Hello all!!I just finished a big assignment and decided the best way to celebrate was by writing a new chapter :) So here it is I hope you like it please review PLEASE!!!!! Oh and there are mention of people you might be scratching your head and thinking who is that??? All will be axplained as the story progresses and most of it in ther next chapter.
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Kayla
This chapter is dedicated to Me (my friend), Aleska, Elanor16, Tylluan, Wolfy28, Poisoned-Thorns and Trachstar 211. Review replies will be at the bottom of the chapter.
Chapter 6 Old Faces, New Discoveries and an Annoying Demon That Just Won't Go Away
Jack stood transfixed, watching Ianto as he got closer and closer. He wanted to run to him, throw his arms around him and never let him go, but he was frozen in place, barely able to believe what his eyes were seeing. Was he dreaming? Was he hallucinating? He blinked a few times but Ianto was still there. He pinched the back of his hand and it hurt. Okay, so maybe not dreaming and probably not hallucinating either. Oh, god please let it be real.
Finally, Ianto stopped about a foot away from Jack and gave him one of those lovely, shy smiles that Jack loved so much. "Hello, Jack," he greeted in a quiet tone.
"Ianto," was all Jack could say back. All of his rational thoughts had fled the moment he heard that gorgeous Welsh voice speaking to him again. They gazed at each other for a few moments, neither of them really sure what to do.
Jack's attention was pulled away for a moment when he felt a gentle hand on his arm. He glanced round and found himself looking straight into Donna's eyes. She didn't say anything; she simply smiled fondly at him before continuing on to the tourist office and disappearing inside.
Jack watched her go before turning his attention back to his beautiful Welshman. Ianto hadn't moved; he still stood in exactly the same place, watching Jack with patient, loving eyes. Jack allowed his eyes to roam over the young man's body, taking in all the minute changes that one didn't notice unless they were really looking. His skin looked like it had seen a bit more sun than it used to in the past, his body seemed more filled out, his eyes were a different colour, and Jack could remember them glowing that very same colour just a few hours ago.
At the same time though, Ianto wasn't any taller or shorter, his hair was the same length and colour, he still looked fantastic in red and that smile; the way he looked at Jack like he was all the younger man would ever need, that was exactly the same.
Jack's gaze met Ianto's once more, and he felt tears burning in his eyes. He wanted to touch Ianto; to hold him, to kiss him; god only knew how much. But he couldn't shake the horrible fear that Ianto would disappear as soon as he tried to touch him. Ianto wouldn't would he? He wasn't dreaming again was he? The pinch had hurt but dreams could feel so real sometimes. He felt his breath catch on a sob, and the tears escaped his eyes. He couldn't be imaging it. He couldn't take that.
He saw pain and understanding fill Ianto's eyes and the young man took a step toward him. Jack stiffened and took a step back, shaking his head. "No, I don't want you to disappear yet," he said tearfully.
He watched as Ianto's eyes filled with tears, and he imagined they were more for him than Ianto himself. The young Welshman had never liked seeing him hurt, preferring to be in pain himself. "Jack, I'm real," he said quietly. "I'm not a dream. Please let me prove it to you." He took another step forward.
Jack wanted so badly to believe, and he knew it would hurt like hell if it proved to be a hallucination, but he had to take the chance. He stopped backing away from the vision and stayed perfectly still, mentally preparing himself for the moment when Ianto would disappear, and he'd wake up in his bed in the TARDIS.
Ianto stopped when he was standing less than a foot in front of Jack once more and slowly reached out his hand to touch Jack's face.
Jack let out a shaky breath as he felt Ianto's fingers gently caress the skin of his cheek. He was real, oh god, Ianto was really here. A desperate sob escaped Jack's lips as he threw his arms around the young guardian and held him as tightly as his tired body could manage. He felt an incredible surge of pleasure as Ianto's hands slid around his waist and held him back even tighter.
"Ianto, my, Ianto," he sobbed into the other man's shoulder.
"Yes, Jack, I'm here."
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The Doctor sat in front of one of the Torchwood computers, sonic screwdriver in hand, trying to work out what was going wrong with the program he was trying to run. It was a simple enough procedure, but somehow he couldn't make it work and it was driving him mad. With a growl, he dropped the sonic screwdriver on the desk and rested his chin on his hands for a second. There had to be a reason why it wasn't working. He had to be missing something, but what?
He jumped when he realized he'd nearly fallen asleep just sitting there like that. Having gone without sleep for the last several days certainly wasn't helping matters, but he could do this. Surely he'd worked under such conditions before, hadn't he?
He picked up the sonic screwdriver once more and glared at his hand as it shook in defiance. "You're not helping things you know," he lectured it, and then immediately felt really stupid that he was talking to a hand. He forced it to press the button and the screwdriver buzzed to life. He then threw a victory grin at his hand before he realized what he was doing. "I'm claiming victory over my hand? I really must be going mad," he mumbled to himself, turning his attention back to the still not working program.
He was so focused and tired that he missed the sound of the alarms going off to indicate that someone had entered the hub through the cog doors. He missed the gasps of shock as the person in question made her way over to the desk he was currently occupying without saying a word to anyone. He didn't however, miss the hand that covered his around the screwdriver, keeping it steady so it could work properly. A large box flashed up on the screen to indicate that the program had activated, and the Doctor grinned at his achievement for a moment before looking up to see whose hand was wrapped around his.
His eyes grew wide as his gaze settled on Donna Noble, his former companion and possibly the best friend he'd ever had. "Donna," he gasped her name. "Donna, what are you doing here?" he asked with slightly more volume.
Donna didn't reply. Instead, she plucked the screwdriver from his hand and yanked him to his feet before pulling him over to the new couch Gwen had ordered that was still positioned just up the stairs from the medical bay. She then plonked him down on the couch and disappeared with a very direct order for the Doctor to stay put.
For the Doctor's part, he was far too shocked to see her there to do anything but stare after her open-mouthed.
Donna returned a few moments later with a very large glass of water and handed it to the Doctor before taking a seat beside him. "You need to take a break; you're no use to anyone if you die of exhaustion."
The Doctor stared at the glass of water for a few moments before turning his attention back to Donna. "Donna, what are you doing here?" he asked again. "You're not even supposed to remember me. You know what will happen if you get all that knowledge back."
"Well I have, and I'm fine. We can discuss the details of how and why later. Right now, you shouldn't be doing anything but going into that TARDIS, fixing that nasty gash and going to sleep for a full day at least."
"I have to get these people back home," he argued.
"They can wait another day," she argued back. They stared each other down for a minute before the Doctor gave up, knowing how insanely stubborn Donna could be.
"All right, fine, I'll rest for a while," he conceded.
"Good." Donna sat back in the chair looking all too pleased with herself. "So, this is the Torchwood hub?"
"The rebuilt one anyway."
Donna nodded. "It's very…big."
The Doctor just looked at her for a moment before saying her name quietly.
Donna turned to look at him with questioning eyes.
"It's really good to see you."
Donna smiled. "You too, spaceman," she replied.
The Doctor didn't miss the friendly, adoring look she gave him as she said it. She really was the best friend he'd ever had.
"So aside from the last week or so, how have you been?" she asked
The Doctor looked away, not sure how she'd react if he told her that he'd spent the last year or so going out of his mind missing her. He looked back up when he felt her hand on his and found her looking at him with an understanding smile. He turned his hand over so he could link his fingers through hers and smiled when he felt her squeeze his hand lightly.
"Hey, I've got some interesting news for you."
The Doctor raised his eyebrows and looked at her expectantly. "What?" he asked, eager for some more pleasant news.
"You'll never guess who I've just been talking to."
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Jack wasn't sure how much time passed as he stood outside the tourist office holding Ianto. He knew the tears had stopped somewhere along the line; he just wasn't sure exactly when. Time had ceased to mean anything to him. He didn't care how long they'd been out there or whether or not anyone was wondering where he was. Ianto was here. He was in Jack's arms, and as long as Ianto had no objections, Jack wasn't going to do anything to change that.
He felt one of Ianto's hands come up to gently stroke his hair while the young man's lips pressed softly against his temple.
"Are you all right?" the Welshman asked quietly.
Jack thought about it. "Do you want the honest answer?" he asked in return.
"Of course."
Jack shook his head slightly. "No, I'm not. Nothing's right anymore. Every time I close my eyes I see you die. Every inch of me hurts all the time. I can't sleep, but when I do I usually have horrible nightmares, and I still wake up looking for you next to me. I feel empty and cold and miserable, and I want you to come back. I don't want to be here without you anymore." He felt the tears threatening again and clung to Ianto as if the man were a lifeline.
He felt Ianto's hand gently stroking his hair once more, calming him. "It's okay I'm here," Ianto whispered, the other hand stroking up and down Jack's back soothingly.
Jack felt a horrible, sick feeling in the bottom of his stomach as he opened his mouth to ask Ianto the next question. He was deathly afraid of what the answer was going to be but he had to know. "How long?"
"How long what, Jack?" Ianto asked back.
"How long have we got?" He felt Ianto pulling back slightly and even though Jack didn't want to, he released his grip just a little so Ianto could look into his eyes.
"What do you mean?" the man asked, as if confused by the question.
Jack searched his face for a moment before replying. "I mean, how long before you have to go back to wherever it is you exist now?" He saw understanding dawn on the Welshman's face.
"Ah, well…" Ianto's expression changed, and Jack couldn't read it, but then the man said, "That's kind of up to you."
"What?" Jack asked feeling rather confused.
"Um, Ianto, sorry to interrupt, mate."
Jack noted that Ianto seemed as surprised as he was to hear a voice coming from beside them. They turned to see Owen standing a few feet away from them on the walkway, looking rather worried.
"What's wrong, Owen?" Ianto asked.
"We have a problem."
No sooner had the words left his mouth than a massive, swirling rift opened up in the sky over Cardiff Bay.
"What the hell is that?" Jack asked.
Owen and Ianto exchanged worried looks. "Oh, it's the big bad, Jack." Owen replied.
The three men slipped immediately into crisis mode, all of them forgetting that a moment ago Jack and Ianto had been involved in a conversation that could very well determine how they spent the rest of their existence.
A massive shock wave caused by the opening of the rift shook the bay and Ianto quickly grabbed Jack's hand and pulled him into the tourist office.
"What is it?" Jack asked again.
"Cessilus." Owen replied as the secret door opened behind the counter. "And he's bringing some friends."
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Donna and the Doctor looked up as the computers sounded an alarm, indicating that something was wrong. The Torchwood personnel were immediately at their stations, looking at the footage of the massive swirling rift now opening over Cardiff Bay.
"What the hell is that?" Mickey asked
"I've never seen anything like it" Gwen replied.
The Doctor and Donna got up to have a look but were interrupted as an energy surge hit the ground above them, throwing them to the floor. Mere moments later, Jack's voice yelling at them to run, drew their attention to the cog door from where he, Ianto and Owen were entering at pace.
"Everyone get in the TARDIS!" Jack yelled.
"Jack what the hell's going on?" Gwen demanded before her eyes fell on Owen and Ianto. "Owen, Ianto, what-"
She was cut off by Owen, who ran over to her and grabbed one of her hands and one of Martha's and began pulling them toward the TARDIS. "Jack's not telling you to run because it sounds like a good pastime, sweetheart" he said, leaving them next to the TARDIS and heading down with Ianto to find the rest of their past guests while Jack grabbed the Doctor and Donna.
They flung the large board room door open and Owen addressed the group. "All right, everyone, listen up. There's danger heading this way, and we have to move. Grab anything you absolutely have to bring along and let's go."
Most of the group moved to comply except for two women at the back of the room who looked like they fell out of a BBC classic DVD. "Why? What's going on?" one of them demanded.
"You don't need to worry about that love. Just get your stuff and let's go," Owen replied.
"And what will happen if I don't come with you?" she asked
"You'll die." Owen replied matter-of-factly.
"And what exactly am I going to die from?" she demanded.
This time it was Ianto who spoke. "You know what, don't come. Stay here and die. I'm sure no one will miss you." He whirled around and left the room with a grinning Owen following close behind. They both knew who those women were, and what they'd done to Jack long ago. Ianto was very right; no one would care if they died, except maybe each other.
Halfway down the hall, the sound of the ladies footsteps following behind them caused Owen to grin knowingly over at Ianto. Reverse psychology; worked every time!
They got back to the TARDIS and loaded everyone up inside. Ianto closed the door behind the last one and made his way over to where Jack stood with the Doctor and Donna, looking at one of the TARDIS' consoles.
"Can we get away from here?" Jack was asking. "Maybe to an uninhabited planet somewhere; draw Cessilus away from Earth?"
"No," the Doctor replied. "There's some kind of energy field wrapped around the bay. The TARDIS will never get through it."
Jack's gaze shifted, and he saw Ianto approaching. As soon as the young man was close enough Jack slipped an arm around him and held him tightly against his side, ignoring the curious looks he was getting from the past Torchwood staff. He felt Ianto's arm slip around him in return, holding him just as tightly.
"What about a different time? Can we go to another time and on to another planet from there?" Ianto asked.
The Doctor shook his head. "The field permeates time as well as space. We won't be able to get past it that way either."
"Okay, so we have to make our stand here. Doctor, can you get the TARDIS down to the very bottom level of the hub?" Ianto asked.
"Yes, that shouldn't be a problem, but why?"
"It's the most defensible location we've got. The hallways are narrower, and it'll take longer for them to get there, which gives us more time to plan what we're going to do. Plus the further down we go the further down they have to come to catch us, which should hopefully mean less civilian casualties" Ianto replied.
"Good enough for me," the Doctor replied, running to the other side of the console, pushing buttons and pulling levers as he went. The TARDIS shook and rattled for a few seconds before becoming still once more. The Doctor ran back to where the other three were standing and pulled up a 3D image of where they were within the hub.
Ianto looked at the picture and nodded. "All right, I think this is the best place we can be. Now all we have to do is-"
A loud thumping on the TARDIS door caused everyone to freeze and turn their attention toward it.
"Is that them already?" Gwen asked.
"If it was them why would they be knocking?" Mickey countered.
"Because maybe they can't get in any other way," Gwen snarked back.
"That's enough you two!" Martha scolded.
Another knock on the door caused everyone to jump, and Mickey and Gwen stopped glaring at each other and turned their attention back to the door.
"I'm reading several heat signatures outside the TARDIS," the Doctor announced. "But they don't seem to be coming any closer; they're just kind of standing there, almost like they're waiting for something."
"Hey, Yan."
The group turned back toward the door once more and gasped. A head and half a torso were poking through the TARDIS door. While that might seem strange in and of itself, what made it stranger still was who the head belonged to. A pair of dark brown eyes focused on Ianto who was standing over next to Jack, looking slightly less shocked than the rest of the group.
"Oh good, you are here." The head was suddenly joined by a body, arms, legs and two large, red, feathered wings as the young woman stepped all the way through the door and came to a stop just inside the TARDIS. "Hi everyone, nice to see you all again since you're not pointing weapons at me anymore," she greeted the group.
Jack opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Ianto who slipped out of his grasp and moved swiftly toward the new arrival.
"Lisa, how did Cessilus get out?" he asked when he got to her side.
The lady in question pulled a face. "You know the head elder; that lovely piece of work who tried to have you locked away in the prison for eternity? Well, turns out he's a big, fat traitor. He came into the prison, told the guards he was there to make sure that Cessilus was properly secure. Then, when their backs were turned, he opened a rift just like the one currently over Cardiff Bay and released a whole horde of demons into Cessilus' prison cell. Somehow they managed to put him back together and off they went closing the rift behind them."
"Was anybody hurt?" Ianto asked.
"The two guards on duty are currently in the hospital, having their limbs reattached, and my favourite shadow hound lost a few legs. All in all it was a terrible tragedy, but it could have been a hell of a lot worse."
Ianto nodded, thinking back over his conversation with the head elder in the council chamber. "That's why he wanted to send me to the prison."
"That's why he let you go in the first place."
Ianto looked over Lisa's shoulder to see Allira stepping into the TARDIS. She then made her way over to stand beside Lisa.
"Master," he greeted her with a respectful nod.
Allira smiled and reached out to gently touch his face. "I'm glad you're all right."
He returned her smile. "It's good to see you," he replied.
"What did you mean that's why they let him go?" Owen asked from his position next to the Doctor and Jack.
"That's why the head elder approved Ianto's elevation to Guardian after only a year. It shouldn't have been allowed; it never happens, and at the time I thought it was just because they recognised his potential just like I had, and in a way it was." She turned her attention back to Ianto. "They were watching you, Ianto. Almost everything you did, they watched. Some of them watched you because they thought you were an amazingly talented new guardian who would be an incredible asset to the kingdom. Others, it seems, were watching you for more sinister reasons."
She turned around to look at Jack who was trying incredibly hard not to look worried about how close Lisa was standing to Ianto or how the younger man had left his arms the minute she'd appeared in the TARDIS. "They knew your weaknesses, Ianto," she said turning back to address her former student. "They watched you with Toshiko, Owen, Tommy, Katie, Lisa, Derrek and me, and then they weighed what they learnt up against your greatest weakness. In the end, they knew who would win if it came down to a choice. They knew you were special just like I did, and they knew that if they let you go, you'd leave the eternal kingdom, and you'd be out of their way."
"The stupid part on their end was that they didn't always watch you during your training," Lisa added. "They mostly watched you during your down time. They knew you were good, but they didn't realize how good you'd got in that small space of time. They figured letting you go early would mean you wouldn't get strong enough to oppose them. They never stopped to actually test your power properly."
Ianto frowned. "I though those tests seemed a little too easy, but I thought maybe it just seemed that way to me because Master Allira was more of a perfectionist than most."
Allira shook her head. "No, apparently not."
"So they let me go knowing I'd go out and break the rules?" Ianto asked.
Lisa nodded. "They figured that if you weren't too much of a nuisance to them they'd just leave you be. They didn't really care what you did so long as you were out of their way."
"Unfortunately for them they didn't bank on Jack and the Doctor landing on Cessilus' planet," Allira continued.
"So why didn't they stop me from going?"
"Well, two reasons. Firstly, it would have shown the rest of the elders that the spies among them had previous knowledge of Cessilus, therefore leading them to wonder why that was and potentially launch an investigation into why they weren't informed, possibly exposing the spies for what they truly were. Secondly, because they weren't fully informed of your powers, they didn't think you'd be a threat to Cessilus, and therefore he'd destroy you, and you'd be out of their way for good. I imagine they were kind of shocked when they found out you'd blown him to bits," Lisa finished, with an all too cheerful grin on her face.
"Then when they found out that you'd killed Cessilus," Allira continued, "they put their plan into motion to have you locked up in the same cell as him. That way you'd be there when they came to put him back together and they could be properly rid of you."
"And when the Lady turned up…" Ianto began.
"She ruined their plans and they were forced to go to plan B."
"So what was the original plan?" Owen asked.
"They were going to get enough demons in place within the ranks of the sentinels, the sentries and the sorcerers to cripple our forces, and then they were going to send all the guardians off world on missions and bring in the invasion army," Lisa answered. "Once the guardians had realized that there was a problem, most of the remaining population of our kingdom would have been destroyed, and they would have come back to find a massive army waiting for them."
"Because of you however," Allira continued, refocusing her attention on Ianto, "the Lady returned to the Eternal Kingdom and their plan didn't go ahead. Your saving the Doctor and Jack also saved out kingdom you should be very proud of yourself."
"Of course, it also means that you're public enemy number one in the demon world right now," Lisa added.
"Oh, wonderful!" Ianto deadpanned.
"Don't feel too bad, I'm number two." Ianto raised an eyebrow questioningly in Lisa's direction. "I caught the demon that we got all the information out of," she clarified.
"Oh."
"Anyway, down to business. Cessilus is heading here with a horde of demons, and it's our job to stop him. Our forces are ready outside to take care of the lesser demons and hold off Cessilus for as long as we can but we need to come up with a way to destroy him. It took Ianto days to make a spell strong enough on his own but we obviously don't have that. Thankfully we've had Tosh, along with a group of scientists and sorcerers working on a weapon we might be able to use to achieve the same result Ianto did with his spell, and it should be done soon. All we need to do is buy as much time as possible and destroy as many demons as we can while we're waiting." Allira looked from Ianto to Lisa. "Any questions?"
"Yeah, I have one." Owen moved to stand in front of Allira. "Are you honestly going to let Ianto go out there with those things?"
Ianto shot him an annoyed look. "I'm fine, Owen," he all but growled at the young doctor.
"You're not fine, mate, and you know it," Owen disagreed.
"I am fine, I've got no glowing patches or anything," Ianto argued.
"The internal damage runs deep, Ianto. The elders ripped you off the world and up to face the tribunal without allowing you even a second to heal yourself. I know you've been healing bit by bit as we all do, but I also know it's slow going. You're not healed properly yet, you and I both know it, and as long as you have to focus on fixing yourself, you're vulnerable."
"Then what do you suggest I do?" Ianto demanded. "I'm not going to just sit here while the others are out fighting, I did plenty of that while I was alive."
Ianto and Owen stared each other down for several long moments before Owen finally gave in. With a heavy sigh, he pressed one hand against Ianto's chest and the other against his back. A bright flash of blue light lit up the TARDIS and when it faded, Owen stepped back and looked sternly at Ianto.
"That will hold everything together for the next few hours; hopefully you won't need it any longer than that. When this fight is over however, you are going to spend three days in bed recovering, and when I say bed rest, Jack," Owen turned his attention to his former boss, "I mean in bed resting. That means no funny business of any kind."
Jack turned to Ianto and raised an eyebrow suggestively. Ianto returned the Captain's look with a cheeky grin.
"What if I'm gentle?" Jack asked, trying to sound as innocent as he could.
Owen rolled his eyes at Allira and Lisa before focusing his attention back on Jack, a calculating look in his eyes. "Who said you weren't going to be confined to bed rest too, Captain?" he stated slyly. "You're even worse off than him, and if you're going to get cute about it, I'll put you in separate rooms and make you stay there."
"And what makes you think I'll let you? You're not the boss of me." Jack said in his best imitation of a disgruntled child's voice
"I may not be alive anymore, Jack, but I was your doctor for a long time. I know how long it can take you to completely recover after being killed so many times in quick succession. You're going to rest, or I'm going to chain you to a bed and make you, your choice."
"Oh really? Will I be allowed visitors or are you just trying to get me alone?" Jack asked suggestively.
"All right! Not to break up the fun little bit we've got going on here, but we have to-" Allira was interrupted by a humming sound coming from the heart of the TARDIS. Everyone present turned their attention to it and watched in awe as several beams of light flew out in all directions. They floated near the ceiling for a few seconds before taking on the shape of people and floating down to the floor.
Toshiko and Kate were two of the new arrivals, along with another woman and a man the others didn't recognise.
"Ah, Toshiko, perfect timing. What have you got for us?" Allira greeted her.
"Well, the bomb, for lack of a better term is nearly finished. I was just wondering if I might ask the Doctor a few things to help me finish it." While Toshiko looked up expectantly at the Doctor and the rest of the past Torchwood personnel were busy looking at Toshiko in shock, Ianto slipped undetected to Jack's side and pulled him gently into one of the TARDIS' corridors.
He stopped them when they were out of hearing range of the rest of the group and turned to look at his captain.
Jack opened his mouth to say something, but before he could, Ianto grabbed Jack's face gently in his hands and kissed him, effectively cutting off whatever it was the Captain was going to say. He felt Jack's arms wrap around him and the older man kissed him back. It was a desperate kiss, filled with longing and fear and love. After a few moments though, Ianto had to pull himself away. He looked into Jack's concerned blue eyes and caressed the captain's face gently with his thumb.
"I know what Owen said worried you, but I need you to listen to me, Jack. If I honestly thought I was too injured to fight or I couldn't handle things out there, I wouldn't go. I'd stay in here with you. Not because I'm a coward or anything of the sort, but because what Allira said before about me making my choice was right. I was given my status as a guardian, and I had the choice of either staying in the Eternal Kingdom with Owen, Tosh, Lisa and all the others I've come to call friends over the past year, or to break the rules and come out here looking for you. I chose you, Jack, over everything else. I may serve the Eternal Kingdom and those people may be my friends but I fought long and hard to get back to you, and I'm not going to do anything that could possibly take me away again. Owen has done what he could, and he did a great job. I'm going to be just fine. And when this is all over and we're free of Cessilus, you and I are going to finish the conversation we started out on the bay. But right now, I have to go." He leant in and kissed Jack; a softer, gentler kiss than before.
When he pulled back, they gazed into each other's eyes for what felt like an eternity. He knew that Jack didn't want him to go but he also knew that the Captain wouldn't stop him. Unlike earlier, on the walkway when they'd first seen each other again, they were both still in crisis mode. Jack didn't get emotional, although Ianto could see it was hard for him. He was in his Captain head space, and he would remain there until the crisis was over.
He felt Jack grip his arms tightly, the only sign of emotion he was game to show right now. "Good luck," he said, barely above a whisper. "Be careful. I'll be waiting for you."
Ianto gazed into his eyes for a moment longer before whispering. "I love you." He captured Jack's lips in one last heart stopping kiss before he could reply, and as soon as it was over, Ianto pulled out of his arms and headed back out into the main room of the TARDIS without looking back.
He saw that Allira was the only one waiting for him when he re-entered the main room. "Come on then, Ianto," she called and disappeared through the door.
Ianto made his way almost to the TARDIS door before Tosh's voice stopped him. "Good luck, Ianto. Be careful all right."
Ianto gave her a smile as Jack re-entered the room and moved to stand beside her. "I will, Toshiko, good luck to you too."
Toshiko gave him a small smile before turning her attention back to her work. Ianto then shifted his gaze to meet Jack's for a moment, and the Captain gave him the slightest of nods. Ianto returned it and turned back to open the door.
He found Lisa standing in the doorway with a man who looked to be of African-American descent but spoke with a distinctly Australian accent. "Girl, I am all over that like a fat kid on a cup cake," the guy said to Lisa as their hands met in a high five.
"What are you two on about?" Ianto asked.
"We're having a competition to see who can blow up the most demons. Wanna take part?" the Aussie asked.
Ianto shook his head at the pair and gave them a long suffering smile. "You two are so childish."
"Hey, we resemble that comment." Lisa replied causing the other two to chuckle.
Ianto shook his head again and walked between the pair toward the centre of the hallway outside. "I don't know why you two invite me in on these things, you know I always win."
Lisa and her companion's laughter was the last thing the people inside the TARDIS heard before the door snapped shut.
Jack carefully lowered himself down on one of the chairs the Doctor had at the back of the TARDIS. He could be strong for Ianto. He could hold himself together and carry on as he always did, until all of this was over and he could finally let go. Because Ianto had promised to come back and Jack had to believe that he would.
End of chapter 6
So there we go what did you think??? Was it clear who Ianto's greatest weakness is? Do we all remember who Kate was in the show?? If not the next chapter will go into more detail about her, the sorcerers , the sentinals, the sentries and Lisa's friend at the end. Please review the're so lovely and they make me want to write more.
Now review replies.
Trackstar: Thank you for all the reviews they were all so lovely. Did you work out where the lady came from after the 5th chapter?
Poisoned-Thorns: I hope you liked the continuation of the cliffhanger and I'm glad you're liking my story so much.
Wolfy: I'm glad my story has kept your attention I know it can be hard when people take a while to add chapters, we're all so busy :( I hope my Ianto continues to live up to your expectations.
Elanor16: I hope you enjoy the continuation of the Jack Ianto scene and I'm not causing you too many tears. I'm so glad you're enjoying the story I'll try to keep it as fantastic as it has been.
Aleska: I'm glad you find the story line interesting I thought it was a good way to get him back too.
Me (the friend) You know I love you honey!! and yes I am a review horder so keep em coming ;)
And finally Tylluan: I honestly have to say that was the lovelies review anyone has ever written to me. I read it and then proceeded to spend the entire day smiling like a cheshire cat! My computer had to be reformatted and I lost all of my music but thankfully not my stories so there's a plus!!! I'm really glad you liked the scene with Jack and the Doctor I really enjoyed writing it and I think he needed to hear it too! I'll endevour to continue to keep my writing up to the highest of standards for you, promise. Thank you so much for the review it really made my day.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed please continue to do so.
Kayla