missthingsplace | The Secrets Of Suburbia 33/36-ish

Title: The Secrets Of Suburbia
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Owen/Toshiko, Doctor/Rose, Donna (maybe others)
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: Moving to suburbia was nothing like they imagined.
Warnings: Slash, fluff, romance, angst, humour, AU
Spoilers: Anything is fair game
Rating: NC17 for series

A/N: Sorry there was no fic yesterday, i spent the day catching up on my fic reading ... i also went and signed up for the adventchallenge in December, i must be nuts!

“Owen,” Jack called, reaching the top of the steps that led down to the medical bay. “any news on those tests?”

“I'm just finishing up now,” Owen told him, looking up at Jack as he descended down the stairs.

“Klanrk, are you okay?” Jack asked the alien. “Nothing was done without your consent?”

“Everything is fine,” the alien answered, indicating the small plaster attached the the inside of his elbow. “even that barely stung.”

“That's great,” Jack replied with a smile.

“So, the scanner didn't show up anything that I would consider untoward,” Owen informed Jack. “Klanrk pointed out his various vital organs for me so that we could add the details to the computer archive system.”

“And the blood tests?” Jack asked, nodding happily.

“Nothing there either, except that Klanrk's cholesterol levels are a little high, no doubt brought on by all the junk food that he'd consumed while he was captive,” Owen answered. “once he's back on his own planet and eating normally again that should fall back down to normal, not that we'll be able to monitor them.”

“Then we should arrange to get you off home them Klanrk,” Jack told the alien. “the Doctor will need you to give him the date you were taken by the rift, if you can remember?”

Klanrk nodded. “I can remember the exact time, I had just glanced up at the twin suns and it was almost the middle of the light cycle.”

“And the date, the year?” Jack asked.

“Our calender, as I believe you call it is very different to ours, but I can assume from what I have seen of his TARDIS that the time machine will be able to work it out from my details,” Klanrk told him. “I have much to thank you for, all of you for making this possible.”

“No need,” Jack smiled at the alien. “there was no way we could leave you in that situation, all we want now is to get you back to your family. Lets go and find the Doctor.”

*~*~*

Ianto tapped lightly on the door of the TARDIS and it opened instantly, allowing him inside, he could see Rose standing at the main console pressing various buttons.

“She likes you,” Rose stated, looking around at him as he walked towards her.

“She likes me?” Ianto asked with a look of confusion, looking around the TARDIS and taking everything in again.

“The TARDIS, when you knocked she emitted a warm glow and opened the door for you,” Rose smiled. “can't you feel it, like she's wrapping herself around you?”

“Yeah ...” Ianto replied. “yep, now that you mention it, how is that possible?”

“The TARDIS was grown, not made,” Rose informed him. “she's not just an inanimate object.”

“And she's the last one?” Ianto asked, stroking his fingers absently along one edge of the ships console.

“Along with the Doctor,” Rose answered sadly. “even though he's rarely alone, takes companions to travel with him, sometimes I think he feels very lonely.”

“You are human then, from Earth?” Ianto asked her.

“Of course,” Rose laughed. “from this very time line, I belong here completely and utterly.”

“Then how did you meet him, the Doctor?” Ianto asked.

“I was working in a store in London when all hell broke loose,” Rose explained. “the shop dummies came to life and tried to kill me; he rescued me.”

“I remember that,” Ianto grinned. “we were just beginning to work out what was happening when it all stopped.”

“Yeah, we stopped the alien causing it,” Rose grinned back. “my gymnastics helped save the day!”

“You said that he takes companions, you're not the first?” Ianto asked her.

“No, there have been many before me,” Rose answered. “he doesn't really speak of them and I don't ask, to tell the truth I'm a little scared of what his answer would be.”

“That they died?” Ianto replied.

“Something like that,” Rose said with a sad smile. “I know I won't have him forever, but for the time I do have, I shall just enjoy being with him.”

“Are you more than just companions?” Ianto asked her. “Sorry, that really isn't any of my business.”

“At first we were just friends, but it eventually became more,” Rose told him. “I know it's hard for him to fall … fall in love with anyone because he knows he will eventually in one way or another and he just has to live on.”

“He's a lot older than he looks, isn't he?” Ianto asked. “His eyes look so much older than the rest of him.”

“He's around nine hundred years old,” Rose told him truthfully. “Time Lords are able to stop death, they regenerate; their appearance changes along with the personalality but they retain all their memories.”

“You've witnessed this, haven't you?” Ianto asked.

“Yeah, it was one hell of a shock I can tell you,” she sighed. “I had no idea, I thought he was going to die and leave me stranded on a space station called Satellite Five and he just changed in front of me, I thought I had lost him completely but he never really left me.”

“Can he do that indefinitely?” Ianto asked, his amazement sparkling in his eyes.

“Now that's something else I don't like to ask,” Rose admitted, pulling out what looked like a normal memory stick from the console and handing it to Ianto. “okay, I'm finished here. That's all the information the TARDIS has in it's data banks about Klanrk's planet, you can just upload it to your system as normal.”

“Much appreciated,” Ianto grinned. “we should go and find the others, find out if Klanrk is ready for his journey home.”

“Lead the way,” Rose replied and followed the young man out of the TARDIS, locking the door behind them.

TBC

The Secrets Of Suburbia 33/36-ish

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