Jack swallowed hard as he tried to keep his tears at bay. Breaking down now wasn't going to help anyone and his daughter needed him more than anything now, he couldn't let her down and give up.

Taking a shaky breath, Jack took the bowl that Owen had offered him and wrung out the excess water out of the cloth that was inside it. Very gently, he started to wipe the cold cloth against his daughter's skin trying to bring down her raging fever.

"Its ok baby. Daddy's here and I'm going to look after you. I promise" he whispered, keeping her small body against him as he continued to try and cool her down. He couldn't think of anything else to make her comfortable and Owen was coming in and out, trying to slow down the poison, whatever he was doing, it seemed to be working and Jack wasn't about to complain about it, he just hated having to put all his trust into John Hart. John was the most untrustworthy creature on the planet and possibly in the entire universe but maybe this once, John would prove him wrong.

Jack jumped slightly as Ianto moved onto the bed with him and their daughter. He hadn't even noticed that Ianto had woken up, he was that involved in trying to take care of their daughter. But on the plus side, Ianto was starting to look a little better, the colour had come back into his cheeks and he seemed stronger than he had been a few hours earlier, it was amazing what a little bit of sleep did, and possibly a little worry for their little one, Jack figured.

"How's she doing?" Ianto asked softly, taking the cloth off Jack when he offered it to him and started to take over gently wiping the cloth trying to break the fever.

"She's a little fighter but then she has us as parents. It had to rub off" Jack smiled, kissing Ianto gently. "How are you feeling? You do look much better though, I must say. Soon will have that spring in your step again" Jack asked, trying to lighten up the mood a little bit and failing miserably.

"Yes, I'll be back to being a lamb. I'm fine Jack" Ianto replied as he kept his gaze on his daughter. "I'm sorry Ianto, do you forgive me? I know I screwed up badly" Jack sighed. "You're always forgiven Jack, there's nothing to forgive" Ianto replied softly.

John Hart stood at the market stall in a distant world waiting for Aria to make her appearance. He knew the symptoms of the child's reaction to the poison and knew where the bitch had gotten the vial. Now all he had to do was talk Aria into giving him the antidote. The only two things in his favour were their history and the fact that the woman had a soft spot for children.

"Aria! You look gorgeous as always" John grinned as he finally spotted the woman come to her stall. Aria was mocha skinned and had soulful chocolate brown eyes, she was beautiful, a vision. He had to wonder why he had let her go in the first place. Oh yes he did, the reason was Jack Harkness.

"What do you want John? You only start the sweet talking crap when you want something? Whatever you want, I'm fresh out! Now go away! You're not welcome here!" Aria shot at him, narrowing her eyes at him in dislike.

"Look! I'll go but I need your help. A woman came here, her name was Holly, you may know her as an ex time agent but she bought something from you. A vial of poison, now I know she got it from you since you're the only one brave enough around her to actually stock it" John explained.

"What I sell to my customers is confidential and plain none of your business John Hart. You have to go now alright?" Aria told him, clearly getting frustrated with him.

John took a breath and shook his head, taking a step forward and taking her by the arm as gently as he could manage and that was proving difficult in the state of mind he was in at the moment.

"Aria! I know your rules and regulations, I sure had to break them enough in the past as you know but this is different. She poisoned a five year old girl! Now give me the antidote or that little girl will die a slow painful death, and I know you won't allow that" John reasoned.

The flash of fire in Aria's eyes was enough for John, he had gotten through to her. "That's a different story then…." She nodded, disappearing for a few minutes before coming back with a vial of light blue liquid. "This is the antidote, you must inject it into the back of her neck. She'll need to rest and have plenty of fluids but it will destroy the poison straight away. Just make sure that this woman gets what's coming to her. Nobody should hurt a child, they are the only pure things in this world next to the animals" Aria told him, her voice hard.

John pocketed the vial and looked to his vortex manipulator, pressing random buttons to get him back to Cardiff, glancing up briefly as she finished speaking, he sighed and shrugged a shoulder. "Don't worry, her daddy will be doing that for the both of us".