The Doctor knew Jack too well, so he had no doubt where he could find his friend. The door was opoen when the Doctor arrived but there was no sound coming from the inside. Maybe after all, he was wrong about Jack.

"Can't you leave me alone?" No he wasn't wrong about the Captain.

The Doctor walked into the bedroom; Jack was sitting on the bed and had a photo in his hands. The room was obviously not Jack's style; it was perfectly decorated; a few photos on the small table with two lamps next to the bed, that it was the same color that the paint of the walls and a carpet on the floor from a trip to any Arabic country.

There was no doubt, it was Ianto's apartment and jack was there, he was escaping from something and he seemed to be really relaxed there, like it was his own apartment. But there was something wrong about Jack, something with his face, something with his absolutely sad smile and something terribly wrong about his blue eyes. He didn't look at the Doctor, Jack didn't move his glance from frame he was holding in his hands.

"What are you doing here Jack? Gwen told me what happened to Ianto. You should be looking form him right now, instead of be sobbing here."

Finally, Jack raised his eyes to the Doctor and could have killed him just then, but he didn't do anything it was to late to do anything.

"Don't you think I haven't tried to reach him? But Johnson is absolutely smart, she knows how not to be found."

"What happened to you Jack? You're not like this, you're a fighter Captain. If something awful happens to one of your people, you just protect them. It's what you do, it's what you are." The Doctor sat next to Jack.

"That man was me, now is different. I lost Ianto twice already and now he's… Johnson can do whatever she wants to him and I can't find them anywhere. I've lost everyone Doctor, I've failed to all the people that matters to me. I can't trust myself anymore." The Doctor looked at the picture.

There they were, Jack and Ianto, happy like a normal couple like to loving boyfriends. The Captain remembered the moment, that incredible night. The team had gone out to a bar. They had drunk, they had talked and they had laugh as regular people.

Gwen took the picture, but they didn't notice at the moment. Jack was kissing Ianto; they were really happy back then for a few hours. No monsters, no aliens, nothing could disturb their private moment.

The Doctor looked around him, there were other pictures, Ianto had lots of them and almost in everyone of them there was Jack. He put attention in one of them. Ianto was lying on a sofa, sleeping he guessed.

"I took that picture myself. It was in the hub; Ianto had a cold those days and I told him not to go on any mission. "You have to rest." I told him. He was so stubborn that I had to stay with until he fall asleep on the cough. He was really cute." Jack's voices broke down trying not to start crying.

"If do you still love him…"

"I don't." Jack didn't finish the sentence; it was nonsense to avoid the truth. "I know, I made a mistake, another mistake and someone I love is paying the consequences. It's the story of my life."

"Why don't you change it now? You have the opportunity to save Ianto and tell him how you feel. He's alive; you know it because everyone in Torchwood is a fighter, they learnt from you isn't it?"

Jack groaned while he was smiling to the Doctor. You're always blackmailing me with my own feelings. Sometimes I hate you." Jack sight hard. "But you always get what you want. Let's go."

- o -

Jack's phone rang.

"Jack, I think you should come back to the hub now." Jack listened to Gwen carefully while he was driving. He was glad to hear something from his team, because he didn't know where exactly he was going.

"Ok Gwen, but what's going on? Tell me you have something new about Ianto, I need a place, an address, something to start with."

"It would be better if you see this, I don't want to tell you about on the phone is too… I can't Jack." Jack turned left to the Doctor.

"Did you hear that? At the back of the tape, I think." Jack stopped the car at the entrance of the hub, just in front of the tourism office. "Maybe I'm becoming crazy but I'm sure it was Ianto, and he was in pain because of me."

"Well just lets go inside." The Doctor had heard it too, but he said nothing, he didn't want to upset the Captain.

"¡Jack!" Gwen said; there was a horrified expression on his face, she could hide her fear. "Johnson has send another video. She's crazy but she wants you. Come and watch it."

Jack sat at his desk, Gwen was at his side, touching his shoulder carefully. "We're going to catch her, don't worry." Jack smiled at his friend and after saying nothing he start the video.

"Hi Captain. Don't you want to talk to me? I'm really sorry for that, because I need you, I have to know what are you and if you don't want to come to me the simple way, then I have to force to come to me."

Jack was tense, he didn't like at all that woman. But then he saw Ianto. He was on the floor, he seemed to be inconcious but he tried to say something to the camera. The Jack saw the blood on his shoulder, the young agent was hurt.

"The shot, they really shot him. Oh my god, I swear I'm going to destroy that woman." Jack took Gwen's hand, he needed to know he had someone close to him. "Tell me you had found something from the video that can help us to find the place."

"Jack wait the video isn't finish yet."

"Come on Captain." Johnson said from the video. "I thought you liked this boy. He's really cute and I don't fancy killing him at all. But you gave me no choice." Johnson take a knife from her belt. "He's going to suffer very painfully because of you Captain. You don't know how to take care of your people."

"Don't you dare to do that." Jack said as if Johnson was going to hear him.

"look at the Irony, his going to die twice because of you, to save your precious ass. How does it feel Captain Harkness? You kill your grandson to protect everyone else, it wasn't fair but I understand. But this? You're going to sacrifice a man that loves you, Why Captain? Tell me."

Johnson kneeled next to Ianto and showed the knife to the camera. She smiled in a really creepy way and took Ianto's face.

"I'm really sorry darling." The agent opened his eyes painfully. "Do you have something to say to your Captain? Maybe the next he see you he sees you're precious body, because you will be dead… again."

"Thanks Jack. You show me so much things, you just wanted to be a good boss to me, and I just understood something completely different, something wrong." Ianto started crying. He wasn't prepared to die again, not there, surrounded by so much strange people, but above all, far away from Jack. "But don't be sad for me, I died months ago because I loved you so much, because I thought you loved me back, but I was wrong and now I see the truth. I don't mind to do it again. It's not for you, It has to happened, I don't deserve to live again."

"No, Ianto, no, you can't die on me again." Jack's hands started to tremble.

"Jack… I'm sorry." Gwen kneeled next to him and embraced him. she had already watched the whole video and wasn't prepared to see it again.

Jack stopped breathing when he saw Johnson sank the knife in Ianto's leg. The young agent screamed so loud Gwen was about to cover her ears. She started crying at the same time that Ianto did in the video. Ianto was her friend and she had no idea how to find him before it was too late.

There was a lot of blood emerging from Ianto's leg and in a few moments, Ianto fall uncouncious because of the horrible pain. Johnson smiled to the camera again, and started talking again. "So Captain Jack Harkness, I think your boy has maybe half a day before he lost to much blood to die. Are you interested in visiting me now? Say goodbye your boyfriend the boss Ianto Jones, because I think you're not going see him again alive."

The video ended there. Jack said nothing but Gwen new there was a plan in that look of his. "What are you thinking."

Jack stood up and went out of his office. "I know where Ianto is. And if Johnson wants me, she's going to find me. Doctor, are you coming?"

"You bet." The Doctor said with a very expressive smile on this face.

"Gwen, tell Rhys and Mickey we're going on a mission to save Ianto and bring him back alive."

Jack was back, the Doctor and Gwen knew it. They trust him and knew he was going to get Ianto back and they also knew, Johnson was going to regret the day she decided to take Ianto as a hostage.