Thanks for all the amazing reviews, you'll amazing. How intense is Children Of Earth 3 I will definitely be writing a few one shots on that episode :D

"Hey, you okay?" Jack asked as he and Ianto made their way through the hub. Jack was glad that Ianto had stopped shaking but he could tell that he was still scared.

"Yeah. Thanks." Ianto said but his tone was far away just like his thoughts. His mind was busy wondering what was going to happen now.

"I'm not going to let him hurt you, Yan." Jack said, his tone so promising that Ianto believed him with no doubt in his mind.

"I wish you didn't have to see me so weak." Ianto said quietly. "You must think I'm pathetic."

"Complete opposite actually." Jack smiles. He pulls Ianto close to him and the two just enjoy a quiet embrace.

The embrace doesn't last long because the rift alarm is going off. "Jack! We've got weevils!" Gwen shouts. Jack and Ianto run quickly over to the monitor. "Two near the local park."

"Grab the gear lets go." Jack tells them and they both grab their gear and head out of the hub and quickly towards the SUV. Jack knows that he only really needed to take Ianto or just Gwen but he didn't want to leave Ianto on his own.

The ride to the park was silent and fast. They knew the procedure by now; spray and cuff them and take them back to the sewers. There wasn't much else they could do with weevils. Gwen spotted the two weevils first and they headed over to them. They had the element of surprise and that's what always worked in their favour. Jack grabbed the sac and pulled it over the first ones head straight away, it immediately started to thrash around, claws trying and failing to rip at Jack's skin as Ianto sprayed it with the can of weevil sedative spray.

When Jack had his weevil under control Ianto turned to help Gwen with hers. He went to grab it when it turned and pushed him backwards causing him to bang his head against the tree. "Fuck." He cursed as he rubbed the sore spot. He sighed when he felt the blood. He rolled over just in time when the weevil launched itself on him after pushing Gwen out of the way. Ianto grabbed the weevil spray that had been left on the floor from their falls and sprayed it in haste in the weevils face. Jack was there to grab the weevil, cuff its hand and bag its head.

"Are you two okay?" Jack asked looking from Gwen to Ianto, his eyes lingering on Ianto just a little bit more.

"I'm good." Gwen said, checking herself for any damage. A slight pain in her ass from when she fell not so flatteringly on a branch, other then that she was fine. She looked over at Ianto who was rubbing his head, she had heard the loud thud of his head hitting the tree trunk. She walked over to him as Jack was putting the weevils in the boot. They were all glad that it was early in the school day so there was no parents in the park with their children. "You okay?"

"Just a scratch." Ianto said, he could feel the blood stop pouring from the small wound at the back of his head.

"It's a head wound, we should take you to the hospital." Gwen said, it was at times like this when they really needed a doctor.

"I'm fine. Honest." Ianto smiled. "See stopped bleeding already." Ianto said.

"Do you feel dizzy?" Jack asked moving over to him. Gwen was already making her way to the SUV. She knew that Jack would need some time with Ianto alone, he always did when he got hurt.

"No, Jack. I'm fine." Ianto said rolling his eyes.

"If you feel sick or dizzy tell me." Jack smiled softly looking into Ianto's eyes as Ianto nodded. Jack linked his hand with Ianto's who blushed at the small gesture as they walked back to the SUV.

-x-

"What do you have in mind?" James asked the man he had met earlier that day as they sat in the bar. He was taken back by how much the man drank and how quickly he drank it. He had found out little about the man, just that his name was John and he wanted Jack. He had told him that Ianto Jones was an inconvenience, one that he wanted out of the way. He had joked saying that he was doing a good thing for a charity case in not killing Ianto for his own pleasure and giving him to James instead.

"We wait." John said with a cheeky smile on his pale face. There was something about Johns' eyes that told James that he shouldn't question what he says. He was a leader, that much was obvious. But there was something else in his eyes, pain, loss... his eyes were older then his face.

"For how long?" James asked. It was clear that John knew exactly what he was doing, and if it helped him get Ianto then he would go along with it.

"Until Ianto feels safe enough. Give him a false sense of safety, and when he's least expecting it you get your prey and I get to play with mine." John raised his fifth glass of Whiskey to James, who was still only on his first and grinned. "Here's to love and war."