Title: Tales Untold
Rating: PG
Spoilers (in this chapter): Last of the Timelords story arc, between S1 & S2
Characters (in this chapter): Jack, Ianto, Gwen
Archived: ffnet
Disclaimer: Torchwood, Doctor Who, and all related characters, scenes, plotlines, etc. don't belong to me but the rest of this story does. Don't steal.
Warnings: Angst, humor
Summary: The drums have destroyed many lives (voice), Gwen and Ianto get caught up a tree (chase)
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Prompt 41 - Voice – WC 137 – 10/9/08
The voices of the past haunt Jack's dreams.
The old Doctor snaps at him, ridiculing his stupidity and forcing him to face consequences. Rose pleads and cries, begging him for help he cannot give. Martha murmurs in sympathy he does not want or deserve. The new Doctor dismisses him scornfully, disappointed in his choices and appalled at his existence.
And worst of all is the Master's laughter, ringing through all of the others. Piercing and insane, Jack can never quite escape the insane Timelord.
His team has not yet joined the realm of nightmares and haunting memories but it is only a matter of time.
Before leaving with the Doctor, Jack rarely slept out of fear that he would miss the TARDIS and everything that came with it.
Now he doesn't sleep because he can't escape it.
Prompt 42 - Chase – WC 439 – 10/15/08
It is surprisingly easy to climb a tree with a sprained wrist when you're being chased by a pit bull the size of a small pony.
-Ianto!-
His only response to the transmission was to share an eye roll with his companion, treed in a big oak a hundred or so meters away. The dog was barking at the base of her tree, drooling and slavering a mere five feet from her perch. She had her legs pulled up on the wide branch she had taken refuge on but was no longer flinching every time the tree shook under the animal's onslaught.
That had stopped about a half hour after they had taken to the branches.
Three hours ago.
-Ianto! Answer me! Are you okay?-
The worry in Jack's tone was what eventually convinced Ianto to answer, overriding his irritation at (a) being used as bait, (b) left in a tree for three and a half hours, and (c) the pain in his wrist which had dulled from excruciating to painfully annoying.
-I'm fine, Jack.-
His sigh of relief was audible -Good. Is Gwen with you?-
He didn't know where Gwen was? But he should have contacted her at the same time he contacted Ianto…
"Gwen!" He almost waved an arm to get her attention but remembered his wrist at the last minute. When he had her attention, he gestured towards his earpiece and made an inquiring gesture. She waved an arm in the direction of the ground, gesturing vaguely at a spot somewhere between their two trees. The gesture was short; both hands were needed to keep her in place due to the shaking of her refuge.
Scrutiny of the ground turned up her earpiece, cell phone, and scanner lying near the base of a bush where she must of dropped them during the chase.
-Ianto? Is Gwen with you?- Jack sounded like he was expecting the worst.
-Um…yes.-
-…Can I speak to her?-
-She's…indisposed at the moment, Sir.-
-Indisposed.-
-That's right.-
-What does that mean?- Uh-oh. His no-nonsense voice. Thankfully, Ianto was immune to its effects by now.
-She's unavailable for comment, sir.-
-Ianto…-
-Have you managed to solve our 'problem'?-
-Yes. Tosh came up with a modified dart gun that should be able to penetrate its fur. I'll be there in a half hour or so to deal with it.-
-Yes, sir- He couldn't keep the relief out of his tone as he ended the conversation.
Only thirty more minutes of playing 'potential chew toy'.
As Gwen was nearly shaken off her perch in response to a particularly exuberant jump, Ianto just hoped it wouldn't be too late.
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Commentary: Prompt 41
...Yeah...haven't actually seen those episodes but I know what happens. Hope I did it justice.
Commentary: Prompt 42
Gwen and Ianto always seem to be the ones getting into these sorts of situations in my stories, don't they? X3 Then again, it's the same way in the series so...
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Author's Notes:
I honestly don't remember my inspiration for these ones. Take that as you will.