Disclaimer: I SO don't own Torchwood nor the fairytale Beauty and the Beast
Pairings: Ianto/Jack, Tosh/Owen, and Gwen/Rhys
Warnings: I'm about to place Torchwood characters in a fairytale setting and have my wicked way with them via imagination. I think that's a sufficient warning enough.
Plot: Everyone has a favorite childhood tale, even the people of Torchwood. So when a light from a piece of alien tech hits Ianto. He finds himself trapped in his all time favorite fairytale with a VERY familiar cast of characters.
Cast List:
Ianto Jones: Himself/Beauty (Handsome, whatever you want to call him)
Captain Jack Harkness: Himself/Beast/Prince
Gwen Cooper: Herself/ Kitchen Spirit
Doctor Owen Harper: Himself/ Physician Spirit
Doctor Martha Jones: Herself/Nursemaid Spirit
Toshiko "Tosh" Sato: Herself/ Maid Spirit
Rhys Williams: Himself/ Butler Spirit
The Doctor: Magic Mirror
Rose Tyler: The Enchantress
John Hart: Gaston
Emrys Jones (Ianto's father): Beauty's Father
Miscellaneous people
A/N: So I'm sick. Me being sick means that I can't concentrate on the fics I have besides I've been meaning to write this one down for a while after all. So please enjoy! Please?
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"For who could ever learn to love a Beast?" –Narrator Beauty and the Beast
"I won't do it. You can't make me. You like to think you're the hero, but you're the biggest monster of all." –Ianto Jones to Jack Harkness Torchwood episode four: Cyberwoman
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The Prologue
In Which Owen Should NEVER Touch Alien Tech
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Once upon a time, there was an organization called Torchwood. Actually if you wanted to be precise the organization was Torchwood Three that sat on a rift of time and space in the city of Cardiff, Wales, part of the United Kingdom on the planet Earth third from their sun in the Milky Way system and the planet was known to various species of alien as H7-k45243-oo994D (Translated for your pleasure). The time was half past three in the afternoon on a dark and dreary day. No one can get more precise than that.
Currently the team of Torchwood Three was walking into the Hub after a major bout of Rift activity deposited a Weevil and several pieces of alien tech. Tosh was just itching to get her hands on them for analysis, everyone could tell.
"Well that wasn't too bad a mission!" Captain Jack Harkness said cheerfully as he strolled into the Hub.
"Not too bad a mission he says," Doctor Owen Harper mutters to himself.
"Owen?"
"Yes, Jack?"
"Anyone die?"
"No."
"Anyone get horribly maimed?"
"No."
"Did we have to retcon anyone?"
"Well no…"
"Then that counts as a success in my book!"
The doctor stared at the Captain for a few more minutes and walked away muttering about how everyone in this place was 'bleeding crazy'.
Tosh happily came down humming a light tune. She always loved it when she got new tech. It was just the thrill her brain needed trying to figure out the purpose for the various gizmos and gadgets that came into her possession. She sat at her desk feeling the thrum of anticipation rush through her as she prepared to do her work.
"Coffee, Tosh?" a soft male Welsh accented voice questioned. The woman turned around and sent a wide smile toward her best friend.
"That sounds lovely, Ianto. Do we have any biscuits left? I haven't eaten since breakfast."
"I'm sure we have something to indulge your sweet tooth, Tosh," Ianto replied with an airy laugh.
"Well someone is in a good mood today, Ianto. What brought this on?"
"I got home to see an old favorite movie in time last night. I really have to look for it on DVD."
"Oh really what movie?"
Ianto blushed and looked around for Owen because if the doctor heard what he was about to confess then…well…Ianto was pretty sure he would die of embarrassment. Or kill the smart mouthed doctor. Whichever came first and both options looked pretty close.
He wandered close to Tosh and whispered into her ear.
Tosh grinned, "Oh I love that one! The French one right? Made in 1946-7ish?"
"Bingo. I had glass of wine, bowl of popcorn, packet of tissues…Lord I sound like an overemotional teenage girl."
Tosh giggled at her friend's statement. "That side needs to be let out once in awhile or else."
The two shared a grin and Ianto went to go make the coffee. Tosh gently lifted a piece of tech out of the box. She slowly placed it down and began to run her various scans on it. She hummed softly under her breath when the smell of coffee began to waft through the Hub.
Everyone slowly began to trickle out of their various spots with the smell and the promise of delicious fresh coffee. Ianto descended down the stairs carrying the tray of coffees.
"Any idea yet Tosh?" Owen asked as he peered at the device.
"I only had it for ten minutes, Owen. So no…I have no clue what it is yet."
Jack peered at the device with Gwen. It was black, medium size with the shape of a book with different shapes and sizes of buttons on it. The two were standing so close that their hands touched once or twice. Ianto noticed this and froze up for a second trying to quell the beast of jealousy.
Ianto went to Tosh's station first handing her the coffee and biscuits that he dug up. She gave him a small smile of support. He began to pass out the rest of the coffee. He looked at the piece of tech with curiosity before hurrying to put the tray back.
As Gwen and Jack stepped back Owen moved to look at it. However as he moved to look at he tripped over a wire and fell forward his hand splaying outward to catch himself. On the way down he hit a random button on the machine as he fell.
"Uh Jack…It's glowing," said Tosh as she looked at the device.
"That's not good. Everyone hit the deck!" yelled Jack. Everyone ducked as a beam of light shot out of the machine. Luckily everyone who heard Jack was on the floor.
Unluckily Ianto Jones, tea boy/lover/archivist extraordinaire, did not hear the Captain's warning and did not realize that he was in the light's path until he was hit.
The last thing he heard before he passed out was Jack's worried voice calling his name.
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H.N.: Please review! It'll make me feel better!