Series: Journey
Title: Lost Souls
Author: McRaider
Summary: Picks up where Have yourself leaves off. In the midst of a whirlwind of tragedy and fear Jack is kidnapped by John and his younger brother Grey. While the Torchwood team tries to unbury their destoryed hub, they get a surprise visit from a certain Doctor. Can Torchwood Three, the Doctor, Donna help save Cardiff from being destoryed and rescue Jack. Meanwhile, three old friends are in time to see Jack being kidnapped, and they're off after their old friend.
Author's Note: If you haven't seen the last episode for Torchwood Series 2 then this will have some spoilers in it, just so you are aware. There are, however, no intended spoilers to the 4th season finale of Doctor Who—I chose an ending and went with it.
Rated: R (violence, language and torture)

Chapter One

Jack pulled the car in front of their flat. "No reason you should have to go, I'm just going to pop in, make sure everything is normal then I'll be home. Shouldn't take more than half an hour."

Ianto eyed the man. "Promises, promises. Be home soon, I plan on carrying out all the things I wanted to do this morning." He opened the door, offered Jack a quick kiss, before getting his stuff out of the car and heading up to their flat.

Jack shook his head, it was almost worth it to leave the hub alone for another night, but he honestly did feel an urge to check and make sure everything was still normal. He pulled the car in front of the hub, deciding the head in through the invisible lift. Stepping onto the platform he looked down at his wrist piece and pressed a few buttons, feeling the initial jerk, moments later he began his descent.

He wasn't even half way down when he heard the crack, looking down his eyes grew wide in horror as he watched a ball of fire and heat coming towards him—an explosion, the lift jilted sideways and Jack cried out as he fell head first towards the ground—still several feel below him. Jack let out a startling sob of pain as he hit the ground, alive. It felt as if every bone in his body was on fire.

Another crack and explosion filled the hub and he watched in horror as the ceiling began to crumble. Just as his world began to fade away Jack saw a face step into his view. "Hello Captain." the voice sneered, before Jack lost consciousness.

o0o

She looked up in surprise as she heard a familiar crack. "The Rift is opening!" she screamed, looking down at the little boy gripping her hand she threw another glance over her shoulder. "This isn't supposed to happen!"

"Well it is!" the black man returned as he stepped to her side. "It's our only chance—we've got to warn them!"

"It's time to go!" a second man called as he looked at what appeared to be a giant tear in the middle of Cardiff bay.

She looked back down at her son, sweeping the brown haired, brown eyed boy into her arms, tucking his head close to her chest, she took the men by the hand and together the three stepped through. When the managed to tumble out on the other side it was just in time to see someone stepping onto a brick. "That's Jack—" She whispered, still clutching her crying son. "JACK!" She cried out. He didn't react, probably didn't even hear her, his eyes grew wide in horror as he looked down—she heard his cry of pain then a giant explosion.

o0o

"Where are we!?" Donna demanded as the Doctor threw a couple controls in reverse.

"We're in Cardiff! The rift is open, something's wrong, I told Jack never to open it again!"

Donna looked at him stunned as the Doctor ran to the door, threw them open and watched in horror as a giant explosion erupted from downtown Cardiff. "Something is very wrong."

o0o

Ianto was just putting away their clothes when the ground began to shake—they'd had a minor earth quake not long ago, but this didn't feel like an earth quake, moving towards his window he looked around the city, hoping to notice something—anything. Then he saw it, reflecting off the plass—an explosion of some sort. "Oh God—Jack!" Grabbing his mobile phone he rapidly dialed Jack's number as fast as he could. "Pick up—" he whispered as he continued to watch out the window.

He felt his mind reel when he saw a second explosion—further away. What was going on, what was happening. Trying not to panic he hurried into his bedroom, grabbing his gun from the table, they'd left the SUV with the flat, so Ianto could drive down.

His phone rang halfway out the door, he felt his fear mount a little more when he saw "Tosh" flashing across the screen. "Tosh!?"

"What's going on? I just heard two explosions—"

"Something's wrong Tosh—meet me at the hub and hurry!" Running to the SUV he threw it into gear and drove towards the explosions. Ianto was barely paying attention—though if he had been he still never would have seen it coming. Another blast splintered the air, Ianto felt the SUV lose control, the windows shattered inward, Ianto let out a cry as the glass embedded itself into his flesh—then everything went black.

o0o

Brown eyes watched intensely as two men dragged a bloodied, bruised, broken, and unmoving figure of Captain Jack Harkness away from the Plass. Fear filled her soul as she handed the child in her arms off to the blonde man to her right. "Keep him safe! I'm going after Jack." The woman started across the street, when the young black man snapped his hand out and gripped her wrist.

"You can't—you don't know who those two men are!"

"It doesn't matter, I know who they're carrying—take care of Jacks for me." She pressed a kiss to her son's head and smiled. "I've got to go save your namesake." Glancing around, she made her way carefully through the street, following the two men as they moved into the open area.

She slipped her hand into her pocket and drew out a gold key on a shoelace. Looping it over her head, she stood tall, stepped towards the men and grabbed Jack's shoulder—a moment later they were gone, her with them.

"Damn it!" hissed Mickey as he looked back at Jake, who was still gripping Jack close to his body. "Your mum is a fool." Mickey mumbled as he reached out and removed the boy from Jake's arms.

Before either man could say anything there was another explosion. "Shit! Come on then—" Mickey started to drag Jake from the alleyway, when Jake turned back, moving back into the alleyway he stripped his heavy black jacket and wrapped it around Jack. "Jack, I need you to stay 'ere. I know you're scared buddy, but I promise we'll come back for ya okay?" His half Scottish, half English brogue whispered as he smoothed the boy's hair down.

"Mummy?" Whimpered the child.

Mickey, cursing Rose for not being more thoughtful at times, knelt down in front of his god-son. "Listen big guy, we really need you to be brave okay. Now you stay here. Right in this spot okay, if a man named the Doctor comes you may go with him. Only him."

The little boy nodded as he pressed himself back against the brick walls. Mickey pressed a kiss to the child's head. "You'll be safe here baby."

"We have to go Mick," Jake ordered, with another glance over their shoulders, they ran from their god-son towards the sounds of the explosion.

o0o

The Doctor stepped out into the middle of Cardiff just in time to see the second explosion from a distance. "We've got to stop this, come on Donna!" He looked back to take her hand, only to find she was gone. "Don—of for the love of—" turning around completely he spotted her near an alley near by.

The red headed woman was crouching down in front of a very cute little boy, no more than four or five. "Hello love." She whispered softly.

The child, whimpering, tried to get away from Donna. "Oi, you're scaring him!" The Doctor shouted, stepping over to the child and removing his sonic screwdriver, the Doctor held it out. "'Ello there, I'm the Doctor—"

"DADA!" the child cried throwing himself into the Doctor's arms.

"I'm sorry—" The Doctor whispered as he managed to clutch the child to his chest.

"Who have you been sha—"

"Ah!" The Doctor hissed as he stood up, still clutching the child to his chest. "Not in front of the boy." But his mind was already racing, he could feel it—time coursing through the boy's veins, pressing on with every beat of the child's heart. The Doctor could sense the essence of Time Lord all around the child. "That's impossible." He whispered as he gripped the child tightly in his arms.

Another explosion brought the Doctor back from his thoughts and he whirled around, this explosion was closer than the last. "Come on Donna, no time to waste!" And he was off, running with a child attached to his hip.

"What about the boy!?" She demanded as she ran behind him as fast as she could.

o0o

Tosh arrived, unscathed at the Plass before anyone else; she'd called Gwen and Owen on her way in. She felt chills travel down her spine when she didn't see the SUV. Ianto should have beaten her here, he was less than ten minutes away even in traffic, she was at least fifteen. A sense of dread filled her being as she watched a large explosion just down the street. She was just about to get back in her car when Rhys, Gwen and Owen pulled up in two different cars. "What the hell are you doing here!?" Owen asked as he got out of his car, glaring at Rhys.

"We heard the explosions; it was the only option Owen, besides Rhys knows Torchwood enough to be able to help us. Let him help." Gwen stated.

"Great we get a new bloody mascot an' you get laid. Where's Ianto!?"

"What's wrong Owen were you missing sitting at home by yourself?" Gwen prodded as she bit her tongue playfully.

"Oi! Watch it PC Cooper—"

"It's Williams now—"

"Enough!" Tosh finally shouted as she walked over to the invisible lift, that's when she noticed for the first time it wasn't up, the cover up was on there, but it wasn't there. She could see through their fake cover. "We need to get into the hub!" she yelled as she ran towards the front entrance of the hub.

"I'll try Ianto and Jack!" Gwen called as she followed Tosh, Owen and Rhys just in front of her.

o0o

They'd been driving home from a nice quiet Christmas when they saw the explosion send an all too familiar SUV go flying onto it side. "STOP!" screamed Martha, her fiancé, Thomas Milligan, slammed on the breaks, sending both of them jolting forward.

"What is happening!?" He asked as he watched people running from the explosion.

"You go help anyone who's hurt, I'm checking the SUV!" She felt her heart pound as she noticed TORCHWOOD on the back of it. "Oh god—" she made her way to the side of it. The SUV was currently lying on the driver's side, so whoever was inside wasn't likely getting out that way. However the front window was also smashed inside. She felt tears prickle at her eyes at the sight of Ianto, hanging half out of the car, covered in blood.

"Ianto!?" She called as she moved closer to him, glass crunching under her shoes. His face was bruised and the shattered glass had left severe cuts and lacerations all over his face, he had a head wound on the right side of his face where he'd impacted the ground. She felt sick—working in a hospital was one thing, seeing a close friend lying on the pavement with his life draining out of him was completely different. She jumped when she heard a familiar sound—a phone ringing. Reaching into one of his pockets she pulled it out, amazed that it was even functioning she flipped it open. "Hello?"

"Martha!?" Gwen's voice was full of surprise a worry.

"Thank god! Where are you guys!? What's going on? Where are the explosions coming from!?"

"Calm down—you answered Ianto's phone, are you with him?"

Martha reached out, and felt his neck. "Gwen—I think—" she couldn't say it. "I think he's dead."

She heard a sharp gasp at the other end of the phone. "Where are you?"

"Corner of Chester—Gwen, he's pretty bad."

"Where's Jack."

She looked around; no one else was in the SUV with him. "I don't know, I haven't seen him, please tell me you're on your way?"

Gwen took another deep breath. "Doing the best that we can love, hold on."

Martha looked down at Ianto's body, unmoving covered in blood and bruises, he couldn't' be dead. Reaching out she gently brushed the hair from his face. Where was Jack? Why weren't they together? Francine had told Martha about running into the two of them, obviously they'd been happy, and why hadn't they stayed together. "Ianto, hold on." She whispered as she continued to caress his head.