Just like they agreed Tosh and Owen didn't confront Ianto right away instead they tried their best to observe him to see whether he slipped up however, he seemed more immaculate that ever. It didn't take long for Tosh to realise that all his actions were carefully thought out to ensure there was no room of error now that they knew he was a chosen one. Gwen didn't know when to drop it since she kept pestering Ianto about his childhood and connection to the fae, Ianto just gave her one look and politely excused himself it was obvious to Tosh at least that something happened in Ianto's past which bad enough to warrant the fae coming to look after him before taking him away.

Jack however seem to take the information in his stride announcing many times that he was glad that Ianto never left with the fae, and Owen was pretty sure that Ianto had unintentionally winced whenever he heard Jack saying something bad about them. It was proof enough to Owen that Ianto had more of a connection to the fae then he was first letting on like perhaps being one.

When Ianto had returned to his post up at the Tourist Information Centre, Tosh decided to look into something that had been bugging her since Owen mentioned it at the pub a couple of days prior. Ianto's file. Tosh had personally found his original Torchwood One file when he started harassing Jack for a job, she had briefly read through it not really paying much attention to the little information of Ianto's background but mostly his role and achievements whilst working with Torchwood One then gave Jack the brief rundown on who Ianto was. But, now she was planning on giving his Torchwood One File more of a thorough look through.

Name

Ianto Jones

Date of Birth

19th August 1983

Nationality

Welsh

Species

Human

Role

Junior Researcher (At Recruitment)

Head Researcher and Archivist (Promoted June 2005) [Active Role]

Yvonne Hartman's personal assistant (Promoted June 2005) [Active Role]

Reason of Recruitment

Personal recruited by Yvonne Hartman – reason unknown

Background

Ianto Jones was born 19th August 1983 to Glenda and Gareth Jones. Jones has a younger sister Rhiannon Davies (nee. Jones).

Jones moved to London in 2005 and was recruited to Torchwood by Yvonne Hartman in March 2005 – reasons unknown (see footnote).

Medical Records

Unknown

Torchwood One Achievements

Promoted to Head Research and Archives whilst conducting work under Torchwood One Administrator Yvonne Hartman.

Observed the dismantling of Blind Summit (see file Excellium)

Other Achievements undisclosed due to highly classified material

Criminal Charges

Minor Shoplifting charge at age seventeen

Any alien interaction prior to joining torchwood:

Suspecting at age seven (unconfirmed)

Footnote:

Sealed file – EXORCIST

The first thing she noticed was the limited or even lack of information on his background. Just like Owen had said there was hardly any information about Ianto from the age of seven to twenty-three, it was like Ianto Jones didn't come into existence until a month before he was recruited to torchwood and the reason to why he was personally recruited by Yvonne Hartman was missing. There was little to no information about anything, the forgery is so clear that Tosh was shocked that she never realised it the first time around. Could there have been a sort of perception filter on the file that made you believe it was trustworthy even though now she knew that the majority of the information was fake or was it because she knew that Ianto was hiding something that everything seemed so clear now.

Tosh looked at the footnote, could this sealed file have the answers to why Ianto's file was so bare. Tosh really didn't have a choice she had to look. Finding the file wasn't hard, she expected it to be buried underneath other files to prevent anyone stumbling across it but then again, if someone found it (had the file been buried) then it would look more suspicious. Sometimes it was easier to hide things in plain sight. The type of encryption showed that even though they were willing to risk someone finding it, they weren't planning on letting anyone decode the file. Unfortunately for them Tosh was a master at hacking and decoding. Yes, the file physically challenged her skills and took much longer than it should have to decode but still two hours later Tosh was successful yet, wearily. Someone had gone through a lot of trouble to make sure that no one would discover the file which made Tosh think – what was that important to Ianto and Yvonne Hartman (the two people who had access to the file) that they had gone out of their way to make sure no one ever found it. Well, she couldn't turn back now.

Project Exorcist

Type of case

Double murder and kidnapping

Events:

On 1st September 1990, the bodies of Glenda and Gareth Jones were discovered. Glenda Jones's skull was impaled with glass shards evidence corresponded with broken beer bottle found at the scene of the crime. Gareth Jones died from suffocation with rose petals embedded in his mouth and a broken beer bottle in his right hand. It is believed that Gareth Jones was an alcoholic and became abusive when intoxicated and killed Glenda over a potential dispute.

During the investigation of the house Rhiannon Jones (aged four) was found asleep and unharmed under a bush in the back garden. When questioned on what happened – Rhiannon told the police that her father hurt her mother and her brother (Ianto Jones – aged seven) told her to hide in the garden. There was no sign of Ianto Jones in the house. It is believed that whoever killed Gareth Jones took Ianto Jones with them. A search for Ianto Jones is currently on-going.

UPDATE (January 1991) Still no sign of Ianto Jones. The police are now unsure of the timeline of events due to their only witness being a child. The police has ruled that Ianto Jones was murdered by his father and buried in a separate location which the police are still searching for. Torchwood has looked into the case and believes that the death of Gareth Jones was due to an alien attack and they took Ianto Jones with them being the only witnessed, Torchwood are unsure whether Jones is still alive but will continue to monitor Rhiannon Jones in case Ianto Jones re-appears or the aliens come for her.

UPDATE (February 2005) Ianto Jones has re-appeared. Yvonne Hartman has gone to offer a job at torchwood to Jones.

Conclusion

Ianto Jones has accepted the job with torchwood – he shows no memories of what happened during the time he was missing. Yvonne Hartman has decided that working around alien artefacts might jog his memory. It is believed by Torchwood that during Ianto Jones' captivity he hardly came into contact with the aliens who took him and for some unknown reason deposited him back on earth after sixteen years. This case has been concluded and the file will be sealed.

"Shit" Tosh mutter to herself as she re-read over the information once more, Ianto's father attacking his mother must have triggered the fae to kill him to protect Ianto unless he also tried to kill Ianto. Ianto's disappearance had to be related to him leaving with the fae, there was no doubt in Tosh's mind that Ianto was indeed a fae but why was he at torchwood now. Reading his file brought more questions than answers.

"I think tea-boy is trying to make himself look human. I've seen Cooper watching him like he's about to turn green and sprout wings" Owen said making Tosh jumped.

"Probably, it doesn't help that he was outed as a chosen one. He doesn't want anyone else to figure out that there something more different about him" Tosh replied looking over at Gwen and Ianto. Gwen's annoying need to understand everything was seriously going to harm the team one day and especially Ianto who she was extremely suspicious of hiding something – well he was but Tosh could really blame him for not tell them after all it wasn't something you could just drop into conversation.

"Cooper is going to keep harassing him until she can find out something about him which she can use. She doesn't trust teaboy since the cyberwoman incident, and she trusts him even less now she realised that he's hidden something else from us. Her infatuation with Harkness doesn't help either, I think she's jealous that teaboy is getting more of Harkness' attention then she is. We need to talk to him first, prepare ourselves in case Cooper or Harkness find out and they don't take it well" Owen said quietly so no one overheard them, the last thing they need was for either Tosh or Owen accidentally out Ianto before having the chance to talk to him first.

"Why Owen I would believe someone might think you are worried about our dear Ianto" Tosh teased her boyfriend, she enjoyed that his cheeks darkened just a little bit from embarrassment.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Tosh. It's only a medical concern that's all" Owen quickly denied.

"If you say so, I was thinking about inviting Ianto back to my place to hang out. You could come over and we simply ask him about it, Ianto trusts me more and he is more likely to tell me anything then you or Gwen" Tosh said, it was best to not talk to him about it at the hub and her apartment would be more neutral ground.

"What are you two crazy kids talking about?" Jack said marching down the stairs from his office making (although he swore later her didn't) Owen jump while Tosh hurried to close the file and open some calculators she was working on.

"Owen was just asking me about going out after work" Tosh lied, giving Jack one of her innocent smiles, then she turned back to her work whilst Owen scurried back to the autopsy bay. Jack gave them both an odd look before going off to find Ianto so he could make them his magical coffee.

Tosh was able to corner Ianto in the archives later in the day, he had spent most of his time up in the Tourist Information Centre and Tosh didn't have a good enough reason to go up there just in case Jack asked. So instead she waited until Ianto closed the shop at four and came down to the hub before going after him.

"Spending so much time upstairs, I was starting to think you were hiding from us Ianto" Tosh teased as she walked into Ianto's office space. His office was spotless like always, to be honest you would never believe that the archives was connected to hub considering it looks like a bombshell had gone off upstairs yet, everything was clean and in order down here.

"I would never avoid you Tosh, Gwen on the other hand…" Ianto pulled a face.

"Not a fan" Tosh couldn't blame him, Ianto had gotten use to not being noticed and after the cyberwoman incident, Jack was trying to make Ianto feel like a full-fledged member of the team and now with one of Ianto's secret coming out he had gone from hardly being noticed to the centre of attention.

"I just don't get her need to know everything about us and tell us every little detail about her life" Ianto complained before letting out a loud sigh. "Anyway, what can I do for you?".

"I was wondering whether you wanted to come to mine after we finish for today. It's been a while since we were able to hang out, and with everything that happened in Brecon Beacons. I feel like we need a night to get hammered and talk about stupid calculations until a ridiculous time in the morning" Tosh said and Ianto narrowed his eyes.

"And it's not to harass me about being a chosen one" Ianto asked. He loved Tosh; he really did. She was definitely his best friend in this whole place, but he knew her well to know that she was up to something.

"Well if we approach that topic it is what is so, is that a yes to later?" Tosh said cryptically which instantly told Ianto that it was going to part of the discussion but regardless, if he trusted anyone to be open-minded it was Tosh and maybe Owen.

"Sure, I'll grab some Chinese on the way" Ianto agreed.

"Perfect" Tosh said pressing a quick kiss to Ianto's cheek and disappeared back upstairs. Ianto shook his head wondering what the hell he had just gotten himself into before turning back to cataloguing the next alien artefact.

Ianto wasn't surprised when he arrived at Tosh's place to find Owen sat on Tosh's couch. He just put the food onto her table and took the seat opposite them. It was probably for the best to get this out of the way so they could enjoy the rest of the night.

"Ianto first I want to say that what is said in this apartment won't leave this apartment. Neither Gwen nor Jack will find out about it" Tosh said turning to reassure her best friend before they start talking. Ianto just nodded.

"Owen and I have been talking about what we found out when in Brecon Beacons. About you being a chosen one, the fae came to protect you so I don't doubt it. I-we just suspect that there is more to the story than first meets the eye" Tosh started before pausing for a second to see if Ianto was going to start explain but he just stayed quiet so Tosh carried on "Ianto I'm just going to bite around the bush and just be straight with you. Owen and I know that you're a fae".

"And before you try and deny it teaboy, we've seen the Project Exorcist file. We know about your disappearance after your parents' murder and we saw what it said about the circumstances that your father died in. Rose petals in his mouth, sound familiar" Owen started before continuing ignoring the panicked expression which was appearing on Ianto's face "You admitted that you were a chosen one and so I guess that the fae protected you when your father turned murderous. The file said that you were missing from the 1990s until reappearing in 2005, the only explanation and you know it is that you went with the fae and you are a fae".

"Well I guess there's no point trying to deny it then" Ianto sighed, so his suspicions were correct Tosh and Owen had worked it out. Did that mean Gwen and Jack were figuring it out too.

"So, we're right. You're a fae" Tosh said and Ianto nodded.

"What the hell are you doing working for torchwood teaboy?" Owen asked, it had been something which was bugging ever since he and Tosh had concluded that Ianto was a fae. Why would an alien want to work at an alien hunting organisation.

"It was an assignment to start with. Her majesty wanted to monitor torchwood's activity and to make sure they wouldn't interfere with our chosen ones. The immortal one umm… Jack that is was known to interfere with the fae and the queen wanted to make sure there was someone to monitor the situation if the Faes ever came into contact with torchwood" Ianto explained "luckily I suppose, Jack never informed torchwood about our existence so, I didn't need to worry that torchwood would go after a chosen one well that was until Jasmine".

"Wow, so, how does it work? Is the queen in charge of everything or do you have a government. What happened to Jasmine? Wait… immortal one? Why's Jack the immortal one" Tosh fired off any question which came to her mind.

"We don't have a government of sort. Our queen makes all the decisions with the advice of the council. Jasmine was told about the situation, that Torchwood was trying to find her and wanted to keep her from coming with us and that she would have to decide on whether she wanted to stay or come with us. She decided the latter. And Jack. Jack received the name the immortal one by my people because he is just that – Jack's immortal. He can die but doesn't stay dead. Gwen knows because Susie shot Jack in the head and then came back to life" Ianto explained.

"I knew there something weird with Harkness but to think that he was immortal. Seems mad" Owen said, whoever through that making the world's most insufferable person immortal really needs a reality check.

"The immortal one's essence is surrounded by the time vortex, for some reason it keeps him from staying dead. I don't know why; you would have to find out from him, but I can't be sure that he knows why either. Jack's worked for torchwood since the Victorian era and his immortality has always been known in the written archives it's just since everything went electronic and Jack became the leader of Torchwood Three, he kept it a secret but then again it could be the same reason to why I can't tell you that I was a fae. Can't exactly drop into the conversation" Ianto said.

"Anyway, that's enough chitter chatter for today. This food is practically calling my name" Owen said leaning forward and picking up the bag of Chinese before dishing out the food to the respective person, ignoring that fact that Ianto was aware that Owen would be here since he had picked up something for him too maybe it was a part of Ianto's fae powers being able to predict the future. Ianto smiled as he watched his friends dig into the food. He knew that they were going to be okay, that he would have people on his side when Jack and Gwen inevitable found out. Something which would be coming soon, Ianto could feel it. Something was waiting in the dark.