And Everything: Ianto's story part twelve
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.
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.