Jack walks into the hub at six in the morning he was surprised to see that Gwen was already there. "Were you at Ianto's?" She asks, walking over to him and hugging him tight.

"Yeah." Jack sighs and leans into the hug but he can't help but compare it to Ianto's hugs. Gwen's are soft, too soft. With Ianto he always felt protected, safe in the younger man's arms. He sighed and let go.

"I've been doing some research into James." She says and Jack smiles as the police officer in her comes out.

"Find anything?" Jack asks.

"He was arrested a few years back for domestic abuse... I'm guessing it was Ianto?" Jack frowned, Ianto hadn't said anything about him being arrested but once he checked the dates it meant it must have been Ianto, which also meant that Ianto had dropped the charges. Jack was more then just a little confused now.

"Yeah." Jack sighed. Gwen seemed to think the same as him but didn't say anything.

"He has a house here and in North Wales."

"He still has his house here?" Jack asks.

"Yes. I was thinking that's where he could be?"

"It's worth a try." Jack says.

"It would be a bit easy for us to find him though." Gwen says as they get in the SUV. "John... he would want to make it more difficult."

"I doubt John is still there, he isn't the kind of guy to stick around."

"But he wants you, he'd want to get you." Gwen says.

"Maybe." Jack sighs.

-x-

John isn't too sure his plan his working now. He feels like it's Grey all over again. It had been two days now and Jack just hadn't found them. His plan had been to help James get Ianto and then Jack would storm in all brooding and sexy and he would use his cell trap and get Jack and then transport them far away. Away from Ianto and James and Torchwood and just be.

But Jack hadn't got there yet and he hadn't expected James to be such a psycho. He didn't like Eye Candy... but he didn't hate him. He pitted him, he was jealous of him but he didn't hate him. He hated seeing what James did to him. James who was a fucking psycho.

"Jack... please...." John stood outside Ianto's door as he cried. He didn't think he could cope with this any more. He didn't want to be the good guy but he didn't want Ianto to hurt any more. Not after everything he had been through.

He opened the door and grinned at James. "Can I have a ride?" He asked because James had offered before.

"Sure." James chuckles and pulls away from Ianto, who he had been patting like a sick dog owner. "I'm going to go to shop, get some more food in. You eat like a pig." John wanted to snap James' neck but murder rehab had a positive affect on, and besides he knew that Jack would want to kill the bastard. Once he hears the door close he bends down and opens the handcuffs.

"Jack please..." Ianto is crying, lost in his own world.

"It's okay." John soothes gently.

"Jack?"

"No... not yet." John says. "But you'll be with him soon." John promises and picks him up, he hates that he is so light.

"Why?"

"Because I'm not the bastard you think I am." John says and carries Ianto out of the house.