This idea just came to me, and I've planned it through and its going to be about 5 chapters long. Its my attempt on a horror story, as well as a romantic fluffy piece on Jack and Ianto. Let me know what you think.
They were all nervous, it was their first over night mission since the Beacons and they were all scared of a repeat performance. The local holiday park has had complaints of rooms being haunted, with over five disappearances and rift activity, Jack had to take action, even though he was just as nervous as the rest of his team.
They had been driving for half an hour, and even with Jack's driving, they still had over an hour to go. The silence was soon dulled out when a loud rock tune filled the air, cursing under his breath Ianto moved slightly pulling his phone from his pocket.
"Hello?" He asked, trying to stiff a yawn, it was still ridiculously early. "Hey Jamie, I'm working." He said bitterly shooting a look over at Jack who was watching through the mirror. Who was Jamie? "I know, believe me I'd rather be with you right now." Ianto started laughing slightly, and Gwen and Owen were exchanging looks with each other, as Toshiko and Jack did the same. "I know I'm sorry okay, you know you're meant to be nice to me today." There was another laugh, and more confused glances at each other. "I don't know why you're making a big deal out of any of this, its one day out of the year," Ianto said and closed his eyes as he listened to the shouting on the other end, he was pretty sure Owen who was sat next to him could hear the shouting too. "I'm sorry. You didn't have to do all that Jamie. Thank you. I'll phone you tonight okay?" The person on the end seemed satisfied because Ianto hung up the phone, put it on silence and then back in his pocket groaning.
"Problem?" Owen smirked.
"No." Ianto said bitterly.
"Whose Jamie?" Gwen asked, knowing Jack wanted to.
"Older brother." Ianto replied, "A very pissed of older brother at that." Ianto added and then closed his eyes and tried to go back to sleep.
Jack watched through the mirror as Ianto tried to settled into an uncomfortable sleep, he had been up half of last night, and woke up too early which Jack knew made Ianto very miserable, but there was something else bothering him. Jack assumed it was to do with him being afraid of the mission, the beacons had affected him a lot more than any one else, he just never admitted it but Jack always knew.
Twenty minutes later he noticed Ianto had settled into a light sleep, noticing the frown on his face showed he was uncomfortable, "Ianto, wake up, your phone is vibrating on my leg." Owen said thumping Ianto slightly.
"Ouch." Ianto hissed, he then felt his phone too and pulled it out.
"Answer it, don't want to keep your dad waiting." Owen laughed.
Ianto answered the phone and then started talking in Welsh, Gwen understood the conversation and smiled slightly, some times hearing others speak Welsh made her feel more at ease with everything in her life. He ended the conversation quickly and then put his phone in his other pocket.
"Didn't know you were this popular." Owen snickered. Ianto just rolled his eyes and adjusted to the light out side of the window.
"I need coffee." He mumbled but only Jack had heard or noticed because he was staring at the younger man's lips.
"Lets make a pit stop." Jack smiled noticing the small diner that was coming up, they all agreed.
Ianto stretched his legs as he climbed out of the car, he was the tallest between Gwen and Owen and his legs had suffered the most in the back. "When we start driving again, you can sit up front." Toshiko smiled up at him.
"You don't have to." Ianto said politely.
"Its fine. And besides I'm sure Jack would be able to drive faster if he wasn't looking at the mirror at you." Ianto blushed, just as his phone started ringing again. Frowning he dug the phone from his pocket. He thought about letting it ring out, and then turning it off but knew that would cause more problems. Jack was watching him, he could feel it, he slowly made his way over to a wall out side of the diner and sat on it.
"Hey Carys." Ianto smiled. "Thanks, no I'm at work, no I don't think I'll be getting home tonight." Jack approached Ianto, not hearing the rest of the conversation, "I'll see you when I can, I love you too, bye." Ianto ended the call and sighed softly. Jack felt an uneasy feeling in his heart, wanting to know who his boyfriend had been talking to, but couldn't ask him without seeming nosy.
"You okay?" Jack asked gently, wondering what was wrong with him as something clearly was bothering him.
"Yeah, just tired." Ianto lied, he rested his head on Jack's shoulder and stared at the cloudy sky. "Why would any one come to holiday in Wales?"
"I don't know, but there are definitely some attractions." Jack whispered kissing Ianto softly on the lips.
An hour later, they were pulling up in the drive way of a hotel. The hotel Inn it was called, "Great name." Owen said sarcastically, "Seriously, who would want to come here?"
"We're in the middle of no where." Toshiko said looking around, the only attraction around to see were great big green fields.
"People might come here to escape." Ianto said, "Escape all the other green fields in Wales." Owen smiled at that and they headed in to check inn. The hotel looked far more dressed up on the inside then it did out.
"Hi. We're Torchwood." Jack grinned at the pretty receptionist, making every one including Ianto roll their eyes.
"Rooms, 3, 4. and 5." The girl smiled back handing him three keys.
"Right, Gwen and Toshiko room 3, Owen room 4, and that leaves you and me room 5." Jack grinned at Ianto.
"When you said we'd spend a night at a romantic hotel together, just you and me, this wasn't what I was expecting." Ianto laughed and caught the key as it was thrown at him.
They headed up to their rooms, Jack and Ianto threw their coats and bags on one bed and smiled as they looked around the double room. "Single beds?" Ianto laughed.
"Just means we're going to be a little snug." Jack smiled. Ianto grinned and then headed to the bathroom.
Jack could hear a vibrating noise and then noticed it coming from the bed, he knew he shouldn't but he reached into Ianto's coat pocket and saw his phone ringing, the word mum flashing in green letters.
"Yan you're mums ringing." Jack called.
"Answer it I wont be a second." Ianto called back. Jack nodded and flipped open the phone.
"Hello?" He asked. "Hi, no this is Jack I'm his boss, he's just in the loo." Jack grinned. "His birthday?" Jack asked, suddenly everything making sense, he went to say something when Ianto walked out.
"Hey mum." Ianto said once taking the phone from Jack. "Yeah I got it thanks, and really you shouldn't have.. I know, yeah he phoned, he yelled. I know mum." Ianto couldn't look Jack in the eye, knowing when he would look up all he'd see is guilt. "I'm not sure, when I get a day off I'll come visit. Dad phoned yeah mum I'm fine, he didn't say anything, just yeah okay, mum I really got to go. Okay bye. Love you too." Ianto threw the phone on the bed and let the silence engulf them.
"You didn't say it was you're birthday." Jack said shortly, sitting next to Ianto.
"I don't like celebrating my birthday." Ianto replied quietly.
"Why every one likes birthdays." Ianto got of the bed and moved to grab his bag unpacking his clothes, and folding them neatly. "Yan, what's wrong?"
"Nothing," Ianto lied. Jack went to say something but then Owen, Gwen and Toshiko ran into the room.
"We've got a problem." Owen said.
"What?" Jack asked, moving his gaze from Ianto to the rest of the team.
"Our stuff its gone." Toshiko said desperately. "All our tracking devices, everything, gone."
"What?" Ianto asked a little confused.
"We put our stuff in the room, then we went to check Owen's room, when we went back in everything was gone." Gwen said a little more calmly then Toshiko.
The light above their heads started to flicker, they all stared up at the light noticing the sudden change in temperature. A red smoke filled the room every one stared not knowing what to do, the smoke grew brighter as it got closer to the group, stopping in front of Ianto who hesitantly moved back, the smoke pushed its way into the younger man through his mouth and nose.
"Ianto!" Jack yelled as he watched his lover fall to the floor, his body fitting on the floor, arms and legs moving around with no control. As quick as it started it stopped, the smoke left Ianto, and a faint laughter could be heard. "Yan, can you hear me?" Jack asked as he stepped down to the lifeless body that was now limp on the floor.