Jack threw the cheque book at Ianto with a huff of annoyance.
"Jack, I don't have time for this." Ianto sighed as he retrieved it from the floor, where it landed after bouncing off his chest.
"You are the office boy!" Jack snarled angrily, "Do the bloody banking already!"
"It's a Friday! It'll take for bloody ever!" Ianto frowned as he wondered why Jack was in such a snot.
"I don't care. We can't have the tourist centre takings left over the weekend. You know the bloody budget is due" Jack threw himself back in the chair and Ianto sighed as he realised the real problem.
"You trying to crunch the numbers still?" he asked gently.
"Crunch? Bloody crush more like" Jack moaned as he rubbed his face, "Shit sorry Ianto. I don't mean to be a pig. The wee Poppy bum kept me awake with her colicky coughing again, I know you had it under control but I still worry."
"It's OK" Ianto said calmly, "I understand now. How about tonight you bring the books home. I'll cook something and then we'll cook those books together."
"John can take the bubbas into the other room and we'll spread everything out on the table and sort it." Ianto offered and Jack lit up.
"Oh Gods, please!" Jack said happily, "You know how to make it look … official and stuff."
"It's called accounting" Ianto snorted, then he left to do the banking.
It took forever to get a park and Ianto was grinding his teeth as he waited impatiently while going over a shopping list for dinner.
The first scream took him by surprise and he immediately scanned the area for danger.
The gunman was not expected.
Not a blowfish, not an alien or mad ex-lover of Jack's (he hoped) just a man with a gun.
The woman who ran was the first to fall, the retort of the gun making many scream with terror.
Ianto reached for his Bluetooth with one hand, while the other reached for the gun and he squatted behind a pillar as another boom told him that someone else had been targeted. He cursed the lack of a blade, still in the SUV due to the metal detectors that didn't detect the alien gun he now fired up while scanning his immediate area.
"YAN! Where's the bloody cookies!" Owen snarked and Ianto sighed.
"Owen, what are you doing on the comms? I thought you were babysitting!" Ianto frowned. "Where's Jack?"
"Toshi went off on one, so I came to work. Don't worry! John is still there with her and the bubbies" Owen snarled, "I'm so sick of being …."
Another shot sounded in the bank and Ianto grunted at the closeness of it.
"Was that a gun shot?"
"Owen, the bank is being robbed. Several people have gone down and it's a pissed off man who is getting closer." Ianto was getting angry now. "I need Jack."
"Shit" Ianto half listened to Owen yelling as he hunted Jack down and the other ear was listening to footsteps that were getting closer.
Ianto looked to his left and could see a bank employee huddled behind her desk, her hands protectively cradling a baby she had obviously been breastfeeding and he felt a cold chill of dread.
He had to protect the baby.
His bladesinger blood kicked him into hyper drive as he saw the baby and his own thoughts of safety faded into the background noise of the hub in his ear.
A leg come between him and the woman who was now trying to place the baby behind her.
Ianto rose and moved towards the gunman with his gun raised.
He never heard the second gunman as he fired, both guns firing simultaneously.
Ianto gracefully folded as he fell.
Owen's yells became screams as he and Jack watched through the CCTV footage.
The first Gunman and Ianto lay bleeding on the bank floor.
The other two gunmen now revealed themselves as they continued their spree.