Notes: Holidays are coming up, working harder then ever so please forgive me for the lateness. Thanks to my Beta who never gets sick of me and if he did, then he is nice enough not to tell me. And thank you to everyone who is enjoying this fic. I feel like I owe you a faster chapter each time!!! Harvey and Mike are my own creation. On to the story!!!
Being Torchwood.
Ianto heard the footsteps coming but they sounded like they were coming from every direction. The blow to his back knocked him back into reality as his shoulder was on fire. His shoulder had come in contact with the open door as the person doing the shoving grabbed the back of his shirt fabric and pulled him off the door only to shove him once more. Ianto felt more hands on him, it must have been some sort of carjacking. Ianto tried to push himself free as he felt the blow to his side. Ianto coughed out as he held his side and fell to the floor. The group that attacked him started to howl at Ianto as they started to kick him. He protected his face as the feet were coming towards him as they kicked him over and over. A foot managed to hit him on his forehead as he made him a bit dizzy.
"Hey there puppy. You want to be our pet?" They finally stopped kicking Ianto as he felt someone sit him up on the floor. Ianto took a good look at them. The group were about his age. But they were not taking the SUV as he thought they were. The door was still open as someone climbed into the back seat of the SUV and pulled Ianto's hair back. He held him there as he sat on the floor. Ianto's head at the edge of the SUV interior floor. Ianto tried to get up as he felt a foot hold him in the sitting position. The heel shoved right near Ianto's groin as he twisted his foot a bit. Ianto yelled out in pain. He gritted his teeth as he was held there on the floor.
"Get off me." Ianto grunted as the twisting continued. He could feel some blood run down the side of his face.
"Puppy, puppy. Must learn how to obey." The one holding his head, Mike, was still laughing as Ianto's arms tried to loosen the grip on his hair, which only caused the other to twist his foot more. Ianto still fought back. "Hey Harvey, shut the door. I do not think the puppy will learn."
"You right Mike." the leader of the group, Harvey, smiled as he held onto the door. Ianto struggled to sit up but he couldn't with that foot on his groin. The SUV door swung a bit as Harvey was teasing Ianto with the door. If that door shut on him with his head resting on the frame of the floor... It would break his neck.
"No. Please." Ianto pleaded as they continued to hold him still as they teased him with the door. The side of the door touched his chin as Harvey pretended to shut it only to stop and open it fully again. Ianto had his eyes closed as he didn't feel the door hit him and slowly opened his eyes. He saw one of them near him. So close to his face he could see that his eyes were... pitch black. He smiled at Ianto as Ianto saw the fangs.
"Does Dog's blood taste the same?" Mike ran a finger down the side of Ianto's face where the blood was flowing from the cut above his forehead.
"You are wasting your time Mike. You might get rabies or something." Harvey laughed as the others behind him enjoyed the show.
"You are right. Let's put him out of his misery." Harvey held the door as this game was getting boring.
"It will only hurt for a little bit." Harvey laughed as he didn't hear the footsteps coming closer to him neither the other footsteps that were running away from the SUV.
"Damn right about that" The click of his webley made Ianto open his eyes and looked at Jack and Tosh who had weapons drawn on who was holding the door. He hissed at Jack as he smiled and leapt away, way too quick for Jack and Tosh. They wouldn't shoot if it was just a carjacking but, he was too fast. Not humanly possible. Tosh went to check on Ianto as she screamed. Mike came out of the SUV and jumped out, knocking Tosh down and running down the street to the other block. This one was not so fast. Jack shook his head.
"Oh no you don't…" Jack yelled as he started the chase. Tosh yelled at Jack as he tossed her the keys to the SUV as he ran, chasing the man who attacked Ianto.
"Ianto, are you ok?" Tosh rushed back to Ianto as he was holding his groin and was calming down.
"That's the question of the week isn't it?" Ianto tried to stand as nothing else hurt at the moment, just that certain area.
"You didn't answer you comm and Jack took a look out the window... and... he just went nuts." Tosh tried to explain as Ianto climbed into the back of the SUV.
"We have to go after him. Those people. Creatures. They are not human and... We need to help Jack." Ianto made sense in his head but Tosh looked lost. One thing they did agree on was to go after Jack.
Mike ran as fast as he could. He wasn't as fast as Harvey or the others. He knew he just had to get away and hide. The others will have it coming to them. Mike laughed as he ran down an alley and found himself out of breath. He turned as he heard a crack but saw no one. He'd lost the man chasing him. Mike turned back around as he came face to face with Jack. Mike felt the man grab his shirt and throw him against the wall of the alley. Mike landed hard on the floor as he rubbed his shoulder.
"You shouldn't have done that." Mike slowly got up as his vampire self took over. His eyes dilated as his fangs were exposed.
"Ooo, Scary." Jack replied as he quickly moved towards Mike and tossed him across the alley to the other wall. Mike landed on a pile of broken wooden pallets as Jack saw he wasn't moving so much. "I've seen your kind before. Your eye trick isn't intimidating. Why did you attack Ianto?" Jack turned over the man as he saw a wooden piece of the pallet had pierced through Mike's chest.
"He is just a puppy. You don't see it? Blind American" Mike laughed as he held his chest. Jack kneeled in front of Mike as he pressed on the wooden piece in Mike's chest.
"What do you mean?" Mike grunted as Jack applied more pressure. "I should tell you I am an expert on getting information. Now talk."
"I see them coming. You will lose this war. Once Herrick knows you killed me. You and your dog are all dead." Mike laughed as he was engulfed in light as Mike screamed and then his whole body turned to dust. Jack stepped away as he dusted his coat off. He heard the SUV come to a stop as Tosh jumped out of the driver seat and went to check on Jack who just kept looking at the pile of dust on the floor.
"He got away?" Tosh had her weapon out as she scanned the area. No sign of anyone and Jack was just staring down at the floor. "Jack?"
"We have to get the others." Jack walked back to the SUV and took the wheel. He looked back to see Ianto sitting in the back seat holding a napkin over his eyebrow. "You alright?"
"Are you?" Ianto answered as Jack just nodded. Ianto nodded back as Ianto was getting a bit annoyed about being asked the same question every time. His shoulder did ache but its not something he couldn't handle. 'I work for Bloody Torchwood' He thought to himself as removed the napkin and saw the paper with dry blood. At least the bleeding has stopped.
"Tosh, see what you can find out about the name Herrick." Jack ordered as he tapped on his comms.
"Yea?" Gwen tapped on her comm as she stopped looking through some folders.
"You and Owen done playing around?" Jack laughed a bit as he had to recover from what he had just seen with...
"Jack, we are working. Anything useful with the witness?" "Same story. Creature. Hairy. Good old campfire scary story. She makes a nice cup of tea. Too bad she won't remember any of it. Your turn."
"There are tons of reports here but nothing solid. Just the dates of the events are about the middle of the month. Each month some strange reports. But we need more time to put them together. Could we meet you back at the hotel room? Sergeant Herrick is being very cooperative and... "
"Herrick?"
"Yeah? Jack is there anything wrong?"
"No. No. Just... keep searching. Our stay here has just been extended."
"You better be picking up the bill on our expenses, can't be wearing the same thing all this week." Gwen joked as she tapped her comm out as Jack turned to see Tosh.
"Tosh, look up a Sergeant Herrick...and... look up anything you can about vampires."
OOOooOOOOooo I really hope I am not too mean to Ianto.. :)
