Gwen sat in the cell which Tosh and Owen dumped her in. She couldn't understand what she had done to deserve being locked up like an animal. She had tried to kill Ianto to save the others, why couldn't they understand that. Everything she had done was in order to save them from Ianto's mind-controlling.

"Gwen Cooper," an unfamiliar voice said making Gwen jump to her feet. She carefully looked around her surroundings, but she couldn't see who the voice belonged to.

"Who's there?" She said trying to keep the panic from her voice. The voice just laughed.

"Who I am is irrelevant. Why I am here is more important. I have a proposition for you. We have a common enemy, if you help me then we can get rid of him once and for all. Jack Harkness has been a threat to my people for years, if you help me capture him, I can give you something which will make him loyal to you but first we need to kill Ianto Jones. Are you in?" The voice said, and Gwen went quiet. They would help her kill Ianto and get Jack for her, this was a perfect opportunity.

"I'll do anything if it means getting rid of that bastard Ianto," She said.

"Good," the voice said before the cell door swung open. She was free.

Ianto expected Jack to start screaming, shouting at him from being a horrid fae or to downright deny what Ianto had said but Jack just stayed quiet staring down at his hands completely lost in thought. The longer he stayed quiet the more anxious Ianto became, he expected something, anything. Not this. It was too quiet, too painful just waiting for someone, for anyone to say something but no one would, scared of what would happen if the silence ended.

"I should have known. I guess deep down I did. I knew the file you gave me about the pendant was fake. The archivist Jamie wouldn't have misplaced a file he was too OCD to not have everything in perfect order even if it were a bit chaotic. And for it to happen to be discovered when Gwen comes across the same telepathic pendant. Everything adds up, your childhood disappearance… yes, don't give me that look I did look further into your background and knew you vanished after the death of your parents. Your father died at the hands of the fae that was pretty clear, you are or were a chosen one, that I now know…" Jack trailed off. He had all these pieces of evidence which led to one big outcome – Ianto was a fae so why didn't he see it before.

"Then why… why haven't you said anything?" Ianto dared asked. He needed to know.

"Because I didn't want to believe it. To associate you with them. Everything the fae have done to me in the past, my men which they killed. They tried to kill Estelle someone who always believed in the good of them. It always facilitated my belief that the fae is evil but you, you are far from anything evil Ianto Jones" Jack said reaching over the table and carefully took Ianto's hand in his own. Ianto could feel his heart pounding in his chest as he let himself entangle his fingers with Jack's.

"What happened to your men shouldn't have happened. It was before I became a fae, but I heard about it. It was under the old regime that the previous queen had, she decreed that anyone associated with a person or people who harmed their chosen one is just as guilty and deserves to die. It's different from the Brecon Beacon Cannibals because they all had a helping hand in killing one of our chosen ones but also even if they hadn't they had still killed many others so, in a way, it's justified but your men. Their deaths weren't" Ianto said before taking a deep breath, then continued "About three or so years after that, the old queen was overthrown, and our current queen was put in place. Unless they physically or emotionally hurt our chosen one, then we have no right to kill their associates. With Estelle she shouldn't have been harmed, when I realised what had happened, I rushed over to her house to stop him. We currently have a rogue fae on the loose and he was responsible for attacking Estelle".

"You save Estelle" Jack murmured and Ianto nodded.

"Thank you," Jack said before giving Ianto his classic Harkness grin. Ianto felt his cheeks heat up when he heard someone making a distinctive coughing sound. Ianto forgot Tosh and Owen were still with them, he risked a glance in their direction, Tosh was smiling sweetly whilst Owen was smirking. Jack mirrored Owen's smirk but refused to let go of Ianto's hand when the fae tried to pull it back instead he tightened his grip on in. Ianto just sighed and gave up trying instead he enjoyed the feeling of his hand being encased in Jack's larger one.

"Right now, tea-boy has split the beans and we are all up-to-date on who he is. What are we gonna do with Cooper because I think shooting a colleague (even if that person can manipulate the elements) which Cooper obviously didn't know but the point being? We can't let her get away with it, she still shot Ianto with the intent to kill him or injurer him at best" Owen said and Ianto dreaded hearing Jack's response. Even though Gwen had literally shot him in front of Jack. Ianto still expected Jack to try and defend Gwen. He was prepared for his heart to be broken even more but.

"I agree. I've been very neglectful of my responsibility to this whole team. I know that now. Gwen needs to be punished, actually… I think Gwen needs to be retconned. If she believes in some twisted way that she can shoot Ianto and get away with it then she had another thing coming. Ever since she was hired, she's caused many problems ever since her first day, but by now she should understand how we do things at Torchwood. If Gwen can't accept the responsibility of her actions, then Gwen has to go" Jack said. Ianto was surprised, to say the least. He never expected Jack to ever retcon Gwen considering he believed she was somehow the 'heart' of the organisation.

"Okay, we recon Gwen, like straight away, or are we going to be bastards and let her seether in the cells a little longer before telling her, her fate?" Owen asked but before Jack could reply. A high-pitched alarm sounds making Ianto wince as the sound hurt his sensitive ears.

"What's going on?" Jack asked looking over at Tosh who was tapping buttons on her PDA.

"There's been a breach in the cells" Tosh answered and Ianto didn't waste another second before disappearing from the conference room and reappearing in the cell. The cell which had been holding Gwen Cooper was wide open, the woman was nowhere to be seen but Ianto could feel it. That presence. He had been here watching them and now finally he had made his move.

"Ianto what's happened? Where's Gwen?" Jack asked looking at Ianto. If Gwen had escaped the cells, they would have walked straight past her just to get here and it's not like Gwen had any extensive knowledge of Torchwood to use any of the tunnels or hidden escape routes to get out. So how the hell did she manage it? Jack's attention was brought back to Ianto when he heard him growl.

"Jason"