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Chapter 3

The hub was oddly quiet, the only noises that could be heard was the gentle hum of the lift and the soft sound of Jack's breathing as he stood in front of Ianto who was sitting on the table in the medical bay; it was safe to say that Owen wouldn't be in for at least another two hours, the rest of the team would come in just before him.

"This one is just a scan to see if there's any extra terrestrial influence over you. Which is extremely unlikely, but safe to check anyway." Jack ran a reassuring hand across Ianto's arm, the younger man leaning into him straight away. "Baby, it's going to be okay. Whatever happens."

"Now I know I'm in trouble. You never call me baby," Ianto sighed and Jack rolled his eyes. "Can we just... Get it over with?"

"Sure." Jack grabbed the scanner and pressed a few buttons and moved it over a very nervous Ianto. "Done." Jack said and gave Ianto a quick smile before turning his attention on the scanner in his hand. "All clear."

"I'm not an alien?" Ianto breathed.

"No. Not an alien." Jack smiled and kissed Ianto's forehead. He leaned up a little and captured Jack's lips in a soft kiss. "Few more tests to do..."

"Okay." Ianto nodded, he felt a little more assured now. Though he was still terrified, he was at least glad that he didn't have any alien influences over him. He could only imagine how the team would react. Owen would want to dissect him, Tosh would want to a study him, and Gwen would probably constantly stare at him asking if he was okay. "Do you think it could just be just a passing thing?"

"Maybe. But you've said it's getting stronger so it might be something that you're body is growing into. Evaluation and all that." Jack shrugged. "The time I'm from, you'd be surprised what the human race is capable of. There was this one guy..."

"Jack." Ianto sighed fondly and Jack just flashed him the most charming smile and Ianto just rolled his eyes.

"Right, this one will require a small prick..." Again Jack grinned and Ianto rolled his eyes. Jack took his thumb and gently cradled it in his hand, he brought a silver device and pressed it to the welshman's thumb. It was cold against Ianto's skin and almost felt as though it was vibrating as it started to warm up, there was a small sting and Ianto hissed a little, and he knew his thumb was bleeding. The machine beeped and went cold again against his skin and Jack moved it away. "Should only take a few minutes to get the results."

"What is it looking for?" Ianto asked as he dabbed the small pin prick shaped cut.

"Any additional chemicals or endorphins that are in your blood that can be affecting your emotional state," Jack says softly his eyes trained on the machine. "Whilst that waits let's do the last one."

"Which is...?" Ianto asked, he was tired of the tests. He was so desperate to find out what was wrong with him.

"It's a psychic examination. Tests if you have any psychic abilities."

"Touchwood one already tested me." Ianto said looking up at him.

"Did you find out the results?" Jack asked.

"No, when Torchwood one fell it was a month before appraisals which was where we would find out." He sighed. "And I honestly never thought about them." He shrugged.

"Okay, well I will have a look in your folder a little later. Now, this will hurt a little on your head. Like a pressure. If there's no psychic abilities there that will be all you feel. But if there is anything there you'll feel a sort of sensation like something is trying to dig through your memories and your thoughts."

"Is it... It's safe right?"

"Completely." Jack promised and pressed his lips to his forehead. "Ready?"

"Guess so." Ianto sighed, his fingers nervously picking at his nails.

"After we've done this, we'll go to the bay get something to eat. You and me." Jack promised.

"I'd like that," Ianto smiled, it was very rare for them to get to do anything public together, not through anyone's fault but the rift was never that allowing and Ianto really hated leaving Jack alone at the hub.

Jack smiled one last smile before he placed a metal round headband around Ianto's head. The metal was so cold against his skin but within seconds Ianto found it warming and it was just like Jack had said, a slight ache and Ianto was satisfied that that was it, he had no abilities so there was nothing for the device to dig into. Then he grabbed hold of his head as pain shot through his body. He couldn't describe the feeling, his thoughts were all pushing at once and he couldn't grab hold of any of them.

"Please help me," Ianto whimpered as his body pushed forward.

Jack grabbed hold of his hands as he stared at the device. This wasn't supposed to happen. "It's almost done, almost baby." He said softly and cradled him in his arms. The beeping continued and started to slow down and Jack could tell that Ianto was losing all of his energy. The machine was draining him. "It's nearly finished. Just stay awake."

"Jack..." Ianto breathed and Jack had never been more relieved to hear silence as the beeping stopped. He removed the device from Ianto and laid him on the bed. "I've got you. You okay?"

"My head... I couldn't control..."

"I'm going to give you some painkillers, then you can go and sleep in the bunker."

"The results Jack... What..."

"I'll look at them in a minute but right now I need you to drink this," Jack held up a plastic cup of water that he had mixed some very strong painkillers in. With Jack's help, Ianto drank the water and snuggled into his arms. "I've got you. Let's take you downstairs. Get you some sleep."

Ianto just nodded, he couldn't bring himself to speak, he wasn't too sure if words would actually come out. Right now he couldn't hold his thoughts together. Everything was just a blur to him. He was vaguely aware that Jack was carrying him down to his sleeping area and he actually tucked him in. That was nice, Ianto thought and Jack pressed a kiss to his forehead. "Get some sleep baby boy, I'll come down and check on you soon." Jack breathed and Ianto just managed to close his eyes before he fell asleep.

Jack watched with a heavy heart for a few minutes before he headed upstairs and went straight to the autopsy area, he checked the results before putting them away and heading to his office. Ianto's psychic results were through the roof, he hadn't seen results that high in a long time. He opened his computer and brought up Ianto's file from Torchwood one and found his results, they were high but not as high as they are now which meant his mind was getting stronger. Jack found a few more files on psychic abilities trying to make a connection to what Ianto's abilities might lead to, wanting to have something more solid for when his young lover woke up.