A/N; Well this is not strictly Doctor Who, but it does have Jack in it. Beside Torchwood is a spinoff.
Bells- day five
Christmas bells- they were supposed to be expected with joy right? Because what do you think of when you hear a Christmas bell if not the small chimes that precedes the joy of the dinner, the singing voices of the children choirs or the slide of Father Christmas and a merry laugh. Not for Jack Harkness thought. For Jack Harkness this Christmas bells would mean the end of everything he held dear at that moment. He ran down the yet another damp alley in pursuit of something John Hart had mockingly called his Christmas present. His ex- partner had showed up yet again, the nerve this man had. He showed a few hours ago demanding from Jack to find him some kind of futuristic weapon that was supposedly hidden in some of the drain pipes in Cardiff. The bloody bastard had Ianto and had set deadline in no other day by Christmas. Ianto was supposed to be home with his sister and her family not locked god knows where waiting to die.
Anger ran through Jack's mind like hot red lava of rage. He knew what he would do with Captain Hart when he finds him. This time there would be no mercy, he better hope that Ianto was unharmed, Jack thought. He ran down another alley acutely aware of the time flying by. He had lost precious time raging around the Hub, now he regretted not starting the search for this weapon in the moment the connection with John Hart was severed. Jack looked at his watch. Twenty more minutes until the first Christmas bell ring. Twenty more minutes to find that gun and hand it to John, twenty minutes to save Ianto.
Jack increased his speed and ran through the streets. This wasn't going anywhere. The place was ridden in small alien tech, his scan was picking everything and he didn't have the time to go through every drain pipe, Ianto did not have the time. He cursed and tried to specify the search. There were less than sixteen minutes left now. Never before had Jack waited the first chime of the Christmas bells with such a fear. He managed to specify the search enough to find the gun in five minutes, and now he thought it was a race against time. He ran as if his own life depended on it. No, actually this was more important than his own life, Ianto's life depended on it. He ran not even stopping to get a breathe he had no time to waste. It didn't matter if he collapsed from exhaustion or out of breathe. There were less than few minutes left. He rounded a corner and could see the docks where John and Ianto where just a couple of streets away. He looked at his watch there was only a minute left, he was breathing heavily by now.
'Oh, god please I'm not going to make it on time.' Jack thought not stopping his run, not until he heard the first bell chime, and his life turned into hell with that joyful sound.