My Immortal 6/?

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My Immortal

 

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood or Doctor Who.

 

Summery: Ianto Jones isn’t an ordinary Human. He needs answers. Only the right kind of Doctor can give him those answers.

 

Authors Notes:  This chapter will have flashbacks to Cannibals. Also it’s going to be a slightly edited down version of the episode.

 

Couples: Rhys/Gwen, Jack/Ianto, Tosh/Andy, Mentions of: Ianto/Lisa, Owen/Katie, Owen/Diane      

 

Chapter Six

 

Ianto watched slightly coldly as Gwen and Jack led Rhys down the stairs. Gwen should have been stood down and he had all ready shared that grievance to Jack although he hadn’t taken it and he took a deep breath to calm down his anger that had built up again because of it. He barely listened to Owen’s explanation of the rift.  He only really started to listen when Rhys started to talk about the alien in the warehouse.

 

“It was like this uh… huge shapeless beast filling the space almost like a mold of flesh.” Ianto bit his lip. He really did not like where this was going as he shared a look with Tosh- one of the few people who actually knew what had happened and knew she was thinking along the same lines.

 

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He had all ready died three times when they had found Tosh. He wasn’t entirely sure why they had decided they had still needed the others but he suspected that they just didn’t want to take their magic source of meet away from them. He came too after the third time with Tosh sobbing over him.

 

“You-you where dead” Tosh said looking at him in shock. Inside he was cursing himself, he had been so damn careful. Not even Jack had found out.

 

“I was.” He nodded looking at her steadily. He had a feeling if it was anyone else he wouldn’t be so literal but he knew Tosh would be smart enough to figure this, “but I come back. I can’t- well scratch that I can die. It just doesn’t stay put.” Ianto said looking steadily at her waiting for her reaction of freak or monster

 

“Oh Ianto,” She gave him a hug almost fascinated by him. He half wondered if she wanted to study him and then pushed the thought out of his mind when she gave him a hug.

 

“We’ve got to get you out of here. They’re cannibals,” Ianto explained looking at her as her eyes widened, “I’ll be fine but I’ll be damned if I’m going to loose you or the others. I’m going to distract them and you’re going to warn them all right?”  She nodded.

 

“Does Jack know about-“

 

“My trick?” Ianto shook his head, “If he’d read the Torchwood leaders journals he would but he hasn’t I’d rather it stayed that way to be honest though Tosh” She nodded giving him a sympathetic look and Ianto knew she had caught on as to he hadn’t had a good past revealing it.

 

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“The latest tests reveal high levels of chloride, so it probably naturally lives in the water. I reckon it came through the rift into the sea and it managed to beach itself. “Owens voice brought him back to the conversation and Ianto soon wished that it hadn’t.

 

“Like a giant alien manatee” Jack supplied and Owen nodded.

 

“But how did they get it in there?” Ianto wondered out loud causing everyone to look at him, “that warehouse must be 50 feet long. If it’s that big-“ He would have continued but Rhys interrupted him.

 

“Um- it could have been smaller when they got it in,” Rhys said and Ianto got that uneasy feeling that he was about to be proven right, “because they uh said it was growing.”

 

“So it’s alive then?” Jack’s voice sounded surprised however Ianto was growing more and more horrified, “It’s not dead?”

 

“No, it’s breathing. It’s eye opened.”   It was there Ianto went to the nearest waist paper basket and threw up. He could feel eyes on him as he looked up.

 

 

“I’m fine.” He muttered, “just felt a little queasy there.” He got identical looks of disbelief from both Tosh and Jack but he chose to ignore them. If that poor creature was going through what he had- he swallowed bile he felt coming up again and chose to focus on the conversation at hand.

 

 

“So the protein chains are regenerating, despite the mutation so not only is it replenishing its own flesh, but it’s increasing it. Giving them a brand new meat supply each time” Owen said and Ianto soon wished that he hadn’t decided to focus on it.

 

“It would last them for years,” Gwen realised.

 

“If we understood how it works we could feed the world-“ Owen started but stopped when he found Ianto looking at him angrily.

 

“You mean harming a living being time and time again just so they could get meat” He spat glaring at Owen, “I wouldn’t want to wish that on my own worst enemy”

 

“Chill, tea-boy we would of course find some way of making sure it wouldn’t feel it.” He felt Tosh’s hand on his arm but he shrugged it off and would have said something further but Jack stopped him.

 

“We’re talking about dodgy pies and Merthyr, okay? And the fact that they’re cutting it up alive-“ Ianto watched as Jack turned to Rhys, “Which we would have put a stop to already if it wasn’t for you”

 

“I thought my fiancée was in danger.” Rhys protested and Ianto felt a twinge of jealousy as it seemed as Jack was asserting his dominance over Rhys.

 

“Well Mr. Caveman she wasn’t, she can handle herself.”

 

“Jack-“ Gwen protested and Ianto knew he was still feeling annoyed with Owen and that Jack didn’t seem to pick up that he was angry at him as well he decided he wasn’t going to listen to any more and headed to the archives where he could calm down.

 

 

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What made Gwen Cooper so bloody special? Ianto asked himself. He had tried to reminded himself that Jack new that he was just her ‘hero that could do no wrong’ as they had discussed a few days earlier during the Tommy incident but every time Jack asserted dominance over Rhys and even now when he was looking down at Rhys and Gwen kissing.  Despite everything he was still a 20^th century male he still felt like he could be a bit on the side- that Jack wasn’t in it for the long run.

 

As far as he was aware he didn’t do that with Tosh. Maybe it was Jack’s 51^st century breeding. He just wasn’t sure. He wanted to call out Gwen on the fact that Jack ‘didn’t have a heart’ but Jack was letting her walk all over him.

 

If that was the way Jack wanted it fine.

 

“Penny for your thoughts?” Jack’s unwelcome voice broke through his thoughts.

 

“They’re not worth your penny.” He muttered. If he looked up he would have seen Jack looking at him in confusion.

 

“Did I do something-“ Ianto rolled his eyes and cut Jack off before he finished the sentence.

 

“Don’t even finish that sentence Jack.” Ianto spat, “you’re bloody well fawning over Gwen up there with Rhys watching. You called Rhys the caveman and you’re acting just as bloody bad.” He ranted glaring at his Captain.

 

“Gwen’s with Rhys, Jack. You’ve encouraged it and she’s getting married and I thought-“ Ianto trailed off.

 

“You thought what?” Jack questioned angrily, “You thought that I want Gwen? Are you that blind Ianto? You and those 21^st Century labels.  That’s what I hate most about being stuck here. I’m a natural flirt you know that. I’m annoyed because we should have had the case shut down by now. We could have had that creature back here and away from those thugs. Yet here we are arguing about relationships instead of getting the job done.”

 

“Are you done?” Ianto asked coldly staring at him. Jack’s rant had done nothing to cool his anger. Jack’s words ‘I hate most’ where ringing through his head, stirring up insecurities again, he took Jack’s stony silence as a yet, “then we should go back to work Sir.”

 

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“Bollocks.” Owen snapped after Gwen had finished her rant at them. Ianto had started to open his mouth but had closed it in shock as Owen who surprised them all, “you think we don’t know what it is to have someone to love? Open your eyes Gwen. You’re not special. We all have someone special outside or in Torchwood. But in contrast to you- two of us have actually lost people to Torchwood. You think you’re so bloody special? Consider yourself lucky that you haven’t. Think about Ianto- he lost Lisa because of Torchwood. I lost my own fiancé because of Torchwood. Think about that for a bloody moment. If you think Rhys should be so bloody privileged to keep his memories of Torchwood what about Andy and Kathy? Ianto and Jack also have each other within Torchwood. You’re not special Gwen Cooper. You never have been.”

 

Owen left the room and stormed off leaving a stunned Torchwood Three in his wake.

 

“Did you know he was seeing someone?”  Tosh questioned looking over at Ianto and he shook his head.

 

“No idea and I know everything about this place.” He said with a slight pout. Jack coughed.

 

“Back to the matter at hand” Jack started, “Retconing Rhys.”

 

“I’m not doing it, Jack.” Gwen snapped, “I don’t care, I’m not lying to him anymore.”

 

“It’s in the rules Gwen.” Ianto pointed out.

 

“Fine then retcon me.” She said angrily and before Jack could respond he nodded.

 

“Fine.” Ianto was met with a stunned silence, “Owen’s right. You’re not special no matter what Jack says. Rules are rules and if you’re not following them then it’s either death or retcon.”

 

“ Ianto-“ Jack’s voice warned.

 

“No. Those are the rules. We either retcon Rhys or its Gwen and Rhys.”

 

“She’ll miss this-“ Jack started.

 

“I wouldn’t remember it.” Gwen pointed out sounding slightly smug.

 

“Would it work?” Tosh interjected and Ianto and Jack turned to look at her in surprise, “She’s fought it before.” Ianto bit his lip he hadn’t thought of that.

 

“Fine then, we retcon: Rhys.” He said folding his arms stubbornly. Gwen was not going to get her way on this he was going to make sure of that. She could not constantly break the rules and get away with it.

 

“No.” Gwen protested but Ianto chose to ignore her and stared at Jack.

 

“You do it then.” Jack ordered crossing his arms over his chest. He nodded heading to the medical bay.

 

“Wait!” Ianto nearly laughed at the desperation in Gwen’s voice but something did make him stop.

 

“You’re not changing my mind Gwen. Rhys Williams is going to be retconed.”  Ianto said firmly glaring at her. He knew why Jack had hired her because she reminded him of Rose- he didn’t see it but he’d won enough battles with Rose to know how to do it.

 

“What about his gunshot wound? He’s all ready taken medications for it won’t that interfere with it?” Ianto studied her.

 

“Why are you so reluctant to retcon Rhys, Gwen?” he questioned, “Is it because you’ve all ready retconed him once before?” She looked slightly stunned, “you think I didn’t know? I know everything that goes on in this place bar Owen having a girlfriend. Of course I knew that you’d taken some of the pills from our supply.”

 

“She’s right though” Tosh intercepted the conversation, “as Owen’s left we don’t know whether or not whatever medication Rhys has been given would interfere.”

 

“I can hazard a guess that it would have been antibiotics and some morphine.” Which he wrinkled his nose too, “and that would interfere with the retcon there has been known cases of it within Torchwood.” He could feel Gwen’s triumphant glare on him. He however was not going to leave this alone.

 

“However, we treat his bullet wound and then we retcon him after a couple of days.” He had purposely decided not to tell Gwen when he or Owen where going to register the retcon.

 

“Who died and made you boss?” Gwen snapped, “last I checked I was the second in command.”

 

“And last I checked I was third in command, also the most senior Doctor currently on premises to give an opinion.”  

 

“You’re a Doctor?” Jack and Gwen sounded shocked as they spoke in unison and Ianto felt slightly smug.

 

“Yeah, I got my medical degree back in the sixties needed something to do. Fun time that was” He said and he knew he sounded wistful.

 

“That’s not on your file” Jack said glaring at him.

 

“My immortality is also not on my file, Sir or hadn’t you noticed?” He said off hand, “anyway that makes me more than qualified to make decisions here PC Cooper.”

 

“Actually-“ Tosh spoke up and all three turned to look at her in slight surprise. He didn’t know about the others but Ianto had forgotten that she was there.

 

“Technically, I would be the most senior Doctor after Owen. You forgot I studied medicine as well as my other degree” She pointed out.

 

“Right, can’t believe I forgot about your beautiful mind Toshie” Ianto said going over to give her a squeeze. He knew he was doing this to pay back at Jack but he found that he didn’t care.

 

“I also agree with Ianto. Unless I get to tell Andy and Owen gets to tell Kathy we should retcon Rhys.” Tosh paused, “although personally I want Andy to know”

 

Ianto’s gaze softened when he looked at Tosh. He could see the upsides of all the partners knowing. It was just the special treatment that Jack seemed to give Gwen he was really opposing and that she was blindly breaking the Torchwood protocol without a care in the world.

 

“I have a proposal.” He said looking steadily at Jack ignoring everyone else in the room, “Rhys keeps his memories and we let Andy and Kathy know as well.”

 

“But Andy and Kathy-“Gwen started to protest but Ianto silenced her with a glare.

 

“Or Rhys forgets about Torchwood.” He continued. He watched as his captain studied him and Jack nodded.

 

“Accepted.”  Ianto nodded with a slight smile. This way at least the couples of Torchwood could understand when they did late hours.  There would be no more lying or things like that, “on one condition.”

 

“What?” Ianto nearly squeaked loosing his calm protester for a moment and knowing by Jack’s smirk that he sounded like the Doctor.

 

“You go visit your sister take a couple of days off and spend it with your family. You need it, Yan.” He watched as Jack stepped closer to him wrapping around his waist, “In fact I’m ordering it.”

 

“You’re ordering it Sir?” He questioned his breath hitched. Knowing if he attempted to fight it he would be fighting a losing battle.

 

“I am. You’ve been through hell and back these last few months. You need recovering time and I’m doing something I should have done when you got back.” Jack said, “You have a family here now in your own time that I think you’ve forgotten about.”

 

“We’re not close. We never had been.” Ianto said softly. They heard the cog door open and close but they ignored it for the mean time Ianto however noted that Gwen and Tosh had both gone.

 

“I met your sister that year. She cares about you, Yan.” His breathing hitched slightly,  “She and your little niece and nephew where with Andy and Kathy when I found them. While the team where in the Himalayas. Tosh and Owen thought of that in advance and now it makes sense as to why Kathy was there. She’s a strong woman Ianto Jones and you need to reconnect with her. The first question she asked when I said that I knew you? Is my baby brother all right, I know he’s travelling with that idiot” Ianto gave a soft laugh.

 

“She would. I trained her well.” He took a deep breath, “Thing is though Jack…” He looked at him steadily knowing that now was the time to be honest with his Captain, “she’s not my sister.”

 

“She’s not?” Jack’s voice marked a sound of confusion and Ianto nodded in agreement, “but she introduced her as-“

 

“Would you of believed her if she said that I was her Father?” Ianto took another deep shaky breath, he rubbed his arms, “Her mother was a Torchwood One Agent in the 1970s. Ceri Williams- no relation to Rhys I checked you also won’t find her on record. We met and almost instantly there was a spark. She was a bit like Tosh brilliant as hell with a soft heart. She fell pregnant and I was going to marry her. I’ve never been one to run from anything even getting someone up the duff. Ceri knew that Torchwood wasn’t the place to have a child and that my immortally would only put them in danger so late one night she left me, knowing full well that I wouldn’t be able to let them go. It took me years to track them down.”

 

They moved to the couch and Jack had his arm around Ianto as he continued his story, “By the time I did Rhiannon was in her teens while her mother was in her forties I still looked twenty-six. So initially we lied and said that I was her older brother that her mother had adopted out. I popped in from time to time when Torchwood would let me. However Ceri and I got into an argument one year just before Rhia was supposed to graduate college. I said something about being her father and she heard. It took her a long time for her to forgive me after that. She went through a rough patch, drinking doing all sorts of things. One night she met her current husband Johnny and they fell pregnant with David they got married soon after and two years later Mica was born.”

 

“So you’re a granddad?” Jack questioned and Ianto nodded.

 

“Twice over.” He bit his lip, “Rhiannon asked me to stay away. She didn’t tell Johnny about me and I don’t blame her to be honest. The kids just think I’m their Uncle.”

 

“Oh Ianto, I’m sorry.” Jack said giving him a squeeze.

 

“You didn’t know, “ He said softly, “I’d go visit but I don’t know how she’d react. The year that never was Rhiannon might have been okay with it but-“

 

“She’s her father’s daughter Yan,” Jack gave him a warm smile, “Of course she would.”

 

“You won’t tell anyone will you?” Ianto asked him looking at Jack, “I’ve tried to keep them hidden for so long-“

 

“I won’t” Jack nodded in agreement, “You can count on me you know that right?”

 

“I know.” Ianto agreed pulling him into a kiss.

 

To Be Continued.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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