New Horizons 14/?

[missthingsplace]

Title: New Horizons
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack (Jack/Ianto Rhys/Gwen) OC's: Dafydd, Angela, Christopher, Charlie
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: After losing Ianto and Gwen in the same attack Jack accepts a request by the queen in Washington DC
Spoilers: None
Warnings: Angst, slash ... the usual.
Rating: NC17 for series. This chapter PG

Previous Chapters: http://missthingsplace.livejournal.com/211867.html#cutid1

The SUV screeched into the car park below the shopping mall where it was met by a man wearing a security guards uniform looking like he wanted to be anywhere other than where he was at that moment.

“Captain Jack Harkness.” Jack told him. “Can you tell exactly what's happened?”

“We, my mate and I were doing our final sweep of the mall and this thing just appeared out of nowhere, it looked like someone messing about, wearing a mask.”

Jack nodded as the man continued.

“Then two more followed it out of the bathroom, we yelled at them to stop mucking around and before we could say anything else they attacked him, my mate.” He paused and took a deep breath. “They had these huge teeth, when they started ripping his throat out I just ran and locked them in.”

“Good idea.” Jack told him. “Right, lets go get them.”

The security guard unlocked the door and stood aside, letting them take the risk of being attacked as they walked through the door. He watched as they drew their guns and went inside before closing the door behind them and locking it, there was no way one of those creatures was coming out and after him.

“Bloody hell!” Angela exclaimed at the sight before them.

There was broken glass from smashed shop windows and deep scratches from the weevils sharp claws in the walls on both levels from what they could tell.

“Quiet.” Jack told them, raising a finger to his lips. “Listen.”

They all fell silent, listening to the sounds echoing around the empty mall, trying to work out where the weevils were.

“Right, from the sound of it there is at least one at the far end of the mall, the upper level from the sounds of if and another on this level somewhere over on the right hand side.” Jack told them.

“What about the third?” Christopher asked. “I can only hear two distinct sounds too.”

“It's either with one of the others or it could be anywhere.” Jack replied. Christopher, you and Angela take the top floor, Dafydd and I'll take this one.”

“Got ya.” Christopher replied, heading off towards the motionless escalator.

“Keep your wits about you, that third one could be anywhere.” Jack hissed after them.

“You can count on it.” Angela told him and they began to ascend the steps.

“Lets go.” Jack told Dafydd, moving to the right hand side of the mall and walking quickly but quietly towards the source of the disturbance.

Jack put a finger to his lips and gestured to a shop with a broken window with his head, advancing with caution Jack looked into the shop and spotted the weevil right at the back, ripping apart boxes.

“Weevil one.” Jack told Dafydd in hushed tones and took the syringe of sedative from his pocket. “Don't hesitate to shoot if it attacks.”

“I've got your back.” Dafydd replied as they climbed through the window.

Glass scrunched noisily under Jack's boot and he swore softly under his breath as the weevil dropped the box in it's hand and turned to look at them, growling in warning at them.

Then it ran towards them, Jack fired the fist shot and Dafydd the second both hitting it in the head and it dropped to the floor, hitting it hard.

Jack moved quickly, knowing the bullets wouldn't keep it down for long and injected the sedative into it's neck.

“We'll come back for it later, lets track the other one down.” Jack told Dafydd.

There were three loud shots from above followed by a shout of 'Oh yeah!” From Christopher as they heard the thud of it dropping to the floor.

“Two down, one to go.” Dafydd grinned at Jack.

“Lets go get it.” Jack told him as they climbed back through the broken shop window.

“Any sign of the third?” Jack asked Angela and Christopher over the comms.

“Negative.” Angela replied. “We're searching the rest of this level.”

“Keep me updated.” Jack replied.

“I'll do this side, you that, let me know the instant you find it, no heroics.” He told Dafydd.

Dafydd gave him a look as if to say it was a stupid statement and rolled his eyes causing Jack to gulp down his emotions again, after rubbing his eyes with the back of his hands as the sleeping pill tried to take effect again Jack headed down the opposite side of the mall the Dafydd.

“Jack, you okay?” Dafydd asked over the comm as he watched Jack rub his eyes and he walked.

“Yeah, fine.”

Avoiding the glass as best they could they moved slowly, checking out each shop meticulously before moving onto the next one.

“It's got to be here somewhere!” Angela's voice whispered over the comm.

“Just keep looking and be careful.” Jack whispered back. “Anything Dafydd?”

“Nope.”

“Where the hell ... Fuck ...” Jack span around as he heard the sound of glass being crushed underfoot and found himself face to face with the third weevil.

Dafydd, Angela and Christopher all came to a standstill as they heard a scream of agony down their comms.

“Jack!” Dafydd yelled as he leapt from through the broken window of the shop he had been in and spotted Jack writhing on the floor in pain as the weevil looked up and growled at him.

Dafydd fired a shot as Angela and Christopher ran down the stationary escalator and both fired shots at the creature until he went down as Dafydd ran to Jack's side.

“Jack, Jack talk to me.” Dafydd said as he knelt beside him, the deep scratches on his chest pouring with blood.

“Help me.” Jack gasped.

“Get the medical kit from the SUV.” Dafydd shouted to the other two team members.

Angela turned on her heal and ran for the door, bashing on it hard until the security guard was convinced it wasn't one of the creatures and let her out to get to the SUV, letting her back in minutes later and locking it again unconvinced that there was no threat anymore.

When she got back to the others Christopher had his shirt pressed to Jack's wounds as Dafydd pressed his fingers to the pulse point in Jack's neck as Jack struggled to stay conscious.

“Don't let me die, I can't die, not again.” Jack wheezed.

“You're losing blood fast Jack.” Dafydd told him.

“You''ll come back Jack, like you told us.” Angela told him softly, brushing his hair from his brow.

“I will but ... I can't risk it, not now I know.” Jack rasped, wincing in pain.

“Jack, you're not making any sense.” Dafydd told him. “Know what?”

“About the baby.”

“Baby? What baby?”

“My baby.”

“Jack if you've got someone pregnant you dying won't hurt the baby.” Christopher told him. “It's going to be okay.”

Angela took off her jacket and replaced the one sodden with blood on Jack's chest, Christopher pressing down on it again as she tossed the other to one side.

“No, my baby ...” Jack gasped for breath. “My baby.”

They all watched as Jack slowly lifted his hand and pressed it on his stomach before looking at each other is confusion.

“Jack, are you trying to tell me ... you're ... pregnant?” Dafydd asked a little baffled.

“Might me, don't know, Ianto's.” Jack panted.

“Holy shit!” Angela exclaimed.

“The bleeding has slowed.” Christopher observed as he tried to digest the information and lifted the jacket. “He's healing!”

“Hurts.” Jack told them, closing his eyes.

“Jack, stay with me.” Dafydd told him. “Open your eyes and look at me.”

Jack forced his eyes open and looked in Dafydd's, seeing Ianto's before he remembered where he was.

“The wound is healing Jack, that's a good thing, yes?” Dafydd asked.

“Tired, so tired.”

“That's the blood loss, Jack you're body is healing ... fast, you're going to be okay.”

“The baby?”

“And the baby.” Dafydd reassured him convinced Jack was just babbling nonsense.

“Can't lose the baby.” Jack mumbled.

Dafydd turned to the other two. “Get the security guard to help you move the weevils to the SUV.”

“He's scared stupid.” Angela told him.

“Convince him and then help me get Jack back to the car.”

“We'll drag the two on this floor to the door, then he can help get the other one done from the upper level with me while Angela helps you with Jack.” Christopher replied, grabbing the weevil by the ankles and pulling it's heavy weight slowly across the floor.

Angela moved to help him, grasping one ankle as Christopher moved both hands to the other and continued on with the task in hand.

“Jack, you're okay.” Dafydd told him. “We'll be back to the base before you know it where I can check you over properly.”

“Doesn't hurt so much.” Jack replied, his breathing a little easier.

“Jack, you kept ... babbling about being pregnant?”

“Yeah, about that, something else that I maybe should have told you.”

“Fuck, you mean you weren't just rambling?”

Jack nodded a little weakly.

“Fuck!”

“I'll explain later, just get me back to the base.”

“Can you stand?” Dafydd asked as he saw Angela walking back towards them as Christopher headed upstairs with the security guard.

“I think so.”

Dafydd stood up as Angela reached them and between them they pulled Jack to his feet, Jack wrapped his arms around their shoulders as they helped him walk through the mall to the exit and into the back of the SUV.

“I'll sit with you.” Angela told him, going to the other side and getting in, encouraging Jack to rest his head on her shoulder.

Soon after Christopher reappeared with the security guard, dragging the weevil across the floor of the car park and then lifted it into the back on top of the others.

Pulling a beer from the cool box in the side of the boot of the car Christopher handed it to the guard.

“Here, you earned this.” He told him, watching as the man unscrewed the lid and took three or four long gulps of the retcon laced drink. “Thanks for your help.”

“Cheers.” He replied, holding up the bottle and headed back to the mall wondering just how he was going to explain all the damage.

The mood in the SUV all the way back the the base was a little strange, all three of Jack's team thinking about what he had said about there being a baby as Jack dozed on Angela's shoulder.

TBC