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Suzie was banging about in the barn, the purple RV backed in there getting some work done. Ianto sighed as he fought the urge to scold her, the straw was combustible as she powered up the welder and started to work.

"Don't worry, Andy has a fire extinguisher and is excitedly waiting to use it" Jack said as he watched Ianto fiddle with something. "What are you doing?"

"Drone."

"What?" Jack slid closer to look at what Ianto was doing and saw he had a tablet in his hand, the screen an aerial view of their place. Somehow Ianto had managed to find a drone in the stuff they had found, attach a camera the tablet was tuned into and was currently scanning the ground from above with it.

Clever bastard.

Jack grinned happily as he felt amusement and pride in the man's clever mind.

"See? The boxes look old and dirty like they were always on there. Great." Ianto smiled then swung the drone out to move along the river bed, something catching his eye and he swung out over a homestead about fifty kilometres from them.

"Jack?"

It was on fire.

"Shit"

They watched as a woman ran and then fell as if thumped in the back, Ianto and Jack jumping as if they had heard the shot and they looked at one another as Ianto was proven tight. They were checking homesteads for others.

"Bugger"

"Uncle?"

Ianto looked over at the little girl who was unaware of what they were watching, "Is this a Zombie Apocalypse?"

"Um…sort of" he nodded as Jack took the tablet then watched the drone sweep over the carnage again.

"Well, why didn't we tie their shoe laces together when they got sick? They couldn't get us then" she frowned "Or…or… we dig a moat. Can they swim?"

Ianto sniggered.

"All good points darling, I shall keep them in mind if the need arises and be sure to let everyone know it was your idea OK?" he crooned as he reached out to stroke her little cheek and she smiled, leaned in to kiss him and then raced off yelling for Gwen who was quickly there with her own smile showing she loved being needed.

"She's happy" Jack said as he watched.

"They both are…for now." Ianto agreed, looking back to the tablet and Jack wondered if he was ever off guard.

"So. You think they will continue to sweep their quadrant until satisfied we are all dead?" Jack asked as he watched men now ransacking the house as the drone sat on a fence post.

"Yeah. My Grandys were known about the place. Especially his love of guns. Sooner or later one of them will be remember, they move like locals. Know their way about" Ianto sighed as he looked at the house, "I had hoped….fuck. Well. Our camper… I want Suzie to do it's inside next. I have some ideas I want and now I know time is short I will start stripping out the things we don't need."

"I'm glad it's a large size, fatter than the others but it means more storage if you are about to do what I think you are." Jack smiled as he looked a the fat house bus sitting there, more like a gypsy one than standard and Ianto grinned as he turned to look at it too.

"Sleek is pretty, but more junk in the trunk is preferred" Ianto said drolly and Jack laughed softly at Ianto's humor. "Maybe you need to let Owen and Suzie know what you just saw then have Tosh go over the footage. See if we can get numbers, see if there are any more than we've met. If the group is gorwing."

"Good idea" Jack rose then saw Ianto was giving him the lead, making him the bosss with orders to give even if they were Ianto's words and he was grateful that he was letting him still have that kudos while seeing that he needed direction.

A good man to have in a crisis.

Ianto went to the Rv and soon things were flying out the door as Rhys stood watching with his head tilted to one side, "Look at that."

"Raining" Adny agreed sagely, "Raining shit."

"Yep"

They smiled at one another then walked over to see what Ianto was doing, then started pulling things around to the side of the house where the pyre for the next….visitors…. would be. Soon they were having fun chucking things at one another and laughing, just another day with two grown toddlers and Ianto smiled as he watched the pillow fight with the old cushions he had rejected.

"When you two are finished, come yank out this dishwasher. I want this space, and the stupid fridge next to it, I want my solar one in there." Ianto yelled thourgh the open door, "And the set of built in drawers can come out too it ya wanna bash something."

The men raced for hammers and tore at the inside as Ianto sat watching, Jack entering to lean over and whisper that Owen and Tosh were on Drone duty and Suzie was doing a perimeter check, all on alert now as these idiots played.

"Good" Ianto nodded as he turned to face Jack, "We need to stay tight."

"Agreed, two on duty tonight I think. One watching the sensors as the other patrols the fence line." Jack nodded, "Tosh has asked for me to go place more motion sensors along the roads and pathways in case we get night time visitors. Those Crawlers will not stay fresh, they will be Night Crawlers soon."

"Or other visitors." Cryto said from the driver's chair where he was curled up in the sun.

A nice high vantage point in the driver's seat ya know, looking out over the yard and field beyond.

Towards town.