Taking A Walk In Your Shoes

Taking A Walk In Your Shoes


After Tosh had left, Jack sent Owen home. He told him “I’ll being sending for both you and Tosh, if something comes up. But as it is, the rift is surprisingly quite.” Owen nodded, before grabbing his coat and car keys. He then left without saying a single word.

Once he was gone, Jack turned to Gwen and Ianto. He told them “You two can go once I’ve filled you both in on the idea that I have just had. He added at their questioning looks “Follow me, as what I’m going to use is in the vault in my office.”

Once they reached his office, he opened the highly secure vault. Gwen and Ianto watched as he took out a little box made of some kind of alien metal that looked a lot like platinum.

Jack took a seat behind his desk, and gestured for the Gwen and Ianto to also take a seat. He then placed the box down in front of him. He opened it, to reveal a platinum band that had some kind of alien runes, which was engraved all the way around the whole band in what appeared to be gold, but wasn’t.

Gwen asked “Jack, what does that ring do exactly?” Jack replied “This ring was first discovered not long after I was first discovered and recruited by Torchwood over a hundred years ago.”

He continued after a brief pause. “This ring was entrusted to me, seeing as it was I who discovered it. I discovered it, after a mass murderer took over the body of another man, a well known and connected magistrate in fact.”

He went on after another brief pause. “The magistrate was framed for murder. Luckily I discovered in time before he was executed, that he had been framed. You see, the real murderer had a wife who wore this ring here” he gestured to the ring in his hand.

He continued, as Gwen and Ianto nodded for him to go on. “Anyway, she had been wearing the ring, which gave her the ability to ensure that her husband and the magistrate swapped bodies. This meant it was the murderer inside of the magistrate’s body, committing all of these vile and gruesome murders.”

Ianto asked “Sir, what does all of this have to do with us?” Jack replied “I’m going to wear this ring, and make it so Owen and Tosh swap bodies. I’ll have control over when they switch back.”

Gwen’s eyes widened, as she asked “Jack, do you think that is very wise, when you consider the major blow out between Owen and Tosh not even fifteen minutes a go?”

Jack nodded, as he replied “Yes, Gwen, I do. I feel that they need to get to know each other again. They need to relearn about the other. Regardless of the fact Owen was unaware of Toshiko’s true feelings for him; they could have still been considered friends, if not the best of friends.”

Gwen cringed, as she said, “Then I came along and started that affair with Owen. We weren’t discreet as we should have been. It was completely unfair to Tosh.”

Ianto shook his head and commented “It’s not your fault Gwen, well, at least not entirely. Suzy and Owen played a much larger part. You weren’t to know of Tosh’s feelings for Owen.”

Jack added “Suzy on the other hand, she had known, had even said as much to me one time. But still she continued to sleep with Owen, not caring about how it was slowly killing Tosh inside, day by day.”

He continued “Anyway, back to the reason we are here. I plan on using the ring on Owen and Tosh. I’ll return them to their own bodies when they understand each other, and can be in the same room without fighting.”

He concluded “Also, I never mentioned, that with this ring, I can make it so Owen has all of Toshiko’s memories, as well as his own, and I do mean all of her memories. Also I’ll do the same with Tosh. Not only that, they’ll be able to feel the emotions that go with those memories.”

Gwen exclaimed “That’s horrible Jack.” Jack replied “Desperate times call for desperate measures, Gwen.” He added “I want my team back as it was, at least before Diane came through the rift.”

Ianto asked “When will the switch take place, Sir?” Jack replied “As soon as I put on the ring, I can will it so the switch happens over night, whilst they’re sleeping, and totally unaware of what’s happening. But trust me they’ll be more then aware when they wake up in each others bodies and apartments in the morning.”

Gwen and Ianto shared a nervous glance, just thinking about the riot both Owen and Tosh would cause when they arrived to work tomorrow trapped inside of each others bodies, at least until Jack saw fit to switch them back.