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35. Hold My Hand
Jack stared at the device in his hand. It was small and oval shape. It had come through the rift earlier in the day, they'd only just found it.
"What is it, Jack?" Gwen asked
"Not sure." Jack replied, "Toshiko, run a scan on it. See if you get any readings."
Before Tosh could run the scan, a small light on top of it started to flash. A small green light, just flashed three short times. Jack knew what it was then, "Get back! It's a bomb!" It was a small bomb, he knew this and if it wasn't touching him he wouldn't get hurt. He let go of the small device , but gravity works and it fell on his arm right before it went off. He cried out in pain, clutching his arm which was missing his hand.
"Jack!" Owen ran over to him, trying to stop the blood flow.
"Find my hand." Jack growled out through clenched teeth. "Now."
The other three went and looked around for the hand, it couldn't have gotten very far, they knew. Owen stayed with Jack, being the doctor that he was.
After a few moments they heard a "I found it." by Ianto. He picked up the hand that he knew really rather well and took it over to them.
"We should get some ice so that I can keep it cool and I can reattach it." Owen said.
"No." Jack muttered, "It'll reattach itself on it's own before you could do any of that."
Ianto handed Jack's hand over, it was covered in blood and most of the skin color could not be seen. Jack grabbed it and held it next to his arm. He check to make sure he wasn't holding it upside down. "It'll start to be attached in a few minutes."
"That is disgusting." Owen said, making sure Jack had it aligned right, not just right-side up. "Need a sling to help hold it in place?"
Jack nodded, "Tha'd be helpful."
Owen went in search for something to use as a sling while Ianto helped hold Jack up as the blood loss was starting to get to him.
In a few moments Owen had found some cloth that would work as a sling and handed it over, glancing at the arm and noticing that it was starting to get attached. "That is disgusting." He said again.
Through-out the day Owen would check up on Jack and his hand was reattaching itself. And Jack was able to move his fingers and wrist so it seemed to be okay. Still needed some time before it was healed all the way though.
That night Jack chuckled which made Ianto look up, "What is it?"
"I found a way to get you to hold my hand in public." He snorted, "Too bad I wasn't on the other end of it though."
Ianto leaned in an kissed Jack, "I should make sure that arm is attached correctly using some very thorough methods."