Hi, I'm actually posting really fast because I have already posted it entirely on Ao3^^

The next few days, Jack concentrated on Ianto. He helped him control his power and they could now touch every time, without Jack feeling weak any more. Someone was checking on them almost everyday and they had developed a certain habit. When they could hear the door opening, Jack would lie down, pretending to feel sick or weak or bad, to please the guard. They didn't want Ianto or Jack to be taken away and tortured again, so they put on this little act each time. It was working, apparently. Once or twice, the guard asked – discreetly, though not at all – if Ianto had a new information. He never had any. They knew they couldn't keep on forever, but for now it worked. It needed time to break someone, their captors must knew it, after all they had tried with Jack.

After a while, Jack tried to cut himself. At first, it just hurt and stained his shirt. But after a few days it started to slowly heal and the more Ianto trained and concentrated, the fastest Jack could heal. It had brought a bit of joy to them. But the days were long, and training was exhausting. Jack never said it, but when Ianto was sleeping after a long training, his power went crazy and Jack was suffering. But as long as Ianto didn't notice, Jack could take it.

It took them a few more days to see that Ianto could create a force field that could explode after a couple of seconds. It was useful to break free, true. But it pumped all of Ianto's energy and the range was too random and most of the time too big, resulting in Jack flying across the cell and lying as unconscious as Ianto was after producing a force field. What a useful power, yeah.

As Jack was stubborn as hell, Ianto had to try a few times. One time, Jack managed to stay conscious. He didn't answer when Ianto questioned him after that Jack had told him they weren't trying this any more. Jack had never seen Ianto unconscious after using a force field, but this time he had noticed the way his skin reacted. It was paler than usual, and Jack was pretty sure the slightest pressure on it would explode a vein and make Ianto bleed to death. He wasn't sure what it was, but the skin seemed to tighten around Ianto's body, as if he were becoming thinner all of a sudden. And if not unconscious, Jack felt worse than any other time.

Ianto stopped asking after a few minutes, because he was emotionally tired, and slept again, Jack watching him with concern. Ianto had more powers, as he thought he would, but what was the prize? He hadn't thought about it, because he had never had to wonder for himself, but maybe overusing his power could kill him at some point. And he had promised. He wouldn't hurt Ianto and he would get him out of this place.

He didn't have to worry any more when the next day, a guard entered. Ianto was still sleeping, and Jack forgot to act. He jumped on his feet instead, suddenly blinded by anger. He wanted to avenge Ianto's life that had been taken away from him. Maybe they could take a hostage, something like that... No they couldn't, Ianto had explained, they didn't care about sacrificing one of their own.

But Jack didn't really care at this very moment, he needed to punch something, someone, to feel better.

Before he could do anything, though, the guard's face did something weird. As if watching a bad quality video. The guard had a look of horror on his face and soon enough, a different face from the one the guard was wearing when he entered appeared.

"Owen?" Jack asked, taken aback by the presence of someone he knew here.

"The fuck?! What's happening?" Owen tried to say calmly, or in a whisper, but almost yelled. His face did something weird again. "Sshh! Don't talk too loud."

Jack had to contain a snarky remark, because Owen had been the one not staying quiet. His face changed again in someone Jack didn't know. Then Jack understood why he was panicking and went to Ianto to wake him up. As Ianto emerged, Owen took his guard form back.

"What was that?" he whispered – really this time – when Jack was looking at him again. "And who's that?"

"No time for this, what are you doing here?"

"Saving your rotten ass, of course. Sleep well, you'll need it. Tonight."

"Ianto's coming too," Jack said, pointing Ianto so Owen would know who he was talking about.

"Of course he is, we're taking this all thing down and saving as many people as we can. Anyway, I have to get back. See ya'"

"Owen!"

"Shh," Owen pressed him, a hand on the door.

"Be careful," Jack whispered, worried about what lives would be sacrificed to allow them to be free. He didn't want anyone to die for him, but this all place was insane and they had to put a stop to it.

"Ain't I always?" Owen smiled before opening the door, putting on a professional mask, and leaving.

"What was that?"

The sleepy voice of Ianto took Jack back on Earth and in the cell. Jack sat with a smile, the first in a long time.

"Our way out. Owen's a friend. I guess they have a plan to get us out. I promised you Ianto."

"Are all your friends... you know, do they have abilities too?"

"Most of them, yeah."

"But... I... I'll be here... You should go, without me..."

"Ianto, we talked about this. I'm not leaving you here. And no, I won't come back later to save you, I'll get you out, tonight," he said, sharply. "You should go back to sleep, I'll wake you up," he added with a soft voice so Ianto wouldn't take it badly. He was only trying to protect him.

"Jack..."

"Yes?"

"What... Who was he?"

"Owen?" Jack asked and Ianto nodded. "I told you, a friend. He can take the physical appearance of whomever he wants. We're a little team inside Torchwood."

"Inside what?" Ianto immediately asked.

"Torchwood. Ugh... It's..."

"A group of people with powers?"

"Yes..."

"And you named yourselves... Torchwood?"

"... yeeaah... Are you judging?" Jack asked, a bit hurt.

"Not at all!" Ianto giggled and Jack smiled because it was rare and precious when Ianto smiled or laughed.

"Anyway, I don't really know everyone, but Owen is part of my team, along with Tosh and Gwen."

"Is it really organised? I mean you have a boss and all that?"

"We have the Doctor."

"The Doctor?"

"Yup. An old friend gave him that name, and he kept it. It suits him."

"But what's his real name?"

"Believe me, you really don't want to know. The Doctor is way better."

"The Doctor," Ianto scoffed. "Okay."

"Ianto Jones, are you making fun of him? He's really impressive you know."

"I don't doubt it," Ianto answered with an insolent smile.

"He created this. He saved us, organised us. He's not here a lot, but he's our hero. He's powerful, too."

"Does he have a power as well?"

"Yeah. I shouldn't be saying it, not a lot have seen him using it. He doesn't really like having this power, he doesn't want to hurt innocent people or even kill, as evil as someone can be. He believes in redemption, and he hates weapons, including his own power. He can control fire."

"I've always liked fire..."

"Trust me, you don't want to see him using it."

"What about the others?"

"I told you I don't know everyone, but there are a lot of different powers. Some control fire, or water, or the wind, some are really fast, some have super-strength, some just have designed metal armours, others turn into a big green monster..."

"Really?"

"... No, not the last two ones. It was a... Sorry it wasn't nice, you probably don't even remember superheroes in your childhood? It's pretty popular... They made movies and all, but I should have known you wouldn't get it."

"It's okay..."

"But really, some can control mind and all. Kinda creepy. Gwen is creepy, to be honest. I mean it's pretty cool, she can control electric power. She can be kind if you're kind to her. Otherwise, she'll fucking cut the power off just to piss you off. If she's in a good mood. She electrocuted me once, can you imagine? Not nice!" Jack laughed as Ianto stared at him, eyes wide opened. "Don't worry she'll love you! And she's Welsh, and I mean really Welsh, she'll defend her own kind."

"Oh... Okay... What about Tosh?"

"She's super-smart," Jack shrugged as if it was obvious.

"Is that her power?"

"No she's just super-smart. I mean she's a genius among the geniuses. But really, she's telekinetic."

"What is that, exactly?"

"It means she can throw something at the back of your head while you're talking to her, only with her mind, and make you believe it was an accident and fell by itself. Been there, done that."

"Why would she do that?"

"Well... Ugh... Never mind that, she's really nice."

"You were being mean to her?"

"No. Maybe. I don't remember... Okay maybe I was rude, but I'm not, usually. Not with her."

"Well, I like her!"

Jack smiled and answered some questions about his friends and team. He convinced Ianto to go catch some sleep, after reassuring him on what would happen next. Ianto was afraid he would panic and not restrain his power in front of everyone, and that their rescue mission would fail because of him. Jack had doubts too, but he believed in Ianto.

He kissed his forehead to wish him a goodnight as he was drifting off to sleep. After watching the wall for a moment, he laid on the same mattress as Ianto, his back on him. He heard Ianto moving and smiled when he put an arm around his waist.