CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

A/N: I’m sorry this is such a short chapter. I had a pretty late night last night, and I’ll be having another tonight. And tomorrow. But I didn’t want to leave it three days without an update - I thought I’d better post something! Anyway, to make up for it I’ll do a weekend post, which I don’t usually do, probably on Sunday.

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CHAPTER FORTY

A/N: No illustration requests, then? Never mind. I finally made myself an icon for the series. I have no graphics programs and was basically making this up as I went along!

“Right,” Jack said steadily, looking around him and trying to pull himself together. “We need to go back to Liella’s and tell them what’s happening. And then we ( Read more... )

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

A/N: There are still a few more chapters to go in this part of the story, and I just realised that it’s the only part so far without any illustrations so far. But I don’t know what to depict from this part. Is there anything from this section - since they landed and met Nyssa - that you’d like me to illustrate? Bear in mind that ( Read more... )

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

After watching Jack and Ianto walk out of the door and disappear in the direction of the city, Nyssa and the Doctor set off in the other direction, towards the observatory.

As they walked, the Doctor turned and smiled at Nyssa. “You haven’t changed at all, you know. I don’t know how you’ve done it. You’re still the same Nyssa I ( Read more... )

A/N: Sorry about the lack of update yesterday. I seem to be suffering from some mild form of winter virus. It's not awful but I'm pretty tired.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

Jack had to laugh at the Doctor; staring in awed disbelief, he seemed to honestly believe that the work on the paper could be Ianto’s. But then, Ianto was putting on a convincing act, ( Read more... )

A/N: It's snowing! Wheeeeeeeeee! I'm turning on the radio and waiting to hear the list of school closures. Yes, I'm a teacher. Heh.

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

More tea had been poured, and, while some people might’ve felt that that was a needless waste of vital time, Ianto happened to agree wholeheartedly with Nyssa; good work was improved even further by ( Read more... )

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

“Well, obviously, we’re not going to fly away from here and leave this place under siege,” the Doctor said, as he drained the last bit of tea from his cup and brushed crumbs from his scone off his knee. “Every problem as a solution, right?”

“Right,” Jack agreed, grinning at Nyssa. “You people have all this amazing technology; ( Read more... )

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

A/N: We've passed 50,000 words! You people who've read the whole thing: you're awesome. And thank you :D

When Jack woke the next morning, Ianto was still sleeping deeply beside him, and he looked so peaceful that Jack was reluctant to disturb him. He eased himself gently off the bed and glanced in the full-length mirror, not ( Read more... )

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

By the time they got back to the house, it was almost dark. As they went inside, Nyssa pressed some buttons behind the door. Immediately, soft light - like the light of an early morning in summer - flooded through the house. The Doctor, though, seemed more interested in what he could see out of the window.

“Is the sky always ( Read more... )

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

They made their way back out into the narrow street and down a hill, until they reached a high white wall with a big metal door. Nyssa pressed some buttons to the side of it, and the door slid open, revealing the outside world.

Ianto very nearly gasped; he couldn’t help himself. It was the worst state of war he had ever seen. ( Read more... )