Dreamscapes And Nightmares 33/?

[missthingsplace]

AU: When it all changes: Life, Love and Family in Torchwood.  
Title: Dreamscapes And Nightmares (Series 12)
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Andy, My OC's: Caden, Eloise, Dylan, Jenni, Claire, Chloe, Damien, Ianto's family.
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Jack starts experiencing at first strange and confusing dreams which become interspursed with nightmares and he has no idea what is causing them or if they are connected ...
Spoilers: Probably not, but you never know ...
Warnings: Really? Do i have to?
Rating: NC17 for the series.

Previous series/Chapters: http://missthingsplace.livejournal.com/165103.html#cutid1

When Chloe looked in on Jack and Ianto a little later she found Ianto engrossed his in his book, sitting nest to Jack with the recliner leaning back in it's furthest position.

“I brought you some coffee,” Chloe said when Ianto peered over his book at look at her. “I thought you might have got some sleep while Jack was quiet?”

“I tried but I can't settle,” Ianto replied, moving the chair back into it's upright position. “there's plenty of time for sleep once I know Jack is okay.”

“The bakers around the bay will be pulling their first batches of the day out the oven soon, I'm sure if I go around the back they'll let me have some,” Chloe told him. “hot pastries for an early breakfast?”

“That sounds good to me,” Ianto told her with a smile.

“I left some tests running in the autopsy bay, I better get back to them,” Chloe sighed. “I'll bring the pastries down when I've got them.”

“Thanks Chloe,” Ianto replied, getting to his feet, taking the coffee from her and setting it on top of the bookcase, walking to Jack's side as she left and kissing him softly on the lips.

Ianto straightened the blanket that covered his husbands body, smoothing it over him and then checked the monitors, with all the readings normal he took a sip of the coffee and then replaced it to his place on top of the bookcase.

“Back in a minute gorgeous, I need to go pee,” Ianto said softly to Jack, kissing him again and after one more check of the monitors he jogged from the room towards the bathroom.

*~*~*

“They're not responding Sir,” Jack yelled down his comm at his superior.

“Try again on another frequency,” the order came back. “surely they can't just be ignoring us?”

“It's looking that way Sir,” Jack told him. “but I shall transmit on all known channels.”

Jack turned the dial before him and then pressed various buttons on the control panel of his ship and then taking a deep breath he repeated his order to the ship invading their airspace illegally.

“This is by order of the Time Agency, under section thirty two of the Shadow Proclamation you are required by law to announce yourself before entering out atmosphere if your vessel is armed,” Jack stated. “our scanners show us that not only are you armed but that your ship contains a laser cannon capable of wiping out half the planet in one single blast. You will leave our airspace now or disarm your weapons.”

The only sound that came back to Jack was one of static, with a long sigh Jack repeated the order once more, only to receive the same response yet again.

“Still not responding Sir,” Jack called down his comm.

“Then we have no choice but to treat them as hostile,” the response came in his ear. “Jack, lead your squadron after the alien vessel and fire at will.”

“Yes Sir,” Jack replied. “you heard the Colonel men, lets go.”

Jack opened the throttle of his fighter ship and sped, along with his squadron from their position upwards, soaring up into the far reaches of the planets atmosphere where the alien ship was cruising.

“This is your final warning,” Jack broadcast over all available channels again as his fleet began to approach the alien vessel. “if there are no signs of you powering down your weapons we will shoot to kill.”

Static the only answer that came back to his ears again.

“Okay, men lets get the sucker,” Jack ordered, leading the onslaught. “we need to take out that laser canon before they can let it lose on this planet.”

Thoughts of Megan and baby Victoria ran through Jack's mind, determined that he wouldn't lose them to an alien threat he began his assault of the alien craft, firing constantly at it while his squadron performed their part perfectly, knocking out the laser canon.

“Got ya, you bastards!” One of his men yelled down the comm when the crafts engines burst into flame and it began falling from the sky.

“Alien craft dealt with Colonel,” Jack confirmed down the comm. “it looks like it's going to crash in sector seven-one-six luckily.”

“Confirmed,” the Colonels voice came back to him. “head back to base now, I'll meet you at the crash site.”

“Yes Sir,” Jack confirmed, congratulating his team on their good work and telling them to head back to base.

Jack left his ship in the hands of the ground crew and rushed from the Time Agency's base, he'd never admit it but he found this side of the job more exhilarating than dealing with matters of time and those trying to abuse it.

Jumping into his hover car Jack sped to the crash site, finding his superior already there along with the salvage crew.

“There's something very strange about all this,” the Colonel told Jack when he saw him approaching. “the ship never fired a single shot back and we've only found one alien on board.”

“Just one alien, or a warship that size?” Jack frowned. “That's ...”

“Yeah, I know,” the colonel frowned. “they're bringing it out now.”

They stood to one side watching two men struggling with the large creature on the stretcher, it was completely covered in purple scales, including it's face and it's eyes were a dull red.

“I'm guessing those eyes are much more menacing when it's alive,” the Colonel said, giving a small shudder when one arm fell into view from under the thin sheet of fabric covering little more than it's torso.

“What the fuck!” Jack exclaimed, moving forwards to get a closer look, stopping the men carrying it in their tracks.

“It has four on each of them.” one of the men said. “we we're lucky we didn't come to harm moving it.”

Where the aliens hands should have been there were long protrusions that looked as sharp as knives and as sharp as swords.

“No other weapons, I guess they don't need them,” the other man shrugged.

“Get it back to base, we need to find out where this came from and why it came here,” the colonel ordered. “there is something very suspicious about this.”

The two men nodded and continued on their way with the stretcher to their nearby vehicle, after loading the alien in the back they sped off to their next destination.

“Have you ever seen anything like that before Sir?” Jack asked the Colonel.

“Never,” his superior answered. “come on, lets go get a drink.”

“That sounds good to me Sir,” Jack agreed, needing to wind down a little before returning home to his family.

*~*~*

Ianto came back to find Jack had changed position to lie flat on his back, his had a look of what appeared to be contentment and he was cradling one of his pillows in his arms, holding it protectively.

Ianto brushed his fingers through Jack's fringe and then kissed his softly on the brow and then the lips, not expecting his husband to respond.

He felt Jack's lips move beneath his, returning his kiss and Ianto deepened it slightly.

He knew in his mind that whoever Jack was kissing in his sleep might not be him but he dismissed it, enjoying the short kiss before his husband pulled back again and kissed the pillow softly before stilling once more.

TBC

A/N: I am in the process if turning this AU, right from the beginning (Mothers Day) into PDF, i was hoping to finish it by Easter but it's taking longer than i imagined as I'm editing for spelling and grammar as i go ... once it's complete i shall post all the links.

Comments

[missthingsplace.livejournal.com]

It's the same species from the epilogue of 'Unforeseen Complications' ...

Thank you :D

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

Ahhh...very tricksy you are....*ponders the implications of this*

[missthingsplace.livejournal.com]

*grins*