When Ianto joined them a short time later, he was carrying with him the Doctor's suit jacket, button up shirt and tie. He also had the Doctor's converse in his hand. He set them on the stool near the counter before picking up a pastry. He didn't question why the Doctor and Jack were on the floor as he took a seat next to them. He laughed as the Doctor reached over to take his pastry, and he let him have it even as Jack chastised the Doctor softly for eating so much. Ianto didn't mind as he got another pastry for himself before settling down to eat it with the others.
"We should get going soon if we want to beat the morning traffic," Pete spoke up.
"Come on Doctor, we need to finish getting ready so that we can go to John's Torchwood," Jack told the Time Lord. He wanted to make it clear they weren't going to the sewers that the Doctor knew in order to hopefully avoid panic when they arrived at a strange place rather than the Plas.
"It's not a military base is it?" Ianto questioned.
"No, I wouldn't have invited you to go if it was. The Torchwood here is in a building similar to Torchwood one," John explained.
"That doesn't sound any better," Ianto spoke up. He had worked for Torchwood one when the rift was opened allowing the Cybermen to come through. He had lost a lot of good friends as well as acquaintances that day before saving his girlfriend who was partially converted. Jack had eventually killed her and for that Ianto never quite forgave him, even if he understood the reason why.
"I know it will be hard for you to return to the Torchwood one building, but I can assure you that the Doctor has little to no memories of the place," John promised them.
"You can't know that for sure," Ianto argued.
"I can. I have spent a lot of time in his head trying to help him rebuild his walls. While he has a lot of memories of his past, the majority of them take place on the TARDIS," John answered.
"Alright, let's finish getting you dressed," Jack told the Doctor. He helped pull the Doctor to his feet and the Doctor laughed as he was pulled up off them. Jack kissed him several times before setting him down. He picked up the Doctor's shirt and the Doctor helped Jack put his arms through the sleeves. Jack buttoned the arms while the Doctor tried to help button the shirt.
Jackie tried not to watch on as Jack helped the Doctor to finish dressing. Together they put on his dress shirt with the Doctor receiving kisses and praise for every button he successfully did himself. It was a childlike game full of laughter and smiles. Finishing with his shirt, Jack gave him a large hug again before picking up his suit jacket. That went on easier as there were fewer buttons and they were larger. Finally dressed, he didn't fight as Ianto guided him to sit on a chair so that he could help him with his converse. The Doctor didn't even attempt to help as they were pulled on his feet and Ianto started on the laces.
Jackie said a silent prayer as she found herself thankful that Rose wasn't there to see how far the man she loved had fallen. Rose would have been devastated to know that the Doctor couldn't even dress himself without help now due to the facility that had held him. Nothing would have stopped her from returning to the other universe to care for him as she had loved the Doctor enough to bring their child William into the universe. Jackie looked over to where her two grandchildren were happily eating their breakfasts with the help of their father. She missed Rose terribly and it was only her son Tony as well as her beautiful grandchildren that allowed her to get out of bed every day. Without them, she would have given in to her grief of losing her only daughter.
"Alright, go get Artemis so we can go," Ianto told the Doctor as he finished tying his shoelaces. The Doctor jumped to his feet running through the house towards the front door.
"I don't usually allow dogs on Torchwood property," Pete spoke up.
"Artemis is his service dog in order to help control his panic attacks. Either she goes, or the Doctor and I will still on the TARDIS while Jack goes with you alone instead," Ianto stated immediately becoming protective of the Time Lord. Pete put his hands up in defense. He wasn't about to argue and as long as Artemis behaved and stayed by the Doctor's side he wasn't going to keep her out of the building.
"I understand and as long as she is kept on a leash with the Doctor, I see no reason why she can't join us," Pete responded.
"I found her," the Doctor announced happily as he came running back in. His words were slurred and quick but Martha didn't tell him to watch them as she knew he was excited. With everyone ready to go, the small group made their way out to the SUVs. Pete and Martha got into one with John driving the second with the Doctor sitting in between Jack and Ianto. He was smashed in the middle, not that he minded as he loved the attention he received from it. He loved the random touches and kisses that he received as they kept him distracted on the short drive.
They arrived at a large building that was sitting on the edge of town. John parked beside Pete in specially marked spaces. They got out moving towards the building. The Doctor was less eager now, but he still held on to Jack's hand as he held Artemis's lead with the other hand. They entered the building and Pete was happy to see that his employees had listened to him and were in jeans and short sleeved shirts or blouses. If they had found his request odd, they didn't say as they followed the order that they were given. Pete greeted them as he entered taking the small group down to the Torchwood archives.
"Hello, sir and welcome back John. It is good to see you again," One of the employees greeted them as they took the life down to the archives.
"And you," John answered. He wasn't sure of the man's name even if he had seen him during the time that he had worked here. They reached the bottom floor and Pete had to sign in everyone but John through two different doors before they were in a large warehouse with long shelves filled with alien artifacts. Jack whistled softly seeing the size of the room. He could have easily fit three of his own vaults in the room and sill have space for more. What seemed like a simple task was now probably going to take hours if not a few days to go through the entire room.
"We should probably get started. Martha, you go with John to the left, Ianto and I will take the right side with the Doctor," Jack told them taking charge. They split off to begin examining the artifacts. Seeing the room, Jack understood why John thought the answer he needed was somewhere within and Jack was positive that together they would find it.
