Chapter 1
Ianto Jones woke up in a hospital with no memory of anything except for his name. He woke up to find that he was lying down and surrounded by people. "Are you alright? How are you feeling?" One of them asked.
Ianto didn't answer, but the people around him waited patiently. He looked around the room to view his surroundings, which were mainly blocked by the people. "Where am I?" he asked.
"You're in a hospital in Cardiff, Wales. You had a concussion and a broken wrist. You're ok now. "One of the, said.
"Do I… know you?" Ianto asked doubtfully.
"No. We're just your doctors. You haven't met us before. Are you ok? Dizzy or anything? Hungry or thirsty?"
Ianto shook his head. "I'm fine." A few of the Doctors left, and two remained.
"Do you remember anything? How you got hurt?" One of the Doctors questioned him. Ianto shook his head. "Well, these were found with you." With that, the two other Doctors left the room. Ianto looked at the small wooden table next to him. There was a golden watch, and a photo. The photo had a nice picture of a pretty young woman and a teenage boy. But these objects had no meaning to him, he didn't remember them. Or anything else.
He raised his hand to call over a Doctor. Quietly, he asked if he could leave. They checked him with odd equipment to see if he was alright, then they released him into Cardiff bay.
Outside , there were many moving devices. One of them stuck out to Ianto. It was black with tinted windows. It drove fast, avoiding all cars as it sped through a red light. When it was out of sight, Ianto walked on, and searched his pockets for anything useful. His hand closed around something. Money. He took it out of his pockets and counted it. It was enough to stay somewhere for two nights, and some food. But after those two days, where would he go?
Ianto walked around town until he found some cheap food. It didn't matter if the food was good, it only mattered if it was cheap. He needed to save as much as he could. It was the morning, so he ordered something small off the breakfast menu. When his food arrived, he ate it slowly, trying to make it last as long as it could. While he ate, he stared out the window into and unknown world. There was an interesting building, right across the street from the restaurant.
While he was staring at the building, the black moving device from before pulled up, and some people got out. Two women, and two men. They all looked like everyone else Ianto had seen, except for one of the guys. He was quite handsome, and dressed like he wasn't from this time. He was wearing a navy coat. As Ianto stared, the man turned and looked him strait in the eyes.
Or at least, it looked like he was looking Ianto in the eyes. Ianto was across the street from him, and in a building. How could that man have noticed him looking? Slowly, the man in the navy coat stepped away, and onto a block of cement on the sidewalk. The others followed. The block seemed to float down, and they disappeared, slowly. Ianto stared.
It took him a moment to realize he had eaten his food. He called over a waitress, and paid for his meal. He left the restaurant, still staring at the block of cement where the people had disappeared. He crossed the street, and stomped on the block. Nothing happened. He waited for a few minutes, drawing some stares. Finally, he gave up and went to look for a hotel.