On Any Given Day ; Chapter 5

Jack ran to the door, but strong hands held him back.

"You can't go in there, Jack." said Andy Davidson, his hand firmly on Jack's arm.

"He's right, Jack. You can't help Ianto." he inclined his head toward the door. "They can." Owen told him.

Jack slammed his hand into the wall, his knuckles bleeding.

"I should never have made him get out of the car!"

"You made him?" asked Tosh. "Why?"

Jack looked from Tosh to Gwen.

"Oh, Jack."

"I need to be in there…with him!"

"You need to let them do their job, Jack," Tosh told him.

"It's was about me, wasn't it?" said Gwen. "Oh, God!"

Jack didn't answer.

"I'm sorry, Jack. I didn't think…Ianto was jealous of me."

Jack snapped. "Yeah, and I threw him out of the car because he said…he said.." Jack didn't finish.

Tear streamed down Gwen's face. "I am so sorry, Jack."

Jack closed his eyes and sighed.

"Just…please, just go home, Gwen. I…I can't have you here right now."

Through her tears, Gwen nodded her understanding and left.

"It wasn't all her fault," said Tosh, watching her go.

Jack nodded. "I know."

"He'll pull through. You know Tea Boy…" Owen let the sentence trail off.

Jack leaned his head back, closing his eyes. "If I lose him…"

He watched through the door as the doctors and nurses fought to save Ianto's life. The machines stopped beeping and Jack's heart almost stopped along with them. As the nurse came back through the door, she laid a hand on Jack's arm.

"We got him back," she told him.

"Thank you," replied Jack, a brief smile passing over his handsome features.

Owen sighed, standing next to Jack. "We better get back to the Hub. We can't do anything more here."

Jack turned to look at Andy. "We know where the guy was when I called Ianto's mobile. Maybe we can catch up with him and get the phone back." He smiled wickedly at Owen.

"I have no knowledge of what you just said," he told Jack. "I'll pick up the pieces later."

"Good man," said Owen.

"I'd like to stay," said Tosh. "I have my laptop. I can work from here."

Jack knew that arguing with the Japanese woman would b futile, so he just nodded. So, they all left, leaving Tosh at the hospital.

TWTWTW

Liam and Si walked along Castle Street, hands deep in trouser pockets, eyes looking at the ground. They had to meet up with Paulie and that wasn't good. They'd only manages to steal two mobile phones and £75 in cash. Not good for this time of the day. Paulie would be pissed at them, that was for sure.

Going into Dempsey's, the two men sat in the corner and waited. The guy behind the bar simply nodded to them.

After fifteen minutes, Paulie arrived with body guard in tow. George was six feet five in his stocking feet and weighed in at around 235 pounds. He was a mountain of a man. They walked toward the two men in the corner. George pulled out a chair for Paulie.

"Well, what have you got for me?"

Liam put the phones and cash on the table.

"Is this all?" asked Paulie, running his hand over the stash.

"Not much out there today," said Si.

"We'll get more tonight," said Liam. "More tourists out at the Bay at night."

Paulie nodded to George who scooped up the stash and put it in his jacket pocket.

"See that you do," said Paulie. "You owe me!"

"We won't forget." Si told him.

"Good. get outta here!"

George stood beside Paulie. "You wanna drink?"

"Yeah."

Turning around, George nodded to the barman. "Vodka tonic and a Bud Light."

TWTWTW

Tosh sat in the waiting area and opened her laptop. Pushing a few keys she brought up a map with a red flashing light on it.

"There you are," she said smiling. "Jack, Ianto's phone is in Dempsey's on Castle Street."

"Is it being used?"

"No. "

"Andy and I are on our way."

TBC