Chapter 8
"Mummy?"
Ellie's head moved slightly, trying to find the voice, "Hello?" she called out.
"Mummy!" the voice cried again.
This time Ellie managed to open her eyes, she seemed to be in some sort of dream place, but in the corner was a child, who looked to be no more than 6 years old. She had curly brown hair and blue eyes; she was a spitting image of her father.
"Who are you?" Ellie asked, nervous at the answer.
"Elmira Harkness..." the child answered.
"My Elmira? Mine and Jack's?" Ellie asked.
The child nodded, "You're my mummy, and Jack Harkness is my daddy...no matter what happens," she answered.
Ellie raised an eyebrow, "What does that mean?"
"I can't tell you...but mummy...you have to wake up soon...or else you and I will both be lost, and daddy could never cope with the loss of you," the child said.
"Where are we?"
"You are in a state of unconsciousness, but you have to wake up mummy, if not you could be lost forever," the child replied.
Ellie smiled at the child, "You are so beautiful," she commented.
"So are you mummy..." Elmira replied.
The child then walked over to Ellie and hugged her, "Now go...give daddy my love."
"You'll meet him soon, and you'll be in love. He's going to be amazing...and so are you," Ellie said with a smile.
Elmira looked at her mother sadly, "I can't wait...now go."
Ellie nodded and then forced herself to wake up.
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"What reasons could these guys have kidnapped Ellie for?" Gwen asked.
"I have no idea..." Ianto commented.
The two glanced over at Jack who was staring into the amber colored beverage he was drinking; it had to have at least been his third brandy.
"You know Jack...getting yourself drunk is not going to help us find Ellie," Gwen said.
"I swear...if any of them hurt Ellie...all responsible will be dead...I will kill them all," Jack said softly.
"Well then let's find her! Stop drinking!" Gwen shouted.
Jack looked up at her then began to think for a moment...suddenly his face dawned into one of realization, "The necklace I gave her!" he cried.
"What necklace?" Ianto asked.
"For her birthday, I gave her a necklace; she wears it all the time. What she didn't know was...it has a tracker device on it, just for safety reasons," Jack answered.
"Well then pull up what you need to track her!" Gwen shouted.
Jack turned to the computer behind his desk and began to enter some stuff on his keyboard, then a map of the city showed up and Ellie's signal was coming from the Bad Wolf warehouse.
He turned to look at his team, finished off his drink and then in one swift movement he was up, coat in hand and running out of his office, followed by Gwen and Ianto.
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Ellie's eyes opened, she looked around the room, her captors standing nearby. At first her thoughts went to the child she had seen while sleeping, it had been their daughter...the one inside her womb right now. But before she could give it anymore thought she felt a sudden pain come from her womb, causing her to throw up all over herself.
Her captors looked at her and then to each other, "The final stage is almost complete," one of them said.
"What does that mean?! What did you stick me with? I know morning sickness pain, and that wasn't it!" Ellie cried as she pulled at her restraints.
Over in another corner, one of the men appeared to be fixing another needle full of some sort of drug.
"Don't stick me with that!" she screamed.
The man then turned, with a syringe appearing to be bigger and this needle longer, as he slowly came towards her.
"You will forever regret this!" she cried.
A moment later the needle came into contact with her body again, but this time on her stomach, she let out a cry of pain and then, as before, fell unconscious again.
XX
"How many inside?" Jack asked, his Webley out, reminding him of earlier that day when they had arrived at the teenager's home.
"Four people...and a massive creature," Ianto whispered back.
Jack took a deep breath and then slowly opened the door to the warehouse, trying to cause as little noise as possible.
They achieved this, and slowly they began to head towards the place where they heard whispering.
"We're close...practically on top of Ellie's signal," Ianto said.
Jack then turned a corner, the whispering was louder. They began to walk but suddenly they heard a crack under Jack's boot, he looked down to see a piece of now shattered glass, and almost instantly the whispering stopped.
"I'm going in, cover me," Jack said as soft as possible.
"Jack...you are in a vulnerable position right now! I'll go in...you two, cover me!" Gwen snapped.
Jack sighed and then nodded, Gwen slowly made for the door where there was the slightest of light seeping out.
Ianto and Jack went to each side as Gwen stood in front of the door; she took a deep breath and then nodded to her team mates. She then kicked the door down, the men inside didn't even flinch.
"Alright! Hands up!" she shouted with her gun out.
The men didn't even move, nor say anything.
"I said hands up!" Gwen shouted.
Suddenly from behind the door the furry creature appeared, "Oh shit," Gwen muttered at the sight of the Girtin.
Jack and Ianto took this as their cue and came to the door beside Gwen, their guns out and pointed at the Girtin.
"What have you done to Ellie?" Jack snarled.
"Jack...let me handle this!" Gwen ordered.
"Ianto, do you have the tranquilizer?" Jack whispered.
Ianto nodded, he pulled out a syringe and then pushed past Gwen, sticking the needle straight into the creature's arms. Its eyes crossed and then fell to the floor, out cold, landing on one of the men who had kidnapped Ellie.
Jack pushed past Gwen; his gun still pointed at the other man, his eyes then saw Ellie, passed out on a gurney. He rushed over and checked her over, "Ellie?" he asked.
Gwen glanced briefly at the girl then pointed her gun directly at one of the men's head, "What the hell have you done to her?!" she screamed.
"She has merely been injected with a drug that would keep her asleep," one of the men said.
"You drugged her?!" Jack cried, noting briefly the sick all over her shirt.
"The Girtins' hired us to seek revenge on the Mother Girtin that was killed last week," the second man said.
"That was self defense, and if you wanted revenge why didn't you take it out directly on me?!"
"Because we learned that you are immortal, yet this young woman is not, the pain of losing her could be greater than taking it out directly on you," the first man explained.
"If you hurt her...or my child...I will make you regret it for the rest of your life!" Jack snarled.
"Yes...she did ramble on about that when we were injecting her with the drug."
Jack looked back at Ellie briefly, her face was pale and her hand was cold, he then looked back up at the men and pulled out his gun, then before Gwen or Ianto could stop him, he shot them both in the head, and they fell to the ground, dead.
"You two figure out how were gonna get the Girtin out of here, then we take Ellie back to the Hub and call the Doctor," Jack said grimly.
Gwen sighed as she holstered her gun, Ianto then rushed over and helped Jack to lift Ellie off of the bed, once he had a good enough grip on her he left the room and went to the SUV. He returned a moment later and looked at his team, "Figure anything out?"
"Maybe we should just kill it now...there is no way we can get it back to the Hub," Ianto said.
"Alright...go to the SUV and wait for me..." Jack replied softly.
Gwen looked at the men angrily, and then left the room, followed shortly by Ianto. Jack sat down for a moment, staring at the creature. He then shot the creature in the head. A moment later blood seeped out. "I'm sorry..." Jack whispered before leaving the room.
A moment later he climbed into the back seat of the vehicle where Ellie was still laying unconscious. "Gwen you can drive, Ianto in the passenger seat," Jack said softly as he pushed the hair out of Ellie's face.
"Yes sir," Ianto said softly before getting into the seat in front of Jack.
With that they were off, heading for home.
XX
"Mummy?"
Ellie opened her eyes, to find herself in the dream place from before, her child was standing over her, but she definitely looked paler.
"What's wrong Elmira?" Ellie managed to say.
"Mummy...I told you to leave...you can't be here...you can't leave daddy," the child replied.
"What do you mean?"
"You have to wake up...now..."
"But...I want to stay here with you, it's so warm and, it feels right, also if I wake up...they'll just drug me again."
"When you wake up, daddy will be there, he's by your bedside right now. He hasn't left you ever since they found you...you'll be fine."
Suddenly two figures came into sight, Ellie's face brightened up once she saw their faces, it was Owen and Tosh.
"Oh my God!" she cried before standing up and running over to them, they both smiled and hugged her.
"I thought I'd never see you two again!" Ellie exclaimed.
"Were safe, taking care of Elmira for you and Jack...but she's right...it's not you're time to come. You need to go back to Jack...he'll be there waiting for you," Tosh said.
"Do you promise?"
"Of course Ellie, now go...before it's too late," Owen said.
"I love you two...you know that right?" Ellie inquired.
The adults nodded, "Yeah...now go," they both urged.
Ellie hugged them again and placed a kiss on Owen's cheek, she then bent down to look at Elmira, "See you in nine months," she said with a grin.
The child nodded and tried to hide her tears, "I love you mummy," she said as her lip quivered.
But Ellie didn't notice this, "I love you too."
As Ellie slowly opened her eyes, she heard a beeping, a moment later her eye sight came into focus, she seemed to be in a hospital bed, hooked up to machines and such. She looked to her side and saw Jack, passed out, with his head resting on her bed, his hand holding hers. She smiled slightly and then looked to her other side, the Doctor was there.
He was looking over a chart and then smiled when he saw Ellie's blue eyes, "You're awake then!" he cried happily.
"Yeah...I am...where am I?"
"The infirmary in the TARDIS, after Jack got you back to the Hub he called and Donna and I came running. As it is, you guys are out of a doctor and he knew that you would only trust me," he explained.
"How long have I been out?"
"Three days...they stuck you with a very powerful drug."
Ellie's hand moved to her stomach, "The baby! Is she alright?!"
"The results will be out soon, my machines need to be brought up to snuff, especially if I am going to be your Doctor," he said with a grin.
Ellie smiled, "Well future genetics and all...you and Owen would have been the only people who could understand if I had something foreign in my body."
"Well the human anatomy hasn't changed terribly much..." the Doctor then paused and smiled, "Someone wants to see you," he said as he pointed to Jack who had just woken up.
Ellie looked over to him and smiled, "Hi," she said softly.
Jack grinned and then placed a kiss to her hand, "You feel alright?" he asked.
"As can be expected I guess," she answered.
The Doctor then headed for the door of the infirmary, "I'll be back in a few minutes," he said.
Ellie nodded and once the door was closed she pulled Jack to her, and placed a fierce kiss to his lips.
They pulled apart a moment later, "I was so scared that I'd never get to do that to you again," she said softly.
"I was so scared I had lost you forever...I know someday...but this would've been too soon, the Doctor and Donna arrived just in time," he replied.
Ellie was silent for a moment, "I saw Tosh and Owen."
"What?" Jack asked harshly.
"I dunno...twice I went to this sort of no place? But it was bright and warm, and...Elmira was there," she answered.
"Who?"
"Our daughter! She had brown curly hair and blue eyes, she was a spitting image of you Jack...and the second time I was there, Tosh and Owen came in. I don't know if I was dreaming, or what...but it was so real. I could hug them, and I could feel warmth emanating from their bodies."
Jack looked down at Ellie's hand sadly, "You were given the chance to say goodbye...I'm glad for that," he said.
"It was nice..." Ellie said with a smile.
Jack then kissed Ellie on the cheek as the Doctor returned, forms in hands, "You ready for this?"
"Is that the stuff about the baby?" Jack asked.
The Doctor nodded sadly, "Yeah..." he answered.
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