Characters: Cpt.Jack, Ianto, Gwen, The tenth doctor, rose

Pairing: Jack/Ianto

Setting: After children of Earth

(Note: I'm not making it a crossover because... well I'm not)

Previously

"The Doctor" he spluttered out. "Find the Doctor, He'll bring you back to us Ianto." I couldn't tell if it was sea water or tears that fell after that.

Ianto

The doctor, once again to be responsible for my happiness. Even in the hazy darkness that were my memories, he was a faceless being that stood out. He had taken Jack away from us all when we had needed him. How does one even go about finding a person who can travel through time on a whim? Then again, he knew I was coming. After all the tardis will have given him that bit of information so all I need to do is figure out where we'll meet.

Jack staggered to his feet, shaking water out of his hair and wringing his sopping coat out. His eyes scanned the pier, their cobalt blue piercing me once and then again as he searched. "It's no good Ianto, I can't see you when I'm like this, but I know you're still here. I'm so sorry Ianto Jones. You were supposed to be with me for as long as humanly possible and then some" He laughed dryly at himself, the deep bark echoing off empty freight containers.

"He'll know you're coming, Ian, I'll make sure of it." ((pronounced Y-an))"Start in London, around Scotland yard is a haunt of his, probably because a police box is less conspicuous near an actual police station" I turned to go, willing myself to leave the new found ability to communicate with him. It almost seemed unnecessary to come back if I could just be with him like this, always present.

" And Ianto.." he whispered, the pain causing the words to catch in his throat "I miss you." If he hadn't had my heart before he had it now, standing right there, soaked to the skin, talking to nothing. I was his.

I had to find a way, any way at all, to get to that doctor and back again in my own body, all of it would be worth it just to feel the soft bristles of Jack's cheek on mine, to smell his smell again, to see the way his eyes crinkled when he smiled. I sprinted away, knowing that the end of this was in sight spurred me onwards. I had no choice now but to trust in someone I'd never met. They held my life in their hands.

London is a smudge of grey to me, holding inside it's realm all of the pain I had felt at the hands of a crooked government and an alien being. Funny that the place I had died would be the place to save me too. I guess that it would always have happened this way, everything coming full circle. Scotland yard was buzzing with life and movement as policemen and women rushed to and fro, not paying any attention to their surroundings.

That would explain their nonchalance towards the navy police box on the corner of the street.

I stood awkwardly outside the door, or what looked like it would be the door for a while, waiting for someone to let me inside. There was no movement from the inside, no one was there. The grey clouds opened and it began to rain the classic British drizzle. If no one was going to open the door, I was going to have to. After all if Jack had felt solid underneath my palm this would too. The metal creaked as I worked at the hinges, systematically finding the weak points and exerting all the pressure I could on them until there was a flap of metal loose at the base of the box. I took a deep breath and wriggled inside.

The bronze interior cast a warm light through the structure, the blue pulsing light in the centre of the room highlighting the ornate staircases. I felt instantly soothed, this was a man I could trust. After all he was the reason I'd gotten to know Jack in the first place.

"Rose, calm down we only ran a few minutes over schedule and besides it's not like he did any real damage, it was actually quite clever." I fought off the urge to hide, remembering that he couldn't see me anyway and waited where I was, standing in front of the staircase. "I'm just saying, you could have listened to me in the first place and besides that I told you that this was going to happen anyway! I bet he's not exactly enjoying himself in there alone" a woman's voice drifted up from below, clearly the door was easier to find then I had thought. A brown haired man with a hooked nose entered first. The doctor I assumed, followed by a blonde woman who was scowling at his antics.

He smiled and turned to where I was standing. "Right so, you must be Ianto Jones then, yes?" I nodded, but he had already moved away, walking deeper into the ship. "Yes, I know all about you , I'm the Doctor. The tenth doctor to be more precise, and that's Rose" we were moving quickly, going deeper and deeper, into the ships core with Rose trailing along behind us.

" Now, seeing as we can't exactly have a conversation I'm going to assume you want my help, and I'll give it to you because I'm fond of Jack." he turned to face me, his face the picture of seriousness. " I'm going to warn you Ianto that this is going to hurt." I'd lost Jack enough times to know know that it was worth it.

" Come with me then. Put your hand on this" the blue ball that I had seen before had grown, until it spanned nearly the entirety of the room. "It's the heart of the Tardis. Don't hesitate. Just reach out and touch it. It'll be no more than a few seconds of pain, believe me." I closed my eyes and placed a palm on the surface as a blinding pain dragged me into an abyss of darkness.

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"You should have told him that he can't go back right away!" Rose was screaming at him, jabbing her finger into his chest "Do you think I had that option Rose?" he scoffed "you know how it works. I can't tell him anything about the future or it'll change. Besides it's only a few months"