After Sulu portkeyed away, Ianto lay there staring up at the ceiling for a few moments. Sulu had found out. He was getting worse. He was going to have to tell Jack. They were going to go and see McCoy and see what they could do about getting him better. What if that didn't work? Sulu promised that he'd go straight the Doctor for answers. But the Doctor didn't know anything--Ianto'd already asked. The other man had been just as clueless as him, and besides, ever since that strange video post, the Doctor hadn't been around on the community. Like before, they were going to have to do this themselves, without any help of the one man with the power to just go back and fix everything.
Sighing, Ianto grabbed his mobile, pushing himself up a little to be propped up against the headboard with his pillow, feeling the smallest bit triumphant because he could still do that himself, at least. That's where the good feelings stopped, though, because...he was going to have to tell Jack. He was going to have to convince the other man to come around and not let him know that anything was the matter until he could talk to him in person, in case...in case Jack did decide to run from this. He thumbed through his contacts (even though Jack was on speed dial), finding the number he wanted and pausing, sitting there for a good moment just staring at the screen, gathering his courage. There wasn't any use waiting around, though. He had to do this, so he might as well get it over with. He hit send, and slowly brought the mobile up to his ear.
It rang. And rang. Ianto was convinced that he was going to get put through to voice mail before finally, Jack answered. "Hey," Jack's voice rang, on the other side of the line.
"Hey," Ianto said, biting his lip.
"What's up?" Jack asked. He...didn't sound particularly busy, which Ianto was grateful for. Still, he felt the need to ask, nonetheless.
"I, ehm. Where are you? Are you busy? There's something that I... I need you to come by for." Well. There was, technically.
"I'm out in Caerphilly, there've been some claims about the Castle that I'm investigating." Jack paused, speaking to someone else with him on the other line, explaining that he was just stepping out to take a phone call and giving Ianto time to wince at his pronunciation of the town name. "Isn't your young helmsman around?" Jack asked after a moment, and Ianto could hear the grin in his voice. "Are you really sure you want me there crashing the party?"
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Sighing, Ianto grabbed his mobile, pushing himself up a little to be propped up against the headboard with his pillow, feeling the smallest bit triumphant because he could still do that himself, at least. That's where the good feelings stopped, though, because...he was going to have to tell Jack. He was going to have to convince the other man to come around and not let him know that anything was the matter until he could talk to him in person, in case...in case Jack did decide to run from this. He thumbed through his contacts (even though Jack was on speed dial), finding the number he wanted and pausing, sitting there for a good moment just staring at the screen, gathering his courage. There wasn't any use waiting around, though. He had to do this, so he might as well get it over with. He hit send, and slowly brought the mobile up to his ear.
It rang. And rang. Ianto was convinced that he was going to get put through to voice mail before finally, Jack answered. "Hey," Jack's voice rang, on the other side of the line.
"Hey," Ianto said, biting his lip.
"What's up?" Jack asked. He...didn't sound particularly busy, which Ianto was grateful for. Still, he felt the need to ask, nonetheless.
"I, ehm. Where are you? Are you busy? There's something that I... I need you to come by for." Well. There was, technically.
"I'm out in Caerphilly, there've been some claims about the Castle that I'm investigating." Jack paused, speaking to someone else with him on the other line, explaining that he was just stepping out to take a phone call and giving Ianto time to wince at his pronunciation of the town name. "Isn't your young helmsman around?" Jack asked after a moment, and Ianto could hear the grin in his voice. "Are you really sure you want me there crashing the party?"