Time Intertwined

Chapter 7

After tumbling through the vortex waves, Jack, John and Marcus landed on solid ground, Marcus rolling away from Jack and John with the force of the sudden stop. 'You bastard" Jack seethed trying to get his arm free away from John, "get these cuffs off me….now"

"There was a time when you loved a bit of cuffs and restr…." John said haughtily, stopping in mid-sentence as Jack's fist connected with his chin.

"Get me back" Jack yelled.

"Jack you have spent too much time on that rock" John said patronising, "give it time, you'll thank me"

"Not likely" Jack seethed, "and what's with Marcus?"

"That was not part of my plan, stupid man is obsessed" John said shaking his head, "I hope his presence hasn't screwed with my calculations"

"John, you have overstepped the mark….again, I told you before I've changed. I like my time on 'that rock' as you say" Jack said exhaustedly.

"Now to see where and when we are" John stated quizzically looking at his Vortex manipulator.

Jack turned to Marcus, "Marcus I told you we couldn't help you"

"You said that thing couldn't take me to 1975, but John here says otherwise" Marcus said determinedly.

"Yeah because John is the ultimate in truth and honesty" Jack said sarcastically.

"What the fuck! We are still here on your stupid little planet!" John spat, checking his wrist Vortex Manipulator , "we've travelled in time but not in space, damn" turning towards Marcus, "the extra weight probably screwed with the calibrations"

"So when are we?" Jack said not being able to access his because his vortex manipulator was on his wrist that was connected to John by hand cuffs.

"Sometime about thirty-five or thirty-six earth years in the past" John said frowning, "I don't know this planet's date-numbering systems"

"Hmm that would make it 1975" Jack said then turning quickly to Marcus, "what did you do on the computer?"

"I just put in October 1975 in every field I could on the computer, the computer that was connected to that rift thingy" Marcus said confidently, realisation dawning, he ran off unimpeded.

"Oh fucking great! We're still on this rock and further back in time" John said angrily.

"Get these cuffs off NOW!" Jack said, watching Marcus run off.

"We can still make good use of our predicament" John said predatory, "mmmm sex with you with cuffs….mmmm remember, good times".

"John, get these cu…." Jack said, then rethinking his situation, "mmmm restraint sex, you know I love it" reaching with his unrestrained hand to the back of John's head pulling him closer to him, his eyes dark with lust. John smirked, thinking Jack could never resist his charms, met Jack's lips, their tongues fighting for dominance. Jack's unrestrained hand roamed John's body, moaning as John's hand roamed his, John's hand pulling Jack's great coat to the side and winding his arm around Jack's waist and grasping Jack's arse, kneading it evoking more moans from Jack.

"John" Jack said breathlessly, "need to get to you, touch you"

"Yeah it's been a long time. Want you to touch me so bad" John said his breath hitching, "like old times"

"Yeah old times, just you and me" Jack murmured, biting John's ear lobe.

"See Jack it's always been just you and me, glad that you realised that eye candy was a bit a fun for a while but you know that it will always be you and me" John purred, nipping at Jack's pulse point on his neck. Their breaths becoming laboured with each touch and with some frustrations at the restrictions of the restraints.

Jack struggled to touch John, the cuffs were preventing him from reaching the places that he remembered were John's more sensitive erogenous zones. John having the same problem and getting frustrated by the restrictions that the cuffs were putting him in, reached for the key in his inner pocket of his red coat, released the lock on the cuff on his wrist. Whilst John rubbed at his wrist, Jack smiled and before John had time to react, Jack grabbed the key held loosely in John's hand and swung his fist hard into John's face flattening him to the ground. Looking to see that John wasn't getting up soon, "You just don't get it do you? That eye candy, and his name is Ianto, is what makes it all the worthwhile" then he ran off in the direction of where Marcus took off about twenty minutes ago.

Sitting up and rubbing his stinging cheek John cursed and called out to Jack "Oh come on Jack, it was just a bit of fun" looking around him John shook his head "Damn" he said annoyed with himself for by being fooled by Jack, as he watched him run off.

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"NO!" Ianto screamed again when he realised he was too late watching the last of the sparks of the electrified air where Jack and John stood only a moment ago.

Ianto turned to the computer that Marcus was mucking about on, looking at what he was doing before he grabbed a hold of John as they disappeared into another time and space. Ianto could see that Marcus had filled in multiple fields with the same details in each, 'October 1975', quickly deducing that Marcus was hoping that the rift manipulator would take him back to the time of when he was a young boy when he and his father saw the young girl who ended up being Marcus's daughter 35 years on, time is a strange thing where the rift was concerned, Ianto thought.

Distraught that Jack was taken by John using his Vortex Manipulator, he had to do something to try to get Jack back, what that was, he was unsure, because until several minutes ago he thought that the rift manipulator could not transport to a particular time but what was it that John said 'my Vortex Manipulator in connection with your rift Manipulator gives me the boost that it needs'. How come we never figured this out, well Jack never lets Tosh get her hands on his Vortex manipulator, and he was sure if John had figured this out, Tosh would have too if she got her chance at it, Ianto thought.

Thinking about what to do, Ianto's first thoughts were to call Tosh and hopefully together they can work out how to get Jack back, maybe zone in on his Vortex Manipulator or something.

"Hey Tosh, yeah I know its late, sorry", "No there is no rift alert", "Can you come in?", "Jack was taken by John", "Yeah I know, again", "He used his wrist Vortex Manipulator to take Jack away", "Well it is bigger than Jack's but Jack says that doesn't matter", "John used the rift manipulator to boost the power to his Vortex manipulator", "Yeah I don't think Jack knew either", "Okay see you soon"

Ianto hung up feeling more confident that Tosh would be able work it out and that Ianto would have Jack back in his arms again.

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Marcus, out of breath from running away from John and Jack, he gathered his breath before walking into a newsagency. He picked up a newspaper to find out that the date was indeed 35 years before and that the date was 5 days before he and his father saw the girl that they didn't help all those years ago.

Walking the six miles to the woods near his family home, Marcus made his way to the bush track where he and his father liked to cycle, where they saw the girl, his daughter from the future. He just needed to wait the five days and prevent the girl from being killed. But first he thought he would need to find a bed for the next couple of nights. He didn't want to be picked up as a vagrant.

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Running into the township, Jack tried to find Marcus, the township was a small country town with the usual local pub, post office, general store, newsagency/bookstore, bakery, butchers and hotel. He couldn't see Marcus but he felt confident as to where Marcus would be heading, back to the woods where he and his father of 35 years ago were cycling that faithful day when they saw the girl. The girl being Marcus's daughter, that was transported somehow into the past to meet her untimely death.

Asking at the local general store Jack found out that the Radyr Woods was six miles, and no, there was no cabs, and yes he would have walk out there. The store owner looked at Jack's bare feet, looking at him quizzically, Jack remembering that he ran down to Ianto's distress barely putting on clothes. Luckily he was able to buy a pair of shoes, socks, another shirt and trousers, realising he was five days before that faithful day. Marvelling at the near accuracy of transporting them back to the time needed for Marcus to prevent his daughter's death Jack decided to head out to the woods tomorrow, finding a room for the next few nights so he could try to work out how to get back to 2010 and take Marcus back with him to stop a time loop to occur.

Jack was also aware that he needed to be careful that he didn't run into himself whilst in this time period, always a danger when he traversed the time lines. He was fairly certain that he wasn't in these parts of Wales thirty five years ago, but you never know, he may have gone out this way on a rift alert.

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After walking for a bit more than two hours, Marcus stopped and stood in the street looking at his family home watching the lights flicker on as his family, his mother, father, brother and himself from long ago, settled in for a quiet night watching the television. He so wanted to knock on the door and see his mother and father again, but knowing that any story he came up with would sounds crazy and it would not do to get arrested as a crazy person. Marcus thought to himself, several days from now would be the day that he and his father would see the girl, his daughter from 35 years in the future, but this time she would not befall the same misfortune, Marcus was determined that he would somehow prevent her death. Thinking he can't just wander around and glad that he had some cash on him, he walked back into the township, by this time it was quite dark and cold. After convincing the hotel owners that he wanted a room for five days he paid for the five days up front.

Flopping down onto the soft hotel bed, Marcus thought about the day's events and what the next four days would bring. His mind drifted to the two men that were transported to this time as well, he remembers leaving them cuffed together in the park and wondered whether John got to talk to Jack and work out their personal problems. Marcus got the feeling that they have travelled time before and they had some sort of history, he didn't really care only that he may need them after wards to get back to his time. But for the time being his main thoughts were just focussed on saving the girl, his future daughter.

Like every night after his daughter was murdered he slept restlessly, his dreams filled with death, knives and bush tracks.

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Settling in for the night at the local hotel, Jack's thoughts turned to Ianto and how he may be fretting, he wished he could talk to Ianto, but knowing that Ianto was not even born in this time as yet there was no way of contacting him. He thought about of trying to touch base with the Torchwood in this time period to get some assistance but thought that may complicate things. Jack fiddled with his wrist Vortex Manipulator thinking how would he get back to 2010, John's wrist strap may be able to use the Cardiff Rift Manipulator but Jack was sure that his wrist strap, after the Doctor's meddling with it, would not be able to do what John's could do. But he had to find a way, he had to make it work, he had to get back to Ianto.

A/N: Very Jack-centric and the next one will be as well, sorry if you want more Ianto.