Time Intertwined

Chapter 11

Tosh walked into the Hub 20 minutes after Ianto rang her asking for help after John took Jack, Tosh called out to Ianto.

"Ianto, IANTO!" Tosh looked around, thinking that Ianto must be down in the Archives, wondering why he would be there, as he sounded quite distressed, the Archives weren't going to give him the answers he needed if John took Jack. Tosh tapped her comms to alert Ianto she was here but there was no answer, if she wasn't worried before now, she was hyper- worried now. Ianto's call to come to the Hub in the early hours of the morning sounded serious, anything involving John was always a concern, especially with what Ianto said that Jack being taken by John and now Ianto has disappeared. She checked the heat signatures on the scanner just in case Ianto was in the Hub but unable to respond. Nothing, she noted, all the weevils, and pterodactyl heat signatures were accounted for as well as her own, no other signs of another living body. Oh no, Tosh thought what if Ianto was dead, what if John hurt Ianto when he taken Jack and Ianto died after he called Tosh, okay get a grip, Tosh thought, check the CCTV.

Walking over to the computer she noticed that one of the chairs was knocked over, she righted it and set herself in front of the computer to view the CCTV as she called Owen and Gwen. Owen was sleepy but became fully alert as soon as he heard Tosh's voice and mention of John, Gwen said reluctantly she would come in, saying something to the effect that Ianto and Jack are probably off somewhere nice or even at Ianto's place, until Tosh repeated that John had been here, then she was more enthused saying that she would be there as soon as possible. Tosh breathed a sigh of relief, she felt that she wasn't being overly dramatic, as this did not seem right, none of it did.

Opening the file for the CCTV she wished that she had a cup of Ianto's marvellous coffee or hot chocolate, what was it that Ianto did to hot beverages but it was almost addictive.

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Earlier

Sitting at the computer terminal connected to the rift manipulator Ianto saw a familiar blue flash of light, he turned happily expecting to see Jack swanning out of the blue swirl, but John stepped out instead. Ianto stood up, knocking over the chair that he was sitting in as he took a step back.

"Hello eye candy" John said eyeing Ianto up and down.

"Where is Jack?" Ianto said angrily.

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Tosh was still looking at the CCTV when she heard the cog door alarm as Owen walked in and he quickly went to Tosh's side upon sighting her hunched figure staring intently at the computer screen. He wanted to give her a kiss, they had shared a few kisses recently as they stepped up their relationship but it was always away from work but seeing her distress here at work he wanted to show her his support but he settled for placing his hand on her shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze.

Tosh looked up and shook her head slightly at the enormity of what she had seen so far on the CCTV, "John was here, he's taken Jack using the his vortex manipulator, you know the same one that is on Jack's wrist, only his works, and what it looks like that he was using our rift manipulator for a boost in power" Tosh's words tumbled out, almost crying. Owen held out his arms as invitation for her to reach out and took his hands, when he held her hands Owen gently lifted her to standing, giving her a hug.

"Slow down Tosh" Owen said gently, "we'll work it out. And Ianto?"

"No he wasn't taken with Jack"

"But you said he wasn't here?"

"Yeah that's the puzzle, he's not here" Tosh said confused, "but there's more"

Owen waited for Tosh to continue but when she didn't , he questioned her "Yes?"

"Marcus went with them" Tosh said shaking her head, her hair tumbling about her face.

"WHAT!"

"Here look at the CCTV" Tosh wound back the CCTV "see here, Ianto is still here as Marcus jumps at John and Jack"

"Bastard, John handcuffed himself to Jack" Owen said with disgust.

The two of them watched further as Ianto desperately lunged at the blue swirling light trying desperately to reach Jack, when Gwen sauntered into the Hub, "Okay what's this about Jack and John"

Tosh stopped the CCTV to explain to Gwen what she and Owen had seen on the Hub CCTV so far.

"But how, Jack's wrist thingy doesn't work"

"Well we knew that John's did and it seems that it needed a boost and John got it and took Jack along with him" Tosh said, tired of having to explain it again.

"Why was Marcus here, we don't know, but at that point Ianto was still here at the Hub, but now he too has disappeared." Owen said, "okay lets watch the rest"

All three huddled around the terminal watching the CCTV to see Ianto desperately reach out as Jack, John and Marcus disappear into the blue swirl of light. Then Ianto walks over to the computer connected to the rift manipulator,after a short while he is seen using his mobile phone. 'He was calling me I suppose at this point' Tosh said. Next Ianto is seen going back to the computer screen, he sits there tapping away at the keyboard until a blue swirl of light is seen off to Ianto's right, Ianto turns around, John steps out of the blue light, they exchange a few words then Ianto is grabbed by John and they both disappear into the closing blue swirl.

"Oh no!"

"Fuck"

"What the hell"

They exclaimed simultaneously.

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"I said where is Jack?" Ianto demanded, looking around, "where are we?"

"Now, now, calm down eye candy" John soothed.

"I will not calm down, and stop calling me 'eye candy'" Ianto commanded.

"Okay, Ianto" John said slowly, "Jack is otherwise pre-occupied"

"And so?" Ianto said puzzled, "why did you bring me here?"

"I thought I'd show you some of the wonders of the universe"

"Why?"

"Why not?" John said hopefully.

Ianto looked at him hesitatively, thinking it would be interesting to see some things from the universe.

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Owen, Tosh and Gwen spent the next four hours trying to work out where Jack and Ianto had been whisked to, they assumed that Ianto was taken to the same place and time and what did Marcus have to do with all this. At 8am all hell broke loose with 3 weevil sightings, this kept Owen and Gwen busy all morning, as they captured the first one, Tosh alerted them to two more in the park, they were able to drop these two off into the sewers when Tosh bussed them again to tell them of one more sighting in the mall.

Returning at 1pm, they brought lunch back to the Hub, stopping by the fish and chip shop, insisting Tosh stop and eat something while it was hot. Finishing lunch, Tosh thanked them as she didn't realise she was hungry until she started to eat, "I could really go a coffee, Ianto's coffee" Tosh said sadly.

"As soon as he gets back he better make us all a coffee, he owes us" Owen said trying to alleviate the tension, "so what have you got so far Tosh?"

Tosh filled them in with what she found which wasn't much, "Well it seems that the computer connected to the rift manipulator has had all its entries coded to October 1975" Tosh said.

"That is the roundabout date of when Marcus's daughter was killed, and the year is when he and his father found the girl that he reckons was his daughter from the future" Gwen said recalling what Marcus said a few weeks ago, when he broke in and nearly killed Ianto trying to use the rift manipulator to go to 1975 to fix the mistake.

"Yeah, well that explains why Marcus was here, he was obviously trying again to get back to that time" Owen said.

"Damn, I knew we should have retconned him" Gwen said infuriated.

"If Jack is caught in 1975 and his wrist vortex manipulator doesn't work like John's surely he would have waited it out and he would have returned by now" Owen said

"Unless….." Tosh was too afraid to say what she was thinking, that Jack wasn't returning.

"Maybe he and Ianto are together but why would John take Ianto back to where Jack was" Gwen said puzzled.

"Either way Jack or even Ianto would have left a message somehow for us to discover in this time to explain" Owen said getting a little angry that neither of their work mates have given them any thought, "have you looked for any messages Tosh?"

"No, but that's a good thought. I'll look for any electronic messages, that's the type of thing that Ianto would have done if he was able to do so" Tosh took off back to her computer, forgetting about the mess left behind, normally Ianto would have cleaned up after everyone.

"Well I'm going to check on the weevils that we brought in" Owen announced, leaving Gwen standing there stunned looking at the lunch time mess.

Gwen looked around but there was no one else, sighing she began to clean up the mess and in a moment of niceness decided to attempt to make some coffee for everyone.

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"Okay eye c…..Ianto" John began, "where would you like to go to first?"

"Hmmm, Radyr Woods, Wales, 1975" Ianto said without hesitation.

"Nice try eye candy, now play nice" John said stepping into Ianto's personal space.

"You take Jack away without asking, then you take me as well without asking and I'm supposed to play nice?" Ianto said incredulously.

John placed his hands on Ianto's chest, "Just enjoy the moment then we'll go back and no-one would even miss you" Ianto stepped back, his back pressed up against the wall behind him.

"I don't want to enjoy the moment" Ianto tried to stay calm, "with you"

John pressed his body against Ianto stopping him from moving, "Let me show you what fun you can have with me" John crushed his lips onto Ianto's lips.

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