TITLE:-TORCHWOOD:-
IN THE BEGINNING WAS TORCHWOOD.
THE SAGA'S OF MAJOR LILITH LETHBRIDGE-STEWART.
(CHPT.7)
AUTHOR:- NEMOSANGEL
CHARACTERS:- CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS, IANTO JONES, GWEN WILLIAMS, RHYS WILLIAMS, MAJOR LILITH LETHBRIDGE-STEWART, LILY-ROSE WREN.
MENTIONED CHARACTERS :- NONE
PAIRINGS:- JACK/IANTO GWEN/RHYS
WARNINGS:- WEEVIL ATTACK/BLOOD. NAKED JACK.
RATING:- T WORD COUNT:- 4114
SUMMARY:- JACK IS WOKEN FROM HIS PLEASANT SEX FUELED SLUMBER BY A WEEVIL ALERT. LEAVING A NOTE FOR THE STILL SLUMBERING IANTO, JACK HEADS OUT ALONE WITH DISASTERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. HE IS ATTACKED. THE MYSTERIOUS MAJOR COME TO HIS 'RESCUE'. WHILE JACK'S TEAM FRANTICALLY SEARCH FOR HIM, HE IS WRAPPED IN SILK. THE MAJOR IS INTRIGUED BY HIS HEALING ABILITIES.
DISCLAIMER:- I DON'T OWN TORCHWOOD OR DOCTOR WHO, IT BELONGS TO R.T.D. & BBC. THIS IS JUST FOR FUN AND I HAVE HAD FUN PLAYING IN TORCHWOODS WORLD.
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CHAPTER 7.
2.32am. Friday.
Both Ianto and Jack are asleep, exhausted. Ianto had learnt fast. Touch for touch they matched each other for pleasure.
An alarm goes off on Gwen's computer and then a beeping sound comes from Jack's vortex manipulator. Jack awakes and switches the beeping off. He slowly slides out from under Ianto. His lover gives a soft moan. "Shhh sleep." Jack says softly. He grabs his clothes and dresses quickly.
Jack goes down into the main part of The Hub to Gwen's workstation. It is a Weevil alert. For a while after the Daleks attack, the Weevils had stayed hidden, only now are they beginning to come out. Jack shuts the alarm off. It is only a few streets across, in one of the back streets that run behind the main area were the businesses have their wheelie bins and mini skips. Where the lighting is poor and where there is no CCTV. Jack contemplates waking Ianto to go on a Weevil hunt with him... No, he will let him sleep... He should be back before Ianto wakes.
Jack goes back up to his office, he writes a note for Ianto, just in case he wakes before he gets back. He quietly goes down into his room and carefully places the note on the pillow. Then he goes back to his office, grabs his coat and gun, his old webley. He then heads out through the tunnels to the SUV.
3.00am. Jack drives slowly through the back roads, watching for movement, then he gets a blip on the scanner screen. He parks the SUV, he takes out the Weevil spray and a stun gun. It is quite a warm night so Jack takes his coat off plus he does not want to get it damaged, Weevils have razor sharp teeth and claws. He puts his headset on and his phone in his pocket. Jack then runs down the wide alley, he can see movement down the end of the alley. He approaches the Weevil silently but it must have picked up Jack's scent because as he gets close it turns to face him. It growls at him, showing its teeth. Suddenly two more Weevils appear nearly level with him, either side... They had been moving so close together they had shown up as one... He realises he is in trouble! The nearest Weevil swings for him slicing his right arm. Jack backs back as the three Weevils slowly come towards him.
The first Weevil lumbers into Jack, knocking him back against a wall... This knocks his headset off. Jack fumbles with his phone, as three attack on mass, biting and slicing through his flesh. He manages to press 1 on his phone as it is knocked from his hand, it skims across the ground, under one of the wheelie bins.
Back in The Hub, Ianto wakes with a start as his phone rings. He grabs it, the blue screen shows Jack calling, it is then he realises Jack is not in the bed with him. He presses the receive button. "Jack? Hello? Where are you?" He gets no reply but he can hear growling and scuffing. Ianto then sees the note... 'Ianto, had a Weevil alert. Gone to investigate. Be back soon. Jack. Thank you for a great night.' Ianto has a sinking feeling. Something has gone wrong. "Jack! Jack!" He shouts into the phone. Ianto keeps his phone on as he gets dressed hurriedly, putting on the jeans and tee shirt, he had worn earlier. "Jack if you can hear... I will find you. I promise Jack. Jack!"
Back in the alley, Jack is being mauled, torn flesh, severing arteries. In his weakening state Jack realises there is a person running towards him, he tries to call out a warning and he can hear Ianto's voice calling out to him, his name. The Weevils are making a mess of him. The new comer Jack realises is Lilith, dressed in black combats, a black vest top and lightweight military boots. Jack can see her through his blood haze, he is loosing a lot of blood; dying. "No... run." He warns, weakly.
Lilith ignores him, she points a spray bottle at the Weevils and sprays them in their face causing them to whine. She continues to spray them and the area. The Weevils become confused, rubbing their noses, backing off. She continues to spray towards them and the trio back right off further. Lilith looks down at Jack... She takes her phone out.
"No hospital." Jack whispers weakly. "Please."
"You need a hospital. I am sorry I got to you to late... You're dying." She says sadly but to the point.
"Trust me." Jack whispers. "Help me but no hospital... I will not die on you... Well not for long anyway... Please... You want to know... No hospital."
Lilith looks down at the man laying in an ever-increasing pool of dark blood... The air is heavy with the scent of this mans blood but it is not quite the same of a normal persons blood there is clearly something more, she has seen enough to know there is more. The Weevils are now standing well away at the end on the alley, confused, not sure which way to go... She sprays more in their direction. This mans injures are fatal but he does not want a hospital... She has seen things in this world... Some she wishes she had never seen... This she can deal with, there is something about this man... If he dies on her, she will have a lot of explaining but...
"Please... Lilith." Jack whispers weakly.
Lilith stills herself... He knows her name! Alarm bells ring but there is just something about him... He holds answers! She is going to have to carry him... Hmmm he has such a unique smell about him. Her mind races, she comes to a decision.
Lilith grabs hold of Jack, bodily hauling him to his feet, from there she puts him over her shoulder, in a fireman's lift. She is strong for her size. Jack's blood is everywhere and still dripping from his body, though there cannot be much more.
As Jack blacks out, he manages to says his name. "Captain Jack Harkness."
"A Captain." Muses Lilith. She carries him through the dark alleys back towards the bay, her apartment, avoiding CCTV and people. She enters her apartment block via one of the utility entrances, again not over looked by CCTV.
Back at The Hub Ianto is now at his workstation, his headset on. "Jack." He calls out, he listens. He is sure he can hear growls. Ianto picks up three blips, Weevils, disappearing down a sewer. "Jack can you hear me? If you don't reply I will assume you are injured." He gets no reply. Ianto does not want to leave The Hub in case Jack makes it back but... He tracks Jack's open phone signal... It is not moving... He does not want to break contact with Jack's phone but he needs to phone Gwen. He also brings up the tracking device in the SUV... It is just two streets away from Jack's phone both are stationary. He has gathered enough information to give to Gwen. Rhys is not going to be to happy but then of late Jack and Ianto had done most late nights early hours just so Gwen could lead a fairly normal life with Rhys. Ianto rings Gwen.
4.08am. Gwen's flat.
"This had better be good." Says Gwen sleepily answering her phone.
"Sorry Gwen but Jack left me asleep and went out on a Weevil hunt on his own. He phoned me, his phone line is still open but he didn't say anything. I heard growling. Both phone and SUV are stationary. I am worried something has happened to him Gwen. I picked up three Weevils in that area but they have returned to the sewer." Ianto rattles off. "I don't want to leave The Hub in case he makes it back here."
"It's alright Ianto." Gwen says back over her phone, wide-awake now. "Send me the co-ordinance for the SUV and phone." She can hear the panic in Ianto's voice even over the phone.
"Now I'm awake I will drive you." Says Rhys to his wife. He does not want his wife wandering around the streets on her own especially if Jack has met with a dangerous situation.
Gwen looks at her husband and gives him a smile. "Thank you Rhys." Then back on her phone. "Did you hear that Ianto, Rhys will drive me."
"Ok but be careful." Replies Ianto via the phone. "The area is clear of weevils at the moment."
"I will phone you when we get to the SUV." Says Gwen holding her phone to her ear as she pulls out clean clothes to wear.
"Ok." Ianto says then presses end call. He sends Gwen the location of the phone and the SUV. He works out that will take Gwen and Rhys about twenty minutes to get to the SUV. While he waits he keeps checking and rechecking if Jack's phone moves, or the SUV or if Jack uses his vortex manipulator.
19mins.45seconds. Ianto's phone rings, he presses the receive button on his headset. "Gwen."
"Ok Ianto we are just pulling up to the SUV." Gwen says over her headset to him.
Rhys pulls up behind the SUV. Both Gwen and Rhys get out their car. Rhys goes to the driver's door and tries it. He is surprised to find it unlocked... Not a good sign... The keys are still in the ignition. Gwen opens the passenger side. She sees that one stun gun and one Weevil spray is missing. Also, she sees Jack's coat folded up on the seat. Rhys removes the keys from the ignition and passes them to his wife. Gwen takes a hand held scanner from the front of the SUV.
"Ianto?" Gwen says into her headset. "The SUV was unlocked. Jack has also left his coat in the vehicle. We are going to lock the SUV. Then head to were his phone is." Says Gwen.
"Ok Gwen." Comes back the reply.
Gwen can hear the fear, the worry, in Ianto's voice, a slight quiver. "I shall leave our communications open Ianto." Says Gwen.
"Ok."
Gwen and Rhys shut the SUV up and lock it. Then they walk cautiously down the same dark road Jack had gone down earlier. As they take the second turning, they find themselves in a wide alley with wheelie bins... This is the alley where the phone is somewhere.
Ianto hears Gwen warn Rhys. "Careful Rhys, stay behind me."
Gwen has her gun out, raised in front of her. The alley is full of dark shadows and places to hide. Gwen slows her pace... Her senses alert... Her foot catches something, she looks down, it is the stun gun. She picks it up. "Ianto I have just found the stun gun."
"Any sign of Jack?" Ianto asks, his heart beating faster... Jack where are you?
"No. We will keep looking." Gwen says.
Rhys bends down as something catches his eyes, a blue glow coming from under one of the wheelie bins. He gets on his knees and reaches under. "Gwen, I have found Jack's phone." He says, retrieving it. He passes it to his wife. Ianto's name is still on the screen.
"Did you hear that Ianto? Rhys just found Jack's phone." Gwen relays to Ianto over her headset.
"Yes Gwen." Comes back Ianto's reply.
"There is Jack's headset." Says Rhys going a few paces forward. It is then that he realises he is standing in something sticky and slippery... He looks down... He goes pale... Even in the darkness, he knows... "Humm Gwen?" He says slowly, frozen.
"Yes Rhys?" Says Gwen. She looks at him, at his expression. She follows the direction he is looking... Downwards at the ground, at his feet.
"My god Rhys." Gwen gasps before she could stop herself. She holds her hand out to Rhys, he takes it.
"What's happening? Gwen? What's wrong?" Comes Ianto's frantic voice over the headset.
Rhys steps out of the congealing pool of blood... "Gwen." He whispers, a little shocked.
"Gwen!" Ianto pleads.
Gwen thinks... No, she will not hide it from Ianto. "Ianto, I need you to be calm. There is blood, a lot of blood." Gwen hears Ianto gasp over the headset. "I'm just going to scan it."" She points the scanner at the blood, after just a few second the device beeps... "Alien." She says... The device beeps again. "Confirmed... Ianto it is Jack's blood."
"Surely this amount of blood Jack would be at least unconscious." Says Rhys. "So where is he?"
Gwen motions for him to be quiet, as Ianto can hear him. Gwen even agrees with her husband, a normal human would be dead with this sort of blood loss but this is Jack. "Ianto, I'm going to do a scan of the area... With this amount of blood, if he has been moved or he has managed to get away there should be a trail... We will find him." Gwen says into her headset.
"Of course we will." Says Ianto back, he angrily wipes a tear away glad there is no one in The hub to see this. Jack would want him to be rational, to remain calm and deal with this. Jack can't die... Well stay dead... He hopes.
Gwen starts to move out from the pool of blood, scanning for Jack's blood... "Bingo! This way Rhys." Gwen says.
Rhys follows Gwen as she heads off down a smaller alley.
"Ianto, see if you can find anything on CCTV surrounding this area." Says Gwen into her headset.
Ianto brings up the CCTV for the surrounding area, there is a large area not covered by the CCTV in all directions.
"We are following a trail of blood Ianto." Reports Gwen.
"Which way is it heading?" Ianto asks, flicking from screen to screen on his computer.
"Back towards the bay." Replies Gwen.
Ianto narrows down the CCTV search to between the spot the phone was and the bay but he works out that most of this area is a blind spot.
Gwen and Rhys keep following the trail of blood... Gwen begins worrying more as the blood splatters are becoming farther and farther apart... Either Jack is healing or he is running out of blood.
Suddenly Gwen stops. There is no more blood, no more trail to follow. "Ianto the trail stops." Says Gwen to him over the headset. "We will carry on to see if we can pick it up again."
"It will be getting light soon and people will start moving around." Ianto says. "Jack's blood will have to be cleared up."
"It is alright Ianto, we will continue for a little longer then we will go back to the SUV and use the water in there to clean it up. You stay there." Gwen says. Usually when there has been a lot of blood involve it is Ianto that cleans it up so normal people do not see it. They also do not want Jack's blood getting into the wrong hands either. "I will see you when we get back to The Hub." Says Gwen.
"Ok Gwen. I will have coffee on for your return." Ianto replies, signing off. He continues to watch the CCTV but there is nothing. He needs to clear his head and freshen up... He goes and gets a shower, he dresses into a work suit, purple shirt and black tie... He still has a job to do... He swallows, his eyes water... He will allow himself this moment... He allows his tears their freedom... Jack, where are you? He goes back to the main part of The Hub and goes to the kitchen. Through tears, he sorts out the coffee machine.
6.25am. Gwen drives the SUV into the car park followed by Rhys in his car. They get out and enter through the security door into the tunnels. Gwen carries Jack's coat and Rhys carries Jack's phone and headset. They did not find his webley so he must still have that on him.
Ianto is sitting at the table in the kitchen, his head in his hands. The three mugs of coffee are on the table in front of him, poured out.
Ianto looks up as Gwen and Rhys enter the kitchen... His eyes are red and puffy. Rhys places Jack's phone and headset down in front of Ianto. Gwen gives Ianto Jack's coat. Ianto sniffs the coat, smelling of Jack, Jack's unique smell... No other smells like him... Jack... Jack... Ianto cuddles the coat.
"Thank you Rhys." Ianto says quietly.
"That's alright... I'm sure Jack will surface soon... You know you can't keep a man like him down for long." Rhys says... He has seen Jack dead one moment then suddenly alive... That day he realised just how different Jack is to the rest of them.
"You are right Rhys... Thank you." Ianto gives him a weak smile. "It's just the thought of him being alone and hurt, dying... He hates being alone."
Gwen smiles at her husband... He said the right thing... Rhys the big softy, when it counts.
Gwen and Rhys sit at the table with Ianto, they drink their coffees.
"It is times like this when having a tracker would be a good thing." Says Gwen. They had discussed about having a small tracking device implanted just under the skin for all members of Torchwood but Gwen had been against it... It is time for her to reassess her decision.
Meanwhile across the bay at Lilith's apartment, Lilith has managed to get Jack into her spare bedroom. Jack is unconscious, nearer death then life. His clothes are soaked with his blood and shredded. Lilith goes to her kitchen, she boils some water up and pours it into a bowl. She takes it back to her guest bedroom. She pulls out a large medical kit from under the bed. She then turns her attention to the man on her bed. She carefully removes Jack's belt with his gun in its holster. "What man walks around with such an old gun?" She says to herself, carefully putting the belt on the bedside table. "What manor of man are you?" She whispers. For a man covered in blood he smells rather nice, not the metallic smell of blood... She gets a black rubbish bag from the kitchen. She carefully cuts Jack's ruined clothes off, until he is naked.
"Ianto..." Jack moans softly in his unconscious state.
"Shhhh." Lilith says, she puts the shredded clothes in the black rubbish bag. She carefully removes Jack's watch, placing on the bedside table with his gun and belt. She looks at the strap on the left arm, she has never seen anything like it... She carefully removes it and places it with the other things on the bedside table. This man is very pale, his lips have a slight blue tinge. She adds a mild antiseptic to the cooled boiled water. She takes a packet out the medical kit and opens it, a sterile dressing that she is going to use to clean the wounds. She bathes, cleans ever slash, bite and scratch. She ignores his nakedness, just concentrating on the damage. She looks closely at the worst of the wounds... If she is not mistaken there are already some signs of healing, rapid healing. What manor of man is he? She carefully turns him onto his stomach, his back is ripped to shreds. She cleans the wounds over his back. Again the wounds have stopped bleeding and are showing signs of healing. Even with all the damage, she can see he has a good physique. As Lilith rolls him back over he moans again.
"Ianto... Help." He whispers weakly.
Lilith looks down at this unconscious naked man, who smells so wonderful. "Don't you dare die on me." She whispers. She cleans all the dried blood of him. Then she removes the white cotton blooded sheets off the bed and as he has stopped bleeding she replaces them with fresh purple silk sheets, it just seemed so right to surround him in silk. She wonders who Ianto is... Perhaps the young man she saw him with, who she followed... Cute young man. The one who lives on the forth floor. Just what has she stumbled upon? He even knows her name. She cleans away the medical kit, ties up the black bag with the bloodied clothes in and puts by the door. She takes the blooded water into the on-suite bathroom to the sink and pours it away. Lilith then goes back to this Captain Jack Harkness who she has laying naked in her bed. She gently takes his wrist, rests two fingers on his pulse point. She holds her breath... Waiting... She feels a faint pulse. She breathes, thank the stars. Normally she would have gone for his neck pulse point but his neck area is damaged. Her strange man still looks very pale. She looks down at herself, even though she is wearing black she can see his blood all over her. She can smell his blood... So distracting... She needs to clean, to be clean. She goes up to her bedroom that is up on a mezzanine floor, again it has a on-suite bathroom. She gets a shower then dresses in black cords and a purple tee shirt. She takes her bloodied clothes down to the kitchen and places in the washing machine. The clothes are soon being washed. Lilith then returns to her guest bedroom. Her guest is still unconscious. She then hears an alarm go off... Her daughter's alarm. Lilith leaves the guest bedroom pulling the door shut behind her. She scrubs her hands until they are red. She makes some toast and coffee. Her daughter appears from her bedroom about fifteen minutes later.
"Morning mum. Don't forget I'm staying over at Jenny's tonight and possibly tomorrow. We are having an anime night." Says her daughter, joining Lilith at the breakfast bar.
"Ok Lily-Rose... I will phone Jenny's mum about 8 o'clock just to check you are alright." Says Lilith.
"Yes ok." Her daughter replies.
"Breakfast before you go to college and have you got everything?" Says Lilith as she notices that her daughter has not touched the toast.
"Yes mother. You worry to much sometimes." Replies Lily-Rose picking up some toast and starts munching on it.
"Of course I do... That is my job." Says Lilith, brushing a stray strand of hair from her daughter face. Then straight away washing her hands. "I shall probably work from home today, so if you need me, just ring." She says turning back to her daughter.
"Yes Mother... You should get out a bit more... Make new friends." Says Lily-Rose.
"I will when I am ready." Replies Lilith. "Anyway have you got enough money in case you want to go shopping tomorrow with Jenny?"
"Yes I have plenty... You spoil me." Says Lily-Rose. "Anyway I have got to go, don't want to be late."
"Ok take care." Replies Lilith. "Have a good time and be careful."
"Ok mother." Lily-Rose laughs and kisses her mother on the cheek. "I will see you either tomorrow or Sunday."
"Ok bye."
"Bye mum." Lily-Rose leaves the apartment, heading off to college.
Lilith clears away the breakfast things, cleans all work surfaces and scrubs her hands... Again. She then goes back to the guest bedroom. The Captain is still very pale and unconscious. She inspects some of his torso wounds, some of them have already sealed, now just angry looking welts. Where chunks of flesh were ripped from him, the wounds are starting to plump out, rebuilding itself.
"Interesting." Lilith whispers.
Jack groans then cries out in pain as his body heals itself.
Lilith stands there for a moment, looking down at this strange man in pain, not reacting, not wanting to react... To react is to feel and she does not want to feel!
"Ianto... Where's Ianto?" Jack whispers. "Need Ianto."
Something about this male wants her... Needs her to react, to respond to his pain... She made a decision to rescue this man from those creatures... She got involved... She rushed in regardless of the consequences... She touches his hand. "It is ok, you're safe." She whispers.
Lilith moves a chair nearer the bed and sits. She gingerly holds Jack's hand, just to let him know someone is there, that he is not alone, he grips back. "You are healing." She whispers.