Slightly warning: 1 swear word.
Action Plans.
The team start work as Jack had asked them too, Ianto working in Jack's office as he didn't have a workstation of his own in the main hub area. Ianto comes to the office door.
"Jack. Martha is on the phone and she wants you," Ianto tells him ducking back into the office as he sees Jack heading to the office.
"He's coming Martha," Ianto tells her picking the phone receiver again.
"Thanks Ianto," she tells him on the other end of the line.
Jack hurries into his office and Ianto holds the receiver out. Jack takes the receiver sitting on the edge of the desk as Ianto comes around the desk and stands next to Jack as he puts the receiver to his ear.
"Hello Martha Jones," Jack says into the receiver playful and Ianto looks at Jack knowing that they knew each other, he just wasn't used to hearing that tone from Jack to someone else other than him.
"Hello Captain Jack Harkness. What do you need the Doctor for?" she asks him, Ianto listening carefully but not making it obvious to Jack.
"We have a major situation here. Higher than Red Alert. I need you to get hold of the Doctor and tell him that I need him here ASAP. Give him the message that Adina is in trouble. He will know what you mean," Jack tells her and he can hear her writing it down on the other end of the line.
"So that's Jack needs you ASAP, Higher than Red Alert and Adina is in trouble. How much higher is it than Red Alert?" Martha asks him, concern evident in her voice.
"It's Global Martha. Earth is about to be up shit creek with only one paddle and we are pooling our resources to get another and that is why I need the Doctor here," he tells her, the playfulness gone from his voice.
"I will call the Doctor and give him your message and I will call you back to let you know what he says. You will let me know what is going on won't you?" she asks him, now more worried than concerned as it had to be bad to summon the Doctor.
"I will let you know when we have firmer plans Martha. Thanks for your help and speak to you soon," Jack tells her wrapping things up.
"Speak to you soon Jack," Martha tells him and hangs up.
"Will the Doctor come?" Ianto asks Jack as he sits on the edge of the desk, deep in thought.
"If Phoenix is in trouble, he will," Jack replies, still thinking not really focusing on Ianto at that point.
"Why did you say that Adina is in trouble? Why not Phoenix?" Ianto asks putting his hand on Jack's shoulder to get his attention.
"Adina is her real name, her given name and the Doctor knows that better than most. Phoenix is the name that she gave herself, before she fully knew she was Adina and she goes by Phoenix. Adina just reminds her of who she really is and what she has done and can do. She hates the name Adina," Jack tells Ianto finally looking him in the eyes.
"What's troubling you Jack, other than this entity coming?" Ianto asks him, stroking Jack's face.
"Can we pull this off Ianto? Can we give Phoenix the help that she is going to need and will it be enough?" Jack asks Ianto, thumbing his chin as he spoke.
"We can only do as much as we can Jack. Phoenix knows the risks, knows the danger she is putting herself in and she excepts that Jack. Trust her to know what she is doing. If you are that worried Jack, talk to her. Find out what she wants?" Ianto tells him, being the wiser of the two at that point as Jack's mind was all over the place.
"I can't do that can I? She's not here and she might not be back until tomorrow morning, if at all. I should have insisted on this right from the start and not leaving things until last minute," Jack tells him and Ianto strokes his back.
"You are doing the best you can Jack. I know that you care about her but you can only do the best you can. Phoenix didn't ask you to do all this. She was confident enough in us, Torchwood, to take care of this," Ianto tells him and then Gwen shouts out and breaks up their talk.
"Jack. General Stanley is on line 3 for you," Gwen shouts to him from her workstation.
It was now nearly clocking off time and the team was tiring fast. Ianto had kept them topped up fresh hot coffee but that was losing it's effectiveness now. Toshiko hadn't moved from her computer in hours, her neck stiff and her back aching. Owen and Gwen had been back and forth all afternoon, on phones and on their computers. Jack had been in his office all afternoon on the phone with various people, his wrist aching so he had to keep changing hands with the phone receiver.
"How much more have we got to do and can we get it done tonight?" Jack shouts out across the hub from his office door.
"There are still a few people to contact and if we stay and do it now, we should be out of by 10 o'clock if nothing else comes up," Toshiko tells him as she taps away on her keyboard, balancing a pen in her mouth as she spoke.
"Is everyone staying then?" Jack asks out and the team looks at him.
"Of course we're staying Jack," Gwen replies as she sits down at her desk, typing something into her computer.
"In that case Ianto, you couldn't….," Jack asks trailing off as he looked at him and Into knew what was coming as he smiled at Jack.
"What does everyone fancy?" Ianto asks the team, ready with the mobile.
"Pizza," "Pizza," "Pizza and a cold one," were the replies, the last one of course being from Owen.
"Pizza it is then," Ianto replies and the phone rings in the hub and Gwen answers it.
"Gwen Cooper," she replies as she picks up the phone and then looks at Jack holding the phone receiver out.
"It's Martha," Gwen tells him and he takes the receiver from her.
"Yes Martha. Give me the news I want to hear," he tells her trying to pluck up some energy.
"He is coming Jack but he is a little miffed with you that you didn't tell him that Adina was back," Martha tells him using the Doctors words.
"I will have to deal with that when he gets here. Did he say when he would be here?" Jack asks her knowing that the Doctor could be unpredictable.
"He said 24 hours but you know what that means. It could be in 5 minutes or in 24 hours so expect him at any time," Martha tells him knowing that Jack knew exactly what the Doctor was like.
"Thanks Martha. You're a star," Jack tells her, a smile finally creeping over his lips.
"You owe me Jack. Speak you later when you can explain what the hell is going on as everything here has gone crazy," Martha tells him.
"I will once things are more firm Martha. Speak to you later," Jack tells her and he hands the receiver to Gwen and she puts the phone down.
"Is the Doctor coming?" Owen asks Jack as Jack almost breathes a sigh of relief.
"He is, sometime over the next 24 hours," Jack tells them all.
Ianto comes into the hub just over half an hour later with 3 pizza's in his hand and a carrier bag in the other. He went over to the coffee table in the relaxing area and laid the bag down and put the pizza's down. The smell of pizza fills the hub and the team are dying to get some. Jack comes to the door of his office and looks at his flagging team.
"Go and get some pizza. Have some time out and then back to it," Jack tells them and goes back into his office.
Owen and Gwen almost dive off of their desks and to the sofa area. Owen dives into the carrier bag to see what is in it and Owen erupts into a smile.
"Ianto. I could kiss you but I'm not going to do that," he tells him pulling a cold bottle of lager out of the carrier bag.
"I'm flattered I think," Ianto replies with a smile but looking into the office.
"I'll kiss you though," Gwen tells him and plants a kiss right on his lips after Owen passes her, her cold bottle of lager.
"You coming Tosh," Owen asks her as she stares at her screen and then turning to him.
She makes her way to the seating area, stretching out her tired aching muscles as Owen and Gwen open their bottles and tuck into the pizza. Tosh sits next to Owen and grabs his bottle out of his hand and takes a sip, Owen frowning but liking it when she did that. He leans and kisses her not caring who saw and she was past caring at that point too.
"Would you two please get a room. If it's not Ianto and Jack, it's you two. Are you trying to put me off of my pizza or something?" Gwen asks them and they don't reply, they are too busy with each other.
Ianto walks past them and to the office door, looking in and seeing Jack sat in his office with his feet on his desk.
"Are you coming to grab some food before they destroy it all?" Ianto asks him standing at the door.
"No thanks Yan. I'm not hungry just now," Jack replies, almost looking at his feet.
Ianto walks into the office, closing the door over but not properly and he goes to Jack, pushing his feet off of the desk and sitting in their place as Jack looks up at him.
"You have to eat Jack and slow down while your at it. You can't help her if you are running yourself into the ground. If you really want to help her, eat, drink, relax just stopping burning yourself out," Ianto tells him confidently kicking Jack up the butt verbally.
"I know. What would I do without you Yan?" Jack asks him sitting up in his chair and then getting up.
"Go thirsty, go hungry, go tired?" Ianto asks him jokingly.
Jack gets up and puts one hand on the side of Ianto's face and the other around his waist and kisses him gently.