N/B I have used the script for CoE on one particular part.
Chapter Four
Jack paced around the hub. 'Where the hell is he?' He shouted.
Gwen winced, but she continued to work on the computer. She was worried as well. With everything that had happened, and with the loss of Owen, and Tosh they were all extremely protective of each other. She glanced over at her best friend again, Gwen could see how much Jack was worried, not about a friend, but about the man he loved.
'I don't know Jack. I can't find him anywhere. His mobile is off, and the last tower that he had hit was in the centre of Cardiff.'
'What about this new friend of his uhhhh.' Jack stopped walking, and for the life of him couldn't remember what her name was. He couldn't even remember if Ianto had told him her name. 'Why didn't I take more notice?' He muttered to himself.
'Jack?' Gwen stared at him with confusion on her face.
'Nothing, I'm just talking to myself.' Jack mumbled, and then continued to pace again.
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Ianto woke up and looked around. He was in some kind of warehouse. He had no idea where he was if he was still in Cardiff. Hell, he didn't even know if he was in the UK. Ianto had no idea how long he'd been unconscious for. He tried to move, but his arms and legs were strapped down.
'This is not good.' He muttered to himself. 'HELP!' Ianto yelled at the top of his voice.
'No one can hear you Ianto.' Tracey told him as she walked out from a dark corner.
'Tracey, why are you doing this to me? I thought we were becoming friends.' Ianto was so confused at what was happening.
'We did become friends Ianto. I know it doesn't look like it now, but I am doing this for your own good. Trust me. When you look back, you'll understand what gift I gave you. You are a good man Ianto Jones, and the world needs more people like you in it.' With that she placed an oxygen mask over his face.
Ianto winced as he felt a prick in his arm. He knew that it was some kind of injection. It didn't take long before it felt as if lava ran through his veins instead of blood. He screamed, but the mask muffled it. Ianto struggled with the restraints. The pain had become so severe, tears fell from his eyes. He wanted it to be over, he wanted to be dead.
'It'll be over soon sweet Ianto.' Tracey put a cold cloth on his forehead.
Ianto felt another prick, and it wasn't long before he welcomed oblivion.
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Jack stormed back into the hub after being outside, and there he searched for Ianto. He hadn't found a clue.
'Gwen, have you found him yet?' Jack yelled.
Gwen looked at him and shook her head. Her eyes were red. She couldn't lose someone else she loved. Not so soon after the others. She knew that she would miss him, but how would Jack suffer. He was, after all, dating him.
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Ianto doesn't know how long he'd been drugged, tied up and injected. All he knows that he has had 14 of them so far. They eventually made him sick and weak. Why was she doing this to him? He was no one special Tracey hadn't asked for any information, nothing. All she kept doing was to say sorry, and that one day he would understand.
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Jack sat on his chair in his office. He held one of Ianto's ties in his hands and lets the silk run through his fingers. Jack smiled at the memory of Ianto telling him that he would miss him; he then grabbed his head and kissed him. He had gone weak at that kiss. He loved all that passion that was hidden beneath those professional suits. Tears fell from his eyes. It had been a week with no sign of his lover. It couldn't end like this.
'Jack, get bloody over here.' Gwen yelled.
Jack let the tie fall onto his desk as he rushed over to her side. Once he was stood next to her Gwen pointed up to the screen, and there in the information bureau on the floor was Ianto.
Jack turned and ran to the large circular door, as soon as he could fit through the gap, he did. He made it as soon as he could to the tiny little office.
'Ianto,' Jack whispered as he pulled the younger man into his arms. 'Ianto.' He tried again. This time there was movement.
'Jack, she kept injecting me with something.' Ianto whispered.
'Don't worry Ianto, your home now. We'll find out what it is.' Jack pulled Ianto against his chest. He thought he would never get to feel this again.
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Thames House, London
Alarms began to blare around Jack and Ianto. Jack turns and stares at the large glass container that holds species 456.
'What have you done?' Jack demanded.
'You wanted a demonstration of war. A virus has been released. It will kill everyone in the building.' 456 replied.
Jack runs into the hallway and addresses the guard that is there.
'The air's poison. Call someone. Shut down the air conditioning, block every air vent. Get gas masks, hazard suits, oxygen cylinders.' Jack orders him.
Ianto cocks his gun and aims it at species 456. His voice is calm as he speaks. If there's a virus, then there must be an antivirus. Release it now, or I'll blow a hole in that tank, and we'll all die together.'
Jack ran back in and spoke in a panicked tone. 'You made your point, now stop this, and we can talk.'
'You are dying, even now.' It tells them.
Jack and Ianto fire at the tank, but it doesn't even scratch it. As they lower their guns, there is a piercing screeching noise from the aliens.
'What's that noise? What's it doing?' Jack wanted to know.
Large blobs of green mucus that splattered against the tank wall as the alien continued to shriek eerily, it banged its menacing claws against the glass. The noise suddenly stops just as it started
Jack turned to Ianto and placed his hands on his shoulders. Jack's eyes have started to fill with tears as he looks at his lover.
'We've got to see you out of here. I can survive anything, but you can't!' Jack whispered.
'Too late. I've breathed the air.' Ianto replied.
'There's got to be something—there's got to be an antidote!' Jack demands in panic.
Ianto stumbled slightly as his body begins to get weaker because of the poison.
'You said you would fight.' The aliens wanted to know.
Jack lets go of Ianto and turned to the glass enclosure. 'Then I take it back, alright? I take it all back—but not him!' Ianto fell to the ground, Jack going down with him to support the younger man as much as he can. 'No! No no no no no no no—no!. No. Ianto. No, no, no…' Ianto is sprawled on the floor as Jack cradled him in his arms and cried. 'It's all my fault.'
'No it's not.' Ianto managed to choke out.
'Don't speak, save your breath.' Jack begged him.
Ianto started to sob. 'I love you.'
'Don't.' Jack shook his head. He couldn't hear those words not now, not as a goodbye. Ianto wasn't going to leave him. Ianto's eyes fall closed, Jack grabbed his shoulders and tried to wake him. 'Ianto. Ianto? Ianto, stay with me. Ianto, stay with me please—stay with me, stay with me, please!' His voice became more desperate with each word.
Ianto's eyes open, and he stared for a moment Jack who had now started to sob.
'Hey. It was—good, yeah?' Ianto asked.
'Yeah.' Jack replied.
'Don't forget me.'
Jack smiled at him. 'Never could.'
'A thousand years' time…you won't remember me.'
'Yes I will. I promise, I will.' Jack vowed. Ianto gasped out his last breath as his life finally faded out of his body. 'Ianto. Ianto? Don't go. Don't leave me, please. Please, don't—.'
Jack looked up at species 456. Tears fell from his eyes; his heart ached with the loss of the man he loved. Guilt ate him up inside, Ianto had died and had not known that Jack did love him, loved him more than he had anyone else in a terribly long time. He bent his head and placed a kiss on Ianto's lips. His body gives out, and he collapsed next to his beloved.
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Gwen stood, steeled herself for a moment. This is the time that she is worried that Jack won't come back to life. She slowly moved forward, her boots clicked loudly in the dead silent room. She knelt down between the bodies labelled 13 and 14. She pulled the cover off of the body, and it revealed Jack. Gwen looked down at his body, and she smiled tenderly.
Jack gasped to life, but softly, unlike his usual immense intake of breath. This is the one time he didn't want to wake up. He sat up, looked forward, then glanced to his side, and then stared at his lap, unable to look at Gwen. He didn't want to see the loss on her face. It would hit him again that he had lost Ianto.
'Jack, Ianto's alive.' Gwen touched his shoulder.
Jack turned to her suddenly. 'He can't be.'
'He is it seems that he also could have the cure.'
'I have to see him now.' Jack climbed out of the body bag. 'Let's go.'
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'Ianto.' Jack whispered, and smiled as the younger man opened his eyes.
'Jack.'
'I love you Ianto.' Jack told him. He needed to let him know how he felt.
'I love you too.'
'What happened?'
'I think it was Tracey. Whatever, she did saved me.' Ianto explained. Jack nodded there was no other explanation he could think of
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Ianto lay in his bed and went through his mail. He was still weak, and Jack was being extremely over-protective. He could help but smile at how sweet it was.
Ianto,
I'm sorry I kidnapped you, but you wouldn't have believed me.
I knew that you had to survive. You are the one that Jack needed to help him. If you died all those people in the future that he would have saved, they died with you.
I hope you forgive me. I doubt if we will ever meet again.
You're a good man Ianto Jones. I was lucky to have known you.
Regards,
Tracey.
'Of course I forgive you Tracey, you gave me my life.' Ianto whispered.
Jack walked into the bedroom and lay on the bed. He pulled Ianto into his arms and held him. He would never take Ianto and their love for granted again. He would make the most of their time together, however long that may be.
Ianto passed the letter over to Jack who read it.
'She was right; I do need you in my life.' Jack smiled and kissed him.
The End
