PARRALLEL
The one thing about parallel universes is that nothing is quite what you expect. Subtle changes you can get your head around, like a desk in a different place, or the resident pteranodon being called Idris. Ianto had not been even slightly surprised by this until his counterpart had stepped into that other hub with a tray of Starbuck's coffees in his mechanical hand. Ianto had stood there beside the water tower that dominated the main area of the Hub with his mouth hanging open in shock. There he was in the flesh, a partially converted man with all his humanity intact and to make matters worse there was Lisa hot on his heels with no evidence of ever having met a Cyberman let alone being rearranged by one. It shocked him to the core as alternative Jack raced forwards to retrieve his coffee, with Suzie a mere step behind. They were laughing amongst themselves until their Dr Harper took in the look on Ianto's white face.
"Oh, shit mate.....are you ok, you look like......."
Ianto fainted into their Jack's arms.
When he came round everything was back as it should be, Jack, Owen, Tosh and finally Gwen hovering around him with extremely worried looks on their faces. Ianto blinked at them, confused by what had happened.
"Jack?"
"It's ok, you made it home. Everything is fine. You blacked out, have been out for a few hours."
Everything wasn't fine though. That night Ianto dreamt of Lisa whole and healthy and all he wanted to do was to run back across the dimensions and find her. He woke and cried into his pillows completely uncomforted by the strong arms wrapped around his trembling body. Owen's presence was of no comfort whatsoever and what the hell was he doing there in his bed anyway?
Am toying with this as an idea.... Don't worry only three weeks of term left then I can finish my other stories properly...they are not forgotten...so thank you for all of your patience.......Deeta