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A/N: A Beta has adopted me over on LJ (enkanowen) so all around improvements to the fic are do to her. I like to post chapters as soon as they are written here, but if you want a more organized clean and shiny version of this fic then head over to my LJ where this story is set up as 4 chapters so far. The wait to read the new chapters there is longer but you get a nice beta'd versison.

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Halfway to the center, Andy's phone began to ring. "Hello, Andy speaking."

"Andy?" gasped a shocked Jack. "Is Ianto with you? Where are you? Is he alright?"

Owen and Tosh looked at each other in surprise.

"Slow down Jack! Yes, he's right here with me. We're walking to the Millennium Center; we are about half way there." Looking at Ianto he handed him the phone. "Here you speak to him, maybe that will calm him down." Andy was beginning to feel a bit guilty for having Ianto hide out with him. Jack really seemed worried.

"Jack, am ok." Ianto spoke into the phone. He was also feeling a bit guilty for making Jack worry.

"Ianto, is that really you?"

"Yep, we walkin' to Minninium Cent'r we meet you ouside."

"We were out looking for you. We're heading back right now. Meet us at the lift." He told him. Owen was behind the wheel breaking the speed limit. They would be there in no time. "Ianto, I…" He couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence. "I'll see you in a bit."

Andy and Ianto were standing in front of the lift when the SUV pulled up on the curb. When Ianto spotted it, he immediately squirmed out of Andy's arms and ran towards it only to trip and fall halfway there. Jack jumped out of the passenger seat and ran to him. He got down to his knees and pulled him into a fierce hug. "Are you alright? Did you hurt yourself?" He asked holding him at arms length to look at him. It was Ianto; he had no doubt about it. He never looked so adorable with his big teary blue eyes and rebellious hair. Looking at the Rugby shirt he was wearing he quirked an eyebrow and looked up at Andy.

"What? He was naked. I had to make him decent." Andy shifted from foot to foot. "Well I'll leave you to it. Ianto call me if you need anything, mate. Oh and that woman from the park will probably be calling the station to ask about you."

"We'll take care of it, Andy." Scooping Ianto up into his arms Jack extended his hand out to Andy. "Thanks for all your help." They shook hands before Andy squeezed Ianto's shoulder and left. Andy began to walk back to his flat. He was used dealing with Torchwood's 'spooky dos' as he liked to call them, but never had he seen a member of their team affected by something. Maybe their job was more dangerous than he had previously suspected. He really liked Ianto and hoped that he would return to his normal self, he was a decent bloke and the only one of the bunch that didn't walk around like they were above everyone. Enough thinking about Torchwood, he decided. He was going to get himself a well deserved beer, some take away and try to forget the day in front of the television.

Once they were all back in the hub Jack called out for Owen. He wanted Ianto checked from head to little toes.

"Can you give me a moment with him first?" asked Tosh.

Looking down at Ianto and getting a nod in return he handed Ianto over to Tosh. Holding him close to her, she walked over to her station and sat down placing him on her lap.

"I was really worried about you." started Tosh, looking him straight in the eyes. "I saw you in the park, but I didn't recognize you. I'm so sorry Ianto."

"Is ok, I was safe wif Andy."

"So you were with him the whole afternoon, after that woman handed you over?"

Unable to look straight at her he nodded focusing on the buttons of her blouse. He didn't consider how him missing would also affect Tosh. He wanted the others to miss him because they did take him for granted at times, but not Tosh. She was his friend and she didn't deserve that. Tosh smiled down at him. She had wondered about the lapse of time he had gone missing and the lack of communication.

"Next time you want to stay away for a while just send me a message or something. So I won't go out of my mind looking for you."

Looking up and catching the soft smile on her lips he smiled right back. "I pomise. I'm sowy."

She tugged him up into a tight hug then stood up with him. "Let's get you checked out now."

Just as she turned to go to the med bay Jack walked up and took Ianto from her arms. He had been waiting at a distance for them to finish talking. "I'll take him from here Tosh." With a smile Tosh handed him over and headed back to her work station.

Owen met Jack at the top of med bay stairs. "Come on tea boy. You know that name is no longer fitting I think I may have to call you tea-baby now. Let's get you checked out." He said reaching out to take him from Jacks arms. "Ouch! Did he just bite me?"

"You deserved it." called out Tosh from her work station. "Are these the files you pulled from the archives?"

"Yeah, those are all I found. I'm not going near him again if he's going to bite me, Jack."

"Tosh is right, you deserved it. I'll take him to the med bay." He looked down at Ianto before adding "Can you not bite him for at least an hour, kiddo?"

"Kiddo?" Ianto asked with a quirked eyebrow and amusement in his eyes.

"Hey, look at you. You're adorable. Can't I call you kiddo?" Jack pleaded.

"Fine, but you stay wif me. P'ease?" looking down at him Jack knew he was in trouble. How could he ever say no to anything he could possibly ask of him? It was bad enough he could never say no to the adult version, but add that baby face and he was done for. He sat him down on the examination table and stood next to him while Owen ran a full range of tests on him.

"Everything seems normal and the age scan puts him at 28 months. You are nearly two and half, tea-baby!" Owen told him as he printed out his results. Ianto ignored him and cuddled into Jacks side. Looking down at Ianto's tired figure slumped on jack side he addressed Jack with a serious expression "Physically he's a normal healthy toddler. The only anomaly I see is his brain patterns are off the charts. That could be caused by his toddler brain trying to cope with Ianto's adult mind. We'll have to keep an eye on him. If his brain continues this way he could suffer a seizure; but if the brain patterns normalize I have a feeling we will loose Ianto and be left with left with a much disoriented toddler with no sense of who he is."

"Good to know. Come on kiddo, it's time for a team meeting." He picked up a sleepy looking Ianto. "Tosh meet us at the conference room with anything you've got so far." He spoke into his comm. "Owen, go get Gwen and meet us there." He didn't really want to deal with the police woman but at least she hadn't caused anything more severe. Ianto was alive and safe in his arms, even if it was a tiny version of him.