Ianto awoke with a jolt, his wrists burning against the strain. He shook his head, trying to orient himself, and felt with some alarm that he couldn't quite focus his eyes. Ok then, I can't quite see. Maybe it's just a side effect from whatever they used to knock me out. The Welshman shut his eyes once more, focusing in on the sounds around him. He could hear the steady hum of electricity, the gurgling that could only be from Fall, and the sound of heels clicking on concrete. Ianto's eyes shot open once more, as a revolting wave of lust and h wanted to hatred washed over him.
"Good, you're awake. I was beginning to think that you'd sleep through the whole thing." She looked into his eyes, noting with a smirk that they were unfocused. The Welshman felt another pinprick in his arm, and his eyes came back into focus, with an almost blinding clarity.
"Oh, good, it works then. We've been playing around with your friend in there, and wanted to test out a few of the little things the lab came up with." She smiled at him.
"So we blinded you, a little, I take it that when you awoke you could barely see anything?" The Welshman held firm, not wanting to give this woman the satisfaction of a response.
"Well what I just gave you was a regenerative syrum that we made from watching that thing grow pieces of itself back. I really don't know how long the effects will last. A few hours, a few days, maybe it's permanent. Who knows?" The Welshman felt bile rise into his throat as panic set in.
"Blinded?" He felt a searing heat burn through his core, and knew that Jack had heard him.
"Ianto, I swear to whatever deities exist that those bastards are going to pay for this. Just hang in there, we are on our way in." The lieutenant was looking at Ianto curiously, her fingers fluttering absentmindedly over the aray of tools on the tray beside her.
"Interesting reaction. I had thought panic or fear, not a sigh of relief." Ianto blushed. He had not realized that he had let on how Jack's message had affected him.
"Oh, you are too handsome when you blush." Ianto nearly choked as the vile woman stepped forward, her fingers brushing his bare chest. His involuntary reaction seemed to encourage her, as she trailed her fingers down his chest, and the waist band of his trousers.
"You know, we really don't know how long that eyesight of yours will last." She stretched up on her toes, her lips brushing Ianto's cheeks. The Welshman was close to gagging, as the smell of her cheap perfume, and the unbound emotions worked there way into his senses. "Maybe we should make the most of it."
Jack had made it around to the back of the building unseen. He counted the number of guards stationed around the back door, wanting desperately to avoid shooting any of them. As much as he hated UNIT, and however much he wanted his Ianto back, these were just innocent workers, simply following orders. His real beef was with the Lieutenant, and any of her higher ups that authorized this whole sickening affair. His COMM blared through his skull, as Gwen realized that he had slipped away.
"Captain Jack Harkness. If I ever get my hands on you. What the hell do you think your doing, slipping off like that." The Immortal wanted to smile, but now was not the time.
"My own thing. I need to get in there and secure Ianto and Fall. I have a little bit more training in espionage than either of you, and I'm almost into the building myself." He heard a growl from across the line. But no further comments. He snuck closer to the building delighted yet appalled to see that there was a clear way inside that was virtually unguarded. He heard Tosh's voice come on through his COMM.
"Jack, do you see that grate in front of you?" He tapped the side of his COMM, indicating a yes.
"Do not go through it. My scan of the area is showing that it's laced with small explosives. Not enough to take down the building, but enough to blow you too bits, and alert them to your presence for when you pull yourself back together." The immortal groaned. He hated it when that happened.
"Alternate option will require removal of a few bodies, unless you feel like shimmying through the air vents from the roof." The immortal stifled a laugh. That was something that he hadn't done in years.
"I'll take it that your muffled giggling means that you want to take them out. May I suggest Sontarin style?" Jack grinned to himself. Waking them on the back of the head was the best way to go. The immortal crept along in the shadows, thankful for the falling darkness, though not particularly enjoying the contrast to the harsh lights around him. A shadow from the corner of his eye caught his attention. A shadowy figure was creeping along the opposite side of the dock, minute and barely visible. A quick double take and Jack swore hesaw it vanish, but there it was once more, gliding through the brush. Tosh's whispered instructions came through his COMM.
"Jack, Gwen is on her way around the other side. Better odds if its two on two. As soon as you get close enough, I'm going to cut the CCTV back into a feedback loop, that should buy us about 15 minutes tops. You think you can get in there and get everything under wraps in that time frame?" The Captain tapped his COMM once more. He had to. This was their best option of getting his Ianto back. A few more steps in the darkness, and he was there, Gwen strait across from him. A few hand signals confirmed that she not only knew the plan, but also that she was royally pissed at his wondering off. Oh well. Tosh spoke once more through the COMM's
"On my count you to move, swiftly. I don't want them to be able to call for help." There were a few tense seconds, with both of them prepping to spring.
"Three, Two, One. Go." They both leapt from the shadows, each knocking out a guard before they could react. They both looked at each other, a nod shared as they kicked open the door, guns at the ready. They crept along the inside of the corridor, keeping again to the shadows. They made it halfway down the hall, when Jack clutched his head, a wave of panic flooding his senses, followed by a word.
"Blinded?" Blind! His Ianto, Blind! Of all of the things that could happen, that had not been something that the immortal had anticipated. Nothing could have made him angrier. He sent the Welshman a heartfelt plea, praying that he would get there in time.
"Ianto, I swear to whatever deities exist that those bastards are going to pay for this. Just hang in there, we are on our way in."
Gwen glanced over at Jack, who had a look of pure and utter hatred on his face. She couldn't be sure, but somehow, she knew that it was to do with Ianto, and that scared her. Whatever that bond thing was between them, it had alerted the captain to some new development, one that had brought him to a new level of dangerous.
It was mere moments before they heard a keening sound emanating from the walls.
Gwen grimaced and Jack frowned further. That could only be the sound of Fall, and if they were torturing him-"
"Jack, Gwen. I've managed to hack into the CCTV. They have Ianto in a room just twenty feet up the hall." Jack started to walk that way, but Tosh's words stopped him.
"Jack, be careful. You aren't going to like what you see." The immortal nearly growled. He knew that much already. Guns drawn and tempers high, they advanced down the hall. Jack saw, through the glass of the door, Ianto strung up along the wall, his head turned to the side as the blond haired lieutenant trailing her fingers along the Welshman's flesh. Ianto's flesh, the skin that only Jack was allowed to touch. The immortal's fingers tightened around his gun. He looked at Gwen, who looked just as horrified as he was angry. A minute nod shared between the two of them, and the door was burst open, two guns trained directly at the lieutenant's head. She turned around, a smug grin on her face.
"Glad you could join us Captain, I see you brought your own date." Jack snarled, and Gwen bristled.
"You do not know how much I want to pull this trigger." A look of alarm crossed her face, but it was brief.
"You wouldn't dare. I'm a ranking officer of UNIT. Under her Majesty's orders." Jack stepped closer to her, his finger tightening further on the trigger.
"I highly doubt that the queen ordered you to kidnap another government employee and torcher him." Her smirk slipped slightly, and her hand raised into the air, a small silver vial held between her fingers.
"A casualty. As for your wanting to kill me, remember this. This vial is the only one of it's kind." The captain saw Ianto's eyes widen slightly, and his head hanging slightly.
"Ianto?" The woman's grin grew wider, and she twirled it in her fingers.
"This is the only thing that is keeping pretty boy seeing anything at all." Gwen's breath caught in her throat, and Jack's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"It doesn't matter if he could see or not, you've played with fire." There was a slight jingling sound, and Ianto looked up, a small smirk. He wriggled his finger lightly, and the immortal caught the hint.
"You had better surrender now, I really don't want to hurt you." The lieutenant turned, facing the Welshman incredulously.
"Hurt me? You're the least dangerous person in this room." He smiled darkly, and Jack leaned forward, snatching the silver vial from her hand. The Welshman let go of his binds, landing with a thud on the flood. He rose up, unsteady on his feet. But still looming over the form of the woman.
"You had better be glad that I don't hit women." He stumbled around her, grabbing a set of cuffs from the table, and clipping them over her wrists tightly. The Welshman gathered up his shirt from the table, tugging it on and wincing at the tightness of his muscles.
"You can't do this! This is against her majesty's orders." Gwen double checked the hall, before turning around, fist raised.
"Ianto may be too much of a gentleman to hurt you." She punched the woman viciously, a slight cracking echoing through the room.
"But I have no problem with it." Jack picked up her gun and tossed it to Ianto, who caught it deftly.
"Let's get Fall and then get out of here." Jack nodded, ushering them out of the corridor and latching the door behind them. He was happy to notice that the lieutenant's cries for help went unheard through the glass of the walls. The sound of boots pounding down the halls underscored Tosh's screaming through the COMMs.
"Down the hall, quickly, he's the first door to the left. God he's in a bad way, but you have to get him out. Now!" Gwen sprinted ahead, gun drawn, while Jack and Ianto followed close behind. The Welshman was trying valiantly to keep up, dispite the pains in his body. They drew there guns, backing into the room were Gwen had already secured the scientists in the room, all three cowering at the sight of her gun. Upon seeing Ianto, upright and seemingly ok, the eldest of the scientists gasped.
"Bloody Hell! It worked!" Jack spun around, leaving Ianto to cover the door.
"What worked." The scientist coward back once more, his glasses riding low on his nose and his silver hair pulled back in a sharp ponytail.
"I can't believe it! The stuff actually worked." Ianto squinted down the corridor, a slight haze settling around the edges of his vision.
"Not permanently." The immortal layed a hand on the man's shoulder.
"How bad?" Ianto holstered his gun, heading over to were Fall was strung on hooks against the wall, fresh slices of flesh removed from him.
"A little fuzzy. Don't worry about it now. Let's get the hell out of here and then Owen can see what he can do later. Right now we have to get moving." He emphasized his point boy lifting himself on the table that Fall was strung above. With a grunt and groan, he hoisted the creature from his hook, only to have the other side rip sickeningly from its place. The alien looked horrid, dark patches and holes riddled his body, his whole body had taken on a sickly pallor. With great effort the Welshman pulled the creature to the floor, unable to lift him fully.
"Tosh, have you gotten the translator working in the COMM system yet?" There was a pause, and then the clicking of ammunition being loaded into a gun.
"Yes, I have." The sound of gunfire rolled over the COMM, and both Gwen and Jack shared an equal look of horror.
"Toshiko!" The immortal bellowed, and there was a feignt reply.
"Get out, and get to the road. Gwen, you're police backup is on it's way." There was the sound of more gunfire, and Tosh's cursing profusely."
"I'm going to get Owen on standby. Tell Ianto that he's done brilliantly, and that I hope he's ok." Gwen looked at Jack, who had paled slightly.
"That sounded an awful lot like a goodbye Jack." The Captain nodded, and turned to Ianto.
` "Yan, take point. I'll carry Fall. Gwen, you cover us. Only fire if fired upon. I don't want any unnecessary blood on our hands, for UNIT to use as an excuse." There seemed to be a breath of protest from the three in the corner, but a wave of Gwen's gun silenced them once more.
"Mad dash?" The Welshman said, completely ignoring the burning of his muscles to help his lover carry the fallen creature. Gwen took Ianto's gun, and they ran down the corridor, the thunder of boots and shouts echoing behind them. They dashed out of the door, into the blinding searchlights of multiple helicopter, both of UNIT and Police origins. Gwen pulled a badge out of the pocket of her jeans, holding it up and waving her arms frantically, One of the police helicopters lowered, a megaphone blaring through the air.
"PC Gwen Cooper?" She nodded frantically.
"How many casualties?" She turned around to see if Ianto needed any extra medical attention, when a shot rang out, and the two men behind her collapsed to the ground.