Jack remained by Ianto's side for most of the day. Not wanting to go to far if something was to go wrong. After several hours of no signs of any seizure, what ever hope the time had given him was lost when Ianto lost consciousness in the middle of sentence.
"Owen! What just happened?" Jack yelled.
The young medic who had been going through his stack of Torchwood Two files nearby dropped everything and checked Ianto's vital signs.
"His brain waives are going down, but so are his vitals. He's going into a coma. I think we're loosing Ianto." He looked down and at Ianto with a sullen face. He remembered his rough childhood; he would hate to have to live through that again. Maybe they would be able to find him a good home. A loving family so he could have a normal life, away from Torchwood.
"I think I figured it out!" screamed Tosh as she ran into the med bay. "What happened?" She asked, stopping at the sight of Ianto unconscious and Owens serious face.
"Did you figure out the device!" asked Jack urgently as he ignored her concern. "What did you find?"
Glancing worriedly at Ianto, Tosh began to explain her findings. "There are no instructions on how to use the device itself but it does describe what it does. Apparently Torchwood Two had something similar occur to one of their agents. According to them the device sends an energy wave that first reversed the agent to toddler age. He was a toddler for five hours then when he came into contact with the device a second time he lost all of his memories. Since Ianto hasn't come in direct contact it hasn't taken his memories completely yet, but since he has been in the hub now for a while I think the device is still working only slowly."
"So that device began to transmit energy again when we brought him back to the hub?" asked Jack at the end of her explanation.
"Yes, it began when he came down the lift."
"What happened to the agent?" asked Owen.
"He was placed in a foster home." Tosh replied glancing over at Ianto. She didn't know what Jack would do but she didn't want Ianto to end up with strangers. "Six years ago he turned up at their door step when his memories of Torchwood began to return to him. According to his interview, he had gotten a delivery job and every time he made a delivery near them he was flooded with memories."
"So is it safe to say that the proximity to the device in adulthood began to return his memories? I suppose if he would have been exposed to the device directly all of his memories would have been returned in one go." thought Owen out loud.
"Those were Torchwoods Two's conclusions as well." Tosh responded back. "If we can find a way to return Ianto to adulthood then the device itself will return his memories. If we can't then…" she looked away unable to meet Jack's eyes.
"He will have to take the long route." Owen finished for her. "We're going to have to find him a home."
"No." snapped Jack.