Hi! Sorry again for the long wait: I was away in half term and some of last week. I think this story is coming to a finish...but all the action's still to come ;) Thanks for reading, gaia-x-goddess

Jack had waited until the door had opened, just to see Tosh one last time. He wondered idly what he was coming to. It wouldn't help to see her, it would make things worse…but he couldn't help it.

Ianto and Owen were dressed and ready to go. The Hub seemed threatening as, not knowing where Tosh and 'Owen' might be, they had to go carefully. It wasn't altogether strange, feeling scared in the Hub-they had seen so much horror here, it was never a place to feel entirely at ease.

However, it had been the autopsy room where Jack had halted at, a strange expression on his face as he listened carefully. His instincts had been right-the Owen clone had taken Tosh here, to Owen's place. He listened carefully, trying to think of a plan but rage overtook him and he barged into the room, Owen and Ianto following nervously.

Tosh was lying on the autopsy table, shaking. She was tied up and half naked, her attacker having been in the process of taking of her trousers. Seeing Owen-no, not Owen, an Owen clone- standing there smirking down at her shook Jack to the bone-that this man, who he had just been so intimate with could do this…

"Jack," Ianto said softly, seeing Jack frozen, "that is not Owen."

The silence broken, 'Owen' looked up and snarled. He started to come towards Jack, a scalpel in his hand. Jack reached for his gun, aiming it squarely…but he couldn't pull the trigger. It looked like Owen, it was Owen…he knew he was reacting badly to this situation but somehow, he couldn't act.

A shot rang out. Jack looked round, the spell having been broken. Ianto was standing

there, a gun in his hand, looking pained and distressed. "I shot him…" he mumbled.

"No, I'm here…" Owen hastened to reassure him. "It's me. I'm right here…" he took Ianto into his arms, trying to reassure him as Jack hurried forwards to help Tosh. She was shivering and Jack felt so bad at not having the guts to shoot the Owen clone, he was sure it showed.

"They do that," Tosh whispered to him as she read his expression. "It wasn't your fault…I couldn't fight back either. And…" she looked wistfully at Owen and Ianto, "I don't know if I can…if I can…"

"That wasn't him, Tosh." Jack said. "He didn't…he wouldn't…" a flash of disgust spread swiftly across his face. "What did it do?" he asked.

"He…it..." Tosh trembled and started to cry.

"Hey, hey," Owen said, coming over. "I'll examine you in a minute…look, don't worry Tosh, we're here." He hesitated to touch her, realising that he looked exactly like the person-like the thing-who had just abused her.

"Owen…" she said.

"Yes?" he replied, sure that she was going to ask him to go away.

"He…and you…"

"Don't worry about it…" Owen said guiltily. He didn't want to hurt Tosh's feelings, especially not now.

"Okay." She whispered, before collapsing into his arms. Owen laid her down gently and started to examine her, only getting angrier and angrier at what he saw.

Ianto came up behind him; Owen could hear him breathing but, intent on his work, he didn't turn around. Ianto stood there for a few minutes, waiting until Owen was satisfied that Tosh wouldn't come to any severe damage immediately. Then Ianto leaned in and whispered in Owen's ear: "Jack's gone."

Owen spun around. "Already?" he asked.

Ianto nodded. "He didn't even look back…" he paused, his expression unreadable. "I think he knows something…"

"I know." Owen nodded. "I mean, he says he can stop it but…"

"But surely it's immortal?" Ianto finished. "Plus, it can do that, that thing…" he trailed off. "What's Jack going to do?" he asked, forlornly.

"Jack gave us a job to do…" Owen said decisively. "Trust him. Lets do what we asked and he'll do what he's got to do."

"What if he doesn't come back?"

"What's the worst that could happen? He can't die!" Owen said, trying to cheer Ianto up. "I'm leaving Tosh here. I'll write her a note, in case she wakes up, but I'm going to tell her to stay here, and take this." He fumbled through his draws, pulled out a sleeping pill and some paper and a pencil. Scribbling down a short note he added, "It's just you and me, some clones and whatever else happens to be waiting for us out there." Flashing Ianto a smile he asked, "Terrified?"

"Right," said Ianto thoughtfully. "I guess we're trying my flat first then?"

"Any better ideas?" Owen argued.

"No, except that whatever is doing this is in there…"

"So, we've got to destroy it, right? Maybe we can watch it make us and film it or something."

"What, for Tosh to study?"

"No, mate, for YouTube." Owen said sarcastically. Ianto just looked at him. "Sorry, yeah, for Tosh. Not that it matters; Jack said we should destroy it and his is the best plan we've got…"

"But he's not here."

"So? It's still a plan…we'll stick to it. Come on: we're moving again."

Ianto drove forward as quickly as the traffic would allow. It was going to take them a ridiculously long amount of time to reach his flat…not that any more time mattered, he supposed. The idea of returning to his clone and whatever was doing this scared him slightly…having to have lived with it; he wasn't very keen to go back to that…

'No,' he told himself, 'it won't be like that. We know what's happening now, and it all worked out. They saw that something was wrong, they noticed…' he smiled to himself at that. Owen noticed and gave him an inquisitive look.

"It's just…" Ianto shrugged and smiled. "Nothing." Owen frowned but sat back in his seat comfortably. He watched Ianto driving out of the corner of his eye and tried not to worry about Jack.