Ianto and Jack bid Rhiannon and Efa a good night and escorted them out before stiffening at the concept of what was to come. Neither was particularly happy to be going into the hub this late at night but it was needed. Gwen needed to be dealt with and it needed to be done that night.
"Leave the washing up for tomorrow, gather your coat and let's go." Jack said. Ianto did as he was asked, gathering a warm coat and exiting the flat after Jack, who was already waiting in the car. With a defeated sigh Ianto locked the door and made his way to the car before driving to the hub in complete silence. They were both too annoyed at the situation to really want to talk.
"Come on then." Ianto said, once they'd reached their destination
"Yeah. Do you want to handle it on your own?" Jack asked, looking intently at Ianto.
"I would like to, but you're more than welcome to be there with me." Ianto said and Jack nodded, wondering what the Welshman had in store for Gwen. Whatever it was couldn't be fun.
Walking into the hub, Ianto and Jack immediately noticed the stares they were getting. Owen and Tosh were staring them down, wondering what was in store for Gwen. She'd shot and killed one of their own, and though he hadn't stayed dead, this was part of an active case of harassment against Ianto. When Owen had killed Jack he'd been frantic and hadn't been thinking properly, none of them had and though it ate him up inside on a daily basis, he'd been forgiven because the circumstances surrounding Jack's death were nothing akin to those surrounding Ianto's. Owen hadn't had malice as his intent, he was frantic while Gwen was clearly wanting to hurt the couple to get her own way.
"Disable the CCTV." Ianto ordered and watched Tosh do as she was told while Owen just continued to stare, grateful that he'd been forgiven. He could have just as easily been in the same situation as Gwen was in now.
"We will be down in the cells, please do not intrude." Ianto said softly, hoping not to take out his anger on his two beloved friends who would have died to protect him.
"Alright mate, but I better get some coffee out of this." Owen finally said, watching Ianto's lips twitch up in an almost smile.
"I'll be sure to supply you with as much coffee as you want when this is all over." Ianto said, shaking his head at the ridiculousness.
Ianto and Jack made their way to the cells and looked at Gwen, who was sitting in the corner of the room with her head on her knees sobbing, her right leg having been bandaged due to the gun shot.
"Hello Gwen." Ianto said, watching as Gwen lifted her head to stare at him in shock.
"I killed you." She said, baffled.
"And I already told you, I can't die." Ianto said, with as much malice as he was able to produce. Ianto wasn't a malicious person and so it was hard for him to be able to do anything that required harming someone in any way, but for Gwen he would make an exception.
"Are you going to kill me?" She asked, ignoring Jack.
"No, I'm going to rehabilitate you." Ianto said, shrugging.
"Jack you can't let him do anything to me. I'm still a member of..." Gwen began only to be stopped by a glare from Jack.
"He can do whatever it is he wants to do. You KILLED him. He could have your arms for all I care." Jack said, making sure to let Gwen know how little he thought of her right now.
"As I was saying, I'm going to rehabilitate you until such time as I deem fit you are an acceptable member of Torchwood again. Then, and only then, will I allow Jack to retcon you and get your sorry ass out of my site." Ianto said.
Gwen shook with fear as she looked at Ianto. What would he do to her, how badly would he torture her? Would he use knives? Poison? Weevils? What was he going to do to her?
"Now, before we start I'm going to assess what is needed for your rehabilitation. I need you to look at me and properly apologize for killing me." Ianto said and Gwen glared.
"Why should I have to? It's not like you stayed dead." Gwen said, immediately regretting her answer as Ianto nodded calmly.
"Until such time as you properly apologize for your actions you will be permitted one glass of water daily and one small meal a week. There will be no bathroom breaks nor will you have company. You will sleep two hours a night and you will not be allowed comforts, such as a blanket or pillow. Enjoy your stay at Ianto's rehabilitation camp." Ianto said before turning and leaving the cells.
"You can't possibly condone this." Gwen said, words tight with worry.
"I can, and I have. I will back him up on this, as will Tosh and Owen. You brought this on yourself with your actions." Jack said, turning to leave.
"You forgave Owen for killing you." Gwen said, satisfied with herself as Jack faltered in his step.
"Yes. I forgave him. This is not for me to forgive." and with that, Jack left, leaving Gwen in her cell screaming out at the injustice of it all.
"That's cruel mate." Owen said taking a sip of the freshly brewed cup of coffee he was handed.
"She deserves it though, with what she's done." Tosh said, taking a bite of a chocolate biscuit.
"Just because she deserves it doesn't mean we should condone it." Owen said, a little disappointed in the situation.
"She'll apologize before it becomes dangerous." Ianto said, handing Jack a cup of tea as he made his way closer to the group.
"And if she doesn't? Would you let her die?" Owen asked and Ianto shook his head.
"She will not die. She could live for years. She will get food intake, water intake and sleep, just not as much as she's willing to have. I promise you, she will not die." Ianto said, assuring the medic that everything would be okay.
"At least let me give her an exam once a week and if she has only one meal please let it be nutrient dense."
Ianto sighed. They honestly thought he would want to kill her.
"She'll be having a calorie dense meal with five multivitamin supplements and a protein shake at every meal. I won't let her die. And yes, you can give her a check up once a week."
"It's late, you two go home, Ianto and I can take first watch with her." Jack said and watched Owen and Tosh pack up for the night.
"I don't like this." Owen grumbled, turning to leave.
"You don't have to." Ianto said, waving them out of the hub.
"By the way, sweatpants and t-shirt suite you." Tosh said with a smile as she exited the hub. Ianto chuckled and made to finish his tea when Jack stopped him with a kiss.
"You're not upset at what I'm doing?" Ianto asked, his worry showing.
"I'm not upset. I'm worried about you, but I'm not upset. I understand the need for you to do this." Jack said, pacing another kiss to Ianto's head.
"I just...I miss the old Gwen. She used to be good...and kind...until she learned about us, then her jealously made her into...THAT." Ianto said, pointing at the cells.
"I know. I picked her for Torchwood because she brought a human aspect to this place, something we'd forgotten about, but then this place changed her...and not for the better I'm afraid." Jack said, taking a sip of his tea and contemplating the future of Gwen Cooper.
"I won't let her die." Ianto iterated. He wanted to make sure that Jack knew he had not intentions of killing Gwen, no matter how badly he wanted to.
"There was a time when I would have..." Jack admitted, walking towards his office.
"I don't doubt that."
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Ianto and Jack were fast asleep when the alarm woke him. Looking blearily at his alarm, as it continued to blare, Ianto noticed the time to be 4:30 A.M.
Ianto grumbled. This could only mean one thing. It was Gwen's "bath" time. It had been three weeks since Gwen had started the rehabilitation and once a week, when they sprayed out the Weevil cells, they would clean and wash out Gwen's cell and in the process spray her down with water in the hopes that she wouldn't stink up the place.
It had been hard on them all when Gwen cried out in hunger and frustration, considering her two hour allotted amount of sleep, but it was worth it for her to realize that she couldn't get away unpunished for all the crap she had pulled over the months.
Her one cup of water per day would be given to her by Tosh, who would apologize profusely before leaving. Her one meal a week was delivered by Owen, who would conduct her check up as she ate her food and they would talk about how unfair it was for her to be holed up in this place because she refused to apologize, which would then make Owen glare at her and leave, realizing that weeks of repeated starving hadn't changed her outlook on her actions. Her sleep was a bit more difficult but they'd figured it out eventually. They'd installed five lamps in her cell that were time activated and bright as hell. They would turn off two hours out of the night then turn back on and beam directly towards her, which would make sleep impossible.
Ianto groaned, sat up in bed and looked around his new room. It was bigger than any room he had had previously and though usually he wasn't fond of giant rooms, not knowing what to furnish them with, this room was perfect for the two of them. It was decorated simply and though most of the room was left unfurnished, it was still beautiful.
Rhiannon and Johnny had helped them move from their flat and instead of taking the week he had assumed it would, it had only taken maybe two days, with Rhiannon and Jack staying at the house to unpack and organize. It had been a bit hectic but well worth it now that he had been able to sleep at his own home repeatedly.
Even though the house was completely furnished they still had the nursery to set up, but Jack kept saying they had time and not to rush anything considering how much time it would take, Ianto had his doubts but trusted Jack regardless.
"Jack, I'm off to the hub." Ianto said, making his way to the bathroom in order to prep for the day.
"I'll come with you." Jack mumbled sitting up in bed and smiling as his stomach growled. "Could we stop for food on the way?"
"Yes we can cariad." Ianto said in between brushing his teeth.
"Thanks." Jack said, stretching and working the night's kinks out of his back and arms.
They readied in comfortable silence before making their way to the hub, where Owen and Tosh were already on site and looking exhausted as hell.
"Morning. I'll get the coffee started." Ianto said, a bit more chipper than the others, yet no where near as chipper as Jack, who had a million dollar smile on his face, eyes bright and walking with no hint of exhaustion.
"How the hell are you so chipper in the mornings Jack?" Owen asked, smelling the brewing coffee.
"Easy. I don't need a lot of sleep." Jack said.
"Lucky bastard." Tosh said, surprising everyone gathered. "What? Well he is!"
And the day was good all around. Even with Gwen screaming bloody murder as she was sprayed from head to toe in ice cold water, and even when Owen came running out of the cells with a huff of aggravation since Gwen still refused to consider her fault in all this mess, the day was quiet and happy for those gathered around but the more the day dragged on the more they all secretly wished Gwen would soon realize her mistakes and take steps to correct them because, though no one liked to admit it out loud, they all missed her terribly.