Summary: I told you I would be giving you two chapters and here it is. Chapter twenty-six is here and read and since I already complained about my terrible week last chapter I am going to forgo that and let you read now. Talk about run-on sentence. I will say that I will try my best to have the next chapter up this Sunday. Another busy Sunday planned. Now enough with the yapping go and read. Enjoy!

Just like before this chapter and the rest here on out were beta'd by the lovely gabe1990 over on LJ. She took the time to review my work and did some improvements to make it better. Much thanks go to her for her help. Now that that's out of the way please go read. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Seriously don't own this show but writing these fics makes me feel like I do. Does that make me weird.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Ianto opened his eyes and was surprised by what he saw. He hadn't remembered how he had got there, why he was there nor did he know exactly where he was, except that he was in a extremely white room. Everywhere he looked there was nothing but white in his eye line. It was making his head spin.

"Where am I?" he whispered to himself as he took a hesitant step forward, his eyes scanning the entire room. Then it all came back to him. He remembered the alien attack, arguing with Jack, and Lily passing out before he too saw the inside of his eyelids. Still, it didn't explain where he was or how he got there.

"I like to think we're somewhere in your consciousness but I could be wrong."

Ianto turned around and gasped. There she was, standing in front of him. Someone he hadn't seen in a long time. "Oh my-"

"Don't you dare say 'God'. You know how I feel about using the Lord's name in vain."

"I wasn't going to say God."

"Really?"

"Okay, maybe I was." Ianto sighed, rolling his eyes. "But I don't…how are you-"

"Here, with you, in this place. I don't know, you tell me."

"Tell you what? I don't even know where I am."

"Well you should since you brought me here, wherever this is."

"I did?"

"Yes," she smiled. "You did."

Ianto shook his head, completely confused by his entire situation. "But why are you here?"

"Lets not worry about the why's right now and start with the hello's. That's the least you could do after all these years apart." The woman continued to smile, her blue eyes shining brightly as walked over closer to Ianto. Rhiannon Jones died when he was seventeen, a few years after his father Ifran. She was shorter than him by a few inches and her long dark hair reached all the way down to her back. To Ianto she looked the same as the last day he ever saw her. Once she was standing in front of him she did the only thing she could: wrap her arms around him and hold him close. "You have no idea how much I've missed you."

His eyes flooded with tears as the woman held him close, rubbing small circles on his back. His emotions had finally caught up with him. "I've missed you too," he whispered back in her ear, "Mum."

Dr. Henicks stared at the two unconscious bodies lying in front of him. He was finished checking their vitals concluded that his patients were getting worse. Organs were failings, breathing restricted, fever escalating. It was like nothing he had ever seen before in his entire medical career. Andrew didn't know what he was going to do.

"There's nothing I can do," he whispered to himself as he placed Ianto's chart back at the foot of his bed. "Except trust Jack and believe he can fix this."

The doctor was pulled out of his thoughts when his pager started to beep loudly. Grabbing it from his waist, he glanced at it quickly before rushing out of the room. He ran all the way to the A&E entrance and caught up with the paramedics who were coming in. They kept up the pace until they found a current room and placed the woman on the empty bed. Dr. Henicks waited until the patient was completely hooked up before spoke.

"What have we got?"

A young woman with short brown hair answered. "Sarah Long. Her body was found at the park, unconscious, running a high fever, and covered in blood. She has a long scratch on her arm from what we don't know. We got her here as quickly as we could."

Dr. Henicks paused for a moment when he noticed the long, greenish scratch on his new patients arm. "Oh God. He was right."

"Who was right Doctor?" a nurse asked as they turned the corner.

"Jack." he replied without thinking as he back away from the body. "He said they would be more bodies and he was right."

"Dr. Henicks, I don't understand-"

"There is nothing we can do to save her or anyone else like her." He didn't wait for her or anyone to respond as he quickly made his way out of room.

"I can't believe I'm here with you."

"Well believe it because I am."

Ianto smiled happily as he stared into his mother's eyes. The initial shock of seeing her was beginning to wear off as they sat on the white bench. "But I still don't understand why though. Why you out of all people?"

"Because even in death a mother's bond with her child is strong. You called for me because you need Me." she smiled back. "The bigger question is why do you need me?"

"I don't know."

"Yes you do. You know exactly why I'm here and you know exactly where this is."

Ianto suddenly realized that he was there but Lily wasn't. Frantically he stood up and began pacing the floor. "Lily."

"What about Lily?"

"She was hurt, just like I was. I have to get to her."

"You won't be able to get to her Ianto. Not until you figure out why you're here."

"I don't care where I am I just have to get out."

"But you can't get out?" she replied, standing up and grabbing him by the arms. "Not until you figure out why you're here."

"How do I even know this place is real?" asked Ianto as he began to back away from the woman he assumed was his mother. "How do I know that this isn't a result from the creature scratching me and sending me to some alternative world?"

"I'm not."

"How do I know?"

"I could prove it to you."

"All right."

His mother smiled and looked up. "When you were seven you fell out of the tree in the backyard and broke your arm."

"That doesn't prove anything. You could be reading that from my memory."

Her eyes turned stern as her lips curled into a frown. Crossing her arms she let out a low angry hiss. "Ianto Gareth Jones, I'm warning you. Do not toy with your mother like this."

That was it. The use of his whole name mixed with the tone of the woman let Ianto know that this woman really was his mother. But it still didn't answer the other question. Why was he here?

Ianto stared at the woman with sad and frightful eyes. "Mum I'm scared."

"I know. That's the real reason why you're here."

Sorry about the last part of the last chapter. When you use backspace and delete sometimes thing awry and I saw it at the last minute but don't really feel like reposting again. So, just ignore it. And as for this chapter, come on. I bet you didn't see that coming. Now I've never been unconscious so being visited by someone that's dead could definitely be possible. I just hope you readers enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and until next time,

If life hands you lemons, throw them at people,

LadyCizzle