A Shot in the Dark Chapter 3, a Harry Potter + Torchwood Crossover fanfic

A Shot in the Dark by Lady Squish

Summary : Things didn't go exactly as planned during the final battle between Voldemort and Harry. Now, five years later, Ianto Jones has a secret that he hasn't told anyone. What do these two have to do with each other? Crossover Harry Potter/Torchwood

Warnings – Past Character Death, Past Relationships (Het and Slash), Slash, Adult Themes.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything expect the plot. Harry Potter belongs to JKR and Torchwood belongs to RTD. Also, one main idea belongs to Hope Night who has given me permission to use it.

Spoilers - Fragments

AN: This is just a general disclaimer that from this point on there will be parts that come directly from the Torchwood script and it's writers. I make no claim to this but I have changed a lot of things. After all, it is AU. Thanks!

-Chapter 3-

It had been a long day for Ianto and he was glad that it was finally over. He had opened the shop for a few hours today, but had ended up closing early so that he could spend some time with Teddy before he went back to school tomorrow. That was one thing that he hated about owning his own shop without anyone else, there was no one else to take over when he wanted some time off. He also never took into account how boring having a regular job was. He was used to running around defeating the bad guys and keeping the peace. Being a normal person was so....tedious!

Not that there was anything against being normal. He had quite enjoyed it for the first year or so of his new life and had really enjoyed opening up his shop and doing all the things that everyone else did like shopping and watching television, but after a while it did become a bit of a bore.

For the past month or so he had been musing about hiring someone to take over managing the place, so he could have more time to himself or to find something more exciting to do, but had yet to actually put any action toward the idea.

Now that he was immortal he didn't sleep as much so had more time on his hands now than he ever wanted and sometimes that made the monotony of the days last so much longer. He could have used that during the war, he thought to himself ideally, but then again being unable to sleep was how he ended up where he was now.

It had to be around three in the morning, and here he was wandering the streets of Cardiff....again. After changing out of his suit he had worn most of the day and into more comfortable jeans and a tee shirt and the studded belt that he had gotten from.... Ianto shook his head. Now was not the time to think about him.

Leaving his house he had sat up the usual wards and alarms around the house he and Teddy lived in, so he would know if anything was wrong or if Teddy woke, but after that he had decided to go for a walk. It wasn't like anyone could get into the house, with how secure it was, and he could apparate back in a second if he was notified.

So here he was walking the streets alone, like he ended up doing most nights. It was better than staying in the silent house where his memories could get him, anyway.

Ianto was making his way out of the main city, toward the more wooded area, when he heard the sound of a struggle further on. Rolling his eyes, thinking it was some pub crawlers who had gotten lost in his drunken stupor, he moved toward the woods ready to help the poor bugger back to the city. What he didn't expect to find was Captain Jack Harkness struggling against....what was that thing? Ianto moved closer and suddenly he realized what it was. It was a weevil! Well, he hadn't seen one of those in awhile.

The weevil growled and moved in to attack Jack and Ianto quickly knelt and pulled the small tranq-gun that he kept stashed in an ankle holster and smiled as Auror Moody's voice screamed CONSTANT VILIGENCE! in his mind.

He quickly took aim at the neck of the weevil, but before he could pull the trigger, it moved in and latched onto Jack's neck. Jack let out a pained yell and tried to push it off, but the weevil held on. Not wanting it to rip out the man's neck, Ianto took aim and let off two shots, both meeting their target dead center. The weevil staggered for a moment before it dropped to the ground, asleep.

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Jack had expected to die at the hand of the weevil, after all it wouldn't be the first time and he could tell that this weevil was particularly vengeful as it latched onto his neck. After his initial shocked and pained cry he had tried to get the weevil spray out of his pocket, hoping to bring it down with him. What he had not expected was to hear two shots and feel the weevil pull back and fall to the ground. What he really hadn't expected was to see Ianto Jones, coffee makes extraordinaire, standing there with a small weapon pointed at the fallen weevil.

"Ianto!" He exclaimed, shocked. The man looked toward the captain, but didn't lower his weapon from the fallen alien.

"You might want to tie that up before we get into some explanations here. The tranquilizer isn't very strong, so I don't know how long it will last." He explained calmly and kept the weapon steady, even when the weevil started to jerk.

Jack shook his head, trying to dispel his confusion but when he saw the weevil start to wake, he quickly pulled out a syringe and with a quick shot, trussed up the alien for transport. Ianto watched the captain's quick movements with a curious eyebrow raised.

Once the weevil was dealt with, Ianto quickly lowered the gun and knelt to stash it back in his holster. Neither man said anything, but then Ianto stood again and looked Jack strait in the eye.

"So, your Torchwood then?"

Jack could count the number of times in his life he had been shocked on one hand, but Ianto seemed bent and determined to throw Jack at every turn. What else did this guy have hidden up his sleeve?

"I don't know what you're talking about." Jack tried to deny, looking at Ianto suspiciously.

Ianto just smirked at him, lifting one eyebrow. "Really now, and here I thought that the SUV parked in the trees over there was yours." He jerked his head toward the other end of the clearing, where the car was parked, the giant red Torchwood logo gleaming in the moonlight.

Jack mentally groaned and shook his head, before looking back at Ianto.

"Okay, so say I am. How do you know what Torchwood is?"

Ianto looked back down at the weevil and studied it, like he was trying to make a decision, before he looked back at Jack.

"How about I help you with this guy, then we'll trade a little information. I have a feeling that there's a lot more that will need explaining when I tell you how I know about this 'secret' organization." Ianto did air quotes with the word secret, and Jack couldn't help but smile, some of the tension broken. He had to admit for something that was supposed to be so secret, it really wasn't.

"Yeah, I guess. It's not like you don't already know who we are. Just one question though, you're not an alien are you?" Jack asked half playfully, half serious.

Ianto just rolled his eyes at the captain and smirked.

"Now if I was, and was planning on world domination or something, do you really think I would tell you?"

Jack laughed and admitted that it was a stupid question. The two moved toward the weevil and together lifted it, moving it efficiently to the back of the SUV. Jack then jogged around to the front but hesitated. He liked Ianto, but he really didn't want him to know where the hub was, especially if there was a chance that he was an alien trying to take over the world. Ianto must have noticed his hesitation because he came over to Jack and took the option out of his hands.

"How about I tell you where I live and when you get done with this, you can come by and we can have that talk?" he suggested. That would make things much easier, Jack decided, and he could have Tosh run a quick record check, just to be on the safe side.

Jack quickly agreed and scribbled down the address that Ianto gave him.

"Just come by whenever. I most likely won't be asleep and I'm not opening the shop tomorrow, as I've got some personal things to take care of, so any time until lunch is fine."

With a nod, the two quickly parted, Ianto back home to check on Teddy and make plans and Jack back to the hub to deal with the weevil and call up Tosh. He needed to get as much information on Ianto as he could, as he was turning out to be much more interesting than Jack had expected and he wasn't sure how many more surprises he could take.

TBC...

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Edited 12/19/2009