Warning: this chapter USED TO contains a sex scene – a m/m blowjob. It has been removed from the site due to censorship.
Chapter 7 Interrogations
At Buckingham Palace the sudden closure and disappearance of the mysterious portal in the Queen's chambers had caused quite a disturbance. The guards and secret services had been about ready to wet them selves, when the thing had winked out of existence in a flash of light. The UNIT "experts" that had been reluctantly called in, screamed in outrage; feeling they were somehow deliberately being cheated out of their big opportunity before they even had a chance to arrive. But the portal remained gone. All that was left were a strange gaseous air that had filled the room and forced everyone in it to wear breathing apparatus's. And then of course there were the two prisoners down in the basement.
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Ianto had finally calmed down and collapsed next to Jack on the plastic covered mattress on the floor. He was too tired from all the emotional upheaval of the day to do much else but lean on Jack and just rest. His head was resting on Jack's shoulder and Jack was holding him tight; planting gentle kisses on his hair and on his forehead.
"I love you, Cariad." Ianto suddenly said, breaking the comfortable silence between them. He twisted his head so he could see the smile that crept onto Jack's face, chasing the worry lines away. Jack's eyes took on a warmth he had only ever seen directed at himself and at Orion. Gone was the coldness of the captain, to be replaced by the gentle love of the man. 'My man.' Ianto smiled softly. 'When we get out of this, I am going to make him my husband. We've waited long enough.' He tilted his head up as far as he could, smiling again as Jack met him halfway in a loving kiss.
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He peaked through his eyelids to see Jack kneeling and with his head slumped forward. He was breathing hard and his eyes were shut.
"Thank you." He smiled at his lover. Jack opened his eyes and smiled back at him.
"Now that's what I call stress relief!" Jack joked and chuckled. Ianto joined him and soon they were laughing outright; not so much because of the joke, but because of the absurdity of the situation.
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Down the hall a young soldier no more than 19 turned away from the monitors and - blushing an impressive crimson colour - nodded to his superior officer. The man was standing by the door, looking at his wristwatch and displaying many signs of impatience. The man stormed off down the hallway and pounded on the door to the room with the prisoners. The young soldier watched on the monitors as the two prisoners scrambled to wipe themselves clean and wash away the evidence of their little rendezvous.
A guard swiped his card and the door unlocked. Without waiting the officer flung the door open and glared at the men inside. 'Bloody poufs' he thought. In his mind that sort of thing should be illegal, but he had to abide by the statutes of the law. He knew the Queen herself had requested their presence here, 'silly old bird', so he had to tolerate them being here. But he did not like having to stand around twiddling his thumbs while they got it on in his dungeons. Well, the Queens dungeons, anyway.
"If you are quite done," he said menacingly with a disgusted snarl on his face, 'your presence is requested elsewhere." He had to spit the words out or he would have choked on them. He had been given strict orders to remain polite and people were watching. The tiny cameras in the corners showed an unrestricted view of both the prisoners and of him self standing in the door. The prisoners both looked at him, and then one of them, the one he knew was called Captain Harkness, sent him a flirtatious smile and said to his lover:
"Oh, I don't know… are we done, Ianto?" The man's voice was dripping with sassiness. The other one, Mr. Jones he knew, turned red and gulped. The Captain grabbed him in his arms and kissed him, putting on quite a show for the officer, who by now was getting red faced as well; but from anger rather than embarrassment. 'The nerve of the man!' he thought and spluttered angrily. The Captain broke of the kiss, a bit out of breath. The young man looked rather dazed. The Captain gave him a quick peck on the tip of his nose and turned toward the officer.
"Now we are done." He smirked and demonstrably pulled up the zipper on his trousers. He grabbed Ianto's hand and pulled him along past the officer and out of the room.
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In her office the Queen looked at her computer screen and started fanning her self. 'Oh my!' Her advisor stood next to her with a rather dark blush upon his cheeks.
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Several hours later found Jack and Ianto sitting in an interrogation room; both feeling tired, frustrated and angry. Empty paper cups and plastic water bottles littered the table at which they were sitting. The hard wooden seat of the chair was causing their bums to go to sleep and Ianto could feel his back aching.
"We've already told you what happened!" Jack was shouting angrily at the two men and the woman in the room with them. They had introduced them selves as Smith, Smythe and Jones. Not that those were their real names. They had secret agency written all over them. Coming from their own secret agency they should know, Ianto thought distractedly and yawned greatly. They had been up at the crack of dawn having sex several times before going with Orion to Buckingham Palace. Then there had been Orion's moody behaviour and the excitement of meeting the Queen. Then Orion had gone all weird, made that hole, portal, gateway, what ever it was, and disappeared through it. Then they had been taken prisoner, chucked in a dungeon, had more sex and then been interrogated for hours. 'All in all it has been a fairly rotten day! Ok, maybe not the sex part of it…' he thought.
He was exhausted, desperately needed a shower and a change of clothes and a good solid meal. But most of all, he needed to find their son. They had explained over and over again that they didn't know what had happened or how he had done it or why. They had tried to convince those dunces that they were as much in the dark as they were.
He had been racking his brain for an explanation. Something told him that it had to do with Orion's mate. That look in his eyes before he went crazy… it reminded him of the time the mate had rejected Orion. But it was different this time... somehow. He frowned. Orion had suddenly leapt into action; his behaviour all wild and furious… like a desperate animal. 'What could have caused such a reaction?' He saw Jack pound his fist into the table, screaming at the top of his lungs. 'He almost looks the same… like he too would tear the world apart too…' he gasped loudly. 'That's it! That has to be it. Orion's mate, something happened to them - something bad. And Orion went to save them.'
"Jack! I know what happened!" he said loudly, but Jack and the interrogators were still shouting at each other. "JACK!" he tried again. Then he let out a loud whistle, like Rhiannon had taught him when they were kids. They shut up and covered their ears. "Jack, I know what happened." Jack looked at him sharply. "It's the mate. It's got to be! Something happened to them and Orion went to save them." He could practically see the cog wheels turning in Jack's head.
"Mate? What mate?" Smith or Smythe or was it Jones? He couldn't remember who was which.
"What are you talking about, man?" the other Smith/Smythe/Jones said.
Jack was nodding. "Yes, I think your right." Ianto smiled at him. "But we still don't know where he went or why the hole closed." Ianto's brief moment of hope was destroyed once again. Jack was right. Of course he was. They were not any step closer to getting Orion back. He sighed with a slump. He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose. The heavy, worried feeling in his stomach had returned with a vengeance. He looked up as he felt Jack's hand gently squeezing his shoulder.
The agents were getting agitated at being ignored. One of them plucked up the nerve to speak.
"What did you mean by that? What are you not telling us?" the imbecile said. His shirt was looking rather rumpled with its rolled up sleeves and half hidden coffee stain. The man's suit jacket was hung over the back of his chair behind him. He was by now leaning over the table, both hands curled into loose fists and glaring at the two men. Jack looked at him furiously, for daring to try to intimidate his fiancée. Ianto would have rolled his eyes at Jack's protectiveness, if it hadn't been so cute. Besides, he appreciated having Jack cover his six, when he was this tired. He yawned again.
"We've already told you!" Jack was off again. Yelling down the house. Ianto suspected it was Jack's way of venting his worry. He felt bad for yelling at Jack earlier. He had really torn into Jack and here he was sparing him from the same. He couldn't help but smile lovingly at his fiancée, earning a strange look from the female agent. Though the noise level was high, he could feel his eyelids getting heavier and he soon dozed off with a soft smile on his face.
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The twin moons hurled around the fourth planet as it spun serenely on its own way around the Solique System. The indistinct world was home to a small science base of the Niook, who had recently made the journey from the third planet. This was their first step into colonising their system and exploring the vastness of space. Needless to say, they were very proud of their achievements. It had taken them close to a hundred years to develop the technologies needed to ferry them to their neighbouring planet and to establish a base there. Every single person on the base was a worldwide hero and a household name back on the third planet. Even the Multi-Purpose Base Manager Trainee, though she was nothing more than a glorified janitor.
Little did they know that they would no longer be alone on this planet. A tiny vessel of alien origin had appeared out of nowhere some 300.000 km away. It made a beeline for the fourth planet, where it entered the thin atmosphere and descended to the ground in a controlled landing. Had the Niook scientists looked outside, they might have been able to see the streak of fire shooting across the midnight sky. But the scientists were all either buried in their work or asleep. In their minds the time for stargazing was over and it was time to focus on changing the planet they were on, so it could sustain their hungry population. With the right terraforming strategies, this world could be used as a food production planet for their people.
The alien vessel landed unhindered on the opposite side of the planet; its two passengers blissfully unaware.
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In the interrogation room the sound of a phone ringing interrupted the shouting and woke Ianto up. The female agent answered it and after a short conversation hung up again. Then she signalled the other two agents and they left the room without a word. Mystified Jack checked on his sleepy lover.
About ten minutes later an officer entered the room, dressed in an immaculate uniform. Behind him came a couple of soldiers armed to the teeth and guns ready. They had a sharp, watchful look about them. Before either Torchwood member could respond a little old lady stepped daintily into the room. They both jumped to their feet when they saw her. She was still dressed in the green skirt and silk blouse they had last seen her in. 'Was it really only that morning?' It had felt like so much longer. She looked at them sternly and ordered them sharply to sit down. Jack opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off with a stern look.
"Now, would you mind explaining to me," she said, every fibre of her was the ruler of the nation and the commander of armies. 'Granted her power isn't really real anymore, but she sure is intimidating like this.' Jack thought. There were very few people in the world that he admired and feared. The Doctor had been the first to make that sort of an impression on him; making him want to improve himself and make them proud of him. The Queen had been the second and Ianto the third. He had first met the Queen back during the war when she had served in the Auxiliary Territorial Services and had kept in sporadic contact with her. He had always had a bit of a crush on her, but had ignored it. He admired her strong character and the way she had spearheaded the nation through the years. He smiled to himself. Ianto had teased him mercilessly when he had found out about his feelings toward the now elderly lady. 'Oh well, we all have our foibles, do we not?'
"…why your son suddenly behaved like that?" the Queen asked. "Why did he make that hole?" She looked at them expectantly and with a stern face.
"Your Majesty," Jack started, but faltered when she focused her gaze on him. He felt like he had somehow let her down. Ianto rescued him.
"Your Majesty, we are not certain…" she looked at him with a frown, making him feel like a schoolboy in front of the Headmaster after causing trouble in class. "We believe he did it to save his mate. Orion has a mate, you see." he hurriedly continued, seeing her confusion. "They've never met and we don't know anything about them. But they tried to reject him and we almost lost him and we had to partake in a healing circle and…" he gasped a frantic breath and was about to continue babbling, when Jack put his hand on his arm. He closed his mouth with an audible click of his teeth.
"Apparently it is rather common for his mother's people to have predestined mates. Orion has one to. They share a bond, a telepathic connection, which allows them some knowledge of one another. We think that something has happened to Orion's mate. Something bad enough for him to want to go to them by any means possible." Jack said calmly. The Queen seemed to consider what he had said.
"And the hole in my chambers?" she asked. Her demeanour gave no indication of her thoughts or feelings on the matter. Jack looked away for a moment, before meeting her eyes again.
"We don't know, Ma'am. His mother's people have many abilities we Humans can only dream of. They've never mentioned this, though. But I wouldn't put it past them. They have the ability to teleport from one place to the other. Calls it Jumping. Maybe this is normal too. We just don't know, Ma'am." He said.
She looked at him for a long moment. Then she bowed her head to him briefly, before stating to the room and the agents listening on the surveillance system further down the hall:
"I believe them. There was no sinister thought behind this. They are to be released immediately." Then she looked at Jack and Ianto. "Captain, Mr. Jones, you have my apologies. As you are no doubt aware, one is better safe than sorry. Now, I shall have a room done up for you and have a meal sent there for you." She held up her hand to ward off Jack's protests. She waved her hand in Ianto's direction. "Your young man is ready to drop where he is standing. I will not take no for an answer." Jack bowed in gracefully.
An hour later found them fed, bathed and soundly asleep in a guest room in Buckingham Palace.
Talk about from rags to riches. From prison to palace.
Sorry guys, no Orion in this chap. He'll be back in the next one. Along with his mate.