Owen checked Ianto over, he was fine all he had to do was wake up. Luke told them it might be a while, Ianto was worn out physically. What ever had happened was down to Ianto and it had used all of the power inside him.

"Why don't you all go home?" Jack suggested.

"I'll stay, I want to make sure he is okay." Owen smiled.

"Thank you two, for helping." Jack smiled over at Chris and Leon who were both a little weary standing near the over turned sofa. "Are you two okay to go home?"

"Yeah." They both said in unison.

"I'll give you both a lift." Toshiko smiled.

Gwen looked over at Jack, before turning and leaving.

"What do you think happened?" Owen asked. They were sat in the medical bay, Owen at his desk and Jack down next to Ianto. Leon had busied himself around the hub cleaning, even though Jack had told he didn't have to, the older empath just needed to be kept busy.

"I think Ianto saved our lives." Jack said simply.

"He'll be okay." Owen smiled comfortingly.

"I know," Jack sighed. "I just wish it was easier for him."

"It can't be easy," Owen commented. "Growing up thinking you were, well normal."

"No such thing as normal." Ianto's voice startled the two men. Jack looked down at him and smiled, his face was pale and his eyes tired and heavy. "Is it all over?"

"Yeah, it's all over now Ianto. You saved everyone."

"What happened?" Ianto asked. Owen came over to check on him.

"We don't know." Owen answered. "Can you sit up?"

Ianto did as he was told, but fell back. Jack caught him and helped him sit up. Using him to lean on. "What do you remember?" Jack asked as he held onto Ianto tight. Owen was doing various tests that he couldn't do when he was asleep and Luke was watching from the rails.

"I couldn't feel you." Ianto said quietly to Jack. "Then I remember everything was red."

Jack gulped, he knew what that meant and when Ianto stopped talking he knew he wasn't going to push him into telling him. He would when he was ready. Owen seemed to accept that as well.

"Why don't you take him down stairs to sleep?" Luke smiled when he noticed Ianto was falling asleep on Jack's shoulder.

"Owen you should go home, thanks for staying." Jack smiled. "Tell Toshiko and Gwen not to come in till late tomorrow. We'll call if we need anything."

"Alright, look after him." Owen said.

"Always."

-x-

Jack helped Ianto downstairs and sat him in his arms under the covers, they were both too tired to get undressed. "I was so scared I lost you." Jack whispered in his ear. He wondered if Ianto could hear him, probably not. Ianto moved closer to him in his sleep, his head resting on his shoulder arms around his waist. "I love you, Ianto." Jack placed a gentle kiss on his lips and sighed and let sleep take him as well.

-x-

Owen and Toshiko walked in at half twelve together hand in hand. Luke was sat on the sofas, the hub looked much better then it had last night. But they both felt guilty for letting Luke do all the cleaning.

"You shouldn't have." Toshiko said as she handed Luke a cup of coffee she had brought on the way in.

"It was a good distraction." Luke smiled honestly. "How are you two feeling?"

"Good." Owen smiled. "Is Ianto okay?"

"He's still asleep." Luke answered. "He'll probably be asleep for the rest of the day and night."

"What about Jack?" Toshiko asked.

"He's awake, but he needs to be close to Ianto. There connection splintered last night."

"What do you mean splintered?" Owen asked. He had hoped that he would be able to remember something whilst he slept, like he had amnesia, but he and Toshiko both woke up with no memory of what had happened.

"I'm not sure what happened, but some how their connection was broken. His parents did that. Now they need to stay together for a while, in contact just to rebuild their strength."

"Bet Jack will love that, having an actual reason for being physical." Owen laughed.

"Yeah. Any news on Gwen?"

"She probably wont be in till tomorrow." Toshiko sighed. "If she comes back at all."

"Oh she's definitely going to come back, to demand what the hell happened!" Owen laughed.

"Something to look forward to then." Toshiko laughed.

-x-

Jack could feel Ianto's fear and he knew just by the slight shaking of his body that his partner was having a nightmare. He wanted to wake him up, but Luke had said it might take some time for him to wake up. But he didn't want to watch him sleep for ages being plagued by the nightmares he was trapped in.

"It's okay, Yan. I'm here." Jack whispered.

"Jack!" Ianto cried in his sleep.

"It's okay, I'm here. You're safe, I'm safe..."

There was a muffled scream in his shoulder as Ianto pushed himself out of his sleep. He stared at Jack through hazy eyes.

"Hey, you're okay." Jack whispered as he wrapped his arms around him.

"I killed them, Jack." Ianto cried. "I let their power over take me."

"You had to, it's okay." Jack tried to reassure him but he could tell that it wasn't working.

"They were right, I am evil."

"No you're a hero." Jack kissed him hard on the lips. "Come on, you're exhausted let's get some more sleep."

"I'm sorry." Ianto sighed.

"Nothing to be sorry for." Jack smiled. Ianto nodded against his shoulder before falling asleep again.