a ball of paper at her, he clearly wasn't amused. "No you two! I was sitting at my desk and a book just fell from nowhere...by the rift..." "Do you think its splintering again Tosh?" Gwen asked "possibly...I hope not!" There was an awkward silence until it was shattered by a mechanical bang. They all jumped; "Don't get scared Owen!" Gwen joked though this was no laughing matter and Owen was unimpressed too. By this time Tosh had sussed out the source of the bang. She was examining the door to the hub which was tight shut..locked. She tried to open it running programmes, typing in codes, pressing buttons. Jack and Ianto appeared from the board room. Ianto's tie was askew and his shirt tucked in awkwardly. Jack's hair was ruffled and his braces twisted, his cheeks flushed. The others glanced at each other, eyebrows raised. "3 guesses what they've been doing?" Owen mumbled. They all smirked and Ianto clearly looked embarrassed. "What was that noise" Jack said trying to pass it by. "Were locked in and Tosh is trying to get us out...the rift's been acting weird...it made this noise and locked us in" Owen explained "oh yeah...and remind me never to eat of the table in the board room again!" "we think it's splintering again, thing keep coming through" Gwen added "what sort of things?Aliens?Live thing?" Jack said suggestively raising one eyebrow. Everyone looked at him with disgusted looks; Ianto looked offended more than anything. Jack laughed strolling off pinching Ianto's bottom on the way out "Sorry, Yant" he whispered winking at him before leaving to his office. Ianto turned round bright red, receiving glares from the rest of them. There was an awkward silence that seemed like hours. "Well at least I didn't do it with Gwen in the SUV did I Owen?" Ianto remarked before sauntering off to his computer. Gwen didn't know what to say but thankfully the silence was broken by the rift making a whirring noise and the lights flickering. "ah ha!" Tosh exclaimed as the door rolled open. She did a little celebratory dance clapping her hands to the surprise of Owen who didn't share this excitement. She straightened her glasses and announced "Well, its open again" her voice trailed off as she mumbled "thanks to me". "I'm hungry, anyone want something to eat? Bet you've worked up quite an appetite there Ianto?!" Owen smirked. "Oh ha ha Owen...I'll go get pizza" he said grabbing his coat and making a speedy exit into the tunnels Back at the hub they were discussing the mysterious random objects appearing. "Do you think these things are coming through the rift?" Gwen suggested. "I sincerely hope not" Jack laughed "Well if books and...pigeons can get through what else can?" The mention of pigeons immediately sent Gwen and Tosh into giggles much to the annoyance of Owen . Jacks communicator bleeped; "Ianto where are you? Whats wrong? Have you forgotten what toppings I want?" "No Jack.." rang Ianto's voice "...but we've got a crashed 1920's military helicopter in the tunnel about 100 yards from the door.." he said. "We'll be right there don't move.." Jack reassured. ...He wasn't lying...there really was the wreckage of an old helicopter in the tunnel with them. Tosh looked confused "was it the rift?" she questioned. Jack examined it closely before saying "lets just clear it up then deal with and decide what to do" "What can we do though..nothing" Owen snapped. "Cool it Owen, its not your fault you did what you had to" Gwen chipped in comforting him. "Jack?..would you have liked to have stayed, you fitted in, you seemed gutted when you came back, as if you left something behind?" There was a long pause and Jack seemed more serious. "sorry" Gwen added awkwardly. "Its ok Gwen..I'm back now where i belong" Jack said before winking at Ianto "now lets get this cleaned up.." After about an hour the phone rang with Jack answering it in his usual cheeky manner "torchwood..." he said. "What if it was a wrong number?" Owen joked "who answers the phone 'torchwood'?" Jack put down the receiver. "nearly as bad as you ordering a pizza under it!" Ianto smirked. "Whatever Jones! Anyway who was that?" "well, we've got another Roman soldier roaming the Roald Dahl plass, it's unarmed but scaring the locals we'd better see to it. Gwen you stay here keep an eye on the rift." Jack explained Gwen laughed "I'd pick here over a rampant roman soldier any day!" "I'll be on my communicator if you need me" The SUV pulled up on the plass and the team (minus Gwen0 spilled out armed with a tranquilizer gun and a cage type thing in the SUV. So they set out. He wasn't hard to track down, not many people wore roman armour these days. Catching him was the easy part...finding out why he was here wasn't. Back at the hub Gwen was making herself some coffee. She jumped as the rift manipulator made a mechanical squeal. She ran over, down the stairs and gasped dropping her coffee. Stood before her was a man. "Oh My God..!" she cried "where am I?!?!" gasped the man looking around. "What the...who are you?!" she demanded."Ummm...captain Jack Harkness 133rd squadron..Where am I? How did I get here?"...