Ianto dragged Jack back to the car. He wasn't angry, just really embarrassed it was worse than the cucumber incident.
"Why Jack?" he asked as he got in the car
"I'm sorry Yan, really sorry it just came out"
"How could you, I'm trying so hard to relax and be open about us and then you go and do something like that, I makes me wonder why I'm bothering" he screamed as he drove back to the guesthouse.
On the 15-minute journey back Jack tried to talk to him but got no answer, he could tell by Iantos breathing that he was upset. When they reached the guesthouse Ianto got out and slammed the door shut. He began to walk away from the car, Jack and the guesthouse. Jack went to follow him; he caught up with him at the bottom of the drive
"Yan I'm really sorry"
"I know Jack, I just need some time by myself just leave me alone"
"But"
"I'll be back in about an hour, just leave me alone for a while"
Jack nodded and watched sadly as Ianto walked away from him. He walked back into the guesthouse and went straight to their room. He plugged in his laptop and hooked up to the Torchwood mainframe, only Tosh would know he was there and she wouldn't say anything. He read a couple of reports about Weevil hunts that Tosh had headed, he just needed to know the rest of his team were ok. They were.
A while later he looked up and noticed it was getting dark. Ianto still hadn't come back. He couldn't possibly still be angry with him. He decided he'd pop down to the pub and see if he was there. He left this laptop plugged in and managed to get his greatcoat on and headed out. He walked into the pub, Andrew was behind the bar
"Hi Jack, where's Ianto?" he called, Jack walked over to him
"You mean he's not here"
"No haven't seen him since you two left together, is anything wrong?"
"We had a row and he stormed off, he said he'd only be an hour but he's been gone nearly 4 hours, I'm worried Andrew"
"Alright, where did he go?" said Andrew coming out from behind the bar
"I don't know, he headed off towards the woods, Andrew can you help me search for him I'm really worried"
"I'm sure he'll be alright Jack"
"Yan doesn't like the outdoors Andrew something happened last year to us and it scared him"
"Alright, give me a minute I'll call Michael"
Jack paced the bar as he waited for Andrew to come back.
"Alright Jack lets go, Michael will meet us at the edge of the woods with some flashlights"
He turned to a man at the bar
"Cole can you look after the pub for me?"
"Sure Andrew" he said and got up from his seat.
Andrew walked with Jack to the woods where he'd seen Ianto heading, they only had to wait for a few minutes for Michael.
"This could take all night, the woods are huge," he said
"I've got to find him, please help me" pleaded Jack
"Of course, we won't give up until we find him," said Michael
He handed each of them a flashlight and they headed into the woods. Jack started to call out Yans name.
They searched for hours but found no trace of Ianto. Jack had an idea, Ianto was going to go mad but he had to find him
"Andrew, do you have a mobile I could borrow"
"If you're going to tell me that he has a mobile"
"No I need to call a friend, I can't explain but trust me I think this is the only way I'm going to find him"
Andrew took a mobile from his jacket and handed it to Jack
"Torchwood" said Tosh
"Tosh its Jack"
"Jack, you're supposed to be on holiday can't you just relax"
"Tosh shut up and listen, Ianto and I had a row, he wandered off and we can't find him"
"Oh my god, Jack where are we, we'll come out" she said
"NO, I just need you to activate the tracker in his wallet"
"You put a tracker on him, Jack he'll kill you"
"You all have one, I'm sorry I just can't risk losing any of you, just activate it Tosh"
"Alright what's the code?"
"119958" said Jack
"Hold on" she said and he could hear her punching into her keyboard
"Tosh this isn't my phone could you call me back, it belongs to a friend"
"Sure Jack, hang up I'll call straight back"
Tosh logged into her computer and activated the tracker. It took a couple of minutes to get a location, she activated Jacks tracker and tri-angulated their positions so she could guide Jack to him. Once she had them both on the screen she called Jack back
"Tosh tell me you've got him," said Jack as he answered the phone
"He's 3 miles north west of your position"
Jack relayed what she'd said
"That puts him right in the middle of the woods, we'd never find him before morning" said Michael, he held up his compass
"Right this way" he said and they walked off into the trees, Jack was talking to Tosh. She was telling him if they were heading to far away from him and guiding them back in the right direction. The cold was beginning to bite through Jacks Military Greatcoat. He could only imagine how cold Yan must be with only his leather jacket. After about 2 hours he heard the words he'd waited for
"Jack you should almost on top of him now"
"Thanks Tosh"
"No problem, give him a hug from me"
"Will do and thanks again"
"Always here Jack" she said and hung up.
Ianto walked round and round the woods. He hated them, he felt like he was being watched. Just about to head home he realised it was dark and panicked. He couldn't remember the way back, everything looked the same. Why the hell had he stormed away from Jack, of all the places he could have walked he chose the one place that scared him. How could he have been so stupid? He sat with his back to a tree and cried.
"Jack I'm sorry" he kept saying over and over again. Long after he stopped talking to himself he was still crying.
Jack, Andrew and Michael headed forwards slowly.
"Yan can you hear me?" called Jack
"YAAANNNN" he screamed
Ianto thought he heard Jacks voice, but then he would wouldn't he. He was alone and scared of course he was going to hear Jacks voice, he loved him and trusted him.
"YAAAANNNNN" came the voice again
Still sobbing Ianto mumbled his name
"Jack" he said quietly
"YAAANNNNNN where are you baby?" came the voice through the dark
"JACK" screamed Ianto the tears running down his face again
Jack stopped walking and held his hand up for silence
"Yan, is that you? Where are you?" he called swinging his flashlight around in front of him. Suddenly he caught sight of Ianto huddled against the tree trunk.