Logan

[im_torchwood]

Jack slipped behind the wheel and headed for the Torchwood hangar on the outskirts of London. It wasn't marked and heavily gated and guarded but Jack's ID got them in without a problem. He and Logan walked in and then out the back where a ship was waiting to be 'inspected'. It was a beutiful piece of machinety, sleek and silver, untouched by time or travel. Jack touched the ship and the metal opened and morphed into stairs for them to enter.

Inside the light glowed softly from unseen sources. Jack went to the pilot's seat and looked at the controls. The Nandovarian tech was close enough to Chula systems that it took him no time to close the door and give Logan a look.

"Get buckled in, I'm not sure what sort of inertial dampeners this baby has."

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[im_torchwood]

Jack was looking at the readout and was quiet for a long moment.

"All right. I won't tell you that," he said...then went to the long compartment in the rear bulkhead to pull out an enviro-suit.

[logan_echolls]

Logan groaned in annoyance, but he wasn't about to let Jack do it himself, and he moved to grab a suit of his own.

"Next time just take me to Vegas or something. Don't let me talk you into this bullshit,"

[im_torchwood]

"Vegas? All right. We'll go on a drinking spree," he grinned. "But you gotta admit, a spacewalk is a little more interesting than a fancy fountain."

[logan_echolls]

"Looking at a fancy fountain is way less work than ship repairs," Logan countered with a snort, grabbing Jack and stealing one more kiss before slipping his helmet on.

[im_torchwood]

Jack couldn't stop smiling, even when he put his helmet on and clicked on the air. He opened the airlock and grabbed the bag of tools that were all velcroed into the bottom of the bag so they wouldn't fly away.

He loved the black that enveloped them, the billions of pinpoints of light. And Jupiter loomed before them with Io not far away.

[logan_echolls]

Logan was less sure than Jack, but followed along easily, holding onto the ship as they headed for the damaged panels.

Space was still, honestly, kind of terrifying. There was just so much of it, and the inky blackness of it left a heavy feeling of dread in Logan's gut.

[im_torchwood]

The offending object was flying off at a good clip toward the planet and it had left a sizable dent in the ship. Beyond the panel was a mass of conduits that were cracked.

He touched the side of his helmet and said to Logan, "This won't take long."

[logan_echolls]

"Don't say that, you're gonna jinx us," Logan countered, following carefully and keeping close.

[im_torchwood]

"Oh, please," Jack scoffed.

It did wind up taking longer than he would have liked, but that was in part because he kept losing focus to stare at Jupiter. It was so beautiful. When he finally finished he put the dented plate back into place.

"Let's get back inside. I need to pee," he said.

[logan_echolls]

Logan nodded, making his way back to the airlock.

As fascinating as space was, he was eager to get back inside the ship.

[im_torchwood]

It was far more comfortable in the artificial gravity. It didn't feel like his guts were floating around. Jack stripped out of his suit and immediately went to relieve himself.

"Find some food!" he called out to Logan.

[logan_echolls]

"What am I, your maid?" Logan asked flatly, rolling his eyes and starting to dig around. All he came up with in the end was water and nutrient paste- Which smelled like fish, to be totally honest.

A little more digging turned up some kind of potato powder that self heated in it's pouch when you added water. It was better than nothing, and Logan set it out and took a seat on the bed to dig in.

[im_torchwood]

Jack came back out, wiping his hands on a disinfectant cloth.

"Mmm, space fish and chips, good call," he smiled. Now that he had Logan and his memories it seemed like nothing could dampen his spirits.

[logan_echolls]

"This is seriously gross," Logan replied, though it didn't stop him from eating as he patted the bed beside him, urging Jack to come join him.

[im_torchwood]

"Nah, you don't know gross. One time in the Isop galaxy quadrant B all I had was Dovinrian gell bars. Those were gross," he said. "They tasted like vomit and asparagus."

[logan_echolls]

Pulling a face, Logan put down the fih paste and gagged a little.

"That's really not helping, Jack."

[im_torchwood]

"No! No, eat. This is actually great. Like...pate. It's good," he tried to convince Logan.

[logan_echolls]

"I'm really good, thanks," Logan laughed, pushing it away and drinking the water instead. "Next time I'm packing a lunch."

[im_torchwood]

"Next time we'll bring the pizza," Jack promised. "I can set the controls for a slower trip back. We can enjoy our time alone..." he offered.