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Chapter 25: The Fallen Angel

Eleanor felt Ianto's mind asking for her attention but she refused.

Ianto, I know what you're trying to do but don't. She'll kill you.

Eleanor, don't use the amulet. I sense you slipping. He'll consume you. Let

me try.

Not a chance in hell. I'm not putting you in that position.

We already are in hell Eleanor!

And with force Ianto entered her mind and took over, reaching for the amulet in her soul. He raised his hand and called for Melantha's pendant. Melantha's necklace started glowing as if it could not resist the call of it's name but she was too quick. She held on to the necklace and raised her hand to punish the culprit who had dared to tarnish her only friend in battle. Within two seconds Ianto's back arched and suddenly a deep red pooled underneath Ianto. Owen rushed to his aid, temporarily forgetting about his own weak ankle. He ripped open his colleague's shirt to reveal three deep gashes across his chest, ripping apart his thorax and slicing his intestines. Ianto frantically reached for his hand as he knew that there was nothing the doctor could do.

Owen grabbed his hand and held on tight. "I've got you mate, I've got you".

As Eleanor watched the pool of blood underneath her friend grow bigger and bigger, an intense rage washed over her clearing her of every sense of guilt, familiarity and love for her sister. She let the amulet take over her spirit and without being aware of her actions she used the amulet against her sister. With one glance her sister flew ten feet in the air right into cave's wall. With a powerful voice, not quite her own but spoken from within her, Eleanor threatened: "Go back to the darkness where you were born from or a more raging fire will consume your insides for eternity".

Her sister hit the wall with a staggering crash as Melantha let out a soft whimper, she could no longer hang on and she fell into a slumber of nothingness.

Eleanor raged on to trash everything in her surroundings. Together with her captain, also taken over by grief, she slaughtered every human in their path who was aiding her sister to accomplish this tragedy.

Until a familiar voice dragged her essence back into her soul. "Eleanor", Gwen screamed, "Ianto needs you, use the amulet".

With a twist she turned on her heels to face the team. The three remaining members were sitting around a body she knew only too well was Ianto's. As a gulf of sorrow overwhelmed her, she ran towards the team, not quite seeing where she was running to as her vision was soiled with tears. She knelt beside him and saw desperation of Owen's face. He can't help him, she painfully thought. As her mind raged, she quickly took off the amulet to place it around Ianto's neck. She took of her gloves, closed her eyes and focused all her energy into the young man's body.

"Fuck", she screamed, "it's not working".

She turned to her captain, still furious and controlled by an intense rage, and shouted:

'Captain, please, come over. I need you".

These words did not disturb the wrath Jack was in. He kept on shooting and punching the guards who were still protecting the unconscious Melantha.

"Captain, Owen can't help him. I need you. Ianto needs you. It's almost too late".

And with those words, he turned around to look at his distraught team. A moment of forgetfulness cost him dearly as one of the guards ran a sword right into his heart. With a gasp, he took notice of what happened. He quickly pulled out the sword and ran towards the team, who were now crying heavily as they saw their captain fall as well. With Jack's last breath he fell down on his knees, grabbed Ianto's hand and lay down to die beside his lover.

Eleanor quickly grabbed Ianto's and her captain's hands and closed her eyes again. She felt both of their pulses slowing down and she instinctively knew that if she were to save them, she had to do it now. With a heartbreaking sob she screamed on top of her lungs: "Thorisor come to me!"

Her eyes opened and widened to reveal her pupils. No longer were her eyes graced by the elegant brown the team had known, her eyes were dark purple and Eleanor was nowhere to be found.

Gwen gasped in awe : "Thorisor".

Eleanor's left hand let go of Ianto's hand and glided eerily over his bloodied chest to take the amulet into the hand. She carefully put the amulet back on herself and as soon as she closed her eyes again, the amulet began to glow. Suddenly the same purple light shone through Eleanor to Jack and Ianto.

As Jack revived with a spine shivering gasp, Ianto shot up to his feet. Both men panted heavily and touched their surroundings to try and orientate themselves back into life. Ianto touched his chest but could not find any trace of his previous life threatening injuries. Eleanor fell backwards and her hands let go of both men. Ianto was quick back on his knees, shaking her awake.

Eleanor, come back to me.

Jack had felt the unfamiliar presence reaching for him, drawing him back to life and was quick to think about the amulet. He ripped the thing from her neck and threw it beside Ianto.

Eleanor heard Ianto's cry and opened her own eyes again. She raised her torso and forcefully hugged Ianto. "You bastard, you never listen to me".

Ianto smiled with fresh tears glistening in his eyes. "Thank you, Eleanor, I was nearly gone".

"Don't thank me. Thank Jack. The amulet wasn't strong enough to heal you. It was Jack dying and him resurrecting that granted you the life-force you needed to heal".

Gwen, Tosh and Owen simultaneously knelt beside their three comrades.

"Thank fuck for that", Owen said.

Eleanor hugged Ianto again. Suddenly her face turned dark and the happy expression drained from her face. Owen noticed this and frantically asked her what was wrong. Still holding on to Ianto she whispered. "I have seen the darkness".

As she pulled away from the embrace, she caressed Ianto's face. She started to get up and with a sad voice she once again whispered: "I love you all dearly".

It was then that Gwen noticed that Melantha had awaken and had pointed a gun at Jack whilst clutching her necklace. In the back of her mind, Eleanor's words played again : And whatever happens, do not let Jack anywhere near Melantha or her necklace.

Gwen instinctively knew what was happening. Her only action was loudly to scream "NOOOOO" to jolt everyone's attention to a bloody but still very much alive Melantha.

An eerie voice cackled: "And now the darkness will conquer forever".

She pulled the trigger three times. BANG! BANG! BANG!

Jack turned around just in time to catch Eleanor falling into his arms with three bullet holes in her chest. She had jumped in front of Jack and had gladly taken three bullets to save him, her captain ... and the planet she loved so much.

She clutched her chest and had troubles breathing as her lungs were slowly but steadily filling up with her blood. The last thing she saw was her captain's blue and tear-filled eyes and the last thing she heard was her sister screaming as her body was riddled with bullets fired from her friends.