Jack ran quickly down the metal steps, then stood frozen. The scene before him just didn't make sense, he couldn't comprehend it. His eyes roved from left to right and back again.

Gwen was lying on the gurney half sitting up despite her injury eyes wide in shock, the gun shot had obviously brought her out of her stupor. Tosh was shaking from head to toe, her face a pale white. She walked two steps and pressed on Owen's arm causing him to lower the gun, before turning her attention back to his victim.

Everyone just stared in silence, and then everything happened at once. Jack crossed the distance to where Ianto laid strewn on the floor. His fingers immediately flitted to his neck. He turned to tell Owen to help, but why would the guy that had just tried to murder Ianto help him survive.

As Jack was looking back and forth, unsure what to do, Gwen fainted backwards on to the gurney, her whole body convulsing as her injuries finally got the better of her. Tosh pushed Owen towards Gwen, removing the gun in the process and ran to where Ianto lay unconscious.

Owen instantly went in to doctor mode and despite himself, started shouting out instructions on how to save Gwen and Ianto. Tosh and Jack followed orders blindly; time just didn't seem to exist, in this surreal place where Owen would shoot Ianto.

Eventually, Owen stopped his work on Gwen. Checking all her monitors, but everybody could clearly hear the constant "beep" of her heart. He turned to stare at the three on the floor.

"Sh- She'll b- be alright." He stuttered, then without another word he ran from the hub, with a parting glance at Tosh. Jack didn't say anything as he lifted Ianto into his arms, and out to the beds they had in the recovery rooms.

Tosh squeezed Gwen's hand, who murmured in response before following. Blood started soaked Jack's top, from the bullet wound in Ianto's chest, but he didn't care. He laid him down gently on a made bed, and took a step back. Tosh's hand found his, and they stood in companionable silence.

Owen was standing by the quay side, unable to decide whether to flee or go back and face up to his mistakes. He couldn't believe he'd done it, that he'd actually let John turn him into a monster. His hands were shaking and his knuckles white where he was gripping the railings. Then a voice came from behind him and anger flared up inside him. He turned glowering at John.

"If looks could kill." John laughed, walking calmly to stand beside Owen. "You gonna jump then, or run away like a scared little boy? That's what I'd do, I'd just run."

He whispered the last words enticingly. Owen didn't respond, considering his options. He was already like John he'd proven that, so why shouldn't he just run? Then he shook his head, and smiled at John, before turning and walking back to the hub. It was always a choice, whatever people did to you, you always had a choice.

"Is he...?" Owen's voice carried despite its softness. He was standing about 3 meters away from them, his face pale, but he was no longer shaking. Jack ignored him and turned back to stare at Ianto, leaving it up to Tosh to speak.

"I don't know." She murmured, unable to speak any more. Owen walked through the threshold and tried to edge past Jack who immediately pinned him up against the wall.

"If you hurt him anymore, I'll kill you." He snarled at Owen, before letting go and resuming his vigil. Owen brushed himself down and without a word went to feel Ianto's neck. He looked at Tosh.

"I need my operating kit." She left the room, with an anxious glance. He looked up at Jack then. "He's dead." Jack just stared at Owen. "I couldn't say it while she was here." The Captain nodded, and walked smoothly up to Ianto who he kissed gently on the lips.

"I already knew." Jack whispered, a single tear trickling down his face. They stood looking at each other, not knowing quite what to say.

"I'm sorry." Owen eventually murmured. Glancing from Ianto's lifeless body, to Jack and back again.

"I know." Jack nodded, before leaving the room. A minute later Owen heard Tosh's sobs, and collapsed to floor in his own. Guilt and anger swelled inside of him, his thoughts were muddled and confused.

Then he heard a long beep and a gasp escaped him, as he clambered to his feet and sprinted to his medical bay. He could hear Jack shouting "no" and when he got to the steps saw Jack trying to restart Gwen's heart.

He pushed him out of the way and grabbed the defibrillator, ripping her top open and slapping the pads on her chest. Tosh turned it on, in autopilot and he did the routine "clear!". Time seemed to slow again, as they stood waiting for the machine to respond.

Jack and Tosh couldn't move, as Owen frantically worked. Finally, the machine began to beat rhythmically again. Owen fell to his knees, his head in his hands. Tosh sat down beside him, both holding on to one another.

Jack felt like smiling and crying at the same time, he couldn't comprehend how Tosh could embrace a murderer but understood it fully at the same time. How could life go on when Ianto's dead? Yet, he was happy because Gwen was still hanging in there.

He wanted them both; he wanted all of his team. He wandered to his office, closing the door and shutting the blinds, as he let the tears run freely. He swore he could feel Ianto's hand on his shoulder, but then he knew that would never be possible again.

"I love you." He whispered to the empty room, but then his tears made him incoherent, and his thoughts became too muddled to think anything at all.

A/N OMG I apologise for killing off Ianto Jones again. I love you tea-boy I really do. Reviews make me happy