Fic: On the Way, Chapter 2
Title: - untitled -
Series: Enter the Big Bad Wolf
Characters: Jack, Jack/Ianto, Doctor (10), eventally Gwen & Rhys
Author: breannarose1
Rating: PG-13 (swearing)
Beta-ed by: mjmcca - Thank you! Still going through all those lovely links you provided. All mistakes, therefore, be mine, all mine.:-}
Summary: COE my way, a.k.a. "something happened on the way to" Thames House.
Chapter 2
Ianto awakes again but keeps his eyes closed. He knows there had been an explosion at the Hub but not much about why or how. He knows that he's a St. Stephens. A doctor or nurse must have told him. Ianto could have sworn Jack had been there but he dismisses the thought as impossible. *Doubt even Jack could survive that.* He was so sure it had been him though. *Must have been hallucinating. It couldn't have been Jack.* Unless he's been here for a long time. *A month. A month might be enough time. But how'd I lose a month?*
“That’d be the drugs. They gave you some good stuff.”
*Drugs. Right. Explains the hallucinations.*
“Objection! Noone can hallucinate this level of perfection.”
*Yup. Jack. Well, if I have to hallucinate...*
“Again, you are not hallucinating! I am here. You are hurt and in hospital.”
He has to know. “How long…” He can't finish the question but it gets answered.
“Three and a half days.”
*Oh. So, not a month then. Feels like a month.*
“Thursday. It's ‘feels like a Thursday.’”
*Wait. Does it?*
“Though the world won't know that for over a decade from now.”
*No, not right. Not ‘does.’ IS. Is it. That's right.* “Is it?”
“Yes, actually. It is. A lovely Thursday - in 1966.”
*Shit!! It's real….oh, god. What if I'm stuck here? Wait. I am! I’m stuck here…I am, aren't I? Aren't I?!?!.......I want to go home.*
“I'm sorry. I can't help with that. I'll try to find something that might work but don't expect anything of it.”
He's crying. He knows he is but can't stop. The voice is silent but a pair of hands wrap themselves around one of his. The presence is comforting and he soon drifts into sleep.
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He awakes to find he's still in the same room *That's good.* and Jack *Wait. Did he use another name at this time?!?* was still in the room, checking his medical chart. There’s no escaping that this is not his Jack. The coat's gone. *My Jack?!?…God, now I get it.* He sniffles. *now. Huh, that's irony? Isn't it?!?*
“So, what happens now?”
*Maybe I can get a job over in Ireland. Less likely to meet anyone from my family…shit! Not the way this day was supposed to go!*
“Got that right. A few more minutes & I’d have been headed to the Riviera. I'll help relocate you though. Gotta keep the timeline from getting messed up. So it'd have to be somewhere where you least likely run into family members. Someplace like…I don’t know, what do you think of Ireland?"
*Ireland?*
“Ireland? Ok. Sure, why not. That'd be…Wait…How'd you...You're reading my mind! You are, aren't you? You cheat!”
“Hey, keep it down, will ya?”
"How long have you been able to do that? How much have you gotten from my head? How are you able to, anyways?”
“Heh, heh. Just figured that out, huh? Well, the answers are - not long, just a bit and I have an assist.”
“Oh.” He remembers Tosh’s pendant.
Similar to that.”
“Can you just stop, please?”
“Yeah, sure. Though think of the possibilities.”
*And there it. Surprised it’s taken this long.*
“You've been unconscious.”
“Jack!”
“Ok. Okay. Sorry. It's off. No ulterior motives. Really. Just thought I'd say save time and get answers without having to ask question.”
“Lazy git.”
“Hey, I can still break out the list of questions, ya know.”
“And how quickly did you get bored writing it?”
“Riiight. Ok. Anyways, do you have a name? Or should I just call you Bond?”
*Shit. Did I really tell him that?!* “Should I tell you? It'd just have to be changed later anyways.”
“Well, depends on what your name is and you already know mine, soo…”
“Ianto. Ianto Jones."**
“Hello, Ianto Ianto Jones.”
He couldn’t help the eye roll.
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Chapter 3
Previous Chapters:
Chapter 1
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**I phrased it this way as I assumed the Bond styled greeting Ianto gave Jack in Fragments was from nervousness. Here, Ianto already knows Jack (ok, a Jack) so uses a standard intro.
Series: Enter the Big Bad Wolf
Characters: Jack, Jack/Ianto, Doctor (10), eventally Gwen & Rhys
Author: breannarose1
Rating: PG-13 (swearing)
Beta-ed by: mjmcca - Thank you! Still going through all those lovely links you provided. All mistakes, therefore, be mine, all mine.:-}
Summary: COE my way, a.k.a. "something happened on the way to" Thames House.
Chapter 2
Ianto awakes again but keeps his eyes closed. He knows there had been an explosion at the Hub but not much about why or how. He knows that he's a St. Stephens. A doctor or nurse must have told him. Ianto could have sworn Jack had been there but he dismisses the thought as impossible. *Doubt even Jack could survive that.* He was so sure it had been him though. *Must have been hallucinating. It couldn't have been Jack.* Unless he's been here for a long time. *A month. A month might be enough time. But how'd I lose a month?*
“That’d be the drugs. They gave you some good stuff.”
*Drugs. Right. Explains the hallucinations.*
“Objection! Noone can hallucinate this level of perfection.”
*Yup. Jack. Well, if I have to hallucinate...*
“Again, you are not hallucinating! I am here. You are hurt and in hospital.”
He has to know. “How long…” He can't finish the question but it gets answered.
“Three and a half days.”
*Oh. So, not a month then. Feels like a month.*
“Thursday. It's ‘feels like a Thursday.’”
*Wait. Does it?*
“Though the world won't know that for over a decade from now.”
*No, not right. Not ‘does.’ IS. Is it. That's right.* “Is it?”
“Yes, actually. It is. A lovely Thursday - in 1966.”
*Shit!! It's real….oh, god. What if I'm stuck here? Wait. I am! I’m stuck here…I am, aren't I? Aren't I?!?!.......I want to go home.*
“I'm sorry. I can't help with that. I'll try to find something that might work but don't expect anything of it.”
He's crying. He knows he is but can't stop. The voice is silent but a pair of hands wrap themselves around one of his. The presence is comforting and he soon drifts into sleep.
# # # # # # #
He awakes to find he's still in the same room *That's good.* and Jack *Wait. Did he use another name at this time?!?* was still in the room, checking his medical chart. There’s no escaping that this is not his Jack. The coat's gone. *My Jack?!?…God, now I get it.* He sniffles. *now. Huh, that's irony? Isn't it?!?*
“So, what happens now?”
*Maybe I can get a job over in Ireland. Less likely to meet anyone from my family…shit! Not the way this day was supposed to go!*
“Got that right. A few more minutes & I’d have been headed to the Riviera. I'll help relocate you though. Gotta keep the timeline from getting messed up. So it'd have to be somewhere where you least likely run into family members. Someplace like…I don’t know, what do you think of Ireland?"
*Ireland?*
“Ireland? Ok. Sure, why not. That'd be…Wait…How'd you...You're reading my mind! You are, aren't you? You cheat!”
“Hey, keep it down, will ya?”
"How long have you been able to do that? How much have you gotten from my head? How are you able to, anyways?”
“Heh, heh. Just figured that out, huh? Well, the answers are - not long, just a bit and I have an assist.”
“Oh.” He remembers Tosh’s pendant.
Similar to that.”
“Can you just stop, please?”
“Yeah, sure. Though think of the possibilities.”
*And there it. Surprised it’s taken this long.*
“You've been unconscious.”
“Jack!”
“Ok. Okay. Sorry. It's off. No ulterior motives. Really. Just thought I'd say save time and get answers without having to ask question.”
“Lazy git.”
“Hey, I can still break out the list of questions, ya know.”
“And how quickly did you get bored writing it?”
“Riiight. Ok. Anyways, do you have a name? Or should I just call you Bond?”
*Shit. Did I really tell him that?!* “Should I tell you? It'd just have to be changed later anyways.”
“Well, depends on what your name is and you already know mine, soo…”
“Ianto. Ianto Jones."**
“Hello, Ianto Ianto Jones.”
He couldn’t help the eye roll.
# # # # # # #
Chapter 3
Previous Chapters:
Chapter 1
# # # # # # #
**I phrased it this way as I assumed the Bond styled greeting Ianto gave Jack in Fragments was from nervousness. Here, Ianto already knows Jack (ok, a Jack) so uses a standard intro.