Chapter Ten

'I thought this would be better than just appearing.' Castiel paused, 'that is correct right?'

'Why did you want to talk to us?' Dean asked suspiciously.

'We need your and Sam's help in the upcoming battle.' Castiel explained slowly.

Sam turned to Dean and nodded.

'If you help us get back Ianto, we will listen to what you need us to do.' Sam offered.

'What do you need me to do, precisely?' Castiel asked.

'Precisely, we want you to go with Bela and by Ianto, or precisely to buy Ianto for sex.' Dean clarified.

'Would I need to have sex with him?' Castiel asked.

'No.' Sam shouted.

'Ianto has been kidnapped. We need to get him by himself or with you so we can rescue him. Then we can sit and listen to what you need from us without anything else distracting us.'

'Who has him exactly?'

'Crowley.'

Castiel froze for a moment, and then he closed his eyes.

Sam and Dean turned to stare at each other. They had no idea what the hell was going on.

Castiel finally opened his eyes and turned to them. 'I will help.' With that the angel just vanished in front of them.

'Do you think that agreeing to him is a good idea?' Bela asked.

'If it gets Ianto back yes, and who thinks that we won't be dragged into whatever battle is coming?' Sam looked around. No matter how many times they refused something, somehow they were always dragged into it.

'Very true.' Dean mutters. 'I hate my life sometimes.'

'I guess we wait until Castiel comes back.' Sam waited for a moment. 'Does he know what time to be here? I know he's an angel and all, but that doesn't mean he's a good time keeper.'

'Well, he seems to know where we are. I guess we just keep yelling his name until he turns up.' Dean shrugged his shoulders.

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Jack arrived at the new Torchwood base. He knew that he shouldn't be here. Tosh had warned him. He just wanted to make sure Ianto was okay and that he was happy with the choices he made.

'Who are you?' A feminine voice called out.

Jack turned to look at her. This was a woman he didn't know. 'Jack Harness, I'm here to see Ianto.'

'Jack Harkness, I've been told all about you, you're not here to cause trouble are you?'

'No, of course I'm not. I just want to make sure he's okay.' Jack hoped that she believed him.

'They have these things called telephones. You can contact someone that way, and then you can ask them how they are?' Ellen shook her head. 'I'm Ellen, come on. They aren't here at the moment, but I'll let them know you are here.' She saw Jack open his mouth to talk. 'You'd better not ask me not to tell them. You're lucky I'm letting you in at all.'

'Thank you.' Jack replied.

'Who's this?' Bobby walked over to her.

'It's Jack. He's here to see if Ianto is ok?' Ellen explained the disbelief clear in her voice.

'Boy, you'd better not be here to cause Ianto any more heartache. If you are, I'm more than happy to lock you up for the rest of your immortal life. I care about Ianto, and the Winchester's are like sons to me. You mess with my family and I will make you pay.' With that Bobby turned and walked away.

'He won't be alone if locking you up if you cause any problems.' Ellen continued down the corridor and Jack followed her quietly. 'You can stay in here. Don't go wandering around. There's a button if you need anything press it. Do you need anything?'

'Not at the moment.'

'Don't make me come back here and lock you in.' She warned.

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Dean lowered his head as he closed up his cell phone.

'What's happened now?' Sam sighed.

'Jack's turned up. He wants to make sure Ianto's okay.'

'What the fuck, seriously?' Sam stood and started to pace. 'I wouldn't blame Ianto if he went back with Jack after all this.'

'Don't be stupid Sam, Ianto loves you and he's not going anywhere.' Dean couldn't believe that Jack Harkness had turned up. Why couldn't he leave well enough alone?

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Ianto sat in the room and waited for the party to start. He couldn't believe he was being sold to the highest bidder, and it wasn't only going to be for tonight. He heard the handle of the door turn. This was it; this was them getting him 'ready' to look his 'best' for whoever wins him.

'Ianto it is time for us to go.' Castiel told him.

'Castiel what are you doing here?' Ianto asked as he walked over to the angel.

'We can talk once I get you out of here. I am unable to use my abilities in this part of the building. Once we are out of it, I can take you straight back to the others.'

'Ok, let's go. The sooner we are out of here, the happier I'll be.'

The two men walked down corridors and watched as men were entertaining each other. They were in various stages of undress, some of them were already naked and fucking each other. It looked like the main party had already started, and Ianto wanted to be gone before they came to get him. That was when he heard some familiar voices. They were lackeys of Crowley's and had managed to get some groping in while they took Ianto to his room. They couldn't see him here.

'What are…?' Castiel started to ask as Ianto pulled him into a dark alcove, and pulled him into a kiss.

TBC