A Shot in the Dark by Lady Squish

Summary: Things didn't go exactly as planned during the final battle between Voldemort and Harry. Now, five years later, Ianto Jones has a secret that he hasn't told anyone. What do these two have to do with each other? Crossover Harry Potter/Torchwood

Warnings – Past Character Death, Past Relationships (Het and Slash), Slash, Adult Themes.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything expect the plot. Harry Potter belongs to JKR and Torchwood belongs to RTD. Also, one main idea belongs to Hope Night who has given me permission to use it.

I have no excuse. Actually I have a million but you don't want to hear them so here's the chapter instead. Oh and sorry if there are any huge mistakes, some of the keys on my computer are stuck and it's a pain trying to make sure everything is spelled right. And lastly sorry it's so short, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.

Chapter 16

After they reached Cardiff, Ianto dropped Jack off at the Plass and headed home to make things ready for the next day. They had decided that Ianto would swing by the Plass in the morning and Jack would show him the base and daily life around the office before he officially started on the next day.

It was five in the morning when Ianto made his way onto the Plass. He knew the Hub had to be close to his coffee shop but until today he hadn't realized how close it actually was. Really it was insane to have a secret organization on one of the busiest places in Wales.

Jack had asked him to meet him near the middle of the Plass, but they hadn't mentioned a certain time, so Ianto had to wait a bit before he saw the familiar figure standing near the water tower waiting for him to notice. Ianto calmly made his way over, standing before the captain and smiled.

"Good morning, Sir." Ianto said, his eyes shining with mischievous and Jack laughed.

"Sir? Oh, I do like that." Jack said and winked. "Come on, I'll show you around."

He grabbed Ianto's arm and pulled him closer to the water tower before flipping open the strap on his wrist and fiddling with some of the buttons that were reviled. The slab of concrete below their feet jerked and started to descend making Ianto start and Jack chuckle quietly. He was quickly stopped by the glare Ianto threw his way but the smirk didn't leave his face.

The Hub appeared around them as they descended and Ianto took his first look around. It was dark and dank, but had a bit of an unearthly glow about it. There was dipping water coming from where the base of the water tower ended and as they finally came to a stop on the platform Ianto head a echoing screech and watched as Myfanway circled above them. All in all, it was about as sci-fi as one could get.

"You bring people in this way just to impress them, don't you?" Ianto asked, smirking when Jack looked a bit sheepish and quickly moved on.

"So this is the Hub. Up there is my office and down here is where everyone else has works." Jack said walking into the main part of the hub and pointing around. "There's autopsy, the kitchen, the greenhouse and the conference room."

The tour continued in this manned as they walked around, taking a quick detour up to Myfanway's nest and down to Janet's cell and the archives (which made Ianto shutter and sneeze and think about what Aunt Petunia's reaction would have been), before they moved back up to Jack's office where they settled to talk.

"So what exactly do you expect me to do here?" Ianto asked, leaning back in his seat to look at Jack, who in turn shrugged.

"I'm not really sure and I won't be until I see you in action some more. I know you can handle weevils, so you can work in the field, at least partially. I know you said you've fought in a war so you must have some combat skill, but did you ever use a sidearm? From what I saw is looked mostly like spells?" Jack asked.

"I never had to use on in a fight, but I always had one with me and I had training, if that's what you're asking."

"Would you feel comfortable going out in the field?"

Ianto thought it over. It had been years since he had actually had to use a weapon.

"Why don't you give me a couple of weeks? Let me brush up on my skills, and then we'll see. Until then I can do whatever else in the hub."

Jack nodded."Great. Maybe I'll even throw in a little training session." he said with a wink.

Ianto smiled and asked. "So again, what exactly will I be doing?"

"Well, we can always use back up here, someone to follow the team on the CCTV and I'm hoping you'll be willing to make coffee." Jack looked hopeful and Ianto ginned and nodded his head in consent. " Great! Umm...besides that and catching up with your training I thought you could take a crack as the archives." Ianto grimaced, remembering the mess. "Yeah I know, it's a bit in disarray, but with your background in research I think you might be best at it. I think your official title will be Admin and when we're not neck deep in aliens your job will be basically to take care of us. Is that okay?"

Ianto nodded. "Yeah that actually sounds good. I'll finally be able to really use my degree." Ianto said with a laugh and Jack smiled. "I didn't need it as much as I thought I would when I opened the coffee shop. As for the archives, well...as long as no one else comes looking for me down there, I know a few helpful spells that could fix things."

Jack grinned. "I can set up an alarm on the hall to let you know if anyone comes down there. But we all tend to avoid it."

"I couldn't tell." Ianto smirked and Jack laughed.

By the time they had finished, it was almost seven and the rest of the team would be heading in soon, so Jack walked Ianto out and over to the coffee shop where Luna was waiting with a now awake Teddy who she had gotten ready for school that morning. When they arrived they were greeted with morning hugs form Teddy (Jack getting an extra one from the little metamorphmagus) and to go cups for Jack's entire team. So with a smile on his face, Jack headed back to the hub, ready to tell the team about their newest member.

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