Jack thought back to all the dead. The list dragged on and on. He was even thinking about all the dead aliens. He had to live with the guilt for eternity. He left. He ran. He didn't look back. He couldn't look back. If he did he'd see the string of death connected to him.
Suzie – What a nutter. She was a great asset to the team, but in the end, her past, mixed with all she had seen at Torchwood, had driven her to the brink of insanity. However, she threatened Gwen and shot him right between the eyes. In the end, he wasn't that sorry.
Owen – Shit. Poor guy died twice. The Pharm and…his brother. Great, because he had lost Grey, and he wanted revenge, he lost Owen. His snark and sarcasm still seemed to ring out in the med bay, but even that was gone now. All the memories were gone, in a pile of rubble, where the Plass once stood. Good. He didn't need to go back to that reminder buried deep beneath the earth; it was gone, just like the rest of Torchwood. Good-bye King of the Weevils.
Tosh – She was too sweet to go, she didn't deserve to go. She loved Owen, they all knew long before she made that damned video. She was always trailing after him like a kicked puppy. He never noticed. It was a cruel move, but somehow, every morning she drug herself out of bed and faced the same rejection day after day after day. She was so much better then that. Maybe if she had moved on, she would have gotten married, taken the Ret-con, and lived a normal life. She would have made a fantastic mum. He wished she hadn't had to watch Owen die first. There is nothing more excruciating then watching the one you love die slowly and painfully, to hear their last words, and not have any control over it. He would know. One of the smartest women he had ever met was gone. Fare thee well.
Ianto – Jack stopped. The wound was still to ray. He didn't even say "I love you too", he hadn't thought of that until this moment. Damn. He really had loved Ianto, just as he loved Gwen, but Gwen was unattainable. So he ran into the arms of the Welshmen. That move changed his life. Owen was right at first; Ianto was only a convenient shag. Then that grew, especially after he returned from traveling with The Doctor. So much about that year that never was that he wished that he had told Ianto about. Ianto was the best thing that happened to him, but now even he was gone. What reason did he have to live? To survive, that was the only reason he had left.
A tear ran down is cheek.
He failed them. He had immortality on his side. They had him.
The 21st century was when everything changed… They were supposed to be ready.
