Sleeping Beauty ; Chapter 4
Ianto's breathing had gotten so bad, that he was put on 100% oxygen and a heart monitor. His blood pressure was dropping into his shoes and his skin was pale and clammy. He was slowly dying.
Owen stayed by the ICU, waiting for more news. He wondered if Jack would return. He knew all about Captain John Hart. They'd got drunk one night and Jack had confessed all to him, just after Owen found out about Ianto sleeping with Captain Jack.
"You sneaky bastard! Treat him well, Jack."
"I intend too," the immortal had promised.
"He's not just a warm body to me, Owen. Not this time."
"He better not be!"
"Jack?" Owen said, tapping his coms. "Jack! You there?"
Jack sighed.
"A message about Eye Candy? Take it, Jack." said John.
"Go ahead, Owen."
"Where the bloody hell are you?"
"How's Ianto?"
"Getting worse by the minute. Get back here!"
"I…can't. Not yet."
"Bloody hell, Jack! He needs you here!"
John smiled. "Well, what'll it be?"
"I need to get the anti-dote first."
"Then get it, for Christsake!"
"It's…complicated."
"Fuck! Then uncomplicated it!"
Jack glared at John. "It's not that easy!"
Owen began to pace. "Harkness!"
Jack tapped his coms, breaking the link with Owen.
"Come back with me, and I'll make sure Eye Candy gets the anti-dote."
Jack finally nodded.
TWTWTW
Owen stamped his feet in frustration. "Bloody Harkness!"
"Owen?" It was Tosh in his coms.
"Yeah?"
"How's Ianto?"
"Dying," came the reply.
"I found the CCTV footage."
"Yeah?"
"I can't make the man out, though."
"It's John Hart. An old lover of Jack's. He's got the anti-dote. Jack's with him now, trying to get it."
"Where?"
"He didn't say."
"Owen!"
"I know…"
"Is Ianto going to die?"
"If Jack has his way, no."
TWTWTW
John held out his hand and Jack reluctantly took it. Tapping a few keys on his wrist strap, they vanished in a blaze of white light.
Landing in a deserted area of a place Jack remembered, John held out his other hand.
"Your wrist strap, if you please."
"What?"
"Come on, Jack. I know you'll use it as soon as I get the anti-dote to Eye Candy, so hand it over."
Reluctantly, Jack took off his vortex manipulator and handed it to John Hart.
"Good."
Jack frowned. "The anti-dote?"
John keyed in a few more numbers. "Should be with your medic…now."
Jack sighed with relief.
"Shall we?" said John, pointing to a building Jack knew well.
"This is not over," Jack hissed.
TWTWTW
Owen heard a sound behind him and turned to look. There, on the floor was a vial. Picking it up, Owen went into ICU, handing it to the doctor.
"The anti-dote," he explained.
The doctor didn't ask questions. Putting it into a syringe, he injected it into the IV in Ianto's hand and stood back.
Within five minutes, Ianto was breathing easier and his skin began to pink up again.
"I think it's working," said the doctor. "His blood pressure is rising."
"Good," sighed Owen.
He tapped his coms. "Tosh, we got the anti-dote. Ianto is gonna be okay. Well, until he finds out Jack is gone."
"Gone? Gone where?"
"I have no idea."
"It'll break his heart."
TBC