"CONCRETECOLOURED SKY" PT 2 CHAPTER 5
"Do you know who you are?"
It was 3am when Jack rolled out of Ianto's bed. Ianto heard him grumble something about a rift alert and vaguely heard him saying something about staying in bed. Ianto dredged himself out of his cosy slumber and watched as Jack dressed in the dim light.
"You want me to come with you?"
"No, you be ready with the coffee at seven. Owen's at the Hub we can handle it." Jack leaned forward and kissed the top of his head. "See you in a few hours."
Ianto settled straight back down to sleep.
Four hours later and he was up feeling remarkably refreshed and he stepped into a hot shower humming some random pop tune. He closed his eyes losing himself in the sensation of the water falling on his skin. The sound of splashing on the tiles, he stretched languidly. Straight away Ianto was back in that alley, the girl a few metres in front of him, the sound of her heals on the concrete echoing in the night. He wasn't alone.
"I'll always be there for you Ianto, remember?"
Ianto turned to face his lover and Adam drew him into a deep wet kiss snaking his arms around Ianto's body as the hot water cascaded down on them.
"I didn't hear you get up." Ianto spoke into the kiss.
"You know me, quiet as a mouse. I think we should get out of here and go back to bed."
"Sounds like a good idea to me, but I have to get ready for work."
"Making me coffee and being a slave to our love?"
"Best job in the world really."
It was 11:30 when Owen and Jack finally made it back to the Hub carrying 2 heavy flight cases of meteor pieces from a field just north of Cardiff. The boxes were dumped on the couch by Tosh's desk and the first thing Jack did was yell for Ianto and coffee. Tosh looked up from her terminal and smiled up at her exuberant leader.
"Ianto hasn't come in Jack. I thought you'd probably given him the day off so I didn't think anything of it."
Jack froze. "Has he called?"
"No, I don't think so anyway."
Jack turned to Gwen who was at her station file in hand. "Well?"
Gwen shrugged. "He's had a rough couple of days Jack, maybe he just wanted a day off. Perhaps he's sent you a text, you know he never rings us."
Jack pulled his mobile out and frowned, no missed calls and no texts. Shit. He speed dialled Ianto's number and got the voice mail service.
"Problem?" Owen was at his side now.
Jack shook his head. "I think I'm over reacting, he's probably just having a lie in."
Owen shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "This is the same Tea Boy we're talking about? The one who is always in before 6am with a brew and a sarcastic comment on stand by for me whenever I get in? Some how Jack lie in and Ianto do not go in the same sentence. Have you two had a domestic again?"
Gwen gaped at Owen; anyone would think that Jack and Ianto actually had a relationship the way the Londoner was talking. Jack however was smiling at Owen's remark.
"If we had you'd be the first to know. Maybe DI Swanson has been in touch with him." His mood sobered immediately at the thought. "I'd best go to his place and check. Owen can I borrow your car?"
Owen proffered his keys. "Crash it and you will be sleeping with Janet for a month Harkness."
Jack actually rolled his eyes in a good imitation of Ianto. "What makes you think I wouldn't enjoy that?"
A loud "EEEWWW!" Issued from all three of his colleagues as Jack left the Hub.
Arriving at Ianto's front door Jack realised he had forgotten the house keys so he rang the door buzzer and stood back waiting for some minutes before the door was opened by a sleepy Ianto in pyjamas.
Jack smiled with relief about to step in until.
"What the Hell are you doing here?"
Jack froze at the anger in his voice and the sudden enraged look on the young man's face.
"Ianto?"
"I told you months ago I never wanted to see you again. How dare you come back here. What the fuck do you want?"
Jack took a bewildered pace back.
"Ianto, what's happened?"
"Nothing until you showed up two minutes ago and ruined my day. Go away Jack."
The door was slammed shut in his face and Jack heard Ianto draw the bolt across. For a moment he was too stunned to move and then he banged on the door with his fist.
"Ianto?"
"Piss off Jack!"
Confused, Jack strode back to Owen's car and sat at the steering wheel. What the fuck was going on? He dialled Owen's number.
"Jack?"
"I think Ianto's had another memory relapse. He yelled at me and wouldn't let me into the flat. We need to bring him in but I don't think he's going to come willingly can you guys get over here with some thing to break in his front door?"
"Ok, we'll be there shortly. You'd better be right about this Jack because he's going to be furious otherwise."
"Have no fear. I'm right. You'll see when you get here." He hung up and glanced worriedly back in the direction of Ianto's apartment.
Ten minutes later and the SUV slid to a stop behind Owen's car. Tosh was the first out and Gwen and Owen were close behind worried looks on their faces. Owen had his med kit bag slung over his shoulder and a sledgehammer gripped in his hand.
"I've brought a sedative with me, in case he's difficult, which knowing Ianto he probably will be."
Jack led them to the front door and decided to go with the door buzzer again. This time he got no answer. He took the hammer from Owen and the team stood back as Jack made short work of the front door. He and Owen kicked it open and burst in. Only to be confronted by a furious looking Ianto, still in his nightclothes and a strange blonde haired man standing a couple of paces behind him in T shirt and shorts. Owen and Jack just stood there, momentarily lost for words.
"I've called the police Jack. You didn't need to bring your muscle with you, though he doesn't look up to much."
Owen baulked at the insult and then realised that Ianto didn't recognise him.
"Who is that?!" Jack was shouting and pointing at the man standing behind Ianto.
Ianto stood his ground hands on hips, his whole body shaking with rage. "Get the fuck out of my home! Get the fuck out, now!" He screamed.
Gwen edged forward, carefully moving a bewildered Jack out of her way, a smile on her face.
"Ianto?"
"Who might you be?"
"Ianto. It's me Gwen. We've known each other for 18 months we work together. You remember us don't you? We're your friends."
Ianto was still glaring at Jack. "Leave and take your 'friends' with you. I told you we are through Jack. You left me months ago and I do not want you back in my life. I'm with Adam now. Get used to it!"
Jack was watching 'Adam' closely.
"You're coming back with us. I don't know who this guy is but you are both coming back with us whether you like it or not." He drew out his Webley and aimed it in Ianto's direction.
"I'm sorry Ianto but we are hear to help you, I promise."
Ianto looked from the gun to Jack and dropped his hands to his sides. "You're a fucking maniac Harkness."
Adam stepped forward and took Ianto's hand. "We should go with them I don't want him shooting you, remember what he was like last time this happened?"
Ianto smiled at him and nodded. Reluctantly Adam and Ianto allowed themselves to be handcuffed and bundled into the back of the SUV. Jack was adamant that the only person allowed to touch them was Gwen as she carefully locked on the cuffs being careful at Jack's behest not to make skin contact. Jack had no idea why he was insistent on this, but his gut was telling him and he when it did he tended to listen. The drive back to the Hub was awkward. Jack sat in the front passenger seat his gun trained on Adam as Gwen drove. Tosh and Owen followed in Owen's car.
Ianto sat in terrified silence in the back of the SUV, his eyes darting from the gun, to Adam and then back to Jack. Somehow he always managed to pick nutters for boyfriends and Jack seemed to be no exception. He was fed up with this bloke tracking him down every time he moved or started seeing some else. This time he was worried though. Jack had hit him before but he'd never threatened him with a weapon or come round with a bunch of henchmen. He wanted to reach across to Adam but his hands were cuffed to the door and he was in no position to move. He hoped Jack hadn't lost the plot and was planning on harming Adam. He smiled at Adam who gave him a calm reassuring smile back.
"It'll be alright Ianto. Don't worry. Everything will be fine. I promise."
AN: Finishing Here.
Thank you for reading…….reviewing……….. and sticking with me. This has been incredibly hard to write and I still feel think that Part One (The One Shot piece) was the best bit because I couldn't get a handle on the rest of this story.