Chapter 1

As the weird haze began to clear from Ianto's mind, he kept his eyes closed and let his other senses reign for a moment.

He was leaning up against something hard and cold, probably the wall.

He held something soft to his lips and he was drinking down the warm thick substance that he was sucking from it.

He no longer felt hunger or the pain he'd been living with for the past three days, which was a massive relief.

And there was a dull thump-thump that he found oddly soothing, he could feel it more that hear it and it seemed to be slowing down a little.

Letting his memories return he remembered barely making his way to the hub and running into Jack.

Getting Dizzy, Jack catching him, Jack telling him to trust him, and that it would all be ok, that he was going to help him.

So where was Jack? Ianto's foggy mind asked but he was too content to move right now.

Slowly the soothing thump-thump slowed to a stop and the warm liquid he was drinking down stopped coming.

Ianto's mind cleared as he sat up from where he'd ended up leaning over to drink as his source was dragged down by an unknown weight.

His eyes were still closed due to the sleepy feeling that now washed over him, he was fed and calm now he just wanted nothing more than to curl up somewhere dark and warm to sleep.

Licking his lips clean he wondered what it was he'd been drinking, the taste in his mouth was familiar somehow but he couldn't quiet place it. It was metallically almost like….Blood.

Ianto's eye flew open and landed on the pale still form of his boss slumped on the floor next to him.

His hand automatically flew to Jack's neck to check for a pulse but there wasn't one.

Jack was dead.

Looking down he saw Jack's wrist resting in his lap. He could see the gash there and a faint line where his mouth had been latched around the wound.

Bile rose in the back of Ianto's throat as his mind registered what that meant.

Had he really been drinking Jack's blood!

He quickly pushed Jack's wrist off his lap and scrambled away from the body.

Pulling his knees up to his chest he rocked back and forward staring at Jack's body.

There was no mistaking the fact that Jack was dead, he had no pulse, he was pale, his wrist had been cold in Ianto's hands and there was no movement of his chest to suggest he was drawing in any air.

What the hell was happening to him? Did he kill Jack? What the hell was he going to do? Ianto thought pushing the heal of his hands into his eyes as if he could force out the images of his dead Boss.

He'd sworn he watch Jack suffer and die after Lisa, but he didn't mean it, god he never meant it. He was more angry at himself that day.

Angry that he could save her from the Cybermen monster.

Angry that he'd fell for the manipulations of the monster that had taken his beautiful Lisa away from him.

Angry that he'd betrayed his team, his friends for nothing, she wasn't his Lisa.

He'd lost his Lisa at Canary Warf and he hated himself for not seeing that and for all the things that followed because he was a fool who couldn't see it.

A load gasp and coughing startled him from his thoughts and he dropped his hands from his eyes only to stare in disbelief.

Jack's eyes flew open fear coursing through his body as his body screamed for air before his lungs started up again.

Gasping the stale Hub air in huge gulps his heart pounded trying to force blood through his veins to oxygenate his organs and body but the blood wasn't there.

An itching sensation spread throughout his entire body causing him to curl up slightly to try and escape it as his circulatory system suddenly produced enough blood to fill his veins then be quickly forced through by his pounding heart.

As the itching across his body faded he noticed a dull itching and pulling on his wrist as the gash there pulled together and healed.

Finally after what seemed like hours to Jack but was only a minute or two in real life his discomfort faded to nothing but breathlessness.

Pulling himself into a sitting position he quickly scanned the area taking in his surroundings, eyes finally landing on Ianto who sat huddled against the wall not far from him, eyes wide in shock staring at him.

"Ianto?" Jack tried to say only to have his voice come out rough and quiet, he cleared his throat trying again.

"Ianto, are you ok? How are you feeling," Jack asked

The question seemed to snap Ianto out of his daze, the young man scrambling forward until he was kneeling in front of Jack.

Without saying anything he grasped at Jack's chest ripping his shirt open so he could push one hand inside, his hand landing over Jack's thumping heart.

Jack let him be, allowing Ianto to do whatever he needed to help him understand what he was seeing and to reassure himself that Jack was in fact sitting infront of him alive and well.

Ianto stared at Jack's chest watching the rise and fall of his breath, the hand over Jack's heart fisted in his undershirt but did not move.

His other hand grabbed Jack's arm turning it over so he could see his now fully healed wrist.

Finally Ianto looked up meeting Jack's eyes. He frowned at the spark of amusement dancing in Jack's eyes which only made Jack grin in return.

Swallowing his eyes flickered back to his hand on Jack's chest, "How?"

"I can't die. No that's a lie, I can die, I just don't stay that way. After a little while I come back all my major injuries and illnesses healing as I do so."

"Did I kill you?" Ianto asked in a strangled whisper

"I'm fine. Besides I did it to myself to help you and it was worth it, you're fine, for now." Jack said dodging the question and Ianto wisely chose not to pursue the issue. Though Jack knew they would have to talk about it sooner or later as it was still bothering Ianto.

"But you were dead, I came out of a daze to find my self drinking your blood." Ianto said voice stuttering slightly he paused. "What's happening to me?"

"You're going through some changes, I can't stop them but I can help. You needed that blood to help the change along and stop the pain." Jack explained putting his wrist strap back in place he used it to quickly scan Ianto.

"You've stabilised, you'll be ok now though why you're still conscious is baffling. You should have passed out by now," Jack said muttering the last part to himself.

"What am I becoming?" Ianto pushed.

"In the future, you'd be nothing more than what a different nationality is in this time. But in this time, you'll need to keep what you're becoming a secret for a while, similar to the fact that I don't go around spreading that fact that I'm practically immortal. Because people fear what they don't understand, and we are too hard to explain." Jack said climbing to his feet and pulling Ianto with him

"Sir?" Ianto asked finally letting go of Jack.

"I'm going to take you to some friends of mine they're like you they'll help you through the changes and teach you how to control your new abilities." Jack wouldn't meet Ianto's eyes, he wasn't ready to tell him, not yet.

"Jack?! What am I becoming?" Ianto pushed voice rising in panic

"In the future you're called Pirask," Jack sighed realising he couldn't avoid it.

"And in this time?" Ianto prodded.

"In this time, the crude, false name that was given to them in the past is vampire." Jack said quietly watching Ianto's eye widen in shock and fear.

The shrill ringing of his mobile phone woke him from his perfect sleep-in with the stunning blonde he'd picked up from the bar last night.

"What?" he growled answering

"Nice to hear you're awake and perky." Came Jack's cheerful voice down the line.

"What do you want Harkness?" Owen snapped sitting up slightly in bed, half expecting to have to get up and go into work.

"I'm leaving for London, an emergency came up. The Hub's on automated alert and set to ring you if something comes up. Don't worry bout Myfanwry I've left her enough food and her gate's set up to release and lock her in at dusk and dawn. So you're in charge while I'm gone, Gwen and Tosh know and will be your backup if you need them but try not to use Gwen unless you need to so her shotgun wound can heal. I'm taking Ianto with me since I need a PA and it's the only way I can think of to keep him out of the Hub and from working to hard. Since that will just irritate and slow his injuries from healing. Oh and I'm taking the SUV. Got that?" Jack said rapidly and Owen could here him loading the SUV in the background.

"What?" he replied sleepily.

"Good, I'll call you when I'm on my way back, don't let the world end while I'm gone. And stay out of my office." Jack finished before hanging up.

Owen pulled his mobile from his ear and stared at it for a few minutes as what Jack said finally began to sink it.

"Bollocks!" Owen swore letting his head fall back into his pillow and mobile drop to the floor.

Jack glanced in his review mirror to check on his unconscious passenger spread out across the back seat of the SUV.

At first Jack thought Ianto had just fainted at hearing the word 'Vampire', but a quick scan with his wrist strap had confirmed that Ianto was in fact unconscious from the changing.

It was a proven fact that humans always passed out within an hour of being given the Pirask blood and beginning to change. But If what Ianto had said was true, that he'd been suffering for days and that it was the cannibals who did this to him. That was three almost four days ago now. So what the hell did that mean? Why did it take so long?

Sighing Jack turned his eyes back to the road ahead. It was three in the morning so there was only the odd car on the road anyway.

It had taken a while to get on the road. By the time he placed Ianto into the back of the SUV and packed some things for them both loading them in the SUV while he rang Tosh, Gwen and Owen. He'd then had to sort out the Hub which had taken even more time.

But finally he'd got them on the road and they were heading to the one place he knew where he could get Ianto some help.

TBC