Jack turned at the sound of Gunshot and instantly took in the dreadful tableaux.
Gwen suddenly sagged and dropped the gun in astonishment.
" Ianto!" Jack ran over, ignoring Gwen completely, and cradled Ianto in his arms.
There was a stark-strong contrast to when Ianto always held Jack when Jack was dying. Did that mean Ianto would too? No, he had to be positive.
" It's fine, sir. Had worse from shaving." Ianto joked, trying to lighten the conversation, despite how weak his voice was.
Jack saw an area of blood soaking through the suit just below his right shoulder, on the mirror opposite side from his heart.
It had been an alien device, so the impact was different and worse. Jack hadn't had chance to fully test this thing yet. It was ironic really. He had planned on letting Gwen test it first, and she really did. There was a fairly large ragged hole in Iantos' skin, and it seemed to have gone quite deep, and looked the be getting thinner the further in the rays got.
" Can you stand?" Jack decided not to tell Ianto about that, to help him walk, and keep going.
Ianto nodded silently, ever strong, and leant slightly on Jack as the ex-Time Agent helped him up.
They walked past Gwen silently, and the Woman looked horror-stricken.
" Ohmigosh Ianto! I'm SO sorry. I didn't mean- can I help?" She ended meekly.
" I think you've done enough." Jack growled, stepping past her, glad he was between Gwen and Ianto, and picking up the gun.
TW
" Bloody 'ell!" Owen exclaimed as Jack entered with a still conscious Ianto. " What 'appened?"
" Gwen got a little Trigger Happy." Jack explained as Ianto eased himself onto the Autopsy table, swinging his legs nervously, reminding Tosh – who had come over to see what the trouble was – very muchly of the young man he really was, under the cover of suits.
" What gun was it?" Owen asked, already helping Ianto remove his torso-clothing.
"Physiconic Power-Blaster."
" Ouch. Sorry mate." Owen took a deep breath and peeled back Iantos' shirt, drawing in a breath at the same time as Ianto.
There was silence for a fair few seconds.
" …well, shit…" Owen broke it in his true fashion, with his selection of foul language. " That's gonna cause some damage."
" You're medical skills are too brilliant for a humble team like us Owen." Ianto deadpanned, clinging onto whatever normality he could find.
" Right." Jack nodded to no-one in particular. " Owen, fix Ianto. Tosh, scan the Blaster, it's on your desk, I brought it up. I'll go and find Gwen."
Tosh nodded and headed back, already processing it from a distance with her eyes as she advanced.
Owen looked at Ianto and nodded for a moment before bursting into action and trying his best to heal up the steadily bleeding wound, and making sure nothing had gotten into the wound itself.
Jack purposefully tracked Gwen down with his Vortex Manipulator, already thinking of what to say to her.
TW
" I've got something!" Tosh called from her station, just as Owen covered over the last bandage on Iantos' torso.
Ianto followed Owen over to Toshs' desk, somewhat embarrassed at his being topless around the Hub, but then he remembered Naked Hide'n'Seek and suddenly, he was more confident.
" Well?" He asked.
" The gun, as the same suggests, feeds on the psychic energy in the mind and to do that, an emotion has to be strong, so it's built in with an emotional amplifier. It takes the smallest hint of powerful emotion, and makes it grow at a frankly alarming rate. That is the power of the weapon. There is no ammo, nothing, just energy. It's brilliant. As soon as it latches onto an emotion strong enough, it encourages the holder to shoot the person the emotion is towards. It's great in wars, you just get anger at the other side, but not so good if your…for instance…in love with someone and talking to them whilst holding the gun. That could be tricky." Tosh finished her explanation and looked at the two men for affirmation.
" It's brilliant!" Owen assured her.
" Actually, it gets better." Tosh smiled sheepishly and brought up the CCTV. " I was going through this mornings footage to keep an eye on the gun…" She trailed of, looking at Ianto, who blushed incredibly adorably. " …And once Jack had finished his 'teachings' on Ianto, and taught me and you Owen, it was Gwens turn. Now here's the good bit." She clicked the screen to play. They watched in silence as Gwen looked at the ring on Jacks hand as it caught the light, and turned away bitterly before smiling evily and raising the gun at someone off screen – Ianto – and pausing before letting the shot ring out.
" Jealousy." Ianto whispered. " She's jealous. The emotion has to be strong enough to start, right? So she's fuelled by jealousy."
" It's alright mate." Owen put a hand on his shoulder.
" We gotta tell Jack." Tosh started, but got drowned out by Gwens' indignant yells of ' I don't know why I did it Jack!' and a scared and teary Gwen following suit, being pushed forward roughly by Jack.
" Time for some answers." Jack crossed his arms decidedly and glared at Gwen.
If looks could kill…Owen thought worriedly.
A/N: Abrupt ending, I know, but you got two chapters! Cheer up! I wanna get really high reviews, so PLEASE let me know what you think, even if it's just a smile! That includes YOU Georgie! I know there might have POSSIBLY been some minor Gwen-Bashing in this, last and next Chapter, so sorry if you don't like it in advance. Last time I said she had a black Heart. I'm sorry. Let me apologise. Gwen doesn't have a Black heart, she just has a clump of frozen sharp ice that cuts anyone who gets close and resides in the space where her heart SHOULD be.
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