I Didn't Know - for red_day_dawning
Title: I Didn't Know
Author: Soledad
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: G, suitable for all
Warning: NOT for Gwen-friends
Summary: Once again, Gwen arrives to work late and finds the Hub almost empty... save for someone she didn't expect to find here.
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Gwen congratulated herself to arriving at work only half an hour late. She took the usual way through the tourist office. To use the invisible lift she would have to ask someone to activate it for her, while this way she could disable the alarm and pretend she'd been in for some time already.
Especially as it was Ianto's day off and thus he couldn't catch her red-handed.
Therefore she was not surprised to find the tourist office empty (the CLOSED sign hung on the entrance door, after all) and let herself in, using the big button under the desktop.
She was surprised, though that the entire Hub seemed to be empty as well. The workstations were powered down, with the exception of the Rift activity monitor on Tosh's workplace, and only the emergency lights were running.
Where was everyone?
"Jaaack?" she cried out. "Owen? Tosh? Where are you?"
"They're in London," a shockingly familiar voice answered and, to her utter surprise, Andy Davidson climbed up from somewhere on the sublevels.
"Andy?" she asked when she was able to speak again. "What are you doing here, and why are the others in London?"
"Official business," Andy replied with a shrug. "Apparently, today is the anniversary of Canary Wharf, and there's some kind of memorial service to which all Torchwood personnel who were present at the battle - or the aftermath - were invited to participate."
"But only Ianto was there," Gwen pointed out. "And Jack hated One; he wouldn't go."
"Not for himself perhaps," Andy allowed. "He went for Ianto. And he was present during the clean-up, and so were Toshiko and Owen."
"They were?" Gwen's eyes widened in surprise. "I didn't know that. But why are you here? You ain't even Torchwood. Jack should have called in me."
"He tried," Andy replied with a shrug. "You didn't answer your phone."
"Well, yeah, Rhys and I were having a bit of a fight," Gwen said defensively.
Andy shrugged again. "Sow what's new? Anyhow, Ianto then called me, asked me if I would hold the fort until they returned, and since it was my day off, I said yes. I've wanted to get a glimpse of your Batcave ever since Jack hired you."
"You won't remember it," Gwen said, a little smugly. "Jack's gonna give you that little amnesia pill..."
"You mean Retcon?" Andy asked; seeing Gwen's surprise, he grinned. "I don't think so. Jack's approached me to join the team more than two months ago. I'll only remain with the police till the end of the year, then come over for good."
"What?" Gwen could hardly believe his ears. "I didn't know that!"
"Why should you have?"
"Cause I'm his second-in-command, that's why!"
"Not according to Jack, you aren't. His second-in-command is Owen, as the one with the longest-serving Torchwood agent after him. Well, Ianto has more service years, but he was with One, so he automatically outranks everyone here, save Jack."
"What? I didn't know that!"
"You seem to be unaware of a lot of basic facts," Andy commented.
"Yeah, Cause you know so much!" Gwen snapped.
"Actually, I do," Andy replied. "Ianto gave me all necessary documents to read because I'd join."
"Ianto? Why would Ianto give you any official Torchwood documents?"
"Cause it's his job. He's the head of administration, or didn't you know that, either?"
"Oh, come on, he's just the teaboy," Gwen said dismissively. "I'm sure Jack doesn't even known he gave you those papers. Ianto is very sneaky."
"Actually, Jack was the one who asked him to give me the stuff," Andy said. "In his office, where we negotiated the terms of my joining. While you were on your honeymoon in Paris."
Gwen shook her head. "I can't bloody believe this! Why would Jack hire you, of all people?"
"Perhaps cause he wanted a field agent who can follow orders, doesn't question his decisions in front of others and isn't trying to get into his trousers all the time," Andy replied bluntly. "But don't worry," he added, "you won't remember any of this. Ianto has been lacing your coffee with Retcon for weeks. The cumulative effect should start working... about now."
He was still speaking when Gwen's eyes suddenly turned upwards and she slumped to the floor unceremoniously, like a sack of potatoes. Andy caught her before she could have hit her head on the stone-paved floor, checked her pulse, nodded in relief when he found it all right; then he touched his earpiece."
"Mission accomplished, Captain."
"Good job," Jack said, climbing up from his room under his office. "It's a good thing she never reads the memos; otherwise she might have remembered that the Canary Wharf memorial service won't happen until next month."
~The End~
Author: Soledad
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: G, suitable for all
Warning: NOT for Gwen-friends
Summary: Once again, Gwen arrives to work late and finds the Hub almost empty... save for someone she didn't expect to find here.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Gwen congratulated herself to arriving at work only half an hour late. She took the usual way through the tourist office. To use the invisible lift she would have to ask someone to activate it for her, while this way she could disable the alarm and pretend she'd been in for some time already.
Especially as it was Ianto's day off and thus he couldn't catch her red-handed.
Therefore she was not surprised to find the tourist office empty (the CLOSED sign hung on the entrance door, after all) and let herself in, using the big button under the desktop.
She was surprised, though that the entire Hub seemed to be empty as well. The workstations were powered down, with the exception of the Rift activity monitor on Tosh's workplace, and only the emergency lights were running.
Where was everyone?
"Jaaack?" she cried out. "Owen? Tosh? Where are you?"
"They're in London," a shockingly familiar voice answered and, to her utter surprise, Andy Davidson climbed up from somewhere on the sublevels.
"Andy?" she asked when she was able to speak again. "What are you doing here, and why are the others in London?"
"Official business," Andy replied with a shrug. "Apparently, today is the anniversary of Canary Wharf, and there's some kind of memorial service to which all Torchwood personnel who were present at the battle - or the aftermath - were invited to participate."
"But only Ianto was there," Gwen pointed out. "And Jack hated One; he wouldn't go."
"Not for himself perhaps," Andy allowed. "He went for Ianto. And he was present during the clean-up, and so were Toshiko and Owen."
"They were?" Gwen's eyes widened in surprise. "I didn't know that. But why are you here? You ain't even Torchwood. Jack should have called in me."
"He tried," Andy replied with a shrug. "You didn't answer your phone."
"Well, yeah, Rhys and I were having a bit of a fight," Gwen said defensively.
Andy shrugged again. "Sow what's new? Anyhow, Ianto then called me, asked me if I would hold the fort until they returned, and since it was my day off, I said yes. I've wanted to get a glimpse of your Batcave ever since Jack hired you."
"You won't remember it," Gwen said, a little smugly. "Jack's gonna give you that little amnesia pill..."
"You mean Retcon?" Andy asked; seeing Gwen's surprise, he grinned. "I don't think so. Jack's approached me to join the team more than two months ago. I'll only remain with the police till the end of the year, then come over for good."
"What?" Gwen could hardly believe his ears. "I didn't know that!"
"Why should you have?"
"Cause I'm his second-in-command, that's why!"
"Not according to Jack, you aren't. His second-in-command is Owen, as the one with the longest-serving Torchwood agent after him. Well, Ianto has more service years, but he was with One, so he automatically outranks everyone here, save Jack."
"What? I didn't know that!"
"You seem to be unaware of a lot of basic facts," Andy commented.
"Yeah, Cause you know so much!" Gwen snapped.
"Actually, I do," Andy replied. "Ianto gave me all necessary documents to read because I'd join."
"Ianto? Why would Ianto give you any official Torchwood documents?"
"Cause it's his job. He's the head of administration, or didn't you know that, either?"
"Oh, come on, he's just the teaboy," Gwen said dismissively. "I'm sure Jack doesn't even known he gave you those papers. Ianto is very sneaky."
"Actually, Jack was the one who asked him to give me the stuff," Andy said. "In his office, where we negotiated the terms of my joining. While you were on your honeymoon in Paris."
Gwen shook her head. "I can't bloody believe this! Why would Jack hire you, of all people?"
"Perhaps cause he wanted a field agent who can follow orders, doesn't question his decisions in front of others and isn't trying to get into his trousers all the time," Andy replied bluntly. "But don't worry," he added, "you won't remember any of this. Ianto has been lacing your coffee with Retcon for weeks. The cumulative effect should start working... about now."
He was still speaking when Gwen's eyes suddenly turned upwards and she slumped to the floor unceremoniously, like a sack of potatoes. Andy caught her before she could have hit her head on the stone-paved floor, checked her pulse, nodded in relief when he found it all right; then he touched his earpiece."
"Mission accomplished, Captain."
"Good job," Jack said, climbing up from his room under his office. "It's a good thing she never reads the memos; otherwise she might have remembered that the Canary Wharf memorial service won't happen until next month."
~The End~