She'll Be Ok
Title: She'll Be Ok
Author: Timelordshines
Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper
Rating: 15
Words: 1290
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Characters belong to RTD and the BBC - I’m just borrowing them.
Written for hc_bingo prompt "Drugged".
Author's Note: This fic was originally longer, but when I was editing it ready to post I realised that it had a natural break in the middle - and with a bit of tweaking the second part would work for my wild card fic. I will be posting that at some point over the next few days.
Sequel now posted here: Lessons Learnt
“Hello?” Jack said, answering his phone, “Gwen?”
“Jack? Where are you? I can hear you, but I can’t see you….” Gwen’ s voice was slurred and sluggish.
“Gwen? Where are you? Are you ok?”
“Jack? I feel funny…”
“Gwen? Where are you?”
“Sleepy Jack…”
“Tosh,” Jack said, cupping his hand over the phone, “see if you can trace Gwen’s phone.”
“It’s ok Gwen, I’m coming to get you. Just stay where you are.”
“Jack…”
“Gwen! Listen to me. Stay awake for me ok?”
“Ok,” she slurred.
“Tosh, have you got a fix on her phone yet?”
“Lloyds bar, Greyfriars Street.”
“In a bar?” said Owen, “she’s probably just pissed.”
“She doesn’t sound pissed, she sounds drugged,” said Jack. “Tosh, you keep an eye on things here, Ianto, Owen let’s go see what’s up.”
Barely five minutes later the SUV screeched to a halt outside the bar and the three men leapt out. Jack had been talking to Gwen the whole time as he drove, but she had fallen silent about a minute ago.
“Tosh, where is she?” Jack asked into his Bluetooth.
“Inside at the back of the building on the right.”
Jack strode into the pub, coat tails flying behind him and Ianto and Owen hurrying to catch up.
“Torchwood!” Owen yelled over his shoulder at the bouncer as they passed.
The trio rushed to the back of the pub and into the ladies toilet, causing a young girl who was fixing her hair at the mirror to shriek and leave. Jack pushed open the unlocked door to the last cubicle and found Gwen, collapsed on the floor, her phone in her hand, hair dishevelled, one foot folded awkwardly beneath her. “Gwen!” Jack crouched down and pressed two fingers to her neck, relieved to find a pulse. He backed out of the cubicle to make room for Owen who had slipped into full doctor mode.
Jack stood frozen to the spot, feeling completely impotent and helpless. His world narrowed so all he could see was the doctor’s head bent over the immobile form of Gwen Cooper as he struggled to figure out what was wrong. Then Jack felt Ianto’s warm hand slip into his, the fingers squeezing gently. That one touch was all Jack needed to ground him and allow him to take charge of the situation once more. Jack returned the pressure on his lover’s hand as he became aware of Tosh’s voice in his ear, sounding slightly frantic.
“Jack? Jack can you hear me? Have you found her?”
He pressed the button on his comms, “Yeah Tosh, we found her. She’s unconscious but breathing. Owen is looking her over now. I’ll let you know more when we know.” He clicked the unit off before she could ask any more questions.
“How’s it looking, Owen?”
“She’s breathing. Her heart beat is strong if a little fast and irregular. I’m just running a toxicology screen to find out what caused this.”
“Ok.” Jack huffed out a breath and closed his eyes for a second as he considered his plan, “Ianto, you stay here and help Owen with anything he needs. I’m going to go out to the bar and get the bouncers to put the place in lockdown until we make sure that whoever, or whatever did this is not still here. Then I’m going to ask some questions. Someone must have seen something.” He turned his bluetooth back on, “Tosh? Can you see if you can get hold of the CCTV of this place for the last hour or so? Inside and out.”
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“Do you recognise this woman?” Jack held a photo of Gwen out to the barman who nodded slowly.
“Was she in here tonight?” Jack pressed.
“Yeah.”
“Was she here alone, or did she come in with someone? Or maybe meet someone here?”
“She was sitting over there with a couple of other women, but then it looked like they had some kind of argument. The other two left, not together, and she came and sat at the bar.”
“How long ago did the others leave?”
“An hour or so. She had one drink on her own at the bar, then she got talking to some bloke who bought her another drink.”
“A bloke? Is he here now?”
The barman looked around, “No, I don’t see him.”
Jack reached up and turned his comms on so Tosh could hear as he asked the barman, “what did he look like?”
“Shortish, dark hair, glasses, kind of geeky. Student I think.”
“You get that Tosh?”
“Yeah I heard. Just checking the CCTV of the bar now… Hang on a moment…. Yep, got him talking to Gwen.”
“Thank you very much, you’ve been a great help.” Jack flashed his megawatt grin at the barman and moved away to a quiet corner where he could talk to Tosh.
“Tosh? You got anything?”
“I’m just fast forwarding through the tape…. They’re talking and drinking, from the body language it looks kind of like he’s trying to flirt with her, but he looks really awkward. Okay... he just kissed her. Now she’s just got up to go to the toilet. He’s following her. He turns and looks over his shoulder at a group of lads and gives them a thumbs up. They both disappear into the toilet. There’s no camera in there… the group of lads are finishing their drinks quickly and leaving. They look hurried. Nothing much happening now. Just fast forwarding… Oh hang on, he’s coming out of the toilet now. He’s looking for his friends. Now he’s leaving the pub. Seems to be in a rush.”
“Thanks Tosh. See if you can trace where he goes on the cameras outside. I want to talk to him.”
“No problem.”
Jack told the bouncers that they had finished their enquiries and people were free to leave, then went back to check on Gwen.
Gwen was laid on the floor in the recovery position, Owen was studying the readouts from his scanners. “How’s she doing?” Jack whispered to Ianto, not wanting to interrupt the doctor’s work. “She’s ok. Unconscious, but there doesn’t seem to be any harm to any organs or anything. Owen’s pretty sure she’s been drugged and he’s just trying to figure out what drug it was.”
“I’m not sure exactly what it is but the chemical makeup looks to be quite similar to rohypnol.” Owen stated, turning to look up at the Captain.
“Isn’t that a date rape drug?” asked Ianto.
“Yeah.” Said Owen grimly.
“You don’t think she’s been…” Jack trailed off, clenching his fists by his sides. If the kid had hurt her…
Ianto touched his hand briefly to his partner’s back, between his shoulder blades, the touch comforting and calming. “Can you test her to see, Owen?” he asked.
“There are tests I can do, but I’d rather wait until she is conscious and can actually give her permission. I don’t want to violate her any further.”
“No, of course not.”
“Is there anything you can do to help her regain consciousness? Or does she just need to sleep it off?” asked Jack.
“She just needs to sleep it off. Should be fine in the morning. Probably feel quite hung over though.”
“Right, let’s get her home to Rhys then. He’ll look after her, but I want you to stay there tonight Owen just in case there are any complications.”
Jack carried Gwen out of the pub and laid her gently on the back seat of the SUV. As he was about to climb up into the driver’s seat, Ianto stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.
Jack turned his head to look back at his partner, questioningly.
“She’s going to be okay, Jack.”
Author: Timelordshines
Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper
Rating: 15
Words: 1290
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Characters belong to RTD and the BBC - I’m just borrowing them.
Written for hc_bingo prompt "Drugged".
Author's Note: This fic was originally longer, but when I was editing it ready to post I realised that it had a natural break in the middle - and with a bit of tweaking the second part would work for my wild card fic. I will be posting that at some point over the next few days.
Sequel now posted here: Lessons Learnt
“Hello?” Jack said, answering his phone, “Gwen?”
“Jack? Where are you? I can hear you, but I can’t see you….” Gwen’ s voice was slurred and sluggish.
“Gwen? Where are you? Are you ok?”
“Jack? I feel funny…”
“Gwen? Where are you?”
“Sleepy Jack…”
“Tosh,” Jack said, cupping his hand over the phone, “see if you can trace Gwen’s phone.”
“It’s ok Gwen, I’m coming to get you. Just stay where you are.”
“Jack…”
“Gwen! Listen to me. Stay awake for me ok?”
“Ok,” she slurred.
“Tosh, have you got a fix on her phone yet?”
“Lloyds bar, Greyfriars Street.”
“In a bar?” said Owen, “she’s probably just pissed.”
“She doesn’t sound pissed, she sounds drugged,” said Jack. “Tosh, you keep an eye on things here, Ianto, Owen let’s go see what’s up.”
Barely five minutes later the SUV screeched to a halt outside the bar and the three men leapt out. Jack had been talking to Gwen the whole time as he drove, but she had fallen silent about a minute ago.
“Tosh, where is she?” Jack asked into his Bluetooth.
“Inside at the back of the building on the right.”
Jack strode into the pub, coat tails flying behind him and Ianto and Owen hurrying to catch up.
“Torchwood!” Owen yelled over his shoulder at the bouncer as they passed.
The trio rushed to the back of the pub and into the ladies toilet, causing a young girl who was fixing her hair at the mirror to shriek and leave. Jack pushed open the unlocked door to the last cubicle and found Gwen, collapsed on the floor, her phone in her hand, hair dishevelled, one foot folded awkwardly beneath her. “Gwen!” Jack crouched down and pressed two fingers to her neck, relieved to find a pulse. He backed out of the cubicle to make room for Owen who had slipped into full doctor mode.
Jack stood frozen to the spot, feeling completely impotent and helpless. His world narrowed so all he could see was the doctor’s head bent over the immobile form of Gwen Cooper as he struggled to figure out what was wrong. Then Jack felt Ianto’s warm hand slip into his, the fingers squeezing gently. That one touch was all Jack needed to ground him and allow him to take charge of the situation once more. Jack returned the pressure on his lover’s hand as he became aware of Tosh’s voice in his ear, sounding slightly frantic.
“Jack? Jack can you hear me? Have you found her?”
He pressed the button on his comms, “Yeah Tosh, we found her. She’s unconscious but breathing. Owen is looking her over now. I’ll let you know more when we know.” He clicked the unit off before she could ask any more questions.
“How’s it looking, Owen?”
“She’s breathing. Her heart beat is strong if a little fast and irregular. I’m just running a toxicology screen to find out what caused this.”
“Ok.” Jack huffed out a breath and closed his eyes for a second as he considered his plan, “Ianto, you stay here and help Owen with anything he needs. I’m going to go out to the bar and get the bouncers to put the place in lockdown until we make sure that whoever, or whatever did this is not still here. Then I’m going to ask some questions. Someone must have seen something.” He turned his bluetooth back on, “Tosh? Can you see if you can get hold of the CCTV of this place for the last hour or so? Inside and out.”
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“Do you recognise this woman?” Jack held a photo of Gwen out to the barman who nodded slowly.
“Was she in here tonight?” Jack pressed.
“Yeah.”
“Was she here alone, or did she come in with someone? Or maybe meet someone here?”
“She was sitting over there with a couple of other women, but then it looked like they had some kind of argument. The other two left, not together, and she came and sat at the bar.”
“How long ago did the others leave?”
“An hour or so. She had one drink on her own at the bar, then she got talking to some bloke who bought her another drink.”
“A bloke? Is he here now?”
The barman looked around, “No, I don’t see him.”
Jack reached up and turned his comms on so Tosh could hear as he asked the barman, “what did he look like?”
“Shortish, dark hair, glasses, kind of geeky. Student I think.”
“You get that Tosh?”
“Yeah I heard. Just checking the CCTV of the bar now… Hang on a moment…. Yep, got him talking to Gwen.”
“Thank you very much, you’ve been a great help.” Jack flashed his megawatt grin at the barman and moved away to a quiet corner where he could talk to Tosh.
“Tosh? You got anything?”
“I’m just fast forwarding through the tape…. They’re talking and drinking, from the body language it looks kind of like he’s trying to flirt with her, but he looks really awkward. Okay... he just kissed her. Now she’s just got up to go to the toilet. He’s following her. He turns and looks over his shoulder at a group of lads and gives them a thumbs up. They both disappear into the toilet. There’s no camera in there… the group of lads are finishing their drinks quickly and leaving. They look hurried. Nothing much happening now. Just fast forwarding… Oh hang on, he’s coming out of the toilet now. He’s looking for his friends. Now he’s leaving the pub. Seems to be in a rush.”
“Thanks Tosh. See if you can trace where he goes on the cameras outside. I want to talk to him.”
“No problem.”
Jack told the bouncers that they had finished their enquiries and people were free to leave, then went back to check on Gwen.
Gwen was laid on the floor in the recovery position, Owen was studying the readouts from his scanners. “How’s she doing?” Jack whispered to Ianto, not wanting to interrupt the doctor’s work. “She’s ok. Unconscious, but there doesn’t seem to be any harm to any organs or anything. Owen’s pretty sure she’s been drugged and he’s just trying to figure out what drug it was.”
“I’m not sure exactly what it is but the chemical makeup looks to be quite similar to rohypnol.” Owen stated, turning to look up at the Captain.
“Isn’t that a date rape drug?” asked Ianto.
“Yeah.” Said Owen grimly.
“You don’t think she’s been…” Jack trailed off, clenching his fists by his sides. If the kid had hurt her…
Ianto touched his hand briefly to his partner’s back, between his shoulder blades, the touch comforting and calming. “Can you test her to see, Owen?” he asked.
“There are tests I can do, but I’d rather wait until she is conscious and can actually give her permission. I don’t want to violate her any further.”
“No, of course not.”
“Is there anything you can do to help her regain consciousness? Or does she just need to sleep it off?” asked Jack.
“She just needs to sleep it off. Should be fine in the morning. Probably feel quite hung over though.”
“Right, let’s get her home to Rhys then. He’ll look after her, but I want you to stay there tonight Owen just in case there are any complications.”
Jack carried Gwen out of the pub and laid her gently on the back seat of the SUV. As he was about to climb up into the driver’s seat, Ianto stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.
Jack turned his head to look back at his partner, questioningly.
“She’s going to be okay, Jack.”