This is longer, but I do not have it all typed yet. Jack, Ianto, Torchwood, etc do not belong to me. And never will. Maya and co. do belong to me however.
"Excuse me." I said, gaining the attention of the man in the tourist center, which I knew was the cover-up for the Torchwood Three headquarters. "You are Ianto Jones, correct?"
"Um. Yes." He responded, Welsh accent obvious. "Did you need something?"
"I'm Maya Nelson. Leader of Torchwood in the US, more specifically Philadelphia. We need help and seeing as you are second in command here…" I trailed off. He took a few seconds to respond.
"Oh. I'm not second in command. Plus, why didn't you just ask UNIT? They're a lot closer."
"The day I go to UNIT is the day… Well, it'll never happen." I asserted. "And I mean the second highest ranked but whatever."
"Excuse me for asking, but how old are you? You seem a bit young to be working for Torchwood, much less running your own team."
"Nineteen." He looked like he was going to ask more but I cut him off. "Look, can you just take me to Jack? I'm not going to ask him to help us, but I'll explain things then. Deal?"
"Yes. Sure. Follow me." I soon found myself following Ianto into the Torchwood Three HQ. It was a whole lot more technologically advanced than my team's. And was that a pterodactyl flying around?
"Ianto!" I heard another voice call from further inside. "There's not much rift activity today, so—Who's this?" He asked coming around a corner and spotting us.
"That hurts Jack. It hasn't been that long." It took a few seconds but recognition finally dawned in his eyes.
"Em! How are you doing?" He walked over and hugged me. "How's the team?"
"Careful, I'm only nineteen." He rolled his eyes and we both laughed. "I'm good. My teams doing awesome too. But," I swallowed, "It's not the team that you knew. They're all dead. I'm the leader of Torchwood Philly now."
"I'm so sorry." He replied, stepping away. Ianto shot me a sympathetic look too. "Why are you here anyway? Not trying to be rude, but you must be here for a reason."
"Well, I came to see if we could borrow Ianto for a bit." Jack looked like he was going to protest but I kept going. "Some guy calling himself Daman came out of the rift and is spreading a parasite that eats away at the victim's nervous system."
"And you need Ianto to help with this why?"
"We need help in the field, hunting him down and stopping him from spreading the virus more. Our doctor is busy looking for a cure, our tech expert is kinda useless in the field, my field expert is too hurt to help and I'm not sending my intern into the field. So it leaves just me."
"You have an intern?" I sighed. Of course he would ask an unimportant question first.
"Yes. He gets us coffee and such. The boring jobs no one else wants to do but he will just to stay involved." I saw Ianto and Jack exchange looks, Ianto's being kind of accusing. "But he's only twenty-one and not trained at all. He's only there because his brother is my field expert, and he has potential."
"Okay. Well the rift here is quiet so Ianto, Gwen, and I can all go help."
"Jack." Ianto broke in. "Someone should stay here just in case."
"No offence Jack," I responded, "But I've been leader for almost three years now, I can't go back to taking orders, and I know you like to be in charge. It wouldn't really work. I just need one more person, and Ianto is the most qualified. It's only for a few days so we can catch Daman. And I can promise he won't get hurt."
"Oh, come on. I'll let you stay in charge."
"Fine." I sighed. "Can't say I was expecting differently anyway. But we should really be heading back. Can you just leave Gwen a note or something?"
"On it." Ianto said. He quickly scribbled something down on a blank piece of paper and put it on one of the desks. "Let's go."
We left the HQ quietly, with just a few comments here and there from Jack and Ianto. Mostly Jack. Once outside I led them to a relatively empty parking lot where my helicopter was waiting.
"You have a helicopter." Ianto stated the obvious.
"Well, yeah. We can't be expected to wait in four hour traffic to get somewhere when there's an emergency."
"Good point." Jack responded. "Wait. Who's flying it?" I gave him a look.
"Me, of course." They exchanged glances.
"I'm dead." Ianto replied.
"Just get in, both of you." I opened the door and got in. They hesitated slightly before following. A few minutes later, we were off.