Title: Even

Pairing: hints of Jack/Ianto

Disclaimer: If I owned Torchwood Jack would spend a lot more time shirtless and a lot less time pining over Gwen.

Warnings: Mild themes of Torture and Rape

Author's Notes: I am a very bad editor and my beta is… currently missing, I'll find her eventually. So forgive me for any grammatical or spelling errors.

John Hart. John fucking Hart!

Ianto grimaced as he pulled at the chains on his wrists and ankles. This was all his fault.

Jack laughed as he pulled Ianto out of the hatch that morning. "Good morning everyone!" he bellowed out to the inhabitants of the Hub.

Owen ground his teeth, "Someone got lucky last night," the undead man said bitterly.

"Awww, that's not fair Jacky," a familiar voice made them all jump and turn to look at the autopsy bay where John Hart was lounging on the table.

The Hub filled with the sound of five guns being whipped out and cocked. "Hey, hey," warned John, "You don't want to do that."

"Why not?" growled Gwen.

John shrugged, "Oh this and that. My gorgeous body, raw sex appeal, oh and the fact that I have your husband locked up in a warehouse wired with explosives. And your mother," he nodded at Tosh, who paled. "And a pilot called… Diane."

Owen froze, "What do you want?" he said through gritted teeth.

"Oh the usual, Jack," John said nonchalantly. "But that hasn't worked in the past, so I guess I'll just settle for his suffering," The ex-Time Agent jumped off the table. "You lot hand over Eye-Candy over there," he pointed at Ianto. "Or I blow your loved ones to kingdom Kong. Capeesh?"

"No," yelled Jack. "Why on earth would you think we'd do that?"

John smirked. "Oh I didn't think you would, but those three, they seem to be considering it."

Jack spun round to look at the three members of his team who were all avoiding his, and Ianto's, gaze.

"Jack…" those beautiful welsh vowels. Jack looked desperately at Ianto.

"Listen to the tea boy Jack," grinned John. "Besides, I know it won't take you too long to find their precious ones, then you can come after Eye Candy."

Jack clenched his jaws, he knew what John could do to Ianto in that short amount of time. It was too horrific to think about.

"If you kill him," warned Jack.

John's grin widened. "Oh I won't kill him Jack." He reached out and grabbed Ianto's arm. "See you in a bit!" he yelled as he teleported them both out of the Hub.

"Oh Eye Candy!" John's voice echoed through the metal ship. Ianto wasn't sure where or how Jack had gotten his hands on a broken down Sycoraxinvader ship and some how he was sure he didn't want to know.

It had only been two hours since he had been taken hostage by John fucking Hart and already Ianto's body was bloody and broken, but his soul was still intact. He knew Jack would come for him.

This time John was carrying a long, double-edged knife. He grinned. "Hey Eye Candy! Miss me?"

Ianto rolled his eyes. "Like a hole in the head."

John's eyes lit up like a child on Christmas morning, "Would you like one those? It can be arranged, but not til later. No I want to have some more fun."

His arm flicked out so quickly Ianto didn't even realise until his chest had another gushing wound to match all the others.

John cast the bloodied knife aside and rolled the welsh man over onto his stomach, making the chains twist and push painfully into Ianto's skin.

Gleefully, John lowered his pants and forced himself yet again into the poor young man, who bit his lip to stop from screaming in agony.

"Jack," he whispered desperately.

TWTWTWTW

Jack watched anxiously as Gwen, Owen and Tosh ran over and embraced their respective loved one.

"Right!" he bellowed, shaking in fury. "Now we've done that let's go get Ianto!"

Gwen looked up from hugging Rhys guiltily. "Of course Jack, Just let me get Rhys home and-"

"No," the Captain growled. "No more wasting time. You threw Ianto to the most vicious torturer the Time Agency had ever had. Now you get him back, no wasting time! They can come along, we'll retcon them later."

Tosh broke away from her weeping mother, pulling her laptop out of her bag. "I can track John's wrist watch, I took down its signal last time he was here."

"Into the car! NOW!"

TWTWTWTW

Ianto choked back a sob as John pulled out of him, giving him a kick in the stomach, directly into one of the wounds, for good measures, rendering the young man unconscious.

"Jack should be arriving soon," said John thoughtfully. "Time for the grand finale don't you think Eye Candy?"

John pulled one of his throwing knifes out of his pocket and began carving humming softly to himself the entire time.

TWTWTWTW

It was Owen who first saw him, nailed to the wall like Christ on the cross. By the time they'd reached the wreckage outside of town it was dark and the moonlight was streaming down, illuminating the naked, blood soaked body of Ianto Jones and the words carved crudely into his chest.

Now we're even