Ianto felt the change in the air. Something was wrong. The team had just headed out to a crime scene to test the resurrection gauntlet which Susie has become slightly obsessed with which was making Ianto a little worried. He had spent the best part of his existence with the supernatural or aliens and he had never heard or seen anything like this before. And like his mother had always said - gloves come in pairs. Lisa was sleeping peacefully in the basement, Ianto had been able to locate a Japanese doctor who had agreed to fly all this way to look and hopefully save Lisa. If everything went according to plan. Ianto's eyes trailed around the room. He knew they were here, his fellow brethren.
"You shouldn't be here" Ianto warned. The fae had protected him at his time of need from his father, Ianto knew he would always be in debt to them, but he couldn't risk his colleagues discovering that he was no longer human. It could risk exposing Lisa before he could get the doctor here. If Torchwood found out about Lisa, they would instantly kill her without even allowing Ianto the chance to save his girlfriend, they could be heartless like that.
"We know the workings of Torchwood and the immortal one, if he discovers we are here he will try and save our chosen one resulting in plunging this world into the next ice age. We request to keep them off our tracks till the girl is ours" the fae said. Ianto sighed. Just what he needed more work.
"I'll do my best. Just keep out of Torchwood way and it will make my job easier" Ianto agreed. He needed to get rid of the fae before the others arrived. They won't be able to see them, but there was still the risk that Jack would. He wasn't exactly human either. The fae looked satisfied with his answer and left. Ianto looked at his watch. Nearly 10 o'clock. The team would be back soon. He slowly wandered over to the coffee maker knowing full well that both Owen and Jack will want some when they return, Ianto has been tempted to put them both on decaf with the amount the pair consumed daily but he expected they had tasted his coffee far too much that they would notice the change from caffeine to decaf. Just then the machine roared into life the alarms on the cog door sounded and the team came piling in.
"Coffee sir?" Ianto asked though he fully well knew the answer.
"If you please Ianto" Jack answered whilst sending a smile in Ianto's direction.
"And make some for the rest of us tea boy" Owen chimed in. Ianto sighed. Just another average day at the office. Being treated like a glorified butler when needed then completely forgotten when his duty had been fulfilled. Ianto really couldn't complain it makes his job looking after Lisa easier if they weren't always looking for him. Ianto quickly finished making the coffee when Jack spoke up again.
"Tosh could you find out who the PC from the crime scene is" Jack asked, Tosh has already turned her computer on by the time Ianto has set her herbal tea on her desk. Tosh quietly thanked Ianto before turning back to complete her task.
"Why? Got a crush on her Jack" Owen teased as he flopped down onto his desk chair.
"No. If she comes looking for us we need to be prepared. Persistent people have always been the enemy of Torchwood... And if anything, she'd have a crush on me. I'm devilishly handsome" Jack answered, glancing over at Ianto when he said the last part. It wasn't a lie. Ianto had kept coming back asking for a job but kept getting rejected however, after catching Myfanwy Ianto has finally gotten the job. Ianto rolled his eyes as he handed the coffee to Jack before retreating to the archives. Ianto didn't stay long after. He preferred being away from all the commotion which came with Torchwood. He briefly heard Tosh explaining that the PC at the crime scene was a Gwen Cooper. Ianto couldn't explain the sudden feeling of dread which filled his stomach he hoped it wasn't anything to do with the feeling from earlier was connected but Ianto was never that lucky.
Ever since his father murdered his mother Ianto had been unlucky. He had spent his life with the fae traveling backwards and forwards in time collecting their chosen one when he had finally decided he wanted to experience something different the queen fae has asked if he would investigate Torchwood for them. What Ianto hadn't know was that Torchwood was looking into him, his disappearance after his parents' deaths at 7 had caught the attention of them. They believed he had been taken by aliens which was true, he was more than willing to make them believed it.
After Ianto had resurfaced and had reconnected to his sister whom was already married and expecting her first child Torchwood London had found him and offered him a job as an excuse to discover where he had been for the last sixteen years. Ianto never said. He pretended it was to traumatic to talk about. His file had been sealed and a fake one replaced it. No one ever questioned it not even Yvonne Hartman. She believed he had been at a boarding school all this time and only recently graduated. Ianto believed that his life was looking up, he had successful entered the place he was sent to investigate which had led to meeting Lisa Hallet the love of his life. But it wasn't made to last. Two years later the battle of canary wharf happened, and Lisa has been partially upgraded. Ianto was once again the unluckiest fae in existence.
Ianto collapsed into his bed. He wasn't tired. He never was. Faes didn't require sleep, it was just something he did to stop anyone suspecting that he wasn't human. Lisa has fallen for it. So had his sister when he visited and stayed the night on the rare occasion. He played the part of human well that sometimes he nearly believed he was still human and his life with the fae was a dream. Then he remember the night of his mother and father's murder. A constant reminder that he chose the easy way out and abandoned his sister to the care system. His only regret that he couldn't bring her along to their paradise. She would never leave the reality of her world to the insanity of his. His sister had always been the logical one of the pairs. He had believed in magic, the supernatural and aliens whilst she trusted facts and what she could see.
Ianto sighed once more before closing his eyes and attempting to sleep. Unaware of the horrors which would be discovered the following morning.
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The Chosen One
Fanfiction'Come away a human child, come away' voices echoed through the trees. A young boy laughed as he chased after his friends. He would play for hours until dark. His friends will always protect him, it was their promise.
