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Meteor Shower Part 8 - Fic

2008-07-22T12:56:13Z

TITLE: Meteor Shower Part 8
AUTHOR: geordie_star
RATING: PG13
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Tosh
SUMMARY: Ianto is faced with devestation on a routine mission, whilst the team get caught up in bad weather. Weird things start to happen.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Another product of writer's block, but I think I'm slowly getting over it. This is just a short chapter to see what you guys think. Future chapters should be longer. Once again, it is cross-posted and unbeta'd. Sorry. Comments are loved!
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, I own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Fanfictions can be removed and/or deleted if needed. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7

Ethan Jones knew exactly where Ianto would go to. Ianto had one mission and to complete it he needed his loyal soldiers. He needed a transmitter to call them all up. Earth was alive with technology, Ianto could get a transmitter from just about anywhere, but the biggest one, the closest one, Ethan knew exactly where that was. He could feel it. He had to get to Ianto before he could do any damage.

Toshiko took her own car to the alley where Ethan had been attacked by a weevil the night before. She had to collect as many of the meteor rocks as she could find. Jack had told her not to worry about the ones that landed in the countryside, they were too far away and the main worry was the ones within range to Ianto. The meteors had of course fallen in random places all over the city, but where Ianto and Ethan got infected was a good enough place to start, thought Tosh. All she had to do was collect as many as she could and stop the nano-gene aliens from escaping, to stop them from going off and causing a major disaster.

Jack drove the SUV through the city streets of Cardiff whilst Gwen tracked Ianto’s location via the GPS system on his mobile phone. Owen sat in the passenger seat going over the plan again. As far as he was concerned, they didn’t really have a plan and as much as he thrived upon going into a situation unprepared and kicking arse, he had to remember that this was one of his team mates in trouble and a well thought out plan would probably be a lot better than a half cooked one.

“Jack, what if Ianto isn’t strong enough to fight what’s possessing him? Then what?”

“Then I’ll extract them myself. Like I said, I have my ways,” said Jack.

“And what ways exactly?” Asked Owen.

Jack smirked. “Bodily contact.”

Owen and Gwen stared at Jack. Then Owen spoke up. “You’re going to kiss him to death?”

“Well yeah, but not Ianto, I’m going to get the nano-genes to go into myself, hopefully keeping Ianto alive, not killing him. That’s the whole point of it.”

Jack thought about his plan. It wouldn’t be the first time he’d save someone’s life by kissing them. He saved Carys’s life from the gas sex alien by kissing her, he’d saved countless other’s lives over the years too by simply kissing them. Ianto was one of them. During the incident with Lisa. Of course, it wasn’t just a kiss that saved their lives like some kind of fairytale magic spell, Jack actually got weak, he took whatever was affecting the other person, out of them and into himself.

There had been many times during the war when he’d sucked poison gas out of his fellow soldiers lungs, saving their lives. Why should this be any different? The Doctor had even told him about how he’d kissed Rose and saved her life, causing himself to regenerated from the time vortex being inside of him. Jack was sure his plan was going to work, all he had to do was simply kiss Ianto and make him safe again. Then he’d deal with the nano-genes from there.

Ianto stopped out side of a building. He’d found what he was looking for. A great big transmitter. And where else would he find one but a radio station? Well, there was the television centre but that was further away. The radio station would do just fine. He smiled to himself, all he had to do was send his soldiers a signal, and the Earth would soon be his to shape exactly the way he wanted to. There’s no way humans would have the technology or intelligence to stop his plans. They’d never even heard of his species before.

“Jack, why is Ianto heading for the radio station?” Asked Gwen.

Owen turned to look at her. “What’s there that he could possibly need?”

Jack thought about the first time he’d met the Doctor, and the young boy converted into a gas mask zombie calling up his own troops. How did he do that? The boy spoke to anything with a speaker grille. Telephones, toys, a wireless… or in other words a radio. That must be it. Ianto needs to get to the radio station so he can use the frequency to call up his troops. He’s getting ready for the invasion.

“He’s calling up the troops,” said Jack as he floored the accelerator and headed in the direction of the radio station.

Ethan wasn’t far behind Ianto. He knew exactly where Ianto would head and had made every effort to get there just as quickly. He had to stop Ianto by whatever means necessary.

Ethan watched as Ianto entered the building. If anyone tried to stop Ianto, Ethan feared they’d be killed. The other man wouldn’t have much patience for interruptions to his plan.

With no time to spare, Ethan followed Ianto into the building. Even if he had to destroy the other man, Ethan couldn’t let the Earth be put at risk. It was more than his job was worth.

Owen watched as Jack steered through the streets, getting closer and closer to the radio station.

“So, Jack, what happens after you awaken Ianto with a true love’s kiss and have a magical fairytale ending? How do we get the nano-genes out of you and destroy them?”

“A true love’s kiss? That’s sweet, Owen. I didn’t think you though of Ianto and I like that.”

“Jack, I’m being serious,” stated Owen.

Jack spared Owen a glance and then turned his attention back to the road ahead. “You’ll know what to do when the time comes. I trust you to make the right decision.”

Jack could see the radio station now. He would be there within seconds, and then he could find Ianto. Save the world, save his Ianto.

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Still Keeping Up With The Jones' - Part 4 - Fic

2008-07-18T23:45:58Z

TITLE: Still Keeping Up With The Jones' - Part 4
AUTHOR(S): geordie_star and killer_queen87
RATING: PG - PG13
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto
SUMMARY: Ianto and Aaron's sister is in town for a visit... further adventures continue.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: As promised, more Aaron! We hope you like it. Comments are adored.
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, we own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies. We do not own the characters.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3

When Ianto started to wake up the next morning he could sense he was being watched. He could also feel heat radiating from the body next to him as gentle fingers began to stroke his arm.

“Didn’t your mother ever teach you it’s rude to stare?” Ianto murmured, his eyes still closed, but he could tell Jack was grinning. Finally he opened his eyes turning his head to look at his lover.

“Didn’t your mother tell you it’s rude to look so beautiful when you’re sleeping that I cant keep my eyes off you?” Jack chuckled then leant down and kissed Ianto.

“No need to ask if you’re feeling better then,” said Ianto with a smile. Jack pulled away.

“I told you, I’m fine. Was just a… momentary lapse.” Jack winked. “I’m going to go to the hub to see Owen about those tests and do a bit of paperwork. But hey, I’m as fit as a fiddle.”

“What time is it?” Ianto yawned as he rubbed his eyes.

“6:45. Go back to sleep, get some rest before monster arrives.” Jack kissed Ianto’s forehead as he got up, Ianto only just realising Jack was already in his usual attire.

“M’coming with you.” Ianto stretched and sat up looking around for his clothes.

“Ianto, don’t be silly-“

“No arguments. I want to hear for myself that you’re OK. I have to pick up some things for while I have Cam anyway and I can get back here for Rhi arriving.” Jack watched Ianto as he went from his drawer to the wardrobe to get clean clothes whilst he spoke.

Jack held his hands up in defeat. “Okay, I should know better than to try and tell you what to do. I’ll wait for you in the car.”

Twenty minutes later and they were standing on the invisible lift descending into the hub. Owen saw them coming so stood up from his workstation to greet them. Tosh was also there.

“Jack! You’re ok? Should you be here?” Tosh questioned taking her glasses off.

“Of course, Tosh. I’m here for Owen to tell me just that,” Jack grinned at her, Ianto however just rolled his eyes. Owen headed down to the autopsy bay followed by Jack and Ianto who chose to observe from the railings.

“Well, as I thought there’s nothing that I can find that’s wrong with you.” Owen started lifting his clipboard. “You are, for a freak, perfectly normal.”

“Don’t call him that!” Ianto shouted causing everyone to look at him. Jack had told him everything that had happened while he was away with the doctor, and he didn’t want Jack to have to experience that kind of abuse again. As Ianto realised the others were staring, his cheeks began to redden. Jack just smiled knowing the reason for his outburst.

“Its OK, Yan. Why don’t you go make us some of you’re magical coffee, yeah?” Jack winked at the younger man, his stomach feeling fuzzy at the thought that someone would love him enough to protect him like that.

Ianto left Owen and Jack in the autopsy bay as he went to his kitchenette to make the coffees. Tosh followed him to give him a hand and to make sure he was OK.

“Sorry, Jack… I didn’t mean anything by that.” Jack nodded in response “So… err, Aaron not with you two this morning?” Owen asked as he pretended to fiddle about with some blood samples on the table.

“Nope, he was still asleep when we left, but Ianto set his alarm to go off at oh…” Jack looked at his watched. “Right about now. Just to make sure he’s up for his sister and nephew. Why? You looking to examine him too?” Jack waggled his eyebrows.

“No!” Owen said defensively. “Just wondering.” Jack raised his eyebrows at Owen. “There’s nothing going on. I don’t…. I’m not interested in him. Honest…”

“If you say so.” Jack shrugged then looked around him. “Look Owen, I wasn’t totally honest last night…”

“Oh? How’s that?” Owen looked at him, brow furrowed.

“I err… I’ve had these kind of symptoms before. The dizziness, fainting etc. And I had a diagnosis. I need you to do another test on me.”

“Jack, believe me I have done every test under the sun, and like I said you’re fine, you don’t get ill anyway.”

“Oh its not an illness. In fact its perfectly natural… well in my time it is, in your time it’s perfectly natural for females.…”

“Jack, seriously you’re just over reacting now, if you’re going on about what I think you are….” Owen leant on the table. “Jack will you-“

“I need you to do a pregnancy test Owen!”

Both men’s heads shot up at the sound of a tray being dropped and ceramics smashing. They saw Ianto standing at the railings with Tosh, both of their faces white and eyes wide.

Jack looked at Ianto, the younger man had turned pale and had a shocked look on his face. “Ianto, are you okay?” The Captain walked over to his lover and placed his hands on Ianto’s shoulders.

Ianto was staring at Jack, but it was like his gaze never met the other man’s eyes, it was like he was looking right through Jack.

“Ianto? Hello? Earth to Ianto. Are you okay?”

“Y-yes, I’m fine,” Ianto snapped out of his shock. “Why wouldn’t I be fine?” The younger man tried to avoid Jack’s gaze and looked down, noticing the broken coffee cups on the floor. “Oh dear, look at this mess. I should get it cleaned up.”

Jack stopped Ianto from walking away. “Ianto, I can explain.”

“Explain what? Explain why my boyfriend is asking Owen for a pregnancy test? Nothing to explain, Jack. I’m fine. You just continue with your business, I’m fine.”

Owen and Toshiko stood in silence, watching Jack and Ianto. Owen’s jaw almost hit the floor when Jack asked for a pregnancy test, so he could only imagine how Ianto must be feeling right now.

Ianto turned to walk away but then he regained some sense of thought and turned back around to look at Jack. Shock seemingly gone and anger replacing it. “A pregnancy test? And when the fuck were you going to tell me?”

“W-well, I…” stuttered Jack. “I thought I’d make sure I either was or I wasn’t before worrying you.”

“Yeah, and just when were you planning on telling me that you could actually get pregnant? Don’t you think you should have told me about this before you started sleeping with me?” Asked Ianto.

“Well, I didn’t think I’d need to worry about it because circumstances are different here,” replied Jack.

“So, you can get pregnant?”

“Technically, yes,” replied Jack. “Is that okay?”

Ianto nodded. “Yes. It’s just, knowing about it would have been nice. I mean, what were you thinking?”

“Well, we haven’t been serious together for all that long, it’s not something I want to go broadcasting around the twenty-first century if I don’t want to get cut open and experimented on.”

Ianto looked hurt. “You think I’d have put you into that kind of situation?”

Jack shook his head. “No! No, I didn’t think that at all, but I still didn’t want to shout it from the rooftops. Put yourself in my position, how many people would you tell?”

Ianto stared Jack in the eyes. “I’d tell you, Jack, because I love you and trust you more than anyone else in this entire universe.”

Jack took a sharp intake of breath. Whenever Ianto said those three little words it always had that affect on him, but this time was different, because they weren’t snuggled up on the sofa together watching a DVD, they were standing in the middle of the hub, in front of their team mates, arguing over the fact that Jack had neglected to tell his partner one very important fact about himself. Still, those three little words made him feel like a teenager in love again. Jack snapped out of it and brought himself back into the discussion.

“I love you too, Ianto. But I just didn’t think you’d want that kind of thing from me. You know, marriage and kids and all that. I thought you just wanted what we have. But then when I brought up the proposal idea a while back, you kind of threw me when you didn‘t refuse. I just got confused and didn‘t know what to think. But nothing ever came of the proposal, and I just thought maybe all you wanted is what we have now.”

Ianto shook his head. “And who’s to say what I want? Have you even asked me?” Jack didn’t reply. “If you’re pregnant, Jack, with my child, then my head’s going to be spinning so much and I’m not going to understand it one bit, but I’d accept it. I’d still love you and I’d still love the baby. In fact, I’d be thrilled at the thought of sharing something so amazing with you, but you have to believe in me if we’re ever going to have any kind of future together… for however long it lasts.”

A tear threatened to escape Jack’s eyes, but he shook it off and pulled Ianto into a hug. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I promise I’ll tell you anything in the future that I think you need to know. And probably a whole load of random stuff that you really don’t need to know.”

Ianto laughed. “Good. I’d like that.”

“Pregnant?” Asked Owen from the autopsy bay steps. “You can get pregnant?”

Jack pulled away from Ianto and looked at the doctor. “I’ll explain how it works later, but for now, how about that test?”

Owen shook himself out of his thoughts and stepped aside, gesturing for Jack to come down the steps for the examination.

Owen looked at Toshiko. “I don’t even know how to test if a man’s pregnant.”

Toshiko shrugged her shoulders and Owen shook his head. Things in Torchwood just got a whole lot weirder.

Jack sat on the make shift bed whilst Owen went around gathering his bits of equipment. Ianto stood at the side waiting to hear what the test results were. He was the most nervous he’d ever been in his entire life.

Gwen and Aaron arrived at the Hub. They found their team mates in the autopsy bay fussing over Jack. The two late arrivals stood on the steps with confused expressions, wondering what Owen was doing to Jack.

“Been bitten by a weevil or something, Jack?” Asked Gwen.

“Nope,” replied the Captain.

“Aaron, shouldn’t you be at home waiting for Rhi and Cam?” Asked Ianto.

The younger man shook his head. “Nope. Got a text, she won’t be there until lunch time, and since you kindly left that alarm clock in my room, I thought I’d come see what’s going on here.” Ianto didn’t answer his younger brother, he turned his attention back to Owen and Jack. Aaron’s brows furrowed as he thought about the scene in front of him. “What is going on?”

“I’m giving Jack a pregnancy test,” said Owen.

Gwen and Aaron didn’t know whether to take Owen seriously or not. “A pregnancy test?” Asked Gwen. “You’re not being serious.”

“Oh but I am,” stated Owen.

“On Jack? Why?”

“Because,” said Owen as he looked up to meet Gwen’s questioning gaze for a few moments, “Jack thinks he might be pregnant.”

“Okay,” said Ianto. “Can we stop gossiping and get back to the situation?”

Owen got back to his work. Gwen looked like she wanted to laugh. “But pregnant? Jack can’t be pregnant.”

Aaron looked at his brother. “You got Jack pregnant? Wow, dad is going to have a field day with this.”

“Aaron, that’s not helping,” said Ianto as he shot his younger brother a look.

“Who’d of thought it? My brother’s such a horny bugger, he can get guys pregnant,” said Aaron. Ianto just glared at him. “Actually, how does that work? How can Jack get pregnant? He’s a bloke. A bloke with weird fashion sense, but a bloke none the less. Ianto, how can you get him pregnant?”

“I haven’t got time to give you a birds and the bees talk right now, Aaron, I’m kind of having a nervous breakdown over here.”

Ianto looked over at Jack who also seemed to be trying to quell his nerves. He wandered over to his lover and took a seat beside him. Placing his hand in Jack’s, Ianto sat and waited quietly for Owen to finish his tests.

“Okay,” said Owen. “I have the results.”

Jack and Ianto looked at each other and took a deep breath. Ianto noticed for the first time that Jack looked more nervous than he did. Giving his partner a small, reassuring smile, Ianto squeezed Jack’s hand and turned to face Owen. What ever the test results say, Ianto was going to stick by Jack, they could handle anything.

“I don’t know what results you were hoping for,” said Owen looking at his notes. “But I can tell you that Jack is not pregnant.”

Jack and Ianto remained silent for a moment. They didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. The thought of having their own child and sharing that life together, suddenly didn’t seem so scary now the idea was taken away. But the fact that the results were negative also meant that their lives wouldn’t be immediately changing and that everything was a false alarm. They didn’t have to worry about their whole lives changing for a while yet. Ianto turned and looked at Jack.

“Well, that’s good, right?”

“Yeah,” said Jack. “We’re not ready to be parents yet. You haven’t even accepted my proposal.”

“You haven’t even proposed yet,” said Ianto.

“I’ve done it twice,” stated Jack in defence.

Ianto shook his head. “You’ve mentioned it twice. I don’t see you getting down on one knee… not that I want you to do that though. That would be a little cheesy. But still, I don’t see you doing it.”

Jack huffed. “Fine, I will. But not here. It has to be when you’re not expecting it.”

Ianto laughed and pulled Jack into a hug. “It’s okay that you’re not pregnant. Isn’t it?”

Jack nodded. “Yeah. Like I said, we’re not ready to be parents yet.”

Ianto sighed. “No. Not yet. Maybe one day though?”

“Maybe.” Jack was quiet for a moment, and then said, “There’s just one thing though.”

“What’s that?” Asked Ianto as he pulled away from Jack.

“If I’m not pregnant, and it’s not that, that’s causing my weakness, then what is?”

Jack and Ianto looked at each other, then at Owen as if he had the answers. Owen just shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe you’re just not getting enough sleep.”

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Meteor Shower Part 7 - Fic

2008-07-18T17:15:54Z

TITLE: Meteor Shower Part 7
AUTHOR: geordie_star
RATING: PG13
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Tosh
SUMMARY: Ianto is faced with devestation on a routine mission, whilst the team get caught up in bad weather. Weird things start to happen.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Another product of writer's block, but I think I'm slowly getting over it. This is just a short chapter to see what you guys think. Future chapters should be longer. Once again, it is cross-posted and unbeta'd. Sorry. Comments are loved!
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, I own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Fanfictions can be removed and/or deleted if needed. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6

Ianto Jones stepped out of the tourist office and into the eerily quiet early morning Plass. He looked around. He needed to find the optimum place to set his plans in motion. But where?

Ianto walked away from the river side and across the Plass, past the water tower, heading for the city centre. He just needed something that would suffice as a large enough transmitter. Something where he could awaken the rest of his soldiers and fight the good fight.

“So we just let him walk off?” Asked Gwen.

Jack had been silent, in quiet contemplation for the last five minutes. He looked up at the younger woman challenging him. “What do you suggest we do? You’ve seen his strength. If we try and stop him he could kill us all.”

“But he wouldn’t, he’s…”

“He’s not Ianto. Not our Ianto. He’s been possessed by whatever was in that meteorite.”

Tosh quickly headed for the door. “I’m going to run another test on those rocks. I never ran it before but I’ve just thought… I’ll explain later.” And with that, she ran off back to the main level of the hub.

In the corner of the room, Ethan opened his eyes and sat up almost mechanically.

“Ethan,” said Owen as he jumped up and ran over to his patient. “You’re back with us. That’s good. You gave us quite a scare earlier.”

“Must stop the war,” replied Ethan as he looked into Owen’s eyes. Ethan never blinked once.

Jack stood up. “What war? Ianto mentioned a war earlier.”

“There war is coming. I must stop it.” Ethan was looking at Jack now. Still not blinking.

“Tell me who you are,” said Jack. “You’re not Ethan any more, are you?”

“My name is not important. I must defend.”

“Defend what? What is Ianto doing? Who is controlling him?” Asked Jack.

“Chasing the wanted for so many years through the darkness of space. I pledged to protect. Finding a planet that supports advanced life, that’s all they need,” said Ethan.

Jack was beginning to get frustrated. “Enough with the cryptic clues, please. Just tell me what’s going on.”

“My people sent us to protect others from them. Your planet is in trouble. I must go and defend it.” Ethan began to stand up and pull the wires attached to him, from his body.

“Wait, what about Ethan?” Asked Gwen. “Is he still alive? You’ve took his body.”

“The human is alive,” said Ethan. “But he is needed for me to fight.”

“If you harm him…” started Gwen.

“Don’t you think one sacrifice is better than the world?” Asked Ethan. Still never blinking.

Gwen was about to reply when Toshiko burst into the room. “Jack, I’ve just ran that test, it came back positive just as I thought.”

“What test?”

“I didn’t do it before because I didn’t think there was any chance of it actually being that, but they’re so small they’re invisible to the human eye. That’s why I never even considered it before. But it is them.”

“Is what?” Asked Jack exasperated.

“They’re like a form of nano-genes.”

“Nano-genes? You know about nano-genes?”

Tosh shook her head. “Only in theory. I’ve never witnessed anything like them before.”

Things started to click inside the Captain’s head. “So, they’re what? An organic form of nano-genes? An alien species so small we can’t see them? They live in the rocks? That’s how they could heal the skin, bring Ethan back to life and take control of the person they’ve inhabited?” Asked Jack. “But then, if we can’t see them, how do we stop them?”

Gwen had a question of her own. “If Ianto and Ethan are both being controlled by the same species of alien, then how come Ianto wants a war and Ethan wants peace?”

“There are two sides to every argument. Humans are the same species but they’re always fighting with each other. Same goes for other planets out there. Two sides with different beliefs,” said Jack.

“That is correct,” said Ethan.

“So you live in the rocks?” Asked Gwen. “What happened to your planet? How come you’ve landed on Earth in a meteor shower?”

Ethan shook his head. “We do not live in the rocks. We didn’t fall to Earth. We landed on Earth. We followed them here. They call themselves ‘The Creators’. They take what’s not theirs and make it their own. We have to stop them.”

Jack nodded. “Can you do that?”

“Yes,” replied Ethan.

“Can you do that without hurting your hosts? Those are people you are controlling. Their names are Ethan and Ianto Jones. If you hurt them, you’ll have us to answer to.”

“I cannot guarantee the safety of this vessel. I do not fear Torchwood.”

Jack looked around at his team mates. “How do we get ‘The Creators’ out of Ianto without hurting him?”

“If you can get the host to remember who he is and fight back, that will be enough to force them out. But without killing them, they’ll just find another host and continue their plans.”

“Their plans?” Asked Owen. “How many more are there?”

“They have enough warriors to take thousands of hosts. And they will, unless I stop them. If they raise their army, Earth does not stand a chance. Excuse me.” Ethan turned from Jack and the others, and headed for the door. Not once looking back. He left the hub in search of Ianto.

“So what do we do?” Asked Owen as he watched Ethan leave. “Just sit back and let some aliens battle it out on our planet?”

Jack shook his head. “Team meeting right now, I have an idea.”

The team quickly made their way to the conference room and sat down waiting to hear Jack’s plans.

Jack stood at the head of the table. “Toshiko, I need you to collect as many of the meteorites as you can, keep them in stasis. Hopefully they won’t have escaped the rocks yet and found a host. If we can cut off the soldiers at the source, they’ll have less chance of succeeding.”

“But what about the ones who want to defend. Won’t they be needed?”

Jack shook his head. “And how do we tell which is which? We’re not taking any chances. As far as I’m concerned, It’s just Ianto and Ethan we need to look out for.” Jack looked between his team mates. “Gwen and Owen, I want you to come with me. We’re going to find Ianto.”

“Then what?” Asked Owen.

“Ethan said if we can get Ianto to remember who he is, and fight whatever’s in him, that will be enough.”

“You don’t need us for that,” said Owen. “Ianto would listen to you more than he would us anyway.”

“That might not be enough. He might need to hear more than one familiar voice. You and Gwen are coming with me.”

“And that’s it? That’s your grand plan?” Asked Owen.

“Jack,” started Gwen. “If we get Ianto to force the nano-gene things out of himself, where will they go? They’ll be too small to see, but they’ll still be there, won’t they? How do we stop them for good?”

“That’s why I need you with me. I’m going to get them to go inside of me. Then you have to kill me,” said Jack delicately.

“What? No way,” said Gwen.

“It’s the only idea I have that could work.”

“Even if we agreed to it,” said Owen as Gwen glared daggers at him. “How do we get to you? You’ll have skin that’s unbreakable and the strength of Superman. How do you suggest we get past that?” Jack thought for a moment. “And also,” continued Owen, “If Ianto remembers who he is, how will they physically leave his body? They could fight back and take control of him again.”

Jack smiled. “I have my ways.”

Gwen shook her head. “This isn’t a good plan, Jack. I don’t like it at all.”

“Do you have a better one?” Asked the Captain.

“Loads. And none of them involve shooting you.”

Jack sighed. “Okay then, let’s hear them. Because if you have got a better plan, now‘s the time to hear it.”

Gwen shifted in her seat and looked away from Jack’s stare. Truth was, she didn’t have a plan. She just didn’t like Jack’s. “How about, you get them out of Ianto, and you’ll be strong enough to fight them yourself.”

“And then what? Where will they go?”

“Put them in the stasis thingy that Tosh is putting the rocks in,” said Gwen.

Jack thought about that idea for a moment. “Good, but how?”

Gwen stood up exasperated. “I don’t know, okay! I’ve no idea. Just find a way because I refuse to shoot you.”

Owen watched as Jack and Gwen stared at each other. “I don’t mean to interrupt this well thought out plan, but what about Ethan? What do we do about that?”

“The same. I don’t want any of these creatures left behind.”

“Put it in stasis?” Asked Toshiko.

“As a last resort. But I’m thinking once Ianto’s inhabitants have gone, Ethan’s will get back in their rocks and fly off back home. Hopefully.”

Owen smirked. “You’re making this up as you go along aren’t you?”

Jack looked Owen in the eyes. “I always do.” The Captain turned back to face the rest of his team. “Okay, that’s agreed then. Tosh, you go and carefully collect as many of the rocks as you can find. Owen and Gwen, with me. We have to find Ianto.”

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Meteor Shower Part 6 - Fic

2008-07-12T22:19:23Z

TITLE: Meteor Shower Part 6
AUTHOR: geordie_star
RATING: 15 (Language/Violence)
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Tosh
SUMMARY: Ianto is faced with devestation on a routine mission, whilst the team get caught up in bad weather. Weird things start to happen.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Another product of writer's block, but I think I'm slowly getting over it. This is just a short chapter to see what you guys think. Future chapters should be longer. Once again, it is cross-posted and unbeta'd. Sorry. Comments are loved!
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, I own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Fanfictions can be removed and/or deleted if needed. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5

Jack made his way quickly to the medical bay to find Owen, followed closely behind by Ianto, Ethan, Tosh and Gwen.

“Owen, what do you have?”

“You want to take a look at this,” replied the doctor whilst looking down a microscope.

“What is it?”

Owen looked up, realising he had an audience. “Jack, I think maybe we should talk about this in private.”

“No way,” said Ianto, “That’s my blood you’re testing, I want to know if something’s wrong.”

Owen sighed then nodded. He looked at Ethan. “Hi, I’m Dr. Owen Harper, I need to take some blood from you to compare it with your brother’s. Would you mind rolling your sleeve up?”

Ethan looked at Ianto who nodded in response. Ethan did as he was told and rolled up his shirt sleeve. “It seems like I’ve lost a lot of blood already today, why not give one more syringe full? I can’t see it making any difference.”

Owen raised an eyebrow. “Did you get your sarcastic wit from your brother, Ianto? He’s just like you.”

Ianto didn’t reply, he just watched Owen take a needle full of blood from his brother’s arm.

Owen took a small sample of the blood from the syringe and placed it under the microscope. “Bloody Hell,” he said after a few moments.

“Owen, tell me what the problem is,” said Jack.

Owen turned to face them and said, “It’s like the blood’s mutating. It’s like it’s not human. Both samples are the same.”

Ianto looked up at Jack, scared. Ethan was trying to process what Owen was saying. “I’m an alien?”

“No,” said Jack. “But you have something alien inside of you.”

“Thanks. That makes me feel much better.”

Ianto swallowed hard. “Jack…?”

The Captain walked over to the younger man and placed his hands on his shoulders to comfort him. “It’s going to be okay, Ianto. We can deal with this.”

Ianto nodded. He didn’t know what to say. He was scared.

“I promise you, I won’t let any harm come to you. Or Ethan.”

“But what about before? When I said the war is coming? That was it inside me wasn’t it? That was it controlling me?” Asked Ianto.

“Ianto, listen to me, we’ll sort this out.”

Jack placed a soft kiss on Ianto’s forehead and pulled him into a hug.

Ethan raised an eyebrow. “Did he just kiss you?”

Ianto didn’t reply, he just clung to Jack. Ethan looked around at the others. “Does he kiss all of you?”

Owen snorted. “Does your brother tell you anything about himself?”

Ethan looked at the girls for an answer. Gwen shrugged. “Jack and Ianto are… close.”

“Oh,” said Ethan. “Oh!” The penny dropped. “Well, what other surprises are going to come my way today? I’ve been scrapping with an alien, brought back from the dead, interrogated by Torchwood, been told I’ve got something alien inside me… and to top it all off, I’ve just found out my brother is a gay, gun slinging secret agent, who’s sleeping with his boss. What more couldn’t I handle?”

“Bisexual,” said Owen.

“What?” Asked Ethan.

“Ianto’s a bisexual, gun slinging secret agent… who’s sleeping with his boss.” The girls gave Owen a questioning look. “What? Every time I call him gay he tells me he’s bisexual. I’m just setting his brother straight… not that we need to throw another vernacular in there, but still…”

“Jack,” said Gwen, “What are we going to do?”

Jack let go of Ianto and looked around at his team. “Okay, I want Ethan and Ianto under constant observation. If we’re lucky, chances are the amount of alien substances in their blood stream will flush itself out and everything will be fine.”

“And if we’re not lucky?” Asked Toshiko.

“Well then, I guess we’ll find out whilst they’re under observation. But don’t worry, I won’t let anything bad happen to you. Not whilst you’re on my watch.”

Jack tried to give Ianto his best, reassuring smile. The younger man smiled in return, even if he didn’t feel all that confident. Ianto wanted to trust Jack like he always has done, but there was something niggling away inside of him, telling him that something big was about to happen.

Owen and Gwen set up a room next to the medical bay for Ethan and Ianto. It would be easier to monitor them both if they shared the one room. Owen set up the equipment with Toshiko’s help whilst Gwen made sure the two men were comfortable. Jack had disappeared somewhere in the hub.

“Ianto,” said Ethan from his end of the room, “when were you going to tell me you have a boyfriend?”

“Err, hello? Life threatening alien goo inside us and you’re worried about who I share my bed with?”

Ethan looked serious. “No, but it would be nice to know who my own brother is. I mean, for crying out loud, Ianto. I thought you worked in a tourist office, had a girlfriend, went to watch indie bands on a weekend, but that whole life you told me about was a lie wasn’t it? Look at you, in your fancy suits and secretive lifestyle. I don’t even know who you are.”

“I never lied to you,” said Ianto looking up to catch his brother’s gaze. Ianto didn’t keep eye contact for long. He looked away after a split second. “That was my old life. Before I met Jack.”

“So, what? You changed to suit your boss?” Asked Ethan. “I don’t care what you do, or who you do it with, Ianto, just as long as you’re happy and safe. You didn’t need to lie to me and pretend to be a whole different person. You’re my brother. But I’m looking at you now and you’re like a stranger.”

Owen, Tosh and Gwen looked at each other. They’d never heard anyone talk to Ianto in this way before. They’d never really witnessed Ianto with his guard down or his personality when he’s not with Torchwood. The three team mates felt like they were intruding on family business.

“I’m not a stranger, Ethan. I couldn’t tell you because I couldn’t put your life in danger. Besides, I’m not the one who ran off from home as soon as we had all that trouble with dad.” Ianto turned to glare at his older brother. This time his stare was intense, his eye contact never faltering. “You’re the one that ran away and left me to pick up the pieces, left me to look after mam. You have no right acting like the big brother now.”

“Now, Ianto,” said Gwen, “don’t say something you will regret. You were devastated earlier, just be glad you have your brother here with you right now.”

“He hates me,” said Ethan.

Ianto snorted.

“I’m sure he doesn’t,” said Gwen. “In fact I know he doesn’t. I know he loves you.”

Ianto and Ethan looked away from each other. Of all the ways Ianto thought about hanging out with his brother once he saw he was alive again, this was not how he’d imagined it.

“Okay,” said Owen. “Everything’s set up. I’m going to be doing obs on both of you every twenty minutes. If either of you feel any different, let me know immediately. The machines will monitor any changes in your blood pressure, heart rate and brain activity. I’ll be back in a bit.”

Owen smiled at the two men and left the room. Gwen and Toshiko let them know if there was anything they wanted or needed they just had to ask. They then made their way out of the door, bumping into Jack in the hallway.

“Excuse me ladies, I’ve got a couple patients to check on.”

Jack entered the medical room and looked between Ethan and Ianto. “How are my two favourite Jones boys doing?”

“Fine,” replied Ianto.

“About ready to have a nervous breakdown,” said Ethan, “but apart from that, I feel on top of the world.”

“Good, good, that’ll be the shock talking.”

Ethan looked Jack up and down, making Jack’s confidence falter a little. “So you’re my brother’s boyfriend?”

Ianto rolled his eyes.

“I guess you could say that,” said Jack. “Is that okay with you?”

“Nothing to do with me, it’s just good to know who he’s with these days so I know who’s name to add in the Christmas cards.”

Jack smiled and turned to look at Ianto. “I like him. He definitely has a hint of your sarcasm.”

“I have snark, he has sarcasm. It’s a lower form of wit,” said Ianto.

Jack narrowed his eyebrows. “Are you okay, Ianto? You’re not acting like someone who’s just been given a second chance to be with their brother.”

Ianto looked up at Jack. “I’m fine. Apart from there being too much alien liquid in my caffeine system.”

Jack pulled up a chair and sat beside Ianto’s bed. “Speaking of coffee, Owen said you can’t have any whilst you’re under observation. Water only.”

“Oh joy.”

“I’m sorry about dad,” said Ethan from the over the other end of the room. He was staring into space, not looking in Ianto’s direction.

“What?”

“I’m sorry I left you to pick up the pieces. I just couldn’t handle it.”

Jack looked between Ianto and Ethan. Ianto had never told him any of this before.

“I’m still angry with you,” said Ianto.

“I’m still sorry,” replied Ethan.

Ethan started to cry. Ianto sighed and rolled his eyes like Ethan was being a drama queen.

“Ethan? Are you okay?” Asked Jack.

“He’s fine,” said Ianto.

“I left them. I left Ianto and mam. I should have stayed but there was so much pressure, too much pressure, I had to get out of there. Dad was fine at the hospital.”

Ianto laughed, but there was definitely a hint of malice to it. “Oh yeah, dad was fine. Absolutely fucking fine. A year later it was his funeral, remember?”

Ianto was getting angry.

“Okay, I think it’s best we calm down now or you’ll set Owen’s machines off,” said Jack.

Ethan sat up straight. “Of course I remember. I’m not a heartless loser, you know? He was my dad.”

“You lost the right to call him dad the second you left.”

Ianto was shaking with anger now.

“Ianto, calm down, now!” Said Jack as he stood up and tried to calm the younger man.

The monitors attached to Ianto started beeping. Ethan’s started to beep too.

The two brothers were almost manic now. Ianto was full of rage that seemed to come from nowhere. Ethan was full of panic and fear.

The door burst open and Owen came running into the room. Gwen and Toshiko not far behind him.

“What’s going on?” He asked.

Jack was standing next to Ianto, his hands on the younger man’s shoulders trying to keep him seated. “I don’t know, they just started arguing about their parents and now they’ve got themselves all worked up.”

Owen checked the monitors. “Bloody hell, that’s not just anger, Ianto’s heart is racing, if we don’t get him to calm down very soon he could go into cardiac arrest.”

“Is it the meteor liquid in them causing this?” Asked Jack.

“It’s looking like it, but exactly how or what I’m not sure. Why would it make them argue over their parents?”

Owen and Jack were trying to calm Ianto whilst Gwen and Tosh were working on Ethan.

“Ianto, mate, calm down,” said Owen in his most patient tone. “Ianto, I mean it. I understand your brother’s pissed you off, but he’s not worth it, just relax. Think of Jack.”

Jack looked at Owen, who shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know, do I? I’m just trying to get him to think of something he likes.”

“Yes well we want him calm, not turned on.”

“Big ego much?” Asked Owen.

Owen and Jack managed to get Ianto to lie back on the bed. Owen strapped Ianto's hands to the side bars so that he couldn’t get up and attack his brother.

“Owen,” shouted Toshiko, “He’s arrested.”

“Oh no,” yelled Owen as he ran over to Ethan. Jack followed, but kept checking over his shoulder to keep an eye on Ianto as he continued to thrash about the place, though seemingly a little calmer now.

“Don’t you dare die on me twice, Ethan.” Owen set about his doctor routine. The flat-lined beep on the heart monitor was ringing through everyone’s ears.

Owen brought out the paddles and placed them on Ethan’s chest. “Charging at one-eighty. Clear!” He shocked Ethan. No response. “Charging at two hundred. Clear!” Again, no response. Gwen had tears in her eyes. “Come on, Ethan. Charging at two-fifty. Clear!” Owen shocked Ethan again, the heart monitor starting to beep at a steadying pace.

Owen breathed a sigh of relief, placed the paddles back in their holsters, and wiped the sweat off his brow with the back of his hand. “All back to normal now.”

“Let me the fuck out of here,” shouted Ianto trying to pull his arms free.

“Do you want to end up like your brother?” Asked Jack. “Ianto, I know it’s not you acting like this, it’s whatever’s inside you, but you have to fight it. Just try and relax.”

“You’re not the boss of me! I told you, a war is coming and I have to be at the front line. The human empire will fall.”

Everyone looked at each other. Ianto’s eyes flashed red as he broke free from his restraints with a super human strength.

Jack stood in front of Ianto and tried to stop him from going any further. “Ianto, stop, listen to me. It’s not you. You need to stay here where we can help you. Sit back down.”

Ianto shrugged out of Jack’s grip. He ripped the wires and monitors attached to him, off his body and looked at Jack.

“The lost soldier, trying to right his wrongs by defending the planet. But can you defend it without your team? Will there be any point in defending it when there’s nothing left but dust? You can’t save them all.” Ianto stared Jack in the eyes. His gaze intense. Almost burning through the back of Jack’s skull.

Gwen, Owen and Tosh looked between each other.

“Out of my way,” said Ianto.

“No.” Jack stood directly in front of him. “I’m not letting you leave here. We have to help you. Ianto, fight whatever it is that’s controlling you.”

Ianto pushed Jack out of the way, his strength so powerful that Jack’s feet actually left the floor and he went crashing into the wall.

Ianto stared at Gwen, Owen and Tosh. They each pulled out a gun and aimed it at Ianto.

“Don’t shoot,” warned Jack as he stood and shook off the feeling of pain.

“We can’t let him leave the hub if he’s, what? Possessed?” Said Owen.

“You’re not shooting Ianto. I won’t let you.”

Ianto walked towards Owen, he took hold of the gun and placed the barrel against the palm of his hand. “Shoot. I dare you.”

Owen bit his lip and stopped himself from pulling the trigger. Ianto grabbed the gun out of Owen’s hand with the greatest of ease and placed it against his other palm. He pulled the trigger.

“No!” Yelled Jack.

Ianto opened his hand to reveal no mark or wound, just a flattened bullet in his palm. He dropped both the gun and the bullet. “I’ll be leaving now. Got things to do.” Ianto straightened his suit and walked straight past his team mates, stopping only for a second to spare a glance at Ethan lying unconscious, he then left the room heading for the hub exit.

“Shit,” said Owen.

“Damn!” Yelled Jack.

“What do we do now, Jack? Somehow he’s got super human strength and unbreakable skin. Is that what’s going to happen to Ethan? Are we going to have two of them on the loose in Cardiff?” Asked Gwen.

“He’s still, Ianto!” Stated Jack. “Ianto’s not dead, he’s still in there somewhere. We just have to make him fight whatever’s taken control of him. And we have to stop him before he does anything stupid.”

Owen picked up the crushed bullet and studied it. “And how do you suggest we do that?”

Jack stared at Owen, lost for any ideas. He didn’t have an answer for how they were going to stop Ianto, or the thing inside Ianto, the thing controlling him. The only thing Jack knew was that he wanted Ianto Jones, his Ianto Jones, back in one piece.

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Still Keeping Up With The Jones' - Part 3 - Fic

2008-07-10T17:02:51Z

TITLE: Still Keeping Up With The Jones' - Part 3
AUTHOR(S): geordie_star and killer_queen87
RATING: PG - PG13
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto
SUMMARY: Ianto and Aaron's sister is in town for a visit... further adventures continue.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: As promised, more Aaron! We hope you like it. Comments are adored.
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, we own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies. We do not own the characters.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2

By the time Owen arrived, Aaron and Ianto had moved Jack onto the sofa. Ianto was gently stroking Jack’s soft hair. Aaron handed him a wet flannel to cool down Jack’s sweat soaked face and neck. All the while Jack was drifting in and out of consciousness. The doorbell went and Aaron rushed to answer it letting Owen in.

“Okay, what have we got here? You been wearing him out, Ianto?” Asked Owen as he sat his back pack down on the table.

“He’s been tired all night, then he said he was dizzy before he passed out. He suffered a fatal weevil encounter earlier also,” explained Ianto as he moved out of the way to let Owen have a look.

“Hmmm, probably bled to death then, that would leave anyone feeling weak but not usually Jack,” said Owen as he got out a torch and began shining it in Jack’s eyes, causing him to groan and weakly try to bat Owen’s hand away.

“’iss off, Ow’n,” Jack managed to mumble.

“Aw look at that, Owen, half conscious and he still wants to hit you.” Aaron laughed.

“Aaron! Time and a place!” Ianto glared at his brother. He then took Jack’s hand. “Caraid, it’s okay, Owen’s just checking you over.”

“Jack mate, I’m gonna take some blood so I can test it, okay? As far as I can tell there’s nothing seriously wrong with you, I think you just need a good rest to recover from earlier. Exhaustion.”

“Are you sure? Maybe the weevil infected him with something?” Asked Ianto.

“Nah, if he was infected it would have been annihilated when he died and came back,” replied Owen, taking the blood from Jack’s arm that he needed. “Right, Captain, that’s me got what I needed. Now you need to rest.”

“No.”

“Stubborn as ever I see. Well as your doctor, and by that I mean a medically trained professional, I order you to rest for at least twenty four hours.” Owen packed up his bags and was ready to leave for the hub to carry out his tests.

“Ianto what about Cam? Or are you going to be babysitting two kids tomorrow?” Aaron chipped in.

“Shit I forgot about that, suppose I’ll just phone Rhi tomorrow and tell her that Jack isn’t well and we’ll have to cancel.”

“Don’t… you dare.” Jack coughed. “You heard him, I’m fine.” Jack started to sit up and Ianto was instantly helping him.

“Jack I…” Ianto sighed. “Okay. If you’re sure. Suppose it will be nice for Cam to spend some time with Uncle Toe and Aunt Gack.” Ianto smiled at Jack and leant down to kiss him.

“Oi... Enough of the Aunt stuff.” Jack smiled and then kissed Ianto back. He secretly liked that Cameron called him that; it made him feel like part of the family.

“Hey! You two, I said rest and I meant it. Don’t make me get the hose out.” Owen rolled his eyes.

“Promises, promises, Owen,” said Aaron with a flirtatious grin.

“God help that poor boy tomorrow surrounded by you lot. I’m out of here before I get molested. I’ll send you any results I get.”

Owen made his way to the front door and out into the street.

“I’ll just go see him out,” said Aaron as he left the room and followed the doctor.

Owen was just opening his car door when Aaron caught up to him.

“Owen, what are you doing later?”

“I’m working. My turn to watch the hub since Jack’s not there,” replied Owen.

“Well, maybe I could watch it with you?” Asked Aaron.

“No need really. Tosh’s rift monitor has predicted a quiet night, so unless that’s wrong, there isn’t really any need for more than one of us to keep an eye on things. Besides, I have Jack’s blood samples to analyse.”

Aaron took a few steps closer. “Well, won’t you get bored on your own? I could keep you company?”

Owen sighed and closed his car door. He turned to face Aaron properly. “What’s going on, Aaron? I thought you got over your little crush on me and were after Tosh now?”

“Oh I like Tosh, but Tosh likes you,” said Aaron. “Besides, we’ve got something between us.”

Owen shook his head. “I told you, that was a one off, it’s not going to happen again.”

Aaron looked hurt for a moment but soon bounced back. “But it was a good one off, right?” He said suggestively. “We could have more one offs like that.”

“What? You mean you want to get yourself Retconned again so I have to keep you awake?” Asked Owen.

Aaron shook his head. “No, I’m not talking about that time.”

Owen’s eyes widened. “Oh. I thought we said we were never going to mention that again? We had an agreement.”

Aaron shrugged and remained relaxed. “I don’t know… it was fun, why would you want to forget it?”

The older man thought for a moment. He didn’t want to hurt Aaron, he liked him as a friend, but he wasn’t gay and didn’t want to be in a gay relationship. “Look, Aaron, I’m sorry okay, but I just don’t want a boyfriend. I like women.”

“Then how come you haven’t asked Toshiko out?” Asked Aaron.

“Because she’s a friend, like you are, and you don’t get mixed up in relationships with your friends,” replied Owen.

Aaron shook his head. “I think you’re scared. I’ve made it clear that I think you’re gorgeous, Owen. I think Tosh is gorgeous too, and I’d so ask her out if I was certain you didn’t like me and you didn’t like Tosh in that way,” said Aaron. “I’m not going to ask Tosh out if you have feelings for her. And I’m not going to ask her out if you have feelings for me. But I’m not going to be waiting around for you forever, Owen, so decide what you want.” Aaron waited for a moment to see if Owen wanted to say anything. Owen remained silent. “I’ll be going to Liberty’s in a couple of hours if you want to meet me for a drink. I’m sure the hub will be fine on it’s own.”

Aaron winked at Owen and turned to head back indoors.

Owen climbed into his car and closed the door behind him. He let out a deep sigh as he started up the engine and headed off to the hub. Since the younger man came into his life, things had gotten even more confusing than before.

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The Phone Call - Fic

2008-07-06T17:35:28Z

TITLE: The Phone Call
AUTHOR: geordie_star
RATING: PG (Language)
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto, Doctor (Mentions of Ten/Rose)
SUMMARY: Jack and Ianto are enjoying lunch together when they get a call from the Doctor who has an urgent problem only Jack will know how to solve.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Just a little something that popped into my head. Once again, it is cross-posted and unbeta'd. Sorry. Comments are loved!
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, I own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Fanfictions can be removed and/or deleted if needed. Doctor Who and Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

THIS IS SET JUST AFTER DOCTOR WHO 4x13 JOURNEY'S END. IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY SPOILERY BUT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO CLICK IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT YET. THIS IS VERY AU.

Jack was sitting in his office enjoying a rather nice Panini for lunch and pleasant conversation with Ianto, who sat across from him, when his mobile phone started to ring.

Jack put his sandwich down, picked up his mobile and looked at the screen. He raised an eyebrow when he read, “TARDIS Calling” and clicked to accept the call.

“Doctor?”

“Jack, hello,” came the reply.

“What can I do for you?” Asked Jack. “And please don’t tell me the world is about to end, I’m rather enjoying my lunch date with Ianto.”

Ianto took a sip of his coffee as he listened to Jack’s half of the conversation.

“No, no catastrophe, I just thought I’d phone you. You know, just thought to myself, ‘I wonder how my good old friend Captain Jack is doing’, and then decided to phone you. Just casually,” replied the Doctor.

“What are you going on about? What’s the real reason you called?”

“I told you. I just wanted to say hello.”

“Fair enough,” replied Jack. “So how’s Rose doing?”

There was a long pause.

“Doctor? You’re still with Rose right? After all that, I swear if you’ve messed it up by being all Timelord-ish…”

The Doctor interrupted, “I haven’t messed anything up and I’m offended that you think I would.”

The two men were silent.

“So, did you say you were on a date with Ianto? Have I called at a bad time?” Asked the Doctor.

Jack chuckled. “I’m having lunch with Ianto, yes. What are you doing in the TARDIS anyway? Shouldn’t you be taking Rose on that date you promised her?”

“Ah, well, that’s kind of the reason I wanted to talk to you.”

“Yeah?” Asked Jack.

“Yeah.” The Doctor was quiet for a moment. “I was talking to Rose earlier about where she’d like me to take her and she said she didn’t mind just as long as we were together. Then she said something about you, and how I didn’t have to worry about matching up to the kind of things you do on dates, and that I didn’t need to look so worried and to just be myself. Well, I wasn’t worried until she said all that,” explained the Doctor. “I have to take Rose out on a date and I’ve no idea what I’m doing. I’ve not been on a date in years. What do I do, Jack? I need your help.”

Jack burst out laughing. “I’m sorry, Doctor. Can you just repeat that last bit?”

“Stop it. I said I need your help.”

“So, the very thing you keep telling me off for every time I’m travelling with you, you’re now wanting my help to be like that?”

“Only with Rose,” replied the Doctor.

“Well you’ve certainly come to the right guy. Only next time I’m with you, you can’t tell me to ‘stop it’ any more.”

“Jack, can you help me or not? I’m really rather nervous,” said the Doctor.

Jack turned serious. “Yes, sure. Of course I can help you. My good friend Ianto can help you too. He’s probably better with dating advice than me. However, when you need to ask questions about sex, I’m your man.”

Jack winked at Ianto, put his phone in the middle of the desk and placed it on loud speaker.

“Doctor, say hello to Ianto Jones.”

“Hello Ianto Jones, nice to meet you.”

“And you, sir,” said Ianto.

Jack and Ianto looked at each other and smiled. This was going to be fun.

“Okay so,” started Jack. “You need to take Rose Tyler out on your first date. Some place special. Suggestions, Ianto?”

“Well, when you’ve got the whole of time and space to choose from, where do you start?”

“How about Woman Wept,” suggested Jack. “Rose really liked it there the last time you took her.”

“Yes, yes, yes,” said the Doctor. “I’m a Time Lord, I know the whole of time and space, I know where I can take her, I just don’t know what to do when we get there. How do I act?”

“Doctor, you just act like yourself. Though I do suggest you try and keep out of trouble just for the one evening.”

“Absolutely,” agreed Ianto. “There’s nothing worse than being interrupted from kissing in the back row of the movies because there’s a weevil alert.”

“Kissing?” Asked the Doctor shocked. “Do I kiss her on the first date? When did you two first kiss?”

Jack and Ianto looked at each other.

“We’re probably a bad example,” said Ianto. “I didn’t get a date until after I’d… until after we established there was a physical attraction.”

“Oh,” said the Doctor. “Oh! Jack,” said the Doctor, the Captain’s name being drawn out like it had been at the end of the universe. “I do hope you’re treating this young man right.”

“I am. He came on to me!”

“He had a nice coat,” offered Ianto.

“Anyway, back to me,” said the Doctor. “What exactly do I do? Rose will be awake soon, I’ll have to hang up.”

“Okay, Doctor, this is what you do. You take Rose to the most beautiful and peaceful planet you can think of, you get some food, maybe go dancing. Or conversation is good,” said Jack. “Go for a romantic stroll. You take hold of her hand, look her in the eyes and tell her how much she means to you.” Jack was staring at Ianto when he said this.

“Trust me,” said Ianto. “It works.”

“So when do I kiss her?” Asked the Doctor.

“I think Rose will probably kiss you first. You just have to follow her lead.”

“And then what?” Asked the Doctor.

Jack and Ianto burst out laughing.

“Well,” said Jack. “There’s this age old ritual that human beings enjoy doing, it requires two people and…”

“Jack!” Interrupted the Doctor. “I’m not talking about… dancing. I’m talking about the date. I take her somewhere nice, we eat nice food, have nice conversation, then I take her for a romantic stroll under the stars, holding her hand all the way and then I kiss her?”

“Sounds like a plan,” said Ianto.

“Is that it?”

“Trust me, Doctor, you have nothing to worry about. Rose will show you what to do,” said Jack.

“Yeah,” said Ianto. “I had to show Jack what to do. It was half the fun.” Ianto gave Jack a wink.

“Hey,” said Jack. “I wasn’t that bad. I think I gave you a great first date. I was the perfect gentlemen.”

“Of course you were, Jack. But I think your definition of ‘perfect gentlemen' differs from mine.”

“I was nothing but admirable,” said Jack.

“I know,” said Ianto with a smirk.

“Excuse me, I’m still needing help over here,” said the Doctor.

“Right, sorry. Hey, I know, why don’t you come to Earth and we can go on a double date? Me and Ianto, you and Rose?”

“Oh, I don’t know, Jack,” said the Doctor. “That sounds more like a third date sort of thing.”

“No, Doctor. It’s really not,” chuckled Jack. “Unless…”

“Jack, please don’t think what I think you’re thinking,” said Ianto.

“Okay, I have to go now, I can here Rose coming. Thanks for your help, Jack. I owe you one,” said the Doctor. “Oh, and Ianto, keep hold of Jack, he’s a good man. Goodbye.”

“Bye, Doctor,” said Jack and Ianto in unison.

Jack cancelled the called and looked across the desk at his lover. “Did you hear that? The Doctor thinks I’m a catch.”

“I believe he said you were a good bloke, which I already knew,” replied Ianto.

“I was thinking, did we ever have our third date?” Asked Jack.

Ianto smirked. “Many times.”

The captain chuckled. “I meant officially. The next time we get a quiet evening, I’m taking you out. No wait, better yet, you’re the date expert, you can take me out.”

“Certainly, Jack. Could be a while though. Since the Earth’s little adventure across space the rifts been more active than ever.”

“Hmmm,” mused Jack. “Well, perhaps we could just practise for our third date?”

Ianto smiled. “Absolutely. Just send Gwen home early and I’m all yours.”

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Owen's Diary Part 25 - Fic

2008-07-06T17:23:56Z

Title: Owen's Diary Part 25
Author: geordie_star
Characters: Owen, (Mentions of Jack/Ianto, Gwen and Tosh - Maybe a little Tosh/Owen).
Rating: 15 (For Language)
Spoilers: Slight spoilers for DW 4x12 but then goes extremely AU after that.
Summary: Another installment to 'Owen's Diary' as he continues to write about his fellow team mates.
Author's Notes: My aim was for 25 chapters, this is the 25th Chapter. I'm not saying it's the end of this fic forever, but for now this is the last chapter. Until I can think of something new and exciting. Very light hearted. Cross-Posted and Un-beta'd. Thanks to </a></b></a></a></b></a>feline_feralfor the wonderful Owen's Diary banner!
Disclaimer: This is a piece of Fan Fiction. I own nothing. Absolutely nothing. Not a thing... please don't sue I have no money. This is just for fun. Not my characters etc... I'm just writing this for fun and not earning a penny from it. I also mention several other fandoms in this, same disclaimer goes for those. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24

I know I haven’t wrote in this diary for a while. To be honest, I just haven’t had time, what with saving the world and all. I feel I need to write something now though, because these last few days have been the most dangerous and weirdest days of my life.

We were all in the Hub going about are usual routines. Gwen was on the phone to Rhys, Tosh was inventing new software, Jack and Ianto were unsubtly flirting with each other and I was cutting open a dead alien with a scalpel. That’s when it happened. I felt the Earth move. Quite literally. Literally in the sense that the Earth did actually move, across space… with a cluster of other planets.

Things came crashing down around the hub. I feared for my alien plant’s life. My Penthrallian Ficus is the prize of my collection, but I couldn’t very well go up and check on it. Not when I’d fallen to the floor and the alien undergoing an autopsy fell on top of me.

I managed to get up and run up the steps to the main part of the hub. Tosh was clinging to her desk. Gwen and Ianto landed in a heap on the floor. Jack came running out of his office to check that everyone was alright.

Ianto announced he had no broken bones but suffered a slight loss of dignity. Everyone else just nodded and said they were fine. Then Tosh asked the obvious question that was on everyone’s lips. “What was that?”

Jack ran outside to check on the damages. Ianto brought up information on his computer. That’s when we knew that it wasn’t just an earth-quake in Cardiff, the whole world had been affected.

When Jack came back in he told us about all the other planets in the sky. He told us we’d been moved to a different point in space. I didn’t believe him at first, I mean, who’s ever heard of someone trying to steal a planet before? Invade it? Yes. Hoist it up onto their shoulders and walk away with it across the galaxies? No.

Jack told us not to panic. Yeah, because finding out that someone’s rearranging the universe, is not a cause for alarm. Still, we’re Team Torchwood and we do not panic. (Unless of course we walk in on something Jack and Ianto are doing in Jack’s office that we really don’t want to have walked in on. My eyes. My poor, poor eyes.)

So, who was playing Universal Interior Designers? And why was Earth their centre piece? We had no leads. There was not a single sign of spaceships in the sky or weird shit coming through the rift. In other words, we didn’t have a fucking clue what was going on.

Then Jack’s mobile started to ring. It was the lovely Miss Martha Jones. Jack of course answered it a little flirtatiously. The world maybe about to end, but for Captain Jack Harkness there’s always time for a flirt.

Jack asked Martha if she or UNIT knew what the Hell was going on. Then he asked her if she’d heard from the Doctor. None of us have ever met this Doctor guy Jack keeps mentioning. (I’m probably a better doctor anyways.) I don’t even think Ianto’s met him. Oh now that I’d pay to see, the Mrs and the Ex. Still, Ianto didn’t even flinch at the mention of the Doctor. He mustn’t be as bothered about it now.

Actually, Ianto seems more bothered about Jack with random soldiers. Jack told Martha he’d had a drink in a bar with a soldier, and oh Ianto was not amused. He glared at Jack and asked what he was talking about. Jack reassured him that it was strictly professional and nothing went on. What’s going on? Did the Earth slip into a parallel universe or something? It seems Jack and Ianto are actually in an exclusive relationship. Ianto Jones has managed to tame the flirtatious Captain Jack Harkness. And Jack seems to actually be behaving himself. Jack’s gone domestic! And Ianto’s not going to take any of this part-time shag crap. (Okay, Jack never once called him that, that was all me, but still, I think my point is still valid.)

Anyway, that was all very well and nice but then we got a message from the aliens playing inter galactic Chess with my planet. The electric shriek of the Dalek’s war cry came screeching through the hub’s sound system. “EXTERMINATE!”

Jack visibly paled at this. We all know, except Gwen, what Daleks are, and we all knew that this wasn’t good. Jack was physically shaking, tears in his eyes. He said that he was sorry, that there was nothing he could do and that we were all going to die. Well that was just great, wasn’t it? Give it to us bluntly, why don’t you? Honestly, his bedside manner really is rubbish.

Jack then kissed us all on the head and held Ianto tight as Ianto clung to him. I have to say, I love Ianto’s strategy for dealing with a Dalek invasion. It’s the best plan ever. “When Daleks attack? Cling to Jack!”

Actually, that wasn’t a bad idea, I don’t mind telling you I was so scared I wanted to cling to Jack, myself. But damnit! Ianto got there first. Still, I can’t blame the poor guy, I know he’s dealt with Daleks before back in Torchwood one. And I’d put money on it that Jack’s dealt with them before as well. That’s probably why they both took it the worst.

I held on to Tosh as Gwen looked around confused. “What are Daleks?” She asked. Doesn’t she read the Torchwood handbook? (Okay, there is no handbook and if there was, I wouldn’t read it either, but surely she must have heard of the Daleks. Who hasn’t???)

Anyway, with Daleks on the way to Earth, we all felt all hope was lost. Then we got a message from Harriett Jones. She flashed her badge at us. Like we didn’t know who she was! Then a load of random other people joined in our web chat.

Martha Jones came online. And a Sarah Jane Smith. She’s apparently an ex-companion of the Doctor’s who is now an investigative journalist and a freelance defender of the Earth. And she doesn’t approve of Torchwood. Too many guns. Fair enough, I suppose.

So there we were, sitting in a web conference with the ex-PM, Daleks in ships above our heads and the Earth’s gone AWOL from the Solar System, and what does Jack do? He flirts! With Sarah Jane-Smith.

First of all, Ianto was standing right next to him! Harriett Jones told him we didn’t have time for that and then she explained her plan of the sub-wave and how we could get in touch with the Doctor. We just phone him. Now why didn’t I think of that?

We set the Hub’s equipment up to send a massive signal into space and Sarah Jane did the same with her tech. Then all we could do was wait.

It only took a few minutes. Harriett Jones’ screen went blank when the Daleks found her. She’d transferred control of the sub-wave to Torchwood. That meant we were going to be detectable to the Daleks, but hopefully we could get in contact with the Doctor first.

Harriett’s screen started coming back into action, but it wasn’t Harriett Jones. It was a bloke and a woman who Jack seemed to recognise straight away. Jack called him ‘Doctor’. Ah, so that’s Jack’s mystery man.

Gwen made a point of saying how good looking he was. Ianto didn’t disagree, in fact he was practically drooling, but he pointed out, I think it was for Jack’s benefit more than anyone else’s, that the Doctor was in fact a lot older than he looks. Jack gave Ianto a look that I took as jealousy, then turned back to the Doctor. Tosh seemed to like the Doctor too, and as for me? Well, I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about to be honest. Though he did have great hair. For a bloke. Not that I fancied him or anything. But I did like his hair.

I don’t know who the woman was but she fancied Jack as soon as she saw him. Ianto just rolled his eyes. He’s used to people fancying Jack all the time. But you see, this is why I don’t like standing next to Jack so much. People always look straight at him. Hello? Extremely sexy Owen Harper standing right next to him. I mean, really! Jack already has a partner, I am available people! (Well except for the fact that I go on dates with Tosh. But it’s not a committed relationship yet. I’m still allowed to flirt with other people.)

So, Jack told the Doctor that the Daleks were up to no good. Then the screen went blank and we don’t know what happened after that.

Jack ran off somewhere into the Hub whilst we kept watching the screen. The Daleks were descending. They’d found us and they were coming to Torchwood to exterminate us. Then Ianto disappeared.

Ianto helped Jack put his coat on, (Seriously? Why?) and then Jack pulled out a huge gun from the armoury. The one that we never use. I guess it’s the Dalek gun then.

Jack told us he was going to find the Doctor and stop the Daleks. We all stood in silence. We didn’t know whether to tell him the Daleks had found us, or to just let him go. Jack saw the look on our faces. He said he was going to come back and he’s not running away again. That wasn’t what we were worried about.

Gwen made the decision for us and told Jack that we’d be alright. Then Ianto, I saw him fighting back the tears, told Jack that we’d be fine. Jack nodded and tapped some buttons on his wrist strap. Then he teleported out. Now that was kind of cool. We’ve never seen him do that before. Forget the invisible lift! I want teleports out of the hub from now on.

Anyway, Jack disappeared, Gwen and Tosh walked off somewhere and I stood looking at Ianto. He wiped a tear out of his eye and I asked him why he’d let Jack just go off like that without telling him what was really happening. Ianto said, “Because whether Jack stays or goes, we don’t stand much chance against the Daleks. I just want him to be happy.”

I could sort of understand that so I just nodded. (And I didn’t cry, I had something in my eye.) Then Gwen and Tosh returned with some guns and handed them to us. Ianto told her that they are useless against Daleks, but then she said she was going down fighting. We all agreed. We all stood shoulder to shoulder, ready to die as a team, defending the Earth. After all, we’re Torchwood. That’s what we do.

There was a crashing sound in the hub and we could hear clearly the Daleks and their cries of extermination. They were in the hub. They were coming to get us. I don’t mind telling you I was a bit scared. Then Ianto had an idea.

“Jack’s hole,” he said.

We all looked at him like he’d lost the plot and I said, “Ianto, we’re about to die, now’s not the time to think about a quick shag.”

Then he said, “No. If we all go down to Jack’s quarters, the Daleks can’t get down there. The hole in the top is too small for them to fit through.”

I could have kissed Ianto Jones there and then. Okay, fine, I did kiss him there and then, and then I legged it to Jack’s office and threw open the hatch to his quarters, shouting at everyone to quickly get down the ladders.

The girls climbed down first. Me and Ianto watched as the cog door was forced open and we saw the tiniest glimpse of the Dalek. “EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!” That’s all it kept saying. I pushed Ianto so he’d snap out of his fright and climb down the ladders. Then I followed and pulled the hatch shut.

When I got to the bottom Ianto said, “You do realise we’re trapped now. We can’t open that door from the inside.”

I shrugged my shoulders and said I didn’t care as long as the Daleks couldn’t get in.

This was the first time I’d been down Jack‘s hole. (No jokes please.) I didn’t know what I was expecting but it certainly wasn’t what I saw. It was about the same size as Jack’s office. There was a bed, and a bed side table with some drawers. There was also a door leading to a little room. Ianto said it was a bathroom.

We all sat down on the bed and listened to the Daleks above our heads. They hadn’t found us yet. That was a good sign.

We heard the Daleks shooting random things. I swear if they hurt my plants I’d bitch slap them so hard. We were all conscious not to breathe too loud in case they heard us.

Ianto spoke normally. He said we didn’t have to be so quiet because the Daleks couldn’t hear us. The room was sound proof. Still, I wasn’t about to break into merry conversation when a killer pepper pot was upstairs.

As we all sat in silence something caught my eye. Jack had photo’s on his bedside table.

There was one of Ianto, one of him and Ianto and one of the team. Jack has a photo of me next to his bed? I’m flattered. There was also photo which looked like a cap from a CCTV camera, of Jack, but he looked younger, with two men and a blonde girl standing next to a blue box up in the Plass. Ianto noticed what I was looking at and told me that it was the Doctor, Mickey Smith and Rose Tyler, Jack’s old friends. This really confused me, the Doctor wasn’t the same man I’d seen on the screen. Jack has weird friends, that’s all I’m saying. (Except me. I’m his friend. I’m not weird.)

We couldn’t hear anything upstairs any more. Maybe that was the sound proofing. I wondered how long we’d have to hide for. Until Jack got back, I suppose, since we couldn’t open the door from the inside. I just hoped he really was going to come back and not disappear for three months again.

Gwen asked Ianto how he could spend so much time down in the bunker. She said Jack could have at least decorated. Ianto told her that he and Jack actually spend more time at his flat now, and not in the Hub. I didn’t bother asking why there was a load of Ianto’s clothes lying in a pile with Jack’s clothes at the other end of the room, if he doesn’t spend much time here anymore. Suddenly gossiping about Ianto’s private life wasn’t as important anymore. I was still far too concerned with the Daleks.

Thankfully, the Daleks never found us. We felt the Earth move again (I bet that's not the first time Ianto's felt the Earth move whilst in Jack's hole. Sorry. I couldn't resist that one.) and after who knows how long, the hatch to Jack’s office opened and Jack appeared. He grinned at us and said, “You know, if you’re all going to get in bed together you could have at least waited for me.” I’d never been so happy in my entire life to hear Jack’s shameless innuendo.

Ianto leapt up off the bed and climbed up the ladders in a bit of a hurry. He threw his arms around Jack and kissed him thoroughly. Ianto cried. He said he didn’t think he was ever going to see Jack again. Jack just held him close and told him that everything was alright now and that everything had gone back to normal. I really think the Daleks shook him up more than he was willing to admit. I got a hug too when I climbed the ladders. I like hugs. (In a none gay way! Not that hugs are gay… I’m not being homophobic…it’s just… oh you know what I mean!)

I tried to take Ianto’s mind off the Daleks when we were in the bunker, but what do you say to someone who knows more about the Daleks than you do?

Still, everything had worked out alright and Jack had told us about everything that happened with the Doctor. Jack told us all to go home and calm down and we’d clean up everything in the hub another day. Then he took Ianto back to his flat. At least they had each other. I kind of wish I had of asked Tosh if she wanted to come and stay at my place. (Just as friends.) I might text her. Gwen has Rhys, Jack and Ianto have each other, who do Tosh and I have? We have each other, I guess.

Anyway, I’m off to text Tosh and ask her if she wants to come over for a drink.

I need a shower first.

I’m also going to put my salt and pepper shakers to the back of the cupboard, I don’t really want to look at them right now. (They look evil.)

Owen ‘Kicked Dalek Ass’ Harper

P.S. When the Earth moved my apartment got a little bit trashed. Some of my stuff got ruined. The Daleks owe me one new Brokeback Mountain poster.

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Meteor Shower Part 5 - Fic

2008-07-06T17:02:57Z

TITLE: Meteor Shower Part 5
AUTHOR: geordie_star
RATING: PG13 (Language)
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Tosh
SUMMARY: Ianto is faced with devestation on a routine mission, whilst the team get caught up in bad weather. Weird things start to happen.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Another product of writer's block, but I think I'm slowly getting over it. This is just a short chapter to see what you guys think. Future chapters should be longer. Once again, it is cross-posted and unbeta'd. Sorry. Comments are loved!
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, I own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Fanfictions can be removed and/or deleted if needed. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Please don't hate me. I did it again. There's just something in me that goes, "Ah, I'm getting to an exciting bit, let's stop writing."

Ianto couldn’t quiet control his breathing as he saw his older brother standing in front of him just a few feet away. His brother that was lying dead less than half an hour ago. He couldn’t quiet believe it, but at the same time this was Torchwood and he could believe it only too well.

Ianto fought the overwhelming feeling to burst into tears of joy. He couldn’t stop the odd tear rolling down his cheek, but he didn’t care if he looked like an emotional mess right now.

The young archivist ran over to his brother and pulled him into a bone crushing hug. “Ethan, you’re alive. I can’t believe it. You’re alive.”

Ethan didn’t know why Ianto was saying that, but he slowly raised his arms and hugged his younger brother back. The only thing in this entire situation that Ethan could make sense of was Ianto.

“Jack,” whispered Owen. “What’s going on?”

“That’s what I want to know.”

Ianto cried into Ethan’s shoulder. “Ianto, what’s going on? What’s happened to me?”

Ianto took a step back from his brother and said. “That doesn’t matter. What matters is you’re okay.”

“And why wouldn’t I be okay?” Asked Ethan.

“Don’t you remember anything?”

Ethan thought for a moment. “That last thing I remember was locking up the pizza place for a friend and then… oh God. There was this man in a mask, he attacked me.” Ethan looked down at the blood on his shirt. “Oh God, Ianto. I tried to defend myself. Please tell me this is not his blood. What did I do?”

“No, Ethan, relax, you didn’t do anything.”

“But all the blood… it’s not mine. There’s not a scratch on me,” argued Ethan.

“I’ll explain everything later. I’m just so pleased you’re okay.”

Jack and Owen watched from the other end of the room. “Owen, what ever was in the rock has brought Ethan back. It went into Ianto too. Go and check Ianto’s blood sample, if there’s something in him that can affect him I need to know.”

Owen nodded and dashed back off to the medical room.

“Ethan,” said Jack as he walked over to the confused man. “Welcome to Torchwood.”

“What’s Torchwood?”

“This,” said Jack as he gestured around him. “We’re an organisation that defends the Earth from alien invasion and we look after the temporal space rift that runs through Cardiff.”

Ethan turned to look at Ianto. “Is he having a laugh?”

Ianto shook his head. “He’s telling the truth.”

Ianto had given Ethan a clean set of clothes out of his locker to change into, made him a cup of coffee and sat next to him in the boardroom as Jack, Gwen and Tosh were ready to question him.

“Now Ethan,” started Jack. “This is going to be quite a bit for you to take in, but we need to know how you’re sitting here.”

“I must have been knocked unconscious,” said Ethan.

Jack shook his head. “I’m so sorry. But you died.”

Ianto turned and glared at Jack. “Did you have to put it so bluntly?”

“Well how else am I supposed to tell someone that they’ve come back from the dead?”

Ianto turned to look at his brother. “What Jack means is that when you were attacked, you lost a lot of blood. Your heart stopped. We thought you were dead, but then you woke up.”

“So how did that happen?” Asked Jack.

Ethan looked down at himself. “If I lost a lot of blood, where did I lose it from? I don’t understand.”

Ianto sighed. “There was a meteor shower. You got infected by the rocks and something in them healed your skin. We need to know if you felt anything? If you feel different now? If there’s something in your blood we need to know so that it doesn’t harm you.”

Ethan thought for a moment and then looked up at his younger brother. “You work for a secret government alien thing?”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Asked Ethan.

“I couldn’t. It’s top secret.”

Ethan shook his head. “I’m not happy about this, Ianto. I’m not happy at all. You came into the room carrying a gun!”

Jack spoke up before the two brothers could break into an argument. “Look, Ethan, what ever is in you is in Ianto too. I’m thinking you got a bigger dosage but you could both be in danger. I need to know what you remember.”

“I remember standing in the street fighting with a man in a mask…”

Jack interrupted him. “An alien. A weevil.”

“… And then I remember waking up here.”

“And how do you feel?” Asked Gwen.

“How would you feel?” Retorted Ethan.

Tosh was taking notes, Owen was listening via a hands free com.

“Ethan,” came Owen’s voice from the black speakerphone in the middle of the table. “Can you feel your heart beating faster? Slower? Are you wide awake? Tired? Itchy skin maybe? Anything you can feel, tell me?”

“Owen can you give Ethan the once over?” Asked Jack.

“Yep, as soon as I’ve finished testing Ianto’s blood.”

Ethan was lost in thought. He could feel every one of those things Owen mentioned, but he wasn’t sure if it was just because Owen mentioned it. “My neck is itchy, and my head.”

“That’ll be from where the wounds healed,” said Owen. “Ianto, what about you?”

Ianto subconsciously scratched the back of his head. “Yeah, I guess it’s a little itchy. I don’t feel tired though, I feel wide awake.”

“Me too,” said Ethan.

“That’s weird,” said Gwen. “A bump to the head and you feel wide awake?”

“Yeah, and I don’t know about anyone else, but when I come back from being dead, I don’t feel energetic. Anything else?” Asked the Captain.

Ianto and Ethan sat in silence.

“Maybe it’s nothing to worry about,” said Gwen.

“Yeah, because alien liquids in the blood stream are mostly harmless,” said Jack. “Can you feel anything else?”

“I feel like I’m anxious about something,” said Ethan. “Like I’m worried something’s coming and I have to stop it. I don’t know what it is though.”

“Could that be because he’s nervous about his surroundings right now?” Asked Tosh.

Jack went to speak but Ethan shook his head. “No, it’s not that. I can feel it in my stomach. Like a gut instinct. It’s worry, like I need to stop something from happening.”

“The war is coming,” said Ianto as he stared into the distance.

Everyone turned to look at him.

“What did you say?” Asked Jack.

Ianto snapped out of his gazing and turned to look at Jack. “Nothing, just… nothing.”

“You just said the war is coming. Ianto, what war?” Demanded Jack.

Ianto looked scared. “I don’t know. I don’t know why I said that. It just came out of my mouth.”

“Oh shit, Jack, you better get here quick. Bring Ianto and Ethan,” said Owen urgently over the comms.

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Meteor Shower Part 4 - Fic

2008-07-03T20:48:43Z

TITLE: Meteor Shower Part 4
AUTHOR: geordie_star
RATING: PG13 (Language)
PAIRING: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Tosh
SUMMARY: Ianto is faced with devestation on a routine mission, whilst the team get caught up in bad weather. Weird things start to happen.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Another product of writer's block, but I think I'm slowly getting over it. This is just a short chapter to see what you guys think. Future chapters should be longer. Once again, it is cross-posted and unbeta'd. Sorry. Comments are loved!
DISCLAIMER: This is a piece of Fan Fiction, I own nothing, no money is being made from this and no harm is intended. Fanfictions can be removed and/or deleted if needed. Torchwood belongs to the BBC and Russell T Davies.

Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3

Jack joined Owen and Ianto in the medical room. Owen was cleaning up the blood on the back of Ianto’s neck and examining the area where the cut had once been. The doctor then did his usual routine tests for head injuries, checking the patient’s eyes, reflexes and awareness.

“Ianto, any feelings of dizziness?” Asked Owen.

“No,” was all the younger man could reply.

Jack stood to the side of the bed and stayed quiet as Owen went about his work. Ianto gave Jack a look of acknowledgement and turned back to face the medic.

“Jack, I’m sorry,” said Ianto.

“What for?”

Ianto shrugged. “For taking it out on you earlier. It wasn’t your fault Ethan died. I was just angry.”

“It’s okay. Ianto, you’re allowed to grieve, you know.” Jack took a step closer to Ianto and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, trying to not get in the way of Owen and his work.

“Ianto, look up, please,” said Owen as he held Ianto’s head in his hands and continued examining him. Ianto did as he was told.

“Still, I shouldn’t have taken it out on you,” said the younger man.

“We take things out on the people we care about most,” said Owen. “Usually the people we love.”

Jack and Ianto looked at him a little surprised. Owen shrugged. “What? It’s true.”

With that one sentence, Owen had managed to sum up and describe what Jack and Ianto’s relationship could be, without either man involved ever having said it so directly to each other before.

Jack and Ianto looked at each other and gave a small smile, then looked away when Owen said, “Let me finish this first before you go all gooey on each other.” It wasn’t said with a snide sense of humour, more a jest of good nature to try and take Ianto’s mind off his brother. “How about that, Ianto? I give you a clean bill of health and you can go and show the Captain a good time. But for now just sit still, I’m nearly finished.”

Jack smirked. “You know, Owen, you could always join in.”

Owen looked up for a moment and said, “And the survey said? Fuck off."

The three men chuckled, the first smile Ianto had given since finding Ethan lying on the pavement a few hours ago.

“Well, Dr Harper, what’s the verdict? Am I going to get Ianto back in one piece?”

Owen nodded. “Afraid so.”

“Hey,” said Ianto.

“Sorry. Just kidding,” replied Owen.

Jack turned serious. “And what about the red meteor liquid that was on him? Has that got any effects?”

Owen pulled out a large needle, Ianto narrowed his eyes at it and pulled back slightly. “That’s what I’m about to find out. Ianto, roll up your sleeve, I just need to take a blood sample.”

Ianto eyed up the needle. “A sample or a my entire supply? Because that’s a bloody big needle and I kind of need some left over.”

Owen shook his head, “This won’t hurt a bit. Just a small prick.” Owen looked up as Ianto was about to say something, “Come on, give me your best joke.”

Ianto paused for a moment. “I’m bigger than that.”

Jack burst out laughing as Owen spared him a glance. “Well, it made someone laugh.”

Owen took a sample of blood, Ianto only scrunched his face up a little as the needle scratched the surface of his skin.

“I’m going to run some tests, it shouldn’t take too long. As far as I can tell though, everything is as normal and whatever was in that meteor rock must just react to skin and heal it really quickly like a really speeded up version of fresh air. Nice. Just as long as there are no side effects later on,” said Owen already getting to work on the blood sample. “You may go.”

Jack helped Ianto up off the bed and asked him if he was okay. Ianto nodded. Jack was about to thank Owen when a scream from the main Hub area got their attention. All three men sprinted from the medical room, guns in hand to find out what was going on.

In the Hub Toshiko and Gwen were at their work stations. Gwen was filling in a report for the local authorities and Tosh was still working on the substances found in the meteor sample. That’s when Ethan decided to walk into the Hub and make his presence known.

Gwen shrieked in fright when she saw him. He looked like he didn’t know where he was but Tosh couldn’t decide whether that was due to his current state or the fact that not many people had seen the inside of Torchwood before.

Jack, Owen and Ianto came running into the room. Their guns at the ready. Jack pointed it at Ethan and when he realised who the blood stained intruder was, his eyes widened as he lowered his gun. “How the…”

“Bloody Hell,” said Owen.

Ianto dropped his gun, his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open in shock. “Ethan?”

Ethan turned to look at his younger brother and then down at his body and clothes covered in dried blood. “Ianto? What happened to me? Where am I?”

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