Gwen was tired. She had been organizing things as best she could but it didn't even look like she made a dent into the pile of files she had been sorting. This was not her fault. Accidents happened and all she was guilty of was holding something in her hands. 'Since when do things go off without you pressing buttons?!' she pondered while looking down at the pile of alien tech she had compiled earlier. She had touched every single one and nothing had happened then. 'They can't blame this on me. They just can't!' She straightened herself out and made to leave only to stop short when she got to the first hallway. Thinking better of it she turned around and went back, the last thing she needed was to get lost trying to get out of there.
'What if he really is gone forever?' She wondered as she sat in Ianto's chair. 'Would Jack really be that mad? Maybe at first but then he would get over it and I could comfort him over his loss.'
"He's just a shag to Jack. He'll get over it in no time and we can take turns going to the coffee shop." She decided out loud. She wasn't going to worry about it anymore. She was going to do what was asked of her and then she would help Jack move on; but first she was going to rest. Closing her eyes she leaned back into the chair and began to take what she thought was a well deserved nap.
"Pull over up ahead. The energy spike came from somewhere in that park!" yelled Tosh from the backseat.
"Alright, everyone grab a torch and split up it will be dark soon. Can you get a more specific location than this Tosh?" Jack jumped out of the SUV and turned looking at her expectantly.
"No. Most of the energy would have dissipated by now all we can do is hope he is still within the vicinity."
"Would the energy leave a trail we can follow?"
"Sorry, Jack. The only reason we know to look here is because the rift monitoring program picked up the spike, but there is nothing left to track."
"Fine, we have to work with what we've got. Let's get a move on."
Splitting up they began their search into the park. Tosh ended up not far from where she had her lunch earlier that day. 'If I would have known, I would have never left' she thought. "Ianto?" she said out loud. He had to be there somewhere. She really hoped nothing bad had happened to him. She stopped by a large tree to turn on her torch when it occurred to her that it was that same tree where she had seen that naked little boy standing. There was something about his eyes that had seemed familiar and now she knew why. She couldn't explain what that device did to him or why but that had to have been Ianto. She was absolutely sure of it. "Jack!" She urgently spoke into her comm. "I think I know what happened to Ianto!"
"What's your location?" answered Owen.
"Is he alright Tosh? Do you see him?!" We're the first words out of Jacks mouth.
"No, he's not here but I'm positive I saw him earlier. Meet me back at the SUV!"
At a dead run, Jack was the first to arrive back. He could see Owen and Tosh making they're way to him from opposite directions. Waiting impatiently for Tosh he felt his phone vibrating. Looking at a number he did not recognize he sent it to voicemail when he saw Tosh coming to a stop in front of him.