"I bring Life"

And that was exactly what she did. She bought life to everything she cared for, including Jack. Jack, and anything he was in contact with at the time. Jack had died in a cold, empty metal corridor, with nothing any more alive than the Daleks he'd been slain by. At least, that was the way it would have worked out, if not for the Doctor. As it was, Jack had been touching something, or rather someone, when he was given immortality. As he had been shot to the floor, his hand had come to rest on the leg of a certain Welshman. As he gasped alive for the first time, the leg was snatched from beneath his hand, leaving Jack unsure of whether or not it had been there in the first place. All of these thoughts were dismissed when he heard the unmistakeable sound of the TARDIS taking off. He leaped to his feet and ran in the direction of the noise, but he was too late. The TARDIS faded from view just as Jack reached it, leaving him stranded on an alien satellite, with no easy way off it.

Ianto gasped awake, only to be dragged off towards the TARDIS in seconds. As the door closed behind him and the doctor, he collapsed to the floor, breathless.

"Bloody Hell!" he gasped, "Is that what Jack goes through every time?"

The Doctor nodded; "I think so, having never done it myself, obviously" he was casually walking around the TARDIS, flipping switches as he went.

"God, what the Hell was he wearing?" Ianto muttered, "He looked like a Sting wannabe"

"Yes, well, Jack had a run-in with robotic makeover experts" The Doctor laughed, "He was rather pleased when they stripped him on national TV"

"Sounds about right" Ianto deadpanned, "So what happens now?"

"I take you back to Jack"

"Yes, but how do we know if it worked"

The Doctor sighed, "There's only one way to find out"

Ianto considered, "You know he'll never forgive you if you bring me back dead, so that leaves only one option"

"What's that?"

"Take me back, let me say something to him, a goodbye, at least, then...do it"

"Ianto, I can't let you sacrifice yourself"

"Jack trusts you, Doctor, and so do I" Ianto smiled comfortingly, "And if it didn't work, then at least I die trying to help myself, not a bad way to go"

The Doctor uncharacteristically pulled Ianto into a hug.

"You're a brave man, Ianto Jones; Jack doesn't give you enough credit"

"Oh, he does, believe me" Ianto smirked.

The Doctor pulled back and glared, "God, you're as bad as him with your innuendos"

The TARDIS suddenly came to a stop.

"You ready for this?" The doctor asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be" Ianto sighed, as they walked out into the HUB, ready to discover the fate of Ianto Jones...