Ianto had thought that they wouldn't be able to see John. Holland hadn't seemed to notice him after all. But Jack's angry blue eyes slide from Ianto himself to the man standing behind him and with an horror that travels down his spine like ice water he realizes that is most certainly not the case in this instance.
"John--"
"Gwen!" Jack orders, but his second in command already has her hand gun out and trained on the second man in front of them. Jack's hand flies out and savagely tangles in Ianto's hair, wrenching it back to look up at him, pistol digging into his forehead as he growls, "You hid a Cyberman within Torchwood, and now this? What else are you keeping from us?"
Ianto swallows. Hard. "Jack," he says, looking up at the man in question. "Gwen. Toshiko. Owen. They're... My team. They're Torchwood. This." He swallows hard again. "This is Torchwood. My job, I..." His eyes trail sideways, to the gangway where he knows Lisa is going to appear, sooner rather than later. "Her name is Lisa," he insists. He hates that Jack had called her an 'it', even now.
"Why didn't you tell us, we could have helped you!" Gwen insists and Ianto bites back a bitter laugh in response.
"Torchwood was established to defend the earth against alien threats," he tones, hollowly. "That's. My job, that's what I do. Lisa..."
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"John--"
"Gwen!" Jack orders, but his second in command already has her hand gun out and trained on the second man in front of them. Jack's hand flies out and savagely tangles in Ianto's hair, wrenching it back to look up at him, pistol digging into his forehead as he growls, "You hid a Cyberman within Torchwood, and now this? What else are you keeping from us?"
Ianto swallows. Hard. "Jack," he says, looking up at the man in question. "Gwen. Toshiko. Owen. They're... My team. They're Torchwood. This." He swallows hard again. "This is Torchwood. My job, I..." His eyes trail sideways, to the gangway where he knows Lisa is going to appear, sooner rather than later. "Her name is Lisa," he insists. He hates that Jack had called her an 'it', even now.
"Why didn't you tell us, we could have helped you!" Gwen insists and Ianto bites back a bitter laugh in response.
"Torchwood was established to defend the earth against alien threats," he tones, hollowly. "That's. My job, that's what I do. Lisa..."