The Resurrection Casket

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And Kuragari! Happy to hear that the story distracted you so XD And yay for liking my take on Jack.


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Ianto was actually counting the seconds Jack was holding his mouth ajar. It was pretty funny how silly he looked as he stared at the Doctor with his mouth open. The Doctor on the other hand was still ranting. Maybe Jack`s brain imploded on itself? Stifling a laugh at the very thought, Ianto tried to focus on what the Doctor was talking about. But he couldn`t , somewhere inside Ianto felt he missed something. Something with a button.

1 minute. Jack`s mouth closed and he licked his lips.

"The planet is what?"

" Dying. Dear Jack! Didn`t you hear me?" The Doctor tapped his Sonic screwdriver on the tip of Jack`s nose. "And as you`re not supposed to be here, I advice you to follow me to the TARDIS. "

"CAN WE JACK?!" Ianto´s face lit up with the mention of the Doctors supposed Time machine. Maybe the Timelord would share some of his technology with Ianto?. Ianto loved to learn, there was nothing he didn`t know about and if there was anything, it was nothing important. Well, Technology speaking that is, people like Jack..Let`s say he hated not to know.

" No we can`t. Not without Alonzo. " Turning around, Jack pulled on his greatcoat and headed for the door.

"Captain!"

"No, I`m going!" Jack already knew what the Doctor was going to tell him. A huge piece of him didn`t want to hear it.

" You can`t save him. This is meant to happen." The Doctor scratched the back of his neck with his Sonic screwdriver. " Some things is fixed." The Doctors gaze fixed on Jack and lingered more then nescessary.

"Like you."

"Don`t you think I know that Doctor!? But I have the choice of saving him, and I will! I can`t lose more people!" Jack`s fist connected with the lamp on the wall beside him. The light flickered a few seconds until it finaly died out.

" I`m sorry. You can`t help him. Certainly not without pants. " Gesturing towards Jack with his eyes looking elsewhere. Apparantely just noticed that Jack was naked under his coat.

" We`re going to leave tad to die?" Ianto looked from the Doctor to Jack with tears in his eyes. He really liked Alonzo, he didn`t want him to die. Alonso was the closest thing Ianto had to a mother.
The Doctor lay a comforting hand on Ianto`s shoulder.

" If we save him, we change this timeline. Trust me, I`ve been there, not a pretty sight."

Jack leaned back to the nearest wall, closing his coat snug around his body. He hated when the Doctor was right. But how could he just stand here and not do anything? He wasn`t that type of pers... Flashes of images flooded Jack`s mind and he cried out in anguish. His grandson`s face appeared as it twitched and shaked, blood gushing out of Steven´s nose as Jack murdered him. Jack`s knees went out underneath him and he sank to the floor clutching his head. "Forgive me! oh god, Doctor forgive me!"
"Jack!" Ianto cried, leaping to Jack`s side.

The Doctor just watched. Pity apparent on his features as he watched Jack in Ianto`s arms. " I can`t forgive you Jack. No one can. " How the Doctor seemed to now the reason for Jack´s despair or everything that happened when he wasn`t there, no one knew. The Doctor reached out his hand and took hold of Ianto.

" Come. He`s being nostalgic. I don`t want to die because of it, and I think you don`t want that either. "

Ianto shrugged the Doctor off him and grabbed the sleeve of Jack`s coat, urging Jack to grab a hold of himself.
" Jack, please. "

Like so many times before, Jack picked up the pieces of himself, burying his emotions once again. He had to, for Ianto´s sake.

" Yes. Yes. I`m sorry. It was nothing. Let`s go. " He heaved his body up and found his pants which lay discarded on the floor, in the process.

All of a sudden a large earthquake threw the three men off their feet, Ianto flying backwards, loosing his balance and hitting the back of his head on the bedpost. Jack`s back made a loud cracking sound as it hit the wall with broad force. The Doctor was more fortunate, landing just on the floor on his back.

" Oouch! Good God, what was that!? Is everyone alright?" Jack grimaced, rubbing his sore back. Before the Doctor could point out that he had felt better, Jack noticed Ianto`s unconcious form beside the bed. " Ianto!"

" He hit his head, he`s fine otherwise Jack. But we have to get out of here or he won`t be. The TARDIS is parked at the far end of this rooms hotelcorridor. I`ll go ahead and start her. " With that the Doctor stood, and ran past Jack`s panicked form and retreated to the TARDIS.

Jack had moved to Ianto`s side, just barely noticed that the Doctor had left the room. Cupping Ianto´s chin, Jack leaned in and kissed him gently on the lips. All Jack wanted was to hug him tight and never let go. But he knew he had to get out of there. That earthquake was only the beginning of something worse. Jack lifted Ianto and flung him over his shoulder, buckling some under the weight of the youth. A surging pain drifted from the lower part of his spine, but Jack ignored it and kept on walking, out of their room and towards their savior.


Jack glanced back once as he entered the TARDIS, Alonzo still stuck in his mind. He wished that they had atleast split up on better terms. Now Jack would never get Alonzo´s forgiveness. Or anything. "I`m sorry Alonzo. " The TARDIS door shut behind him as he took the final step inside.

He looked around for the Doctor and found him at the usual place.

" You can lay him down on the blankets over there." The Doctor shouted from the controls, pointing at a pile of blankets in a corner beside Jack. He did as the Doctor had said, very slowly hauling Ianto off his shoulders and gently putting him down on the soft blankets.

Groaning Ianto blinked,as he tried to open his eyes. Jack smiled as he winced from the pain. He couldn`t be that badly hurt if he reacted that way. It was relieving but Ianto was still hurt. " Can you hear me, Ianto?"

" Yes. unfortunate, Beacuse my head hurts like bloody hell. " Another pained groan. "Pipe down will you?"

" You hit your head when you fell. But I don`t think you have a concussion. " The Doctor rushed past overhearing the conversation. It seemed to Ianto that he was trying to figure out the best place to dump the both of them off. A place where they couldn`t contaminate the timeline or get in any other trouble. How the Doctor was supposed to pull that off as Jack could get himself in trouble anywhere he went was beyond him. And Jack was still being hunted for conning some big shot, but that piece of information was best kept secret from the Doctor.

" So were are you leaving us, Doctor?" Jack must have thought the same as Ianto done.

" Somewhere safe. What do you think about Earth year 4050? " The Doctor punched in the numbers without waiting for an answer. Jack raised an eyebrow and then just shrugged his shoulders. No use to fight the Doctor when it came to time travel and saving people. Jack knew he could trust the Doctor. If you count away the time he left Jack on Satellite 5 that is.

Then Jack felt his feet leave the floor for the second time that day. The TARDIS shook, things coming off the walls, and sparks flying from the broken powerlines from the ceiling. The Doctor yelled, he had just avoided getting hit by some solid object which had flown passed his head.
Jack scrambled up on all four and shielded Ianto with his body just in time. A powerline fell loose and swung down over them, missing Jack with just an inch.

"What`s going on Doctor!?"

The Doctor was holding on for dear life at the controls, trying to reach a switch but failing miserably. " The TARDIS is trying to land! But something is getting her out of course!" He finally reached the switch with a gymnastic move with his leg and the TARDIS stilled.

The Doctor looked rather dumbfounded at the result. Jack inspected that the Doctor had just chosen a random switch and wished for the best. But Jack didn`t comment on it. Shaking his head, The Doctor moved quickly and jumped off the platform and ran to the door.

" Let`s take a peek! Earth year 4050...What? " The Doctor had opened the door and bright sunlight greeted him. But what he saw wasn`t what he had expected. Another "WHAT!?" followed.
Jack had rolled off Ianto and now had his gaze upon the Doctor, an amused grin on his face. This wasn`t the first time the Doctor had miscalculated the coordinations to places he wanted to travel. Or time.

"Where are we? WHEN are we?"
To answer Jack`s question the Doctor leaned out and snatched a newspaper from somewhere outside.

" The 16th of june and I think it`s the year 2010 based on the technology. This is not good."

Jack perked up, a broad smile played on his lips. This was just great. " Why`s that? I`ve already left Earth so I can`t meet myself and... oh. " Jack looked back at Ianto. The Doctor meant that it was bad for Ianto being there. He was officially dead. Or so officially the government had gone with the victims of the 456. If Ianto`s sister Rhiannon or anyone that had known Ianto , saw him they would freak. Not much for the dead part more for the younger looking part. Or maybe for the dead part.

" We can do this Doctor. I just tell Gwen what happened, get killed and resurrect and coope with the rest. "

Ianto had sneaked away from Jack on tiptoes, now standing beside the Doctor in the doorway looking out at the city of Cardiff. Atleast the Doctor had gotten the city right.
"Jack, It`s amazing!" Ianto`s eyes was wide with wonder. He had never seen so many humans in one place, all rushing about on their way to work. " Can we really stay here?"

"Yes. It`s our home. " Jack wasn`t lying, the hub may be gone, but he still had the spare key around his neck he had gotten from Ianto to his flat. And when Ianto died, Jack just couldn`t let anyone live in the flat so he bought it and left it empty with all the rest of Ianto´s stuff.
Jack hadn`t followed protocol which stated that all belongings was to be stashed away as with all the rest of Torchwood`s ooperatives. He just couldn`t bring himself to do it. Gwen hadn`t even argued with him on the subject, she knew what Ianto had meant for Jack. For both of them.

"Jack, I don`t know...You can`t let him contact anyone. "

"He doesn`t even remember, so that`s not going to be a problem, right?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
The Doctor was quiet for a long moment until he said something that warmed Jack`s heart.

" What if there is a chance he can get his memories back?"

tbc..

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