The group armed themselves with a stake in each hand and slowly entered the room bracing themselves for the worse. They were unprepared for what they saw. Jack's unmoving corpse was crumpled like a string-less marionette near the far back wall; his lost Bluetooth and wooden stake only inches from his grasp.

Standing around Ianto's shivering and gasping body were five evilly grinning vampires. Their eyes were solid black, with fangs exposed and mouths covered in gore.

Ianto lain on the floor covered with blood. The recent bloodletting had taken its toll, as he made a final weak gasp for air before dying.

"Ianto, NO!" Tosh screamed as she lunged towards him. Owen quickly blocked her path with his body. He struggled to hold her back before she frantically ran straight into the vampires' waiting clutches.

The team knew that Jack would soon revive but it was anyone's guess as to how quickly it would happen.

"This is all your fault!" Gwen hissed at Mitchell. As she and the team glowered at the other vampires.

"Yes it is! You shouldn't have let your doggie kill Herrick, Mitchell!" Cara hissed.

"Then you let that stupid bitch you live with, free our blood stores so we had nothing left to eat," growled Daniel.

"Why don't you kill him?" Julian suggested to the humans, "kill him and we promise to leave here and never return," he added with a smirk.

"You must really think we're stupid," Owen snapped as he tried to control his despair.

"You killed Jack and Ianto! Why would we trust you now?" Gwen shouted angrily.

"Oh sweetheart, Ianto's not dead. The part of him that was human is dead. But, three days from now he'll awaken. A strong and worthy heir of Herrick's line. He'll help us hunt down the others who foolishly fled the nest after our leader's death. And out of the ashes we'll rebuild and be stronger than ever," Cara crowed hysterically.

"Ianto would never do that!" Tosh spat at the terrifying madwoman, "He would have never willingly joined you, you... monsters!"

"He was powerless to stop us. He submitted to the craving of blood just as you will," she grinned dangerously, "but before we get ahead of ourselves, there is still the annoying matter of Mitchell to deal with."

"Why are you doing this? Why kill all of these innocent people? If you wanted to come after us why not just do so? Why come here and hurt all of these poor people?" Mitchell cried.

"Because it was funny," Simon laughed madly.

"And it was so enjoyable watching them beg for their pathetic little lives," David added darkly.

"Besides, it got your attention. Didn't it?" Julian quipped as he began to slowly approach Mitchell, "Don't struggle and we'll make it easier on the others. We won't make the humans suffer before turning them. You know we could take hours, days even if we want to really hurt them. Exsanguinations' such a painful process. Save them from the unnecessary agony that you know we can put them through."

Mitchell lowered his defensive stand and was about to drop his weapons when Owen cut in.

"Don't you dare surrender to these bastards," growled Owen, "They want a fight well, they've got one!"

"Oh goody... more fun for us," Cara laughed then licked her lips in anticipation.

The two groups were at a stand-off; each looking for a weakness to exploit once they launched their attack. Mitchell knew there was little chance for success but if the humans were willing to try and stop these insane vampires. He'd risk his life to help them.

When suddenly Jack came back to life with a gasp, the vampires were distracted by the sudden noise and all turned to watch him sit up in shock. It was that very second that Owen, Gwen and Tosh attacked.

Owen used his full body weight as he sank all of his stakes deep into Daniel's chest. One of the stakes actually pierced the heart while the other punctured the monster's left lung. The pair collapsed to the floor and Owen quickly scrambled off the shrieking creature. Daniel tried in vain to pull out the stakes but was powerless to do so.

At the same time Tosh launched herself at David who was closest to her. She quickly staked the teen who then also collapsed to the ground in shock and pain.

Gwen was aiming for Simon and had just pierced the boy's flesh when Cara grabbed her arm to stop her, which caused her to miss his heart. The two women wrestled for the injured boy. When Gwen would not release him, Cara dug her fangs deep into the other woman's right arm. Gwen screamed in agony and let go of the teen. Cara stopped biting Gwen, quickly removed the stake from Simon's chest and pulled the screaming teen towards the open door.

Before the Torchwood team had attacked, Julian and Mitchell had been seconds away from attacking each other. Jack's awakening had distracted the pair of vampires for only a few seconds. Moments after the team attacked, Mitchell tried to impale Julian. Jack seeing the frenzy grabbed his nearby stake and launched himself towards Julian. He plunged the stake so deep through the vampire's back that it poked out of his chest. The force of the staking distracted the howling vampire enough for Mitchell to deliver the killing blow.

It was then Jack finally saw Ianto lying near the dying vampires. He fell to his knees as he grabbed the cold, blood covered body of his lover and broke down in grief. His wails of mourning joined with the vampire's death cries into a chorus of despair.

With a look back at the dying members of her clan; Cara desperately pulled Simon with her through the door as she half-dragged, half-carried the injured teen up the hallway to the stairs.

Daniel, David and Julian died within moments of each other. They're bodies dissolving into whips of smoke.

The team were so distracted by Jack's mourning, the vampire's deaths and Gwen's injury that they momentarily forgot about Cara and Simon. Those few seconds were just long enough for them to slip upstairs and head towards the exit. Owen was the first to realize the missing pair and instructed Mitchell and Tosh to go after them.

Gwen's arm was bleeding profusely. Owen had already taken off his sweater and wrapped it around the injury to no avail. She was going into shock from blood loss so he quickly found Jack's missing Bluetooth on the floor. He gave it to the distraught man and informed him of what the rest of the team were doing.

He then took his injured teammate upstairs to tend to her injury. He hated to leave Jack alone in this horrible place but, Gwen was on the verge of passing out and the older man could take care of himself.

Jack was barely aware of what was going on. He was so upset over Ianto's death; it was as if time itself had stopped. He had pulled the young man's body into his lap and was rocking him back and forth like a small child. Jack was crying so hard he could barely breathe. The day he had dreaded for months had finally arrived. The one person in the universe who he truly loved was gone.