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miss_shine @ 2008-08-25T17:09:00

2008-08-25T16:09:50Z

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And here's part seven below so please leave comments, good or bad!!

Owen tried not to focus on the pain in his leg, or his face, or his throat, or his arm as he dragged Jack very slowly down to the vaults. With no regard for Jack’s safety or well beginning he dropped Jack down most of the stairs and a couple of the ladders.

The way Owen was justifying this was that keeping Jack unconscious was better for the both of them. He reached the cells of level nine and dragged Jack into the corridor, which ran in between the cells. He dropped his feet on the floor again and opened the cell next Janet the weevil’s cell.

Using the emergency codes that allowed him to open the cell when the hub was in lock down. Janet growled at him, so he growled back thinking ‘shut up’ he tried pushing it out of his brain and into hers. He didn’t know weather she heard him or not, but she stopped growling and disappeared to the back of her cell.

He picked up Jack’s feet and dragged him into the cell. He once again dropped Jack’s feet on the floor and left the cell locking it behind him. He limped up stairs to his computer and set about trying to reopen the hub, he hoped that Gwen and Ianto would be back soon; he really didn’t want to be on his own.

He hacked into the CCTV and saw that the SUV was by the parking bay’s entrance. As he sat at his computer the gun in the back off his trousers was beginning to annoy him, it was sticking into his back and making him uncomfortable. So he took it out and placed it on the desk next to him.

He pressed his ear piece to try and gain contact with the others ‘Gwen, Ianto can you heard me?’ there was a lot of white noise before the distant, crackly sound of Gwen’s voice ‘Owen we can hear you’.

‘Good, is Toshiko alright?’ he’d been dying to hear news about her since they left to go and get her. If it hadn’t been for Jack he would have gone and got her himself.

‘Yeah, yeah… well sort of … what the hell is going on here Owen why is the hub in lock down?’

‘Um… well that was sort of necessary’

‘What? Why?’ Ianto butted it.

‘Look I’ll explain later, right now I need to concentrate on getting the hub out of lock down… wait a minute what do you mean by Toshiko’s sort of alright?’

‘We’ll explain later’ Ianto said in a tone that ended their conversation.

The pain in Owens leg was getting too much to bear, he stood up and limped over to Jack’s office grabbed his glass of whiskey and the bottle. He then limped back to his computer and angled the screen so that he could see it from the floor; he picked up his keyboard and sat on the floor.

He put his back against the wall opposite his desk and his keyboard on his lap. He placed the whiskey glass and bottle next to his and set about forcing the hub out of lock down. The pain in his leg was almost bearable now, enough so that he could concentrate at least.

Ianto and Gwen were finally back inside Torchwood; they were riding down in the lift to the main hub. Ianto was holding Toshiko in his arms she was still sleeping. ‘What do you think Owen meant when he said locking the hub down was necessary?’ Gwen asked Ianto while looking at the print out of Tosh’s scans.

‘I don’t know’ Ianto replied, he really didn’t how could trap himself inside have been necessary. If there was something bad in there with then surly the last thing he would have wanted to be was trapped with it. Unless, and as he thought about this his opinion of Owen changed, he wasn’t thinking about his own safety but the safety of others. Suddenly Ianto found that he actually did respect Owen… just a little.

The lift doors opened and they stepped out and walked the short distance to the cog door as it rolled back to let them through they could see some of the main hub beyond it. They were greeted by a pool of blood that Gwen carefully stepped over before pointing it out to Ianto.

This was what Gwen was good at, suddenly they had found themselves in the middle of a crime screen she remained calm as she pulled out her gun. She walked towards the workstations she could see a lot of glass and paper laying on the floor.

As she claimed the steps she noticed more blood, she turned around to see Ianto gingerly following her. She moved around to get a clear view of Toshiko’s work station, one of the screens was broken and the others all showed CCTV footage of the vaults Jack was lying in a pool of his own blood in one of the cells.

A strange alien music filled her ears she looked around to see where it was coming from. She saw the silver ball Toshiko had been working on had turned into a spiral and was playing the music next to it Owen sat on the floor his face and eyes here dead. She turned back to look at Ianto his eyes where fixed on Owen, she turned back to him and took a few quick steps towards him.

Gwen slipped on some more blood and fell to the floor. To her horror she realized that the floor was covered in broke glass and blood. She let out a small squeak as she scrambled to her feet. Ianto put Toshiko down on the sofa opposite the workstations. Once she was back on her feet she took a few more steps towards Owen.

He had moved an inch since they first spotted him sitting on the floor, to despite the noise that Gwen had just made. Slowly and carefully Ianto and Gwen moved towards him. Ianto reached out and took hold of Gwen’s left arm as the inched towards Owen. He looked at Gwen how had gone a bit pale; Ianto felt his stomach drop when he realized that Owen hadn’t blinked since they had been standing over him.

Ianto bent down pulling Gwen with him as he did so, he placed two fingers on Owens neck in an effort to find a pulse. There was one it was strong and showed no signs of stopping. Ianto looked at Gwen then back at Owen, he knelt down next to him.

‘Owen’ he said softy as Gwen knelt down next to him. Owen blinked and then slowly looked at Ianto.

‘I can’t make it stop’ Owen told him softly.

‘Can’t make what stop?’ Ianto asked him; still not sure of what the hell was going on.

‘The music’ Owen nodded to the ball and continued to stare at nothing.

‘Owen, that doesn’t matter. Look at me Owen, what happened here’ Ianto placed his hand on Owens thigh only to discover it was bleeding badly. ‘Oh shit’ he said looking at his now blood covered hand.

‘I don’t know what to do’ Owen whispered tears rolling down his face. ‘I have to stop it… but I can’t do what Jack needs me too… I can’t… I’m not good enough…I couldn’t save Katie, but I couldn’t let him go…’ Owen looked up at his computer screens, images of the cells where on his screens too Jack was still lying in his own blood. ‘I couldn’t … I knew he couldn’t die… so I shot him… he hasn’t moved since…not an inch… I… I was …trying …to …help’ Owen breathing became labored and difficult has he tried to fight the tears.

‘I’ve killed him’ he spat at them before rolling over on to his knees and violently vomiting on the floor.

Gwen stood up with a worried look on her face. Ianto moved closer to him and rubbed his back. ‘Tell us what happened Owen’ he said calmly even though inside he was screaming for Jack.

‘He went mad… the thing inside him went mad… he was trying to ‘go back’ that’s what it made him say over and over’ Owen took a deep breathe. ‘I had to stop him he was a danger to himself and others, I tried the stun gun… twice and I give him enough sedative to drop an elephant but he kept getting up and then I remembered the morgue… this morning he had been dead in the bay… but he came back he always comes back. So I shot him, if I didn’t he would have killed me.’

Ianto took in what Owen was saying and looked at the state of him. Owen was covered in cuts and bruises as well as the nasty stab wound he appeared to have a broke arm that he was clutching. Ianto had no doubt that in his alien state Jack would have killed Owen.

‘I got him into the cells and let you back in but he hasn’t moved… what if I’ve really done it this time? What if that’s it and he doesn’t come back? Either that or the thing inside him is playing tricks on me’

‘He’s coming back; he wouldn’t leave us’ Ianto reassured him hoping to god that it was true. ‘What do you mean thing inside of him?’

Owen looked at him, his blood and tear stained face looked confused for a moment and then… ‘Oh, at first I thought that he’d been infected with something but then I did the CAT scans and found something… in there’ he trailed off.

Gwen waved Tosh’s scan print outs at him, ‘like this’ she said. Owen took the prints outs from her; he turned pale and his face dropped. Suddenly he looked older like he’d aged twenty years right there and then in front of them.

‘Yeah… where did you get these?’ he didn’t want to know he knew what the answer was going to be, he couldn’t bear it.

‘Their Toshiko’s’ Gwen told him. His heart was in his mouth oh god no the words kept flashing through his brain not Tosh anyone but her was all he could think over and over.

‘Jack’s are the same’ he told them as he moved back into a sitting position and picked up the keyboard. ‘Katie’s were the same as well I’ve pulled up her files.’ He hit a few buttons on the keyboard that lay across his lap.

‘Katie had one inside her head years ago, I think that her down a sort of scout in her mind and now they’ve started the invasion’ Owen tried to stand up he fell clumsily side wards as he did so, only to be court by Ianto who then helped him to his feet. Owen stumbled to his desk and picked up Jack’s scan he compared them with Toshiko’s. The thing in Jack’s head was bigger but other then that they were definitely the same.

‘Fuck’ was all that he could manage. He looked over at Tosh laying on the sofa fast a sleep; he could feel tears welling up in his eyes. Suddenly he realized something that he hadn’t noticed before, something about himself that he hadn’t noticed before… was he in love with Toshiko? Ianto put his hand firmly on Owens shoulder trying to get Owen to look him in the eye.

‘Owen’ he said sharply ‘we need to know what to do next, we need you to lead us’ Ianto didn’t think he was going to get much of a reaction from Owen he seemed to be in shock, and he was pale Owen had defiantly lost a lot of blood. He was in a bad way. Owen pushed Ianto out of his way and limped over to the sofa where Tosh was laying. He dropped to his knees and ran his fingers through her hair he had to save her.

Gwen looked at Ianto and then tried to get though to Owen. She placed her hand lovingly on his shoulder ‘Owen… we need you… too…err’ she looked back at Ianto she didn’t know what she was trying to ask him to do. Owen noticed something on Tosh’s ear, he pulled out his phone and found the photo he taken of the body in the morgue.

He compared it with Tosh’s ear there was the same tiny marks around both of their ears. ‘Ring the morgue’ Owen demanded ‘ask them for a cause of death on that victim they pulled out of the bay this morning’. Ianto jumped to it he picked up the phone and dialed the number.

Gwen turned back to Owen, ‘check the CCTV’ Owen told her. ‘Track Jack and Tosh after they left the hub find out where they went’ Gwen jumped to it; she went over to her own computer and started to pull up all of the CCTV that she could find.

She watched Owen kneeing beside Tosh running his fingers through her hair. Gwen smiled to herself she missed that, Owen running his fingers through her hair the smell of him in the morning after a night of passionate sex. The sleigh winks and rude private jokes that he would make up. Although she missed him greatly she knew that stopping it was for the best… or at least she had almost managed to convince herself it was.

She pulled up the CCTV of Jack in his cell and made it small enough to place in the corner of her screen. She flicked through the footage of Tosh and Jack walking arm in arm through Cardiff city centre. The wind blew through Tosh’s hair, and made Jack’s coat bellow behind him. He points at something up in the sky, she smiles at it. Gwen thinks they look like a happy couple as they strolled through the cities streets.

Toshiko shivered and Jack put an arm around her, Gwen thought that they could have been a couple. She saw them go into the club and then fast-forwarded the tape until they came out again. They here only in there for an hour and a half before leaving again now they were laughing and singing badly at the top of their lungs.

They went into a kebab shop and brought something to eat they ate their burgers as Jack walked Toshiko home they hugged on her doorstep and then Jack headed home. Jack walked back towards the hub at the end of the plaza some people were pushing and shoving. Jack shouted something at them and walked towards them, Gwen zoomed in.

One of the men was now lying dead in the morgue. Jack got involved in the fight and they all shattered leaving the young man sitting on the floor and holding his head. The man stood up and walked off muttering to himself Jack followed trying to talk to him.

They reached the water front Jack grabbed hold of the young man clearly realizing that something was wrong. They started to have a bit of a shuffle between them before felling over the barrier and into the water. ‘The cause of death is not known, all they had really managed to figure out was that he defiantly didn’t drown.’ Said Ianto and breaking Gwen’s concentration.

‘So he was dead when he went into the bay?’ Asked Owen.

‘They think so that was pretty much all they could tell from the body, although he did have a few track marks on his arms so they have concluded that it was an over dose… oh Jack just moved’ he said looking at the screen.

‘Thank fuck for that’ Owen said sharing at the screen, he closed his eyes and breathed a long slow sigh of relief. Ianto watched his lover roll on to his stomach and slowly stand up. Jack stumbled over to the bare stone cube, which Torchwood claimed was a bed, and sat down on it his head in his hands.

‘Do you think he’s in pain?’ Ianto asked with a look of concern on his face. Owen shook his head a little bit, ‘it’s hard to say… I don’t know weather he’ll be able to tell us or not, he’s not really in any state to make any sense’

Ianto watched his Jack rubbing his arms like he was cold; he pulled his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them.

‘We wasn’t dead when he went into the bay’ said Gwen ‘look at this’ she showed them the CCTV footage of Jack and the young man fighting.

Owen was very interested in it, ‘when this type of alien is threatened it can admit a poisonous gas’ he said. ‘Its designed to kill predators and clear the air quickly, why would it need to do that? Unless the gas is toxic to it as well as us.’

Ianto and Gwen looked at each other, ‘what are you getting at?’ asked Ianto.

‘Perhaps when they felt into the water it felt threaten and admitted the gas into a very small confined space and it suffocated its self before the poor guy had a chance to inhale any water.’

‘Its one theory’ admitted Ianto wondering weather Owen had indeed hit upon something.

‘Of course I won’t know for sure unless I can take a closer look at it’ he grinned at Ianto.

‘You want me to go and get the body don’t you?’

‘Yes please I’d go myself but…’ Owen exhibiting his various injuries but he was thinking of Toshiko and fell a pang of guilt when Ianto turned towards the computer screens to look at Jack before slowly nodding in agreement.

‘Can I grab a lift?’ Gwen asked ‘the CCTV doesn’t show anything to suggest that they got attacked, apart from Jack getting in that fight… if it happened on Friday night then it happened in the club or the kebab shop I want to check it out’

‘Good plan, but if your going too then we should put Toshiko in the cells first, I don’t think I will be able to carry her downstairs’ said Owen.

‘I’ll take her’ said Ianto as he picked her up, ‘Gwen why don’t you help Doctor Harper patch himself up, unless you want me to drop you off at the hospital?’

‘Fat fucking chance we could very well be in the middle of an invasion I’m not wasting valuable hours on the fucking NHS’ he spat, as Ianto had predicted Owen hated the NHS and hasn’t worked for or believed in them since Katie died.

‘Come on Gwen I’ll talk you through it… do you recon you can attach a drip?’

‘I’ll try’ she said as Gwen supported him to the autopsy pit.

The end... Part six

2008-08-22T22:49:48Z

Here's part six for your enjoyment, please leave comments good or bad. I really like reading about what people think of my work, I find it both helpful and interesting.

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Five - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/11259.html

Part six

Ianto and Gwen sat in the waiting room of the Gwent Royal hospital. Gwen, for a change, had gotten them both coffees from the venting machine. They sat in their awkward silence which Gwen was becoming quite accustomed too. Although she did wonder how Jack could spend so much time alone with Ianto without going out of his mind.

They slipped their disgusting lukewarm hospital coffee out of the paper cups which coffees like these always came in. Ianto looked at his watch they had been at the hospital for more then two hours now. He was starting to get very annoyed, Owen hadn’t often been in charge and his track record for it wasn’t the best. Last time Owen put himself in charge of Torchwood he opened up the rift and almost distorted the world.

‘Where do you think Dr. Morgan has gone now?’ Gwen asked.

Nurse Brown had been true to her word and fetched the Doctor who had informed them that Toshiko was having a CAT scan and that they could take her home when they had the results from her tests back. Ianto had forced the Doctor’s hand and made him rush her tests and scans through. But that was little over an hour ago now and Ianto couldn’t help feeling that Toshiko had something alien wrong with her.

That was confusing the Doctors and making them take longer. Nurse Brown shuffled past them with her head downing, hoping they wouldn’t notice her. ‘Excuse me’ said Gwen standing up ‘Nurse Brown.’ The Nurse kept walking causing Gwen to tut loudly and follow her down the corridor. Ianto shared into his cup of coffee wondering how Jack was and if Owen would be able to help him.

Ianto may have worries about his leader ship skills but never about his medical skills, he had no doubts that Owen would be doing all he could for Jack even if there wasn’t much he could do. He wondered if he should call and ask after Jack, but didn’t want too much bad news in one go. He was sure that the Doctors where going give him bad news about Toshiko.

Gwen stomped back to her seat and threw her self at it, landing with a bump. ‘I’m sure she’s with holding information from me. All she would say is that we have to wait for the Doctors’ she said angrily. Ianto expected as much, they weren’t going to send a nurse to deliver bad news. Although it was clear that she knew exactly what was going on. ‘They’ll tell us when they know anything’ was all Ianto could think to say. Gwen gave him a weak smile and slipped her coffee.

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Owen vaulted the railings that surrounded the pit in the autopsy room. He landed with a painful bump on the other side as his ankle gave way beneath him. ‘I have to go back’ Jack formed him from the door way. The bullet wounds bleed horribly soaking Jack’s trousers with his blood turning them a strange colour.

Owen threw himself across the autopsy table; he crouched down on the floor beside the table. He picked up his stun gun and turned towards the cabinet that stood beside the autopsy table. As he opened the cabinet door, Jack appeared in the gap between the autopsy table and the cold draw wall blocking Owen’s quickest exit.

‘I HAVE TO GO BACK’ Jack bellowed at Owen. ‘YOU CAN NOT STOP US’.

‘Maybe not’ said Owen calmly while taking a box of large sedatives out of the cabinet these ones were a lot bigger then the ones he kept in the SUV, one of these had enough sedative to drop an elephant.

‘But I’m going to have a bloody good try’ he slowly rose to his feet and held out the stun gun.

Jack moved towards Owen shutting the cabinet door as he did so. Owen backed away slowly holding the stun gun out in front of him. Jack bent down and picked up a scalpel off the floor. Owen had backed him self into the wall.

Owen’s back was against the wall the blood from his forehead was getting in his eyes. Owen stepped forward and pushed his stun gun into Jack’s shoulder.

As the 5,000 volts charged through Jack’s body he dropped to his knees and fell forward, managing to stab the scalpel into Owen’s thigh as he did so. ‘Arr’ Owen roared with pain as he dropped the stun gun and fell to his knees. Jack dropped to the floor as well and Owen took the opportunity to stab him with the sedative. Owen injected Jack with the sedative; Jack eyes closed and he fell into a deep sleep.

‘Good night Captain’ Owen whispered as he reached for something to stop his bleeding. He found a towel hanging off the railings and wrapped it around his thigh. He managed to pull himself painfully to his feet. While trying to catch his breath and decide weather alcohol or morphine would be better for the pain he heard something unsettling behind him. ‘I have to go back’ said a cold alien voice.

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Toshiko looked small lying in her hospital bed. Ianto knew that she wasn’t a very tall person, but there was something about her lying in the hospital bed that made her look tiny. They had finally been aloud to see her after so many tests her arms looked like pin cushions and for own safety the hospital staff had strapped her down.

‘We can’t just leave her here’ Gwen begun. ‘She’s not safe here’

‘I have no intention of leaving her here’ Ianto told her. As Dr. Morgan shuffled into the room carrying some copies of Toshiko’s CAT scan.

‘Righto’ said Dr. Morgan in a fake cheerful voice. He put the scans on the table which stood over Toshiko’s bed.

‘This one is a normal healthy person’s scan’ he told them. Pointing at a scan of a brain that showed a lot of green parts on it. ‘The represents healthy areas of the brain, and this is Toshiko’s scan’ Tosh’s scan looked much the same expect it had a large black area on it. That seemed to be in the shape of some kind of insect.

‘This dark area is worrying for several reasons. Usually we would do tests for cancer, but this dark patch doesn’t seem to be a tremor because it’s… well it’s moving… as these other scans show.’ He put down the rest of the scans. The dark area was clearly moving around.

‘You see one of the Doctors or nurses made a mistake and she was sent for a scan twice and well that’s when we noticed it… moving around in there.’

Ianto looked at Gwen. She stared back at him. She didn’t want to panic but couldn’t see a way out of this. Jack had gone mad, Toshiko had something crawling around in her skull and none of the rest of them had a clue what to do next. She could tell that this was something big, something bad it had to be it got Jack.

Ianto was being as stony faced as he always was. He looked the Doctor in the eye and asked, ‘can we take her home now?’

The Doctor looked horrified ‘of course not… there’s something moving around in her brain’ Doctor Morgan had a point, could Owen treat this? Would he even know how to? Perhaps it would be best to leave her here.

But then Ianto did have his orders… and even through they didn’t come from Jack he had to follow them. Plus if something alien was going on, it was probably better that Torchwood dealt with it.

‘Actually’ Ianto begun, Gwen looked at him and gave him a reassuring smile. ‘I really do think it would be better if we took her home now’ he said coolly.

‘Are you mad?’ the good Doctor Morgan asked Ianto.

‘There is something living in her brain, we new to keep her here, we need to do tests, find experts get her the help she needs!’ Doctor Morgan had gone red in the face, he was practically yelling at Ianto now.

‘There’s no need to shout’ Gwen interjected, rather unhelpfully.

‘Doctor we are the experts, we are Torchwood. I promise you that we will make damn sure that she get all the help she needs.

Now I really do think it’s best she come with us don’t you?’ Ianto remained his cool, calm self.

Doctor Morgan let out a heavy sigh ‘yes, I suppose your right’ he said letting his head bow a little.

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‘You have got to be fucking kidding me’ Owen breathed as he saw Jack stand up again. He’d shot him, stunned him and given him enough sedative to drop an elephant yet Captain Jack Harkness kept getting up.

Summoning all the strength he had in his arms Owen pulled himself up on the railing and slipped in between them. Now he was sat on the rise part of the autopsy room and was attempting to pull his legs free of the railings when Jack lunged at him grabbing one of his legs. With the other Owen delivered an almighty kick to his Captain’s face.

Knocking him backwards, as he fell Jack smacked his head on the autopsy table. Causing him to bleed an inhuman black oozing blood. Jack got up once more. Owen felt his eyes widen Jack was unstoppable; at least he seemed to be. Owen pulled himself to his feet and half hopped half ran towards the arch way which leads to his and Toshiko’s work stations.

He was half way there when out of no where Jack tackled him. As Owen slammed his head on the floor and felt his arm crack underneath him. Jack was sat on his stomach Jack punched him in the face, sending a shooting pain through his left eye and to the back of his head. Jack hit him again this time in the mouth; Owen could taste his own blood in his mouth. This time before Jack could hit him again Owen whacked Jack in the nose first.

Owen hit him again before Jack had a chance to regain his posture, and then Owen hit him again. This time Jack fell backwards enough for Owen to free himself from underneath Jack. Owen scrambled to his feet and ignoring the pain he ran for his desk. He grabbed his gun, Jack ran at him knocking the gun out of his hand and standing most to the paper work on Owen’s desk to the floor. Jack had one hand on Owens throat and the other holding Owens arm pinning it to Owens side so that Owen couldn’t hit him.

Owen had his free hand on Jack’s shoulder and was trying to push him away, it was very painful and Owen wondered if he had broken his arm. Owen could feel that Jack’s grip was cutting off his air. Finding it hard to breathe and going weaker Owen stopped trying to struggle against Jack. Jack let go of Owens arm which fell limply to his desk landing on his keyboard. ‘Open it’ Jack growled at Owen now with both hands around Owens neck.

Feeling the keyboard under his hand Owen made one last ditch attempt to save his own life. He picked up his Keyboard and smacked Jack around the head with it. Jack let go and stumbled backwards slightly, desperate and knowing that wouldn’t stop Jack for long Owen looked for something else to hit Jack with. He dropped his keyboard on his desk as Jack grabbed Owen from behind and turned him around to face Jack. Then Jack kicked him in the balls, Owen stumbled side ways and groaned with pain.

‘That was uncalled for’ he muttered as he leant on Tosh’s desk. Jack was coming at him again; Owen dodged causing Jack to hit one of Tosh’s computer screens sending glass and sparks flying everywhere. Owen pushed Tosh’s chair at Jack causing him to fall over it. Owen panicking and desperate he looked around for something to stop Jack.

He saw his coat laying on Tosh’s desk and remembered the large silver metal ball that lied underneath it. He threw his coat a side and picked up the silver ball, as he turned to face Jack he slammed the ball full force into his head. Jack’s legs buckled under him and he fell to the floor, as did the silver ball. It rolled along the floor and smashed into the wall. In opened wide and begun to play a strange alien music.

Owen smiled to himself it was a fucking music box. Jack was trying to get to his feet again. Owen dived at the floor and grabbed his gun. He rolled on to his back and remembering the Captain's ability shot Jack in the head three times. Jack fell back to the floor motionless and apparently dead. Owen knew he didn’t have much time; he slid his gun into the back of his trousers and picked up his Captain’s body.

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‘I can’t believe you did that’ Gwen said as Ianto drove them back to the hub.

‘Did what?’ Ianto asked slightly confused.

‘Just picked her up and carried her out.’

‘Well what did you expect me too do? I was just following orders’

‘Since when did you take orders from Owen?’

‘Since Jack went AWOL and was found covered in his own blood… do you know what I’d love to know?’

‘What would you love to know?’

‘I’d love to know what happened to Toshiko’s trousers’

Gwen laughed ‘me too’ she added.

They had made good time on their way back, which was mostly down to Ianto complete disregard for the speed limit. Gwen looked over her shoulder at Toshiko whom was lying on the back seat. She had woken up briefly in the hospital and was now sleeping under her coat. She was still wearing the hospital grown Ianto didn’t want to waste any time.

Gwen thought that he must want to get back to Jack; she had noticed them running a few red lights on the way out of Newport. Ianto nervously drummed his fingers on the wheel, questions flowed his mind. Would Jack be okay? Was taking Tosh from the hospital really a good idea? Would Owen be able to save them?

‘I know what you’re thinking’ Gwen told him.

‘You do?’ Ianto wasn’t at all surprised. Gwen had a sixth sense when it came to people and understanding them.

‘You’re worried about Jack…’

Ianto nodded he really was worried and honestly he didn’t think he could take losing someone else.
‘Do you love him?’ Gwen asked softly. The honest answer made him feel awkward and sick with betrayal.

‘No…’ Ianto reluctantly answered, but him and Gwen both knew that the no was really a yes. Gwen smiled weakly at him; Ianto could feel a lump in his throat rising to the back of his mouth and tears welling up in his eyes.

Admitting that he was in love with Jack would feel like he was betraying Lisa, sleeping with the man that killed her was bad enough. However telling Gwen he didn’t love Jack felt like he was denouncing him in his hour of need, who was he trying to protect? Himself? Lisa? Or Jack? He turned into the underground parking bay of Torchwood. ‘Almost there Tosh’ Gwen told their sleeping passenger.

He pressed the button on the desk board which activated the parking bay’s doors. A message flashed up on the screen which also sat on the dashboard. The message read TORCHWOOD IS IN EMERGENCY LOCK DOWN SYSTEMS WILL REACTIVATE IN FOUR HOURS AND TWENTY TWO MINUTES. A counter appeared on the screen and started to count down the minutes and the seconds until the systems would reactivate.

‘What the hell is going on?’ asked Gwen.

‘I have no idea’ Ianto told her as he pulled out his mobile phone and called Owen. All he got was Owens annoying answer phone ‘Harper, leave a message; actually don’t because I won’t call you back’.

‘The network coverage must be out all I’m getting is voice mail’

‘Oh great so in the mean time we’re stuck out here in the cold… are we?’

The end... Part five

2008-08-21T21:14:55Z

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Here's part five... enjoy!!

‘Actually’ the nurse said in a strange tone of voice, which led Ianto and Gwen to believe that they weren’t going to like what she was going to say next. ‘There have been a few worrying developments since we spoke on the phone, Mr. Jones’ the nurse started to shuffle through the paperwork she was holding.

‘Toshiko’ she tried to sound like she wasn’t reading it from a piece of paper. ‘Has been throwing up blood and been bleeding from her ears and nose. The Doctor has sent her down stairs for a cat scan and recommended that she be kept in for observation for a few days’
Ianto and Gwen looked at each other; they both knew that the nurse had just described Jack’s symptoms with a disturbing accuracy.

‘Actually’ Ianto cleared his throat ‘we’d rather take her now’

‘Well, I’m sure you would Mr. Jones. But in her current condition we simply can’t allow that’

‘Well, Nurse…?’

‘Brown’

‘Nurse Brown’ he smiled at her in a reassuring way. ‘We have to insist that we take her home now’

‘You can insist all you like Mr. Jones, but we will not allow you to take Miss Sato anywhere.’

‘Yet you cannot keep her here against her will’

‘She hasn’t asked to be discharged’

‘But she did ask for us to come and get her’ Gwen chipped in.

‘Her situation has changed since then Miss Cooper’ the nurse said with a look of disdain.

‘Nurse Brown’ Ianto begun, he was going to get Toshiko back to the hub, those where his orders.

‘Perhaps your superiors are familiar with Torchwood’ he said flashing her his Torchwood ID. He looked at Gwen and she did the same.

‘Err… yes I think they are’ said Nurse Brown in a softer tone, she had suddenly gone very pale. ‘I’ll go and fetch Dr. Morgan’

‘You do that’ Ianto gave her another reassuring smile as she hurried off down the corridor.

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Owen sat at his desk he was trying to find another person, anyone anywhere who had the same symptoms or brain scan as Jack. Slowly, and with shaking hands he tapped in the code which brought up Katie’s files. ‘Oh Jesus’ he whispered to himself as he realized that this was definitely the same type of alien. Then he reasoned with himself that it was stupid to have thought even for a moment that it wasn’t.

He was just holding on to one last hope, he searched the files hoping that he’d find a detailed description of how to remove it. What was worse was that he had no idea how to treat it, or more importantly, how to get rid of it. He couldn't save Katie no matter how hard he had tried. In the end his actions had been the death of her, she died because he was too stupid to save her.

He had printed off the scan of Jack’s head and had spent the last few hours staring out of the corner of his eye. He ripped it down from where he had pinned it up and took another, longer look at it. He put it on his desk and rubbed the temples on either side of his head.

He stood up and walked into Jack’s office and poured himself a large whiskey while checking the old clock on the wall. Ianto and Gwen had been away ages; he worked it out in his head that they had left at rush hour some forty minutes ago, they might be the same on the way back. Even without traveling they had still been an hour and a half. He took a gulp of the whiskey and leant against the office wall.

It occurred to him that he shouldn’t be drinking while in charge of Torchwood. But it had been a hell of a day and unfortunately it was about to get worse. A large crashing echoed out of the autopsy room. Owen slammed down his whiskey and went to his desk where he picked up his gun and slid it into the back of his trousers. Then he picked up his stun gun and holding it out in front of him he walked slowly into the autopsy room.

He looked down on Jack from the raised area of the autopsy room. He hadn’t wanted to put Jack down stairs in a cell with all the weevils and other disgusting things that they caught lately. So he had found some restraints and tied him to the autopsy table instead. Jack had managed to pull one of his feet free from the restraints and kicked over one of the small tables that Owen kept his medical instruments on.

‘It’s alright Captain’ Owen told Jack as he approached the railings that surrounded the pit in which the autopsy table stood in. He leant on the railings and looked down on his Captain.

‘I don’t want you to panic, but there’s something wrong with you. So for your own safety as well as ours I’ve just… sort of… tied you down’

‘Owen?’ asked Jack in is normal human voice. ‘Did you find Toshiko?’

‘Ianto and Gwen have gone to pick her up’

‘Did you get it out?’ Jack asked with a concerned look on his face.

‘No, it’s on your brain. I’m not a surgeon so I needed to do a lot of research, nothing like this has ever happened on earth before’

‘Owen it’s alright I know what to do, I can talk you through it.’

‘Jack I don’t know what to do’ Owen was scared, he was trying not to panic but couldn’t see how the Captain could talk him through brain surgery while Owen was operating on Jack’s brain. ‘I don’t think you can talk me through it’

‘Owen listen to me it’s easy. It’s just a case of reaching in and pulling it out… before it gets too big’

‘I don’t know Jack, it’s pretty fucking big already’ said Owen relaxing and lowering his gun. He walked down the steps and towards the autopsy table.

He peered into Jack’s eyes ‘it’s good to see your eyes are blue again’ he said softly. Jack smiled at him.

‘Alright then Captain talk me through it and then I’ll tell you if I’m up to it’

‘Okay, well you know the Egyptians used to pull the brains of their dead out through the nose before mummification’

‘Yeah’ said Owen slowly not really wanting to hear what was coming next.

‘Well that’s what you have to do’

‘Right, what should I use to perform this cutting edge surgery? I don’t think we have any large hooks’

While he was talking Owen had moved over to the bench which stood at the end of the autopsy table. He leant on it and took in a deep breath, he closed his eyes and thought hard about what he was going to do. He knew he couldn’t do it, sliding something into Jack’s nose was completely insane.

‘Jack’ he asked again. Turning back towards the Captain, Jack looked back at Owen with cold white alien eyes. He had managed to free himself of all of his restraints expect one and was sat up on the autopsy table undoing the final one.

‘I have to go back’ he said in a calm clear alien voice as he slid off the autopsy table.

‘Oh shit’ Owen knew he was in trouble now. He held up his stun gun and pointed it at Jack. ‘Right Jack I’m going to try and make this as quick and painless as possible’. Jack turned to face Owen and took a threatening step towards him. ‘For the both of us’ Owen added as he stepped backwards. Owen held his stun gun out in front of himself.

Jack started to move towards Owen as he held up his gun in defense. ‘I need to go back’ Jack told him in a clear, calm voice. Owen buried his stun gun into Jack’s shoulder and fired. It zapped through Jack’s body making him ridged and sending him to the ground.

Owen was breathing heavier as he stood over his Captain; he used the back of his hand to wipe his mouth. He went over to the autopsy table and started to gather up the restraints. Owen felt hands clamp around his ankles, he barely had enough time to think. ‘Bollocks’ before Jack pulled his legs out from under him sending him crashing into the autopsy table. He whacked his head on the cold hard autopsy table before falling to the floor. Jack stood up and stepped over Owen on his way out of the autopsy room.

Owen struggled to his feet holding his forehead, which was now bleeding quite badly. ‘Jack’ he whispered to himself as he watched the Captain disappearing around the corner. Owen stumbled to the table at the foot of the autopsy table and pushed aside several bottles containing various chemicals. He was looking for some sedatives, something or anything to knock Jack out with.

Owen heard the cog door roll back and abandoned his fruitless search in order to chase after Jack. The cog door was open and Jack was leaning against the frame apparently in some pain. He was holding his head in his hands, ‘argh’ he screamed in pain.

Owen looked around for his stun gun; Jack straightened himself up and tried to exit through the cog door. Panicking Owen pulled his gun out of the back of his trousers and took aim at Jack’s leg. Jack stepped towards the door and Owen fired two shots into his Captain’s leg.

Jack groaned with pain as he dropped to the floor. Owen quickly moved back to his own desk and typed in the emergency shut down code into his keyboard. An alarm went off and the red warning lights started flashing, the cog door slammed shut and locked blocking Jack’s exit. Jack stood up and turned towards Owen, he gave Owen an angry look with his cold alien eyes. ‘Oh bollocks’ Owen muttered to him self as Jack started to approach him.

The end... Part four

2008-08-20T22:54:08Z

If your reading this and you like it or don't PLEASE leave some comments, I've written half of the story and I'm trying to decide if its worth finishing. If you want to check out one thru three the links are below, PLEASE leave comments on those as well... Thanks a lot :) I find all of your comments really helpful.

One - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/9967.html

Two - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/10129.html

Three - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/10462.html

Ianto put the phone down just the cog door rolled back to revel Gwen and Owen holding Jack up between them. Jack was clearly unconscious, his head rested on his chest and his eyes where closed. They half dragged him half carried him over to the sofa.

‘Oh god, you didn’t steal the body did you?’ Ianto asked with a look of concern on his face while he eyed the dried blood on Jack’s shirt.

‘Don’t be stupid’ Owen snapped at him. ‘We found him by the castle making no sense at all and throwing up blood.’

‘Err… and trying to kill me’ Gwen added.

‘I was getting that’ Owen snapped back.

‘Surely he wasn’t really trying to kill you?’ Ianto asked with a look of disbelieve and shock on his face.

‘Well I don’t think Jack was… but there’s…something wrong with…him’ Gwen tried her best to explain something she didn’t understand ‘his eyes and his voice aren’t human… is he still Jack?’ she asked looking at Owen.

‘Let’s hope so’ he said pulling Jack away from Gwen and towards the sofa. He really did hope so the thought of heading up Torchwood wasn’t one that seat well with him.

‘Please tell me Tosh is here, I’m need her to scan Jack and to help me do bloods’ Owen asked Ianto.

Ianto was court off guard he was sharing at his Captain’s face hoping that he wasn’t lost completely. The last thing Ianto wanted was to lose another lover.

‘Newport actually’ Ianto muttered without taking his eyes off Jack.

‘What?’ Owen snapped at him.

Ianto looked at Owen ‘she’s in Newport, the Gwent Royal hospital just called. She was found unconscious on commercial street in Newport at about ten thirty this morning. When she woke up she asked the nurse to ring me. They said she’s going to be fine and that we can go and pick her up’
Owen was sharing at Ianto with a confused look on his face and as if she had read his mind Gwen asked that he was thinking.

‘What the hell is she doing in Newport?’ Gwen said rising her voice a little.

‘I guessing she’ll tell us when we go and pick her up’ Ianto said feeling quite confused himself.

‘Fine, since Jack’s out of commission I’m in charge. Ianto and Gwen you go and get Tosh. I’ll try and found find out what’s wrong with Jack. When you get back with Tosh, she can scan Jack. Gwen I’ll give you a quick check over and then you can go to that bar that Jack likes on the bay and ask around. What’s it called, you know it doesn’t look like its been decorated since the 1940’s and it plays all that old music’

‘Retro’ said Ianto still looking at Jack

‘yeah that’s it, Ianto when you get back track Jack’s last movements with the hub’s CCTV.’ Owen braked out a few orders

‘Shouldn’t I do that now?’ Ianto asked He wanted to stay with Jack.

‘No, I think its best we get ourselves all in one place first and then try and find out the hell is going on’

‘right, come on then Gwen’ Ianto wasn’t sure if they should all split up, but if something got Jack then he was possibly right about all of Torchwood being in the same place. Ianto and Gwen started to walk towards the cog door.

‘Wait!’ shouted Owen. ‘Ianto get you help me get Jack on the autopsy table?’

‘Fine’ said Ianto walking back over to the sofa and picking up Jack’s legs. Owen picked Jack up from under his arms again and they both carried him down the steps to the large metal autopsy table.

Ianto and Gwen sat in silence in the SUV as Ianto drove them to Newport. It wasn’t often that the pair where alone together, usually Ianto was left behind in the hub while the others went out on the calls. While Ianto got to do Jack’s mini missions, which is what the Captain had nick named the errands. Out of the corner of his eye he could see Gwen looking at him. He suspected that she wanted to ask him something, ‘Yes’ he said before she had a chance to open her mouth.

‘Oh’ Gwen was court a little of guard. ‘I was just wondering has anything like this happened before.’

‘What do you mean by anything like this?’

‘Like Jack going mad and Tosh going AWOL’

‘No, the closest thing was when Jack and Tosh fell through the rift… do you remember?’

‘Yes, of course… those hours when they where missing was the most terrifying of my life’

‘Well some how, more my the grace of god then skill, Owen managed to get us through that… sort off and I’m sure he get us through this’

‘You’re sure’ Gwen asked remembering the catastrophe that Owen caused the last time he was in charge.

‘Well… I…err hope he’ll pull it off this time’ Ianto told her fairly unsure of himself and of Owen.

‘What if we… can’t save Jack?’

‘if it comes to the worse possible thing imaginable and if Torchwood is failing and if the human race is dying, I’ll use Jack’s ‘back up’ but only if everything is going to hell and the Captain isn’t able to help’.
‘What’s his back up?’

‘I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you’ Ianto told her trying to get a laugh.

‘Seriously’ she said in the hope that Ianto would revel Jack’s back up.

‘Seriously’ he told her firmly. If it was anyone’s secret but Jack’s he would have told it in a second. But having Jack’s trust was something to important too lose again. Gwen decided to drop the subject and they drove the rest of the way in an uncomfortable silence.

Owen was pawing through one of Tosh’s desk draws. He was looking for a piece of alien Tec that they had recovered from a crash a few years before. It was a small hand held device that when plugged into a lap top or computer could be used as an instant cat scan. The silver ball with the alien symbols in it was still sat on Tosh’s desk.

It was making a low humming noise. It had started to do that a few days after they brought it in from the building site. Tosh had told him that she felt like it was mocking her with its low annoying hum. Owen didn’t understand what she meant and was worrying that she seemed to be growing more and more obsessive about the large silver ball. That’s how it had started with Suzie… a strange obsession. The humming was starting to annoy him too, so he took off his jacket and used it to cover the ball up.

In his newly made silence he continued to look threw Tosh’s desk draws. He found the small hand held device in the bottom draw off Tosh’s desk. He shut the draw and walked over to his own desk. He picks up his white coat, which had been hanging off the back of his desk draw and put it on. He opened one of his desk draws and took out his laptop he slid it under his arm.

Owen walked into the autopsy room and sat down on a chair next to the autopsy table. He put his laptop on a metal table and plug in the CAT scan device. ‘Right then Captain, let’s have a look at you’ he said as he slowly moved the device over Jack’s skull. He hated doing this kind off thing, Toshiko was always better at it then he was. She had a steady hand and usually kept calm in bad situations.

He tapped in a few numbers on his key board to change the resolution of image he was getting. ‘That can’t be right’ he muttered to himself. He changed the resolution again and then zoomed in on an area of the image. ‘Get it out’ he said to himself repeating something that Jack had said to him.

The end... Part three

2008-08-19T22:04:12Z

Here's part three for my story, I have altered this series a bit to imcorrperate some of the things mentioned in series two of Torchwood.

Part Two was here - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/10129.html

Enjoy and leave comments good or bad both are very welcome I really need feedback on this one.

Jack Harkness stumbled down the main high street in Cardiff’s centre. He fell to his knees he felt like he was going to be sick. He put his hands on his knees and retched but nothing thing came up. People walking past his where giving him weird looks, he hadn’t expected less he must have looked like a hobo. Spending a night in a cold draw and the weekend floating in the bay will do that to you. He knew where he was trying to go, but the voice in his head wanted him to go some else.

‘Go back’ it hissed, ignoring it he stood up and continued to stumble down the high street. All he had to do was get to the hub, Owen would help him, Owen would save him. He had to. Jack stumbled into a lamp post and this time he threw up. There was blood in his sick; his face was wet with a mixture of blood and sweat. His nose and ears were bleeding and the sweat was making his hair wet.

‘Go back’ the voice hissed.

‘Shut up’ he whispered to it.

‘Go back’ it hissed again. ‘Go back, go back’

‘SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP’ he screamed at it. Causing yet more strange looks and the people around him to walk faster; away from him. He walked through his own sick and continued on his way. He reached the end of the high street; he was going the wrong way. This wasn’t how he got back to the hub; he’d actually walked miles out of his own way. He stumbled across the road towards the castle, tripping over his own feet as he went.

He fell over causing the driver of the red Volvo to stamp on his brakes. He got out of his car and shouted at Jack. But he couldn’t stop he had to get back to the hub, he had to find Tosh she’d know what happened. She was the least thing he could remember.

It was late on Friday night and she was still working, she hadn’t left before nine all week. She deserved some fun; Tosh never let her hair down. He remembered sitting on her desk and talking her into getting a drink. He stumbled into the castle and threw up again, more blood, more sweat, and more voices.

‘No’ he screamed at the voice. He continued walking using the castle for support. He was tried and weak from regenerating he sunk to his knees. Back against the castle’s wall he wanted to go to sleep. He closed his eyes. Someone touched his shoulder and shook him awake.

‘Jack, Captain Jack are you alright’ a far way voice called.

He opened his eyes; it was Owen with a look of concern on his face. ‘What happened?’ Owen demanded. Jack just looked at him that was a good question what did happen?

‘Where did all this blood come from?’ Owen asked, ‘Jack are you bleeding?’ Gwen was hovering behind Owen looking worried.

‘Is he alright Owen?’ she asked in a worried voice.

‘Shh I need to concentrate’ Owen snapped at her while he tried to locate the cause of Jack’s bleeding.

‘NO’ screamed Jack. ‘I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK!!!’

‘Back where?’ Owen asked him.

‘Back there’ Jack whispered.

‘Oh god, what’s he talking about?’ Gwen asked.

‘I don’t know’ Owen told her.

‘Is that Tosh?’ asked Jack squinting at Gwen.

‘No, it’s Gwen’

‘We need to find Toshiko’ Jack felt like he was going to be sick again. He pushed Owen away and rolled over on to all fours, and threw up. More blood, just blood Jack looked at it. He knew that was bad, people don’t throw up blood for no reason.

‘Oh Jesus, he’s throwing up blood’ said Owen looking over Jack’s shoulder.

‘Come on help me get him in the SUV’ Owen asked Gwen.

She stepped forward and lifted up Jack’s left arm and put it around her shoulders. Owen did the same with Jack’s right arm as the helped him walk to the SUV. They sat him on the passenger seat. Owen turned Jack’s head towards him and looked into Jack’s eyes.

‘We’ve been looking for you for hours… since the police rang this morning actually’ Owen told Jack.

‘Quite… we … need, shut up. We … need to find… Tosh… SHUT UP.’ Jack mumbled he wasn’t making much sense.

‘Jack listen to me carefully, I need you to concentrate do you know where Toshiko is? She hasn’t been home since Friday we checked. She’s been missing too, we need to find her… the last CCTV footage we have of her shows you both leaving the hub together’ Owen was looking straight into Jack’s eyes, his pupils were darting back and forth like he was thinking about.

‘Tosh… went with me to… shut up!’ Jack start to rock back and forth a little in his seat. Then quite suddenly he grabbed the front of Owen’s jacket.

‘You need to help me’ his tone had changed completely. He was no longer mumbling and was using a clear exact voice his American accent shone out. It was a voice, a tone that Owen trusted when Jack used this voice in meant he knew exactly what he was doing. ‘You need to get it out… you have to find Tosh and… ahh’ he put his head to Owen’s chest and groaned with pain.

‘Please Jack we have to find her, especially if she’s in the same state that you are. THINK’ Owen raised his voice a little.

‘I… we… need to…’ Jack begun to mumble. ‘I need to go back’ he told Owen firmly.

‘Back where? Owen what’s he talking about?’ asked Gwen. Owen looked at her.

‘How do I know’ he snapped at her. ‘Do you mean the hub? You need to go back to the hub, is that what you’re trying to say?’ Owen asked him.

‘I need to go back’ Jack snapped at him. Rising head up from Owen’s chest and looking him in the eye.

‘Right, Jack your not making any sense…’ Owen told him in a worried but gentle voice ‘Gwen get my bag from the boot, will ya’ he ordered her in a much harsher tone then the one had been speaking to Jack in.

‘Oh great I’m your servant now am I?’ she said as she walked around the SUV to open the boot.

Jack tried to stand up, but Owen put both of his hands on Jack’s shoulders and pushed him back down. ‘Hurry up Gwen’ Owen snapped at her.

‘I’m coming, keep your fucking shirt on’ she shouted back.

‘I NEED TO GO BACK’ Jack screamed at him. Jack put his hands on Owen’s shoulders and tried to push him off.

‘Owen, Jack what are you doing?’ Gwen demanded when she saw them scrapping.

‘Gwen, we need to sedate Jack’ Owen shouted at her. Jack pushed Owen to the ground and tried to run away. Owen grabbed Jack’s leg and pulled it out from under him.

‘Gwen, help me out here’ Owen screamed while trying to pin Jack to the ground. He had Jack lying on his back like a star fish. Owen sat on Jack’s stomach and held his arms out.

‘WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?’ Gwen screamed at Owen, she was completely shocked by Owen’s behavior.

‘LOOK AT HIS EYES’ Owen shouted back at her. Gwen looked at Jack, his eyes weren’t human. Jack’s eyes had turned completely white; there wasn’t even a hint of his blue pupils left.

‘Oh, god. Oh Shit, Owen what’s wrong with him’ Gwen was starting to panic.

‘GWEN, YOU ARE TORCHWOOD’ Owen bellowed at her. ‘Now pull your self together and give me the fucking sedative.’

Owen was dissected by Gwen’s freaking out. He had taken his eyes of Jack, which was a big mistake. Jack lifted his head up and as Owen turned back around to face him. Jack head butted Owen. He let go of Jack’s arms and fell back wards.

Jack pushed Owen off his stomach, and then pulled himself to his feet. He kicked Owen in the stomach causing him to yelp with pain. Gwen looked up at Jack with horror in her eyes, with one hand she was holding the medical bag and with the other she was rummaging inside it.

Jack looked at her with his alien white eyes, sniffed at the air like a dog and started to walk away from her. He was following the sent of something.

‘Don’t let him get away’ gasped Owen.

With out thinking Gwen took a few steps to her right and stuck her leg out tripping Jack over. Jack slammed to the ground with a hard bump. ‘Ouch’ whispered Gwen as she continued to rummage through the medical bag.

She looked down at Owen ‘which one is it?’ she asked as she pulled a box of needles from the bag.

‘It’s a clear liquid’ Owen replied struggling to stand up.

‘Their all clear…’ she said as Jack reached for her legs.

‘Give them…’ Owen watched as Jack pulled Gwen’s legs out from under her.

Sending her crashing to the ground and launching the box of needles into the air. Owen threw himself back wards in an attempt to catch them. But he missed and the box slide under the SUV.

‘In your own time’ Gwen screamed at Owen.

He rolled over on to his stomach and looked under the SUV. He could see the box but it was just out of reach. He looked back at Gwen and Jack they are wrestling in the mud. He peered back under the SUV, he flatten himself to the ground. Owen pushed himself under the SUV he stretched out his arm, his fingers grazed the edge of the box.

He heard Gwen squeal and pushed himself further under the SUV. He managed to clamp his hand around the box of needles and then slid backwards. Once he was out from under the SUV he looked around for Gwen and Jack. Jack had Gwen up against the castle wall he had her by the throat and lifted her off the ground.

Gwen was going bright red. ‘I have to go back’ Jack informed her a firm, yet calm voice which sounded so alien that it sent shivers down Owen’s spine.

He ripped the lid off the box and pulled out the needle containing the sedative. He ran over to Jack and grabbed him from behind. Jack dropped Gwen and attempted to get Owen off his back. Owen plunged the needle into Jack’s neck and as Jack crashed to the ground he pulled it out again.

‘Jesus’ exclaimed Owen sharing at the needle in his hand. ‘What the fuck was that about?’ he asked no one in particular and was mildly surprised when he got an answer.

‘What are you asking me for?’ Said Gwen with a little bit of panic in her now quite horse voice. She was rubbing her throat as the blood started to flow away from her face.

‘Help me get him in the SUV’ Owen said in a quite voice.

Gwen continued to rub her throat as she walked over to the back door of the SUV and opened it up. Owen lifted Jack up but his arms and managed to get him into a fire man’s lift. He carried his Captain over to the SUV and damped him on the back seat. Owen folded Jack’s legs up so that he fitted in the back seat of the SUV. He slammed the door shut.

Gwen picked up the medic bag and threw it in the boot while Owen was putting Jack in the back seat. She shut the boot and looked at her reflection in the glass. The bruises on her neck where quite large and dark, she was going to have a hell of a time explaining this one to Rhys.

‘Get in’ Owen shouted at her from the driver’s seat. As she walked to the passenger’s door she glancing in at Jack. His looked so peaceful that is was hard to believe he had just tried to kill her. She got in and put her seat belt on.

The end... Part two

2008-08-18T21:02:25Z

This is part two of my new series, I hope you are all enjoying it. I need lots and lots of comments, please...

Part one was here http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/9967.html

Toshiko turned the corner into yet another road that she didn’t recognize. She stumbled down the road, while holding on to some metal railings to stop herself falling on the floor. Her head hurt so badly that she thought she was going to pass out, she could hear a noise in her head. A weird beeping noise; beep beep beeeep beep, what the hell was that? Beep beep beeeep beep, wait it wasn’t in her head in was in her bag. Her phone was making the noise, it was ringing.

The effort involved in keeping herself up right and walking down the road was enough to keep her busy. So she ignored it and instead concentrated on moving forewords, after all it did seem like the best plan she had. As long as she kept moving she’d be ok, she was sure of it. She just wasn’t sure of were she was going or why. Her phone stopped ringing and she allows herself to slide down the railings and onto the ground, she developed a better plan. She curled up in a ball on the ground and went to sleep. After all that seemed like a much better idea, if she stayed still some one would come and get her.

“Are you ready for this?” the morgue’s doctor asked with a look of concern on his face.

“Just open the bloody draw” Owen told him.

Owen was annoyed because he hated it when the police knew something Torchwood didn’t. The police loved to climb on their high horse and really draw the whole thing out; so that it was as slow and painful as possible.

The morgue’s doctor opened the cold draw, Owen and Gwen looked down to see… nothing. The cold draw was completely empty. Owen smiled to himself, he was going to enjoy this. He looked up at the morgue’s doctor and the police officers who populated the room.

“It’s a very nice cold draw” said Owen with an evil smile on his face. “Really it is one of the finest I’ve seen, but maybe we could get back to why we’re here. Where’s the Captain?”

The morgue’s doctor looked confused, “I’m sure I left him in here” he said looking right into the back of the draw, as if to make sure that Jack hadn’t gotten stuck.

The stuck up detective inspector turned to the doctor, “well which bloody draw did you put him in then?” she demanded.

The morgue’s doctor was an old man, close to retirement age; he took off his glasses and wiped them on his white coat. “Well let me see” he said slowly.

He put his glasses back on and slid the draw back in, he closed the door behind it and checked his chart. He looked up from his chart and then at the labels on the draws. Then he put the chart under his arm and opened another draw. On this there was a body in a bag, Gwen took hold of Owens hand. The doctor unzipped the bag to revel a middle aged blonde woman. Owen looked at the D.I and said calmly and with no hint of a smile; “that’s not him.” The doctor shook his head and the D.I went red in the face.

“Where is he?” she shouted at the doctor.

“Well, err… he’s not actually here” the doctor told her.

“What do you mean he’s not here, where the hell is he?”

“Um well let me think” said the morgue doctor wiping his brow with the sleeve of his white coat. “He must have moved” the doctor concludes rather unhelpfully.

“Has He been moved?” asked the D.I her face had gone bright red. Owen couldn’t help giggling to himself, just a little bit. He leaned towards Gwen.

“Look out” he muttered quietly “she’s goanna blow” Gwen quickly moved her hand to her face to hide the fact she was laughing.

“He’s a bloody dead body! Now where the hell is it?” at this point the D.I was practically screaming at the terrified morgue doctor.

“Maybe he’s in one of the other draws” Gwen interjected. The D.I gave Gwen a look that could have killed.

“Right then open them all up” she ordered stepping back out of the way.

The other officers jumped to it and started helping the morgue doctor open all the draws and unzip all the body bags. Soon all ten draws were open and all nine body bags unzipped, Owen sat on the tray of the empty draw.

“Well he’s not here” he said giving the D.I a smug look. “Tell me have you been doing a lot of over time lately?”

The D.I look at him “yes but I don’t see what that has to do with any thing”

“I see” said Owen sharing a knowing glance with Gwen. “And have you been sleeping? Or suffering from any panic attacks or I don’t know… hallucinations?”

“Are you implying that I made this up” the D. I questioned angrily.

“No, no I’m not implying that you’re a liar, I’m simply suggesting that you’re over worked, stressed perhaps and well maybe a little bit…”

“A little bit what Doctor Harper?”

“Mad” said Owen bluntly

“Mad?” spat the D.I now so infuriated that she had gone a rather fetching shade of purple.

“Insane, barmy, crazy… um nuts… err Gwen help me out here”

“Lost it” she offered.

“I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS” boomed the D.I.

“No need to shout I was just giving my professional opinion. Now do you have any evidence that Jack was pulled out of the bay this morning?”

“Err…no, yes of course we do”

“Are you sure? It’s just you seem a little confused.” Owen resting his chin on his hand, rubbing his chin he asked “do you often find yourself feeling confused?”

“I am not confused Doctor” snapped the D.I “we have photographs and the clothes he was wearing”
“Oh the clothes, where are they?” asked Gwen.

“Jones go get the clothes” the D.I told one of the P.C’s. silently the left the room.

“Was Jack the only ‘body’ you found lately” asked Owen using the bunny ears as he said it. He was really starting to enjoy himself.

“No actually he was one of two that we pulled out of the bay this morning.”

“What?” the grin dropped from Owens face. The D.I liked that, now she was going to enjoy herself. Owen could see it in her eyes.

“This is the other victim” she said pointing to a young black man.

Owen walked over to him, closely followed by Gwen. He looked at the black man’s face, “gloves” he asked holding out his hand. The morgue doctor handed him a pair of white rubber gloves, which Owen snapped on. “Cause of death?” Owen asked while inspecting the body.

“Unknown” the D.I answered as the P.C re entered the room; he had come in empty handed. “Where are the clothes?” she asked him.

“They weren’t there” answered P.C Jones.

“What?”
“They’re missing” confirmed the P.C.

Owen quietly pulled out his phone and photographed some on the body, then slid it back into his pocket. He straighten himself up and while snapping of his gloves he said “maybe you should think about taking a holiday” he dropped his gloves into the D.I’s hand as he and Gwen left.

“Wait a second, where do you think your going?”

“Back to work” Gwen answered her “I think you’re wasted enough of our time, don’t you?” then she turned and followed Owen out of the morgue.

“Where do you think Jack went?” Gwen asked Owen.

“he’ll be on his way back to the hub, un less he’s already there with his feet up enjoying a cup of Ianto’s coffee” Owen unlocked the SUV “we’ll drive slowly just incase we see him on the way back.”

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Toshiko woke up for the second time that day in a strange bed. This bed was a hospital bed and she was plugged into a lot of machines. Her head hurt and she was feeling dazed and confused.

“Where am I?” she asked the thin air, and was shocked to get a response.

“Gwent royal hospital” the voice told her.

She looked around to see a nurse standing in the door way to her room. “Some one found you lying on the pavement half naked, ambulance brought you in. Can you remember what happened?”

“What… no I… I don’t remember… the last thing I can remember is Jack”

“Jack” repeated the nurse.

“Captain Jack Harkness” Toshiko told her.

“Would you like us to call him?”

“No… wait… Gwent Royal Hospital isn’t that in Newport”

“That’s right… are you sure you don’t want us to call any one”

“I live in Cardiff” muttered Toshiko.

“What’s that sweetheart?”
“Can you call one of my friends?” asked Toshiko. “An Ianto Jones?”

“If you give me the number, I’ll call any one you want” the nurse told her with a reassuring smile.

The end...

2008-08-17T19:39:23Z

Okay Guys, I am going to need some feed back on this one, I have been working on it for a while and I haven't as yet finished it. When I wrote it I had intented for it to be a script but it didn't quite make it... Like RTD would have commissioned it!!!! Hopeless dreams of an University student, sadly the world isn't quite as good when your in it for real.

Anyway please leave lots and lots of comments....

The fog was thick and clung to the bay. The water was still and quite, there was eerie feeling in the air. As the tiny police boat floated across the water; its light cut through the fog a little but they could only see about five feet in front of them.

“How could they even see it?” asked Daniel Jones.

“What do you mean?” questioned Lewis Brown

“The body, how could they even see it? All the way out here, in the middle of the bay, in the middle of this fog, how the hell could they see it”
Daniel pointed out peering over the edge of the boat back towards the docks. Lewis looked helplessly around there seemed to be nothing for miles; all he could see was thick grey fog.

“Oh god, your right there’s no way any one could have seen it though this fog…” he trailed off sharing into nothingness.

“Lou, hey Lewis… this PC Jones calling PC Brown come in Lewis” he clicked his fingers in front of Lewis’s face “wake up”

“Oh, what…sorry I just had a weird thought”

“Yeah well let’s keep our minds on the job, we still got to find this bloody body” moaned Daniel, looking over the edge of the boat into the murky waters of Cardiff bay.

“That’s if it even out here” said Lewis

“What are you talking about?” grumbled Daniel.

“Oh come on think about it. You pointed it out to me, all the way out here in the middle of this fog. No one could have seen a body floating in the bay through all this fog, so it’s either a hoax or…the killer tipped us off”

“Oh crap, I bet it’s a hoax kids mucking about. In fact I’ll bet you a fiver there’s no body out here” as soon as he had finished his sentence the boat bumped into something floating in the water.

The two police officers approached the port side of the boat and peered over the side, there floating in the water face down was the body of a man. The man had his arms out and looked like a star as he floated in the water. The man was wearing a large gray coat which weighted him down slightly. The two policemen looked at each other in horror.

“Oh shit” said Daniel sharing at the man floating in the water.

The police radio crackled “PC Brown, PC Lewis come in” said a crackly and far away voice. Lewis went over to the radio and tuned it in until the voice became clearer. “PC Brown?” it asked.

“Yeah, we’re here…um we found the body it’s a man” he glanced over the edge of the boat “couldn’t tell you how old he’d be… shall we bring him in or wait for you lot?”

“No, don’t touch him we’re on our way” said the voice. “Can you tell us where you are?”
“We’re in the bay” replied PC Brown.

“Really?” said the voice in a mocking tone “care to give us a bit more to go on?”
“We’re in the middle” Lewis told the voice.

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Toshiko rolled over in bed and looked at the alarm clock. The large green numbers read 6:30. She pulled the covers over her head and closed her eyes, just another half hour she though to herself. Warm in her bed and still feeling a little bit sleepy she was a little shocked by a sudden strange thought that crept into her mind.

‘That’s not my alarm clock’ she had thought. ‘Don’t be stupid’ she told herself it’s been a rough week and she was really tried her mind was playing tricks on her.

But for her own piece of mind she reluctantly wiped the sleeping dust from her eyes and once again peered out from under her covers. The early morning light of a summer’s day was leaking through the gaps in the curtain, she could see the alarm clock quite clearly now. It wasn’t her alarm clock, and that wasn’t her bedside table. She was suddenly wide awake, she seat up in bed these definitely were not bed covers. She looked around the strange room, it was a smallish room and the double bed in which she was sat stood in the middle of the room.

On the walls old and worn posters had been tacked up, most of them were of half naked women but one or two of them were of cartoon characters. The floor wasn’t at all visible through plies upon piles of old take away packets, dirty clothing, empty beer cans, magazines and shoes. There was a desk in the corner of the room on which stood a computer, there laying on the keyboard was her bra and hanging off the chair that stood in front of the desk was her shirt.

Slowly she got out of the bed and very carefully she crossed the floor to her clothes. She picked up her bra and put it on struggling to remember what she had done the night before. As she put on her shirt she remembered working late the night before. She looked around the floor for more of her belongings; she must have had shoes and a bag…maybe a coat as well.

A sudden flash back from the night before popped into her head, she had gone out for a drink with Jack. She remembered sitting at her desk studying a silver ball with alien writing on it, which had been dug up at a building site. It was late about ten o’clock and Jack wondered over to her… “Still here?” he asked.

“Looks like it, these symbols are like nothing else on our records” she had told him.

“You look stressed and tired… maybe you need to relax a little, you know blow off some steam. Do you fancy getting a drink?”

“Really?” she looked up at him. He flashed her; his bright white smile. “Your just avoiding your paper work, aren’t you?”

“Of course, and what better way to do that then getting very very drunk?”

‘Yes’ she thought to herself that was right she had gone out with Jack. But where the hell was she now? She defiantly wasn’t with Jack any more. She spotted one of her shoes under the bed; she crept back towards the bed and picked it up. She looked around for the other one; it was wedging the door open. She slowly walked over to reclaim it, being very careful not to step on anything gross.

She held the door open while picking it up, quietly she slipped through the door, and clutching her shoes in one hand she used the other to silently close the door. She examined her new surroundings; she was in a hall way with a window at one end and a stair case at the other. She slipped her shoes on and approached the stair case hoping to discover her trousers or her coat.

With no more than a glance at the stairs she saw the latter in a crumpled heap; she walked down a couple of steps and picked it up. Toshiko smoothed out her coat as she dissented the last couple of steps, her bag sat at the bottom of the stairs with half of its contents spilling out on to the floor. She bent down and picked it up, and then she scooped up her phone, wallet and lipstick and dropped them into her open bag before zipping it up. Her head was suddenly very painful; a pig of a hangover had come on very quickly.

She rubbed the bridge of her nose with the thumb and fore finger of her right hand; she thought very hard about what she must have had with her the night before. Now she had her coat, bag, shoes, underwear and shirt but no socks and no trousers. She must have had trousers at some point the night before, she looked around. There were some coat hooks nailed to the wall facing her with some old and dirty looking coats hanging off them.

The front door which she was standing next too had a chipped wooden frame and two panels of dirty glass inserted into the frame. The carpet was a nasty brown colour and was in creditably worn it has holes in it. A question popped into her mind, where the hell was she? Forget about what had happened the night before where the hell was she standing now? In the hall way of a dirty old house, a dirty cold, old house. She put her hand to her head ‘oh god’ she thought to herself, a strong smell of damp and sewage filled her nostrils.

She felt sick a strong churning moved in her stomach, she put her hand to her month she was going to vomit. She pulled open the front door and ran down the front steps, dropping to her knees in the cold wet grass off the front garden she opened her mouth and threw up. Shaking and suddenly very aware that she was half naked she stood up and put her coat.

Then with no trousers and no socks she stumbled through the front gate, she looked up at the street that surrounded her. She didn’t recognize any of it, with out even thinking about going back into the house to find her trousers she started off down the road. Walking right in the middle off it, she pulled her coat in around her waist and did up the belt. Her coat was long enough that people wouldn’t notice she wasn’t wearing any bottoms; as long as she didn’t take it off.

She looked around at the cars that lined the road and the sleeping houses of the suburb, she was still completely clueless as to were she was and had no idea were she was going. Her mouth felt cold; she wiped the remains of the vomit from her face using the back of her hand and continued walking aimlessly down the road.

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Owen could smell Ianto’s coffee as the cog door rolled back. He stepped through the door and headed over to his work station, “morning” he shouted over to Ianto who was making coffee in the boardroom. Ianto smiled and waved at him. Owen dropped his bag on the floor and kicked it under his desk; he sat down on his chair and rolled himself back and fore while trying to locate a report he had to hand into Jack.

At this point it was over a week late and Jack was starting to get annoyed, there’s only so many times that he can use a hangover as an excuse before Jack starts to get pissed.

The cog door rolled back again and Gwen wondered in grinning from ear to ear, “sorry” she shouted “sorry I’m late Rhys and I… well Rhys needed my help with something” she waved at Ianto who was still in the boardroom.

“What did he need help with?” Ianto asked as he exited the boardroom.

“Getting his trousers off” Owen mutter under his breathe.

“What was that?” Gwen demanded.

“You should apologize to Jack not us” Owen told her, to cover up what had really said.

“Right I will then” she started to walk in the direction of Jack’s office.

“He’s not there” Ianto told her. “I don’t know where he is…but Tosh hasn’t shown up yet so I’m guessing they’ve got out on a shout or something”

“Well then I’ll apologize when he gets back” she said returning to her desk and sitting down. What he had done with that report, Owen thought as he pulled out his desk draw.

“If you’re looking for that report, you were meant to hand in last week, Jack has it. And he’s not happy with it” Ianto told him as he sat a cup of coffee down on Owens desk.

“Well that should spice up my Monday morning” said Owen picking up the coffee and leaning back in his chair. “Doesn’t look like anything more interesting is going to happen” he said resting his feet on his desk.

“Unfortunately I think your right” said Ianto slipping his own coffee. “Unless Jack comes back with a hot one”

“That doesn’t seem likely it’s dead around here lately” said Gwen as she wondered over to join them.

As she sat down on the sofa the phone rang, Ianto reach over Owens legs to pick it up. First he pushed a pile of paper off the phone then he picked it up, “you need to tidy your desk” he told Owen as he put the phone to his ear “Torchwood.”

Owen shrugged and used his legs to push off his desk, his chair rolled back towards until it hit the sofa on which Gwen was sitting. “Good weekend” he asked her before taking another slip of coffee.

“Yeah, it was alright. Nothing exciting, it was a bit boring really” she said sadly as she drank her coffee, “you?”

“Na, it was crap. Spent all of Saturday drunk and all of Sunday hangover”

“Isn’t that what you do every weekend?”

“No” Ianto said harshly to the person on the other end of the phone. “That simply isn’t possible”

Owen and Gwen stopped talking and started listening to Ianto conversation. “Well I understand what you’re saying, but it simply is not possible.” Ianto was shaking his head. “Look I’ll send Owen and Gwen to check it out, but I’m telling you it’s not him” Ianto slammed down the phone.

“What’s up” Owen asked quietly.

“That was the police, they seem to think that they pulled Jack’s body out of the bay this morning. They want you to go down and ID the body”

And Everything: Ianto's story part twelve

2008-08-10T21:58:50Z

This is the final part of my epic 36 part series in which Jack discovered life's greatest pleasures, Owen saw all the universe in all its glory and Ianto discovered what was really important...
So this hopefully wraps all my lose ends up into a nice neat little pile and if it doesn't please tell me because that might be something to include in either Tosh's or Gwen's stories!!! Which are coming... but are a long way off yet.

Part eleven was here http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/9370.html

Anyway with out further delay here it is the last piece of the puzzle.

Part Twelve

Ianto had strapped Evelyn in the passenger seat of the SUV he was trying to hurry towards the nightclub on the bay but he wasn’t about to risk his daughter’s safety. He swallowed hard he knew that he was already risking his daughter’s safety just by having her is the car with him. What was he going to with her when he got there? He guessed that he would just have to lock her in the car and hope for the best.

Lucky when he got there the police had the place cornered off. P C Andy, as Gwen called him was standing in the rain next to the blue and white police type. “Er you can’t come through here,” he said holding a hand up to Ianto who must have looked very strange. Balancing Evelyn on his hip and carrying a large gun with his free hand, “we’re got a bit of a situation but nothing spooky” he said in that strong valley accent of his.

“Spooky” Ianto repeated, it that who the police thought of them? Like Ghostbusters? “Right, but it is a situation?” Ianto pressed him, “look you can tell me, I’m Torchwood”
He gave him an easy smile, which he hoped was reassuring.

“Well, if you must know,” begun Andy clearly glad to be helpful. “There were eight suicides where last night. They all sort of went mad; they were screaming a couple of them jumped off the roof of that new club… vibe is it? And one of them jumped in front of a bus up there on the main road, witnesses said they where running around like headless chickens.” He finished his sentence with a nod as if driving his point home.

“Right and that’s not spooky is it?” asked Ianto calmly. “Is the nightclub the only thing these people had in common?”

“Well…yes” said Andy, “but its all locked up now… weird thing is and we can’t get hold of any of the staff its like they’ve all vanished or…they’re still in there.”

Had they been feed to the queen? thought Ianto, he thought of Tosh, Owen, Gwen and Rhys if they killed themselves there was no coming back. Jack and the Doctor stood more of a chance… but just because they could die and come back to life didn’t mean that they had too, and they wouldn’t not if Ianto could help it. “Sounds spooky to me” he said and handed his daughter to Andy “look after her.” He ducked under the type ignoring Andy’s protests.

He walked slowly and peacefully towards the entrance of the club, he knew he wouldn’t make it out alive, but Jack would have the doctor to look after him and Evelyn would have them both to look after her. They would be happy; it wasn’t like he could keep her calm or happy.

His little girl had cried most of the time she was left alone with him, but with the doctor or Jack she looked at home. They would be a happy family and Ianto… he would go back to Lisa and his mother, they would be waiting for him. He wiped the tears from his eyes and thought of Jack lying on the walkway his blood dripping through the metal grid panels.

It was enough to get him angry, Ianto kicked down the door of the nightclub and walked inside. The place was quite and still but Ianto thought he knew where the beast would be hiding. In the cellar, no one would go into a nightclub with one of those things hanging around the bar.

Ianto vaulted over the bar and opened up the trap door that was behind it he walked down the stone steps into the beasts layer. He saw it glued to the ceiling but a horrible sticky web hanging over the barrels, being served by its slaves, children, workers? Or what ever the name for those things was.

The queen let out a terrible howl when it saw him. Ianto lifted the gun and fired the whole clip at it, the gun was a powerful alien laser, one that Jack liked a lot because it blow things up with one shot. The building started to explode and crumble around him; the whole cellar was on fire. Ianto back away up the stairs coughing as the smoke filled his lungs, he could see the queen.

Had he got her? Or did it escape? He reloaded the gun and turned thinking that the fire would finish it off, and then a great big horrible green stinger came down from the ceiling and stabbed him in the stomach. He fell on to his back; he could hear the police entering the bar above him.

He could hear P. C. Andy shouting his name, the queen was dripping nasty black blood and Ianto knew it was close to death, its final act was to attempt to kill the thing that killed her. But that wasn’t good enough for Ianto he raised the gun once again and shot it. The blast finished the queen off and it fell from the ceiling and crushing him. Everything went black and Ianto Jones was finally at peace.

“Ianto” said a voice from far away. “Ianto wake up we will be late for the wedding” Ianto opened his eyes Toshiko was standing over him. “Put your tux on and get down stairs to the car,” she said, she was dressed in a green dress, which had silver accessories. “Hurry up, I’ll wait in the car.”

Ianto wasn’t sure what was going on but did as he was told. He couldn’t really remember getting dressed or into the car but suddenly he was sitting in Tosh’s car being driven to the wedding. It was all very strange, after all Gwen and Rhys had gotten married months ago.

The next thing Ianto knew he was sandwiched between Owen and Toshiko and sitting in the front row of the little white church by the bay. Ianto had all ways felt it was a lovely place to get married. When Gwen and Rhys sat down next to them Ianto looked around to see who was getting married.

The Doctor wearing his tux was walking down the aisle. He had a big grin on his face and was being lead down the aisle by some kind of strange looking alien. Tosh leant around Ianto to speak to Owen, “does he look great?” she said as if talking about the bride.

Owen grinned and nodded in agreement, “how much of that did you give him?” Owen added there was something weird going on. Ianto was still wondering what was going on when the doctor reached the alter and took Jack’s hands in his own. “What the fucking is going on?” screamed Ianto standing up.

“I told you Yan, I don’t love you and I am marrying the love of my life,” said Jack and he kissed the doctor who grinned in response.

“Why would he want you?” asked the doctor. “He is eternal and he has seen things that you tiny mind couldn’t imagine, your beneath him” the doctor’s expression was cruel, quite the opposite he looked like he was about to burst out laughing, “I think he actually thought you loved him” he said to Jack.

“God Ianto, you are an idiot you were just away to pass the time,” said Jack, he used a mocking tone as if he were talking to a child. “A shag…” he turned to the vicar and said in a not so quite whisper, “and not a very good one.” The doctor laughed and the ground beneath their feet opened up and swallowed the lot of them whole.

It was like falling through fire and pain he landed in a corridor. Ianto looked up he was in Torchwood one, how did he get there? The building was filled with screams and the battle cries of the cyberman and the daleks. Ianto looked up and down the corridor, quite unexpectedly Owen stepped out of one of the door “can’t you people read your fucking notes” he screamed at no one and for no particular reason.

“Owen?” said Ianto moving towards him, “do you know what’s going on nothing makes any sense.” Owen didn’t seem to hear him he walked down the corridor and out of sight. A new scream filled the air and it was one that Ianto recognized he ran towards it.

He threw himself at the stairwell door, he looked down threw the middle of the stairs he could see Jack going into early labour several floors below him. Ianto started to run down the stairs towards him but Jack just kept getting further and further away. The stairs beneath his feet melted away until he was falling though the darkness. Suddenly he stopping falling, Ianto looked around his new surroundings.

Everything was much bigger then him, the table next to him was much large then it should have been and the corridor seemed to be miles long. There was laugher coming from behind a door at the end of the corridor, Ianto walked towards it. To Ianto it seemed like years since he had heard anyone laugh. Finally after miles of walking he was able to touch the door, he pushed it open to revel his father lying naked on the bed with a red haired woman who Ianto didn’t know sitting on top of him. She was naked as well and rocking back and fore on top of him, her face showed the pleasure that she was clearly getting from his father. “Dam it Ianto get the fuck out of here” Ianto stepped out of the room and slammed the door behind him.

He ran back down the miles of corridor and down some stairs that looked even longer, as he turned the corner he heard a gun shot. Slowly he walked onto the black and white checked kitchen floor, it shone like some one had just cleaned it. The table in the middle of the room was large and round and had dinner plates laid out on it. Kitchen units surrounded the table. Ianto walked towards it and lifted the cloth that covered the table he could see some feet on the other side of it.

“Mummy” he said and his voice sounded oddly young closer to Evelyn’s age then his own. He walked around the table to find his mother lying in a pool of blood it surrounded her hand like a halo and a line of blood escaped her mouth to dribble down her perfectly made up face. He knelt next to her and reached out to touch her face.

Someone came into the room behind him their footsteps sounded like thunder as they crossed the room, Ianto turned around to see whom it was. Lisa half cyber woman half human walked towards him. “Lets be up graded together, Ianto” she said as she reached out to touch him. He screamed the kitchen disappeared until he was kneeling on a wasteland holding Jack death, still and cold body to his chest. “He said he couldn’t die” Gwen was telling Owen and Tosh. “You saw him come back to life at the hub.”

“That only happened because we opened the rift,” said Toshiko.

“What the fuck are you doing?” said Owen Ianto turned to look at him, “you call yourselves doctor’s?” Ianto looked down at Jack’s face it was pale and unmoving. Ianto saw his own tears stain Jack’s face. He had never known pain like this before the prospect of never feeling Jack’s touch again of never feeling Jack’s skin against his own. Or feeling Jack’s breath against his neck as he slept, or his lips against his own the thought that he would never hear Jack’s voice again was hell. Thunderclouds rolled overhead and the heavens opened Ianto looked up at the sky and let the rainfall on his face.

He turned back towards Jack but he was gone and Ianto was standing next to the bay. “Ianto” said a voice from behind him. Ianto turned to see Jack standing there, “I’m sorry” he voice sounded old and pained.

“Don’t be sorry your heard now”

“I lost her” he looked down at a buddle he was carrying in his arms.

“Lost who?”

“Our baby” Jack lifted the blanket to reveal the face of a dead and limp Evelyn.

“Oh God, no” Ianto stepped forward to touch her skin.

“I lost her went I was in labour” Jack’s tears fell on her face. “You take her, I can’t stand to bury another baby and I can’t stand to look at you… when I do I just see her.” Jack turned away and started to walk into the night. Ianto looked at his daughter’s face, this was wrong if she had died during labour she wouldn’t look like the two year old that Ianto had meet.

“No this is wrong, this isn’t how it happened,” Ianto screamed at Jack. “She lived and you brought her back to me” the rain stopped. “You saved me and kissed like you did the first time we made love” Jack turned around. “You both moved in with me and we where going to be so happy” Evelyn opened her eyes. “I love you, Jack Harkness and you were meant to love me,” he screamed.

Jack stepped towards him, “Don’t die,” he said his eyes were wide with fear. “Don’t you fucking dare” he said taking Evelyn out of his arms. Suddenly the air was filled with a noise a long slow noise that sound like a life support machine did when someone was flat lining. “Come back to me” whispered Jack. Ianto stared into his eyes and he suddenly understood the stinger in his stomach, the nightmares. “How, I don’t know how to get back” he said tears flowing down his eyes as he begged Jack for help.

“You need to follow Owen, he’s trying to save you.” Jack pointed at a figure in the distance that was walking away from them. “Run” whispered Jack holding their daughter close to his chest. Ianto didn’t need to be told twice he ran as fast as he could after Owen he screamed his name. Owen turned around he had panels in his hands. Ianto stopped running as he reached Owen. “Help Me,” said Ianto.

“Don’t” Owen placed the panels on Ianto’s chest and a surge of life run through his body. “You” Owen did it again and Ianto felt the power again. “Fucking” again the panels where placed on Ianto’s chest and the feeling of life ran through him. “Dare” again with the panels, “Ianto” another zap, “Jones” another surge. “Stay” more power, “away” another zap.

Ianto realized that the bay was melting away and now he was floating about a hospital room. Was he having an out of body experience? Jack was there in the corner being held back by the doctor and Rhys, Toshiko and Gwen stood in the doorway. Evelyn was clinging to Toshiko and crying into her shoulder.

Owen was standing over Ianto’s body; he was pressing the panels to his skin again, “from” screamed Owen as he did it. Ianto didn’t feel it that time, was that a bad sign? “The” again Owen pushed the panels on his chest…again Ianto felt nothing. “He’s gone’ said one of the doctors that stood around Owen, there where three of them all in white coats, all doing nothing but watching.

“No” screamed Jack from the corner he tried to get to Ianto but Rhys and the doctor held him back. Toshiko took Evelyn out of the room and Gwen dissolved into a flood of tears. “Owen Harper don’t you give up on him” Jack shouted. The picture was fading into darkness. “Dark” shouted Owen as he pressed the panels to Ianto’s chest one more time. Ianto felt it a surge of life running through his body the picture got lighter.

“I’m coming back, do it again” screamed Ianto. Owen lifted the panels one more time.

“That’s enough,” said one of the doctor’s and he stepped forward. He grabbed Owen’s arms and tried to get the panel out of his hand. “Help Me,” he shouted at the other two. They stepped forward and tried to hold Owen down.

“Get the fuck off me” screamed Owen.

“Get off him” screamed Jack trying to get past Rhys and the doctor.

“He’s gone Jack, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry” said the doctor.

“No” Jack tried to force his way past them, but couldn’t the tears flowed down his face and the Captain fell to his knees with grief.

Owen was still fighting, “he’s coming back” he screamed, “He’s not going to the dark.” Owen slammed one of the panels down on one of the doctor’s thighs, he screamed and fell to the floor. The other two let go off Owen, “anyone else?” Owen asked.

“Your fucking insane” said the doctor that Owen had zapped. He ignored him and pressed the panels to Ianto’s bare chest. Suddenly beautiful fresh air filled Ianto’s lungs and he opened his eyes to see Owen standing over him with the panels. “Told you he wasn’t going to die,” said Owen to the other doctors as he covered Ianto’s mouth with an oxygen mask. “Just breath, nice and slowly” he said to Ianto ignoring the doctor on the floor who was still howling with pain. “I’ve got you” it was the most reassuring thing that Owen had ever said to Ianto.

Jack moved towards his bed, tears were still flowing down his face, “I thought…” he didn’t finish his sentence Toshiko re entered the room with Evelyn on her hip. “She wants her Daddy” Tosh said softly. Jack reached out for her, “no Jack, your Mummy remember?” said Tosh ass she placed Evelyn on the bed next to Ianto. “Danto” she said and snuggled up to him. Ianto was dimly aware of some burns but he was hooked up to so many painkillers he didn’t really notice them.

Jack sat on the bed next to him, he was oddly quite as he held Ianto’s hand and stroked their daughter’s hair. The three doctors left the room muttering something about having Owen stuck off.
“Like to see them try” said Owen removing a tube of something that glowed from his pocket.

“They won’t remember a thing by the morning” said Jack as he took the tube from Owen. “Nanobots, got to love these things” he flicked of the top and clicked his fingers the glowing mist surrounded Jack’s hand. Jack touched Ianto’s face and the nanobots covered his body doing their work, healing as they went.

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Jack kicked open the door to their flat, he had Evelyn in one hand and the other arm wrapped around Ianto’s waist. “Right let’s get you settled down on the sofa and a nice cup of tea in you,” said Jack guiding Ianto towards the living room. Jack had been odd since he had woken up in the hospital. He deposited Ianto and Evelyn on the sofa, the doctor followed closely behind them he shut the door and put down Jack’s backpack.

Quietly he moved towards the TARDIS that was still parked in the corner of the living room. “Well I think I’ll love you and leave you,” he said. “I think you two need some alone time and to tell the truth, I’ve got itchy feet.” He grinned that grin that said he had a plan of some kind. Ianto still wasn’t sure if that was a good or bad thing. “Will I see you again?” asked Jack.

“I guarantee it,” said the doctor they both smiled. The doctor turned and stepped inside his ship Jack stood up and saluted. Ianto watched as the TARDIS disappeared. Jack went to the kitchen and started to boil some water, he put some cups on the counter and dropped a tea bag in each of them and went to the fridge for some milk. “Jack” said Ianto slowly, “are you okay?”

Jack looked up at Ianto and gave him one if his brightest smiles, “fine.” He said although the tone of his voice told Ianto that he wasn’t. They ordered Chinese take away and watched the little mermaid with Evelyn, (Toshiko, Owen and Gwen had all brought her a lot of presents when they realised they had missed two birthdays and Christmases. Tosh had brought her the little mermaid because it was her favourite film when she was Evelyn’s age) she giggled at the seagull and hides her face in Jack’s chest when the octopus woman appeared.

Jack bathed her and got her ready for bed, Ianto read her a story Jack sung twinkle, twinkle little star and put on her alien music box. They left the door a jar for her and returned to the living room. Ianto and Jack curled up on the sofa with a bowl of popcorn and watched an old black and white musical on T.V. it was one of Jack’s favourite films and Ianto had to admitted that he really quite enjoyed it.

“Ready for bed?” Jack asked when the film finished. Ianto nodded and followed him to the bedroom Jack didn’t take his eyes off Ianto as they both slowly got undressed. “Jack, are you okay?” he asked again. Jack nodded as he removed his t-shirt he was completely naked apart from his boxer shorts. Ianto removed his shirt and trousers until he too was wearing nothing but his boxer shorts. He moved around the bed the grabbed hold of Jack’s hands, “I’m going to ask you again and this time you are going to tell me the truth… are you okay?”

“You want the truth?” Jack asked.

“Of course” said Ianto smiling.

Jack sat down on the bed and let out a slow sigh, “I came back after dying in the hub, the doctor was kneeing next to me. He told me about the aliens and where you must have gone, so we piled in the SUV and drove as fast as it would go. We got there and that Andy came over he was holding Evelyn and told us that you had gone in there.

The whole place was on fire and the fireman where trying to put it out. But they weren’t get very far so I went in and saw you lying under all this rubble and that’s when I realised that everyone else had woken up from their nightmares but mine was becoming a reality.” Ianto sat down next to Jack and held his hand.

“Then we were in the hospital and it seemed that one of them had really stung you bad because you were having a heart attack. The doctors said that your heart so under so much pressure that you wouldn’t survive, they said it was due to a heighten state of terror.” A tear rolled down Jack’s face, “then you flat lined and I thought I’d lost you and…” Jack took a deep breath and squeezed Ianto’s hand, “if you had died… I don’t know want I would have done.”

Ianto turned Jack’s face towards his own, “but I didn’t” he leant in and kissed Jack full on the mouth.

“But your mortal and I’m not” said Jack.

“I promise you right here and now that I will stay with you until the day I die.”

“That could be tomorrow in our job” said Jack he was pale and there were tears in his eyes. “I don’t want to lose you… I’ve been trying to trick myself into pretending that some how you would just stay with me forever.”

“Jack I can’t stay with you forever, but I will stay with you for as long as I can and if that means… quitting Torchwood then I will.” Said Ianto he face set in stone, “I want us to be a family and have a real life, we haven’t even thought about who will look after Evelyn during the day and she can’t just stay in the hub. I wouldn’t have to forget or take retcon or anything because you would still work there all I would have to do is keep my mouth shut like Rhys…” Ianto tried to read the expression on Jack’s face.

“I want you to life for as long as you can.” He said he leant in and kissed Ianto, “maybe its for the best… I mean your right we need someone raise Evelyn and there are very few people I would trust with her.” Jack nodded and smiled, “yes Ianto I think that its an brilliant idea, its not like you can’t hang out with us still and I have money so if you want we could buy a house or you could just spent it on Evelyn, she needs new clothes all the time and…”

“Hey slow down we don’t need to decide everything right this minute” said Ianto, “what do you mean you have money?”

“Oh when I first joined Torchwood I put half of my wedges for each job in the bank”

“You joined Torchwood in the Victorian era” Ianto pointed out.

“Yeah, didn’t I ever tell you? I’m a millionaire so what ever you want baby its yours.”

“I want you,” said Ianto pushing Jack back on to the pillows. “And a big family” he added.

“Then knock me up baby” said Jack laughing. Ianto kissed him deeply; Jack rolled them over so that Ianto was lying on his back. He kissed down his stomach Jack’s kisses were both intense and gently. Jack kissed and sucked at Ianto’s penis through his boxer shorts until they were wet and clinging to his flesh the feeling of the mouth and silk stroking his cock was a delicious pleasure Jack kept up with slow and gentle sucking until Ianto was hard.

Ianto couldn’t take it anymore he had to be inside Jack right there and then. He rolled them over until Jack was the one lying on his back, pulled his and Jack’s under wear off. Ianto lifted Jack’s legs onto his shoulder and slid two fingers into Jack and massaged his pleasure centre.

Jack let out a long slow moan as Ianto removed his fingers from inside him. Ianto quickly replaced them with his hard cock, Ianto pushed himself into Jack inch after inch until he was completely inside Jack.

“Yan, fuck me now” Jack begged. Ianto smiled as he slide in and out of his lover working them into a rhyme which brought them close to the edge, Ianto leant in towards Jack and kissed him on the lips.

Moving his body faster and faster into Jack until he was almost there. Ianto pulled out of their kiss. “I’m almost there” Ianto whispered, Jack squeezed his ass and pushed Ianto further into himself, “then fuck me harder and we’ll come at the same time” Jack grasped. Ianto loved the way Jack felt on the inside, how tight and soft he was.

He did as Jack asked and pushed himself further and harder into Jack until they both came at the same time. Slowly and gently Ianto pulled out of Jack and they lay next to each other holding hands in the dim light of the room. “I love you,” whispered Jack.
Ianto smiled that was it, those three little words had made his life complete.

The end.

And Everything: Ianto's story part eleven

2008-08-04T20:31:44Z

Alrighty guys, sorry this took me so long I had to study for my theory test... on the plus side I passed on the down side I have gotten behind with my fan fics... sorry.

Here's part ten - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/8960.html

Here's part Eleven, things are going from bad to worst for Ianto as he and the doctor make a horrible discovery.

Ianto had tried to leave Evelyn at his flat under the doctor’s care but he had insisted on coming with him. Taking the TARDIS like Ianto wanted to would have been to dangerous if some un known alien race had invaded the hub then the TARDIS technology had to be kept safe.

They were currently driving very fast in Ianto’s car, he had decided to drop Evelyn off with Rhys first she would be much safer that way. Ianto had his foot to the floor, the doctor sat in the back seat he had the answering and was playing the recording over and over again.

“He gets cut off mid sentence,” said the doctor, Evelyn was sitting in her car seat in the passenger seat. Ianto had brought it for her the weekend after he found out that Jack was pregnant, he didn’t tell Jack at the time he was having trouble adjusting to the idea that he had knocked up his boss. “He said something about a nasty alien…and Owen wrapping up his arm…Doctor Owen maybe it bit him or something…” Ianto knew that he was only trying to help but he wished that the Doctor would stop replaying it.

Ianto stamped on the brakes and jumped out of the car he ran around to the passenger’s door and got Evelyn out of the car. The doctor followed them in to Gwen’s building Ianto used the spare key that every member of the Torchwood team was required to leave at the hub. Ianto was in charge of them and kept them on the SUV’s key chain. He knocked on Gwen’s door Rhys answered when he saw who it was the smiled dropped from his face. “Where’s Gwen” he asked before Ianto could open his mouth.

“The hub, we think something happened we don’t know what the doctor and I are going to check it out I need you to baby sit,” said Ianto cutting a long story short.

“Fuck that shit if Gwen’s in trouble I’m coming with you.” Snapped Rhys.

“No swearing in front of Evelyn,” snapped the doctor.

After a very long argument with Rhys in which Ianto protested three times that they were wasting time the four of them made their way to the hub. Ianto had asked Rhys to stay in the car with Evelyn but he refused and got out as soon as they pulled into the hub’s garage. The doctor suggested Ianto stay in the car with Evelyn, but there was no way that Ianto was going to stay in the car after hearing Jack scream like that. He held Evelyn tightly to his chest as he got out of the car. He followed the doctor and Rhys through the red door into the main room of the hub. It was spookily quiet, Evelyn wrapped her arms tighter around Ianto’s neck, “Danto” she said.

“Yes” whispered Ianto.

“Where Daddy?” she whispered in his ear clearly getting the hint that being quiet was necessary.

“I don’t know baby,” he whispered back. She kissed his cheek and nuzzled her face into his neck.

They walked slowly through the hub sticking closely together until Rhys saw Gwen lying on the walk way that lead to the hot house. “Gwen” he shouted and ran up the spiral staircase towards her. She was lying on her back and was very still, Ianto’s stomach dropped.

One night months ago Jack had woken up in the middle of the night screaming ‘Alex’, when Ianto pushed him into telling him who Alex was, Jack explained that on New Year’s eve Jack had returned to the hub to find everyone dead and this Alex committed suicide right in front of him.

Ianto suddenly felt like Jack must have when he walked into a too quiet hub that night. He and the doctor walked slowly over to the computers, the doctor started to pull up the CCTV and Ianto looked slowly around. Then he saw Owen lying on his front on the upper section of the autopsy room. His eyes where wide open and he was staring at something, “Doctor” said Ianto pointing at Owen.

The doctor wasn’t looking at Owen he was looking at something over Ianto’s shoulder.
“Toshiko” he whispered and pointed into Jack’s office. Ianto turned to look at her; she had her knees to her chest and was staring at nothing just like Owen. Ianto moved towards her and the doctor went to check that Owen was okay. Toshiko had deep cuts on her arms that looked like they had been made by fingernails. Ianto knelt in front of her still clinging to his child, “Tosh” he whispered.

“Mom?” she whispered back.

“No, its Ianto…” she had sweat all over her face and had clearly been crying, “and Evelyn” he added kindly.

“The… pain” she whispered. Ianto wished he had a babysitter, Evelyn really shouldn’t be here Ianto didn’t like this one bit.

“What about the pain?” Ianto asked trying to get Tosh to focus on him.

“So much… darkness”

“Tosh your not making sense’ he told her, cling tightly to his daughter, he could feel her breath on his neck.

“Ianto” said a voice behind him. He turned to face the doctor, “Owen said two things, nightmare and vibe” the doctor held out a book of matches that he had in his hand. Ianto took them from him they had a symbol on them and they where from a nightclub.

“Vibe,” said Ianto half repeating it, half reading it. “It’s the new club on the bay.”

Rhys appeared behind the doctor, “I found Jack up there as well…” reading the look on Ianto’s face he added, “don’t go up there especially not with her… he’s in a bit of a mess… but breathing he’s still breathing. Where’s Owen we need to get Jack some help”

“Owen’s in no condition to issue treatment” said the Doctor “and trust me Jack will be fine. We needed to go to this club and find out what’s going on there.” The doctor walked around the office, he looked up at the ceiling. “Ah” he said slowly, “there you are.”

Ianto and Rhys looked up at the ceiling as well there was a creature clinging to it; it looked like a giant red scorpion with horrible brown wings. It had a long ugly sting that glowed a nasty green and long leg that was more like spider legs than scorpion ones. The doctor spun around, “the club…their psychic kill the queen and the rest will die. They take over planets by crippling the population with hallucinations.”

The beat reached down with its awful legs and wrapped them around the doctor’s waist it brought it stinger down and stabbed him in the back. The doctor’s eyes when wide with fear and he screamed it was a terrible scream. Equalled only to the one that left the mouth of a man that lived in Jack’s care home for victims of the rift. Ianto stood up and started to back towards the door his daughter still in his arms. Rhys wasn’t moving he was frozen to the spot.

“Rhys” Ianto hissed through gritted teeth, “move,” hissed again. Suddenly and without warning Rhys burst into life and ran at the door. Bad move it seemed that the creature’s sight was based on movement, because without missing a beat it went after him. Ianto wanted to help him, but he couldn’t risk his daughter he made a run of the invisible lift. Evelyn screamed as the creature took out Rhys it wasn’t a pretty sight he kicked at it and screamed and wet himself at what ever it planted in his mind.

Ianto put Evelyn on the lift and pressed the controls as it started to move upwards Ianto ran for the weapons room. If that thing was anything to go by the queen was going to be huge. He heard his daughter scream again as he rested his hands on the biggest gun the weapons room had to offer. He saw through the glass windows that the beast was flying towards Evelyn.

His heart dropped hastily he removed the straps that held the gun on the wall. It wouldn’t move he started to sweat that thing was going to hurt his little girl. Suddenly with an ear splitting squawk Myfanwy flew that the beast flapping her wings and starching at it with her claws.

They tumbled in the air and clash landed in the water trench at the foot of the water tower. Ianto ranched the gun off the wall as he passed the table in the middle of the weapons room he grabbed the bottle of BBQ sauce he through it as hard as he could into the air and shot it to pieces. The sauce flew on a pile of unsorted paper work on Gwen’s desk. Smelling dinner Myfanwy abandoned the fight and flew down to the desk. The creature turned to face Ianto; fighting as fast as it could towards Ianto once again he raised the gun and shot it in its ugly face.

The creature blew up and splattered the hub with its innards, “I know how’ll have to clean that up” Ianto muttered to himself.

He looked over at Myfanwy how was eating Gwen’s reports, “great” he said to himself “your never going to digest that, and I know how’s going to have to clean that up.”

Ianto wished he had thought of a cleaner way to destroy the creature. Ianto ran to the lift controls and brought the lift back down Evelyn was still at the centre of it tears ran down her face. She was crying loudly and reaching out for Ianto, he picked up his little girl. “Its alright baby, Danto’s got you I won’t let anything happen to you sweetie.”

“I… want…daddy,” she blubbered in between sobs. “I… want…ducky,” she added.

“I’m sorry daring” he said holding her closely as he turned towards the hot room and looked up at the second floor, "its just you and me for now".

He could see Jack’s left arm and head his face was covered in blood. Ianto swallowed hard he wanted to go up there and sit with Jack until somehow all the pain went away. Just like when Jack made the pain disappear after Lisa had died. But it was different now Jack needed him to stop the pain, to look after their daughter and to save the world. He was not going to let Jack down not after all they had been through. Making sure that Evelyn couldn’t see Jack as he turned back towards the hub he picked up the gun and stood on the invisible lift. His mission was clear he had to kill the queen.

And Everything: Ianto's story part ten

2008-07-20T22:59:49Z

Here's part ten, things are going to get a bit more angsty before they get better... sorry. After I've finished Ianto's Story I was hoping to write Toshiko's and Gwen's individual stories as well set before and after these, haven't decided yet. I also haven't decided what to call them yet, I'm actually having trouble coming up with a title that fits with the boys stories... so any ideas would be very helpful and full credit would be given. Part nine is here if you missed it and comments are welcome -
http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/8732.html

Ianto returned home to his flat at eight the following morning; Jack’s confession had shocked him. He had to go away from him and think about how he was feeling. Ianto still wasn’t really sure, it had been Jack and the team that killed Lisa in the end, but knowing that there may have been the chance she could have saved herself. That was what got Ianto. Jack gave her the chance to live even though he knew that in doing he would never have meet Ianto and never have his child.

Did Jack give her that chance because he felt guilty about killing her or because he regretted his relationship with Ianto? What hurt more was the fact that Jack had warned her told her to run but she chose to stay and she chose to get herself captured by those monsters, she chose to die and that made Ianto wonder weather she ever really loved him. Jack had tried to sugar coat it he had said that she wouldn’t leave without him…but Ianto could see through that he knew it was a lie.

He unlocked the door to his flat and pushed it open, “Jack?” he called out they needed to have a very long talk. “He’s not here,” said a voice. It made Ianto jumped then he remembered that the doctor was staying with them. “He left you a note its on the fridge” Ianto turned towards the sound of the doctor’s voice.

The TARDIS door was open and he was sitting on the only seat in the TARDIS reading a newspaper and resting feet on the consul. Evelyn was playing on the floor she was sitting in the middle of a brightly coloured play mat with all her of toys lay out around her. Ianto recognised the mat and some of the toys as ones that Owen and Toshiko had brought her. Ianto moved towards them, “on the fridge?” he asked.

“Yeah” the doctor confirmed without looking up from his paper. “He was worried about you,” he added.

Ianto walked to the fridge and remove the magnet that had held it in place. Unfolded the letter and read it –

Yan,

I think that you might need some more space, that bombshell I dropped last night couldn’t have been easy to hear. I’m sorry, I was scared to tell you but I knew carrying around a secret like that would tear us apart if I didn’t get it off my chest. You’re too important to me… I shouldn’t be telling you this in a letter. I’ve gone to the hub, you should take the day off and get to know your daughter, and I think you’ll agree that she is pretty amazing!

If you ask the doctor nicely he’ll take you anywhere in the universe, have fun and make sure your back by dinner I know what the doctor’s time keeping is like so much sure your back by dinner. Tosh is going to teach how to cook something special; she said that her and Owen have some news. So I figured we would have dinner with them and then I’ll take you somewhere special where we can really talk. That way we’ll already have plenty of babysitters.

Have a great day with your daughter, Jack.

Ianto went back to the TARDIS and popped his head around the corner, “So…” said Ianto stepping into the TARDIS. “Jack said I have the day off.” He moved towards his daughter and sat next to her, he picked up one of her toys. If was a green coloured dog, “I thought I’d take her out for a picnic” he said, “I don’t know what she likes to eat.”

The doctor glanced over his glasses at the dog in Ianto’s hands, “that is a very special toy it changes colour to predict the weather green means its going to rain.” The doctor stood up and moved towards them; “so if we’re going to have a picnic, we’re going to have to pick a sunnier planet” he grinned and clicked his fingers.

The door slammed shut and the doctor was pushing some buttons, apparently he hadn’t noticed Ianto’s less than warm attitude towards him. “Where do you want to go? New earth, Raxacoricofallapatorius, Siralos, Tigella, or oh Voga the whole planet is made of gold. Or Eye of Orion it’s the most beautiful and peaceful planet in the universe or Gidu the sky is pink and yellow, oh but not it’s too windy for a picnic.”

“Wow, I don’t know maybe we could just stay in Wales… or what about Jack’s home planet… what is it called?”

“Boeshane Peninsula, no to sandy for a picnic and I don’t think Jack would want Eveie to go there…too many bad memories for him.”

“Or we could go to your home planet” suggested Ianto standing up and walking around the consul.

“Gallifrey” whispered the doctor tears visible in his eyes. “Its gone the whole world wiped out, now its just dust and rocks that float around its two suns. It was so beautiful”

Ianto was a little shocked by the tears in his eyes, this was a man that Jack described as a god and as he talked about his home planet he almost cried.

“Jack mentioned a planet with a landscape of diamonds… midnight I think it was called”

“Not the place for a picnic x – tonic radiation”

“Perhaps not then… if you are so set on going to another planet you pick, you know better than I do”

“Right first things first” the doctor picked up Evelyn and placed her on the seat and strapped her in. “There safety first.”

“Right then, Kantra now that’s a great place for a picnic warm and tropical” he pressed some buttons and pulled out a lever, span something ball like and away they went.

Ianto had to hold on the railing to prevent him from falling over, Evelyn gigged loudly and clapped her hands. The doctor grinned madly as he hit the TARDIS’ consul. Ianto felt like he was going to be sick and then with an almighty bump that actually knocked Ianto off his feet they landed on an alien planet.

Ianto’s heart was pounding in his chest so loudly that he could barely hear himself think, he un- strapped Evelyn and picked her up. The doctor was already opening the doors and stepping out onto the world beyond.

“What’s the worse that can happen?” Ianto rolled his eyes he had heard Jack tell amazing stories about the doctor that sounded quite frankly dangerous. He hoped that today would be one of the normal days that the doctor had in between the dangerous ones. He stepped out of the TARDIS and on to the planet’s surface. It was beautiful it was just like a tropical rain forest the air was warm and felt amazing against his skin. Evelyn smiled happier in his arms she clearly enjoyed the doctor’s adventures even at this young age. Ianto sighed how was he ever going to win her over when the doctor was his competition, “I guess we need to get some food first,” Ianto said.

“There’s a great restaurant near by just through the forest a bit” the doctor turned to look at Ianto, “so Ianto Jones tell me, why don’t you like me?”

“What?” This took Ianto back as far as he knew he didn’t let on that he was less than happy that the doctor was hanging around. “I don’t know what you mean”

“Look after you left last night we had a long talk and well he thinks that you’re a little jealous of me or our friendship.”

“To tell you the truth… yes I am.” The doctor didn’t respond he just looked at Ianto and waited for him to continue. “You know Jack and now my child in away that I will never can, you know things about Jack that I couldn’t even imagine. Frankly that terrifies me.”

“I can understand that…but Jack and I have never been together in away that you two have. He knows you in away that I will never will and would never want too.” The doctor saw a confused look on Ianto’s face and added, “not that he isn’t incredibly handsome, but all I want is a mate. Jack is the perfect choice for a friend, we’ll both live for a very long time why would we complicate that with sex?” he smiled, “imagine if we did and ended up breaking up? We’d spend eternity avoiding each other.”

Ianto laughed he had a very good point, “come on then doctor show me this restaurant of yours”

Ianto and the doctor laughed as they stepped out of the TARDIS and into Ianto’s living room. The doctor was giving Evelyn a piggyback ride. They had a brilliant day out first breakfast at Kantra and then to the theme park on clom all three of them had enjoyed their selves. Ianto looked at the clock on the wall it was ten past eight, “Jack warned me about your time keeping and we’re still late.” Said Ianto.

The doctor looked around, “Jack was having Owen and Tosh around for dinner wasn’t he?” Ianto nodded to confirm this. “So if we’re late, where is everyone?” Ianto looked around as well there was no sign that Jack had been home at all. No food waiting to be prepared, no coats, no sign that Owen and Toshiko had been there either. Ianto noticed the red light on the answer machine was blinking, “they must be working late.”

“Hey Yan, its Jack” said the machine when Ianto pushed the button, “We might have a problem with dinner tonight… do we have noodles there? Try and let me know before I get home, you know if the doctor hasn’t taken you to the other side of he universe. I hope your having a better day then me, Owen’s just wrapping up my arm.”

“Which would be a lot bloody easier if you would keep still.” Ianto heard Owen’s voice in the background.

“Meet a bit of an nasty alien today and it…” there was a clutter that sound like the phone being dropped.

“Jack are you feeling okay?” asked Owen. Jack screamed it was ear splitting and terrible. “Jack?” said Owen again his voice edged with fear, “oh my god Jack, no don’t Jack” Owen was screaming then there where gun shots, Toshiko and Gwen where screaming as well and the phone went dead.

And Everything: Ianto's story part nine

2008-07-20T10:06:39Z

Okay guys here's part nine, its a bit long and maybe a bit angst but I hope you like it anyway.

Part eight was here - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/8404.html

As soon as they where safety back in the hub Jack kissed Ianto passionately on the lips. Ianto could feel Jack running his fingers through his hair as Jack tighten his grip on Ianto’s waist. Ianto kissed him passionately back until he heard a little voice, “Daddy” it squealed excitedly. Pulling out of their kiss Ianto turned to see a little girl standing in the doorway of Jack’s office.

She had long dark hair that had a curl to it as tumbled down over her shoulders and big blue puppy eyes. She had his eyes and Jack’s smile it was defiantly Jack’s he was beaming up him. The little girl was wearing denim shorts that reached her knees and pink converse shoes that matched the pink t-shirt she was wearing. The t-shirt had yellow and green daffodils printed one it and she was holding a teddy bear whose head and left arm where both wrapped in bandages.

She was chewing on its ear as she stared at the both of them. Gwen appeared in the door way behind her, “Oh your back” she said smiling at them. Ianto couldn’t help staring at the little girl in fact he couldn’t take his eyes off her.

“Ianto” said Jack “allow me to introduce you to your daughter… this is Evelyn Lisa Jones” Ianto looked at Jack he had name her after Lisa… his Lisa? “Do you like her name?” he asked.

“Its beautiful… just like she is, did you name her after my Lisa?” Jack nodded. “Why?” it wasn’t that he minded. He knew that Bilis Manger had taken Jack back to the battle of Canary wharf. Owen had shown him CCTV footage where he and Lisa had be in a lab talking…was that why he had name her after Lisa because they had meet? Or did he do it because he thought Ianto would like it?

“It’s a very long story that I’ll tell you some other time…if that’s okay?”

Ianto knew better then to try and get information out of Jack when he wasn’t willing to give it up. If Jack said he would tell him later then he would, but Jack’s version of letter might be a lot longer than Ianto’s. When you live forever time has no meaning.
“Evelyn, sweetheart” said Jack as he bent down to pick up his little girl. “This…” he nodded towards Ianto. “Is Daddy Ianto, why don’t you tell him your special name for him?” said Jack. Both he and Gwen smiled at Ianto as he waited to see what his daughter had named him. She giggled and wiggled in Jack’s arms.

“Danto” she giggled and buried her head in Jack’s shoulder.

“It’s a mix of Daddy and Ianto,” explained Jack. “She not great with words yet, she was having a little bit of trouble saying Ianto and well I’m Daddy”

“I thought you were Mommy,” said Ianto smiling. Jack raised an eyebrow.

“She’s not going to call me Mommy” Jack protested. “Do you want to hold her?”

Ianto arched to hold her, “yes” he breathed. Jack handed Ianto his child she slid her little arms around his neck dropping her teddy as she did so. She leant her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes.

“She’s tried,” said Jack. He bent down and picked up the bear, “poor Freddie” she reached out with one hand for him. Jack handed her back the bear and turned towards the computers. “Gwen are you sure that they didn’t say were they where taking them?”

“What’s going on?” asked Ianto.

“Captain John Hart and co kidnapped Owen and Toshiko,” explained Gwen, “no I’m sure I didn’t hear them say where they were going to take them. But I got knocked out and they messed up the CCTV with their stupid electronic equipment… of course some of the things haven’t come back yet after all that retcon I took…” she turned to Ianto, “long story I’ll tell you later.”

Ianto looked down at Evelyn she was sucking on the Freddie’s ear again and resting her head against his chest. Her little fingers were twirling her hair around them. “Was she alright when I was away?” Jack asked Gwen.

“Oh…well she did cry a lot at first but then I managed to get her settled. She kept asking for dee – dee dum I didn’t know what that was so I read her a story.”

“Dee – dee dum is her music ball, the doctor brought it for her first birthday. When you press the top it plays music and puts on a light show…she can’t sleep without it”

“How old is she now?” asked Ianto, if he had been honest he had expected a nineteen-maybe twenty months old baby. He wasn’t an expert in ageing a baby but she seemed a little older then that. She was toddling and talking quite a bit.

“She almost two and a half” said Jack not turning away from the computer screens. Ianto looked down at her, he had missed the first two and a half years of his daughter’s life.
“Two and a half” Ianto repeated slowly. He was dumb stuck; she was already turning into a little person with her own ideas and phases. Jack it seemed knew her like the back of his hand. When he watched Jack with he could tell they were as thick as thieves, they even had their own language. Ianto knew nothing about her expect she had a teddy bear called Freddie and that she liked to chew his ear.

“Tucking tell, those tasards haven’t left us a tucking clue as to where the tuck they’ve taken them,” yelled Jack kicking over the waste paper bin.

“Excuse me?” asked Ianto a little bit confused by what had just come out of Jack’s mouth. “What was that?” Jack moved over to Ianto and covered Evelyn’s ears.

“I can’t swear in front of her,” he said. “I don’t want her growing up swearing like some kind of…I don’t know…I just don’t want her swearing or hearing me swear.”

“So you replaced the first letter of every bad word with the letter ‘T’… why that letter?”

“I couldn’t think of any swear words beginning with ‘T’” Ianto thought about it, as far as Ianto could see Jack was right.

“Twat,” said Gwen “begins with a ‘T’” Jack gave her an angry look because he had just uncovered his daughter’s ears.

Suddenly a wind blow through the hub and the air was filled with a strange but wonderful noise. Evelyn looked excitedly up at Ianto, “Ducky” she screamed wiggling in his arms. He put her down before he dropped her; she jumped up and down and looked around the hub, a massive smile on her face. Ianto wanted to know what that sound was and why it made his daughter and partner so happy. Jack was also looking around excitedly, on the upper floor right next to the to hot house’s door a blue box started to appear. Ianto needed no further explanation it was the doctor.

The door to the police box opened and out stepped the man himself. He looked around the hub until his eyes rested on Evelyn his face broke into a massive smile, “Hello beautiful” Evelyn tried to run towards the spiral stair case that lead to where the doctor was standing. Before she could get to the small set of steps the lead to the lower section of the hub Jack said, “Evelyn what did I say?”

She turned to look at Jack and backed away from the steps, “but Ducky” she moaned stretching out her arms towards the doctor. She bobbed up and down on the steps but didn’t move. “I told her that she’s allowed to leave the computer area or my office,” He explained. “The hub is too dangerous for a two year old”

The doctor shouted over his shoulder to someone who was still in the blue box, “I got it right this time” then he ran towards the spiral stair case and over towards Evelyn. He picked her up and she stretched out her arms he span them around and she giggled as the doctor helped her pretend she was an aeroplane.

Up stairs on the second floor two more people stepped out of the police box, Ianto recognized them at once. It was Owen and Toshiko the doctor had some how found them and brought them home. “I thought we could all go out for dinner,” said the doctor as Gwen pushed past them and ran over to hug her friends.

“I’m so glad to see you” she squealed at them. Ianto hugged them both just before Jack had his turn.

“How did you get off the Titanic?” asked Owen.

“Long story, I’ll tell you over dinner” he turned to the doctor, “where would you like to go?”

“TGI Friday’s” he said grinning.

“What do you like about that place?” asked Jack, as he and Toshiko broke apart.

Two hours later the eight of them were all sitting around a round table in TGI Friday’s, Gwen had rang Rhys and told him to meet them there. Evelyn was sitting in between Jack and Ianto; the doctor was on Jack’s right sitting next to Owen and Toshiko. On Ianto’s left were Gwen and Rhys, Ianto didn’t know why but for some reason he felt like the single person at a table full of couples.

‘That’s stupid your with Jack’ he kept reminding himself, he kept reminding himself of how Jack had kissed him in the hub. They had just eaten their way through starters and a large main course and were attempting to finish their deserts.

The doctor had ordered his daughter, ‘Eveie’ as the doctor called her chocolate brownie desert with ice cream. Which she had been eating with her hands and currently had half of it all over her face and down her bib. Which the doctor had pulled out of his pocket and put around her neck, that wasn’t lost on Ianto. Jack was telling a story that the doctor seemed to have heard before as he was telling half of it.

“So then the thing on the floor lifted it head and it had teeth, the thing had teeth as long as your arm and everyone’s looking at me like what you going to do? And I’m like its nothing to do with me…” Jack said grinning when he noticed that everyone was hanging on his every word.

“So their running… naked through this jungle” the doctor continued, “and when they finally made it back to the ship Jack says…”

“I told you we should have turned left,” everyone laughed while Ianto examined Jack over his second glass over wine. For Ianto it had been a week since he last saw Jack, he hadn’t been home but expected that the dinner he had been cooking them would still be sat on the side.

For Jack it had been two and a half years in which he had been raising their child and weather either of them would admit it or not he had been raising her with the doctor’s help. This fact was made all the more clear to Ianto when Jack asked the waiter for a wet wipe to clean Eveie off with. The doctor reached into his pocket and pulled out a whole box of them, “Well I usually find I need them when I’m having dinner with Miss Jones.”

Ianto could feel the jealousy stirring in side of him. He wanted to throw down his napkin and get the hell out off there, or scream at Jack for not returning to him sooner for not giving him the chance to raise his child.

“Owen, Tosh how did you two meet up with the doctor?” asked Gwen.

“Well at first we were in this frozen bubble thing and then the time agency came and unfroze us. We were taken back to their base for medical examination and I, being dead at the time, wasn’t overly fussed about having one so our kind Captain here” Owen pointed at Jack, who looked confused. “Lunched us into space.”

“What do you mean ‘being dead at the time’?” asked Ianto, “aren’t you still dead now?”

“What do you mean I lunched you into space I don’t remember that” said Jack.

“Didn’t the agency steal two years of your memories? Maybe that was included,” said the doctor, another thing that he knew about Jack that Ianto didn’t.

“Anyway after a very long time floating around in space” continued Tosh perhaps sensing Ianto’s annoyance towards the doctor. “We crashed landed on this planet, called new earth, and these cat nurse nuns ran the hospital and they could cure anything…”

“Even it seems death but then they turned out to be growing people to infect with disease so that they could cure these diseases and got asserted and after that the planet kind of went tits up” said Owen “and we got a one of the lift ships to leave the planet before it was quranetted. Our pilot was called…” Owen trailed off and stared at Evelyn before whispering something to Tosh, “She knows the doctor and asked him to meet us outside of ‘z’ space so that he could give us a lift home.”

“But the agency and the Jardoon court up with us and made us land” Tosh jumped in, “Everyone started shooting at each other and Jack you were there and you got shot”

“That was when I turned up,” said the doctor, apparently he liked to but in on everyone’s stories. “I had noticed that the timelines had changed dramatically and gone in a very wrong direction so I had to find out the cause of it. I was running around history trying to find out what went wrong, went I found myself in London in the second world war. I thought I track down Jack and compare history notes, because Jack’s an expert on history and because his version won’t match up with mine and that would lead me to what had changed.” He paused to have a slip of water.

“But Jack was no where to be found and that’s when I realised Jack’s past is your future and if something happened to him then it would effect history. Time traveller’s complicated lot aren’t we? Anyway I had to find Jack before he meet me or went to the game station because that was when the immortal thing happened. I found him and…”

“We used the nanobots that I brought at this fuelling station come giant floating market. To save his life and bong, history bounced back to normal and the doctor gave us a ride home” finished Owen.

“Wow, I don’t remember any of that,” said Jack “it seems you two had quite the adventure.”

Three hours after dinner Ianto stood over his daughter’s cot and looked down at her sleeping form. Everyone including Rhys and the doctor had helped moved Jack into his flat. The doctor and Owen had built the cot she was sleeping in using that sonic screwdriver that the doctor carried around. The flat was quite now everyone except the doctor had gone home. Well the doctor had sort of gone home, his TARDIS was now parked in the living room. It was the quickest way of getting everything Jack owned from the hub to Ianto’s flat. Jack had invited him to stay a while and it seemed that the doctor was going to take him up on his offer.

Jack came up behind Ianto and slid his arms around his waist. “I offered the doctor the sofa for the night but he pointed out that he could just sleep in his bedroom in the TARDIS, he’ll be more comfortable in there” Jack whispered so that he could heard over the strange music Evelyn’s dee – dee dum was playing. It was projecting planets on the ceiling and they were dancing with the stars and a space ship to the music. Jack let go of Ianto and leant into the cot to kiss his little girl on the forehead, “goodnight angel.” He walked to the door and turned to face Ianto he held out a hand. “Sweet dreams” said Ianto as he mimic Jack’s actions and kissed his daughter then he took Jack’s hand and allowed himself to be lead from the room.

Ianto sat down on the bed and started to undress himself. Jack was putting the last of his clothes away. Ianto found himself amazed at how clean and tidy Jack was now, he had spent most of the meal cleaning up their daughters mess and the rest of the evening vacuuming and helping Ianto clean the mess in the kitchen which had been left after Ianto run all the way back to the hub once Bilis Manger had kidnapped Jack. Most of this Jack had done while balancing Evelyn on his hip.

It seemed that Evelyn didn’t liked to be held or looked after by other people, the doctor had said it was because Jack was all she had ever known. The exception to this was the doctor she loved to held and tickled by him, she seemed to like Owen a lot as well. Mainly because on their first meeting he had knelt down to her level offered his hand and introduced himself as “Doctor Owen Harper”. She started calling him ‘Ducky Owen’ which made both of them laugh.

Ianto was a little bit worried at how she pronaonced words, she didn’t grasp many of them correctly and Jack didn’t care he just kept saying it was cute. Daddy, she was fine with. But she said Ducky instead of doctor and Danto instead of Daddy Ianto, which Ianto had to admit was very cute. Toshiko translated as Tossy -toe and Gwen was Wennie, it seemed she had forgotten all about Rhys shortly after meeting him. He reasoned as he hung up his suit jacket and trousers in a dry cleaning bag that he would work on her volcabuary with her later.

Something was nagging at Ianto actually it was two something’s. Ianto now dressed in an old t-shirt and his boxer shorts sat on the end of their bed. “Jack?” he asked Jack turned to look at him he was now completely naked. Ianto turned to face the wall, “you and the doctor seem close”

“He’s my friend” answered Jack.

“were you ever…more than friends?”

“No never”

“Not once in almost two hundred years?”

“No”

“So you jumped through time to sit on the rift and wait for him, because you were just friends…no love involved what so ever?”

“Yan, that’s a completely different question. Are you asking if I’m in love with him or do I love him?”

“Are you in love with him?”

Jack paused before answering, “No.”

“Do you love him?”

“Yes,” no pausing this time Ianto noted.

“I kissed some one else” said Ianto turning to face Jack so that he could see the reaction.

“When?” Jack’s face was confused.

“On the Titanic”
Jack nodded, “was he/ she hot?”

“He, and yes”

“As hot as me?”

“No”

“Was just a kiss?”

“Yes”

“Okay” Jack climbed into their bed.

“It was quite a passionate kiss” Ianto added he was not happy with that ‘Okay’ at all.

“well these things happen, the heat of the moment knowing you could die. Having one last go at really living…its what I miss most about being mortal the feeling of being alive”

“So your not up set or annoyed?”

“No”

“Do you need to confuse anything? Anyone you kissed while away for two years?”

“Yes there’s this girl, she’s a lot younger then me and I kiss her quite a bit… her names Evelyn she’s adorable.”

“Funny”

“Well it was a stupid question, no I did not cheat on you in way what so ever”

Ianto climbed into bed next to Jack he wrapped his arms around Jack, “actually Yan there is something I need to tell you and I don’t think your going to like it” Jack sat up and moved out of Ianto’s hug.

“What is it?” Ianto was worried Jack had stood up and was pulling on his boxer shorts.

“You know that Bilis left me in Torchwood one just before the battle?”

Ianto remembered the pictures Tosh had found from the CCTV. “Yes” he said shortly.

“Well I ended up meeting Lisa there and I told her to run, but she wouldn’t leave without you and we ended up hiding in this closet. We could hear the cybermen moving around outside and we knew that we weren’t going to make it out of there alive, and Lisa she…” Jack took a deep breath before he continued “she let herself get captured so that I could escape with my…our baby” Jack looked at Ianto.
Ianto slipped out of bed, he pulled on some old jeans and picked up a pair of shoes. “Yan please say something” Jack begged.

“I can’t talk to you right now, I can’t even look at you” said Ianto had pulled on his shoes and was heading for the door. “I need to be alone” and he left Jack standing there in his boxer shorts. He handed for the front door and left the flat, he didn’t know where he was going all he knew was that he really needed to think.

And Everything: Ianto's story part eight

2008-07-18T20:00:16Z

Alrighty... here's part eight, hope it makes sense the timelines in my stories had got thrown out of wack by something that happened in the future in The Universe: Owen's story. However as everyone knows the future for us is Jack's past, so the thing that happened messed up the timelines in the present, (for full details read Owen's Story this link will lead you there http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/7965.com ). Anyway the thing that happened gets fixed by a certain time lord, (you'll have to wait until part nine for full details of that one) and everyone goes back to where they were before the timelines changed. Hope that makes sense and I hope this makes sense, here part eight,

Part seven was here - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/7761.html

The salty sea air filled Ianto Jones’ lungs and the cold steel of the railings felt good under his warm hands. It was the thirteen of April 1912 and Ianto stood silently on the deck of the Titanic tomorrow this entire ship would be resting on the bottom of the ocean. He felt his stomach churning once more at the thought of it he had been staying in the staff quarters. He had meet a young man called Thomas Brown who had let him stay in his room, with four members of the kitchen none of whom spoke any English.

Thomas, Tom as he told Ianto to called him was a young brunette who reminded him of Jack. Expect he had brown eyes and was a bit shyer then Jack but he had this way of looking at him that just reminded him of Jack so much that it hurt. He couldn’t help thinking of him and his child.

He had to keep reminding himself of Jack’s message through time telling him that his child had been born and that she was safe. He kept trying to imagine what she looked like would she have his eyes or Jack’s? His nose or Jack’s? His mouth or Jack’s? Just thinking about it made him yarn for them both he had never even made his little girl but he dreamt about her every time he closed his eyes. Well almost every time, sometimes he had strange dreams where He, Owen and Toshiko where running around the sewers or breaking into UNIT.

The sun had set about two hours ago yet Ianto still stood on the deck and looked out to sea. He sighed a heavy sigh as he thought of his last date with Jack; now looking back at it he realised that was the night they must have conceived their daughter. “What are you up to?” asked a voice. Ianto turned to see Tom standing next to him.

“Just thinking” he heard himself say.

“You want to come and do something fun?” he asked. Ianto turned towards him a confused expression on his face.

“Don’t you have to work?” he asked him.

“We get one night off a voyage” he answered with a smile. “Everyone knows that the best night to be had is in third class.” Ianto smiled remembering the film Lisa had made him go to the cinema to see it three times. He remembered Leo and Kate dancing in the mess room.

Tom offered his arm Ianto grinned and took it, “Do you they think they’ll throw us over if they see us walking around like this?” Ianto asked.

“No,” said Tom but he clearly didn’t believe himself because he let go of Ianto’s arm. They made their way down to third class. As they approached the hall Ianto could hear the music. He could help but smile for a moment he forgot about Jack and his little girl and for one night… maybe his last night on earth. He had fun, he drunk way too much and danced his ass off. The last time Ianto danced it was with Jack at Gwen’s wedding but this was different in everyway. It felt different for a start, dancing so close to Jack that he could smell him made him feel safe and loved. Dancing like a manic in a room in the hull of a ship that smelt of beer and sweat made him feel wild, free and alive in away that he have never felt before.

Tom handed him another beer at about one in the morning, his sixth off the night. He grabbed his arm and pulled him over to a table where a couple of guys where playing a game of cards. They sat down and the rules of the game were explained to Ianto, if you lost around instead of having to pay money they had to down their pints. Ianto lost eight rounds and had to down eight pints, he didn’t mind and continued to dance like an idiot to the Irish music. It Ianto’s mind at that point in town he was the most amazing dancer on the face of the earth.

At about two thirty Ianto walked back to the room while being propped up by Tom. He opened the door and while trying to be quiet because the chef’s would be asleep already, they fell into the room. Ianto giggled to himself as Tom pulled him to his feet, “If I didn’t know better” slurred Ianto, “I would think that you were trying to get me drunk tonight.” Ianto laughed again and then…Tom moved towards him. He reached up and run his fingers through Ianto’s hair, he stopped giggling. Tom moved closer towards him now he was less then an inch away from him. His hand was on the back of Ianto’s head Tom leant in and their lips meet for the first time. Ianto opened his month and let Tom push his tongue into his mouth. Ianto allowed himself to kiss Tom back; he wrapped his arms around Tom’s waist. It was a beautiful, passionate moment.

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As Ianto stirred the next day his head hurt a lot. He hadn't had a hang over this bad since college.
‘Oh shit’ thought Ianto as he remembered Tom pushing him against the bunks and kissing him shortly before passing out. Ianto sat up so fast the he hit his head on the underside of Tom’s bunk. “Bullocks” he said aloud, and then he covered his mouth with his hand and looked around the room. He was alone; Ianto moved over to the tiny mirror that one of the German chefs had nailed to the door. He noticed that he was still fully dressed expect he didn’t have his suit jacket or tie on.

He washed his face in the little sink and checked his watch for the time. It was almost twelve o’clock in the afternoon the last day that the Titanic would stay afloat. He noticed a letter on the floor he bent down and picked it up. It was from Tom thanking him for an amazing night and telling him that he had gone to work and would be back around two. Ianto was beginning to wonder how much he couldn’t remember… did they have sex?

Did he cheat on the man he loved and carried his child who risked his life to defend her. Who had been raising her for at least the last eighteen months? Ianto felt physically sick and dizzy Tom had left him a note like the ones that Jack used to leave him. When he woke up in the middle of the night and when for one of his walks, or when he stayed at Ianto’s but left for the hub before Ianto woke up. Tom had left him the kind of note a lover leaves to stop their partner worrying. He had a lump in his throat he felt the tears burning in his eyes. Ianto slipped to the floor and sat there staring at thin air trying to make his brain remember every detail about the night before.

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Ianto did the cowardly thing and left the room before Tom returned during his lunch break. He took a long walk around the ship and bumped into a lady he had meet a few days earlier when he was walking around the deck. Her name was Molly Brown; he had tea with in the first class lounge and blushed when Tom came over to serve them. He gave Ianto a look like thunder, like he would never forgive him. Ianto kicked himself for ruining his last day on earth.

The rest of the day pasted in a blur of cocktails and laughing with Molly he hugged her once he had walked her back to her room at seven o’clock. The Titanic sunk at eleven forty. He went back to his room and waited he hoped that Tom would return to the room before then so that he could clear the guilt from his mind. So that he could perhaps make it up to him a little, he must have looked like a right bastard. Not waiting in the room for him and then having afternoon tea and cocktails while he waited on him. Ianto fell asleep on his bunk and didn’t wake up until a hand touched his cheek. He opened his eyes to see Tom standing over him. “What time is it?” he asked desperately.

“Twenty past eleven” Tom answered.

“Shit we’ve got to get to the lifeboat deck” Ianto told him urgency filling his voice. He jumped out of his bed grabbed Tom by the hand and raced out of the room. They ran as fast as Ianto could drag them up to the top deck. They stood at the front of the ship, it was thirty seven minutes pasted the hour. The look outs rang the bell Ianto could hear them shouting ice burg ahead as shattered ice fell onto the deck. Tom pulled Ianto out of the way, “how did you know?” he asked.

The ship was about to sink, Tom about to die perhaps he would as well but he had to ask. “What happened last night, after we kissed?”

“Nothing” Tom replied, “You vomited in the sink and then fell asleep.” Although Ianto still felt guilty about kissing him. He was reliefed that he hadn’t slept with him. Jack was an understanding lover, in time (Jack had plenty of it) he would have forgiven Ianto. But Ianto would have never forgiven himself.

Soon the Captain called all hands to the deck and Tom ran off looking worried, saying “I’ll find you when I know what’s going on… I promise.” That was the last time that Ianto Jones ever saw him. The young man that was kind to him and who fancied him.

After that the odd calm that had gripped the ship since it hit the ice burg quickly turned into panic, which as the ship filled with water turned into chaos. Someone was handing out life jackets Ianto grabbed one. Suddenly he was filled with panic he had been sure that if he just stayed on the ship the team would come for him. But now it seemed like they weren’t coming at all, if he had thought for a moment that they wouldn’t find him he would have jumped ship when it stopped at Cork.

He couldn’t think straight he didn’t know what to do all he could think about was the fucking film. He remembered that the ship would go down by the nose so he decided to head for the back of the ship. All around him people where screaming and pushing some body pushed him to the ground in an effort to get to the lifeboats.

People didn’t notice him on the floor and they started to trample him. He covered his head with his arms as the tears started to flow down his face, he should have told Jack he loved him more. He should have made Owen open the rift so he could have seen his little girl.

He tried to get to his feet but people kept shoving into his and knocking him back down. The ship was starting to sink very fast now and people where getting more desperate. Somebody grabbed Ianto off the floor only to punch him back down again.

He was a rough looking man who kept kicking and punching Ianto. He was trying to get the life jacket off Ianto, the man hit him again when Ianto struggled against him. Somebody grabbed the man from behind and hit him in the face knocking him out. Ianto looked into the man’s face. His heart skipped a beat and even amongst this chaos Ianto only had one question, “Where’s my daughter?”

“She’s safe with Gwen” Jack Harkness held out his hand for Ianto, who grabbed it and was pulled to his feet. “Let’s get you out of here” Ianto wrapped his arms around Jack as he punched something into his vortex manipulator. There was a bright light and a lot of spinning and suddenly Ianto found himself standing once again in the hub…he was home.

Links to Jack's, Owen's and Ianto's Stories.

2008-07-15T22:52:17Z

And Everything: Ianto's story part seven

2008-07-15T22:34:02Z

So here it iss part Seven, there's only five parts left after this and then its back to the drawing board for me... so, yeah enjoy it while you still can. This is where it starts to get a little complex there will be alot of timeline switching, flash backs and even some time travel, so if you want to refresh your memory and re - read part 1 through 6 of Ianto's story or the Jack or Owen series follow this link and it will lead you to the story links, - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/7965.html

So without rambling on further here it is part seven

An alarm sounded as Ianto and Owen were calmly putting Toshiko in the back of the ambulance. “That’s not good,” said Owen as they slammed the doors shut. Quickly while still trying to appear calm they got into the drivers and passenger’s seats. Ianto started the engine and they drove down to the front gate, when they got there the guards stopped them. One of them was talking to some else on the radio; Ianto glanced at Owen who suddenly looked very pale. Ianto looked in his rear view mirror and saw that UNIT jeeps were coming down the drive towards them. The guard looked at them while still talking on the radio Ianto got the impression that they weren’t going to let them pass. Ianto made a rash decision; he put his foot to the floor and drove through the barrier.

“What the fuck are you doing?” screamed Owen as Ianto drove so fast around the corner that Toshiko’s trolley almost tripped over.

“Escaping,” Ianto shouted back at him. He had his foot to the floor and was driving as fast as he could towards the motorway. The UNIT jeeps had been joined by some trucks and where graining on them. Ianto tried to make the ambulance go faster, but his foot was already on the floor. Owen ducked down in his seat as the UNIT soldiers started to fire shoots at the. With a bang the back window was smashed and the bullet travelled through the ambulance through the hole in Owen’s headrest and out of the windscreen.

Owen looked up at Ianto his eyes were wide, they both knew that is Owen hadn’t ducked…he would be dead. Ianto felt the blood running from his face the last time he had been this scared it was during the battle. He was Torchwood. Ianto was used to thinking on his feet, keeping calm in a crisis they where coming up to a junction there was traffic queuing a head of them.

“Traffic, traffic” shouted Owen, “slow down, we’ll crash” as Owen threw his arms up in front of his face Ianto flicked a switch on the dash board and the lights and siren burst into life. Just like the parting of the red sea the traffic moved out of their way and closed in behind them, blocking UNIT’s path and leaving them not choice but to brake.

Owen shared out of the back window than back at Ianto, “nice one” he said as he undid his seat belt. Owen got up and moved into the back of the ambulance. He unzipped Toshiko’s body bag, “you all right?” he asked. She seemed to be coming around.

“Yes, fine” Ianto heard her mumble. “I can’t believe we made it.”

“We’re not out of the woods yet,” said Ianto. “Which way is your house Dr Harper?”

“It the other side of London, we’ll never make it without them catching up” he protested.
Suddenly the sound of helicopters filled the air, Ianto looked up and out of the sunroof. The helicopters were black with UNIT painted on their under bellies in red.

“Shit, shit, shit its UNIT,” shouted Ianto.

“Oh really?” said Owen sarcastically.

Ianto saw an underground station; he slammed on his brakes as they approached it. The ambulance stopped just short of the pavement.

“What the fuck…” Owen started a sentence. But stopped as Ianto ran past him.

“We’re got a train to catch,” he told them looking over his shoulder. Owen and Tosh looked at each other then ran after him. Ianto jumped over the barrier, “Hey” shouted the ticket man “stop that” he screamed as Owen and Toshiko copied his actions and jumped over the barrier as well. As fast as they could they ran down the stairs. They ran towards a platform not really following any signs not looking for one in particular, just an escape route.

Somehow UNIT officers where once again following closely behind them. Ianto looked to his left and saw a train standing at the platform; he dashed towards it closely followed by Owen and Tosh. The UNIT officers ran towards the train as well but the doors has already begun to beep and closed in their faces. Toshiko beeped and gave them the finger as the train pulled away. Owen and Ianto both laughed, Ianto wondered how he knew it was out of character for Toshiko to do that.

Ianto checked his watch it was quarter to nine. He should have been home and at Lisa’s side four hours ago; instead he was hiding behind a big blue rubbish bin with Owen and Toshiko. They had been trying to lose UNIT since five o’clock and to spite their considerable knowledge of London and combined intellect they still hadn’t managed it.

They train hopped eight times in the underground until finally UNIT managed to freeze the tube network, stopping all of the trains. He and Owen managed to open a door just as UNIT forces where making their way down the train. They jumped out and ran along the pitch-black tunnel feeling their way until found a doorway which lead them through a series of corridors used by service men. They had even gone down into the sewers in an attempt to lose them when they where very nearly captured in Hyde Park. If it hadn’t been for a group of school children covering their decent they would be in jail. They had just emerged from the sewers into an alley only to hear the helicopters overhead, and see the foot soldiers walking past the mouth of the alley.

The helicopters where still flying over head and the UNIT forces roamed the streets in their biggest ever man hunt. Ianto wondered if they knew who he and Owen where. They had used false identity to get in, what if they had tracked them down and searched their homes.

He was pretty sure that Owen had nothing to hide, but he had Lisa. It would be awful if they found, firstly they would kill her. Secondly they would kill them for treason, here he was with one of the countries most celebrated Doctor’s of his generation and a technical genesis they had just gone to great lengths to free. A genesis that UNIT was so afraid of they locked her up, it would look like they where attempting to create a new army of cybermen. Maybe they had already found her perhaps that was why they were putting such effort into locating them.

A bus stopped just outside the alley they were hiding in. It was a big red double Decker with an open stair well at the back. Ianto touched Owen’s arm and pointed, he nodded and silently as if moving without being noticed was second nature they moved towards the bus. They managed to board it without a sound and sat in the seats at the back of the bus. As the bus moved off Ianto recognised where they were. This was the bus he used to get home from Torchwood with Lisa.

He whispered this to Owen and Toshiko; he said that perhaps they could hide at his flat for a while. He knew it was a risk taking them back there when Lisa was strapped to a cyber conversion unit in his living room. But he had no other choice, he couldn’t ditch them and he had to get home to Lisa. Maybe after losing his lover Owen would empathize, maybe they could save her after all they had the skills needed. Owen a medic and Toshiko a technology expert. After about ten minutes the bus reached Ianto’s stop, as quietly as they had got on the three of them got of the off the bus.

Quickly they walked the short walk from the bus stop to Ianto’s small second floor flat. Ianto held the front door of the block of flat where he lived open for Owen and Toshiko, he glanced up the street before closing it again just to make sure they hadn’t been seen. They ran up the stairs towards his flat when Ianto opened the door Owen and Tosh stepped inside.

He followed them his heart was in the back of his throat as Lisa called out his name, “Oh hello” said Owen in response. “I hope you don’t mind the intrusion” he continued to talk as he walked towards the living room. Ianto found himself froze with fear he simply stood like a statue watching as Owen pushed open the living room door. “Oh my god” he whispered. Tosh grasped and put her hand to her mouth. “I thought she died” Owen said, “in the battle…then I was looking for you, I checked the list of the dead…she’s on it” slowly he turned to look at Ianto. He found himself completely unable to move he just stared back at Owen. Toshiko pushed past Owen and entered the living room, “I don’t understand who is she?”

“Lisa Hallett” Owen answered.

“Is she your girlfriend?” she asked Ianto.

“Yes,” Owen answered again.

“Ianto?” it was Lisa’s voice, “are you there?” suddenly Ianto found himself able to move again. He walked past Owen and into the living room.

“I’m here,” he breathed as he moved to her side.

“Where have you been?” she asked the voice edged with pain.

“No where” he replied his throat felt tight. Suddenly without warning the power to their building was cut. They looked around the room; they had been plunged into complete darkness. All of Lisa’s life support system had been turned off. Her eyes where wide as she grasped for air, “No, no don’t leave me” he begged her. Ianto swung around to face Owen, “do something,” he shouted at him.

Owen looked around surly looking for something he could use to save her… no he was looking to Tosh for help. “There’s nothing I can do…” he had gone pale, “the powers out and the life support was all that was keeping her here.” Owen stepped closer to her, “her chest is encased there’s no way I can do mouth to mouth. Maybe if she can breathe on her own” he took her hand. “Deep breaths come on just try and stay with us” her eyes closed.
Owen hung his head and turned to Ianto, “I’m sorry.”

They could hear the UNIT forces closing in on the flat they must have cut the power. “Ianto” suddenly Lisa was sitting up right. She hadn’t been able to move since he had rescued her from Torchwood one but now she was sitting up. She was smiling and happy.

“Ianto, I’m breathing on my own,” she said.

“Lisa…your alive” he hugged her, “do you think you can help her?” he asked Owen and Tosh.

“I don’t know” Owen stepped forwards and Ianto backed away. He took her head in his hands. “If her brain can be saved…there might be a change it really depends on how they wire the cybernetics up to the human brain” Toshiko stepped closer to them.

“We should get out of here before UNIT find us” she said.

Lisa face dropped and she grabbed Owen by the neck. She lifted him off the floor.

“What are you doing?”

“He tried to help me, I’m returning the favour” she forced him down on to the conversion unit. Unfortunately at the moment the power came back on, she hit a button and Owen screamed as the blades cut open his face. Ianto threw himself on the floor as he tried desperately to unplug the machine. Toshiko picked up a chair and hit Lisa across the back of the head with it.

It broke into a hundred pieces, Lisa turned and placed her hand on Toshiko’s shoulder and her screams were added to Owen’s as Lisa electrocuted her. Finally as Ianto pulled out the last plug the screaming stopped. He sat up and looked at the thing lying on the conversion unit that was once Owen Harper was now a mangled mess of metal and flesh. He stood up and saw that Toshiko was lying dead on the floor, “they were trying to help you” he said tears flowing down his face as UNIT smashed down his door.

He stood in between Lisa and UNIT. They opened fire and Ianto felt the bullets rip through him. He dropped like a stone to the floor he heard the screams of UNIT as Lisa attacked. Funny how to spite the pain that the bullets after the one that was really hurting was the one in his fingers. He lifted his hand the very tips of his fingers were turning to dust and atoms. He watched his hand disappear as Ianto Jones drew his last breath.

And Everything: Ianto's story part six

2008-07-14T17:36:44Z

Sorry I didn't get a chance to post over the weekend I was on holiday... wish I had stayed at home with my lap top and a cup of tea, the weather was that bad!!

part five is here, if you missed it - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/7392.html

Without further delay here it is part six

Ianto sat in the waiting room of the royal hope hospital. Any minute now Doctor Harper would appear and they would set of on their mission to free Toshiko Sato. Harper was late, and it surprised Ianto that he wasn’t more annoyed by it, almost like he expected him to be late. It was only when Ianto got home that questions about the young Doctor’s motives and ideas started to form in Ianto’s mind.

Why was Owen so sure that they were meant to apart of Torchwood three? Ianto who worked at Torchwood had only ever heard that they lost communication with Torchwood three on New Year’s eves 1999. As ever as Torchwood one was concerned it had disappeared along with Torchwood four. As far as Ianto knew now that Torchwood one had fallen, Torchwood’s staff now consisted of a crazy man living in Glasgow.

Where were these dreams of his coming from? Ianto had a few dreams himself mostly about having sex with a tall, dark and handsome stranger, but he wasn’t one hundred percent convinced that these dreams were memories from another timeline. For a start the science of it didn’t make the least bit of sense. If the timelines had indeed been altered as dramatically as Owen was suggesting then there would be no trace of the change. They wouldn’t have a single memory of it; they would simply continue to live their life in the alternate timeline. At least that was what everything he leant at Torchwood lead him to believe. They certainly wouldn’t be dreaming of it, when Ianto really sat down and thought about it Harper’s actions lead him to only two conclusions.

Firstly that the Doctor had gone mad. Ianto had watched all of the news reports about he hospital disappearing and than being put back. He had watched the news reporters conclude that the entire hospital had been drugged and that its removal was part of some kind of terrorist plot. He had laughed at it…but now that this Doctor had come to him with talk on alternative worlds and timelines… it did make him wonder if they had indeed been drugged or weather the thin air had affected Harper’s brain.

Secondly that Doctor Harper was simply trying to manoeuvre or trick Ianto into doing his dirty work. Maybe he knew this Sato and perhaps he and she were indeed part of some terrorist group. Ianto did wonder why they chose him…but Owen knew of Torchwood perhaps they planned to use his knowledge of it in some kind of terrorism. Perhaps Harper was simply in love with Sato and needed someone else’s help to free her…but why he would pick Ianto somebody that he had never meet before to help him, did not make sense at all.

The more Ianto thought about it the crazier Harper seemed…but there was something about the way he spoke that showed how intelligent he was. There was something about the way he acted with every idea or possibility though out completely and logically before acted on, these things about his personality made Owen seem normal and less crazy. Ianto had almost turned around and gone home on his way to the hospital…but there Ianto’s own gut feeling that stopped him. A horrible twist in his stomach that told him had to go through with it.

Owen appeared with blood on his white coat and sweat running down his face. “Sorry, I had to cover in accident and emergency… and well there was an emergency” He pulled off his coat and used its sleeve to wipe his forehead. “Follow Me,” he said looking over his shoulder as he did so. Ianto stood up and obeyed Owen lead him to the changing room. Ianto waited near the door while Owen opened his locked and pulled out a new white Doctor’s coat and a paramedic’s uniform, “here put this on” he handed him the paramedic’s uniform.

“Thank you” Ianto said politely Owen had clearly thought about every detail of his plan. “So” said Ianto as he removed his shoes, “What do I do once we are inside UNIT?”

“As little talking as possible, Martha is going to do most of our talking until we’re inside Toshiko’s cell. Once we’re in there you need to stand two feet in front of the door. That’s important because there’s camera above the door of the cell, but if you stand two feet in front of it and don’t move until I say you should able to block they’re view.”

“Then what?”

“We pretend to be trying to save her life, you know couple of minutes of fake mouth to mouth then when we are unable to do so. We stick her in the body bag and wheel her out.” Owen pulled a medic’s bag out of his locked and replaced it with Ianto’s clothes. Ianto looked at himself in the thin mirror of the changing room. He looked strange in a paramedic’s uniform, strange but good. “Getting out might be harder, Martha says that they usually do the autopsies there and then have the family come and claim the body.”

“You think they won’t let us take her?”

“I don’t know…I’ll think of something through” Owen frowned. “Maybe say the body might infect people…and that it should be burned…does that sound convincing to you?”

Ianto nodded in spite of himself as Owen pasted him the keys to the ambulance they where borrowing.

Ianto was surprised how easy it was to get into UNIT undetected. As Owen had said Martha did all of their talking for them. Explaining that Miss Sato hadn’t eaten any of her food recently and that all the tests that Martha had done on her came back negative. ‘Of course they did’ thought Ianto ‘she’s not sick’. Martha said that Owen was a specialist in the area of foreign and inter - galactic diseases and that he might be able to help her. They allowed Ianto and Owen to enter the cell and shut the door behind them. A recorded message told them that they had five minutes. Ianto stood where he was meant to stand between Owen and the door.

Owen spoke to Toshiko in very fast Japanese Ianto’s Japanese was rusty at best by understood the gist of what was going on. Owen was explaining to Toshiko about his dreams, and that they were where to rescue her. Owen held up the needle containing the drug that would slow her heart rate giving her the appearance of having just died. “You’ve had the dreams too?” Ianto asked thinking that he already knew the answer.

“Yes I have” she said quite clearly, “I’ve been waiting for someone to come for me, in my dreams it was the Captain… but something changed in the timelines” Owen removed the needle and Toshiko rubbed her arm. “I guess something happened to him…” she went quite as the drugs started to take their slow effect on her.

“There’s something I don’t understand, why is it that you and Owen can remember everything about these changed timelines and I only remember little bits.”

“Ianto, I have had a long time to think about this and I have come to one very simple conclusion. Owen and I both process the two things you need to see absolute truth, we are brilliant and unloved. You, Ianto Jones are just brilliant so you only see parts of the truth.” Ianto looked at Doctor Harper the single tear that run down his face told him that Toshiko spoke the truth.

Her eyes started to close as her slipped into a deep sleep; Owen picked up her legs and pulled her out of the corner where she had been sitting. Owen pretended to do mouth to mouth and Ianto pretended to be trying to get her heart started. Two UNIT footmen burst threw the door, he and Owen continued with their facade. Ianto pushed up and down on her chest while counting to fifteen loudly as Owen breathed fake breath into her month. The two UNIT men watched with wide eyes and gaping mouths as they finally declared her dead.

“Dam it,” screamed Owen in mock rage to losing his patient.

“Doctor, you did everything you could” Ianto offered his false words of comfort while trying to suppress a grin. They were almost home free.

“We got here to late, we were too fucking late! Again” Ianto thought that Owen’s performance was near Oscar winning. “Look” Owen turned to the guards. “This disease the same one that she had came into this world through the void. Its incurable, but if I had been able to keep her alive we might have been able to get a better understanding of what causes it. We might have been able to cure it”

“But she’s dead” said one of the guards dimly as the other bent down to check her pulse.

“I know, which is why we’re taking the body to do further tests.”

“You can’t” said the guard who had check Tosh’s pulse. “UNIT takes care of all decreased prisoners”

“What’s your name?” Owen asked, Ianto kept his mouth shut and watched the Doctor work.

“Charles Johnson”

“Charles, if we are able to take her body we might be able to cure this god awful disease before it wipes out half the population of plant earth. You have friends? Family? A girlfriend?” Owen glanced at the other guard. “Boyfriend? Don’t you?” The guard blushed and nodded. “You wouldn’t want everything to happen to them would you? Perhaps in death,” he turned and looked sombrely into Tosh’s face “she can help save the world” a tear actually ran down the guards face as he nodded his permission. Owen turned to Ianto a stony expression on his face, “Get the trolley.”

As Ianto walked passed the guards into the hall to where they had left the trolley he thought ‘this is it, we’re home free.’ He wheeled it back in, the guards moved out of his way. Owen stood by Tosh’s feet and Ianto by her head. “One, two, three” he counted as they lifted her on to the trolley and into the body bag. Ianto zipped it up and as they wheeled Tosh out of her cell he thanked the guards. Who were both in floods of silence tears. ‘Oscar winning’ thought Ianto.

And Everything: Ianto's story part five

2008-07-10T23:14:56Z

Here's part five, enjoy and please leave comments.

If you want to read part four its here - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/7065.html

And Everything: Ianto's story part five

Ianto sat opposite Doctor Harper in a small café near the hospital where he worked. Owen was on his break during a sixteen hour shift, he wore his pager on the belt of his trousers and a lose fitting t-shirt. He looked tried and thinner than the last time they meet.

Slowly the doctor stirred his coffee he had already told Ianto that he was twelve hours into his shift. Ianto feel both pity and respect for him, “when’s your next day off” he asked. Owen looked up at him and rested his head on the knuckles of his right hand, “Friday,” he yawned stretching a bit. “Right, the plan is fairly simple. We need to find Toshiko Sato”

“That does sound simple” Ianto thought it sounded too simple.

“I know where she is…” Owen continued.

“Let’s go around there then” Ianto interrupted. “Talk to her and explain things, about our dreams…” Ianto remember the touch of the blue-eyed man in his dreams. Remember his kiss and the way he could make his spine tingle when Jack, (was that his name?) touched him. “About Torchwood… is it?

“That’s where we run into a bit of a problem,” the doctor confessed. “She is locked up in a government facility called UNIT… but as luck would have it I’ve found us an ‘in.’”

“Great, for a minute there you had me thinking this was actually fucking possible.” Ianto felt his face getting red with angry. He leant in closer, he wasn’t sure that he wanted people to over hear this conversation. “I don’t how much a want to risk for a timeline where I’m a fucking tea boy” he snapped. The more he thought about his dreams of alternative timelines if that was even what they where. The more he wondered weather he actually wanted that life. In his dreams Lisa wasn’t there she had been replaced with this man…who he had managed to get pregnant. In his dreams he spent most of his time running around the sewers after weevils. How good could this other life really be?

“Your not just a tea boy.” Said Owen hearing him say that somehow felt wrong. Ianto thought that Owen felt it too because he frown at what he had said. “Your one of the team, you have the most important job, you covered our tracks kept us secret and safe.”

“No I cleaned up your shit.” Ianto snapped again. “I could do with a laugh so come on Doctor… tell me your master plan”

Owen took a sip of his coffee; he stirred it again and licked the sugar off the spoon. “Like I said I have an ‘in’ this intern how used to work at the hospital, a little bit strange she was. She disappeared for a bit then came back finished off her degree. After that she got a job at UNIT… and well she owes me one.”

“What do you mean she owes you one?”

“Do you remember a few months ago when the hospital, the royal hope hospital got transported to the moon?” Ianto nodded… how could anyone forget? “Well that’s where I work. I was half an hour from finishing a twenty-hour shift when the bloody space rhino’s teleported us up there.

We where up there for four hours while they searched for alien life forms among us, the air was getting thin everyone were dying slowly. I had handed out oxygen through out most of the hospital, but we where running out. Martha, she’s my ‘in’ was running out of air. She was trying to help someone else and I gave her the last of my air, I saved her life.”

Owen took another gulp of his coffee. “She is going to get us into UNIT, she’ll make out that Miss Sato is seriously ill and that she doesn’t know what’s wrong with her. She will ask in a couple of specialists, us, to find out what’s wrong with her.” Owen waved over a waitress and orders another coffee.

“I’ll pronounce her dead, with the aid of a drug that’ll slow her heart rate right down until its almost unnoticeable. We’ll stick her in a body bag and just carry her out of there”

“It seems like a good plan, but what makes you think this Martha would be willing to risk her career for you? For Sato? For Torchwood?”

“She a good girl and she always does the right thing,” he said.

“That doesn’t really…” Ianto was cut of by the doctor’s pager beeping. He looked at its screen and read the message.

“I have to go, listen we’re going in on Friday I’ll meet you at the hospital at one. A mate owes me a favour, so he’s letting us borrow an ambulance it’ll be more convincing if we have the proper gear.” And with that Owen was gone.

Ianto walked to the bus stop and sat down on the little red seat. He thought about what Owen had said as crazy as it sounded the doctor’s plan made sense. Something inside of Ianto told him that it was the right thing to do. The bus came and Ianto got on it he sat down at the back of the bus.

He closed his eyes and was finally with the blue – eyed man again. He was standing in the man’s office watching him sleep on the sofa near the manhole, which lead to the man’s bedroom. His stomach was big with Ianto’s unborn child his face was peaceful while he slept.

Ianto knelt by his side and reached out to touch his stomach. Jack moved a little in his sleep but didn’t wake up Ianto stroked his stomach. He could feel his child moving under his hand, inside his lover. He smiled to himself as he pressed his ear to Jack’s stomach; he closed his eyes for a while and listened to Jack steady breathing.

Ianto opened his eyes in time to get off the bus at his stop. He walked up the road to his flat part of him wanted to run away and leave Lisa to her fate. He stood out side to the door hating him for thinking it even for a moment.

He held his keys in his hand and watched the door for a long while before finally sliding it into the lock and going inside. Lisa was asleep, that was all she did these days he sat on the small wooden chair in the corner of the living and watched her until he fell asleep.

And Everything: Ianto's story part four

2008-07-09T23:26:27Z

This gets a little bit more weird but I promise in the end it will all make sense... hopefully.

Ianto straightened his tie as the lift descended he used the back of the shiny metal door as a mirror and smoothed out his hair. It was important that he looked good when he went to work, but today was especially important. Today was his date with Jack, after work providing that there was no mayor alien disaster he and Jack would be going to a movie and dinner.

Ianto’s heart flipped as he stepped out of the life he double-checked his hair in the glass of the cog door as if rolled back. He walked into the hub he wanted to make sure he looked his best and acted sexy… but in a subtle sort of way. He didn’t want to give Jack a reason to back out of their first ever date. As he walked up the steps to the workstation he saw Toshiko was already sat at her desk tapping away at the keyboard.

“Coffee?” he asked her. She turned and looked up at him, she took in the new suit and perfect hair.

“Wow you look great… special occasion?”

“Oh…er…” was he that see through? “No I just fancied a new suit so coffee with a shot of vanilla?”
“Please” she smiled nothing got past Tosh.

He wondered over to the coffee machine and made everyone’s favourite coffees. Than poured Owen’s away, he didn’t think he would ever get used to Owen being dead… a zombie. Jack had asked him on the night he got back from where ever the hell he had been but by that point Hart had shown up, then it was the sleeper agent aliens and after that the giant space whale. Of after that they lost two days… so they might have gone on a date then. Maybe it was horrible and Jack retconned all of them so that Ianto wouldn’t wonder why it was only him who lost two days. Then Owen died after the whole reset incident, things where only just calming down enough to set aside a date to go out.

He gave Tosh her coffee as the cog door rolled back and Gwen came in Ianto handed her the coffee. She smiled as she took it and sat down at her workstation, “Thanks” she said sitting down. Owen came in moments after her automatically Ianto turned towards him still holding the tray of coffees. Owen reached out for one and stopped himself just short of Jack’s cup.

“Still can’t get used to this” he tried a smile but it failed he clutched his hand into a fist and let out a deep sigh. He looked Ianto in the eye for a split second and then hurried away to the autopsy room. Ianto turned towards Jack’s office and moved towards the door. Be sexy but subtle and cool act like… like I’m not fused about going out with him or not.

He stepped over the fresh hold Jack was on the phone talking to someone at unit or someone like that. Ianto placed the tray on his desk making sure he leant over a little bit so that Jack could get a chance to clock his new suit. Jack paused mid sentence and took a long look at him, one side of his month curled up at one side. Ianto loved that smile… that sexy smile that made Ianto want to do… things to Jack, things that Ianto’s mind could barely imagine.

Ianto thought that he decided that he would let Jack think about how sexy he looked for a while. Ianto headed up to the tourist office and spent the rest of the day filing and doing boring things. At five o’clock on the dot Tosh, Gwen and Owen all headed out the door.

“Have a good night,” said Tosh as she closed the door behind her.

Half an hour later the wall moved back and Jack stepped through it. He wasn’t wearing his usual 1940’s RAF outfit. He was wearing a tight fitting black t-shirt, blue jeans and a leather jacket. He looked amazingly sexy. Ianto had to stop he leaping across the counter and pinning Jack against the wall.

Five hours later after a romantic comedy and a fantastic meal Ianto was dancing with Jack in one of the trendiest clubs in Cardiff. Ianto’s tie and suit jacket were in the SUV, as he didn’t think a full suit was really club wear. Jack was had left his leather jacket hanging on the back of a chair. It was funny how Jack had a story for everything; he told Ianto that the first time he died was it that Jacket and that he helped save the world in it all in one night. A slow song came on and Jack pulled him close they swayed to the music Ianto rested his head on Jack’s shoulder and closed his eyes, everything had been perfect.

Ianto unlocked his front door and pulled Jack into a kiss as he walked backwards into his flat. Jack kicked the door closed behind him; he pulled out of their kiss a little. “So Mr Jones” he whispered softly. “What do you want to do now?”

“You” Ianto whispered back and pushed Jack into his bedroom and onto the bed. Ianto didn’t know where his sudden confidence was coming from, maybe it was all the alcohol he drunk with dinner and at the club. Maybe it was because he finally felt like he and Jack were in a real relationship. But at that moment he knew what he wanted to do to Jack and nothing was going to stop him.

Jack watched him as he undid his shirt and threw it aside. He knelt on the end of the bed and crawled up Jack’s body kissing him through his clothes as he went. Ianto slid a hand up Jack’s t-shirt he helped him remove it, Jack’s t-shirt got thrown aside as well. Ianto kissed Jack’s chest and smiled at the small sigh that Jack let escape his lips. He moved down Jack’s chest to the top of his jeans, slowly Ianto undid Jack’s jeans and slid them down his thighs pulling them off completely.

“Commando?” Ianto commented.

“Thought you would like it” Jack smiled.

Ianto run his hand over Jack’s torso using his thumb he stoked Jack’s nipple. He leant in licking and sucking at his nipples and making them hard. Then Ianto switched his attention to Jack’s neck he licked, kissed and bit at it. “Your going to give me a love bite”

“Sort of the point” grinned Ianto.

Jack rolled over so that Ianto was on the bottom, “No” said Ianto.

“You want to stop?’ asked Jack.

“I want to be on top” Ianto rolled them back so that he could sit on top of Jack.

He rubbed himself against Jack, who groaned in appreciation. Jack reached out and took Ianto’s cock in his hand. He stroked it with his thumb Ianto moaned as he felt himself getting hard. “Lube” he breathed, “top draw.” Jack reached out opened the draw and pulled out the small tube. Ianto took it from him and slicked his dick with it, and then slowly he rubbed some lube around Jack’s hole. Ianto pushed two of his fingers inside of Jack preparing him for the act of love.

Suddenly there was a buzzing it filled the air. Ianto sat bolt up right it his bed, he looked around the room. It wasn’t his room, he reached out in the dark for the man he was sure was meant to be lying next to him. All he found was an alarm clock on the bedside table Ianto hit the ‘off’ button. He rubbed his eyes… wait this was his room. Why did he think a man should be lying next to him when his girlfriend was in the living room hooked up to a life support. Ianto shifted in his bed he was wet for some reason it seemed that he had been touching himself in his sleep.

What had that dream been about? Lisa? Or that strange but intoxicating man? He got out of bed and showered making sure that he washed himself properly. Then he dressed and went to see Lisa she wasn’t awake yet on the sideboard was the paperwork that the odd doctor had posted through the door. He picked it up and flicked through it, in its pages was a drawing of the man in Ianto’s dreams. He picked up the phone and dialled the doctor’s number, “Dr Harper?” he asked when the doctor answered, “its Ianto Jones…what’s the plan?”

And Everything: Ianto's story part three

2008-07-08T23:14:46Z

Okay guys, hold on to your hats this one gets a little bit complicated... but it worth it.

Part three... enjoy, oh and one and two is here http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/6447.html

Ianto ran to the railings the Southampton dock was fading into the distance he stood wide mouthed and watched it turn into a tiny dot. This wasn’t fair, it wasn’t right he was on the vague of creating what promised to be a good life – an amazing life with Jack and his unborn daughter. Well now that Ianto thought about Jack’s message she might have been born already, Jack may have been holding her right now. Then Ianto reminded himself that she hadn’t even been thought of yet, his parents hadn’t even been thought of yet. In fact his grandparents might not have even been thought of yet, he wasn’t sure when they were actually born.

He thought of Jack again, at this moment in time he was possibly getting drunk in some dingy Cardiff pub or chasing down some alien life form on Torchwood’s orders. Ianto hung his head as he felt the tears running down his face he wondered if his daughter would think of him much. Or weather she would simply expect his absence as a part of her life and seldom think about him. He leant on the railings and looked over board he considered jumping over, but the more he thought about it the more stupid it seemed. If the others had found him either by the list of the dead of some other means than they would look for him on the Titanic.

If he jumped overboard then they would open the rift for no good reason, and in the process risk damage to the entire plant. He had too stay here he was and leave bread crumps to ensure they found him before the Titanic sunk. He looked around maybe he could get his name on the list of passengers; he wondered here the list was or who wrote it.

Then he saw a group of people standing in a crowd a little way from him. They were having their photograph taken, well that was a start when Tosh and Jack went missing a photograph was how Owen and he found them. Slowly Ianto edged over to the group and stood in the back of the group the flash went off and Ianto was in the picture. ‘Good work’ thought Ianto to himself as he was pondering the possibility of getting himself in more photographs a young man spoke to him. “How are you?” he asked quizzically.

“Ianto Jones” he answered.

The young man took in his clothes, “are you part of the crew?” he asked.

“Er…no, not exactly” Ianto admitted.

“A passenger?” the man asked.

“Er… no…I guess…I…” Ianto stammered. The young man took Ianto by the arm and pulled him to the railings.

“Are you a sow away?” he whispered.

“Um… what’s your name?” asked Ianto. He felt that the man might be easier persuaded not to turn him in or have him thrown over… did they do that in the 1900’s Ianto wondered, possibly not.

“Thomas Brown” he answered, Ianto thought it ironic that his name should be brown when he had green eyes and sandy blonde hair.

“Well Thomas, this may sound strange but I’m not entirely sure how I got here. If I am a sow away then it is through no will of my own”

“I know I saw you and that old man appear while everyone else was looking the other way…how did he do that?”

“I don’t know, I suppose some might call it a gift” Ianto looked the young man directly in the eye. “Please don’t turn me in” he pleaded.

Thomas looked around the crowd he had been with had disappeared completely. “Come with me” he whispered.

Ianto followed Thomas down the stairs to the crew’s passage on the port side of the ship. Ianto followed closely behind him as Thomas walked down the winding corridors. It took them a while to get to his room but not as long as Ianto had thought it might take. “We were lucky you see,” he said. Ianto thought that luck might be a bit thin on the ground on the Titanic. “There’s a share buck in our room, the lad who were meant to be in it got very sick at the last minute and weren’t able to come. Got to feel sorry for him really not a lot of people can afford to lose three pounds and fifteen shillings.”

“Of course” Ianto agreed thinking that if Jack paid that he wouldn’t even get out of bed. Thomas opened the bedroom door to reveal six bucks, three on either side of the room; the middle buck on the left hadn’t been made up. The blanket and pillow were still neatly piled at the end of the bed. “You take it,” said Thomas “I’ll the others that you were late or something, I’ll say that you’re a room steward so that they don’t wonder why you’re never at dinner.”

Ianto moved toward the buck and sat down he took in the tiny room and aloud himself to lose hope a little, this could be were he would live until he died he thought. A tear slipped down his cheek as something very strange and painful started to happen to his hands. “Thomas?” he said.

“Ianto, what’s happening to you” he had a worried look on his face as he knelt before Ianto. His hands were turning to dust, no, not dust atoms his entire body was being ripped apart and he was turning into atoms, into nothing.

Ianto Jones woke up in a cold sweat. He sat bolt up right in his bed he must have been dreaming of Canary wharf again. He tried to remember his dream… had he been on the Titanic? What a strange dream still it made a change from the usual nightmare. A loud moan came from the living room and Ianto forced himself out of his bed. To attend to his lover, he wondered sleepily into the living room. Where Lisa lay on the cyber conversion unit. He upped her dose before saying, “good morning” and kissing her forehead. “How are you feeling sweetheart?”

“Worse, Yan it keeps getting worse please let me die”

“No, sweetie I will find someone to help us and cure you.”

“But the pain…”

“Please Lisa, We have just lost our baby please don’t make me lose you too.” She didn’t answer the pain was to much she just gave a simple nod and Ianto kissed her forehead once again. He walked into the kitchen and made himself a cup of hot coffee, then he poured Lisa a glass of cold water from the fridge and put a straw in it. He took both drinks in to the living room and put his coffee down before holding the glass so that Lisa could drink. He listened to the London traffic as Lisa drunk through the open window. It was always left open these days so that the cold air could stop Lisa over heating.

There was a sudden knock at the door, Ianto was wary of unexpected visitors these days. He went to the front door leaving the chain on he opened it a fraction. “Yes” he said sharply to the man on his doorstep. He was about twenty, Ianto would have said mid twenties. He had brown hair and brown eyes he was wearing a leather jacket. Under it he wore combats and a t-shirt that was a navy blue colour.

“Ianto Jones?” asked the man.

“Who’s asking?” snapped Ianto. The man raised an eye brow in reaction to Ianto’s shortness.

“Dr Owen Harper, I take it your Jones then.” Ianto nodded, he had contacted several Doctors in connection to Lisa’s condition but couldn’t remember a Harper on the list.

“I need your help.” Said the doctor. “this is going to sound strange…very strange. But in another time we sort of knew each other we worked together. Somewhere called Torchwood in Cardiff I think it was. We’re not there now because something weird happened and now we’re living these lives instead… it’s a bit complex…. Can I come in?”

“was your brain damaged in the battle?” Ianto asked rather cruelly. “we’re not at Torchwood now because it fell in the battle of Canary Wharf, Torchwood Cardiff closed down in 2000 because the manager went mad and killed the staff”

“That’s what might have happened in this new time line. Look I’ve been reading up on the theories of time travel and it seems that if something gets changed in the past or future it will effect all the timelines that are connected to the advent. I need your help to locate a Miss Toshiko Sato, a Captain Jack Harkness and Miss Gwen Cooper because they are connected to this as well.” Owen finished his sentence and waited for Ianto’s reaction. Ianto shut the door in his face.

“All right I get it, I’m asking you to accept a lot of crazy shit” he posted a thick wedge of paper through the letter box. “Read it’ he said, “my number is on the bottom of the first page if you remember any of it… or dream about it call me and we’ll figure out what to do next. Look I know your girlfriend died in the battle and well if we can change to time lines maybe we’ll both get the people we love back.” Ianto listened to the doctor’s footsteps fade away.

“Weirdo” he muttered.

And Everything: Ianto's story parts one and two

2008-07-07T21:37:43Z

Here it is the first two parts of the last installment of my three stories told form the point of view of the Torchwood men, this is the first two parts of Ianto's story... its taken me longer then I thought it would to get this far so here's a quick recap... sort of.

Life: Jack's Story
Jack gets knocked up by Ianto. He doesn't tell him for a while and when Ianto finds out by mistake he has a hard time dealing with it. Until Bilis Manger locks them in a room slowly filling with water, they make up and return to Ianto's flat. Manger shows up and takes Jack to the battle of Canry wharf where he goes into premiture labour in a stair well. The Doctor discovers him and delivered the baby a girl named Evelyn Jones.

The Universe: Owen's Story
After saving Jack and Ianto from the room filling with water, Owen and Tosh are kidnapped by Captain John Hart. Who takes them into the future were they meet a young Captain Jack and end up on new earth. Where they witness the Doctor saving the hospital from the cat people. After which they are saved from new earth by a pilot of a space ship... Evie Jones. The time agency catch up with them in a attempt to return them to their proper time, a fight beings and the young Captain Jack is killed. Dragging Owen and Tosh back through time and forcing them to live the life they would have had if it wasn't for Torchwood. After a strange day at his new hospital Owen reaches the one conclusion he has to find Ianto Jones the man in his dreams.

And here is Ianto's story parts one and two -

Ianto sat in the back of the SUV; Jack had his head in Ianto’s lap. Jack’s eyes where closed but his wasn’t asleep just enjoying the feel of Ianto running his hand through Jack’s hair. Ianto reached out and stoke the large bump that was barely hidden under his wet baggy t-shirt. Jack was shaking a little bit, due to spending almost two nights and a day in a room filled with cold water. “Owen” Ianto asked. The doctor was driving and Toshiko was in the passenger seat. Owen tilted his head towards Ianto, letting Ianto know he’d been heard but without taking his eyes off the road. “Can you turn up the heating? Jack’s cold” he asked, then adding, “please” just to be polite.

“I think we’re all cold,” replied Tosh pulling her jacket tighter around herself.

“I know I am” said Owen as he turned the heating up to full blast, Ianto allowed himself to smile at the dead man’s joke, Tosh and Jack both laughed out allow. “How are you doing Jack? Feeling alright?” asked Owen his doctor training taking over as ever.

“A lot better since I got out of that room filled with water” Jack frowned at something. “What was Manger thinking? I mean he should have known that the others would come for us,” he said letting his inner concerns be known.

“Maybe he thinks he’s a bond villain,” said Owen. Tosh giggled and Owen grinned at her like a Chester cat.

“Ha, ha very funny” said Ianto feeling that Jack had a point.

“Tosh, when we get back to the hub I want you to pull out very file we have on Bilis Manger.” Said Jack, covering his eyes with his hand.

“Hey, don’t you go working yourself up about this” Owen warned from the driver’s seat, “any stress can have nasty long term effects on the baby.” Owen hit the indicator and turned into the hub’s garage. “Ianto don’t you dare let him stay up all night worrying about this, the next few weeks are important to the baby’s health he needs to be nice and relaxed for when the baby gets here.” Said Owen in his most doctors like of voices.

“Don’t worry Owen I know how to look after my Jack”

“I bet you do,” said Tosh. Jack and Owen both laughed and Ianto felt himself blushing.

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Ianto stood by himself in Jack’s tiny apartment; he had a suitcase open on the bed for some of Jack’s clothes. As he folded one of the t-shirts that Owen had brought for Jack, (this one had Kenny from south park being killed again on it) he looked around the room. There was no way he was going to let his child be raised in here he thought to him self. Then he condemned himself for letting Jack look after himself for so long. How could he have been so stupid? Why didn’t he notice that Jack was pregnant sooner? How could he have let Tosh and Owen look after his lover in his hour of need? Ianto looked at the t-shirts as he placed them in the suit case, he tutted to himself these really weren’t Jack’s style. Gwen climbed down the ladder she was going carefully because she had a cup of what smelt like instant coffee in her free hand.

“Jack’s going to hate you for being that down here.” He told her as he continued to pack.

“Why?” she asked.

“Because he can’t have caffeine while he’s pregnant and he’s not liking the smell very much these days either.”

“He won’t know, it’s not like he’s going to be here for a few days…”

“If I have my way he won’t be living here again” Ianto cut in.

“Oh really?”

“Well there’s no space for a baby down here, and I’ve been thinking about it. We could draw up a rota and take it in turns to do a sleep over and that way Jack wouldn’t have to worry about the place.”

“Were would Jack be?” Gwen asked stupidly in Ianto’s opinion.

“I was planning on asking him to move in with me,” said Ianto without looking at Gwen.

“Wow, Ianto that’s brilliant” she put down the coffee and pulled him into a hug. Owen’s feet appeared at the top of the ladder as he started to climb down.

“Jesus, it’s a bit cramped in here” he said when he reached the bottom. “Come on Ianto I want to give you a quick once over before you take Jack back to yours.” Owen was looking around the tiny room, “where the hell is he going to put a baby in here?” he asked. Owen pulled open Jack’s sock draw, “She might fit in here,” he added.

“I’m not letting him raise my child in here,” snapped Ianto.

“Good” said Owen. “Its not really child friendly the hub is it? I mean how do you child proof a secret base that belongs to a team of alien hunters?” Gwen laughed and Ianto allowed himself a smile.

Tosh started to climb down the ladder. “Jack wants to know if your ready to go yet?” she said, “he’s not ready just yet, he’s gone to the toilet for the fourth time since we got back and he wants to do some filing and paperwork before he leaves…I think he’s nesting he keeps tidying things up. If we wants this place clean before the baby…” Tosh looked around the tiny room. “It’s a bit small in here…where the hell is he going to put a baby?”

“That’s what the hammock’s for” said Jack’s voice from the manhole. He was sat on the edge with his legs dangling in.

“Hammock?” the four of them said in union.

“Yeah, I’m going to replace the bed with a cot for the baby and a hammock for me” he explained clearly thinking his plan was a good one.

“A hammock?” said Ianto getting a little annoyed, more with himself for ignoring the man he loved than with Jack for coming up with stupid ideas. “That is the stupidest fucking idea I’ve ever heard, you’re planning on raising a child in one room underneath a secret base? Do you know how dangerous some of the equipment is? She could have her eye out or worse” he snapped at Jack.

Jack hung his head and muttered, “If you’ve got a better idea I’d like to hear it.”

“I do,” Owen, piped up, “you can put her in here” he pointed at the sock draw. He grinned his cheeky grin that hadn’t been the same since he died…there wasn’t any heart in it any more.

Jack leant forward and looked at the sock draw, “that’s not a bad idea…it’s the stupidest idea I’ve ever fucking heard.” Jack laughed along with Owen.

“I do actually.” Ianto moved forward so that he was standing underneath the manhole. “You could move in with me” he smiled up at Jack.

“Yan… I don’t… what about the hub?”

“We could do a rota and everyone could do a sleep over once or twice a week” he said, not liking the sound of that ‘I don’t’.

Jack smiled back at him, “I don’t know… I mean I’m not that easy to…” Jack looked worried. “Can we paint your spare room?” his eyes soften clearly coming around to the idea.

“Our spare bedroom” Ianto corrected him as he climbed the ladder towards his pregnant lover. “Of course we can” he reached up to kiss Jack.

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Ianto kicked open the door of his flat suitcase in one hand the other snaked around Jack’s waist supporting him into the flat.

“Yan, I’m fine… I can walk by myself at least,” Jack protested.

“I know, but I’d rather help you” he guided Jack into his living room and deposited him on the sofa. Jack looked up at him with his big blue eyes, “that’s better isn’t it” said Ianto; although it wasn’t really a question Jack answered it.

“Would be if I could get my boots off,” he mumbled.

Ianto obeyed by kneeing down and removing Jack’s boots, “really Jack, I think you can do this yourself,” he protested.

“Are you kidding? I haven’t been able to reach my feet in weeks” laughed Jack.

“Really” Ianto expected he was lying. “So who puts them on for you?”

“Tosh” Jack replied. Ianto was shocked by the quickness of the reply, he look into Jack’s eyes and found no lies there. “Owen offered once, but he’s only really got the one hand now and we were both there trying to do it for half an hour before Tosh came in and saved us.” Jack frowned, “I wonder who tries his laces…” Jack trailed off lost in the mystery of Owen’s footwear. Ianto felt prangs of guilty in his stomach, he knew that Tosh and Owen had been looking after his Jack but he hadn’t realised that they had done so much for him. “Maybe Tosh goes to Owen’s before work to ties his shoes” Jack concluded. He’d been chatting away while Ianto was lost in his thoughts.

He sat on the sofa next to Jack. He rested his head on Ianto’s shoulder and lased his fingers with Ianto’s. “I think we should paint the spare room yellow, its traditional for girls,” said Jack. Ianto laughed.

“Maybe it is in the 51st century, but down here in the good old 21st century the traditional girl colour is pink.” Ianto told him.

“Pink?” questioned Jack, “do you want our daughter to be a girly girl?”

“I don’t think the colour of her bedroom is going to effect weather she’s girly or not”

“Your right, because her room will be yellow, with light blue bits”

“Oh, so you want a tom boy”

“Damn right I do, they’re much more fun. When she’s old enough Owen will teach her medical bits ‘n’ bobs and Tosh can teach her techs stuff. You can teach her Welsh, art and English literature,” Jack glanced at Ianto’s bookshelf, which was full of classic novels. “I’ll teach history and how to handle weapons and Gwen…can think of something to teach her.” Said Jack, “that way she won’t have to go to secondary school, we’ll just draft her into the family business”

Ianto laughed, “I’m not sure I want our daughter learning how to use weapons while she’s an over hormonal teenager” said Ianto. “I’m not sure I want her to be Torchwood either, I mean its not like most operatives have a long life expectancy”

“Well, if we give her the right education she can be whatever she wants to be” smiled Jack. “What do you want to call her?”

“I don’t know”

“You haven’t thought of some names yet? I like Evelyn and Gracie…or maybe Rose”
Jack moved his head to Ianto’s lap and Ianto ran a hand through his hair.

“I’ve never really thought about…” Ianto trailed off frowning a little. He had thought about when Lisa had told him about the baby he’d blurted out the names of his sisters “Meagan, Sian or Gwynne” He found himself saying again, in a weird way he thought that maybe giving Jack the names he would have called his and Lisa’s baby would be honouring its memory.

“Oh, very Welsh” remarked Jack, “I like Sian… Jones has a ring to it don’t you think?”

“Don’t you wan to give her your name? Harkness?” asked Ianto.

“That’s not my name…I can’t remember what my name is anymore… what my real name is, it might have been Song or Delta or Tate.” Jack frown in the effort to remember something that happened centuries ago. “I can’t even remember my agency code, anyway I like your name better…Jones in Wales she’ll fit right in”

Part Two

Ianto had ran Jack a nice hot bath, which Jack was currently enjoying while he showered. He would have liked to join Jack in the bath but there wasn’t really space for him with a pregnant Jack. There wasn’t really enough space for Jack. Ianto stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. Jack had his eyes closed and was gently stoking his stomach. Ianto knelt by the bath tube; he ran his fingers through Jack’s hair. “Don’t fall asleep in there… that’s the last thing I want you drowning in my bath tube.”

“I won’t” Jack promised eyes still closed. Ianto kissed his stomach and then his forehand.

“I’m going to make you some dinner, I bet all you’ve had lately is take away.” Said Ianto.

“I’ve had some veg,” said Jack opening eye briefly. Ianto knew what that meant… coleslaw, very healthily.
Ianto dried himself off and dressed quickly, he didn’t think that he had a lot of food in. He would have to go shopping tomorrow he thought. Ianto moved into the kitchen he opened the cupboard and pulled out some pasta and a jar of tomato sauce. That was a start, he open the freeze and pulled out some frozen mince. He added to it an onion and some mushrooms that he found in the fridge, spaghetti bolognaise it is he thought to himself. He found some bread to go with it and set about making his lover… no wait his boyfriend dinner. Ianto smiled to he never thought he would be able to call Jack his boyfriend even if it was only in his own head.

Within twenty minutes Ianto the dinner almost cooked and the table laid complete with candles and a tablecloth that Ianto saved for special occasions. “Dinner in ten” he shouted to Jack, he heard him getting out of the bath. Ianto made a mental notice to mop that up later before Jack got up in the middle of the night to lose the loo and slips in it. He could just imagine it possibly the worst thing that could happen to him at this point. Jack falling in the bath and losing his baby their baby. Maybe he should mop it up before dinner… before he could even finish his thought Jack was screaming his name from the bedroom.

Ianto ran as fast as he could into the bedroom. He burst into the room, “what is…” he stopped talking when his eyes found Bilis Manger. Ianto drew himself up to his full height and pulled out his gun pointing it directly at the old man’s chest. “Get out” he breathed.

“Now that really isn’t necessary Mr Jones,” said Bilis in his silky voice.

“You just locked us in a room and left to die, so I think it fucking is”

“Very well” said Bilis. Calmly he took a step towards Jack. Ianto moved in front of him blocking his path. Bilis smiled a cruel smile and grabbed Ianto’s hands. Ianto dropped the gun and went ridged his eyes went cold and dim like his was looking at something far away.

Ianto lay on his bedroom floor his forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. His mouth was dry he had his hands clamped over his face. He couldn’t bare to look, he knew Jack had gone. He couldn’t hear him moving or breathing and Ianto felt sure that had Jack still been there he would be comforting Ianto at the moment. He had taken him to the hell Ianto had suffered through 19 months ago. Bilis Manger had taken Jack to the battle of canary wharf. Slowly Ianto moved his hands from his face. Jack was gone, just as he had thought.

Shaking like mad crawled his way on to the bed and used it to pull him to his feet , he could smell their dinner burning. Stubbling slightly he made his way back to the kitchen he managed to turn off the oven and throw up in the kitchen bin before grabbing his car keys and driving like a mad man back to the hub. He parked side ways blocking the SUV, Ianto didn’t care he jumped out of his car and ran to the cog door.

As it rolled back Owen shouted “I told you I didn’t want to see either of you for a week.”

“What’s wrong?” Tosh asked with some concern.

“He took Jack… Manger took Jack” Ianto screamed at them both. “He showed me this vision… of the future only it was in my past”

“Your not making sense” Owen told him. “Sit down, take a deep breath and tell us what you saw.”

“It was horrible, Jack was in so much pain cowering in the stairwell in Torchwood three tying to escape the cybermen and the daleks. He was losing our baby and there was this figure… I think it was a cyberman standing over him about to kill him and…that’s when I came too, it was so real.” Ianto wiped his face, which was shinning with tears.

“Listen to me Ianto, this is how Manger operates. He’s trying to trick us into do something stupid…into opening the rift again. But we’re not going to let him; we’re going to do it the Captain’s way. Research first… Tosh bring up the CCTV from the battle and cross-reference it with Jack’s file photograph. I’ll go through the list of the dead and the orbits see if he’s list or if there are any clues. Ianto you check anything else… articles, reports from the survivors there’s no way Jack didn’t leave us bread crumbs.” Ianto could see where Owen was coming from, he was actually being quite calm and logical, but the only thing Ianto wanted to do was tear open the universe and get his lover and child back.

They all hopped to it frantically trying to find a crap of evidence that would confirm weather Jack was there or not. After hours of searching Toshiko found Jack on some of the last CCTV footage before the cameras cut out. He was down in one of the labs being cornered by cyberman. Ianto sobbed when he saw it. Jack looked terrified clutching his stomach and he was as pale as a ghost. As the others continued the search Ianto skipped through the name of the list of the dead. He wasn’t really reading them he was looking at the CCTV picture that Tosh had found of Jack. It was almost four am when Owen found the message that Jack left for them. It told him that the baby was safe and that they shouldn’t try to open the rift to find him.

Ianto had to admit that Jack would never want them to open the rift to find him, he would never want to subject the world to the horrors that it would bring. Ianto was sat in the kitchenette he had planned to make Toshiko one of the coffee’s that she loved so much. Since she seemed to be perfecting the art of sleeping while standing up like a horse.

He sipped the espresso that he had made himself, he thought that he might take the week off anyway and paint the spare room yellow like Jack wanted… maybe buy a cot and wait for Jack to return. Again. Owen wondered up to the hot house, he spent a lot of time up there lately. Ianto wondered back over to the desks and sat on the sofa. Toshiko was still flicking through articals about the battle of canry wharf she was trying to find out if there was any record of Jack being a pregnant male or having given birth.

Suddenly Ianto felt a weight on the sofa next to him, in is over tried state Ianto looked up eagerly expecting to see Jack. He almost had a heart attack when he saw that is was Bilis Manger. “You” he shouted jumping up and taking a step back from the old man. Tosh screamed when she saw him, Manger took a step towards him reached out and with speed that Ianto wouldn’t have expected from a man so old he grabbed a hold of Ianto’s arm. He felt like he was being pulled long at lighting speed through something that was full of pain and misery.

It stopped just as suddenly as it started and Ianto stood on the desk of a ship at sea, “enjoy your trip Mr Jones you are on the luxurious ships ever made after all” said Bilis and in a heart beat he was gone. Ianto looked desperately around for a clue as to were he was. He heart almost stopped when he saw the life ring hanging from the railings it read H.M.S Titanic.

The Universe: Owen's Story - part nine, ten, eleven and twelve

2008-07-06T23:28:00Z

Okay, so I know that I kind of dropped off the radar with this one a bit. But after the out come of 'exit wounds' I didn't really know who to end Owen's section of the series. Most of what I was writting didn't seem to do them justice and well to be honest I'm not sure that this does either. But it fits in well with Jack and Ianto's stories. This is the best way to tell their stories as one, other wise I don't think it will make sense. Ianto's story will follow later this week, it might help understanding of Ianto's story if you consider reading the last four pasts of Owen story... speaking of the last four parts of Owen's story were they are: -

(If you would like to recap part eight its here - http://miss-shine.livejournal.com/5879.html )

The Universe: Owen's Story - Part nine

Life aboard Evie’s little ship was interesting to say the least. Living with a bunch of run a ways while on the run your self often resulted in usual goings on. Well, the happenings would be more usual for people who weren’t Torchwood operatives. Take Tuesday for example, now that was a day and a half. On Tuesday morning Evie noticed something following them, actually it was a whole host of something’s following them.

“Okay gang strap yourselves in, it’s going to be a dumpy ride.” Shouted Evie over the intercom.

Tosh and Owen were in the drive room at the time they strapped them selves into the seats behind hers. “Looks like we’ve got some Judoon on tail” Evie told them, “Don’t panic, I’m going to try and lose them.”

Owen looked out of the window there where about nine tubes shaped ships that flew vertically through space. Evie put her foot down, well Owen assumed that was what she had done because suddenly they where going a lot faster. Owen felt his self being pushed back into his seat; he felt the sides of his mouth being pushed back. He felt himself dribbling down his front it felt great, it was weird how much he missed his bodily functions when he was dead. She locked on to the nearest plant, “right I’m going to do something…dangerous, don’t try this at home” she screamed as she tried to kept control of the ship.

Owen reached out for Toshiko’s hand as Evie plunged the ships towards the plant. Tosh grabbed his hand and squeezed it. Evie was forcing the ship into a vertical drive; they were heading straight for the plant’s surface. The Judoon followed them they where matching their speeds the Judoon were now right behind them. Evie turned off the engine, letting gravity take over.

“Are you mad?” bellowed Owen at her. She turned in her seat and gave Owen a smile, which Owen recognised, although the person who should have been wearing it was quite different to her.

“I have a cunning plan,” she shouted back at him. Tosh dug her nails into his palm.

The ship rattled violently as they entered the plants atmosphere, Owen dug his nails into the armrest and Tosh hand. They were now clinging to each other so tightly that they were drawing blood. Owen could feel the sweat on his forehead; the plant’s ocean was rushing up to greet them. A sudden thought stuck Owen, if he died where no one would ever know. Gwen and Jack would just assume they disappeared, would he and Tosh even be missed? He wondered what he had done with his life and thought that hunted him the first time he died was suddenly right there again. ‘If no one misses me, then did I ever really live?’ he looked at Tosh and promised himself that as soon as they made it back to earth he would marry the woman he loved.

They stunk into the ocean, in the moment before they hit the water Evie turned the engines back on. She pulled the ships up and powered out of the water and up towards the sky. Owen looked out of the window just in time to see the Judoon ships be engulfed by the waves.

“Tell me you knew that was going to work,” said Owen turning back towards Evie.

“I had a good idea that it might,” she said grinning that smile…it was so familiar.

Teague ran into the drive room, Una was at his side in moments. “They were Judoon” he said, it wasn’t a question. Evie nodded, “they were for us?” that was a question and it was asked with sorrow in his voice.

“I don’t know, they didn’t say” Evie replied “Anyway it doesn’t matter its not like we’re not all running. You from the Judoon, Owen and Tosh from the time agency, me from the past, your part of the crew and I will protect you.”

“How did you know we are running from the time agency?” asked Owen.

“A part from the two guys in agency uniform trying to grab you on new earth? Well I guess they gave it away when they asked for you both by name in the refuelling station” said Una.

Owen and Tosh looked at each other, then Tosh asked, “Your not going to turn us in are you?”

Evie snorted, “don’t be stupid we’re going to get you back home… to the 21st century.” She grinned “only I can’t time travel my ship isn’t able to but I know some one who can and he’s going to take you both there. Once I get you out of ‘z’ space”

“What’s ‘z’ space?” Owen asked.

“There’s inter galactic rules, ‘z’ space is a section of space where the time agency are allowed to time travel from. Their allowed to use massive ships to jump through time, this makes it easier for the inter galactic council to keep an eye on them if you know where their jumping from they can see where their jumping too”

“I see, so taking us out of ‘z’ space means they can’t follow us right away?”

“Basically yeah, they would have to go to ‘z’ space in order to time travel and there’s no way the council will let them go back to find you. Not after messing things up in the first place”

“So this friend of yours, he’s not an time agent I take it?” asked Owen, “I mean he’s allow to jump outside of ‘z’ space?”

“Oh, he goes where ever he likes” smiled Evie.

On Wednesday Tosh did her usual and knocked on his door at two in morning, he opened the door and they both lay on his bed together just holding hands and reminding each other that they were alive and that everything would be alright as long as they stuck together. Arms around each other they fell asleep once again. They had done this every night since being on Evie’s tiny ship, but they hadn’t had sex… yet. The ship shook suddenly and both Owen and Tosh fall out of bed, a bright red light was flashing and an alarm was going off. The ship shook again and Wade banged open the bedroom door, “it’s the agency,” he shouted at them, “hide.” The engines went dead and the ship shuddered to a holt. Owen looked at Tosh he saw the fear in her eyes, he grabbed her by the hand and dragged her into the corridor. Daffy was moving towards them, “were shall we hide?”
“This way” she told them as she moved towards the back of the ship. Owen and Tosh followed she showed them to a ting room that wasn’t much more then a closet; Teague and Una were already hiding in it. The entrance to the room blended in with the panelling of the interior of the ship. Owen and Tosh squeezed into the room with them, Daffy closed the room and the four of them fell silent. The ship itself had been quite for about four minutes when they heard voices, official sounding voices. They were searching the ship, but whom for?

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The Universe: Owen's Story part ten

The sound of footsteps grew louder which made Owen’s stomach churn horribly. He didn’t think that this would end well. Toshiko held on to his arm, Teague and Una were both wrapped around each other. The four to them strained their ears trying to hear what the voices were saying. There were deep voices saying weird things like “so ho doe” which didn’t really make sense to Owen. Then there was a chillingly familiar voice; it was the voice of Captain John Hart or JR, as he was currently known. Then there was another voice this one was also familiar and this was the voice that hurt most of all, it was Daffy “they are in here” she said. Wide-eyed the four of them stared at each other as the door was slowly opened. “Hello, Dr Harper, Miss Sato” said JR in a silky voice. He was flanked by what looked like a rhino expect it stood up right like a human, and Daffy who’s usual soft features were harsh and angry. More time agents and Jardoon appeared and dragged the four of them from their hiding place.

They were dragged from the ship, it was the first time in four months that Owen hadn’t stepped a foot on an alien plant since new earth. This plant was hot and sticking, it looked like a desert, the whole plant looked like a desert. Where they now stood they were in the shadows of several large ships, which surrounded Evie’s tiny one. Evie and Wade where being held still by two large Jardoon. Red was there standing by one of the agency’s ships holding a gun and looking… tired, actually he was pale and his eyes where red and teary looking. “Load them on to the ship” said Hart once again. The agency members who had hold of Owen and Toshiko moved them towards the ship.
“No” screamed Evie, “you can’t…” she was twisting and kicking trying to free herself from the Jardoons grasp. She dropped her head to her chest and brought it back as hard as she could right onto the Jardoons horn face. It let out a low deep cry and let her go, she dropkicked an agent the red hair woman who had frozen Owen and Tosh. The woman fell to the ground and dropped her gun. Evie picked it up and pointed it at JR. “Let them go or I’ll kill you,” her hands were shaking as she held her ground.

He laughed, he actually laughed in the face of a gun…it the face of death. “Red, honey you’re not going to let the little bitch pull the trigger are you?” He looked from Evie to JR and back again. He took a couple of steps towards her. “Give me the gun,” he demanded. She took a step back from Red, now Evie was pointing the gun directly at Red’s chest. “Fine we’ll do it your way” he lifted his gun and pointed it at her. Wade managed to free himself of the Jardoon holding him. There was a moment when everyone standing on the surface of the tiny desert plant was still and silent. Then a gunshot followed by two more, and Red or Captain Jack Harkness as Owen knew him fell to the ground. His uniform covered in blood, his face was paler then it had been a moment ago. JR screamed his name; he ran forward and court him just before his body hit the ground.

“No, no, no you can’t do this, you can’t leave me I love you” pleaded JR with the dying Red. “Harper, you’re a doctor do something” the agent holding him let him go. Owen moved to Red’s side, he knew that Jack would live through anything… the incredible, invincible Jack Harkness. Still something in his gut stirred and he placed his hand over the wound on Red’s neck, the light of life in Red’s eyes faded as he muttered his last words, “I…don’t…” his voice was such a low whisper that it was hard to tell what he had said. But Owen who had spent his whole life and a good part of his death wondering from one love to another thought that he was trying to say, I don’t love you. JR looked into Owen’s eyes, “you let him die.”

“I didn’t” snapped Owen, “how dare you accuse me off…” there was something strange happening to his hand, it was turning into dust. “Tosh” he screamed looking over his shoulder towards her, she was turning to dust as well. The world was spinning out of control, now both of his hands were turning to dust, his arms and chest following. The whole world was spinning and his stomach was churning, the pain was unbearable his very body was being torn apart.

Owen grasped himself awake; a cold sweat was running down his face. He reached for the love of his life that was sleeping peacefully by his side. He stoked her soft blonde hair, Katie hummed in her sleep. He stood up and wondered to the window a strange dream still surrounding him. The details of it were fading now but he was sure that he had been on a space ship and watched a man die…there was a girl…no a woman dark black hair and a smile that could light up a sky. Funny, what his brain could imagine during his sleep. He pulled back the curtains and looked out across London, funny… he could have sworn that he lived in Cardiff. It must have been a dream.

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The Universe: Owen's Story - Part Eleven

The next few weeks were a strange blur, of bizarre dreams and hospital appointments as Katie slowly lost her mind. There were times when Owen too wondered if he was losing his mind or weather these dreams were just a side effect of the stress caused by watching the love of his life die. In the end it wasn’t the tumour that got her, it was a gas leak at the hospital during her operation.

Her and the Doctors and nurse were all cremated, Owen had told them she wanted to be buried but some paperwork went missing or there was some kind of odd confusion and she was cremated instead. He sat on a park bench with the jar that contained her remains at his side. He had been drinking for a while and drunkenly offered the jar a drink. When there was no reaction he brought the bottle back up to his lips he drunk deeply from it. He wiped his mouth on the back of his hand and picked up the jar wondered home once again.

Once there he placed his Katie on the kitchen table and wondered over to the sofa where he fell asleep and back into the weird world of his dreams. A cog door rolled back and Owen walked through it and up a small set of stairs then across to his autopsy room, there was an alien lying on the table already, he pulled on his doctor’s coat and snapped on some gloves. Once again as if it were the most natural thing in the world he set about cutting up the body. Examining, photographing, weighting and writing about every organ that he removed. Once his work was done he would replace the organ, if they didn’t have any useful properties, and sow up the body once again.

He would open the skull and examine its brain measuring, photographing, weighting and attempting to understand however when alive the alien’s body would have worked. Sometimes Owen would spent as much as a week examining one body, in his on going quest to know and understand every being he came into contact with. Once he had finished he would catalogue his newest body in the alien morgue he had every body enclosed in a tomb and filed in such a way that would have driven Ianto mad. Owen wasn’t one for filing things by name or type. He liked to file things under what reminded him of them or it. For example when he cut into the flesh of a Graske it admitted a smell like a rotten egg. So Owen had its corpse filled under ‘R’ for rotten and then cross-filed it under ‘E’ for egg. The whole system made perfect sense to him and him alone, although he always felt that Toshiko would have figured it out in a nano second.

As he lowered the alien’s corpse into the alien morgue, Gwen appeared behind the railings that surrounded his ‘pit’ as Jack sometimes called it. “This morning” she said softly glancing over her shoulder as she said it, “was amazing” she finished grinning from ear to ear. Slowly he moved up the steps towards he to glanced into the hub, “it was a bit, wasn’t it?” he said as he kissed her slowly. Once again the cog door rolled back and they pulled apart, Gwen moved away from him and he went back to filing his paper work.

Owen awoke with a start, none of these dreams made any sense at all. He seemed to be sleeping him way through every woman he meets; only he didn’t sleep with the one woman that he actually loved. He was glad that these dreams, where just that because he knew he couldn’t live a half-life, like the one his dream alter echo seemed content with.

The next few months disappeared in a blur of work, drink and his strange dreams. It the last one he hung out a car window while shooting at the wheels of a car driven by a blowfish. Maybe he was losing his mind… grief was causing him to imagine strange things, for example the other day while shopping at the supermarket he could have sworn that he saw Ianto Jones, in the can goods aisle. He was stood there clear as day staring from a can of tomato soup to a can of chicken soup. Owen couldn’t believe it, he was about to approach him when an old woman fainted in the biscuit aisle her daughter screamed for a Doctor. When the old woman had come around again and was taken home by her daughter, the Ianto Jones look alike had disappeared.

Owen had left the hospital that he had meet Katie while working there for another hospital after she died. He simply couldn’t bear to see ghost of Katie wondering that corridors. He had gotten a new job at the Royal Hope hospital and it was four days after seeing the Ianto Jones look a like in the supermarket that the hospital was transported to the moon. It was the single most terrify, yet incredible experience of his life.

Up until that point it had been a very strange day indeed on his way into work he had been talking to an intern called Martha Jones, he had a soft spot for Martha. She was more than intelligent; he was almost as brilliant as he was. Owen could tell that she was going to go far. On their way into the hospital as Martha was chatting to her sister on the phone they were both shoved by a couple of man dressed from head to toe in leather and wearing bike helmets. “Watch it, arseholes” Owen shouted at them. They didn’t even look back at him. Owen helped Martha up, “you all right?” he questioned.
“Yes, fine” she said resuming her conversation with her sister. Once inside Owen waved goodbye to Martha and went up stairs to meet with Mr Stoker.

“Ah, Doctor Harper” he said once Owen reached his office door, “I do think that some of the interns might benefit from your vast experience”
“Right, okay so what would you like me to do?” he asked.
“Join us on rounds this morning”
“Of course, sir I’ll just go and change. I’ll met you…
“Second floor, ward three at half past.” Mr Stoker left to locate the interns. Owen went to change out of his jeans and into something more suit able for rounds. He pulled on his white coat and picked up his clipboard.

After a while of wondering the wards with the interns and Mr Stoker, things got a little bit more interesting when Martha seemed unable to diagnose a patient. “Stomach cramps,” she said.
“That a symptom not a diagnoses” said Mr Stoker.
“Come on Martha,” said Owen “listen to his chest again” Owen listened to the patient’s chest. Two hearts the bloke had two hearts. He going mad, grief was driving him mad. “Stomach cramps,” he confirmed. Mr Stoker grunted something that sounded like ‘idiots’ at them as the group were moved on. Owen was listening to Martha and her friend talking in the kitchenette as he made himself a coffee; they were talking about her brother’s birthday party. Martha’s phone went again and she started talking to her sister once again. Owen left them to it and was on his way to the mysterious two-hearted man’s bed when it happened. Someone shouted, “the rain is going up” and the hospital itself shook. Owen fell to the floor spilling his coffee all down his front and on the floor. Everyone around him was screaming the hospital was rumbling he forced himself to his feet and stared out off the window, he couldn’t believe his eyes, and they were on the moon.

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The Universe: Owen's Story - Part twelve

Everyone was screaming and running around like headless chickens. Owen Harper stood with his nose pressed against the window staring out at the sight beyond it. The moon’s surface in its silver glory lay out there shinning, unexplored and beautiful. Something popped into Owen’s mind they where breathing, somehow they had air even through the windows weren’t air tight some of them weren’t even rain tight. How did they have air?

The question circled his mind, as a group of ships flew overhead and ended in front of the hospital. Out matched hundreds of humanoid things and they were coming towards the hospital. Owen run up the stairs to the fourth floor it had a better view of the front of the hospital, as the windows were bigger up there. As the things gotten with in ten feet of the front door a strange thing happened. It was as if they where stepping through water, a seal broke around them as they passed through it. Was there some kind of invisible bubble around the hospital keeping the air in? But if there was a bubble around the hospital keeping the air… then that was the only air they had and when that ran out… Owen was running as fast as he could towards the supply closet. He had to get all of the air canisters and distribute them through out the hospital as fast as possible. The patients with the greatest need first. As he ran past a couple of interns he screamed at them to follow him. They did and together they begun to pass out the oxygen. The things from the space ships were all over the hospital now there was a word for them flowing around the hospital as if it were natural Jardoon.

They were in the corridor that Owen was handing out oxygen in, one of the interns Owen thought his name was Oliver, was with them he was telling people to let them shine the light on them. Then the Jardoon would mark their hand and they would be left alone. Owen was holding the mask over a young man’s face he wasn’t more than fourteen. The rhino like beasts were moving towards them, “look” said Owen looking from the young man to the Jardoon. “He is very sick, he can’t stand” Owen had noticed that Jardoon weren’t big on bending down. Owen took the light thing from the Jardoon, they seemed so familiar somehow, and shone it in the man’s eyes. He handed it back to the Jardoon who seemed happy and marked the man's hand. Owen stood and allowed the Jardoon to scan him they also marked his hand.

The next few hours saw Owen running around the hospital trying to make sure everyone got oxygen. The air was growing thin and Owen was starting to feel it, he fell to his knees he tried to breathe deeply but did help. Martha ran past him, she seemed to be felling to the lack of air as well. “Martha” he said in little more than a whisper, “here” he held up the oxygen mask. She dropped to her knee and breathed deeply from it. “I have to go, the doctor needs me,” she said.

Owen nodded he had no idea who she was talking about. He felt himself slipping away, just as he thought he was taking his breath the hospital rumbled once again it seemed to be lifting off the ground again. With an almost deafening crush Owen could breathe again they were back on earth. The hospital was suddenly filled with police and doctor and nurses from other hospitals who had come to help them. Someone placed a mask over his face and he could breathe again he rolled on to his back suddenly everything had become clear. The aliens were real they where there on the moon, the aliens that he had seen in his dreams. His dreams of Torchwood it was real, the people in Torchwood were real. Owen knew what he had to do now… he had to find Ianto Jones.

Race for Life

2008-04-30T20:34:55Z

Hya,

I'm not sure weather this is allowed or not, but I'm going to do it anyway it's charity after all.

My Mama and I are doing the race for life at Weston- Super - Mare on the 11th of May. I think its 6km in total the we have to run, jog, walk and crawl (I'll be the one fainting over the finish line) all the money raised is going to cancer research.

Cancer is one of those horrible things that touch everyone's life at some point. My Grandfather died of lung cancer, before I was even born. I'm often told that he would have loved me and been proud of me, but words from the mouths of my family could never mean as much as meeting him or hugging would have. So I'm racing for him and for everyone who's ever had this cruel and horrible illness touch their lives.

I can't ask you all to run with me or at one of the many races up and down the UK. But I can ask you all to consider leaning me your support by sponsoring me.

This can be done online at

www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/carysdavies

I thank you for your support.

Love Miss Shine.

The Universe: Owen's Story - part eight

2008-04-22T21:45:45Z

here it is... enjoy

The Universe: Owen's Story - part eight

Three weeks after leaving new earth they docked at a refuelling station. It wasn’t so much a refuelling station as a large floating market. The crew of Evie’s tiny vessel had told Owen and Tosh that if you could imagine it you could find it on Station M87. Evie’s crew were a miss - matched bunch of rejects and run a way’s, so Owen and Tosh fitted in and felt at home.

There was a man from the plant Sto he was tall, and dark red in colour. He was bold and had what looked like a tattoo covering most of his head. He said that he was born with the markings and they represented the fact the he was born a slave, well a clone created to serve. He was sold to Evie when his owner, the old woman who had him created died. He said that he had to stay loyal to Evie because she ‘owned’ him but she said he was free to go whenever he pleased. His name was Wade, Owen liked him he was good at poker.

A girl named Daffy she came from Gidu, a lush green plant that was prone to grail force winds and its skies where pink-ish yellow. She was getting a ride home with Evie and her crew. She was part plant herself, part tree. She had bark like skin and could extent her arms or as she called them branches if there was enough sunlight. She was beautiful and always smelt like blossom. But Owen felt that dating a tree wasn’t a good idea and he had his eye on someone a little more human.

There was also a couple from Shan Shen. They had been married for fifteen years; their names were Una and Teague Cadwallader. Una was human she was born on Shan Shen to pure blood human parents, although both parents were male and she expressed surprise when Owen and Tosh explained in detail the inner workings of a male able to bare children. She had blonde hair and big green eyes. Her parents were rich and disapproved of her marriage they disowned her when Teague was wrongly accursed of murder. They were on the run and Evie was protecting them. Teague wasn’t human, not by a long shot he was humanoid in appearance but was in fact a lizard. Due to his cold-blooded nature and the fact that Daffy liked the warm the ships heating system was always on 100 degrees or higher. He was covered in scales that shone different colours in various lights; he had black eyes and a wicked sense of humour. Owen liked them both a lot, they gave him hope that he and Tosh could survive anything that the universe could throw at them.

Evie herself was the only pure blood human of the crew. She rarely spoke about her family or plant of birth. Daffy said that it had imploded some years earlier. Evie said that her Father was Welsh, but none of the other crew seemed to know what Wales was. She had mentioned that she never meets her Father and that he died when she was almost three. The little she did say of her Mother it seemed that she died of a broke heart or left her when she was very young. She did talk about an Uncle a lot she called him Ducky. Owen thought that people had weird names in the future.

The ship only had five bedrooms Daffy had the smallest, Evie seemed to sleep in the drive room, of course the Cadwallader’s lived in the same room. Wade’s room was the second biggest which he seemed shocked about and Owen and Tosh had rooms that connected via a tiny bathroom. Apparently the room Tosh was in was usually Evie’s but she insisted that Tosh take it. Owen and Tosh were grateful that they had stopped at the refuelling station; if anything it was a chance to stretch their legs being coped up on Evie’s ship was not good for them. Owen found himself snapping at everyone, and Tosh with drew like she often did when the people around her argued.

The market on the refuelling station was everything that the crew had promised and more. The station smelt of exotic spices, flowers and food, it was brightly coloured in places and dirty and dang in others. The sounds that could be heard almost hurt the ears, it was a jumble of speech, music and shouting most of which was in alien languages. Owen and Toshiko wondered through the market hand in hand. It seemed to be the easiest way of making sure they stayed together. The market stalls sold everything imaginable and even a few things that Owen wouldn’t have imagined in his wildest dreams.

The technology was what captured Toshiko’s interest and they lingered by a stall selling bit and pieces of old space ship for half an hour before Toshiko brought something and they moved on. It was a medical stand selling alien cures that made Owen stop and stare. Imagine cures to illness mankind didn’t even know of yet. A jar that seemed to contain millions of floating, brightly lit atoms court Owen’s eye. He examined it closely until asking the alien stall owner what they were. He gave an explanation in a language that Owen had never come across before. “I see,” said Owen slowly looking from the alien to the jar and back again.

“Owen here,” Tosh held out a hand held device. “It translates any alien language into plain old Earth English,” she told. Trust Tosh to think of something like that, practical to the last.

“Thanks Tosh,” he re asked his question.

“Nanobots 18 sinto a quarter” said the alien in a slight cockney accent.

“What are nanobots?” asked Owen; although he had the feeling he had heard of them before.

“Tiny little robots which cure illness and heal skin” grunted the alien.

Owen lifted the jar to his eye. “They don’t look so small,” He said.
“That’s because there four million of them in there, look do you want ‘em or not?”

“When you say cure illness… do you mean anything?”

“Of course” the alien was getting annoyed. Owen didn’t care.

“Cancer? HIV? The common cold?” he asked.

“Yep, all of them course if you’d rather have the pills” the alien pulled out three small boxes. Each of them had three or four pills in. “life time cure just have one once and never catch it again.” Said the alien, “green is Cancer, blue is HIV and pink in the common cold”

Owen looked from the pills of the jar and back again, “how much for the lot?”

“Forty”

“Bargain” Owen brought the lot. If one of them did what the alien claimed they could do he could save enough. Enough to make it all worthwhile. They continued to wonder around the market place along their way they encountered some strange creature that looked like rabbit expect they had trucks and long thin tails. They were hoping about the place trying to sell plants and bits of space junk.

Owen and Tosh still holding hands waved in and out of them, they explored some of the other stalls. They lingered by a sweets stall and tried all of the tasters. They laughed when they were handed a square of chocolate and told it was a rare delicacies. Owen chews on a sweet that appeared to be covered in fine fur and tasted like roast beef and mangos. Tosh had one that she said tasted like peppermint, but it turned her face bright blue and the inside of her mouth orange. Owen laughed until she told him that his beef and mango sweet had left his skin a shade of dark green and his hair bright purple. His face dropped, which must have made him look even funnier because Tosh laughed and when she did, Owen found it suddenly hard to control himself.

They came across another stand loaded with technology. Using the translator device Toshiko started to have a conversation with the alien who ran it. The alien was humanoid and bright blue in colour, it wore a silver suit and helmet with that had a silver visor attached making the alien look like it had giant bug eyes.

Tosh was pointing at things on the stand and asking questions, Owen stood a distance and examined some beads on the stand next to it. He picked up a necklace was made of green beads and had a white leaf attached to it. In his hands the beads change colour and the leaf turned into a heart.

‘Weird’ he thought and put them down instead he picked up a silver necklace with a blue gem on it, it was beautiful he brought it for Toshiko. He slipped and Joined Tosh at the techno stall. She brought another device, which she slipped into her bag. Hand in hand they walked back to the ship.

They were almost at the ship when they heard it, the most beautiful sound in the universe. The sound that meant hope and wonder, the Doctor’s machine. They looked wildly around for it. Neither of them could see it so they ran towards the sound full pelt. They turned a sharp corner just in time to see it disappear. The pair of them stopped in their tracks, he was gone. He must have been there for a while… but now he was gone. As they walked back to the ship Owen wondered if he would ever see twenty first century earth, Cardiff, the hub or Jack, Ianto and Gwen ever again. Some how he knew the answer was no.

The Universe: Owen's Story - part seven

2008-04-22T21:42:52Z

Here it is... enjoy

The Universe: Owen's Story - part seven

Owen and Toshiko sat cowering behind the giant that contained what was left of their Captain. Toshiko held him tight around his waist she was smiling a little Owen thought she was listening to his heart beating. Absent-minded he stroked her hair; it was a little uncomfortable sitting there squeezed between the huge jar and the window. The Doctor was talking to the cat nurse he was telling her that he had meet the face of boe before. Then he asked another cat nurse to look for his friend, of course the Doctor never travelled alone.

Owen had wondered on many an occasion weather the Doctor Jack spoke of; ‘the right kind of doctor’ was the Doctor. He had wondered about it again when Martha had said that she and Jack studied under the same doctor. Of course Owen had once taken a peek at Jack’s files. It was after he died and Gwen sat in the morgue for a week claiming that he said he could never die. He had taken a look to see if there was any clues as to who Jack really was, at the time he was in command of Torchwood having been Jack’s second.

He was stocked as to how far Jack’s records went back, almost a hundred years. In the first case notes on Jack it claimed that he knew the Doctor and that he could never die. Owen had sent all night reading them but he never told Jack or any one else that he had, when Jack came back to life he saw it as a betrayal of his confidence and he didn’t want to be in Jack’s bad books ever again. He was hurt when Jack disappeared just as all the others were but he hoped to god he got what he needed.

Now as he and Toshiko hide from the Doctor Owen wondered if Jack would have come back had he known that this was his future. He wondered how many millennia he had been a face in a jar for, one? Two? More? The doctor wondered off to the end of the ward. He and Toshiko quickly ran for the door opposite the face of boe’s jar. He pushed open the door and ran down the corridor behind it. “What do we do now?” Toshiko asked, clinging to his hand as they ran for their lives.

“We find away back to earth and the twenty first century and we do it all while avoiding the Doctor” he panted at her. He’d forgotten how breathless running made him it felt brilliant. Heart pounding, blood pumping this was living… Torchwood style. Owen threw himself at a door to their left it had a picture of stairs above it. The ground floor had to be were they would find the exits; they kept on running down the spiralling stairs. Somewhere above them an alarm was set off. Was it the Doctor raining his chaos down on them? or was the alarm for them? There was a door at the bottom of the stairs Owen shoved it open and they ran across the foyer. The doors were sliding closed the building was going into lock down. “COME ON” Owen bellowed at Toshiko. They ran faster but the doors were too quick for them. They slammed closed in front of them, “NO” screamed Owen pounding on the doors. Toshiko tried to squeeze her fingers in the tiny gap between the doors trying to pull them open.

“It’s no use, their not going to open it must be something in the hydraulics”

“There’s got to be another way out” Owen looked wildly around hoping to see an exit sign, but then he couldn’t understand most of the signs… all written in alien languages. They pounded on all of the doors that looked like they lead outside, Owen looked around for help. All of the cat nuns seemed to be moving in one direction Owen and Toshiko looked at each other, “let’s go this way.” Suggested Toshiko pointing in the opposite direction to the one the cat nuns were going in.

“Good idea, lets try and find out what’s going on” they went back up a short fly of stairs and turned left. Owen had the idea of going back to the ward he woke up in and asking the face of boe what was going on. They stopped at the end of a corridor and looked left and right trying to figure out where to go next.

Suddenly the wall slid open. At first in revealed an empty corridor, Owen took a step towards it wishing he had a gun. Something wasn’t right here then at the end of the corridor a woman appeared followed by a man. “Hello” said Owen he stepped forward again. In doing so he could see their faces better, both of them looked like they had the plague. “Its okay” said Owen in a loud clear voice hoping that they understood him. “I’m a doctor, your both going to be okay I can help.” He took another step toward them as he did so about twenty more plague covered people joined them. More and more of them joined the first two in the corridor and started to walk towards them.

“There’s hundreds of them,” said Toshiko. Owen backed away from them feeling over whelmed. “Oh my god, Owen what’s wrong with them?”

“I don’t know the Black Death, the plague was cured hundreds of years ago, it must be billions by now… this is new,” they continued to back away. Owen instincts as a doctor told him to help them. But his survival instincts told him to run. “What’s wrong with you?” he asked them, “do you know what decease you have?”

“All of them” one of the people said.

“All of them?” Owen was confused, but realised that no human could have survived for so long with so many illnesses. Something else was at work here. “Who did this to you?”

“And why?” Toshiko added her question to his. She sounded like she was fighting back tears.

“The sisters, created us they did this to us for them,” he pointed at the window towards the city.

“You understood what they were doing?” Owen asked how could such evil still be possible?

“Yes… we need contact…we want to be hugged…” Owen looked at their skin, he would need further tests to be sure but they looked conatus.

“We can’t…I’m sorry… we might catch it… your carriers but it would kill us…I’m sorry.” The infected people looked disappointed.

“Its all we want…all we need”

“I’m so sorry,” said Toshiko from behind Owen. She wrapped her hand around his wrist and pulled. He ran with her, they couldn’t help those people not without dying. They found a supply corset and did the cowardly thing. They hide inside it hugging each other for comfort and staying absolutely silent. It was sometime later that they heard him, shouting at the infected people.

“I’m here, I’m in here,” he screamed. Owen and Toshiko looked at each other why would someone do that? Slowly and quietly they crept from their corset and moved towards the sound. From their vantage point they could see down into the foyer. There he was the Doctor…he wasn’t killing them… or being violent…he wasn’t doing any of the things Torchwood lead them to believe he did…he was hugging them…no not just hugging them he was curing them.

It was beautiful after all the chaos and destruction that the humans and the cat people cursed the Doctor made it all better; he saved them all of them. Not because he needed it or because he had too but because it was the right thing to do. He and Toshiko still hugging each other watched as the Doctor disappeared to speak with the face of boe. Even now that he was gone the people below them still cured one another by pasting it on, hugging each other.

They heard it about five minutes later the sound of the universe opening up to swallow the TARDIS. They had heard once before on the day that Jack had gone away to Ianto it meant pain and death. But to Owen and Toshiko it meant hope and beauty. It was a sound that they longed to hear again.

Over the next few months they had no choice but to stay on new earth. Owen found it easy to get a job in the hospital; they had to re – staff it after the sister of plenitude was all arrested. He was a junior Doctor again, it was weird at first but he soon realised that a lot of the new treatments required a lot of studying. He and Toshiko got a flat across the water in the city of New New York. Tosh got a job at a mechanics shop, Owen had laughed at first until he saw how complex some of the space ships were. They didn’t know what else to do with them selves so they waited, they both started to take flying lessons so that if needed they could one day fly home to earth. Everything was going well until one day, when Owen first saw the effects of the mood patches. A young cat girl was killed by over dosing on one called ‘bliss’. Over the next few weeks these new mood patches killed more and more beings.

He and Toshiko discussed it and decided that the best thing to do would be to get off new earth and quick. Toshiko made a deal with a young lieutenant; she offered to take them as far as galaxy M43. They had no idea where that was but thought it sounded good and far away, so they packed what little they had and left their flat for the last time.

They held hands as they walked to the mechanic shop that Tosh worked at. She explained to Owen that she had fixed the brakes on the space ship for free and that was why the lieutenant had offered them a ride. They weren’t the only ones running for it, the garage was packed with people trying to get rides of the space Captains. “THERE” someone in the crowd of people screamed. “THERE THEY ARE” Owen didn’t like the sound of that and turned to see JR and Red pushing their way towards them.

“Come on, that’s her ship” Tosh pointed ahead of them and started to run towards it. The ship started to take off. “No” Tosh screamed, “WAIT.”

A ramp flipped down and a young woman attached to something inside the ship via a black rope stood on it. She held out her hand, “TAKE MY HAND” she screamed over the sound of her ship’s engines. Owen did a funny sort of jump onto the ramp dragging Tosh with him. He grabbed the hand of the young woman, as he did so JR grabbed Tosh’s leg. “No” she screamed, “get off.”

Owen held on to her as tight as he could, “let her go” he shouted at JR. He could see Red running up behind him, as the ship hovered there. ‘We’re not going to make it’ thought Owen.

“Duck” said the young woman. Owen turned to see her pointing a large gun over his head. He ducked and watched as she shot JR in the shoulder knocking him off the ramp. The ship pulled up and away from them, Owen saw Red run up to JR’s side but he didn’t bend down to him or try to help in anyway. Red just watched them escaping as JR wrapped his arms around Red’s left leg. “Come on” said the young woman pulling them into the ship. The ramp closed and she un - hooked her self from the railing.

“The drive room is this way, I’d better take the ship off auto pilot” they followed her into the drive room. She sat in the chair directly in front of the controls. There were two seats behind hers “sit down and strap in” she said. “You okay Tosh?”

“Yes fine” said Tosh as she said down and did up her straps. Owen sat as well and strapped himself in.

“Thanks for that…er sorry I don’t know you name…”
“Funny, I know yours Doctor Owen Harper”

“Tosh mention me?”

“Of course I did” Tosh piped up. He smiled at her.

“Jones,” said the young lieutenant. “Evelyn Jones, but you can call me Evie”

The Universe: Owen's Story - part six

2008-04-21T22:01:00Z

Here's part six... enjoy.

The Universe: Owen's Story - Part six

The pod bounced along the ground of the strange plant. Inside it Owen and Toshiko were thrown around like clothes on a spin cycle. Finally the pod stopped bouncing and settled in its final resting place. Owen tried to look at Toshiko but the crash had broken his neck and he wasn’t able to move. “Tosh” he whispered as the darkness took once again.

He didn’t know how he had gotten there or what the strange new feeling in his chest was. Actually now that Owen thought about there were a lot of strange new feelings, he could feel again…when did that happen? The feeling in his chest…could it be? was that his heart beating? He placed his hand on his chest and felt the unmistakable beat of a human heart. He looked around the strange hospital in this new world. It was bright and airy there was no way it was an NHS hospital… it was too nice. Vaguely he remembered his neck had been broken on impact that was fixed too. How was this possible? He was dead how could anyone heal dead skin? How could they have a cure for death?

Toshiko. Where was she? He sat up in his bed all thoughts of medicine forgotten for the moment. He swung his legs over the side of his bed noticing that his ribs had healed as well, he ran his fingers across his face there was no cut beneath his left eye any more. This was incredible and impossible. He shuffled over to the curtain around his bed and pulled it back. The sight that greeted him wasn’t one he could have ever expected. Being Torchwood he thought he’d seen it all but this was something else. The ward, if it could be called a ward, was filled with aliens all of them with illness that Owen was sure he wouldn’t be able to pronounce.

Many of the aliens were different colours, textures and shapes to what Owen thought they should be. There was a man who was bright orange and flowing in mid air. In the bed next to him was a large fat man who appeared to be turning into stone. Owen tried not to share, but found it hard not to until something drew his eye. At the far end of the ward as a large head in some sort of massive jar. Drawn by it Owen walked towards it mouth wide open. He hadn’t noticed the nurse sat beside it until she spoke, “do you know the face of boe?” she asked. Owen almost jumped out of his skin at the sound of her voice. When he looked at her he was shocked to say the least. She was a cat, a woman that was a cat as well. She was wearing a nun’s uniform, a cat and a nurse and a nun. Is this what Jack meant when he said the universe was wonderful? Owen doubted it.

“Umm…” Owen was shocked by his lack of vocabulary. But his was finding it hard to talk since there was a deep, old voice filling his head. He looked at the face in the jar.
“Is that you?” he asked it.

The voice in Owen’s head laughed, “Doctor Harper my, my it has been far to long my old friend. I have waited for a thousand life times for this moment… there is something that I must tell you…it will save your life”

Owen stood frozen to the stop listening intently to the voice in side his head, it knew so much was so old…yet so familiar Owen thought he knew him but it couldn’t be… “Jack?” he asked the face of boe. It smiled, Owen stepped forward and pressed his hand to the jar a tear ran down his face. Strangely it felt good to cry. Owen and the face of boe stood looking at each other for a while silent conversation pasting between them.

“Do you remember Ianto?” Owen asked inside his mind.

“He is but a faded memory to me now, sadly both him and our Evelyn are so faded that I can’t remember what they looked like. Sometimes I find I can’t recall the smell of his aftershave or his surname… he is so distant, but he is one of the few lovers that I can remember”

“Jones, his surname was Jones” Owen thought towards the face in the jar. He concentrated on what Ianto looked like showing the face of boe a picture of him in his mind’s eyes. Inside his head the face chuckled.

“Ah blue eyes, funny how you forget these details…his eyes were one of his best features.” Owen didn’t want to know what the other ones where and was glad that this version of his Captain didn’t tell him.
“Do you remember what happened to him?” thought Owen.

“I find it hard to recall such hardships of former lives, funny how I gave birth to entire race and watch as it grew, developed and died while I lived on yet recalling how I lost Ianto still hurts more that any of that ever did…Manger wanted to hurt me and he did, I may have killed him but…he broke my heart.”

“And Ianto?” Owen was desperate to know if the team ever found each other again, if Torchwood did its job and armed mankind against this future.

“Died, aboard the Titanic…” the face sighed and a tear formed in his eye before mixing with the rest of the liquid in his jar.

“OWEN,” a voice cried out from the end of the ward. He turned to see Toshiko running towards him. She practically pounced on him, her wrapped her arms around his neck and held him tightly.

“The nurses are cats,” she hissed in his ear.

“I know,” said Owen, “notice anything different about me?”

“Your warm…”

“I’m a live”

“How?” she didn’t let go of Owen. Owen wondered if this was out of happiness or fear.

“That’s not the weirdest part…the face in the jar is Jack” slowly she let go of Owen and turned to see the huge jar with the face of boe in it. He didn’t want to tell her that he didn’t know how he came to live again, because if he questioned it then it might disappear and he couldn’t stand the thought of going back to that half- life.

Toshiko stared at the face for a long time; Owen turned towards the window and looked out at the strange new world out there. It was filled with tall buildings, flying cars, a couple of moons and lush green grass. He pressed his nose against the window for a better view briefly he closed his eyes and listened to his own breathing. Somewhere at the end of the ward the lifts binged. Owen turned to see what Toshiko was doing, tears ran down her face as she hugged the jar. Owen felt sure that the face of boe was communicating silently with her as well.

Owen glanced up the ward, feeling awkward about intruding on their moment. He couldn’t believe his eyes there he was, the man that brought down Torchwood one, Queen Victoria’s worst emery, the one and only…the doctor. He froze momentarily, they had to get out of there, and taking on the Doctor wasn’t a good idea, people died around him. Quickly he crossed the floor towards Toshiko and grabbed her by the arm. He pulled her behind the massive jar warning the cat – nun – nurse not to mutter a word about their presents.

The Universe: Owen's Story - part five

2008-04-20T22:29:35Z

Were it is the long waited fifth part of Owen's story. Sorry its taken so long, Owen doesn't like telling his story... it takes a lot of drink to get the doctor talking. Ianto is far more forth coming... his story will be posted soon its very interesting and sad so I hope you guys look out for it, next week I hope but only if Owen will tell me the rest of his story...

The Universe: Owen's Story - part five

Owen sat nervously on the bed. All the historical figures had been sent for medical examination. He wasn’t sure how he felt about being called a ‘historical figure’ but he was sure that he didn’t want a medical examination. He told been told to take his shirt off and wait for the Doctor, but he hadn’t. Instead he sat in his curtained cubical trying his best to think of ways to get Toshiko and him out of their current situation. The curtain twitched, ‘kick him in the balls and run away’ flashed through his mind as plans went it was the stupidest that Owen had come up with thus far.

The curtain was swept back and Red stepped through it. He gave Owen that grin that his old Captain would give him, the one that said ‘everything is fine’ when inside the Captain was screaming. He sat next to Owen, they sat side by side in silence for a short while until Red said, “please don’t rat him out, he’ll be executed or worse for this kind of breach”

“What’s worse then death?” Owen asked. Red looked worried and Owen was curious as to what could freak out the Captain.

“Memory wipe…I think I could find a way to cope with him dying, but him not even remembering me or that I love him that would be unbearable.”
If Owen were alive he would have felt physically sick. He could understand Jack’s relationship with Ianto, he knew Ianto’s good qualities and could see why Jack fell for him. Well once Toshiko explained them to him he could. But Hart was this young version of Jack being serious? How could he fall for an underhanded, liar whom revealed in chaos and cruelty? If that was the kind of person that Red was prepared to love, Owen didn’t think he would be able to trust this man.

“I don’t know, I’d be quite happy to have him wiped from my memory” Owen said coldly. Red looked at him, his expression was blank and gave nothing away.

“Clearly your something else, the gas couldn’t knock you out and didn’t even leave a mark on your memory” he said calmly. “So there would be no point in hurting you, I don’t think you’d feel it. But if you don’t keep your mouth shut about JR then I will torture Miss Sato until she prays for death” he smiled one of his bright smiles. After what he had just told Owen it was freighting.

“You might think that you have me over a barrel, but trust me you don’t, I’ll keep my mouth shut if you get Tosh and I out of here before any medical examinations” Owen wore his best poker face and hoped to god it was enough to fool Red.

Red stared back at him, with those blue eyes that had once held sympathy for Owen, now held nothing but contempt. “You have yourself a deal Doctor” Red said calmly.

Ten minutes later Owen, Toshiko and Red were heading down a corridor towards what Owen hoped would be their freedom. Toshiko clung to his hand as if it were a life preserver.

Owen was great full for the contact; it was one of the things he missed about life simple human contact. Gwen flinched when her hand brushed his; the icy-ness of his flesh was too much for her. Jack didn’t flinch, he’d been around and seen too much, but he blamed himself for Owen’s condition and couldn’t look him in the eye anymore.

Ianto didn’t flinch, but he didn’t touch or talk to him much either. Not that Owen wanted him too, but he missed the stupid jokes Ianto sometimes made when he handed him a cup of coffee. Or the touch that sometimes happened when Owen took that cup from Ianto. It was weird that he missed the little things; he missed them more than the sex, the little moments that built up the relationship before it got to sex. Tosh wasn’t like that, she still held his hand and made jokes, but that made it worse because now he could see how great she was and these little moments weren’t going to lead anywhere, they couldn’t he was inactive in that department.

They turned left into a corridor that had escape pods at the end of it, there were signs telling him as much dotted along the corridor. “Here’s the plan,” whispered Red.

“Let me guess,” said Owen slowly, “we get in the escape pod and you…”

“Launch us into space” Toshiko finished for him. “Great plan genius, how is that meant to get us back to earth?” Tosh’s voice was laced with sarcasm.

“It will lock on to the nearest plant with an breathable atmosphere” Red bit back.

“And that’s earth is it?” Owen asked.

“That wasn’t part of our deal Doctor, you wanted to go free it’s not my fault that you failed to specify when or where” Red hit open an escape pod and pushed Owen inside. He threw Toshiko in on top of him and ejected the pod into space. Owen was on his feet and banging on the door as the pod moved away from the space station. Owen screamed at Red he could see his face grinning at him from the space station’s window through the porthole in the pod’s door.

“There’s no point screaming Owen, we’re in space where no one can hear you scream.” Said Toshiko.

“FUCK” screamed Owen. He needed to release his rage, he needed to kick something but one kick could do irreversible damage. So he sat down and rubbed his rips. Ever since that bar fight with Tosh’s ex –boyfriend they kept popping out at the most exasperating of times.

“Just try and stay calm, we’ll get out of this…we just need to stay calm and think of something.”

“What if we don’t think of something?”

“Not possible you’re a genius and I’m brilliant, plus we’re both Torchwood. No crappy alien escape pod is going to fool us.”

After some considerable conversation they decided that the best thing to was wait, until the pod landed to make their next move. There was nothing they could do while flowing in the stars with no tools or way of manipulating the pod into changing course. All they had to do was wait…

Twelve days pasted without event. There was no sign of a plant with a breathable atmosphere things were looking bleak. Tosh lay on the bench in the tiny escape pod she was staving and dehydrated. Red had pushed them into a pod that had no supplies in it what so ever. Owen lay on the floor; their ‘do nothing’ plan (if it could even be called a plan) wasn’t working. But no matter how much he thought about it Owen couldn’t come up with a way of getting them out of there.

It had been almost two weeks since he put Tosh’s life and his death in Red’s hands and got double-crossed. Their little pod tumbled through space apparently not meeting any plants suitable for them. Owen had spent days with his nose pressed against the window staring out at all the nothing-ness that the universe contained. How could he have ever hoped that there would be a plant that could cure him? There was nothing out there, it was worse than the dark.

At least with the dark there was the knowledge that everyone he had loved was still out there living in a better place, but out there flowing in space… it made it hard to believe everyone he knew and cared for were living better lives.

Jack had disappeared, okay he said his baby was safe but he was doomed to raise her alone. Ianto had been sentenced to death in the cruellest manner, stuck on the Titanic knowing his fate was at worse to drown or freeze to death. At best to live alone in early twentieth century New York and Gwen well Owen wasn’t even sure that Gwen was alive. The last time he saw her she was bleeding from the head and laying on the floor of the hub.

Suddenly and completely without warning the tiny escape pod started to shake violently. Tosh sat bolt up right, “what’s going on?” she shrieked.

“I don’t know” Owen yelled back at her. He jumped to his face and pressed his nose against the ting porthole window. Their pod had locked onto a plant with a breathable atmosphere and the pod was breaking up on entry through its o-zone layer. There was nothing that Owen and Tosh could strap them selves into. Instead they clung together in fear as the tiny pod broke up around them, as it hurtled to the ground thousands of feet below them.