Chapter Four

Ianto opened his eyes slowly his head pounding. Cara walked over to him and knelt by his side.

"How are you feeling?" She asks.

Ianto glares at her. "How am I feeling? You are kidding right?"

She grins, stands and holds out her hand. "The others will be back soon."

Ianto grabs it and is pulled to his feet, he wobbles slightly as Cara grips hold of him until he manages to get his bearings.

"Thank you."

"So you never knew anything of this, of our world?"

"No nothing." Ianto looks around and the beautiful green world he had apparently been born on. Everything in his life had been a lie, who was he?

"You are still you." Cara replied.

"Can you read minds?" Ianto asked sarcastically.

"No but there have been a lot of changes in my life and in who I am. In a way I do understand what you are going through."

"Thank you, what is your name?" Ianto asks.

"My name is Cara and you are Ianto Jones."

"Hello Cara, thank you for watching out for me while I was indisposed."

Richard walked back with the rest of the gang frowning at a piece of paper. "Can any of you read it?"

"What's wrong?" Cara asked as Richard walked over to her handing the piece of paper. She took it and looked,frowning as she did so.

Ianto looked over her should and read out what he saw. Everyone turned to look at him.

"You can read it?" Kahlan asked.

"Yes, it's in Welsh"

Zedd looked at the others. "We need to keep the boy safe."

"Please don't call me a boy and why do you need to keep me safe?" Ianto asked.

Kahlan smiled as she walked over to him, nervously she reached over and touched his face. "My nephew," her voice was full of awe. "You are the only one that can read this writing, you are the key."

"He can't stay here." Richard said quickly.

"He is my family." Kahlan replied quickly. "He is also a male confessor."

"Yes and look what this has already cost you and your family. He needs to go back to his world. A world he knows and if anyone follows him they will be at a disadvantage." Richard whispered not wanting to upset the woman he loved.

"I don't want to lose him before I even know him." Kahlan said softly. "What are we going to do?"

Zedd took a deep breath and looked around. "He has to go home and be safe."

Ianto looked at him and laughed, Rumak joined in. "What is so funny?" Kahlan asked.

"My job is anything but safe." Ianto smiled sadly as he thought of Jack and the rest of his family at Torchwood 3.

"I will go with him." Cara replied.

"Cara what are you talking about?" Richard asked he couldn't imagine travelling without her.

"You need him to help complete the quest, you have plenty of people to protect you he has none." She said simply.

"I do have people who will protect me.."

Cara turned to him. "I do not know these people, therefore they cannot protect you. Richard has himself, Zedd and Kahlan along with the people who are supporters of the Seeker."

"How will we all keep in contact?" Rumak asks.

Zedd turns to look at his friend. "We?"

"Ianto will need someone to help him with being a confessor he may have all the knowledge but that is not the same as experience."

Zedd nodded in agreement. "We will need blood books."

Ianto frowned. "Ok I don't like the sound of that, what is a blood book?"

"You and Kahlan are family, we will make magical books binding them with your family blood. Because she is a mother confessor and you are a male confessor the connection will be stronger. If this doesn't work???"

"We have a way of getting back here if it does not work." Rumak said.

"Coming back?" Ianto couldn't believe how his life was getting even more confusing.

Kahlan turned to look at her adult nephew. "Our world is going to be destroyed If Richard does not complete his mission and for that we need you."

Ianto sighed and shook his head in disbelief on what he was about to say. "Yes we have a way of getting back. We do we have to do to create these blood books."

"It will only hurt a little." Zedd said with a smile.

Ianto glared at him he hated when people said that because it was always a lie.

"There are some people heading this way, we'd better find you something better to wear as you do stand out." Cara said as she eyed the young man up and down.

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John grinned as he set the bomb up in the town centre. He just needed to prove to Jack that he was a hero and could be part of the team. Hopefully prove that he could take eye-candy's position in, well everything.

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"Thank you Dr." Ianto said as the walked out of the Tardis. The book held tightly in his arms as soon as they had touched down back on Welsh soil they had tried the book out and thankfully it had worked.

Ianto was going to get to know his Aunt, it was hard for young Welshman to wrap his head around it.

As they headed across the Plaza they were all getting strange looks. The men ogled Cara as she was wearing a leather catsuit. Shopping was definitely on the list of things to do.

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The alarms went of to let everyone know that someone was coming into the hub. Jack sighed he had stopped hopping that it was Ianto.

"Not now John." He muttered. "Go away I'm busy."

"Too busy for me?" Ianto said and he felt everything stop as they all turned to him.

Jack ran over to pull Ianto into his arms but a woman stood in between them. "What do you think you are doing?"

"Cara it's ok Jack is my...." Ianto stuttered to a stop not sure how Jack would classify their relationship.

"I'm his lover, other half." Jack glared at her.

Cara turned to look at Ianto. "You are with him?"

Ianto smiled. "Yes I am with him."

Cara looked back at Jack. "If you ever hurt him I will make you pay." She said simply.

Jack pulled Ianto into his arms and kissed him, the alarms went off and in walked John Hart. His face coloured with anger.

Ianto Jones was back.

Tosh bounced on her feet waiting for Jack to let Ianto breath again so she could hug her best friend.

Gwen and Owen grinned their family was back together with a couple of additions it seemed.

A loud sound came from Tosh's computer, frowning she walked over to it. "Jack, a bomb alert for Torchwood."

Jack sighed and reluctantly pulled away. "Ok let's go and then Ianto Jones you will tell us where you went."

"You can't save them, they're all going to die because of you Jack." John growled.

"What have you done John?" Jack asked.

"I wanted to show you that I could be a hero, that I could be a part of the team. I could take the place of eye-candy."

"No one could ever replace Ianto." Jack said holding his young lover's hand.

"Then they all die."

Jack let of Ianto and stalked towards John. "Tell me where the bomb is?"

"You can't make me." John smirked.

"Ianto confess him." Rumak whispered.

"My first confession and it has to be him." Ianto muttered as he walked towards Jack's ex lover.

John watched with interest eye-candy was no match for him. It should be fun.

"Ianto I..." Jack stopped as Ianto held up his hand.

All of Torchwood, Cara and Rumak grouped around the two men. Ianto reached out and grabbed John by the throat. Ianto's irises went black soon followed by John's.

The time agent collapsed to the ground and as suddenly as it happened both of the men's eyes turned back to normal.

John looked up from his kneeling position and stared into the eyes of his confessor. "Ianto, I love you what do you wish of me?"

TBC