Chapter 4
By the time the kids brought the outfit to Jack and he got dressed an hour had passed.
"Alright kids, show me the way to Ianto's flat," Jack ordered.
"This way," The oldest replied.
Jack followed the kids out of the sewers to an apartment complex.
"You three, run ahead and get the key," The oldest teen ordered the youngest three.
As the three kids ran off Jack looked at the two teens with a question on his face.
Without Jack asking the question the second teen answered his look, "We have a key so we can water his plants when he's away."
"Okay, he has plants?" Jack asked as they entered the building.
"Yeah, a lot of them," the oldest replied.
In no time they were standing in front of Ianto's flat. The other three exited their flat with a key and one of them quickly opened Ianto's door. The teens pushed Jack into Ianto's flat.
"What's your hurry?" Jack asked.
"Oh, our uncle is looking for his clothes. He's mad. We've all been trying to get him to leave. Even mom has tried." The youngest boy replied as they all got into Ianto's flat and closed the door.
"Ianto said he'll talk to him when he has the time to," The eldest teen said.
"Okay. I'll talk to him after I change," Jack stopped talking and looked around, "Wow! Ianto lives in a garden!"
"Yep, he lets us harvest some of it," The second teen said.
Jack headed for Ianto's bedroom. He went passed an herb wall, elevated vegetable gardens, and several other plants. As he went passed several coffee plants he said, "That's why his coffee is better sometimes than other times."
"Yeah, freshly picked, roasted and ground. Mom loves his coffee." The youngest girl said.
Jack entered the bedroom and closed the door. He looked through Ianto's closet, picked out a suit and said to himself, "Ianto won't mind me wearing it."
Jack laid the suit on the bed and sat down next to it. He pulled off the extremely tight Keds, took off the bright white socks, faded denim jeans, a denim jacket, and novelty T-shirt. He dug in one of Ianto's drawers, pulled out underwear and socks. He then got dressed. The last thing he put on was a pair of dress shoes. He looked in the mirror and smiled. He grabbed the clothes he wore for a short time and left the bedroom.
"So how do I look?" Jack asked.
"Suave," The oldest girl answer.
"Dapper," The youngest girl replied.
"You should have taken a shower," The youngest boy honestly suggested.
"I agree with dapper. I will take a shower after I talk to your uncle. Is your uncle at your place?" Jack asked.
"Yes, he is always there. He came to help Mom out after Dad died but all he does is play video games." The oldest teen explained.
"And wear that fish mask," The second teen added.
"Let's go," Jack ordered.
They left Ianto's garden.
At the kid's door, Jack ordered, "You kids stay here. I'm going to look in first."
Jack opened the door and looked in. He saw a man with a fish head playing video games and device on a table close to him. Jack quickly but quietly closed the door and then looked at the kids.
"What's wrong? Ianto did the same thing and said he needed some help first." The eldest said.
"That is not your uncle," Jack informed and continued, "It's an alien from another world. There is an object on a table next to him..."
"He calls it his trophy. No one is allowed to touch it. I was right about him being an alien." The youngest boy said.
"Did you touch the trophy?" Jack asked.
"Yes, it shocked me and it was like a fog lifted in my head. I could see who he is." The youngest boy replied.
"The trophy is a mind control device. Whoever touches it has control of others minds." Jack explained.
"That's why mom made a chocolate cake that night," The youngest boy said
"Probably. This is what we are going to do." Jack said and they huddled around him as he explained his plan.
Meanwhile, on the bridge the rift spat out another Jack. He now had a huge head and small body. He looked like a bobblehead doll. No one was around to help him so he wobbled down under the bridge and sat down leaning against it. He was confused and wasn't sure where he was. He started to cry, "Ianto, where are you?"
Back at the kids' flat, the door flew open, Jack and the kids rushed in.
Fish-head yelled, "Don't touch my trophy!"
"Ouch!" The youngest girl screams and demanded, "Fish-head go put on one of my mom's ugliest dresses!"
Fish-head ran into the mom's bedroom and closed the door as Jack took the device from the little girl.
"Kids I need you safe, so go into Ianto's flat and take care of the plants!" Jack ordered.
Without any complaints, the kids went to Ianto's flat. Jack pulled out a Taser from his pants and waited.
A few minutes later Fish-head exited the mom's bedroom in an ugly yellow flower dress.
Jack laughed and asked, "Why are you living here?"
"Because I can and want to," Fish-head replied.
"Where did you get this device?" Jack asked.
"From the rift. Give it back to me!" Fish-head demanded.
"No!" Jack exclaimed as he threw the device against a door and it shattered.
Fish-head was furious so he rushed at Jack. Jack pulled the trigger and Fish-head got zapped. While Fish-head was unconscious Jack dragged him to Ianto's flat. Jack and the kids tied up Fish-head. The kids went home while Jack went for a walk. Before leaving the flat Jack put on a long hooded coat.
Jack walked towards the bombed-out Torchwood building. He was on a bridge when he heard crying. He followed it, down under the bridge to the big-headed himself. The big-headed Jack was still naked so sewer Jack undressed put the suit on big-head and then he put the hooded long coat back on.
"Where should we go?" Sewer Jack asked.
"Not too far. I Have problems breathing and walking. I was reborn mostly in the rift." Big head replied.
"We could see if the lower level of Torchwood is still there by taking the sewer entrance," Sewer Jack suggested.
"We should. I think I can make it with some help." Big head Jack said.
Sewer Jack helped big head Jack up.
"You stink! Where were you reborn?" Big headed Jack asked.
"The sewer," Sewer Jack replied.
The two walked together towards a manhole. They were passing an abandoned warehouse when the big-headed Jack needed to rest. Sewer Jack helped the other to sit.
"I can hear someone being tortured in the warehouse," Big-headed Jack informed.
"Okay, I'll go check it out," Sewer Jack responded and went to the door with a window in it.
When Sewer Jack looked into the warehouse he saw a white-haired him being tortured by Grey. He looked around for something to use when he remembered the Taser and pulled it out. He tried to open the door quietly but old metal doors don't open quietly.
Grey turned around and asked, "What the hell is going on? How is there another one of you?"
"Oh, someone put a bomb inside me. I blew up and pieces of me got scattered all over." Sewer Jack replied and then asked, "How did you get out of stasis?"
"It shut down and I pushed myself out," Grey replied.
"How did you get out of Torchwood?" Sewer Jack asked keeping Grey's attention on him.
"The bottom floors only had a few cave-ins. We took the sewers out," Grey answered.
"Who's we?" Sewer Jack asked as white-haired Jack finished opening up the cuffs with a piece of barbed wire.
"Weevils and I. Those you had in the cells are loose again," Grey said and laughed.
"What parts did you find of me and where?" White-haired Jack asked.
Grey turned and moved so he could see both Jacks. Suddenly the large garage door opened so Grey turned to it he saw a big headed Jack.
"What the hell are you?" Grey asked.
"A distraction," Big-headed Jack replied.
"What?" Grey asked with shock and started to turn around.
Sewer Jack shot Grey with the Tazer. Grey shook and passed out. The three Jacks quickly tied Grey to the stretcher after they took his pants off. White-haired Jack put them on.
"We need, we need more clothes," White-haired Jack stammered.
"Why is your hair white and why did you stammer?" Big headed Jack asked.
"He poured white glitter in me while a was re, reforming," White-haired Jack replied.
"So you have glitter in your brain," Sewer Jack stated.
"Yep, and other places," White Haired Jack said as he let one rip and then shook glitter out of his pants.
The three Jacks laughed.
"We could go to Ianto's flat. I have the key." Suggested Sewer Jack.
"We won't get, get too, too far dressed like this," White hair Jack said.
"There are boxes of clothes in the lower levels of the blown up Torchwood." Big Head Jack said.
"From old employees who left clothes there. We could see what's left of the lower levels. I have a fish head back at Ianto's that needs to be locked up." Sewer Jack said.
"Let's go!" White-haired Jack said as he picked up one end of the stretcher and started to drag it.
Sewer Jack helped the big-headed Jack up and they followed white-haired Jack out of the warehouse.
An hour later the Jacks were dressed and had Grey in a cell. They have power to a portion of Torchwood that was left and had found some laptops. They were catching up on current news. Big head was also designing a container for himself.
"We should, we should give each other, each other names," White-haired Jack suggested.
"We can't all be Captain Jack Harkness," Big head said and then asked, "What would you call me? Big head?"
"No, how, how about Face, Face..." White-haired Jack started.
"Face of Bo!" Sewer Jack said.
"I like that. Do you have an idea for yourself? Slick Jack?" The face of Bo asked.
"One of the kids called me dapper. I was thinking Jack Dapper," Sewer Jack said.
"You do look, look dapper in that suit. How about, about me? Stupid Jack?" White-haired Jack asked.
"Hell no. You have the same knowledge and memories we have up to our rebirths. We all are smart. How about Jack White?" The face of Bo suggested.
"I like that, that," Jack White replied.
"Face of Bo, what are you working on?" Jack Dapper asked.
"A container for me. So I can breath easier and hold my head upright." The face of Bo replied.
The other two looked at the design.
"We should go to Ianto's place and get some sleep. The neighbor kids can help us with getting supplies tomorrow." Jack Dapper suggested.
The other two agreed and they left.