Hello! It's my second fanfic, hopefully better than the first. Please read and review!
Disclaimer: As you all probably know, I do not own Torchwood, Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Tosh, Owen, Shakespeare, A Midsummer night's dream, Captain John Hart, or even a poodle. Please read and review! :)
It was 9.15pm and Captain Jack Harkness sat in the front row of the dark theatre. Alongside him sat Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Toshiko Sato and Owen Harper.
'I bloody hate Shakespeare!' said Owen loudly, 'Why couldn't you give us the night off or something? I'd rather be doing anything but this.'
'Hush, Owen.' Gwen scolded him, quietly this time, 'Tosh picked up some rift activity on her scanners. Besides, Shakespeare is classic. Who-other than you-doesn't like A Midsummer night's Dream?'
Jack glared at both of them. 'It's amazing that we even got tickets. An old friend got them to me,' Jack spoke in an angry whisper, 'and I really don't want us to get kicked out. And besides,' he said, more relaxed now, 'it's better than weevil hunting!'
Owen glared at the stage, wincing every time one of the dancers leaped or frolicked. Beside him Gwen sighed and relaxed. Ianto was leaning forward, eyes fixed to the performers. He bobbed his head slightly while he muttered alongside the actors;
'Set your heart at rest!
The fairyland buys not the child of me,
His mother was a votress of my order,
And as we sat together in the spiced Indian air at night
Full often hath she gossip'd by my side…'
Owen looked at him and snickered. Ianto seemed to be brought of his Shakespearian trance fell back in his seat, his face likening to the shade of his hot pink shirt.
The performance went on. By act two, Owen was snoring loudly in his seat. Tosh, who seemed undisturbed by the performance at first, was staring intently at one of the fairies.
'Do you see something, Tosh?' Jack asked quietly.
'Look at the boy's eyes, Jack. The boy playing Puck.'
Jack looked at his eyes. 'I don't see anything.'
'No, keep looking.'
Jack stared at the boy's eyes for about a minute. They were blue, a sort of striking sapphire colour, but not necessarily unnatural. He turned back to Tosh. 'I don't see anything unusual about them, Tosh, what did you see?'
'Wait, just look again.'
Jack turned to look again at the boy's eyes. Tosh was right though; something was up with them. They had changed from a sapphire blue to a soft brown colour.
'Do you have that scanner thing with you?' He asked her.
'Yes. It is detecting rift particles on him, but it also seems to show that he's human. Or at least very close to human.'
Jack stared at the boy frustrated. Then his expression changed and he smiled widely. 'You know what I love about these tickets?' he asked, 'Backstage passes!'
Ianto poked Owen harshly. 'Wake up, sleepyhead. Show's over.' The rest of the audience had long since left. 'We're going to investigate some alien kid.' Owen stirred and started turning his head, but noticed a string of drool attached between the right side of his lip and the headrest of the chair. He scratched his cheek in an attempt to make it look like his lip was itching while wiping the drool off. He glared at Ianto and pushed past him. 'Where's Jack, tea-boy?' he asked.
'Backstage.' Ianto replied. Owen angrily started toward the door. Ianto looked at the wet spot where Owen's mouth had been and laughed. 'Not only does he snore, but he drools, too!' Ianto called after him. He heard Owen shudder as he passed through the door.
'So, who did you get the tickets from?' Gwen asked Jack.
'You two have met actually.'
Gwen raised an eyebrow.
'Captain John Hart.' He clarified. 'Remember him?'
'Hard to forget the dashing John Hart.' Gwen declared sarcastically, scowling.
'I know it is!' said a voice from behind her.
Both Gwen and Jack wheeled around to see Captain John Hart standing behind them.
'John!' Jack shouted. John embraced him warmly.
'Where've you been, after you tried to kill me and half my crew?'
'Murder rehab.'
'Again?' Jack laughed. 'So why the hell did you have five, no, six including yourself, tickets to A Midsummer night's Dream
anyway?'
'I wanted to go on a date.' John said innocently.
'A six person date?' Jack laughed.
'What's wrong with that?' John asked defensively.
A cough from them. Owen, Tosh and Ianto were staring at them.
'Oh, hello again Eye Candy, Grumpy… whats-yer-name…'
'So-- anyway… Yes, we get to meet the cast in just a few minutes.' Jack announced.
