The Chosen One

His Big Secret

He smirked. He hadn't expected that finding a perfect candidate to help him overthrow Ianto Jones would be so easy. Everyone seemed to love him, the perfect friend, and the perfect fae. If he ever wanted to get rid of that man, that fae and prove to everyone that what he tried to do was worth it, if they wanted the immortal one gone, then they needed to target those around him. His team, that woman and the immortal ones' lover, or whatever Ianto Jones seemed to be to him. It was a shame that a bullet wouldn't kill a fae, not much can but with the help of Gwen Cooper then they can succeed and remove the obstacles standing in his way. All he needed to do was bide his time and wait for the right time to approach Miss Cooper. To get rid of Ianto Jones, she would do anything.

Ianto had to hand it to her, he never expected Gwen to try and shoot him. Jack looked horrified whilst Owen and Tosh knocked the gun from Gwen's hand and restrained the woman. Ianto just took control of the air around the bullet and manipulated it forcing it to stop in mid-air then to fell to the ground.

Jack just stared at Ianto, his Ianto who somehow stopped a bullet mid-flight and now his eyes were glowing a bright green colour. No normal human eyes can glow, it was impossible. Hell, Jack was immortal, and he didn't have any glowing eyes whenever he resurrected. He had to find out what was happening because whatever it was - Ianto must have gone to great lengths to keep it a secret but first he would have to deal with Gwen.

"Tosh, Owen. Secure Gwen in the cells next to Janet then meet us in the conference room we have a lot to discuss it would seem" Jack ordered barely sparing a glance at either Ianto, Tosh, or Owen as he headed towards the conference room not paying any attention to whether Ianto was following. Tosh and Owen dragged Gwen down to the cells kicking and screaming, saying how she was destined to be with Jack, that they were all under Ianto's mind control and how she was going to save them. Ianto believed he would have felt sick to his stomach if he had such ability, instead he just pitted Gwen Cooper. He never realised how delusional she had become whilst working at torchwood, her mental state completely deteriorating to this in a couple of months.

"I'll make coffee" Ianto muttered mostly to himself, he tuned Gwen's rambling out and instead gave in to his own internal thoughts. He had no choice but to reveal who he was to Jack after manipulating the elements to stop a bullet wasn't something the average human could do, well without some sort of alien technology which Ianto obviously didn't have. Jack wasn't stupid he could figure it out. He already had many pieces of the puzzle he just had to put them it the right places. That fact he was the chosen one, that the fae still responded to him when called and that he can manipulate the elements – it all screamed that he was a fae and Ianto hoped that Jack would just accept it.

Ianto loved Jack. He wasn't scared to admit it to himself and he knew it would completely devastate him if Jack started to hate him for being who he was. He would have to leave torchwood, leave Owen and Tosh because once he returned to his realm there was no chance, he would never see them again. It would be impossible; Jack would want to keep an eye on them to make sure they were safe from the fae and Ianto couldn't risk Tosh or Owen losing any more of their freedom just because of him. He could lie... no that would never work, he couldn't deny what happened. He stopped a bullet, that was a fact. He was well and truly backed up into a corner with no escape. He watched Owen and Tosh come up from the cells and moved towards the conference room. Tosh looked over and smiled. They said they would support and defend him if his secret had to ever be revealed and now that time had come. He picked the tray of drinks up and headed towards the conference room.

Jack seemed to stare at him as he handed the coffee out before taking his seat beside Tosh and opposite Jack. They just sat there in silence for a good few minutes waiting for the other person to crack until Jack finally relented and spoke.

"What are you Jones Ianto Jones because you can't possibly be human. Humans from the future don't have the ability to stop bullets in their tracks. What I said earlier still stands Ianto, you can tell us anything" Jack started and Ianto just wanted to give in. He was tired of lying to Lisa, to his sister, and now Jack. Lies never got him anywhere in life.

"Jack, I don't want you to hate me. I know I've kept secrets with Lisa and this but it's not something you can just drop into a conversation even if I could tell you. It was my role to keep who I was a secret whilst protecting my kind from Torchwood One at first and then Torchwood Three" Ianto started before trailing off, could he really say it. It was easier with Tosh and Owen because they figured it out for themselves, all Ianto had to do was agree but now. Jack was different he had experienced the fae in all their horror. His statements over the last few days showed that he still had a negative mindset towards his kind, would that include Ianto if Jack knew.

"Ianto I couldn't hate you," Jack said trying to reassure his archivist.

"But you will... Jack don't give me that look we both know it. Hell, Tosh and Owen figured it out, you're not stupid Jack I know you're not. I think deep down you suspected something when it was revealed I was a chosen one you just didn't want to accept it. You hate my kind with a passion without really knowing us. Yes, we haven't really had the best interactions in the past or present, but you must understand you have only encountered a small section of us. Those who look after our chosen one you can't judge my species on hardly anything" Ianto revealed, Jack's eyes widened as he slowly started to piece together what Ianto was saying.

"But Ianto that would mean..." Jack trailed off; it was like he didn't want to comprehend what Ianto was saying. What Ianto was trying to say.

"I'm a fae Jack".