A/N. Thank to those of you who reviewed the last chapter and to those of you who added the story to your favourites. I appreciate it a lot. :) I hope you enjoy the latest chapter, even if i may leave some things up to your imagination at the end. Next up after this will be the wedding and i plan for that to be fairly fluffy, i think it's needed after the last few chapters. Cookies to reviewers. Kat :)
Chapter 50.
Gwen ducked back quickly around the corner as bullets from the other woman's gun flew past her, only just missing her head. She waited until she heard a break in the shots and she cautiously peered back around the corner and fired a few shots of her own at the siren. The siren pressed herself up against one of the doorways lining the tunnel that they were in. Gwen moved back around her corner again as more shots headed her way. Gwen was steeling herself for another look around the corner when she heard a surprised sound and then a thud, which sounded very much like a body hitting the floor. She looked around the corner once more, only to move fully out this time when she saw that the siren was slumped unconscious on the floor. Gwen looked up to see Ianto standing over her stun gun in hand. He looked up at her and smiled as he put the stun gun away in his jacket and bent down to restrain the sirens hands, in case she woke up too soon.
'See it comes in handy knowing these tunnels inside out.'
'Yeah, I'm thinking I should definitely learn my way around better now.' replied Gwen.
'Come on, lets get this one down to the cells and see what's happening with the others.' Ianto said as he started to move the siren towards the door she was trying to open earlier.
'I should let Jack know, we've stopped this one.'
'Ok, but he probably won't reply.'
'That's ok, I'll just let him know this ones down and that we're ok.'
Gwen did just that and then helped Ianto move the siren down to the cells.
X
Molly could feel the press of the sirens gun against her back, but she was more worried about the one pointed at Jamie.
'You tricked us, I have been told that my colleague can only get so far into the building.'
'You didn't really expect me to give you complete access straight away,' Molly said, hoping she could buy herself some more time. Then she spotted movement at the entrance to the car park, which gave her more confidence.
'You were warned about what would happen if you tried anything and now you will pay.'
'I don't think so,' said Molly.
The siren laughed, 'There's nothing you can do, you're alone and unarmed.'
'Well, it's true, I am unarmed,' Molly paused and looked the siren straight in the eye with a determined gaze. 'But I'm not alone.' As she spoke these words, Molly looked over the sirens shoulder.
The siren followed Molly's gaze by turning her head to look at the entrance and her eyes widen when she saw Jack stood there, gun pointed straight at her.
'Hey there, is this a private party or can anyone join in,' said Jack moving closer.
The lead siren was taken aback by Jacks appearance and faltered slightly. The one stood next to Molly also turned in Jacks direction. This gave Molly the opportunity she needed. Molly thrust her elbow up into the sirens face causing her to fall off balance. Jack fired in the direction of the lead siren before she herself could do the same. Molly took the opportunity to pull Jamie down behind one of the parked cars, she saw Jack do the same as the sirens regained their composure and started firing back. Jamie and Molly crept round the back of the car so they were out of view. Molly moved to untie Jamie's hands.
'You ok? She asked him.
'I'll be better when I know what the hell is going on.' Jamie replied.
'I promise to tell you everything when we've taken these two down.'
'And how exactly are we going to do that? Jack's the only one with any weapons.'
'Stop being so negative, and follow me.' Molly said as she started edging along the wall of the car park, making sure to keep out of sight of the sirens, who were currently focused on Jack. They eventually made it over to the car where Jack was. As he bent back down he turned to Jamie and grinned. 'Nice to see you back with us.'
'I was hit over the head, I didn't have any choice in the matter,' replied Jamie indignantly.
'Yeah, being kidnapped by three pretty blondes must have been a real hardship,' said Molly teasingly.
'Great, even under fire, you find time to gang up on me.'
'Well the good news is Ianto and Gwen have taken down the one in the tunnels, we just need to stop these two. You might be needing these.' Jack handed over two stun guns that he had in his coat. 'I'll keep their fire drawn while you take them down, I don't want to kill them unless I absolutely have to.'
Molly and Jamie nodded and waited for Jack to fire again. As he did Molly went back the way they came and Jamie moved across to the cars on the other side. The lead siren though worked out what they were doing and changed direction, aiming at where Molly was, while the other one kept her fire aimed at Jack. She managed to get one lucky shot hitting Jack square in the shoulder, forcing him to duck for cover. Jack had given Jamie time to get to the siren and as she was distracted he stunned her from behind. Just like the siren in the tunnel, this one never saw it coming. Molly had got herself level with the lead siren by this point, and was waiting for the right moment. Molly was forced into a move though when she saw the siren smirk at her before turning towards where Jamie was standing, now completely exposed. Molly lunged at the siren from her place behind the car, knocking her off her feet and landing heavily on top of her. As they fell to the ground the gun the siren was holding went off, the bullet hitting the wall behind Jamie. The siren threw a powerful punch at Molly hitting her on the jaw, but Molly managed to stay on top of the siren, stun gun in hand. As she went to stun her, the siren spoke.
'You know, you are a lot like us. I'm not sure everything was an act.'
'That's where you're wrong,' said Molly. 'I'm nothing like you, I embrace my emotions, and right now I'm extremely angry.' She finished her sentence by moving off the siren and stunning her into unconsciousness. 'Owww,' Molly said as she climbed to her feet rubbing her jaw. She then saw Jack and Jamie walking over to her.
'Let me look,' said Jamie as he reached out and tenderly ran his fingers along her jaw line. 'I think you'll live, he replied as he kissed her softly on the lips.
'Yeah, except I'm going to have a huge bruise to try and cover up for my wedding pictures,' grumbled Molly under her breath.
'Good job guys,' said Jack as he joined them, his shoulder already healing. 'Let's get these two down in the cells and then we can work on sending Mia back.'
'Do you really think we can do that?'
'I'm fairly confident our plan will work,' answered Jack giving her a reassuring smile. 'Come on.'
X
Between them Jack, Jamie and Molly got the two sirens down into the Hub and into cells alongside the one Ianto and Gwen had stopped, as well the one from earlier. The first one that they had caught gave Molly an evil stare as she passed that clearly showed her displeasure at being played. Jamie caught the look, and took Molly's hand to reassure her.
'Glad you're back in one piece,' Ianto said to Jamie as they met back up in the main Hub. 'Kidnapped by three blondes, must have been torture.'
Jamie rolled his eyes, 'Why is everyone fixated on the fact I was kidnapped by three women, it wasn't my idea of fun.'
'It must have been terrible, I know I would have hated it.' replied Jack.
'Yeah right,' laughed Ianto, 'You would have hated being handcuffed by three blondes.'
'The only person I would be interested in being handcuffed by is you,' answered Jack suggestively as he moved closer to Ianto, 'In fact if you're interested…' The rest of the sentence was unheard by the others as Jack leant in close to whisper into Ianto's ear, although the blush that crept into his cheeks clearly showed Jack was suggesting something they could do later.
'Do you think they forget we're here sometimes?' mused Jamie.
'Nah,' replied Gwen, 'Jack just doesn't care who hears him, or sees him if it comes to that.' The three of them laughed breaking up the moment between the other two. 'If you're quite finished then,' continued Gwen, 'We need to get Mia home.'
'And someone will fill me in on what I've missed?' asked Jamie.
'Sure,' said Ianto, 'I'll fill you in while the others take Mia.'
X
Mia had been in Jack's office while the meeting with the sirens had taken place. Initially she was going to go with them, but it was decided that she was better off staying inside. Mia had tried to insist that she needed to be involved, but Molly was adamant that she should stay put. Mia was now with Jack, Gwen and Molly in the SUV. They stopped in a small street that was located about midway between the castle and the Greyfriars Road car park. Molly's sensors were picking up residual Rift energy, and the plan was for Mia to use this to help her boost the power of her transport to send her home. It was a risky plan and they wouldn't actually know whether or not Mia made it home ok, but her transport had her home planets coordinates in it and the Rift energy should help. It was also the only plan they had.
'I hope this works out, Mia', said Molly as they walked towards where the sensors indicated the strongest point of the energy.
'I believe it will. Thank you for everything you have done for me, all of you,' replied Mia smiling at the three people in front of her.
'You take care Mia.' said Jack warmly. Mia smiled and stepped away, pressing a combination of buttons on her transport, the light swirled and she soon disappeared.
Molly sighed, 'I'm going to miss her. Well, not the dream invading part, but I really liked her.'
'She was a good person,' said Gwen putting her arm around Molly's shoulders. 'Come on, you're getting married in two days, and we still have things to finalise.
X
When they returned to the Hub, the first thing Jamie did was give Molly another huge hug and soft kiss.
'What was the for?' asked Molly, 'Not that I'm complaining.'
'Ianto told me everything you did. Sounds like you were very convincing.'
'I did what I had to,' replied Molly blushing a little at the praise.
'You had those sirens fooled,' said Jack. 'Ever done any acting?'
'Only at school, and I only did that because I had a massive crush on John Riley.' Molly smiled at the memory.
'John Riley?' queried Gwen.
'He was gorgeous, my first big crush. He was always in all the school plays, so when I found out they were going to do Romeo and Juliet, I auditioned and got the part opposite him.'
'So you were Juliet to his Romeo.' Gwen said, and Molly nodded. 'Did it work, did you get his attention.'
'No, my massive crush suffered a big blow when I caught him kissing the guy playing Mercutio.' This caused the others to laugh. 'Can't say I blame him though, cos he was quite cute too.' finished Molly, laughing along with the others.
'Ok then' said Jack. 'I think we deserve an early finish after everything. The Rift predictor is mercifully quiet for the next few days so barring anything unforeseen we should be fine for the wedding.'
'Speaking of which, am I still ok to stay with you tomorrow night?' Molly asked Ianto.
'Sure, it will give us chance to go over any last minute things.'
Gwen, Jamie and Molly then left the Hub, heading home for some well earned rest.
Ianto then turned to face Jack. 'So I believe there was talk of handcuffs,' he said as he started walking towards Jacks office.
'Oh yeah,' replied Jack with a big grin, eagerly following close behind.
