Title: Trouble with Time Lords – Part 1
Author: Iolo1234
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairings: Jack/Ianto
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Johnson, Cy, Cerys, The Doctor
Rating: PG
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters as they belong to Russell T Davies and the BBC but I do get to play with them.
Notes: This is the next part of my stories set in the 'Time can be rewritten universe'. It is for the longliveinato bingo card challenge and this is loosely based on the prompt imprisonment. We left the team still wondering about Ianto's newly gained powers and about Cerys being a Time Lord. Uncertain about Cerys Ianto decides to find the Doctor but gets more than …. This will be in 3 shortish parts. I've left this up so I can cross post it to livejournal.
Trouble with Time Lords – part 1
'They're back,' Cy said into his comm as Jack and Ianto appeared back in the sick room. 'And they've both got stupid grins on their faces and their hands all over each other.'
'Have a nice time boys?' Cy asked.
'Yes, lovely thanks,' Ianto replied still holding onto Jack. 'Where's Cerys?'
'She's in the cells. We didn't know what to do with her and with everything she's been claiming about herself and you not being here, we decided to err on the side of caution. Johnson put her in cell 2.'
'Jack?' Ianto questioned. Jack shrugged. 'They may be right, Ianto. We don't really know anything about her. She blagged her way in here and then changed. She could be an alien invader for all we know.'
'We know she's an alien, Jack,' Ianto said somewhat irritated. 'But she saved me and I don't think she's dangerous, even if she is a Time Lord. For one she has no real idea of what her powers are. Has she had any food?' he asked being practical as always.
'Not yet,' Cy conceded.
'Right I'll get her some then and go and talk to her,' Ianto said. He made coffee and sandwiches and went own to the cells. Cerys was sat on the bed staring at the ceiling. One of the weevils growled slightly as Ianto came past.
'Calm down, Fred. I'll get to you soon. Bloody hell do I have to do everything around here?' he muttered.
'Ianto,' he heard Cerys shout.
'Yeah it's me. I've brought you some food.' He opened the door securing it behind him and sat on the bed opposite.
'Sorry about this,' he said. 'They're just being a bit cautious. We've had people before claiming to be something they aren't.'
'I get it, Ianto but I'm not doing any good locked up in here am I? I need to contact the Doctor. My mother said that he would help me and looking where I am now, I need that help!'
'I've thought about that,' Ianto explained. 'And I'm going to find the Doctor by thinking I want to be with him. Then I can tell him about you. Otherwise we've no idea how long it will take for him to appear and phoning Martha gets complicated as she works for UNIT.'
'D'you think you'll just be able to think yourself onto the TARDIS, Ianto? What if it's too far away or in space and still moving?'
'I don't know. I guess I'll just have to keep trying. Jack is going to come with me as well. After yesterday we know that I can move us both.'
'I guess you two had a good time yesterday. How are you now?' she asked.
'Still getting used to it I suppose. I can still feel people's emotions which can be distracting and I've still got the muttering but I do seem to be able to turn that off. Other than those and the jaunting I'm not sure.'
'Jaunting?'
'Oh yeah, there was this old kids programme and they could travel like I do; they called it jaunting so I've decided to call it that as well. It's as good a label as anything'
'When are you and Jack going to try to find the Doctor then? You probably should get some rest. You've been through a lot, Ianto.'
'I know, I'm going to allow Cy to take some samples and then get some rest. Would you believe that Jack is coming around tonight to cook dinner and then we're just going to watch TV on the sofa?'
'So a bit of snuggling up together then?' she asked.
'Yeah,' said Ianto grinning.
The next day at 10am they gathered in the Hub. Even Gwen was there, having left the baby with Rhys and come into see Ianto after the accident. Johnson had filled her in with the details. Ianto and Jack stood together, whilst Johnson, Cy and Gwen looked on.
'Don't worry Jack, we'll manage,' Johnson said. 'Although, we could do with recruiting a couple more field agents.'
'We'll talk about that when we're back,' Jack said. 'Now Ianto, try to think of the Doctor and the TARDIS and hopefully that's where we'll land but be prepared as you never know; things can get a bit timey wimey, wibbley wobbley as the doctor would say. We've no idea where we could end up.'
'I know Jack; I've packed my stun gun. We'll be fine so don't be scared.' He kissed his partner, took his hand and closed his eyes. He thought to himself. 'Find the Doctor. Find the TARDIS. Take me to them.'
'What the hell happened?' Jack yelled as he felt Ianto's hand wrenched from his and the young man disappeared.
'You're still here, Jack but Ianto's gone,' Cy said.
'Why didn't I go with him?' Jack said anxiously. He pressed a few buttons on his wrist strap.
'Well that's not telling me anything. Where the hell is he?' he asked.
The first thing Ianto realised when he materialised almost instantaneously was that Jack wasn't with him. The second thing was that although he knew instinctively that he was in the TARDIS, it looked completely different to the one he'd been in when he was rescued from the 456. Lastly, the man with his back to him was larger and dressed differently from his Doctor. He was wearing a long coat and over one shoulder an incredibly long multi-coloured scarf. The figure turned, grinned rather maniacally and then spoke to him.
'Would you like a jelly baby?'
