A/N: Here we go. This is last POV post for the main characters; the next chapter will delve a bit into what Ianto, Jeannie, and Jack do.

The day was about as normal as it could get in Torchwood. Jack started it on a rooftop until dawn, and then he meandered past a bakery to acquire breakfast for his team. They have all been working on their backlog of paperwork for a couple of hours when Tosh calls for Jack. Always looking for any excuse to avoid paperwork, he bounds down to her station, and looks at her monitor. He notices a young man standing outside of their tourist information center, staring into the CCTV camera. "How long as he been there?" Jack asks. "Half an hour; he paces a bit, then starts staring again." Tosh replies, looking up at Jack. "OK, everyone, I'm gonna go take care of this, just keep up what you're all doing." With that, Jack grabs his greatcoat and strides through the cog door.

Jack throws open the TIC door with gusto, and is slightly miffed that it fails to startle the young man waiting outside. Jack's eyebrow climbs in appreciation as he gives the young man a slow once-over. He definitely approves. He mentally shakes his head at himself; gotta see what he wants first, and then I can see about getting him out of those clothes.

The young man holds out his hand for a shake, introducing himself as Jones, Ianto Jones. Says he needs help, but can they talk about inside? Seeing no problem with that request, he waves the man into the TIC, admiring his arse as he walks inside, then closes and locks the door before leaning back against it with his hands in his pockets. Jack flirts a bit, sounding things out, but the man does not appear to notice. Jack's lusty thoughts come to a screeching halt when he hears that the man worked for Torchwood London, and he cuts him off mid-sentence to throw the door open again, and try to usher him out. Ianto doesn't move though, and goes on to say that he has a woman with him that Torchwood owes help to. Thinking fast, Jack finally nods, and follows Ianto to the car park nearby. As they go into the shadowy interior, he sees the dome light of a car, shining down upon a bedraggled-looking young woman with her legs hanging out of the door.

Jack watches in silence as Ianto gently wakes the woman, and she notices him. Her eyes fill with tears, and he sees an amazed and thankful expression flit across her face; he decides that Owen will look them both over, and if they are a threat, the cells are always available.

Jack always likes bringing the rare newcomer into the Hub. He always gets a thrill from their awed reactions, and he expects no less from the current guests. Watching them closely, he sees a look of dismay cross Ianto's features, and this causes him to pause; then he sees the desired reaction on Jeannie's face, and preens a bit.

He introduces them to Tosh and Suzi, then leads them down to the autopsy bay, shouting Owen's name as he goes. After a bit of snark from Owen, he takes his new patients into the treatment room. He bustles around a bit getting Jeannie settled, and quietly looks her over while she is settling down on the cot. He notes the emaciation, the dull hair, and the pale skin while running leads from some of the equipment; attaching the leads. A clean set of scrubs are pulled out of a drawer and handed to Jeannie to change into, and Owen leaves the room to offer a bit of privacy, dragging Jack with him.

Upon their return, Owen makes note of her apparent exhaustion, and rattles off some standard questions, recording her answers. She has no idea how long she was a test-subject, but with what she has been through, he can guarantee that she is going to have at least a little PTSD to contend with in the coming months. After hearing her story, and that the aliens 'did' something to her that made her feel strange, he got a DNA sample to run alongside the blood and urine he was already planning to test.

Owen kicks both Jack and Ianto out into the hallway while he gets the catheter inserted.

Jack gives Ianto a considering look, and asks Ianto how much of that he already knew. Ianto actually knew very little of it, and seems more concerned with whether or not they would be kicked to the curb. Jack was able to reassure that, no, they would be safe in the Hub, and perhaps even be gainfully employed, since Ianto was an archivist. Jack was actually overjoyed at that, his archives were in terrible shape. But he could tend to that after Owen looks him over; he also looks quite strung out.

When they return to the room, Jeannie is in fresh clothing, and is comfortably ensconced on the cot, with a new IV port in her forearm. She looks about ready to fall asleep sitting there, so Ianto removes the pillows propping her up, and gets her settled and covered up.

With his main patient settled, Owen tosses a new set of scrubs at Ianto, and has him change for his own examination. Under Jack's watchful eye, Ianto is actually in pretty good shape; a bit exhausted and dehydrated, but that is easily fixed. He watches as Ianto scoots a cot against Jeannie's, and lays down holding her hand. They both drop off immediately.

The two patients sleep the day away, and the night as well, with Ianto waking up first the following morning. He grabs a quick shower, and then trots out to get himself and Jeannie brunch; she will certainly be hungry when she wakes up.

When Owen enters the treatment room later that morning, he finds both of them finishing up their food, and both looking remarkably recovered. He expected that with Ianto, his problems were much less severe than Jeannie's, but Jeannie…she should not be looking that good a mere 24 hours after being rescued from being a lab rat.

Owen has them stay in the room while he goes to find Jack.

In his office, Jack is watching the CCTV display for the treatment thoughtfully. He sees the perplexed look on Owen's face when he leaves the room, and prepares for the brief he is about to receive.

In Jack's office, Owen lays it all out for him, detailing how Jeannie is in much better shape than she should be, based on what she was like the previous day. Ianto is completely normal, and just needs decent food and lots of rest. Yesterday, Jeannie would have required a good deal more than that to completely recover; now, her prognosis is similar to Ianto's. Owen asks Jack if he know of any aliens that recover that quickly, and gets a negative headshake.

"So they're both healthy? No cybertech detected? Aside from Jeannie's rapid recovery, of course."

"Yeah; they are both sleeping again right now; give them a few days, then I'll check them over again, and clear them for work."

"Thanks Owen."

A/N: I am having a bit of a hard time with the next chapter, and will get it posted once I have hashed it out.