"Ianto..." Jack breathed in a sigh of relief. Ianto was awake.

"Jack?" His voice was cold and far away.

"I'm here," Jack whispered. His whole body was still raging in pain he couldn't work out whether the pain belonged to him or Ianto.

"Jack, his eyes," Luke's voice was full of concern. But his words had Jack confused. He couldn't see Ianto's eyes, he moved around his young lover, the pain spreading to his legs but he pushed it away.

Ianto looked up at him. His facial expression similar to a lost child. But his eyes.

Jack gulped.

His eyes were full of evil.

"I'm scared, Jack..." Ianto's voice was hoarse and he was close to tears. But Jack couldn't concentrate on his voice, the beautiful Welsh accent went past his head, all he could concentrate on was those eyes.

"Ianto, can you hear me?" Luke spoke loudly with false confidence. His whole body was trembling.

"Luke?" A quiet whisper, but those eyes were trained on him. "I'm scared."

"I know," Luke said soothingly. "I'm going to make it better okay."

"Everything hurts," Ianto's voice didn't raise above a whisper, sending chills up and down Luke and Jack's spine.

Jack closed his eyes, seeing Ianto like that was wrong. Right now he wished for him to be asleep again. He had promised him that he wouldn't let him turn, wouldn't let him become like his parents. But he had failed him.

"Jack?" Ianto's voice startled Jack out of his guilty thoughts. "Hold me, Jack?" Jack wanted to say no, but his Ianto sounded so weak, so terrified. "I need you to make me feel good again." Jack looked over at Luke who nodded his consent. Wearily, Jack moved closer to Ianto. He could see his body shaking, and he realised now that the pain he could feel was Ianto and all he wanted to do was make it better.

"I'm here," Jack whispered. His arms wrapped loosely around Ianto's waist, he could feel his skin shivering at the contact. "You're freezing."

"I'm in my boxers," Ianto replied quietly. Jack grabbed the blanket with one hand and wrapped it around them both. Ianto's head resting on his shoulder, his eyes still red. "Promise me something, Jack?"

"Anything," Jack answered though regretted it once he heard what Ianto had to say.

"Promise me you'll kill me before I hurt someone," Jack shook his head and held onto Ianto tighter. "Don't let me become like them." He spat the word them, and Jack couldn't remember him sounding so bitter.

"I promise." Jack fought back the tears. He wouldn't have to keep his promise because he knew he wouldn't let Ianto hurt anyone. Ever.

"So tired," Ianto said weakly.

"You should sleep," Luke said. His skin ran cold as those eyes looked at him.

"Why do you keep looking at me like that?" Ianto asked, Jack and Luke both had looked at him like he was a creature, something that should be looked in the vaults. Panic wrecked his mind, had he already hurt someone? Chris, it must have been Chris...

"Your eyes," Jack whispered in his ear. "They're red, Yan."

"Red?" Ianto's voice broke halfway through and his body let out a strangled sob.

"You should sleep." Luke said. "It could just be from what happened. Sleep and then we'll work something out."

"What if they stay red?" Ianto asked weakly, he didn't want to think of an answer.

"I don't know." Luke sighed. "I'll leave you two alone." With that, Luke headed up the ladder.

Jack knew that he was still worried about the other empaths, he had managed to get hold of four more but out of over a hundred, four was practically nothing. Owen's search had found ten more empaths who were currently in hospital being treated for concussion.

"What happened?" Ianto asked as he linked his fingers with Jack. Jack pulled them both under the covers, holding Ianto close to him.

"You were helping Chris, you remember?" Ianto nodded his head tiredly in Jack's chest. "You saw the attack, then you just fainted."

"I didn't hurt Chris?" Ianto's voice was flooded with relief.

"You haven't hurt anyone." Jack said strongly. "Where were you?"

"With my parents." Ianto said reluctantly a few minutes later. "They... they told me I was like them. That I had already killed three people. They wanted me to do something..."

"What?" Jack asked, the shooting pain throughout his body was slowly going. But was now replaced with fear, Ianto's fear.

"They wanted me to kill." Ianto said quietly.

"Kill who?" Jack asked, his voice was strained with anger.

Jack didn't get an answer. He looked down and sighed when he saw Ianto's eyes closer. He was relieved to see his eyelids, he never wanted to see those red eyes again. But he needed an answer. He knew Ianto's parents were strong. The blood connection between them were stronger then his connection with him. But a promise is a promise, and Jack knew he wasn't going to let Ianto hurt any one.