A/N: I wanted to write a fix for COE so I did. In this Ianto is from an alternate universe where Owen and Tosh don't die in "Exit Wounds" but instead go with the entire Torchwood team into the room with the virus in it.

Ianto was lost. He had just woken up in a strange field outside of a forest. All there were was trees, hundreds of them surrounding him like a cage. He called out for Jack, Tosh, anyone. But no one answered. He was alone. In the forest. With no idea how to get out.

Jack walked through the graveyard, stopping at a lone grave at the edge of the clearing. It was new, the stone was clean, and the ground newly filled.

"I miss you," he said to the grave, "I miss you so much." Tears slowly gathered around his eyes.

"I am going to move to America soon," he said, "I will come a visit though, I promise."

Jack continued to stare at the grave with teary eyes for a while longer, until he heard a Welshwoman yell his name.

Gwen ran up to Jack, trying to catch her breath. She had ran all the way from the Hub and was exhausted.

"There has been Rift activity," she panted, "And it came from the forest near the graveyard so I came to get you and…"

Jack sighed ignoring the rest of Gwen's explanation; he merely gave a weak smile and nodded, assenting to going with her into the forest.

Ianto was terrified. What had happened to his friends? Where were they? The last thing that he could remember was that he and the others were about to go into a warehouse to find the 456. Jack had pushed him away and then everything had gone black. The next thing he knew he was in a forest.

Jack and Gwen moved silently, quickly through the forest. They were about to arrive at the origin of the Rift activity when Jack heard crying. The crying sounded familiar. But Jack could not place where he had heard the crying before. It was coming from the clearing that he and Gwen were headed toward. Jack signaled for Gwen to stay back as he approached the clearing to find the source of the crying.

At some point Ianto started crying. He did not know why he started to cry but he attributed it to the obvious loss of his friends. At the thought of hid lost friends his lack of observation was understandable. He didn't even notice when a Weevil came up behind him until he heard a familiar yell for him to duck.

When Jack saw the Weevil above the curled up figure he immediately yelled for the figure to duck. It seemed that his plan worked because the figure did duck and Jack leaped over him to secure the Weevil. Fortunately the Weevil went down without much of a fight; Jack vainly blamed his amazing skills for the easy capture. He turned to comfort the figure but instead found himself staring in shock.

Ianto was so relieved to see Jack that he threw himself onto Jack. He was confused was Jack continued to stare at him instead of hug him back.

"Jack?" he said cautiously.

"Ianto," Jack whispered, "Ianto!"

Then Jack fiercely hugged Ianto back, Ianto smiled knowing that he had finally found Jack again.

"Jack," asked Ianto after the two were done hugging, "Where is everybody, weren't they just with us about to fight the 456?"

Jack smiled sadly and looked at Ianto, the Ianto that was not quite his Ianto… yet.