AN: Thank you for continuing to read and review – I can't believe I've hit fifty chapters. This is officially the longest story I have ever written.
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"There had better be some kind of end of the world sized rift spike going on right now Jack, or I may be forced to test out your immortality." Owen snarked as he jumped into the front passenger seat of the SUV with a slam of the door and Ianto got into the back.
"I interrupted sex then did I?" Jack smirked.
"Can we just go please." Ianto muttered from the back seat.
Jack sniggered as he set off and filled them in on the details. "Not end of the world sized but still a substantial spike just behind the castle in the park. Police were called, but I intercepted and told them we would deal."
"And why aren't Gwen or Tosh here?" Owen asked.
"Gwen's busy." Jack replied.
"Gwen wasn't stupid enough to answer her phone." Owen muttered.
"Something like that. And Tosh is off till Tuesday – she's been covering enough for everyone recently." Jack explained.
"Good." Ianto commented before Owen could snarl anything else. "So do we have a plan?"
"Owen and I will go see what the spike is, whilst you monitor from the SUV." Jack ordered as he swung the vehicle into the car park beside the park.
"You want me to sit in the car?" Ianto checked slowly.
Jack nodded. "Good boy." He said with a smirk as he jumped out.
"If you hear a gun shot it may well be me shooting him." Owen said as he checked his gun was loaded before climbing out and jogging after Jack. Ianto slumped back in his seat as he watched his boyfriend disappear from view and tapped his comms unit on.
"Right the spike is about a hundred yards in front of you on the left." Ianto said in a bored tone as he glanced at the monitor in the SUV.
"Yeah the guy with the swords is evidence of that." Jack said calmly.
"Do you need backup?" Ianto asked hopefully.
"Just standby." Jack said before tapping his comms off.
"Sit… good dog." Ianto muttered as he leant back on the headrest and allowed his eyes to drift closed. Sitting in a cold SUV alone was not entirely what he had in mind for Valentines night. A smirk crept across his lips though his eyes remained closed as his mind drifted to what he'd rather be doing at that point. Ianto could hardly believe what Owen had come to mean to him in the space of barely a month. He had a history of always falling hard and falling fast, it was just rare for someone to falling at a similar speed for him. A thud on the side of the SUV caused him to snap his eyes open and widened as he saw Jack prop Owen up against the bonnet.
"I'm going back for our samurai friend – you might need the med kit." Jack ordered as Ianto leapt out the vehicle and around to Owen who was clutching a lengthy but thankfully shallow wound across his chest.
"Oh my god." Ianto sighed.
"That med kit would be ideal about now." Owen winced.
"Come on – let's get you into the SUV first." Ianto said as he slung an arm around his boyfriend and guided him slowly towards the back door that was still open and helped him up onto the back seat. Reaching under the front seat Ianto pulled out the med kit and popped it open as Owen attempted to take off his tattered tshirt.
"I'll buy you a new one." Ianto said as he removed the shears from the med kit and cut straight up the centre of Owen's tshirt. The medic winced again as the two halves were pushed aside to reveal the cut that ran diagonally from above his left nipple down to just to the right of his naval.
"What happened?" Ianto asked as he took out an antiseptic swab and wiped it as carefully as he could down the length of the wound.
Owen hissed in pain. "Man with a samurai sword. Apparently he didn't like my tshirt." He replied. "You remember how I'm the doctor don't you?" He remarked as Ianto gently pressed the skin either side of the wound.
"You do see how you're the one bleeding don't you?" Ianto replied. "I don't think you're going to need stitches – luckily its not that deep – but you are going to have to lie still whilst I tape this up. Agreed?" He asked.
Owen nodded. "Thanks." He conceded as he leant back slightly, propping himself up with his arms braced behind him as Ianto dug out sufficient tape and gauze to dress the wound.
"I take it the man with the sword is dead?" Ianto asked as he lay the gauze over the wound and began to apply the tape.
Owen nodded. "Shortly after watching him taking a slice at me Jack shot him." He hissed again.
"Sorry." Ianto said softly. "You really should be more careful." He added as he finished taping Owen's wound.
"There really should be more than two of us going after an eight foot man with a big sword." Owen remarked.
"Little help here people." Jack's voice called.
"Yeah now you want me to do something other than sit and stay." Ianto muttered, making Owen smirk. "You sit and stay." Ianto added as he pressed a brief kiss to Owen's lips and went to help Jack.
"Something I can help you with?" Ianto asked as he strolled over to Jack who had his hands gripped beneath the arms of the muscular samurai and was dragging him roughly across the floor.
"Grab his feet?" Jack suggested.
Ianto wandered over and gripped his hands firmly around the ankles of the warrior and heaved him upwards before carrying him with Jack towards the boot of the SUV. Dropping the feet to the ground Ianto opened the boot and helped Jack manoeuvre him inside.
"How's the patient?" Jack asked as Ianto slammed the boot closed.
"He'll live. Luckily for you." Ianto remarked.
"Luckily for me?" Jack asked confused.
"Eight foot samurai warrior versus two men – really? In future when the three of us have to go out together on a mission I suggest you don't ask me to sit in the damn car." Ianto shouted angrily before moving around to the side of the vehicle again to check on Owen. "You okay?" He asked, his voice returning to normal.
Owen nodded. "Are you?" He checked.
Ianto nodded. "Let's get back to the Hub." He said as he jumped into the front passenger seat and Jack slipped quietly into the driver's seat.
"Okay?" Jack asked, turning in his seat to look at Owen.
"All patched up." Owen replied with a small nod.
"Good." Jack said simply before turning back in his chair and setting off down towards the bay. The SUV was uncommonly silent all the way back to the Hub.