POISON

Disclaimer: don't own. if i did Ianto wouldnt be dead and torchwood series 5 would already be out. and the doctor would actually appear in torchwood sometimes.

Warning: mention of torture, death, blood and insane time lords. m/m jack/ianto.

Rating: TV14

Characters/pairings: jack/ianto, Jamey/Ifan

Summary: Jacks having nightmares about the year that never was. And so is Jamie since they share memories. But why are they resurfacing now? He thought the memories were dead and buried. Jamey had never had any until now. What's going on and how can they stop it?

Authors notes: If you my story Torchwood4 first it will make more sense but its not necessary. the dreams are the same for both of them except they're watching each other at the hands of the master.

The first night. (saturday)

Jack lurched forward before blinking a few times and laying back down. He turned on his side, swallowed hard and went back to sleep. The nightmare he'd just had was odd. It was the year that never was which was strange enough on its own but he was watching from someone elses point of view and Jamie was the one chained up. he started having another one: Jamie watched wearily as the master came in with a knife. "Good Mornin freakette." "What's good about it?" "Oh come on, wheres you're cheery upbeat mood? your brother would be ashamed." "I'm here, you're here, what the hell would i be cheery for? My brother would be proud. Okay, hit me with your best shot person who copied me." "ooh feisty. I'll have to tell freak once hes alive again." She rolled her eyes and he advanced on her with the knife. he stopped and remembered something. "I almost forgot. Sorry freakette i got you a present. I heard about Freaks little lover boy and hes now the one doing the killing for me. So I thought I'd do the same to you. Bring out Ifan. Here freakette is your lover girl." A girl walked in with soft brown curls,deep blue eyes wearing a red crop top and tight ripped jeans. She was beautiful and Jamie instantly fell in love with her. Then the master pressed the knife into her hand and tears started rolling down her cheeks but she did as she was told. Ianto shook him awake this time. He was looking down at him worrily.

"how bad was it?" Jack asked. "You didn't wake me up but you were mumbling in your sleep. Something about the master and Jamie?" Jack nodded. Jack thought for a moment before cursing under his breath and grabbing his phone. He called Jamie and she picked up immediately. "Jack? Oh god Jack. Did you just-" "have a nightmare about the year that never was? Yeah. Quick question were you on the valiant?" "yes. he was going to tell you after the countdown. But we got saved and it never happened. But we were in the heart of the storm and still exist. Now try to sleep. I'm doing the same. g'night Jack." she hung up. They continued to have the dreams and hardly slept at all. in

the morning they got up and went to work at the hub. they went to their office and collapsed into their chairs.

Gwen walked in with some reports and went wide eyed at the sight of Jack asleep with his arms cushioning his head and Jamie with one hand on a stack of files and her head resting on the other. She frowned but didn't want to wake them. When they came in they looked like sleep deprived racoons with the dark circles under their eyes. Cathy came in beside her and immediately fetched a blanket from b

oth hers and Ashes desks. she draped one over each of them and she and Gwen left them to sleep. Ianto headed up to the office but Gwen and Cathy stopped him. "They're asleep. Don't bother them." they said in a hushed tone. he nodded and set a tea in front of each them instead of a coffee. Neither of them seemed to be feeling well and coffee wouldn't help them.

They both jerked up and moaned when the weevil alarm went off. Ash came in. "Nope. Neither of you are going out in the field. You've probably caught something as well as looking like you haven't slept in days. You've got two couches in here, both of you need to lay down and sleep. No arguments." she heaved Jack out of his chair and laid him down on the couch. she pulled the blanket over him and did the same for Jamie. they were about to protest but Ash was quicker. "ah. Stop it guys we're just worried about you. Now get some sleep. Please? All of us are worried sick." she begged as she sat their mugs on the stands beside the couches. "mkay. I'll leave you to it now. And Ianto said no coffee till you're better. You'll be having tea until then." She said. They nodded and she left. They quickly fell back to sleep without the nightmares. Ianto and Ifan shook them awake and drove them home.

"are you alright?" Ianto asked as they pulled up to the flat. "Yan I'm fine. Kinda tired but fine." Jack reassured. They got out and made their way into the flat and went to sleep.

The nightmares continued at their flats over the next week and by then they were in seriously bad shape. Jack was always on the couch either in their office or the main hub. Jamie wasn't much better. The team panicked when both collapsed in the main hub. They got them in the recovery room reserved for them. "i don't know what caused them to collapse since they've been catching up on sleep during the day. Uh...Martha! Call her in and Jenny I need Martha and Jenny for second opinions!" David shouted. Jamie coughed roughly and leaned over to the bin beside the bed and started coughing up crimson red blood. Jack did the same shortly after. Martha and Jenny Rushed in and gasped. They immediately got to work taking blood samples as David told them the situation. "Poison. Its poison, definitely because nothing else could do this so suddenly. Its just got a good hold too." Martha said as she logged onto the pc version of an toxin kit and entered the blood samples.

"Thats why It was so sudden. some toxins completely stun the system when they get a good hold." jenny said. She watched them sympathetically as she separated the blood from the poison and broke down the toxins. "lots of nasty drugs designed to weaken peoples systems before slowly forcing them to shut down one at a time. mkay. sending the list of compounds needed to make an anti toxin to you now. Some aren't from earth but i'm sure a quick call to my dad will fix that. Now get to work!" she shouted as she clapped her hands. everyone got to work on the anti toxin while jack and jamie slowly slipped in out of consciousness. While everyone else looked for compounds Ianto and Ifan tended to them. occasionally wiping sweat from their face and neck. or just letting them hold their hands or crush them which happens more often. They'd occasionally get enough energy to look at them and smile softly or say 'love you' or 'thanks'. The doctor walked in frowning deeply. "hi." Jack and Jamie said together without taking their eyes off Ianto or Ifan. The doctor went over to the computer and printed out the list he needed. he was about to leave when both of them cried out in pain and doubled over. They gingerly leaned back and closed their eyes. his frown deepened and he ran into the tardis to get the compounds they needed to fix this. He came back a few minutes d to later to see David hovering over Jack and checking him over while ash did the same with Jamie. they both looked horrible. paler than paper breathing hard and shallow. David frowned and moved to Ash.

"will it work?" "no. Its not going to work so we need to stick to the anti toxin plan. Come on. Give them something for the pain at least." "like what ash? pills make it worse injections have made a huge gash form on Jacks arm and he almost died of blood loss and he might not come back!" the doctor watched as jack writhed in pain asMartha stitched up a long deep gash in his arm that had failed to heal. he gave martha the compounds and went over to Jamie first.

.to be continued...