Chapter four
Remember…
Elena snapped her eyes open as the plane touched down, she felt the cabin shaking a little before letting out a small yawn, looking to her watch, the two hour delay meant that instead of going home, she had to go right into work, she knew if she called Jack would let her off being a little late, but Elena really wanted to see Owen, she missed him while being in Italy, to one, visit her Grandparents, and two shop for the perfect wedding dress, she hadn't had much luck, plus the time away made her realise how much she really missed Owen.
Getting through the arrival gate, Elena kept looking around, no one to meet her, she drove herself to the airport, and she planned on driving herself back. Didn't like the idea of being seen off, she was only gone for a week, but a week it was. With only hand luggage, Elena walked through the parking garage, she found her hand reaching for her phone, "Mum, just landed, for once you had a great idea, I've got my dress, well I've picked it, it's all been measured and I am having it delivered to your address," she inhaled before looking to her car where she left it, "Love you mum," she hung up, she didn't really like leaving messages, placing her bag in the boot of the car, she slammed it shut wondering what would be waiting for her at work.
Parking, Elena kept looking to the mirror, she felt queasy, looking to the front desk, Ianto wasn't here, so she reached over pressing the button, with a smile she glanced to her hand seeing her ring, looking forward to see how everyone coped without her, pretty much the same with her around.
Ianto kept looking around, he could see Jade sitting at her desk, wearing a simple white long sleeve top, over the top was a silver and black strip t-shirt, her hair pulled up into a simple ponytail, her long black skirt, she looked glowing, and Ianto gave her a simple wave before looking over to Owen, pining over a photo of Elena on his desk, wearing his black framed glasses typing away on his desk, grey cardigan and simple trousers. The fact that Elena wasn't here, the reason Jack had been spending all his attention on working, Ianto watched as Jack exited his office, "Unlabeled Class D artefacts. Jade, I need you to run a full check." He kept looking over the pregnant member of the team while she turned from her computer screen pushing her own glasses up the bridge of her nose.
"I'd love to Jack, but I've got a lot on my plate right now," Jade sounded strong, she knew that Jack was the boss, but she wasn't superwoman, "If it's class D, Owen can deal with it…" her voice cool.
Owen nodded, "Yeah, I can," he exhaled looking disappointed, he kept watching the doors, but a ginger looking back stepped in the way.
"Adam, I know how much you love audits. It's gotta be done. If you could..." Jack spoke to the man, but he kept looking smug.
The man walked around, it was like he owned the place, his eyes going from Owen, then seeing Ianto before looking to Jade with another look of arrogance spread all over his face, "Go through the reports, find out when they came through the rift." He laughed.
Jack laughed too, "You okay with that?"
Adam shrugged, "I've been okay with it for the passed three years," he looked over to Owen again, and he gave that smile, the one that oozed something that tried to emasculate Owen.
Jade laughed, she kept looking over Owen while he started to deal with the box that Jack gave him, "So, I'll run it through the scanner, make sure it's safe, and then finally try and open it." He kept looking around, seeing Jade staring at him. "What?"
"Owen it's pretty sad when, you out nerd, the nerd." Jade walked passed him and flicked the back of his ear with a laugh.
"Yes, well." Owen muttered ignoring her staring at the phone before hearing the roll door and exit gates opening; he turned looking excitedly before seeing Jack with the same look of excitement on his face also.
Elena walked into the hub, "you're late," Jack pointed out, but rushed over to her, lifting her up into his arms kissing her. "God I've missed you," he added while feeling confused with the look on Elena's face.
"Erm, Jack…" she kept feeling like she was missing something, "I missed you too, but well…" she kept looking to the expression on Owen's face, "Owen, I'm." she felt confused, she didn't know Owen needed glasses, her eyes going to the man standing by Jade, "Who the fuck is that Ginger?" pointing out looking confused.
Adam's eyes now connected with Elena, he completely forgot she was due back today, maybe he'd spent so long altering memories, he walked over to Elena, the woman didn't like him, but he'd given Jack his ultimate wish, to have Elena as his own, "Elena, just cos I called you a bimbo your first day," he laughed placing his hand on her shoulder, "Remember…" his voice echoed in Elena's mind.
Closing her eyes, Elena could remember working, Adam making fun of her hair colour, helping her and Jack get together. Playing about, going out together, Adam telling her about him and Jade having a baby, even going shopping with her to help get something sexy for her to wear for Jack. Elena opened her eyes, they were only closed for a fraction of a second, "Oh you know I couldn't help myself!" she laughed pulling him into a hug, then inhaled, "Airports a fucking nightmare." She added looking to Jack.
Jack pulled Elena closer, "Well, you're here now, and that's all that matters," he kissed her again looking deep into her green eyes, but for a moment something in the back of his mind didn't feel right, but he pushed it away.
"Wish you could have come with me," Elena pouted watching Jack, "I mean, Italy, and no you, I could have introduced you to the family." She kept watching his eyes.
Jack laughed now, "Yes, this is my boss, my boyfriend, oh and he's got a great party trick of not dying," he pointed looking to Elena's face, "also, I need you to help Owen with a Class D artefact," he looked over to Owen, Jack was aware of Owen's crush, but Jack being Jack wasn't really threatened by it.
Elena rolled her eyes, "Great way to greet me after I've been gone, welcome back, oh here is some boring work," her arms folded across her chest, "Love you too Captain."
"Well, just think of my surprise for you tonight," Jack started, "And that should keep you going," he brushed a finger over her nose, "Owen's not that bad…"
"No, cos everyone loves the little Terrier humping their leg," she now glanced to Owen's face, "but you're a cute puppy," she added while looking to the box that Jack had placed down, "Well Owen, lead me to your pen," her voice light as Owen took the box from her.
"Yes, I mean, follow me," he started to head towards the medical bay, feeling Elena behind him, then exhaled, he was going to spend a whole day working with Elena, he didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.
Ianto walked over to Jade, he brushed his hand down his down his black tie, wearing one of his favourite purple shirt, he remember one day Jade saying, it brought out the blue in his eyes. He knew it was her just being polite, but Ianto couldn't help but feel something, he couldn't quiet put his finger on. "Jade, is there anything I can get you?" he smiled to Jade politely.
Jade kept looking to Ianto, "I'd like a green tea, if that isn't too much trouble, Ianto." Her accent soft, her hand touched her belly, for the first time all day it moved, a moment that felt like the baby was reacting to something.
"I'll be right on that," Ianto broke into a smile walking away from Jade, he glanced back to see Adam watching him, the look on his face made Ianto feel nervous making his way to the kitchen area of the hub.
Getting to her feet, Jade held her back walking over to Adam, her head titled to one side while looking carefully, "Adam, what are you doing with your personnel files?" feeling confused Jade kept watching Adam, he got to his feet.
"Nothing, just finished updating details of rift activity." He turned away from the computer while focused on Jade looking down to him.
For a second Jade kept looking back to the screen, "Any idea when this came through? It's got a low meson energy reading." Jade felt Adam's hand touching her shoulder, his eyes focused on hers.
Jade's eyes closed for a second, she sees her first day, looking at Adam staying for him, the fact of them falling in love, finding out she was pregnant, opening her eyes she smiled, looking completely happy. "One year today," he brushed his hand over her face, and he leant down kissing passionately.
"Adam," Jade smiled looking to him, "How can I forget," she now kept touching his face looking into his eyes, "It feels like just yesterday," she added leaning up kissing him again.
Adam pulled away touching her, "But it's been a great year, one kiss changed it all," he kept looking happy.
Ianto stepped up seeing the romantic moment, "I got your," he kept looking to Adam, "Tea, Jade." He kept looking to the couple.
Jade for a second looked to Ianto, "Are you okay?" she asked before looking him over, the look on his face made her worried.
Ianto placed the tea cup on a fancy saucer, "Er, yes, yes, yes, don't worry about me. No, no, it's just, er... kissing in work... I wasn't expecting it." Ianto nodded, "I better get back to," he pointed, "I think Jack needs me," he pointed out while rushing away from the couple feeling sick.
Jade sighed looking to the tea, "He really needs to find a nice boyfriend," she kept looking to Adam, "so celebrate," she said with a sweet face.
Adam kept watching Ianto, "Yes, tonight, your place," he kept looking around, he really needed to get rid of that Ianto, also rush over to the place to get rid of the photos of Ianto and Jade over the place.
Jack was down in the vaults, he kept looking around the weevils, for some reason he wanted to think, he felt happy, but for some reason the happiness didn't feel real. He glanced into the cells, he looked to the boy standing there, "Grey…" he whispered, he heard something looking away, but when he looked back to the cell, the boy was gone, but felt a hand smacking his arse as he turned to see Elena looking excited.
"Sexy, miss me?" she asked while lightly rushing away from him, Jack kept looking over her, wearing a tight fitting red and black strip vest tip, her tight black jeans wearing her favourite pair of black boots, her long blonde hair in loose waves, Jack couldn't stop starting at her.
Jack starting to chase her, he grabbed her around the waist pulling her close him, he kept looking into her eyes, "You're amazing," he whispered before kissing her, he held onto her while looking into her eyes again.
For a few seconds Elena paused, "Jack," her voice trailed off while looking to where he was staring at before, "Is everything okay?" she asked feeling her hand brush down his arm, "talk to me Jack."
"No, it was nothing," he kept looking to where the boy was, finally looking to Elena again, "you better go back to Helping Owen," he smiled, "I've got a weevil that needs bringing in," he added while walking away leaving Elena on her own.
For a few moments Elena focused on the empty cell, she glanced to where Jack went trying to work out what had gotten into Jack, but shook it off getting back to the main hub.
"Hey 'Lena," Jade waved Elena over, Jade brushed her hand down her stomach feeling like something was off, but ignored it as Elena sat on the desk next to hers, "So, how was Italy?" she asked looking over the computer.
Elena clicked over her computer, "I spend a whole week speaking Italian, eating good food, dancing…" her eyes light looking around seeing Ianto sitting on the sofa while looking over to Elena.
"Getting engaged," Ianto pointed out while watching Elena looked to her hand, he could see the surprised look on her face. "Elena…"
"Well, maybe you should be a little less nosey," Elena now swirled around on her desk before looking over the recent Rift activity, "Jade, activity happened two days ago?" she pointed out while looking around to woman rubbing her stomach.
"Hu, oh yes, but nothing came through," she pointed out feeling Adam walking behind her, his hand touching her stomach looking down, for some reason when Elena look to him, it looked like his face look in serious concentration.
Jade watched as Adam touched the belly, she could remember them finding out about the baby, but it seemed the baby responded to everyone, apart from him. "So nothing came through?" Elena asked watching the screen, and then jumped see a little puppet.
"Apart from me…" A squeaky voice coming from behind the screen, the finger puppet moved up and down the side of the screen.
Elena kept staring, "What the fuck!" she snapped while looking behind her to Jade and Ianto laughing their heads off, and Elena turned back to See Owen sticking his head up from the scene. "Owen!"
"Sorry, I thought you might find it amusing," he waved it around looking to Elena with big eyes behind the glasses, he wished that he could ignore the ring on her finger, the way she was looking at him. "You don't like it," he added with a sigh.
Elena tried to be nice, "Owen," she looked to the little mouse finger puppet, back to Owen, "I'm not that found of a rodent puppet around my computer," she looked to Jack's office, he was giving her the eyes, "But then I've gotten used to you around," she slipped off the chair before walking away to the office, "Maybe I'll call it Owen," she rushed off.
Owen for a moment watched as Elena opened the door for Jack office, in the glass he could see him pulling her into an embrace, kissing her, then he looked to the Medical bay, or as Elena labelled it his pen, he glanced back with a sigh.
Jade watch Owen walking away, "Poor pet," her eyes going over to Ianto who was still laughing over about the little mouse puppet, "Ianto Jones, stop it!"
"Sorry, it's just, if he was a little less," Ianto tried to put his finger on it, "I don't know, I just wished he's know that Elena's a more sexual being that he could really handle." His eyes watched the office for a moment, but then back to Jade.
"Ianto," her voice cool, "Owen can't help how he feels about Elena," she looked to Adam, who was now brushing his hands over her shoulders, "Just how things work out, that's all…" she now started to get back to her work loud, for some reason didn't seem to want to get any smaller. "I could kill for a cream cheese Bagel," she finally said while looking over to Ianto with a big grin.
"Hey love," Adam got up, "I'll go get one from that place you like," he kept grinning, "I lift my key for your place at home, can I borrow yours? I want to get something for my surprise tonight." He kept smooth.
Jade blinked, "Oh, yeah sure," she reached into her purse taking her keys out, then handed it over to Adam before looking to Ianto, he'd now slipped away, for the fact he seemed to be a little off today.
Ianto smiled looking to Jade, "Looks like it's just me and the yummy mummy," Ianto joked while touching the belly looking to Jade's eyes, "Oh, it's kicking my hand..." he laughed.
Adam's eyes went sharply to Ianto's hand on her baby bump, watching the bump, slowly moving which each kick. "She doesn't like people touching the bump!" Adam snapped but in a way that didn't sound really rude, just factual.
"Its okay, Adam." Jade looked at him, before looking to Ianto with a smile, "He likes you." She ran her fingers across the side of her bump.
Ianto looked confused, "I'm not trying to steal your girl Adam," he got up to his full high, he then nodded, "I'll just go get some paperwork over with," he now glanced back to Jade with a half smile, "If you need anything..."
"Like I'd need to worry about loosing my girl to a tea boy." Adam whispered that only he himself could hear, he was halfway out the hub while feeling he needed to sort out Ianto.
Jade looking up to Ianto again, "It's okay love, I'm fine," her eyes back to her computer, but lightly looking over to Ianto smiling.
Walking from Jack's office, she kissed him lightly sorting her shirt out while looking up to him, "Do you have to go?" she pouted while trying to hold onto the front of his shirt.
Jack laughed, "I've got a report on weevil, you know I've got to get it," he poked her nose with the tip of his finger. "I will be fine all by myself, got my hand clams, weevil spray," he kissed her one more time before walking off.
Elena sighed looking to Ianto typing on his computer, "Ello, Ianto." she looked to the tea boy, "Doing good?" she asked him while he was writing reports out.
Ianto glanced to Elena, he kept feeling weird about everything, but push it to the back of his mind. "Lena, Owen is looking for you, thought you was going to help." He kept his eyes on the reports while glancing to Elena who looked god smacked.
"Shit," she giggled, "Sorry, you know Jack, only he gets started," she now wiggled her eyebrows, but paused for a second. "Where is Owen?" she asked while biting her lip.
Ianto pointed, "Briefing room," he kept looking over the computer, "Have fun." He watched as Elena rushed towards the Briefing room feeling bad about leaving Owen on his own.
Owen glanced up from the scanner while looking to her, "Elena, I've been working, and you was meant to be helping me," he looked disappointed while she kept standing in front of the table.
For a second Elena couldn't speak, she looked to the box on the table, "I kinda got tied up," she rubbed her wrists lightly while looking over Owen's face, "you gotten anywhere yet?"
"No joy yet. But you should have a look at the detail, Elena. It's gorgeous." He watched as she went to pick it up, "Oh, let me get that." He kept looking into her deep green eyes, for a moment his face inches from hers.
Elena backed away, "So have you gotten it open?" she looked from the box, it had a golden finish, the pattern was complete yet beautiful, so Elena kept looking from different angles.
Owen kept his eyes on her, he couldn't help but be mesmerised, "Er, no, sorry. I'm not doing very well, am I?" he asked looking for a sign that she was paying attention to him, but she glanced up finally.
Elena sat down now pulling a macbook towards her while looking over Owen, "Well, you've got me until," she looked to her watch, "Nine, cos me and Jack got a big night planned." She then looked over to Owen.
"Right, well," he kept looking over his own Macbook, he couldn't stop picturing Elena naked now, she he needed to take a few breaths, "Would you like something to eat?" he reached down, "I made sandwiches," he picked two boxes out, "You like whole wheat, cheese and cucumber, you like it."
Elena blinked a few times looking to the sandwiches, "How did you know my favourite?" she asked while looking to the food, then back to Owen's face.
For a moment Owen smiled, "When we was on that hunting the weevil, and you said that cheese and cucumber makes you think of your time with your nana Nancy." He kept looking to Elena.
A small smile brushed over Elena, but she covered her face with her hair, "Owen, that's, really weird." She got to her feet, "Well, I need a drink, make this night more fun." She got to her feet.
"Drink, work, well, relax," he kept watching her walking away, "none for me, no not me," he watched, but she was already gone, leaving him standing on his own feeling stupid.
Ianto looked over to Jade on the floor, he'd been so busy, but heard the bump, "Hey," he rushed over while she was trying to reach for something, anything to help her get up, "Jade, just wait…"
"Sorry," Jade felt Ianto's hand holding hers, "I guess the I wobbled over," she laughed looking into his blue eyes, for a moment thought her stomach fluttered, or the baby rolling. "I'm fine really, just tripped," for a second she kept frozen, "you alright Ianto"
"Yes, perfectly fine, yourself?" he kept looking to the bump, then felt Jade's hand taking his, "I, wait."
"Ianto, the baby is moving," she kept her soft tone, "I mean, you talked, and it was like it hears you," she placed his hand on the belly, "Say something?"
Ianto inhaled, feeling odd about this, "The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last…"
"Ianto," Jade giggled, she then kept laughing, "you are really something," she added while feeling the baby moving about more, "But, when I said say something," she calmed herself, "they normally say, hello baby, or, how are you little thing." She kept eye contact, "no, not you, you have to quote the battle of waterloo…" she kept looking up to him feeling a smile over her face, "You really need to find someone Ianto." She let his hand go, but didn't really believe in the words she was saying.
"I think I have, but she doesn't really see me," he kept watching Jade, his eyes kept feeling like there was something about Jade, that he couldn't get out of his head.
Jade just nodded, "Well, one day, she'll see you," she walked away, then turned back, "but I thought you was gay?"
Ianto froze, "No, not gay, bisexual," he pointed out looking to Jade, "Where you heading?" he asked her while she turned to face him, "No where, you need to know," she pointed to the ladies room.
"Oh, right," Ianto now looked seeing Adam, "you scared me," he kept his voice pleasant, but could sense something.
Adam touched Ianto, "You know," he stopped, "I really thought you was gay," he looked into Ianto's eyes, "Well my bad then," he walked away before glancing back to Ianto, this wasn't good for his plan, not at all.
Elena walked back into the room, she had a bottle of Jack Daniels and two glasses, "Come on Owen, if I drink alone I'll be an alcoholic, and you don't want me to look like an alcoholic, do you?" her voice charming.
Owen looked to the glass, "One shouldn't kill me," he kept looking at Elena poured the drink into the glass, but his eyes kept going to Elena's chest while she leaned over the table, he could see right down to her bra, her cleavage, and had the great need to cross his legs. "No," he picked the glass taking a sip before shivering.
Sitting on the desk, Elena kept watching Owen, "you know what you need?" she asked pointing to his face holding her drink taking a sip, "A good shag."
Owen spat his drink out, and then covered his mouth, "A what!" he looked completely shocked, like she just asked him to shot himself in the foot, or get into a cage with a weevil.
Moving away from where the drink just went, she laughed, "Owen, you do know what sex is? We are both grown ups." Her eyes scanning him over, but felt if she laughed she'd make the matter a lot worse.
"Yes, I know, I know what sexual intercourse is," he then placed the glass down looking over to the macbook and started to type, "But we need to focus, this needs working out…" he kept focused on the screen.
Elena placed her hand, she pushed the screen down, so Owen could only look at her, "Look, if you're calling it," she air quoted, "Sexual intercourse, you're not getting much are you?" she kept watching him while licking her lips, "me and you, are going to have a night out." She got to her feet, and then smiled.
"Me and you, out, you and me, not working out," he kept looking nervous, for a moment, he didn't know what to expect. "Like together out of work?"
With a laugh, Elena nodded, "Yes Owen, as in, I'll be your wing man," she nodded drinking some more, "I'll be getting girls on you like, well like Weevils on a subsonic wavelength noise…" she kept looking cheeky to Owen.
Owen kept blushing, "I don't think that's me, more of a one woman, type of bloke, faith to one," he nodded while opening the macbook again. "Are you and Jack exclusive?"
Elena froze for a moment, "Exclusive, what do you mean by that Owen?" her head tilted to one side, her blonde waves bouncing.
"Nothing, I was just wondering, cos, never mind," he kept clicking around on the macbook to what he was looking up before, "So, according to the molecular breakdown, this potentially alien complex artefact is, in fact, made out of wood." He kept looking to the box, finally back to Elena who was still staring at him, her eyes focused. "But perhaps it fell in the crate by mistake. Picked up meson energy from the other stuff." He kept trying to get away from that stare; "Elena, please drop it…" he kept looking scared.
Elena sighed, "Owen, look, if you're scared of getting back on the horse, just think, sex with strangers, is the best, you have no intention on seeing them again, and you can get what you want." She took his hand, "and if you want, I can totally show you some moves, to help," she looked Owen over, "Okay, first," she reached over slowly unbuttoning his cardigan, "you're not a OAP, so stop with the cardigans," she placed in on the table, "Two, your hair is way too neat." She looked carefully, rubbing her fingers through his hair. Owen kept closing his eyes, she was touching him, he could feel her breath on his face, he had to keep thinking unsexy thoughts, but her chest was too close for them to work. "And Finally…" Elena looked over Owen, "No glasses," her hand placed them on the table, "now you are a shaggable magnet." Her voice was triumphant.
Elena stepped back from Owen, "Elena," he kept looking to her, she was standing in front of him, looking amazing, he looked into something reflective, seeing his face, "I don't know how this will get me laid." He kept looking confused.
Taking a deep breathe, Elena stepped closer again, "Okay Owen, you are going to be a girl, and I'll be what you are meant to be," she nodded, "Okay?"
"Okay," Owen watched Elena, she shook herself out, he tried not to laugh, but she made herself manlier that he could be.
"Hey," Elena put of a fake man voice walking over, "So I've been watching you, and I couldn't help but notice you on your own…" her voice cool.
"I, this, Elena," Owen sighed, "I can't do this," he stepped forward, "I know you're trying to help, but I don't want it, cos I want you." He pointed out.
"Owen," Elena felt her mouth going wide, her eyes looking to him, then back to Ianto who had opened the door. "Ianto…" she jumped.
"I was just wondering if I can be of any assistance," he looked to the box, "Didn't Jack bring that in?" he pointed out.
Elena shook her head, "no, it was Adam on an excavation a few months back" her voice sure of herself while trying to avoid looking at Owen feeling her stomach twisting into knots.
Ianto nodded, "I'll have a look in my Journal. I like to log the interesting stuff." He kept trying to ignore the air, but then glanced to Elena, "you're still up for that drink out tomorrow?" he asked, then looked to Owen putting his Cardigan back on. "Elena, did you try and Rape Owen…" he laughed.
Elena laughed, "Trust me, if I did, he wouldn't consider it rape," she kept focused on Ianto, "Drinks, tomorrow, me you, well no longer Owen, he doesn't seem to want to join the fun at Gay night."
"Too bad, their was going to be fun," he watched Elena, "so, just me and you," he looked her over, "see you later, going to read up, then go home," he nodded, "night Owen."
"Night Ianto," Elena kissed him on the cheek watching him walk away, "I better get going too," she quickly closed the macbook before trying to get from the room, but Owen was blocking her exit. "Owen, can you please move out of my way?" her voice stern while placing the macbook down.
"No Elena," he pointed, "I am not going to be quiet anymore," he kept looking scared, but brave at the same time, "I'm in love with you, I love you so much," his eyes focused on Elena's, "What kind of life can Jack give you, he can't die, but I can, and I can grow old, you can grow old, we can be old together…" he held her arms, "Elena, I'm in love with you."
Seconds of silence as Elena kept perfectly still, her face losing colour, "Owen, if you're going to rape me, I promise you, I'll kill you, I will hurt you, and you will be very, very sorry…"
"Elena, I don't want to rape you, I just, my mother said 'Seize the day,' and that is what I'm doing," he let her go, but leaned forward pressing his lips against her, for a few awkward seconds he kissed her, then backed off. "Elena…"
"I need to go," Elena stepped back from the room, "Tomorrow, when I come into work, I'm going to forget this happened, and we are going to carry on working, like we're working together, and we won't talk of this again…" she stepped back more feeling her hand for the door.
Owen kept watching Elena, he eyes big, he nodded, "I'm sorry," he looked to his feet, "I better leave," he opened the door, not touching or looking at Elena, but rushed away, feeling like a complete fool.
Jade kept looking from her desk to where Ianto was sitting on the sofa, she felt drawn to him, but as she got to her feet, she felt Adam's hands on her stomach, "Love…" his voice cool, he kept brushing the belly. "Celebrating tonight?" he asked while keeping his chin on her shoulder.
"Oh, yes," Jade turned her head to look at Adam, for a few moments she kept her hand went over his. "We should leave," she kept waiting for something to happen, but kept an intense stare into Adam's eyes.
Adam, kept watching Jade, "Why don't you start the car, I have to get something from the office," he kept looking to her eyes, something wasn't right, so he knew he had to work extra hard to get her memory completely, the baby seemed to be holding onto his real father for too long.
Jade nodded, "Okay," she leant up kissing Adam before heading for the exit, she glanced back to see that Elena was heading for the exit, she kept looking to the her, "Home time for all?"
"Yeah," Elena's voice was shaken up, "Jack text me, said he's meeting me at mine," she finally picked up her jacket putting it on, her eyes went to the medical bay, Owen wasn't there, he'd left as quick as he could and left Elena feeling awkward. For a moment Elena kept looking back to Jade, "See you in the morning love."
"Night," Jade watched as Elena walked to her car, Jade kept watching the girl feeling some dots not connecting, but while she reached into her pocket getting the car keys feeling herself look back to where the hub was, then got into the car not sure what she was waiting for.
Ianto kept flipping over pages in his journal, the little things, maybe it was just him, but looking to the neat handwriting of his own, he kept focused on the page.
January 30th, Well I've got news, I would really know where to start, one, the world almost ended, two, Jade's expecting, I know, it's weird, but I'm not scared. I've never been happier in my whole life, she loves me, and even if I feel I've failed her, I know this baby is going to make us stronger...
"What the," Ianto flicked over pages, he'd not read his journal in a long while, but he kept looking deeper.
May 14th, Jack's back, I didn't expect him to return with us, but I think he doesn't like the fact that Owen and Elena are engaged, he was even shocked by Jade's pregnancy. I know it's going to be a while for us to get used to Jack being back, Jade, me, Owen and Elena are going to take a while to get used to having our Captain back.
While reading more into the journal, Ianto couldn't believe it, maybe he was losing his mind, but if this was real, how was it that Elena and Owen are engaged, Jade, he never really thought about Jade, but reading his words, how he kept thinking about her, this was really freaking him out. He leant forward, his hands touching palm to palm, looking to the journal on the table, everything was there, in his own handwriting, but Adam wasn't a part of it. "What's wrong Ianto?" Adam's voice made Ianto jump to his feet, he moved away from Adam, the puzzled look still over his face while looking from Adam to his Journal.
"My journal," Ianto kept away from Adam, his face still confused, "I've written a lot, you're not in it Adam," he looked to the journal, "I wrote stuff, about Elena and Owen," he felt Adam glaring, "Me and Jade…" Ianto kept going, "you're not in any of it." He kept backing away, "Why would I leave you out when you've been here so long? Like I'm remembering a man who doesn't exist." He glanced to Adam's hand flashing in and out of existence. "What are you?" he finally asked feeling worse.
Adam charged at Ianto, his hand forced Ianto against a pillar, his hand holding Ianto's Jaw tight, glaring darkly. "Cross me, and I will fill you full of fake memories until your head is on fire, because that's how I exist." He pushed himself away from Ianto.
His eyes wide in fear, his chest tight, "You can't get to the baby…" Ianto spoke softy, "you can worm your way into Jade's head, but you can't stop that child knowing who I am!"
Adam kept smirking, "Like she's going to listen to you, when I am the only one she can trust in this building…" he kept looking to Ianto with a don't test me face. "I can make her hate you in a heart beat…"
Ianto kept strong, "I have to tell Jack, Elena and Owen!" he glanced to his journal again, but before he could move, he felt Adam attack him again, his hands on Ianto's head, he was creative, he put the picture of a scene, a memory into Ianto's mind, himself with his hands around the throat of a young Asian girl, choking the life out of her, then threw her down onto a mattress on the ally floor, "I know you didn't mean to kill her. You just couldn't stop yourself. Remember this."
His fingers gripped tighten onto the face of Ianto, more the rain, the sound of the girl's screams while she struggled for survival, but Ianto was too strong, too much for the girl to win. "I didn't do it!" Ianto cried, it felt like he was there, but he wasn't, it was hard to hold onto reality.
"Oh, yes, you did, and she wasn't the first." He kept hold, the fact Ianto could feel the rain against his skin, him stalking the girl with dark hair like Jade's, her skin pale, but the memory shifted to him chasing her, the girl was screaming for help, begging Ianto not to do it, but he wasn't listening, he grabbed her throat squeezing it tight, taking life. "Good old Ianto, loyal Ianto. Roaming the streets at night for bait." Adam's voice sick, holding onto Ianto head while looking around the hub, they were alone, no one would disturb him while he got ride of the one thing that was threatening his existence.
Ianto kept seeing himself finding Asian girls, feeling the burning anger, a kind of anger Ianto had never felt before, it made him want to scream, he could, "My Journal," he whimper while he felt Adam holding his arm around Ianto's neck, kept them moving while reading his journal. He could look around seeing the ally Adam holding his Journal.
What this? Your sick version of a Fan Fiction?" He snapped, He watched while Ianto was crawling away from him, tears flooding down his face. "Jade rejected you and you murdered three Asian girls as revenge!" he threw the journal across the room, he was getting off on this. "The last one being pregnant…" he trailed off, rushing over to Ianto he lifted him off the floor, his hands grabbing his face, pushing more memory in.
"No please!" Ianto pleaded, he could, he would, he didn't want to see it, but it was too late, the woman with a swollen belly was in his hands, Ianto could feel the moment, it was like it was happening. "You fucking bitch, you should have loved me!" Ianto's own voice echoed into his mind, making his stomach knot, feeling sick with himself.
"Remember it!" Adam screamed while making Ianto see each and every face, every woman, he kept a smirk, "Remember it!" he kept focused, "you phoned me, I helped you dispose the bodies," his hand kept holding onto Ianto looking as the tears rolled down his cheeks, the pain a cross his face. Adam felt a rush, he pressed his lips to Ianto's he brushed his hands down his chest, "you know, I forgot what a rush it is, feeding in the bad stuff." He pushed Ianto down on the ground he walked away from him.
Ianto didn't know where he was anymore, all he could feel was the cold rain washing down his face, his eyes slowly turned to the pregnant woman laying on the floor, her body not moving, the life gone from her eyes. He couldn't believe it, pulling himself into a tight ball on the ground, he placed the gloved hand into his mouth sobbing like a child, feeling sick with himself, he needed to be punished for the crimes he did, or have to punish himself.
Elena felt herself coming with Jack, laying back down beside him, her eyes kept focused, for the fact since he'd gotten to her place, something felt off, "Jack," her voice subtle, but her eyes were worried while she pulled the blanket over herself.
For a moment, Jack brushed Elena's hair behind her hair, the soft locks of gold, her big green eyes, seeing them like he'd always seen them, but every time he'd have sex with her, something in the back of his mind was making him feel bad for it. "It's nothing," he answered her unasked question, her eyes would leave him alone.
Moving on the bed, Elena reached over to Jack, her hand running from his chin up his jaw to his cheek, "Jack, you're off," she kept trying to make her voice carefree, "I mean, you didn't even enjoy my sexy dance, you always love sexy dance." Her eyes were looking more confused.
Jack moved his hand cupping Elena's face, he didn't like the idea of hurting her feelings, "no Elena, the sexy dance was," he looked her over, "Very sexy, I just have a lot on my mind right now…" he kept looking to Elena, he wished he was more open and honest with her, but something kept holding him back.
Her eyes, Elena blinked, "Jack," she kept focused on him, "If something is bothering you, you need to tell me, I'm here for you, haven't I always been here for you?"
"Yes, just something happened today," Jack glanced to his hands, "Boeshane Peninsula. My home in the 51st century. We lived under the threat of invasion." He kept watching Elena, she didn't look away, her hand reaching for his, begging him to carry one, "They came without warning. We thought they'd pass over us, like they always did." He exhaled, "But that day, they didn't."
"What didn't," Elena could feel him pulling away, her hand held his tight, making him know he was safe, "Jack, what happened?" her voice smooth.
"The most horrible creatures you couldn't possibly imagine. Their howls travelled before them…" his voice breaking, he remembered Adam, telling Adam this tale, but he wanted Elena to hear it, he wanted her. "I can remember my father, he yelled to me, 'run take grey' and all I can do is cry out, No, no, dad come with us" he inhaled feeling Elena's arm moving around him, he took in her comfort, "He told me, he was going to get my mother, so me and Grey run…"
"Who's Grey?" Elena couldn't help it; she kept looking into Jack's blue eyes, her hand playing with his hair, brushing it down, soothing the man who was confessing his past.
Jack watched Elena, "He's my brother," he looked guilty, "One minute, his hand was in mine, I don't know when he let go. I don't think I noticed, I thought he was there, just behind me." The tears started to well, "I retraced my steps, hoping that I'd see him again. I ran all the way home…"
"Jack, you don't need to tell me this, if you don't want to talk about it," Elena kept Jack close to her, she brushed her hands down his arm, his eyes focused on her face, felt her lips brush over his, he held onto the kiss for a few seconds.
Jack opened his eyes, "My father died that day, and I searched for Grey for years. I never found the body." He felt Elena still, her eyes kept track of him, "I blocked that memory Elena, I pushed it away, and for some reason, I can remember it so clear, so vivid, I don't know how to push it away again." He looked over her face, "you think I'm losing my mind?"
For a moment Elena kept quiet, her face looking around her bedroom, she finally met Jack's eyes, "No," she brushed her hand against his cheek, "you're not losing your mind." she moved closer to Jack, her hand brushing into his hair, "I love you," she whispered while pressing her lips to his, she kissed him deeply, feeling him move closer to her, her eyes closed feeling him pressed against her.
Jade felt Adam kissing her strongly, his hands working over her top, her eyes kept looking into his, for she couldn't think, her head fussy as Adam kept kissing her deeply, pulling his hands trough her long dark hair. Jade's finger trailed down his shirt pulling the buttons open, she started to kiss down his chest, his hand pulling her shirt throwing it across the floor, but Jade's eyes caught on something in the bedroom, spacing on the cabinets, it felt odd, her eyes going back to Adam, but he's started to kiss down the side of her neck, his hands working over her bra.
Flipping it around, Jade forced Adam on the bed, her eyes looking into his, but he turned them over, she glanced up into Adam's eyes, "What wrong?" she asked him with a deep purr in her voice.
Adam kept looking into her deep brown eyes, "How far would you go for me? I need to know. Would you die for me?" his voice so dark, it sent shivered over Jade, her eyes kept focused around the room, "Jade…" his hand brushed over the baby bump.
"Yes," Her voice small, she felt him leaning into another her, his hand moving up her long skirt, moving to her knickers, but something stopped him. Jade winched feeling pain, some reason the baby kicked, but it wasn't just a kick, it was like it was trying to stop something. "It's okay, carry on…" Jade spoke, but as Adam's finger moved into her knickers, the kick happened again, but this time stronger.
Jade moved on the bed now, her hand reaching for her top, "Jade, what's wrong?" he asked watching her pull the top back on, her hands touching her belly, the fact he kicked, her son kick, her eyes going to Adam for the first time feeling something wasn't right.
"I think it's the baby," her voice small, "I better see Owen," she looked to Adam, her hand reached out grabbing her keys, "I won't be too long…" she tried to sound calm, but was scared. "You wait, right, right there." She turned before rushing out of the flat, her heart beating like a drum in her chest.
Getting into the car, Jade inhaled, she pressed her fingers into her temple while calming herself down, she couldn't understand something, her mind kept getting hard to think, she knew if anything could help her, it would be at the hub. Starting the car, Jade glanced back to the flat, she drove without looking back, she didn't know why, but something wasn't right at all.
Ianto sat in the hub, on the stair case, the bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand, a gun in the other, he kept closing his eyes, seeing the faces of the woman, the pain in his chest, the fact he killed, it made it harder for him to see himself. Ianto kept drinking, but the last of the whiskey was gone, his eyes focused on the gun, playing it over in his hand, thinking it over in his mind. No one would be here tonight, they'd find him in the morning, would any of them really miss him, he wouldn't miss himself.
Ianto heard the sound of the cog door rolling open, the tears still on his face, most of the time, he kept looking over to his journal on the floor open, his hands reached out for something, but was too drunk to be able to lift his own weight.
"Hello," Jade's voice echoed into the darkness, "Anyone here?" she called, but her eyes saw something near the stairs moving, she jumped.
Ianto heard Jade's voice, felt sick, he couldn't, "Jade," he called out while trying to get to his feet, his hands holding onto the desk lifting himself, but the drink in him made it harder to move. "Jade..." his voice cold, heartless, he could feel his pulse racing while thinking about the last girls face, she nearly got away, but he got her, strangled her while she begged for life, he gave her death.
Jade turned quickly, not expecting Ianto here - or that tone in his voice. She walked closer to him, feeling anxiously that something wasn't right. "Ianto?" She saw him, "What happened? What's wrong?" She looked worried.
Ianto got up on his feet, he walked over to Jade, but paused before looking down to her, the baby bump, the look on her face, he remembered that look from the woman, now he was seeing it on her, "I killed three girls..." his voice lifeless, scared.
Her eyebrows pulling together, confusion over taking her, before she looked serious, "Stop kidding around, Ianto." She didn't believe it, she kept looking him over, and he stood in front of her, the smell of drink on him made her scared.
"I'm not joking," he kept his voice still, he moved closer to Jade, "I've loved you, and you threw it at me, so I had to punish you," he kept moving forward, "They looked like you, same face, eyes..." he had a tear rolling down his cheek, "You should lock me in the cells..." he inhaled, "before I kill again..."
For a moment she kept still, her eyes looking him over, "Ianto what are you on about," she kept looking him over, feeling worst.
"I am a Monster!" he pointed to her face, "I've killed, I did it completely without mercy." he then looked her over, he couldn't believe it, this wasn't going to work, "Jade, I'm a monster, you need to lock me up..." he picked a gun placing it to his temple, "lock me up, or I'll end me..."
"Ianto..." Jade said carefully, calmly. Her eyes shifted from the gun that was in his hand against his temple, to his blue glassy eyes. "Give me the gun..." Her voice the same careful and calm. Her hand carefully extended towards it. "I'm going to help you... Your solution, isn't the right one... So please... Give me the gun..." Her fingers were so close to it.
Ianto kept looking to Jade, he could see her hand extending towards his, "I killed a pregnant woman the other night…" his voice stone, the smell of whiskey on his breath, it made Jade step back, the gun still in his hand, her hand covered her mouth in disbelief. For a few seconds Ianto played his finger on the trigger, he looked to Jade, then the feeling on his hands, the sounds of pleading, the feeling of power, and guilt, everything. "Jade, I am not worth saving, I'm a murderer..." he kept looking to her belly, his eyes letting fresh tears roll down over his cheeks, staining his shirt.
"To me, to me, you are worth saving, Ianto Jones." Her voice was barely a whisper. She didn't understand why she felt so powerfully about this. Each tear that escaped his eyes was another painful ache in her heart. Her fingers brushing against his, around the gun, "Please..." She pleaded with him.
Ianto felt her hand touching his hand, his eyes watching her eyes, then he inhaled, "Jade," he couldn't say her name without it ripping him apart, "I can't get away with it..." he looked her over, "Please, just lock me away, throw away the key," he kept crying he didn't want to be around her, when all he wanted was to kill her, but he didn't want to kill her, but the memory of his murders made it clear he was not a stable man.
"Come with me." She was serious, finally having the gun. She placed it down on the desk beside them.
Inside Jack's office, Jade pulled open a compartment, taking out a silver looking device. Putting what looked like a shiny flashlight into it, the green light shone brightly. "This is the best lie detector on the planet." She looked to him sitting across from her, "If the light turns red, its a lie..." She sat down, watching him carefully. "Tell me about it?"
Ianto looked to the green light, he looked to Jade's face, the face he couldn't, "no." he looked dead serious, "Jade..." he felt sick, but he knew that if she was going to lock him away, she'll need the truth.
So he inhaled, he looked away from her, "The first girl," he felt nervous, "The first girl, I found her in a bar, she smiled, and I smiled, offered her a ride him, I felt strange, my hands worked around her throat, she pleaded for me to stop, said she wouldn't tell any one," Ianto laughed, "I felt her life fade and leave, I felt her die..." he looked to Jade's eyes now, the light still green, "and it felt good!" he kept looking to the green light not changing.
Watching the light, unmoving from its bright green and the three little green lights facing her, she remained unmoving, "Tell me, about the second girl?" She felt horrible for making him relived the memories obviously so real in his head, but she didn't believe it, something was drastically wrong.
"This one," He laughed through the tears, through the painful memory of it all, "she nearly got away, but she was too slow!" Ianto kept looking mix emotions, "They all cry, they all beg, but I won't let them leave me," he looked to Jade, "I won't let them leave me and hurt me like you did!" His voice bitter, his eyes kept serious.
Jade watching the green light, seeing it had not changed. She tried not to feel that sudden rush of, 'this is all my fault.' Shaking her head, "And the third girl?" Her voice low, finally bringing her eyes to look into his.
"Jade..." Ianto kept looking to Jade, "Why can't you just admit the truth." he kept watching her behind the test, "I've killed, and you're trusting me in a room alone with you." he kept watching her serious, "How do you know I why you trust, me, with how I killed girls who look like you..." his eyes narrowed. He glanced down to her belly, "She was a bit further along than you are right now…" his voice dead, the light on the lie detector didn't even change a second, the bright green light shining bright.
and moved, standing up quickly, pulling the detector apart and putting the scope down on the desk, before her hand slammed against the wood of it, looking up, tears were welling up in her eyes, "No, Ianto," she kept her hand on her belly, her eyes kept focused on him, "Ianto, I can't believe you…" finally she got to her feet, she kept looking at him, he looked helpless.
Ianto got to his feet, he looked to her, "Jade," he spoke while trying to not remember the things he did, he wanted to believe he wasn't capable of murder, but the memory was burning in his mind, he could feel it, hear it, smell it and all she was doing was making things worse, "If only you was telling the truth," he brushed the tear away, "but I am a killer, you need to accept it."
"Give me, your hand." Her voice cracked, she swore it was the hormones making her cry like this. Holding her hand out for his.
Ianto hesitated, he felt his hand around his wrist, she kept looking to him, he didn't like the way she was looking, he didn't like how he was loving her, but she couldn't love him, Adam, why did the man make him feel sick, he just kept still feeling lost in her eyes.
Jade reached over, feeling her fingers tingling as she brought her hand to his, taking it, finally. Her eyes never seemed to leave his, as she brought his hand closer to her before placing it on the centre of her baby bump. The still baby inside, who hadn't moved since its flip out, when Adam had touched her. Started to kick softly toward the hand now. It made Jade cry harder. "Ianto, say something…" she kept looking over his blue eyes, she felt like her heart was breaking.
Ianto wanted to cry, "Jade," He spoke her name softly, he remembered the pages in his journal, he knew this couldn't be fake, how could he really believe it, but he stopped taking his hand away. "It doesn't stop my memory," he inhaled, "I did it Jade, I killed..."
Shaking her head, Jade moved her hands up to his face, "No, you didn't! I refuse to believe it." Ceasing the tears for a moment, "I'm going to prove you didn't..." Her eyes staring into his, somewhere deep down, she felt as if a great piece in her life was missing. She didn't understand, why, her head telling her to give up, but her heart was saying no. She hadn't realized her thumbs were carefully brushing stray tears from his cheeks.
Jade let her hand leave him, her eyes trailed away toward her cluster of computer monitors. "CCTV..." She whispered, she moved to quickly for a pregnant lady. Getting to her computers, she brought up the last few hours of the hub.
A thumbnail caught her attention, Adam with Ianto against the wall. Touching it with her finger, the player opened up, playing the video.
Jade glanced over the screen, something in Adam's words, "Remember…" Jade whispered to herself, she clicked into the search, every time Adam said remember, he touched someone, scene after scene, everything wasn't making sense, then watching Ianto and Adam, her tears fell more, seeing Adam hurting Ianto, her hand touched her belly before seeing Ianto behind her, he was avoiding her, so Jade Grabbed Ianto forcing him to look at the screen. "Look Ianto!" she forced his face to the scene, "you didn't do it!"
Ianto looked to Adam, he was touching him, he then felt his hands touching his forehead, then he looked to Jade holding her mouth, he kept looking to the screen and looked to Jade again back and forth looking to Jade again, he held her face, he looked into them brown eyes, and finally he kissed her, kissed her like he never wanted her to remember Adam, he wanted her to know he loved her.
Taken far back, for a long moment, Jade either mentally snapped or she was dreaming, like a gush of flood waters, several powerful emotions had taken her over, her fingers tangled into his hair, her lips against his, returning the kiss.
While looking around the computers, Ianto and Jade were busy at work, the sound of the cog door caught both their attention, Jade seeing a big bunch of flowers getting close, then looked and sighed. "Oh, it's only Owen," Jade kept watching as he walked over to Elena's desk placing the flowers down.
"I wasn't here…" he looked from Jade to Ianto, "Were you pulling an all nighter on that box?" he asked trying to work something out.
Ianto looked over to Owen, he felt nervous, the fact in the back of his mind, he did remember the deaths, but Jade spent all of the night telling him, he didn't do it, but as she looked behind Owen, Jade inhaled, "Something like that." She added while seeing Adam entering the hub with Elena and Jack laughing and joking.
Elena walking up to the computers, she saw the flowers by her desk, and then glanced to Jade, "Same outfit two days in a row?" she asked looking to Ianto, "Oh Ianto and Jade, being bad?" she asked with a wink.
Adam kept behind Elena, his eyes narrowed to Ianto, he walked close, "you know I could murder a coffee…" he kept his tone twisted while looking to Ianto.
Jade found it hard to not rip his face off, her hands kept steady on the keyboard looking to Elena, "No, just working," she kept focused feeling Adam's hand on her shoulder, she wanted to throw up.
"Early start?" Jack asked noticing Jade now, "Are you okay?" he asked watching her, then his eyes going to Ianto, "I feel like I am seriously missing something."
Elena looked to Adam, "Someone looks like they are not Mr Happy..." she laughed looking to Jack, then noticed Owen, Ianto on the other hand ignored Adam, him and Jade had spent all night trying to work out who Adam was, everything, but all they came up on record was not anything good, only thing on him was his Torchwood profile that was updated two days ago.
"Babe, I missed you last night." Adam tried to keep casual. He went to pull her into a hug and kiss, but Jade turned, picking up some papers.
Jade moved away from him, "I need to get these filed," she quickly walked fast away from Adam, every piece of strength used to keep herself together.
Elena walked over seeing the flowers on her desk, "Owen," Elena glanced to him feeling finger playing with a petal of the daffodil, her eyes going to Owen feeling awkward again.
Owen's eyes looking to Jack, back to Elena, "I wanted to say sorry about last night," he kept serious tone, "I was out of line, and I don't want to lose our friendship by my stupid actions." He inhaled.
"I don't want to lose out friendship too Owen," she kept a small smile, her hands playing with the flowers, she kept looking to Owen, she didn't know if he knew that Daffodils were her favourite flower.
Adam smiled, "I love when everyone is making up," Adam held his hand, "Group hug everyone," he felt Owen, Elena and Jack coming into the hug, but felt tense as Jade and Ianto kept back from the hug. "Jade, Ianto…" he waved.
Everyone broke out of the hug; the fact all everyone heard was the click of the gun, a look of horror on Owen, Elena and Jack's face. Jade was holding the gun to Adam's face. "Get the fuck away from my FRIENDS!" her voice was dark, her eyes focused and Ianto stood by her side.
"Jade- honey what are you...?" Adam asked turning in his chair to look at her, the dangerous look in her eyes. He kept looking to everyone, kept looking to Jade like she'd flipped her lid.
"Shut up! Adam." She snapped, "If that IS your real name." She glared, her hands both on the gun her focus, she glanced to Jack now, "He isn't one of us, he's something, but he's not one of us!"
Adam laughed, "Jade, what has gotten into you?" he kept looking over to Elena, then Owen who stood by each other looking completely confused, but Jack was moving towards Jack now, "Jack, talk some sense into her…"
Elena looked from Jade to Adam, "Jade, this isn't a funny joke..." her eyes going to Jack, then back to Jade. "Erm, what is going on..." her eyes calming to everything.
Ianto stood beside Jade, he looked to Adam darkly, "Elena," he then looked to Jack, "He is not human, he is not one of us!"
"I heard her say that!" Elena kept still, "Jack…" her voice dropped trying to figure out something, anything to explain the madness that was going on around them.
"You've both lost it!" Owen said meekly feeling as if something bad was going to happen.
"No!" Jade said sharply. "He doesn't belong with us! He doesn't!" She shook the gun.
"Baby, please." Adam tried to calm her down, trying to touch her.
"HANDS AWAY!" Jade screamed at him.
"Jack... Are you just going to let her... DO this?" Owen looked to Jack.
Jack who was staring between Jade and Adam, "I don't feel anything for you..." Jack said.
"What?" Adam looked lost.
"I see you, in my memories, but I feel nothing for you - like the rest of my team, I don't feel the warmth or the pride!" Jack nodded.
"I'm taking him to the vaults!" Jade made Adam stand. "GO!" She yelled at him.
"You can't let her do this!" Adam looked to Owen and Elena as Jade forced him toward the vaults.
Jade wanted to pistol-whip him, but she kept focused on getting him to the vault. "Just watch me bitch!" she snapped while feeling sick with the thought of him touching him.
Elena glanced from something in her hand, "This is Ianto Journal..." she then looked to Ianto, "I am so sorry..." her eyes to Adam, "How could you do this?"
Ianto stood beside Jade, "Adam, you are not one of us," He kept looking to Owen, "you've been lied to, your brains changed," he now turned to Jade, "but we are going to get rid of you Adam!"
Elena kept looking from Jack to Jade, "Just shop him!" Owen shouted while focused.
Jack kept looking to Jade, she was holding the gun to him, "You can't shoot me. You made me live. And you always remember what you killed..." his looked to around, "Don't you Jack!" his snapped feeling Jade's boot in his back kicking him away to the vaults.
"Briefing room, now!" Jack snapped watching his team that was still in the hub heading to the room, he knew what they had to do. He waited for Jade to walk with her to the briefing room seeing everyone sat at the table.
Elena now was sat in the briefing room, she kept looking over to Jack, and then to Owen, finally Ianto thinking about what was going on, everyone seemed to focus on one person. Jack, he was the one to know. Ianto now looked to Jade across the table, "So what are we going to do..." he felt himself looking around to everyone, the cell where Adam was looking panicked.
"Our memories define us. Adam changed those memories... changed who we are. Now I have to help you all go back, find a memory that defines you. Rediscover who you are. If I'm wrong, he'll still be here when we've done this." Jack turned the monitor off, all was a bunch of blue lines moving on black, he kept serious, "Let me take you back to before we all met... Feel around for anything that makes you what you are... the hidden and the forgotten. Tell me where you are?" Jack looked down to Elena first.
Elena closed her eyes, she thought back to before Torchwood, before anything that involved this world, she kept her eyes closed. "I was Fourteen," she smiled, "The first time I'd ever went on a holiday without my parents, and I got drunk for the first time," she closed her eyes, remembering the feeling of warmth going through her, she kept looking to everything, she remembered Ricky, the guy she'd fancied for a long time.
"Hello love!" her face lighting up when she remembered.
Jade stared, forward into a nothing, brushing passed all the lonely feelings. "My sixteenth birthday, I flew to China..." Jade thought about it, how everything looked so bright, busy, the sounds, the smell of gas fumes. "Trying to find out about my mom... Never told my dad, where I was going... " She laughed, "Jadrienne! What are you doing? You come home this instant!" She remembered his voice. "It only took you a week and a half to realize I was gone, father!"
Owen inhaled, his eyes closed taking in the memory, "It's my birthday. I'm ten. Mum spends the whole day screaming, 'I love you because you're my son'" "but that doesn't mean I have to like you."
Ianto kept still, "'Meeting Lisa,' falling in love," never felt so alive. He kept trying to remember the person he wanted to be, the pain hurt his head while looking around.
Owen stared, "Sixteenth birthday..." He whispered. She packed my bags for me, thank you mother! That's the nicest thing you've ever done for me! He felt sick.
"Getting to Russia, its bloody cold," Jade spoke, "They have pretty postcards," her eyes closed. "But what's the point with no one to send them to.
Elena bit her lip, "It hurt, I was drunk, but it still hurt like fucking hell…" her voice weak. "You've got to lose it sooner or later, I'll be gentle…"
"Losing Lisa," Ianto kept his tone dry, "like the world was ending," he kept looking to Jade, he felt horrible.
Finally Elena kept looking forward she laughed, "It was a good time, you have to remember sex is all about a good time" Elena felt a tear roll down her cheek feeling helpless again, "I'd never wanted to fall in love, Ricky thought I had a good time, but I hate the meaning of love," He eyes opened looking to Jack, "Until I met you Jack, I love you..."
Jack kept focused on Elena, "Take this," he handed her the Retcon pill, he walked over to Jade looking down to her, her eyes so wide watching him.
"The wonders of Wales..." Jade trailed off, "Before, I just wanted to always run away... But not now... Torchwood, you give me the reason to keep still." Jade looked at Jack.
Handing her the pill, Jack kissed her on the lips, softly before placing his hand on her bump. "You will always have firm foundations here." He nodded.
Owen watched Jack, he took the glasses off placing them on the table in front of him, "You save one life, a hundred lives but it's never enough." His voice was so helpless, so full of lost hope. "Who'll save me?"
"I will," Jack kept simple, placing the pill in Owen's hand looking to him like he would a brother, he cared about Owen, he wanted this all better, finally Jack was in front of Ianto.
Ianto kept looking to Jack now, "I've never felt wanted until I came here..." his voice so simple, kept watching Jack closely.
Jack placed the pill in Ianto's hand, leant down kissing his forehead carefully, he moved on in front of the group. "You each have a short-tern amnesia pill. It'll make you forget Adam. We have to wipe out the last 48 hours from our memories, go back to who we were."
Elena glanced across the table to Jack, she felt nervous before putting the pill on her tongue, and she knocked it back with water, watching everyone else do the same, except for Jack.
Jack watched while one by one his team slowly feel into a sleep, he moved them a little, just so they were comfortable, then he took his pill, walked into the vaults leaving his team behind.
Elena felt weird walking into work, she kept thinking about things, but it was strange, her eyes going over to Jack, "Does anyone feel like, something is missing?" she looked over to Jade now.
"What do you mean?" Jack replied while looking to Jade and Ianto at computers typing away, the fact was, none of the team can remember anything for the last few days.
Ianto inhaled, "The last forty eight hours. None of us can remember a thing." He spoke while turning to Jade, "I mean, nothing…"
"The system's blank, the CCTV's been wiped. What's been going on? What've we been doing?" her voice calm, but glanced over to Ianto taking his hand feeling like she'd missed him.
Elena glanced, "Thinking a dirty sex orgy with drugs, cos I am sore today…" Elena glanced to Owen holding his hands up, "I'm serious!"
"No, cos I'm not the type to do drugs in my condition," Jade pointed to her belly, "but then again, I've missed the idea of a good orgy…" she laughed looking to Ianto's face.
Jack laughed also, "A Torchwood orgy, but then I don't think we'd erase that memory…" he glanced over, "What's with the flowers?"
Elena glanced to Owen, then to the note in the flowers, "Owen, what did you do while I was away?" she asked folding her arms.
"Huh?" Owen turned from the medical bay, clearing his throat, he played with a new badge on his pocket, "Nothing? Why?" He gazed to the flowers; his eyebrows pulled together, he didn't understand, how they got there.
"Elena, I hate how I always seem to mess things up with you, I'm sorry, love Owen..." Elena glanced to the card again, "It's even got a cute little panda drew on it," she showed Jade looking back to Owen, "so, what did you do while I was away?"
Ianto kept looking to Jade, "How on earth can two days go missing?" he kept looking around the computer.
Owen walked over to Elena, he looked to the note, it was his hand writing, he kept glancing over to Elena, "I honestly don't know," he thought some more, "Maybe I went to a strip club, or maybe watched more porn, or so I think…"
Elena nodded, "Or so you think..." her eyes going to Owen lightly looking to him, "Oh I am going to spank you so hard!" she rushed behind him smacking his arse with her hand roughly, but not enough to hurt through his Jeans.
Ianto glanced to Jade, "so guess we've got to two days we're never getting back..." he looked her over, "Fancy going out for Chinese tonight?" he looked to Jack's office, he felt like he should say something, but decided not to.
"Elena, cut it out!" Owen giggled, wiggling his eyebrows. Before looking over to Jade, "Question! Is it offensive when people suggest to Chinese people going out for Chinese when clearly our version of Chinese is complete... Crap?" He watched her.
Jade shrugged, "I guess it depends on the person." Jade laughed before looking to Ianto, "Also, I'd love too... Honestly. I like our version better." She grinned.
Jack smiled looking over his team, he walked back into his office, "Elena," He called while she stopped spanking Owen; she rushed into Jack's office looking to him. "Can you explain?" he lifted up a pair of silk-laced French knickers.
"I have no idea how they got there…." She reached over snatching them from his hand before looking to the box on his table, "pretty," she pointed out.
Jack picked up the plastic bag, then glanced around, "Who's Adam?" he asked out loud.
Elena shrugged, "I don't know," she then walked away putting the knickers into her back pocket.
Jack glanced to the box, a piece was on the table, he placed in the right place walking away, the box made a noise as it slowly opened. Turning back, Jack picked up the box, he turned it over to have a lot of sand fall into his hand; looking confused he let the same fall through his fingers before going to re join his team, making more jokes about the missing days.