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The room was silent as everyone stared at Tosh.
She burst into tears, falling to her knees on the mattress as she pulled Ianto into her arms.
"Are you sure?" Owen asked in a small voice, "What exactly did the bitch say?"
"She confirmed that Ianto is a descendant of the Doctor." She sighed as Ianto stroked her face with a small noise of concern.
Trust him.
His world about to be torn apart and he wants to comfort her.
"Oh Ianto, what will we do?"
Ianto blinked and considered, frowning as Jack's VM pinged.
Jack looked at Ianto, then flipped it open as the Doctor's voice boomed out.
"Jack? Jack? Jack, Jack, Jackity Jack?" the Doctor's voice was playful, "Oh Captain! What is going on there? I get this weird message from an old friend, literally taunting me and all I can work out is that you've done something to offend me!"
"Doctor" Jack sighed, letting his head fall back as he looked at the ceiling.
The ceiling of a Tardis.
"Hey Doc, guess where I am!"
"Ohhhhhh, a quiz? This a quiz? I love games"
Ianto rubbed his face as he looked around, trying to comprehend what was going on.
"Oh! You're in the hub!"
"Yeah, you found my VM. Now, use it to see what I am in!"
"You minx!"
Jack grinned as he waited.
"Oh, you …. You ….. great Rassollin …. What …. Jack? When are you?"
"Now. Here. Not yours Doc, this is someone else's!"
The sound of grinding filled the room and the Doctor exploded from the Tardis with his sonic screwdriver out, like a musketeer with a sword.
"On Guard?" Ianto asked softly.
The Doctor looked at him, and blinked.
He re-aimed the screwdriver and frowned.
"Hi Doctor!" Jack said softly, watching Ianto as he squashed himself against Jack.
"Jack? Am I in a Tardis?"
"This is Mama" Ianto said, "She's my friend. She's been here a very long time."
"Oh wow, aren't you a beauty!" the Doctor crowed.
"Jack has a baby one upstairs as well" Ianto offered and the doctor gaped, then took off up the stairs.
"Why did you do that?" Jack hissed, extracting himself from the bed.
"He was pointing that thing at me, I didn't like it!" Ianto pouted.
Jack was almost out the door when he suddenly stopped and swung back to look at Ianto.
"You're up to something."
Ianto shrugged.
"Ianto?"
The Doctor burst back into the room, making Jack step back as he crowed with the coral in his hands.
"Jack! This is a darling little girl; you know she needs her mother." The Doctor scolded, holding the coral up to his Tardis.
Ianto blinked and stepped back, against the wall.
"Ianto?"
The doctor looked over at Ianto, like he had just remembered him and gave a bark of warning as Ianto turned to Jack with a look of sorrow.
"Sorry Cariad, I can't let him take me"
The Doctor dropped the coral onto the bed as he stepped towards Ianto with his hands held out, palms showing.
"Ianto?" Jack repeated.
To Jack's horror, Ianto seemed to melt into the wall as the Doctor rushed forward, his hands slapping against solid coral.
Ianto was gone.