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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: Ah Adam probably one of my favourite episodes. Okay this episode will have: Rhys/Gwen, Jack/Ianto, Tosh/Andy, Owen/Kathy, mentions of: Ianto/Lisa

Chapter Seven

Ianto bit his lip as he walked into the hub, looking wishfully up at the office. Ever since he'd come back it hadn't been the same between them. He looked up as Adam put his hand on his shoulder.

"You said it was for the best remember?" He nodded as memories plagued him of an argument that he and Jack had had once he'd been back. Trust, the key issue. He gave Adam a smile.

"Yeah sorry, just thinking"

"Don't worry about it. I mean The Master did a number on you," Ianto tensed and looked over at him.

"How did you know that?" He asked whirling around, alarm bells going off in his head "Jack was the only one that knows-"

"You broke down when you came back, remember" Ianto moved away from Adam's touch suddenly completely unsure of the man.

"No I don't remember." He hissed out, edging himself back from Adam almost backing into Jack.

"What's going on?" Jack's too cheerful voice surprised him. Adam looked somewhat startled as well but composed himself quickly.

"Ianto's just joking around. Aren't you Ianto?" Ianto shook his head and looked over at Jack.

"He knows about the year that never was." Ianto said staring at Jack. He watched him stiffen for a moment and Ianto almost flinched when Adam managed to touch both.

"That's what you two where fighting about, Jack telling me remember?" As the memory appeared in front of his eyes Ianto bristled and he could see Jack was looking slightly annoyed.

"So why are you bringing it up again?" Jack snapped, "sue me for being worried about you."

"I'm fine." Ianto snapped. He struggled out of Adam's reach and headed down to the archives. Something didn't feel right to him but he wasn't sure what.

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It wasn't until Tosh came up to him and asked him who Andy was that Ianto realised that something was going on with the team. Gwen didn't remember Rhys and now Tosh didn't know Andy? He brought up his files on the recon stash and wondered if someone had tampered with it. Everything had seemed in order however so he tried to think back and then remembered his diary. If anything odd had happened he knew he would have recorded it there. He wondered briefly if he should go get Jack and let him know but his feelings of anger made him stay and read.

Ianto had read the diary for the third time. This wasn't making any sense. Why wasn't Adam in there? He had recorded everything, him coming to Torchwood Three, The team members reactions to his hire, He could remember Adam clearly saying 'you're hired' after tasting his coffee yet that wasn't in there.

It didn't seem right.

"What's wrong?" Ianto nearly jumped at the sound of Adam's voice. A voice sounding remarkably like the doctor was telling him not to tell him. That he couldn't trust him. Ianto gave a fake smile.

"Nothing, just thinking." Ianto lied. Adam narrowed his eyes at him.

"You sure everything's okay?"

"Yeah it's fine. Just getting some work done." He said hoping he sounded convincing. Adam stepped a couple of paces forward. Ianto stiffened when he was almost straight in front of him.

"Why don't I believe you?"

"Honestly, Adam. I'm fine. Just worried about Gwen that's all" He knew Adam didn't know about Tosh yet and he was planning on keeping it that way until he could speak to Jack, because that was what he needed to do. Suddenly the coms went on.

"Ianto, could you bring up that box that came through the rift?" Jack questioned over the rift, "Owen accidently archived it."

"Yeah- I'm sorry about that boss-" Owen sounded nervous and Ianto bit his lip slightly. This wasn't the Owen, Ianto's diary knew. The Owen in Ianto's diary was a snarky git.

"Sure I'll be up in a second do you want me to send Adam up?" Ianto questioned inwardly knowing that he had to get Adam away from him before he figured it out.

"He's down there and not lost?" Jack's voice sounded amused, "Sure send him back up. He's supposed to be doing an audit." Ianto watched as Adam almost changed character right before his eyes.

"Right, yeah I'll be right up Jack." Ianto breathed a sigh of relief when Adam left the room. He opened up his and Jack's private com line.

"Sir? Could you come down here for a second? I have some information on Gwen that I want you take a look at"

"Can't you bring it up here?"

"I'd much rather you come down here. We need to talk privately about the matter." He could almost see Jack hesitating, "Please Jack." He asked softly.

"All right I'll be down there in a couple of moments."

"Why did you want me down here? You never want anyone down here." Jack questioned. Ianto ran his hand through his hair.

"Gwen isn't the only person who doesn't remember someone. Tosh doesn't remember who Andy is." Jack's eyes shot up, "Also-" Ianto hesitated.

"Yan?" Jack's voice sounded soft, "what is it?"

"I was reading my journal, everyone's in there everything is in there. Apart from Adam." Jack looked at him slightly surprised.

"Could you have forgotten him too? Like Gwen with Rhys or Tosh with Andy?" Ianto shook his head.

"I can remember him clearly in my head. However it doesn't explain why I wouldn't write about him in my journal." Ianto pointed out suddenly Jack's phone rang.

"Martha Jones a voice of a nightgale. What can I do for you?" Ianto looked at him slightly surprised, "hang on I'll put you on speaker Ianto's here too. I'm sure you'll want to speak to him."

"Jack? You said you would call me last night remember? I was getting concerned. Has something happened?" Jack's eyes widened.

"I was?" Ianto suddenly realised something. Remember? He mouthed it causing Jack to look over at him, "Martha, can I call you back we've got a slight situation over here."

"Is Ianto all right?" She demanded, shaking Ianto out of his thought process for a moment.

"I'm fine, we'll call you back later all right Martha and explain everything."

"I'll hold you to that. Also I just wanted to let you know I will be up on Monday." Ianto looked surprised.

"You're coming up?" Jack and Ianto chorused as one.

"I have a feeling this has to do with your situation but yeah Jack you called me and asked me to come, remember?"

"All right I'll pick you up on Monday" Ianto said making a mental note to write it down in his diary later.

"Okay Ianto. I'll see you then." She hung up the phone and Ianto moved to his computer down in the archives loading up the CTV and bringing up pictures of Adam touching Owen, Gwen and Tosh's shoulders over the last two days.

"Every time we question something, Adam touches our shoulder and somehow plants a memory of him in our mind." Ianto realised, "Like when I was questioning about the year that never was. He planted that thought about our flight."

"A memory parasite." Jack realised and clicked his figures, "that would explain Gwen and Tosh." Ianto nodded.

Jack started heading up stairs and Ianto had to rush to catch up with him, heading straight towards Adam in a second his gun is drawn, pointed at Adam's head.

"Talk to me Adam, if that's even your real name."

"What?" Adam looked confused.

"Wha- what are you doing Jack?" Gwen was looking at Jack's nervously.

"Can someone tell me what's going on here?" Adam demanded. Ianto had to admit he was good.

"Come on Jack," Owen took off his glasses, "he's been with us for years-"

"Yeah Jack-" Adam moved to touch him but Ianto without thinking grabbed his arm.

"Oh no you don't." Ianto said firmly, he tried to drop his hand but Adam held on.

"Come on Yan, you know me. I helped after Lisa remember? You told me about the doctor, your cousin…" The flashes started to come and he tried to stop them but it didn't work.

"I-" he started however halfway through Jack fired a shot in the hub causing Myfany to screech and half way through stopped causing Ianto to gasp.

"Jack you know me you recruited me you recruited me three years ago- just before you met Ianto." Adam protested.

"All I know is when I think of my team I see you there but I don't feel you. No pride- no warmth. Not like I do the rest of the team. You the one I confined in. The one that can unbury the dead."

"Jack maybe you've forgotten him, like I did with Rhys, yeah?" Gwen tried to step in.

"I should have seen it then. That wasn't stress. That was him. By making us think we know him he disturbs our real memories, you with Rhys, Tosh with Andy. I'm taking him to the vault's. Move." Suddenly a gun cocking made them all freeze.

"No." Jack's eyes widened as Ianto had his gun trained on him.

"Ianto!" Owen, Tosh and Gwen all chorused as one.

"Let him go."

"Yan, you know I'm telling the truth. We were in agreement ," Jack said carefully looking at him.

"Let him go." Ianto said firmly, his head was giving him a headache and he wasn't sure whether or not he was doing the right thing. Yet- something told him that Jack was wrong.

"Ianto, I'm not going to hurt him." Jack spotted Owen inching towards the immortal and Jack knew he had to keep Ianto distracted, "if I'm wrong we can all laugh after this yeah?" Owen grabbed the gun out of Ianto's reach and struggled with him

"No" Ianto protested, "I can't, get off me. Adam-" Ianto struggled against Owen and then Tosh.

"Look what you've done to us." Jack hissed at Adam then pointed the gun at him, "move."

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"Don't kill me, I had to become a part of your memories in order to survive. I didn't mean any harm." Adam said in a cage next to Janet who was growling at him.

"You changed us."

"For the better. Tosh has never been more confident. Owen's lost all his Sinicism. He's happy."

"How did you come here? Why us?"

"All of you have such unique memories, especially you and Ianto, Jack. All those extraordinary memories you both hold. Some hidden, some absent. Your minds. That's what drew me here"

"Good job, that's what we do best- wipe out Aliens." Jack sneered,

"But you always remember what you kill don't you Jack?"

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"Jack?" Gwen questioned, "How have we lost two days?"

"What do you mean?"

"The last twenty four hours, none of us can remember a thing-"Ianto picked up from Gwen looking at Jack.

"The system's blank, CCTV's been wiped. What's been going on? Andy has no idea either," Tosh said looking between her colleges, "What have we been doing?"

"I don't know," Jack said honestly.

"Great, that's two days of my life I'll never get back and I'm not even hungover." Owen grumbled.

"Looks like Tosh got herself an admirer though" Jack said motioning to the flowers on her desk. Ianto couldn't help but find himself slightly interested. She went to look at the card.

"They're from… Owen!" Owen scoffed.

"To Tosh, Love and apologies Owen." Ianto read the card out loud taking the card out of Tosh's hands. He raised an eyebrow. Had Owen finally admitted his feelings for his friend? Now when she was with someone else? When he was with someone else? It would be typical. However a snort from Owen soon stopped that thought process.
 

"In your dreams Tosh, I think someone's winding you up, darling. No I don't do flowers," He took the card out of Ianto's hand, glanced over it and I don't do apologies. "Also if I did- they'd probably go to Kathy" He said in an offhand matter. Ianto shot him a look. Making a mental note to yell at him later.

He put an arm around Tosh and gave her a squeeze.

Everything was going to be just fine.

To Be Continued.

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