Ianto wasn't sure how this conversation was meant to play out. He had to tell Jack about the arcateenian pendant since he would probably be the only person who Gwen might stand a chance of listening to. Ianto dreaded it, he had hoped that Tosh or Owen would approach Jack about Gwen's odd behaviour but according to them it was better if he brought up the necklace since he worked in the archives and had the opportunity to 'stumble' across a file detailing the arcateenian pendant and then recognised the necklace which Gwen was wearing. Apparently neither Tosh nor Owen knew how hard it is to fake a file about a necklace which wasn't in the system. Ianto would know it if it was.
So, before he could even tell Jack about the necklace he had to travel to the hub before Jack was employed at Torchwood to create the file then hide it in a secure place so that the current Archivist or future Jack could find it before Ianto returns to his timeline. Finding the file again wasn't hard, the archives hadn't changed that much since Ianto took over managing them well they were much cleaner than before. The file was still where Ianto had hidden it and it had aged with the times to make it look a lot more convincing. Ianto was so lost in thought that he didn't notice the person approaching him from behind.
"Ianto" Jack said suddenly causing the fae to jump and scream before turning around to face the immortal one.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you" Jack said visibly amused, Ianto always seemed to have a six sense. He knew when people were behind him or even approaching him when it shouldn't even be possible – Jack had tried many times to catch the young archivist off guard and not once succeed, well until today that was.
"Is there something you needed Sir?" Ianto asked as he approached his desk placing the file about the pendant on it and logged onto his computer, he want to look like he was doing something when Jack came down to the archives, which now Ianto thought about it was odd considering Jack never came down to the archives unless he wanted to harass Ianto into making coffee. Ianto looked at Jack with a suspicious look on his face. "What have you done? You haven't broken the Coffee Machine have you?".
"No, I haven't touched it Ianto I promise, everyone knows if we dare touch that machine you would put us on dreaded decaf for a year" Jack promised, he had learnt the hard way. Ianto had only been hired for about a month and for some reason wasn't in the hub when Jack decided he wanted some of the Welshman's heavenly coffee so, decided that instead of waiting for Ianto to return he would make his own coffee instead. He broke the machine and when Ianto found out had put Jack on the worse type of decaf imaginable as a lesson, Ianto also threatened that if anyone, and he meant anyone touched the machine then they would be on decaf for a year if not indefinitely. No one dare touch the machine since.
"Then what are you doing down here Sir, if I remember correctly I brought you some coffee only half an hour ago so you can't be craving any more yet" Ianto asked, he was still suspicious to why Jack would be down here.
"Tosh said you wanted to see me?" Jack said equally confused, Toshiko had came into his office saying that Ianto wanted to see him about something but didn't reveal what.
"She did... oh it must be to do with that file I found" Ianto said playing along with whatever Tosh started.
"What file?" Jack asked flopping down into the chair opposite Ianto's desk. Ianto nodded picking up the file he was previously holding and passed it over to Jack.
"It was hidden away so I didn't find it any sooner, I think it has been there ever since it was filed in early 1880, it's about an arcateenian pendant which they found buried not that far from the crash site where we unearthed that stapler thing. I was thinking that maybe they were connected but that wasn't what worried me. In the file they include a drawing of the necklace and I happen to see Gwen wearing an identical necklace today. I thought perhaps it was a coincidence but Jack the necklace is meant to be telepathic and I felt someone trying to read my mind earlier. Torchwood One gave us training to shield our thoughts so I was fine, I had to give Tosh and Owen a bio damper to protect their thoughts but if Gwen is willing enough to try and read people's minds, it makes you wonder how far she's willing to go..." Ianto explained before trailing off, he didn't want to seem like he was trying to cause trouble because of Gwen's recent pestering.
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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.
