HELLO! I've been neglecting this fic haven't I? Yes! Well, let me make it up to you all! With the next chapter! Jack's torture... so cruel! So funny!!

Anywho... enjoy!

Chapter 4

"How long is this mating ritual again?" Jack asked as Ianto tied his wrists together behind his back with the fourth piece of rope he'd managed to find. Adding that to the leather restraints, the two sets of handcuffs and the rope, Jack doubted he'd be getting out of the chair he was currently seated in for quite a while 'Ianto knows me too well'

"The ritual is approximately 16 minutes long, excluding the fighting beforehand. If you wish to watch that though then it will be approximately 42 minutes long." Ianto replied checking the rope, leather restraints and handcuffs were all secure before standing up and looking at Jack with a lustful gaze. "You know?" He said softly, leaning down towards Jack's face, "If I didn't want to see you do this dare I might tell Owen to go count his scalpels and have my wicked way with you, for a change!" letting his lips brush lightly against Jack's lips he smirked as Jack strained to reach him as he stood upright again and moved away, "But. I really want to see how long you last, so..." Walking away from Jack, deliberately removing his suit jacket so Jack could see his arse in his suit trousers, he headed towards the door slowly. Just before he left the room he turned to look at Jack briefly and his resolve to leave Jack there, untouched, was almost broken.

Jack looked hot! Without the use of his hands he would be able to do nothing if Ianto chose to straddle him in the chair and play games, lick and bit and caress every single bit of him. But. He wanted to see Jack after the dare and see how long he lasted before he sucummed to his own 'nature'.

Collecting his thoughts and the last reserve of self-control he had Ianto looked Jack in the eye before saying, clearly mocking the Captain, "Be seeing you in 16 minutes and 45 seconds. Sir..." he was a cruel man, he really was. To say 'Sir' to his Captain and to say with such lust in his eyes must have killed Jack. Normally he would've dived on Ianto the second the word was out of his mouth, but now... well, now he couldn't have his way with him meaning he'd be all hot and bothered by the time the dare was done, 'It hasn't even started yet and I've got him aroused!'

Sitting in the chair, in the conference room alone, Jack considered the many ways he could happily kill Gwen-bloody-Cooper for choosing to play this ridiculous game! 'Now I'm all hot and bothered and lusting after a certain Welshman who I can't touch for the next... 15 minutes 53 seconds because of a God -forsaken game!' He was so busy ranting that he didn't notice the recording was playing until he heard the first sounds of the Weevils. 'Oh God! I'm not going to last 15 minutes of this!'

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Down in the main Hub the rest of the team were gathered around Tosh's station watching Jack as he struggled against the rope, the handcuffs and the leather restraints; all the while trying not to watch the screen or listen to the sounds of Weevil-sex!

"What's he going to do after he's watched this?" Tosh said softly, trying to hide her giggling as Owen laughed like a hyena on a high and Gwen who guffawed at the sight of Jack struggling with all the restraints.

"After he's let out of the chair he's going to come and find me." Ianto replied quietly, loud enough for only her to hear. "And I'm sure your imagination can supply you with an idea of what he plans on doing." He looked at her pointedly, his eyes dilated with lust and amusement at Jack's predicament."

Blushing furiously Tosh looked back at the screen as Ianto smirked at her reaction and did the same.'I think I have too good an idea Ianto. Too good an idea...'

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'No, no, no, no, no... think of UNIT! Think of paperwork! Think of alien gunk! Think of anything other than SEX!'

Shaking his head profusely Jack tried blocking out the sounds emitting from the speakers and concentrate on getting out of the restraints. They were too tight! He'd got out of one piece of rope and half-out of the first set of handcuffs, but he still had 12 minutes 34 seconds until he could find his Welshman and fuck him senseless! 'OH GOD NO! Definitely DON'T THINK OF IANTO! SHIT!'

Deciding he'd do the one thing he hadn't done in over a decade Jack took a deep breath and started to sing, he didn't know what he was singing but he focused on the words on the beat that tapped using his foot. He ignored the Weevil-sex sounds and the video of it and focused solely on the lyrics he was singing;

As long as he needs me...
Oh, yes, he does need me...
In spite of what you see...
...I'm sure that he needs me.

Focusing on the words spilling from his mouth Jack closed his eyes and thought about anything that came to mind.

Who else would love him still
When they've been used so ill?
He knows I always will...
As long as he needs me.

I miss him so much when he is gone,
But when he's near me
I don't let on...

His voice rose in time with the music playing in his head and he smiled as he thought what the others would make of him singing to avoid the Weevil-sex. It was still making him incredibly horny, but he was able to just about get by with the singing as he waited for the next 10 minutes 12 seconds to tick quickly away.

...The way I feel inside.
The love, I have to hide...
The hell! I've gone my pride
As long as he needs me.

He doesn't say the things he should.
He acts the way he thinks he should.
But all the same,
I'll play
This game


His way.

As long as he needs me...
I know where I must be.
I'll cling on steadfastly...
As long as he needs me.


As long as life is long...
I'll love him right or wrong,
And somehow, I'll be strong...
As long as he needs me.

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"What the heck is he doing!" Gwen exclaimed looking at the link to the conference room. 'He's singing!'

"I believe that what he's doing is generally termed as being singing Gwen. But you'd have to check the dictionary to make sure" Ianto replied looking at the screen, he knew what Jack was doing. He'd told him once that if he couldn't handle something, if he needed to distract himself; REALLY distract himself, then he'd sing. He'd also told him that he hadn't needed to sing in years. 'Wow! This must really be getting to him!'

"I didn't know he could sing" Gwen muttered softly, "He didn't tell me he could sing."

"well, he wouldn't Gwen, you're not dating him are you?" Owen snarked giving Ianto a quick glance to see the Welshman's reaction; an eye-roll as it was, was the best way Ianto conveyed his annoyance or boredom. Right now Owen was guessing he was conveying annoyance. 'I know I'd be annoyed if someone was thinking that they had the right to know everything about my lover over me! Especially if that someone was Gwen Cooper!'

"Does this mean it's really getting to him, or is he just playing around?" Tosh asked looking at Ianto and Owen in turn, expecting one of them to have the answer. They didn't disappoint her expectation. Ianto answered her, his voice low and soft; he sounded almost reminiscent,

"It means it's really getting to him. He hasn't had to sing to side-track his mind in over a decade I think."

"He told you he could sing?" Gwen asked looking at Ianto with an incredulous look upon her face, "Why did he tell you?"

continuing on as though Gwen hadn't spoken Ianto said, "I don't know how long he'll last like that, he's already through two of the restraints; a piece of rope and one of the sets of handcuffs. And, he's got" He checked his stopwatch, "4 minutes and 42 seconds. He's getting slow; normally he's out of restraints in less than a minute." He added looking at the screen absent-mindedly.

'Shit... I just said that aloud! Don't look at them, focus on the screen. Listen to him sing, lose yourself in it...'

I've got to stay true, just
As long as he needs me.

'He's finished the song. Wonder what he's going to sing next?'

A few moments later he found out what Jack was going to sing next as he started to sing; his voice soft and gentle, kind and warm, sad and wistful. Perfect for the song he chose to sing;

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
the only thing that's real
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away
but I remember everything

'Johnny Cash: Hurt' He noted smiling sadly at the screen. Jack always could find a way of getting him to feel happy and sad, powerful and powerless, naive and knowledgeable all at the same time. And he felt like that right now. He knew why Jack was singing that song, he knew it wasn't just to pass the time. He also knew that he couldn't really understand how deeply Jack related to the lyrics, either in one way or another. He knew Jack but didn't really know Jack.

what have I become?
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away in the end
and you could have it all
my empire of dirt

I will let you down
I will make you hurt

"Ianto, time's up." Tosh said touching his arm gently as he looked away from the screen and into her eyes. She smiled sadly as she saw the intense emotions in his eyes and the look of wistful longing he was giving her, although it wasn't really meant for her. It was meant for Jack.

"Thanks Tosh. I'll go and set him free. You might want to play some loud music in here for a while." Ianto whispered softly, making sure Owen and Gwen couldn't hear him. She nodded knowingly and watched as he turned and headed towards conference room silently. Unnoticed by the other two, he snuck around them and up to the conference room in absolute silence; his footfalls silent upon the Hub ground.

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Still singing Jack didn't hear the door to the conference room open, nor did he hear, sense or smell the Welshman until he was directly behind him and leaning down to untie the rest of the rope around his wrists. Stopping immediately Jack craned his neck so he could look at Ianto as he undid the bounds that held to the chair.

"Ianto. Is it over?" Jack asked softly, looking at his lover and waiting for him to look at him directly.

"Yes Jack. Your dare is over and you still live" Ianto replied, in a light tone as he finished with the ropes and started on the handcuffs. Silently he worked on them until they too came off and he only had to remove the leather restraints. "You didn't die and you survived Owen's dare. You should be very proud of yourself Sir."

The leather restraints came off, clattered to the floor and then Jack was free. Without missing a beat Jack was out of the chair and bounding out of the conference room as Ianto stooped down to pick up the restraints and carried them into the main Hub, depositing them on his desk just in time to witness...

"HARPER!" Jack shouted making a beeline for Owen, who was standing next to Tosh, and grinning truly like a madman. "THIS IS FOR THE WEEVIL-SEX!"

Grabbing hold of the front of Owen's shirt he didn't waste a second or allow Owen to react before his lips pushed against Owen's. He pushed against him and was quite surprised when Owen started to kiss back. Breaking away before tongues were added into the equation, Jack let go of Owen's shirt and stepped back a step or two so as to look him in the eye. "If you ever dare me to do something like that again and you will regret it."

Turning away from Owen, Jack set his sights on Ianto who was standing by his desk looking like he'd just had a heart-attack. 'I've just kissed Owen, had him kissing back in front of him. Yeah, I'm guessing it's right for him to have a heart-attack!'

"Now! If you'll just excuse me and Ianto for the rest of the night. You all get some rest, Ianto got the sleeping bags out of storage earlier; they're in the sleeping quarters just off the armoury. Don't want to see or hear you until 10 am tomorrow morning. We'll finish the game then, now go to sleep it's nearly..." He looked at his watch and raised his eyebrows, "11:30pm. Now, get!"

Without waiting Jack strode across to Ianto and grabbed his tie and the pile of restraints on his desk. Smirking evilly he dragged Ianto off by his tie towards his office, laughing as Ianto tripped and collided with him.

"God help you Teaboy!" Owen called after Jack and Ianto, grinning when Ianto turned his head to look back at him and glare before giving him the finger 'Now that's a first for Ianto!'

"Goodnight Owen!" Jack called, not looking back, "Goodnight Tosh, Gwen." Him and Ianto disappeared into his office and when the door clicked shut Tosh started giggling madly as she made her way down to the sleeping quarters, with Owen following closely behind and Gwen bringing up the rear. 'Poor Ianto' she thought as she quickly shut off her computers and the main lighting on her way out of the main Hub.

"Do you think he'll be able to walk tomorrow?" Owen joked grinning like a maniac, "Or do you think we won't see him at all tomorrow?"

Glaring at Owen, Tosh entered the first room they came to and sat down on the bed. Owen took the next room and Gwen the last. Pretty soon they were all asleep, whilst up in Jack's office and bunk Jack and Ianto were doing anything but sleeping!

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Tune in next time to find out WHAT Jack is doing to Ianto!

Hope you enjoyed it! Tell me what you think and I might write more soon!!

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