AN: Sorry guys, keep forgetting this, so here we go. TW – not mine, don't own any of it and ain't making any green from it. Eva, however, MINE, MINE, MINE!!!! Also, PDT=Personal Data Transmitter. Got that one from Aliens. So…little summary: Eva reveals a few things about herself, but is having difficulty adjusting. Jack, Ianto and the others help.

Torchwood: Archangel

Chapter Four: Frozen Angel

He awoke to feeling the arms of his lover wrapped around him. Ianto sighed, leaning into the embrace; enjoying the warmth that came off a naked Jack Harkness. He smiled softly kissing Jack's arm, then remembered Eva.

Poor thing; so advanced in some things and so like a child in others. He had to usher her into the spare bedroom with one of Jack's tee shirts the night before as she almost began undressing before them in the lounge to prepare for bed. Jack simply sat back on the settee, a more than lecherous grin spreading on his face before Ianto put a stop to it. He could almost read Jack's mind: two for the price of one.

After deftly disentangling himself from Jack without waking him, he walked into his en-suite bathroom and began his morning routine, remembering with a smile what happened after they went to bed. Their lovemaking wasn't their usual loud and raucous affair due to their guest's presence. But Jack found a way of increasing the sensuality of the act: his slow and precise movements, their quietly uttered groans and swallowed moans. Ianto's participation had driven Jack spare because he had taken the initiative a few times. Jack loved it when he didn't play submissive, when he took control. Ianto honestly loved the fact that he could make the great Jack Harkness lose control.

Thirty minutes later, he was out of the shower and dressed impeccably in one of his favorite suits; he wanted to impress Eva so he decided his light grey suit with burgundy shirt, tie and accents was the way to go today. He walked out of his bathroom and kissed Jack awake, then ushered him into the bath while he went to check on Eva. He found her in the spare room as Jack had the night before, staring out the window looking towards the sea. Her bed was fully made, right down to hospital corners on the sheets. Her hair was still partially wet as it hung down to the middle of her back, its' dark red color lit up by the sunlight streaming into the room. She was dressed in the same jumpsuit as the day before; Ianto couldn't wait to purchase clothes for her. He figured he could pop into the shops while Martha had her wrapped up in tests. He would do basic shopping: a few tee-shirts, a pair or two of denim pants, trainers. He would take her with him for the lingerie and more in-depth shopping later that day.

'Good morning, Ianto Jones,' she said softly, her brown-green eyes boring into his.

Ianto put a hand on her shoulder. 'Good morning, Eva Tovar. I'm about to make breakfast. Would you join me in the kitchen? Jack should be out of the bathroom soon enough. Did you have any problems in the bathroom this morning?'

She smiled as she continued to maintain eye contact. 'I will join you in the kitchen and no, I had no problems in the bathroom this morning. Thank you for your concern. After Doctor Jones' examination of me, are you really going to take me to the shops?' The sound of her voice, the tone of suppressed surprise and excitement; the dancing of her eyes made Ianto smile broadly.

'Yes. Now, how does toast and a bit of scramble sound?'

Eva stood silent for a moment, her face blank as she processed the information. She looked up at him again and smiled shyly. 'Forgive me, Ianto Jones. It is all new information and I have difficulty correlating what I know with what is now. Scramble and toast sounds wonderful. How may I help you with breakfast?'

'By sitting in the kitchen and applauding my efforts at domesticity,' he answered, holding his arm out to Eva. Her smile broadened as she took it and let him lead her out of the room.

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Jack sauntered into the kitchen fifteen minutes later and stopped at the doorway. Eva was seated at the kitchen table watching Ianto intently, entranced by everything he did. 'Good morning, my Captain,' she said, turning to look up into his eyes. Jack smiled, her attention to Ianto was something like his on Ianto the night before. She then rose from her chair.

'Shall I set the table?' she asked. Ianto simply nodded, not looking up from his task.

'I showed you where everything is; Jack can help you,' he offered as he put the scramble on a plate and pulled the last pieces of toast from the toaster onto another plate piled with them. Jack and Eva set the table then Eva sat down as Jack went to help Ianto with the food, coffee and orange juice. They all finally sat down to eat, and Eva surprised the two men by bowing her head, crossing herself and uttering 'Amen'. She then put her napkin on her lap, picked up her fork and knife and tucked in. Jack and Ianto simply looked at each other, then followed suit. Thirty minutes later, the three were in the SUV and on their way to the Hub.

Once there, Ianto went to his precious coffee machine, showing Eva how to work it after giving her strict instructions not to touch it without his supervision. Eva nodded solemnly and at the look on her face, Ianto apologized and finished making the coffee in silence.

'There is no need to explain yourself to me, Ianto Jones,' she said softly. 'I would not feel comfortable leaving you in possession of my Anti-Proton weaponry, even after I had explained their operation to you at length.'

Once Gwen came in and was given her first cup of coffee for the day (light cream and two sugars), Ianto then took Eva up to visit Myfanwy the pteradon. At first Ianto thought she would not like the cyborg, but was thoroughly surprised when she bowed her head low and began clicking her beak while an almost purring sound reverberated from her chest.

'Her Majesty the Queen once said it was one of my many Gifts. Going through your peoples' fictional stories, I believe you would call me a 'Pied Piper'. Animals of any kind are not threatened by me. I hear their song…and can answer in kind,' she said in explanation.

When they went to give Janet her breakfast, the same thing happened. But instead of the frightened moaning and bowing they would do with Owen, it was almost a kindred preening and purring she and the other Weevils were doing. Eva lowered her hand slowly and the Weevils lowered themselves to the floor. 'Be well,' she said softly, then walked out of the holding area. For the rest of the day – and for days to follow after, it was recorded that the Weevils were on their best behavior.

Ianto took her back to the Main Area where Jack was talking quietly with Gwen. Jack looked up to Ianto. 'Did you make extra coffee? Martha may not be coming alone.'

'Are we expecting company then?' Ianto asked, smirking slightly.

'She may be bringing Mickey Mouse as backup,' he answered.

'How will a rodent help Dr. Jones with her examination of me?' Eva asked, her face a mask of total confusion.

Gwen, Jack and Ianto stared at her for a second, then burst out laughing. Ianto was the first to recover. 'It is a colleague named Mickey Smith-,' Ianto began.

'Mickey Smith,' Eva repeated, cutting him off. 'Another companion of the Doctor. For a time romantically linked with another companion named Rose Tyler. He lived on a parallel world for three years their time, then returned following the Cybermen during the Battle of Canary Wharf. The Doctor sealed all parallel breaches, trapping the Daleks and Cybermen in the Void. Rose Tyler, her mother Jackie and Mickey were also sealed in the other dimension until the Daleks made a return and began breaking down the walls between all parallel worlds. He returned to stay in this universe; Rose Tyler remained with the human version of the Doctor in the other. He and Dr. Jones help out here at Torchwood 3 from time to time.' Jack, Gwen and Ianto simply stared at her again. 'Your Mainframe was very lonely – and quite chatty once you get it started,' she said in explanation. She then looked to Jack. 'It was Rose Tyler that made you the way you are. The Kai that can die but never stay dead. She used the power of the temporal-spacial vortex within the TARDIS to bring you back. She summoned the power of the Great One…just like my Creators did to me.'

Jack visibly started as the alarms to the cog door went off. The door rolled away to reveal Martha Jones carrying a duffel bag and Mickey Smith carrying her metal medical case. They entered, smiling and waving at the still stunned group. Jack looked back to Eva.

THIS IS NOT OVER, he said into her mind.

UNDERSTOOD MY CAPTAIN, she answered, then turned and went down the Autopsy Bay steps.

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Later that day Eva found herself surrounded by bags, boxes and packages of clothing, shoes, lingerie and purses in one of the unused rooms of the Hub. Ianto had even taken her to a cosmetics boutique, setting her up with the latest colors and creams popular fashion had to offer. Doctor Martha Jones had found nothing other than what Jack had and had given her a clean bill of health. She knew, however, that Jack and the others would still have questions for her.

She was finally dressed like the others: underwear (she remembered with a slight frown the red color Ianto's face took when she appeared from the Lingerie shops' dressing room in only a bra and bikini cut bottoms the same color as his scarlet shirt), black shirt, cut almost like Jack's and black dress pants. Her shoes were a stylish sort of trainer, also in black. Ianto commented later that most of her clothing was black. She responded by saying it was a color she knew and understood. And then she pulled out an emerald green full length sweater coat and put in on. And it goes very well with any other color, she told him. She remembered his soft smile in return.

She was regarding her reflection in a dusty cheval mirror when Jack happened upon her. He smiled as he stood silently in the doorway, not wanting to disturb whatever reverie she was in.

'Is it not considered rude to simply stare?' she asked, looking at him through the mirror.

Jack smiled broadly as he sauntered up behind her, putting his hands on her shoulders. 'I was admiring you from afar. Would that be considered rude?'

She looked up to his reflection, locking eyes with him through the mirror. 'I know there is so much we need to discuss. Things will happen soon. You, Ianto and I will have grave decisions to make. But like the Doctor, and you, Time Agent, I can only reveal so much or risk damaging the fabric of space and time. My Lords told me so much…revealed so much more to me. I…I am still lost, my Lord Captain,' she whispered, her voice wavering slightly. 'There was so much darkness in my life before. If you command it of me, I will tell you everything.'

Jack slipped an arm around her waist, pulling her close and leaned his head down to the side of hers. I WILL NEVER DEMAND ANYTHING OF YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT READY TO GIVE. YOU'RE THE CLOSEST REMINDER OF HOME THAT I'VE HAD IN CENTURIES. I WANT YOU AS A FIGHTER, AS A COLLEAGUE. BUT MOST OF ALL, I NEED YOU AS A FRIEND. He took her hand in his; she tightened the grip. I WILL NEVER LET YOU FALL, ARCHANGEL.

THANK YOU, she whispered into his mind as he pressed a tender kiss to the side of her face, leaning lovingly into her. She closed her eyes, pulling Jack closer, wanting to wrap herself in the warmth, the gentle kindness she felt in his embrace.

How long they remained like that, neither really knew. It was in this embrace that Ianto found them. Through the mirror Eva saw him, then waved him over. She wrapped her free hand around his waist and drew him closer to her other side. Ianto looped his arms around both of them, laying his head partially on Eva's and Jack's shoulders. Eva kissed the side of his head.

'I know we have to leave – join this new world and all. But for right now, this moment…can we three just…be?' she asked softly. Both men nodded – and the three remained in that embrace until Gwen began calling for them a few minutes, or a few hours later.

As they disentangled from each other, Ianto stepped out and returned with an antique wooden jewelry box. He then handed it to Eva. She looked to the box, then to Ianto and Jack. Both men smiled back.

'Open it,' Ianto coaxed softly. Opening the box, she found a silver crucifix on a sterling silver chain on the top drawer. A little angel popped up next the necklace and began dancing to 'Begin the Beguine'. The other drawers of the box held more pieces of jewelry: some silver, some gold and some of semi-precious stones. She looked up from the jewelry to the men again.

'Thank you,' she whispered, taking the crucifix out and motioning to Ianto. 'Please, put it on me.' Ianto took the necklace and carefully put it around Eva's neck. He then turned her to the mirror and standing behind her, admired the view.

'Beautiful,' he whispered, smiling at her in the mirror.

'Thank you,' she whispered again in turn, fingering the necklace.

Gwen entered the room then and sighed happily seeing Eva in something other the jumpsuit. 'Ah, you look so sharp now,' she said smiling. 'Come on, Mickey and Martha want to eat out. I was thinking the Italian restaurant in the city centre. I made reservations for all of us; Rhys is out of town on business, so I'm free for this evening. Sound good?'

Eva looked from Gwen to the men, then back to Gwen. 'I have never had Italian food, so I must defer to your judgment in this matter,' she said matter-of-factly. Jack chuckled and held out his arm to her. She took it as Ianto held out his to Gwen. Gwen took his and both men led the ladies out of the room.

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Dinner was a raucous affair with the addition of Martha and Mickey. Mickey had been talking about the latest in alien integrated technology with UNIT computers and technology. Martha told them of a Hoix hunt that went dreadfully wrong; three UNIT members killed when everything was said and done. When their orders arrived, the table went quiet as plates were passed around. Then, as everyone began digging in, Eva bowed her head, then crossed herself and whispered 'amen'. She then set her napkin on her lap, picked up her knife and fork and began examining her linguine and meatballs in Bolognese sauce more closely. The others kept giving her odd looks throughout the evening; especially when they saw the crucifix around her neck. She ignored the looks until she had finished the food on her plate. After getting a refill of her drink, she then looked to Jack expectantly.

HAVE I DONE SOMETHING WRONG? She asked him.

NO, he answered, then put his hand up slightly. THEY MUST ALL HEAR THIS.

UNDERSTOOD, she said, severing the connection. She then turned to the group. 'I asked the Captain if I have something to offend you all. I have seen the glances all evening.'

Ianto spoke up first. 'Your prayers. Who…who are you praying to?'

'The Great One,' she responded immediately. 'The creator of us all.'

A few nervous looks went around the table.

'Why?' Martha asked.

'Why not? As we are deserving of His Grace, he deserves our service – and praise.'

Jack snorted derisively. 'Every time I've died, I've seen nothing. There are things moving in the dark – but there is no Paradise, no Heaven. No nothing.'

'Define nothing,' Eva asked softly.

'The absence of something,' Mickey answered matter-of-factly.

'You feel something in that place, my Captain. So that negates your nothing theory. And what eyes do you use when you are in that place? How do you know it is dark?' she asked.

Jack simply looked into his glass of water frowning.

'It was dark for me,' Ianto answered softly.

'And when did you die?' Gwen asked roughly. She didn't like where this conversation was going and was desperate to squash it.

Ianto looked down as well. 'When Lisa attacked me. I…just wanted to die. To let go. It was dark, but peaceful. Then I felt lips on mine, a bright energy filling me and I awoke in Jack's arms.'

Eva looked to Jack. 'And why did you bring him back?'

'Because I couldn't lose him. He may have been misguided, and God Above, I was betrayed and angry with him. But his heart was in the right place,' he said taking Ianto's hand in his. 'I couldn't let you go.'

'So,' Eva continued, looking to everyone at the table again. 'You brought him back because you had FAITH in him.' She sat back in the booth, smiling softly. 'I have FAITH in HIM,' she said, pointing up. 'That blind hopeless, hopeful faith that exists at the end of everything; that lets me know that this will be the right path for me. I have lost all I ever cared for…and I can never go back. My faith…it is all I have left.'

Ianto took her hand and put Jack's and his other on top of hers. 'No,' he answered, smiling as well. 'You have more than you can imagine.' He looked around at the others at the table. 'You have all of us,' he offered.

Jack squeezed her hand with his. YOU DO, YOU KNOW, he said into her mind.

Gwen put a comforting arm on her shoulder. Martha and Mickey smiled, nodding. Eva closed her eyes, then opened them. Emerald green and bark brown swirling with unshed tears within their depths.

'You all are the reason I have my faith. I have a new kingdom, thanks to you. A new family to protect, a new purpose again.'

She sniffled suddenly and Jack pulled out a clean handkerchief that he handed to Ianto. Ianto, in turn, offered it to Eva. Smiling sadly, a single tear escaped her eye as she accepted the cloth.

'You see,' she said, chuckling softly as she blotted her face and eyes. 'He does answer prayers.'

AN: Wow, really hard to write. I'm hoping the others go a little easier. Hey, to everyone that has reviewed, added me to their Fav Authors and Fav Stories, thanks so much. Major ego boost when RL is beating the crap out of you…

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