I know I posted a note saying I wouldn't be able to update till the weekend. But I was bored and felt like pleasing the amazing people who reviewed so this one is for you.. keep them coming. :)

The day passed slowly and Ianto was wishing that aliens would suddenly invade or that today would be the day that everything changes because he didn't want to think about what today was. He looked up at the clock it wasn't even lunch time and there hadn't been any weevils to hunt. He had been left to dwell on his thoughts. His silence and thoughts were pulled to a halt as his phone started ringing in his pocket which also startled Owen who was working at his desk.

He took the phone from his pocket and stared at the ID he knew he should answer it. But answering meant admitting what today was.

"For fuck sake tea boy answer the phone!" Owen yelled, causing Jack and the girls to look over at a now flustered Ianto who pressed the answer button.

"Hi." He said sadly and looked at his desk as though it was the most interesting thing in the world. After a lot of talking on the other line Ianto started talking again willing that his eyes didn't start to water. "I'm okay really, I'm at work. And I don't know if I can make it tonight." He said and he knew it was the wrong thing to say. "I'm sorry I just don't see the point any more. I have to go." He said when he noticed his computer screen was flashing. He waved Jack over who came rushing. "Look I'll phone you later." Ianto said and ended the call abruptly.

"Everything okay?" Gwen asked softly placing a hand on Ianto's shoulder

"No." Ianto said bitterly, which stunned the rest of the team. "I'll go get the car ready." He said and headed towards the car park as tears slowly started to fall.

It's just another day Ianto thought to himself and cursed himself. It wasn't just another day.

Jack had decided to bring every one including Ianto to the crime scene. "What I don't get is if the murder happened early hours this morning, how come we're only getting called now?" Gwen asked as she sat behind Jack who was in the drivers seat.

"Because PC Cooper the police are too thick to call us earlier." Owen replied with a smirk making Jack chuckle. He loved the banter that came along with his team.

"Toshiko what did the police say?" Jack asked as he angled his neck not surprised to see the young woman pressing buttons frantically on the screens.

"A boy was murdered in his bedroom, four years old. His twin brother was in the next bed he's fine. Says he didn't see anything." Toshiko said.

"Maybe he killed him?" Owen asked. Jack looked over at Ianto – this was the time his sarcasm would come in – but the youngest member of the team was looking out of the window aimlessly as though he wasn't even listening.

"A four year old?" Gwen laughed. "Don't be stupid Owen." She said and followed Jack's eye line to Ianto who was still staring out of the window. Jack could have sworn he could see tear lines down his pale cheeks.

Jack assumed it must be because of the nightmares. His partner had been acting strange for the past week but the nightmares only came to him the past night. He thought maybe it was to do with Torchwood, he was only twenty four and he had seen so much death in his life. When the car stopped Ianto barely registered it just as his phone started ringing. Without even looking at the number he rejected the call and Jack saw him turn it completely off. He wanted to say something, but the younger man was out of the car straight away.

"Jack what's going on with him?" Gwen asked.

"I don't know." Jack sighed.

"Captain Jack Harkness.." Jack flashed his normal grin at the police woman and walked straight into the crime scene, nothing prepared him from what he saw. The young boy was hanging half on his bed and half in the air. Blood was splattered all over the blue carpet and the toys that were scattered carelessly around.

"Cause of death?" Gwen asked her eyes watering just looking at the boy so had moved her focus on the police woman.

"Four puncture wounds to the heart." The police woman said sadly.

"Four?" Ianto asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, not the first time we've seen this before." She sighed. "Third kid this month."

"Third?" Jack asked a little shocked.

"Then there was 15 ten years ago, all children aged four. Twenty years ago there were thirteen children murdered and two adults, goes back fifty years."

"Other than the twenty years were any other adults..?" Ianto couldn't finish his sentence his emotions were slowly leaking through.

"No. But there was a kid in the bedroom." She said as she read a file she was holding.

"What happened to the kid?" Gwen asked.

"He survived." Ianto mumbled before walking out of the room.

"Owen, I need you to come and put the body in a body bag. Toshiko do some scans in the bedroom." Jack said as he pressed his headset – Toshiko and Owen were down stairs finding information about the murders from the police and the family.

Ianto walked out of the house quickly wiping his eyes. He saw the parents of the young boy crying in each others arms, a few feet away a younger boy was sat on a wall opposite the house. Ianto wondered why his parents had left him on his own especially after something like this had happened. Noting there was no one around Ianto walked over to the boy.

"My name's Ianto." He said quietly not wanting to scare the boy.

"Mum says I'm not supposed to talk to strangers." The boy said quietly.

"I work with the police." Ianto said and the boy looked at him.

"You haven't got a badge." He said with a little more enthusiasm in his voice. Reaching into his pocket Ianto pulled out his wallet which held his Torchwood ID, satisfied the boy smiled weakly. "My name's Jake." He said and moved his eyes back to the house, just as Jack came out. "My brother he isn't okay is he?"

"Do you know what happened?" Ianto asked and the boy looked at him and nodded sadly. "Can you tell me?"

"There was a shadow." He said just as his parents noticed he was missing and shrieked for him to come over, without looking back the boy ran back to his parents. Seeing Ianto sat on the wall Jack walked over.

"You okay?" Jack asked as he wrapped an arm around Ianto and that was all he needed before breaking down. "They were your parents. Twenty years ago today." Jack was saddened when he felt a slight nod in his shoulder. Ianto didn't say anything he stopped crying and pulled out of the embrace and stared at the floor. "Do you want to take the week off?"

"No. I don't want to be at home and do nothing." Ianto said heatedly. "Its easier to have a distraction. I just didn't think the distraction would remind me constantly of what happened.. of what could have happened." He wiped his eyes just as Gwen, Toshiko and Owen walked out holding the body bag. There was load shrieks from the parents and Ianto noticed that the young boy was forgotten once again.

"You're not alone through this okay." Jack said as he squeezed Ianto's hand. Ianto didn't say anything; he didn't speak the whole journey back to the hub he just remained silent. Jack's words echoing through his mind. He was alone. He had been since he was four years old.