Fic: Honeymoon In The Heavens - Homecoming (8/8)
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen, Owen, Toshiko, John Hart, Gray
Warnings/Spoilers: This is an AU story, following Rules for Dating Your Boss and Our Wedding In Hell. May reference events that happened during TW S1 & S2 - mainly the events surrounding Exit Wounds.
Disclaimer: I don't own the character's in this story...I'm just playing with them and promise to return them when I'm done (well, maybe...)
Summary: Ianto and Jack return home and find out what John and Gray were planning..
A/N - This is the final chapter in this series. Written as a bribe for teachwriteslash for another chapter in her empath!Ianto AU. With which she melted my brain this morning...so it's a little later than I intended!
Previous chapter
"Maybe now you want to spend some time with me."
Jack and Ianto looked at each other as John's message ended. They'd known something was coming, just not this soon. It was the morning after returning from their honeymoon. The Doctor had already left with Donna, and they hadn't even had a chance to get settled back into life at Torchwood yet.
"They think you're dead, Ianto, so you're going to have to keep quiet on the comms," Jack whispered. "Don't lose that element of surprise if you can help it."
They were riding back to town in Rhys' car, Ianto sitting on Jack's lap. They hadn't told the team yet about Ianto being immortal. The Doctor knew. In fact, he'd known before they did that at somepoint Ianto would become immortal, but couldn't tell them. Spoilers.
"Jack, what are you going to do?" Ianto fretted.
"Don't worry about me, just concentrate on keeping the rest of the team safe. No matter what happens, know that I will come back to you," Jack promised. "I love you, Ianto Harkness-Jones."
"I love you too, Jack," Ianto said before kissing his husband fiercely. "I promise I'll keep them all safe."
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(at the Hub...)
"What do you want, John?" Jack asked. "Isn't it enough that Gray killed Ianto? What more could you possibly want?"
"I'm sorry about that, really I am. I tried my best to save Eye Candy. I liked him. He was a right good kisser. How long has it been for you since the Vegas Galaxy anyway? Six months? A year?" John asked.
"It's been three days," Jack growled. "Now, what the hell do you want?"
"Oh...three days...really...well...you probably aren't ready to hear this, but I want you to know that I love you," John replied.
"Funny way of showing it," Jack threw back at him. "The man I love was killed three days ago and you think this is the right time to tell me you love me?"
"No. But seriously, you have to understand, I really do love you." John turned around, a machine gun in each of his hands and opened fire.
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(Central Server building...)
"We need to restart the Turnmill servers," Tosh said, frustration filling her voice.
"What if we can't?" Ianto asked.
"Then the reactor goes into meltdown," Tosh replied.
"I'm going up there," Ianto said.
Tosh looked at him, "Ianto..."
"Look, if we can't get the remote servers working, then there must be something I can do onsite to prevent nuclear meltdown." Ianto was determined, he wasn't going to let John and Gray win. He'd promised Jack that he would protect the team. Jack wasn't going to come back and find Ianto hadn't done everything in his power to keep them, and the city, safe.
Tosh looked at her best friend and saw the determination in his face. "Ianto, that would be certain suicide."
"It's okay, Tosh," Ianto assured her. "Something happened to me while Jack and I were on our honeymoon. I'm like him now, I can't die."
"Ianto...how?"
"Look, we can discuss this or I can go to Turnmill. I promise I'll tell you all about it when this is over, just trust me, Tosh."
Tosh nodded her acceptance and they left. As they exited the building, Tosh's portable rift activity monitor went off.
"Ianto, it's a rift alert from inside the Hub. It's the same pattern as the one near the time Jack disappeared."
"Tell Gwen, have her check it out," Ianto instructed.
Tosh activated her comm and relayed the information to Gwen at the police station. "She's going back to the Hub, Ianto."
"Good, you head back too. I'll go to the nuclear plant and you can talk me through what I need to do." Ianto kissed the top of her head. "Be careful, Tosh."
Ianto ran off towards Turnmill, wishing he had a vehicle. Suddenly, a high-pitched alarm sounded out across the city and weevils started pouring out into the streets.
"Shit! If I have to fight weevils at every turn, I'm never going to get to the plant. Think, Ianto. Think." He reached up and activated his comm. "Owen? The streets are flooded with weevils, they came out of nowhere. There's no way that I'll make it to Turnmill on my own."
"Ianto, leave it to me. I can make it there," Owen replied. "King of the weevils, remember?"
"You're not going on your own, Owen. I'm close to the hospital, meet me and we'll go together." Ianto gave him the name of the streets where he was, and waited for the medic to get there.
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(Back at the Hub...)
"Tosh, we're here. You're going to have to help me out, I haven't got a bloody clue what I'm doing," Ianto's voice sounded over the comm.
"Ianto, the reactor has already hit the critical point, it's going to go into meltdown," Tosh replied.
"Is there anything you can do to fix it?" Owen asked.
"Of course I can, I'm brilliant."
Ianto and Owen looked at each other and grinned.
"I'm going to divert power from an auxilary source, back to Turnmill. When that's done, I can talk you through restoring the coolant system."
A gunshot went off in the room. Tosh looked up, startled. Jack stood in the doorway to his office, gun pointed at the body of his brother across the room, tears pouring down his face.
"Tosh?" Ianto called. "Tosh, are you ok?"
"She's fine, Ianto," Jack replied. "Gray is dead."
"Jack...I'm so sorry," Ianto wanted to be there to hold his husband in his arms and comfort him, but he couldn't.
"Later," Jack said. "Get the meltdown stopped and then come home, Ianto."
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(Later - at the Hub...)
It was over. Gray was in the vaults. John was gone. Tosh, Owen and Gwen had gone to their homes. Tomorrow they'd begin rebuilding Cardiff.
Ianto set the bottle of whiskey and two glasses on the table and sat down on the couch next to Jack, pulling his husband into his arms.
"John said that you were buried alive," Ianto whispered. "How?"
"My vortex manipulator," Jack replied. "Final gift from the TARDIS. She reprogrammed it to bring me here, to my old room under the office. I managed to activate it before I suffocated from all the dirt. Got back here and picked the locks on the handcuffs - just in time to shoot my brother." His voice broke. "There was nothing else I could do."
"I'm so sorry, Jack. First your mother and now Gray," Ianto paused. "I'm here for you, Jack. Whatever you need."
"Take me home, Ianto. Just, take me home."
fin
Warnings/Spoilers: This is an AU story, following Rules for Dating Your Boss and Our Wedding In Hell. May reference events that happened during TW S1 & S2 - mainly the events surrounding Exit Wounds.
Disclaimer: I don't own the character's in this story...I'm just playing with them and promise to return them when I'm done (well, maybe...)
Summary: Ianto and Jack return home and find out what John and Gray were planning..
A/N - This is the final chapter in this series. Written as a bribe for teachwriteslash for another chapter in her empath!Ianto AU. With which she melted my brain this morning...so it's a little later than I intended!
Previous chapter
"Maybe now you want to spend some time with me."
Jack and Ianto looked at each other as John's message ended. They'd known something was coming, just not this soon. It was the morning after returning from their honeymoon. The Doctor had already left with Donna, and they hadn't even had a chance to get settled back into life at Torchwood yet.
"They think you're dead, Ianto, so you're going to have to keep quiet on the comms," Jack whispered. "Don't lose that element of surprise if you can help it."
They were riding back to town in Rhys' car, Ianto sitting on Jack's lap. They hadn't told the team yet about Ianto being immortal. The Doctor knew. In fact, he'd known before they did that at somepoint Ianto would become immortal, but couldn't tell them. Spoilers.
"Jack, what are you going to do?" Ianto fretted.
"Don't worry about me, just concentrate on keeping the rest of the team safe. No matter what happens, know that I will come back to you," Jack promised. "I love you, Ianto Harkness-Jones."
"I love you too, Jack," Ianto said before kissing his husband fiercely. "I promise I'll keep them all safe."
_____________________________________
(at the Hub...)
"What do you want, John?" Jack asked. "Isn't it enough that Gray killed Ianto? What more could you possibly want?"
"I'm sorry about that, really I am. I tried my best to save Eye Candy. I liked him. He was a right good kisser. How long has it been for you since the Vegas Galaxy anyway? Six months? A year?" John asked.
"It's been three days," Jack growled. "Now, what the hell do you want?"
"Oh...three days...really...well...you probably aren't ready to hear this, but I want you to know that I love you," John replied.
"Funny way of showing it," Jack threw back at him. "The man I love was killed three days ago and you think this is the right time to tell me you love me?"
"No. But seriously, you have to understand, I really do love you." John turned around, a machine gun in each of his hands and opened fire.
_____________________________
(Central Server building...)
"We need to restart the Turnmill servers," Tosh said, frustration filling her voice.
"What if we can't?" Ianto asked.
"Then the reactor goes into meltdown," Tosh replied.
"I'm going up there," Ianto said.
Tosh looked at him, "Ianto..."
"Look, if we can't get the remote servers working, then there must be something I can do onsite to prevent nuclear meltdown." Ianto was determined, he wasn't going to let John and Gray win. He'd promised Jack that he would protect the team. Jack wasn't going to come back and find Ianto hadn't done everything in his power to keep them, and the city, safe.
Tosh looked at her best friend and saw the determination in his face. "Ianto, that would be certain suicide."
"It's okay, Tosh," Ianto assured her. "Something happened to me while Jack and I were on our honeymoon. I'm like him now, I can't die."
"Ianto...how?"
"Look, we can discuss this or I can go to Turnmill. I promise I'll tell you all about it when this is over, just trust me, Tosh."
Tosh nodded her acceptance and they left. As they exited the building, Tosh's portable rift activity monitor went off.
"Ianto, it's a rift alert from inside the Hub. It's the same pattern as the one near the time Jack disappeared."
"Tell Gwen, have her check it out," Ianto instructed.
Tosh activated her comm and relayed the information to Gwen at the police station. "She's going back to the Hub, Ianto."
"Good, you head back too. I'll go to the nuclear plant and you can talk me through what I need to do." Ianto kissed the top of her head. "Be careful, Tosh."
Ianto ran off towards Turnmill, wishing he had a vehicle. Suddenly, a high-pitched alarm sounded out across the city and weevils started pouring out into the streets.
"Shit! If I have to fight weevils at every turn, I'm never going to get to the plant. Think, Ianto. Think." He reached up and activated his comm. "Owen? The streets are flooded with weevils, they came out of nowhere. There's no way that I'll make it to Turnmill on my own."
"Ianto, leave it to me. I can make it there," Owen replied. "King of the weevils, remember?"
"You're not going on your own, Owen. I'm close to the hospital, meet me and we'll go together." Ianto gave him the name of the streets where he was, and waited for the medic to get there.
__________________________________
(Back at the Hub...)
"Tosh, we're here. You're going to have to help me out, I haven't got a bloody clue what I'm doing," Ianto's voice sounded over the comm.
"Ianto, the reactor has already hit the critical point, it's going to go into meltdown," Tosh replied.
"Is there anything you can do to fix it?" Owen asked.
"Of course I can, I'm brilliant."
Ianto and Owen looked at each other and grinned.
"I'm going to divert power from an auxilary source, back to Turnmill. When that's done, I can talk you through restoring the coolant system."
A gunshot went off in the room. Tosh looked up, startled. Jack stood in the doorway to his office, gun pointed at the body of his brother across the room, tears pouring down his face.
"Tosh?" Ianto called. "Tosh, are you ok?"
"She's fine, Ianto," Jack replied. "Gray is dead."
"Jack...I'm so sorry," Ianto wanted to be there to hold his husband in his arms and comfort him, but he couldn't.
"Later," Jack said. "Get the meltdown stopped and then come home, Ianto."
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(Later - at the Hub...)
It was over. Gray was in the vaults. John was gone. Tosh, Owen and Gwen had gone to their homes. Tomorrow they'd begin rebuilding Cardiff.
Ianto set the bottle of whiskey and two glasses on the table and sat down on the couch next to Jack, pulling his husband into his arms.
"John said that you were buried alive," Ianto whispered. "How?"
"My vortex manipulator," Jack replied. "Final gift from the TARDIS. She reprogrammed it to bring me here, to my old room under the office. I managed to activate it before I suffocated from all the dirt. Got back here and picked the locks on the handcuffs - just in time to shoot my brother." His voice broke. "There was nothing else I could do."
"I'm so sorry, Jack. First your mother and now Gray," Ianto paused. "I'm here for you, Jack. Whatever you need."
"Take me home, Ianto. Just, take me home."
fin