Lycan Ianto

Chapter 25

Saturday

Begrudgingly for fear that Ianto would be compromised Jack agrees to leave the investigation into which UNIT members are werewolves and why the cover up. "But when this is over I want answers and I want to know who and for how long" Jack said venomously.

"I will find out myself" Ianto said determinedly, "when this over"

"Ianto why don't see go visit your sister?" Jack said out of the blue, seeing Conner having a family and his closeness inspired Jack to encourage Ianto to reconnect with his sister.

"Huh?"

"Your sister…. Rhiannon"

"Yeah I know who my sister is"

"She said that you haven't visited is quite some time"

"And you know this, how?"

"I…um….I rang her…..I umm….I was concerned about where you were going"
"Were you now?" Ianto said mockingly.

"Yeah your behaviour changed, you were…you were leaving here….I was thinking that maybe you were.…"

"I was, what?" Ianto could see that Jack was feeling awkward and thought he would play with him for a bit, "Jealous…..you were jealous?"

"No" Jack shook his head vigorously.

"Did you think I was out shagging someone else?" Ianto said almost finding it hard to keep the laughter out of his voice.

"No….no"

Ianto edged closed to Jack standing between his legs, "Now normally you would want to join but now what ….you don't want to…..to share" Ianto said smirking.

Jack grabbed Ianto around the waist, pulling him flush to his body and growled, "Okay okay I don't want to share you, I …I want you all to myself, is that so bad?"

Smirking Ianto replied, "No my love, no it isn't" smashing his lips onto Jack's they shared a passion filled kiss that had them panting and wanting more.

"Hey before we get carried away, call your sister" Jack said whilst playing with Ianto's hair on the back of his neck, the stray hairs that started to curl, "see her this weekend, yeah?"

"But we have too much to do" Ianto protested.

"Ianto" Jack said sternly, "it's the weekend, one day won't make any difference, don't forget your family, remind yourself what we… you are fighting for"

"Yeah I suppose so"

"Good boy" Jack said with a smile, "now where were we?"

"I think…..about here" Ianto purred, as his hand reached down and cupped Jack's cock through his trousers.

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Sunday night

Climbing into bed happy with that sense of relief of a great weekend spend with family and a relaxing day with your lover the following day brings, Ianto smiled thinking of his weekend. His niece and nephew welcomed him with hugs and kisses and an ease of missing him terribly, his sister reprimanding him that they love and miss him and that he could have this all the time if only he visited often. Ianto promised that he would make the effort to visit more often.

With the rift quiet and just two weevils on the move Jack and Ianto had a fairly easy day just rounding up the weevils, made easier by Ianto's quicker reflexes and increased strength. With Jack manning the Hub, Ianto decided that a night cleaning his apartment and sleep at his place before meeting up with Jack in the morning for breakfast was what was needed. Jack reluctantly agreed hoping that Ianto would spend the night with him. 'Jack, I spent the last six nights here with you, I do need to clean my place and get some clean clothes' admonished him.

Pulling the covers up Ianto heard a knock at the door he glanced at the clock he shook his head, it was close to midnight. Looking through the peep hole he saw Lisa in her human form, opening the front door reluctantly, "Oh hi Lisa" plastering on a fake smile that only those who knew him really well, and that would be only Jack, would know that it was fake, invited her in, his thoughts that they had never went to his apartment, she probably knew he lived in the area but as far as he could recall he never had her in his apartment.

Lisa looked around his apartment nodding her head in approval, "Do you want something Lisa?" Ianto said a little annoyed.

"Oh sorry Ianto" Lisa said sweetly, "I know it's late…..it's just I haven't seen you since the gathering, we haven't hunted in a while"

"I've been busy" Ianto said curtly, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Oh straight to business" Lisa said with a slight mock to her voice.

"Lisa it is midnight, I've had a busy weekend"

"Yes I know, how is your sister?"

"What? What do you know of my family"

"Sorry Ianto but the elders always need to know the situation of all new clan members, we need to protect ourselves"
"So you thought it was okay to go snooping into my life?"

"Well not me actually but yes every werewolf is scrutinised, see if they fit within our clan"

"And do I…fit?"

"Yes, yes you do" Lisa said smiling sweetly.

""Well that makes me very happy" Ianto said in mock relief.

"Ianto have you hunted since we hunted?"

"No, but I've been eating meat, lots of it, so I'm good" Ianto said anticipating her next move.

"Oh okay" Lisa said awkwardly.

"Is there anything else, I'm sorry but I need to get to work early tomorrow"

"Well actually there is"
"Yes?"

"The elders would like you to bring the sacred box, I take it you have found it" Lisa said, it wasn't a question.

"Yes I have found it" Ianto said knowing that she wouldn't believe a lie that he hadn't found it as yet.

"The elders would like you to bring it to them"
"Oh, okay" Ianto agreed as he knew it was no use delaying because by doing that he would bring attention that they are doing something with it, he needs them to think that only he has seen it, that no one from Torchwood has seen it since the time it was brought in, "When?" he asked innocently.

"Tomorrow, the elders will be expecting to see you with the box" Lisa said matter-of-factly, this time tomorrow"

"Oh.. okay sure" Ianto said trying to sound okay with this.

"Well I suppose I'll see you tomorrow then" Lisa said after a short while of them staring at each other, "if you're sure you don't want to hunt tonight?"

"Yes I'm sure, good night Lisa"
"Well, good night Ianto"

Ianto closed the door as Lisa left and breathed heavily trying to reign in his anxiety, one of having Lisa in his apartment, two that the clan knew where he lived, three that they know he has family, could this be used against him and four that the box needs to be with the elders tomorrow, and it wasn't ready.

Walking quickly to his bedroom where his phone was he rang Jack telling him that he would be there shortly and that he had a visit from Lisa.

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"Tomorrow?" Jack repeated slowly after Ianto recounted what happened.

Heaving a sigh and pursing his lips, Ianto said, "Yes and I get the feeling that delaying it a day or longer would not be negotiable, oh god we are no way near for me to get this to them, we can't even close it" Ianto said in a rush, panicking.

"Okay I'll call Tosh and Owen in, can you call Conner, we might have to pull an all-nighter, we WILL have this ready for you tomorrow, okay" Jack said soothingly recognising the signs of early anxiety in Ianto, it doesn't happen often, but when left unchecked it could spiral into full blown panic attack, usually in concern of mess and untidiness but in a way this situation could get messy and he didn't want Ianto losing it. Rubbing his back and getting Ianto to look into his eyes to convey his confidence Jack hoped that this would work out he just needed at this moment to help Ianto to reign in his anxiety.

After a few minutes Ianto composed himself, "I'll call Conner now" he said determinedly, "hopefully his wife will understand, it's not as if he's Torchwood, she is not used to it, I wonder how Rhys copes?" he said distractedly.

"Great and" Jack looked coyly, "and can you make some coffee, I think we are all going to need it"

"Of course" Ianto said smiling, scrolling through his phone looking for Conner's number.

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Monday 3am

"Okay this parchment is as good as what the parchment found in the artefact" Owen announced proudly, knowing that he wasn't all that far from completing this task, as he said to Jack when he rang him at 12.30am, disturbing a very nice dream he was having, thank you very much, he grouched, but then again Jack was expecting that, Owen being grouchy during the day is a normal event so waking him up during the night was a one hundred percent certainty.

"Good let's have a look" Jack said, hands on the railing looking down at Owen as he held the parchment up as if it was a relic made of gold and delicate.

Jack walked pass Tosh and Conner as they continued to work on the box, trying to work out how to close it, Conner had transformed several times, in the cells for everyone's safety, to close it but to no avail, he threw them a hopeful glance but they were too absorbed in their exploration to notice Jack walk by.

Owen held the parchment in gloved hands so Jack could examine it, Jack looked at it and back to the original; he tentatively and gently rubbed at the created parchment and the original with his finger and thumb and resolutely nodded his head in approval, "Great Owen, I mean this is great, texture, thickness and feel, it's all good"

"Now before you ask the 'ink' to be used will spread enough to look like the original writing" Owen said all professional, surprisingly at this time in the wee hours of the morning, "how's Ianto going with the ingredient list substitute?"

"I'm about to head down to the archives" Jack said as he bounced out of the med lab and up the stairs to go to the archives.

Reaching the archives Jack at first couldn't see Ianto then glimpsed a small figure sitting cross legged amongst piles of papers and rolls of files, "Hey Ianto, Owen has created the parchment, good news yeah?"
Ianto looked up his eyes red from strain of looking at print and paper when his body wanted and needed sleep, smiled tiredly, "That's great"

"Ianto you look dog tired, you need to get some sleep, you are not going to be any good when you front the elders in less than 24 hours"

Ianto sat bold upright for a fleeting moment, "No I'm fine, I don't need sleep, not when there's so much to do" Ianto protested.

"Look Ianto, Owen, Tosh and Conner got sleep before they came in, you on the other hand haven't had any sleep, go to my office and sleep for a few hours"

"Jack, no" Ianto said desperately.

"Ianto you are not going to be of any use in your state, now go" Jack said firmly that left no dispute, "I mean it, go now"

Ianto was too tried to protest further so he did as he was told, with Jack leading him up to his office, tucking the blanket around him as he snuggled on the sofa in Jack's office, reassuring him that he would wake him in three to four hours. Ianto mumbled something, already drifting off to sleep. Jack smiled staring at this man who had stolen his heart knowing that he was so very strong at times and yet at other times Jack was reminded as to how very young he was.

Closing the door softly behind him Jack gingerly walked down the stairs to where Tosh and Conner were working, their back bent over as they studied yet another scan.

"Thanks again Conner for coming in, I hope your wife was okay with you coming in" Jack said.

"Yeah she understands, she too, wants the best outcome" Conner replied.
"So, what have we got?" Jack asked all professional.

"Well as I said before I am not going to be able to recreate the box, Conner and I have been working on how it closes and why it is not closing, he has transformed but it doesn't appear that is required because it won't close" Tosh said with some frustration in her voice.

Jack growled in frustration, "We need it closing, Ianto can't go to the elders with the box opened, making the parchment and searching alternate ingredients will have been a waste of time, find a way to close it"

Tosh and Conner sat straight up, their backs arching up at Jack's displeasure of their lack of progress but Tosh had worked with Jack long enough to know that Jack was just venting especially when it involved one of the team, and Ianto no less, to go into dangerous territory, when he would rather put himself in harm's way not one of the team.

Tosh gently placed her hand on his shoulder as she stood up, "Jack we WILL have it closed, we will work out how it closes by the time Ianto needs to go to the elders, okay?" hoping to convey her confidence even though she didn't feel it herself.

"Yeah yeah sure, sorry" Jack smiled apologetically, "I sent Ianto to get some sleep, I'll wake him at seven and we will discuss our findings, okay?"

"Sure" Tosh said determinedly, glancing at Conner who wasn't sharing her confidence.

"Right Conner let's roll that 3D simulation again….." Tosh said turning to Conner as Jack walked away.

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Monday 7.45am

Ianto brought in the coffees into the board room as the others entered and sat at their respective seats, Conner sitting besides Tosh. Gwen, who Jack had called earlier to ask to come in earlier than her usual time, brought with her egg and bacon rolls.

They all greedily grabbed the rolls, with Jack, Ianto and Conner grabbing two each as well as eyeing the remaining rolls to see if they could possible grab another if there was enough, thankfully there were, Gwen anticipating the hunger of Jack and the werewolves. After the Jack had consumed two rolls with very little chewing and reaching for his third, he announced, "Okay, as things stand now, Owen has the parchment, the ingredient list that Ianto has come up with so far will suffice, the similarities of the ingredients is close enough also remembering that this recipe was written centuries ago…."

"Four centuries ago, longer than the elders so it is safe to say that no one would notice the change in the ingredients list" Conner said reassuredly.

"Okay four centuries ago, thanks Conner, now the question is how do we close the artefact" Jack asked Tosh and Conner expectedly.

"Jack, it has us baffled, the blasted box is seamless, no controls or anything other than the finger or claw spaces that Ianto placed his fingers on when he opened it" Tosh said in frustration.

"So what? Ianto goes to the elders with what? an opened box that hasn't been opened in centuries with a recipe that could spell destruction for all of mankind that has been in Torchwood but no, we didn't interfere with it, they are never going to believe Ianto, he will be put in the utmost danger, I won't have it, I won't" Jack shouted in exasperation and anger.

"Jack, I will have to go, there is nothing more, if I go, yes I will be in danger, and if I don't go, I and you all will be danger, hell my sister and her family could be in danger, so Jack, I am going with the box opened or closed"

A/N: Don't you just love a determined Ianto, so very commanding and strong.