Steven was dead sacrificed by his own grandfather, his daughter Alice now hated him, and Ianto, his Ianto Jones had been killed, murdered by the 456, in the end unable to deal with his loss Jack ran away.
How long ago had that been, how many mortal lifetimes since he had run from his pain and sworn never to love another living being again. The face of Boe was dyeing, but that was okay, he had, had a long life maybe too long, now it was over, he knew he would not be coming back from this death, he was giving the last of his life-force to save the human race, or at least what was left of it on new earth. The Dr was here with him as was Martha jones it seemed so long since he had last seen her.
He wasn't scared, wasn't worried about facing the darkness, he gave his final message to the Dr as he slipped away, a warning and a promise he wished it could have worked out better for him, and it pained him to think of the hurt the Dr would go through, the pain of a year that only a few would remember. Maybe he should have shared more about that year to the people that mattered to him the most, or at least the one.
Yet he was surprised to see that instead of darkness there was light, bright shimmering light, he would miss Novice Hame, it seemed that every generation there was one person who was always there for him this time it had been her, so many lifetimes so many special friends, maybe he would get to see them again.
Out of the light figures started to appear, his Mother, his Father, Grey, Owen, Tosh, Gwen, Captain John Hart, and so many more that he lost count of them all, yet where was the person he wanted to see most.
His parents were welcoming him with hugs and kisses saying they had been waiting for him for so long, he saw Rose sweet Rose who had created him in her desire to save him, the Doctor, shifting between the incarnations he had known him in.
Where was he, where was Ianto Jones?
"Wait Jack, hold on just a while, someone special is coming." The Doctor told him with a smile.
He looked around who could it be, then he saw her walking into the light, Novice Hame, the last one that was special to him the one who had cared for him, kept him company during the dark time when he was all that was keeping the city of New New York going, his companion and his friend.
She stood in front of him and smiled and then suddenly almost faster than the eye could see she changed her face and body going through changes, each one of them someone who had been special to him, going back over time, until at last there stood before him a figure in a dark suit short dark hair and a sweet, sweet smile. It was him it was Ianto.
"But how, why?"
Ianto smiled. "I couldn't leave you alone for all that time Jack, my Jack so since I couldn't live for as long as you, I chose another way to be with you, instead of coming here to wait for you I chose to reincarnate, so I could keep you company in one form or another, so I could be with you as a lover or a friend."
Jack smiled, he was Jack again like he had been in his youth. "You did that for me?"
Ianto smiled, that sweet loving smile of his. "Of course I did, Jack Harkness I love you."
Jack smiled and pulled his love into his arms kissing him gently. "Like I love you , I'll love you forever Ianto Jones."