A/n: Please understand that these are unbeta'd chapters. And that as an American, I'm not that good at catching everything that needs to be Brit-ified (if that's a word?). Any and all comments are welcomed and appreciated. Chapters will be up after they get typed up.

Chapter 2

Jack was waiting for them them the next morning. Looking down on them from the conference room, he motioned them up, not saying a word.

He had told them the previous evening, as they were leaving, to get some sleep and be back at the Hub at 9am sharp for a debriefing. Not a minute early, not a minute late. Until then, he didn't want to see their faces. The tone of voice he used broke no room for argument.

So at 9am sharp, they were in the conference room, with coffee and danishes provided by Tosh. Waiting for Jack to speak. Waiting for him to lead them, to tell them what to do next.

"So, to recap." Jack started. "Torchwood London employee Ianto Jones escaped the carnage ot Canary Wharf with his cyber-enhanced girlfriend Lisa Hallet. Escaping to Cardiff, he conned his way into getting a job here, with us, in order to find a way to heal said girlfriend and keep her alive. Gaining our trust, he used that trust to smuggle her and her conversion unit into the rarely used sub-basement of the Hub behind our backs.

"And then yesterday happened. Jones was found out to be the traiter he is. Gwen was almost converted. And three lives were lost.

"Any questions?"

The silence in the room was deafening. No one wanted to be the one to voice the concern that they were all thinking.

"Three lives, Jack?" Owen asked quietly. "There were only two bodies down there last night."

"I found a third body, a doctor who specializes in cybernetics, in one of the storage rooms down there. He was a failed conversion."

"Jack," Gwen started, "What's going to happen now? What's going to happen to Ianto?"

"For know, cleaning up and returning everything back to where it belongs is the priority. I've already taken care of the cyberwoman and the conversion unit.

"As for Jones, what are your thoughts on what should be done?"

"Why ask us? You've probably already made up your mind." Owen muttered.

"I'm asking you because my mind isn't made up. Jones didn't just betray me. He betrayed all of you as well. I'm not making any desecion without your input. I refuse to make a decision that we all cannot live with."

"Jack, what exactly do the Torchwood guidelines say about something like this? Has this ever happened before?" Gwen asked.

"It's death or Retcon back to before Torchwood." It was Owen who answered. "Those are the punishments for committing treason against Torchwood. Which is what he technically did."

"We can't kill him Jack! That will just make us as bad as them!" Toshiko exploded. "He did this because he loved her, not because he hated us. It's not like sold secrets or told the whole world about us. He did this because he cares too much."

She turned to stare at Jack. "He deserves a second chance, Jack. He deserves to live with what he did and a chance to make up for it."

"So your choice is neither."

"Yes."

"Gwen, your thoughts?"

"Retcon. I honestly don't believe that he needs to die. You could tell that he loved her dearly and did what he did because of that love. But I don't think that I can trust him anymore. I don't think that I could work with him knowing what he did. I just don't trust him."

"Same with me." Owen said. "He needs to be punished, Jack. He didn't trust us and we can't trust him. Retcon the kid and send him packing. We don't need him here."

Jack stayed quiet while he thought over what they had said. Ha had stayed up most of the night trying to figure out what to do. He read Ianto's file, trying to figure out what was going through his head. Trying to decide if their was anything that could redeem him or anything that would explain why Ianto was doing this, where such loyalty had come from. Combining what he found with what he knew about how the others would react made the killing a non-issue. And after reading his medical files, neither was Retcon.

"Well, boys and girls, looks like we have a bit of a problem here. Since death is unacceptable to all of us and Retcon does not work on him, we need a third option." Glancing around at their stunned faces, he added, "Look at his medical files, Owen. Ianto is immune to B67."

"Which leaves us one other option. And I want you all to think about what I have to say very carefully. I want your opinions at the end because if we can't all live with it then I'll modify it until we do. But until then, please, do not interrupt me."

"Ianto Jones is to be suspended from work for the next four weeks. He is not to be seen within 50 feet of the Plass. Nor is he to be allowed to be seen anywhere near any of you without my prior approval. If you see him at all within the next four weeks you are to tell me immediately and I will deal with him. If you wish to see him or to speak to him you are to ask me first. I will let you know if that is possible. If you do speak to him, you are not allowed to say anything about work or what we are doing.

"During these weeks, I will be going to check up on him periodically. I'll be making sure that he's keeping up his end of the deal as well as keeping Torchwood's secrets. Let me make it clear here and now. This is his second chance. He won't be getting a third one. One slip and he's out of here.

"Things will need to change here as well. We've taken advantaged of the fact that Ianto was so willing to do anything and everything for us. That will need to end now. Everyone will need to help out with the filling and the clean-up. No more getting someone else to do your paper work. You will each be responsible for your own paper work and getting it files correctly. I will also be having more camera's put into place around the Hub. By the time I'm done, there will no longer be any space that isn't covered by the CCTV's.

"When Ianto comes back, he will be restricted by what he can and cannot do. Expect to do a lot of things for yourself for quite some time. Understood?" Jack looked around at his team as they nodded. "Now then, any comments?" When no one said anything, he dismissed them to start cleaning.

"Jack." Owen said, not moving from his chair.

Jack shot him a look, then went to close the door after the girls. "What Owen."

"No one is immune to Retcon. Why'd you lie?"

Jack sighed. He figured he was going to be questioned for that. 'At least he didn't ask while the others were in here.' He thought.

"Owen, what are the meds that Ianto takes for his bi-polar?"

"The usual. Lithium combined with an anti-depressant and an anti-anxiety pill. There are a couple of others in their too, but those are the main ones. Why?"

And what is the chemical make-up of Lithium and how would that affect the chemical make-up of B67?"

Owen thought for a moment, before grabbing a piece of paper and writing out some figures. When he was finished, he looked at Jack. "You have got to be kidding me."

"Lithium and B67, when combined, creates a lethal poison. I refuse to kill him. He doesn't deserve that. But I can't ask him to quit his meds because of his history of being suicidal. Now do you understand?"

"Yeah, I get it. Do you want the reaction to Retcon to be put in his file?"

"Yes, please."

***

It was later on that day that when they started to come up to his office, one by one, to discuss what was going on. Gwen was first, wanting to know how to find something in the archives and weather or not Ianto would be able to to reorganize them again upon his return. Since Gwen knew Ianto the least, he wasn't surprised that she didn't see anything wrong with his punishment.

Owen was next. Jack listened as he went off on why, exactly, he should know about any other chemical reactions that Retcon might have with other known medications, which Jack gave him without thought. No reason to make the resident medic mad at him. Then he started on what Jack should look for when he went to see Ianto, of the warning signs that he was off his meds and not taking care of himself. Some of the things he said worried Jack.

Tosh came up to see him as the others started to get ready to leave for the night.

"Jack, do you have a moment?"

"For you, always." He said, smiling. "What can I do for you?"

"I would like to go and see Ianto, make sure that he's doing okay."

"Can I ask why?"

"I thought that he and I were friends. I just want o let him know that I'm here for him, that I still want to be friends with him.

"Have you gone to see him yet?" She asked, going off on a tangent.

"Not yet. I plan on speaking to him to him tonight." He said. "I wanted to let him have some time to think and grieve before I went to speak to him.

"Please don't be too harsh with him, Jack. He's been though a lot in a short amount of time since Canary Warf. He knows what he did was wrong, you could see that in his eyes last night."

"Tosh, please understand one thing. I will do what I have to in order to maintain the safety and security of all of us here. No more, no less. Ianto needs to understand that what he did will have consequences. And some of those consequences he might not like, but that they are necessary in order to regain my, our, trust back again. If he doesn't regain that trust, then he's not coming back. End of story."

"And how will he do that? How will he be able to regain your trust?"

"By following the rules. Doing what I tell him too. As long as he doesn't step out of line again, he'll be fine.

Tosh nodded. Getting up, she said. "So I can visit him right?"

"Wait until tomorrow morning. Let me speak to him first. And absolutely nothing about about work. Keep to about anything but work."

"Thanks, Jack." Smiling, she left.