Jack

[logan_echolls]

Christmas was well in the past now, and Logan had settled into the new year. Things with Jack were- Well, they were as normal as he could hope, though things were still strange. There was no easy way to just get over learning some other him had lived some other life- With a man who was now his boss. Still, Logan had accepted that life was complicated, and he'd moved on as best as he could.

It was late now and most of the team had already left- But not Jack. Logan was certain the man never truly left work. Even when he said he was taking a night off, he was sure he was just working on something else. So after clicking off the lights in the record room he made his way to Jack's office, pushing open the unlocked door and leaning against the door frame.

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," he tutted. "Come on, we're going out," he decided.

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[im_torchwood]

"I've got something else..."

He looked through files, then passed one to Logan.

"...apparently there's no dead people in this area."

[logan_echolls]

"What do you mean? No one is buried there, or..."

Logan opened the file and started to flip through.

[im_torchwood]

"I have a contact. He can talk to the dead. And he says that right around here it's abnormally quiet. No clue what that means."

[logan_echolls]

"A medium told you there's a ghost dead spot?" Logan replied. "I know we deal in the weird, Jack, but- Jesus, come on."

[im_torchwood]

"Don't discount anything, Logan. It might be related," he replied.

[logan_echolls]

"No, I know, but- Really, we're having seances now?" Logan pressed.

[im_torchwood]

"We are following leads," he clarified. "If it's nothing then it's nothing, but I want to look into it."

[logan_echolls]

"Alright- So how do we investigate this? We going to strap on proton packs and cross our streams?" he quipped.

[im_torchwood]

"I was kinda thinking we could get my source to sober up, then give him a shake to see what more he can tell us," he said before stuffing food in his mouth.

[logan_echolls]

"Oh good, a wasted medium," Logan replied with a laugh. "You're the boss- Whatever you think's best."

[im_torchwood]

"Where else can you have the fun of data entry followed by strong arming a junkie? Best job ever, right?" Jack teased.

[logan_echolls]

"You really want to go trailing around in graveyards?" Logan asked. "I was thinking dinner and a movie... But alright. I'm sure this will be just as fun."

[im_torchwood]

"Chasing the dead will be way more fun," he promised.

[logan_echolls]

"Lack of dead," Logan corrected. "That's the point, right? No spooks."

He paused then, looking thoughtful. "Does that mean most places are super haunted then? I don't want to think about dead people watching me piss."

[im_torchwood]

"It would stand to reason, I guess," he shrugged. "Not my area of expertise."

[logan_echolls]

"Nice, so many new nightmares in that one," Logan said, finishing his salad and putting the empty container aside. "Why are you so into this anyway? Hardly seems urgent or dangerous."

[im_torchwood]

"I want to get to the bottom of this if I can, so until I know otherwise I'm going to think all these things are linked," he said. "There's a method to my madness."

[logan_echolls]

"Really? Because all I see is a guy in a flashy coat running around in circles, chasing new shiny things in the hopes that they might connect the dots," Logan countered.

"Don't take this the wrong way, but your methods aren't working. I don't know what they taught when you first enlisted, but my guys? When we fail, we don't just keep throwing ideas at the wall. We regroup. We focus."

He gestured around them at the records. "We go back to the start."

[im_torchwood]

"You got a plan? Let's hear it," he said with a curious smile.

[logan_echolls]

"We go through everything, mark anything that looks like this mist stuff. We trace it back to the first appearance. We find the catalyst. Nip it in the bud," Logan replied.

[im_torchwood]

"Alright," he nodded. "Solid plan. And where do you propose to start? I mean right now, this second."

[logan_echolls]

"I've been through those stacks, but there's a lot left," Logan said, gesturing around them. "I've seen some anomalies, but nothing exactly like this. No time warps, no changing streets. I think we move through until we find something familiar. I mean, streets transforming in full? That's big, hard to cover up completely. If it's happened before there'll be something here. I know you want instant results and action, but with this? I don't know if you'll get that. We also know there's more than one place people are taken to. I think we should look for abduction reports where victims claim to be held on islands or beaches."

[im_torchwood]

Jack had the sneaking suspicion this would all come to nothing, but it was better than nothing.

"Okay, I'm going to go pee, then I'll tackle these ones," he said.

[logan_echolls]

Logan nodded, pulling another stack for himself and starting to dig through.

"Why's it always so warm in here?" he complained when Jack returned, shrugging off his button down until he was just in his undershirt. He'd shed his sweater hours ago, and honestly didn't even know where his coat was.

[im_torchwood]

"Because I get cold," he called from the hallway.

It was a few minutes before he came back, drying his hands on a paper towel.

"I've about had it," he said. "Being in here. Let's get out and see what we can find. I'm sure you've got something in that pile we should go check out."