Fic: The Fix - Torchwood *Major Spoilers* for Children of Earth Part 2/?
Title: The Fix
Author: BlaiddJD
Disclaimer: I own nothing, Torchwood belongs to the Beeb and RTD
Rating: PG-13 for swearings and naughties.
Summary: Jack tries to fix things. He tries everything to have what he had... he succeeds in finding Ianto again but what if the man you loved loved someone else?
Part Three
Part Two
She shut her front door behind her and the first thought on her way to work was to get coffee, Ben was waiting with the car in front of the mansion
“Morning, Ben”
"Good morning Miss Rose” he greeted her as he opened the door for her, she got in and they were off to Gloria Jean's before heading to Torchwood Tower. Ever since she'd come back to this reality she'd gone back to her old routine of working for Torchwood, she was a valuable person in terms of knowledge and technology thanks to the Doctor and it didn't hurt that her dad was extremely rich and had a lot of government contracts “So when are we going on that date?”
“When John and your wife let us” she replied with a cheeky grin, she liked Old Ben joking with her when he drove her anywhere. She was still getting used to being spoilt like that but if her parents hadn't insisted on it then Torchwood have done
“How is John?”
“He's okay... he's still getting used to things around the mansion” she answered as he pulled up in the private parking space reserved for her.
“Well you give him my best” he said as she climbed out of the car holding her coffee in one hand and her briefcase in the other
“I will do, see you later, Ben”
The building was busy and full of activity as she walked through the lobby, as soon as she was past the guard's station her assistant popped out of nowhere and began walking next to her
“Good God! You scared me! How can you get around so quietly?” she asked the other girl who was heavily pregnant
“Practice, my boyfriend tends to get all fussy when I try do anything so I've started tiptoeing around our house. He hasn't figured it out yet, God help me when he does” she commented as the two girls moved to the elevator. Rose took out her key, inserted it into the slot and the elevator went up to the topmost floor
“You're due soon, are you sure you should be working?”
“Not you too!” she protested with a smile “In a few weeks, I can't wait to have another baby”
“How is Taren?” Rose inquired of her assistant's first son
“He's as bad as his dad, keeps asking when is the baby coming?” she rolled her eyes as the elevator reached the main floor where it was filled with office booths and a large main office that belonged to Rose Tyler.
“Morning, miss Tyler” several people greeted her as she made her way to her office. She smiled politely until she was behind her door and she could kick off her heels and sink into the smooth, comfy black leather chair and enjoy her coffee. She missed all the excitement and rush she had with the Doctor... yes she had John now but it wasn't the same... she missed running and seeing new things, she missed the excitement of new places. It was all paperwork and red tape now and she hated it!
“Maybe I should take a break” she suggested to herself then leaned back, as soon as she was reclining a loud alarm went off throughout the building. Rose leapt up out of her chair and into the main office to see several bolts of electricity coming from the far wall.
The force of the energy was knocking over the booths and sending papers flying, she reacted on instinct and set the fire alarm off
“Everyone out!” she yelled, she grabbed a young man in passing “Terry, I need you to do something very important”
“What?”
“Help my assistant down the stairs. She's pregnant and you are not to leave her under any circumstances”
“Yes, Miss Tyler” he moved to the desk outside her door and helped her assistant up and out of the room towards the stairs. Once every Torchwood agent was out she went back into her office and got her gun that was hanging up on the wall as a 'souvenir', no one knew that it was actually fully loaded.
There was more energy now and the wall was rippling, she took off her suit jacket and put the strap over her shoulder holding the gun with both hands and pumped the barrel; whatever was coming through she was ready for it. There was a bright blue flash of swirls and a man was superimposed on it before the blue light disappeared and he fell to the floor... she took a step towards him.
She was interrupted when several of the building's SWAT team came rushing in, taking position and aiming their guns at the new visitor
“Men, stand down” she said as she crouched down in front of the naked man who was struggling for breath on the floor, she helped him turn over then her eyes went wide “Someone get a medic!”
“Rose”
“Hang on, Jack, hang on!” she cried but his world faded into darkness and he lost consciousness.
*
He jerked awake with a loud yelp sucking the air in desperately like he couldn't breathe, he leaned forward meeting familiar arms
“Easy, easy there Jack” Rose told him as she helped him lay back down, he gripped her arm tightly holding her so she was close enough to hear him
“I made it” he whispered before he passed out again, the doors opened and John was standing there. Rose wasn't at all surprised to see her boyfriend in the room, in fact she was a little surprised that he wasn't here sooner
“He's really here” he scowled as he took a step forward towards the bed “I can't believe it! We should send him back through!”
“We can't” Rose explained “After he came through the wall sealed itself back up again. Wherever he came from the way back is closed”
“Yes, but he got through! So we should be able to send him back!” he protested but she shook her head
“No” she stated firmly “For now he's in no fit state to go back through the void. We don't know if that would make things worse”
John sighed before coming over to put his hand on her shoulder, she put her hand over his and smiled up at him thankful for the comfort
“Has he woken up at all?” he changed the subject slightly, neither of them could believe that Jack was here in this reality
“Once, he said he made it then went back to sleep” she told him, he just nodded
“I'll wait with you” said John finally as he pulled up a chair on the opposite of the bed and sat down in it, he resisted the urge to put his feet up on the bed.
It didn't take long for Jack to wake up again, he sat up looking round to find himself in hospital wearing a thin gown with Rose and the Doctor staring at him... no, not the Doctor... it was his hand clone.
“I made it! I made it!” he cried as tears filled his eyes, relieved and happy. The two of them watching couldn't help but smile at his joy
“Why are you here, Jack?” asked John leaning forward, eager to know the answer why Jack would travel through the void. His happy joyous expression vanished replaced with a sad, sombre scowl
“I did something” he confessed “Something came to Earth... it killed people and it was going to take 10% of the world's children. I had to stop it”
“Jack” Rose coaxed as she glanced at her boyfriend before looking back at their friend “What did you do?”
“I killed my grandson to stop it” he explained “I killed a child to stop the 456. I came here because there was a chance that they'd be alive here”
“The 456” gasped Rose, she looked at John who nodded seriously. The 456 had come several months ago and the government had given them that 10%, after the 456 had gone they blamed the alien saying that they took the children. There was still riots over that loss and a lot of government buildings had been destroyed by angry parents.
“You said 'they' who did you mean by that? Your grandson... who else?” asked Rose
“My boyfriend, Ianto Jones. He worked for Torchwood One in my reality before he came to work for me so I was hoping that maybe he was here too. I know he's not my Ianto but I... I miss him, he died and there was no reason behind it! Just that monster's sick amusement!” he shouted angrily letting his emotions come to the surface
“Oh Jack” John spoke softly, they both knew Ianto Jones and if Jack hoped for them to be together he was going to end up with a broken heart all over again
“What? What? You know him, don't you” he cried, he looked back and forth between them expecting them to tell him but Rose stood up
“You should get some sleep” she told him as John took her hand “Rest and we'll come see you tomorrow”
“No! I want to see Ianto! He's here isn't he! I want to see him!” he was tossing back the covers and trying to get out of bed. John moved forward to stop him, they wrestled while Rose called for the doctors and nurses. They managed to get Jack back on the bed and sedated him, he went limp while he was still struggling and they put him back into bed
“He might hurt himself” explained Rose to the doctor in charge of Jack “I think it's best he be restrained until further notice” then they left him alone.
TBC...