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"What gun?" Gwen asked as she rose to face him, "Maybe all weapons should be held by those who know how to use them."

Ianto blinked.

"What gun?" Jack echoed as he looked over at Suzie, "Where is it."

"I also think all the weapons need to be together in a stash, we need to consolidate" Suzie said defiantly as she nodded towards Gwen, "We should all be more aware of what we do and don't have."

"That is my service pistol and it's not going to work for anyone else as it is Torchwood issue… thumb print activated" Ianto folded his arms as he glared at the two women, "And as for 'clearance' I have a B clearance… I do believe only the Captain here is of higher rank than me within Her Majesty's Realm."

Silence.

"And the phones, why the fuck would you take my cell phones" Ianto demanded, Suzie now looking furtive with Gwen as the others all looked at one another with confusion.

"Suzie? You have the phones?" Jack asked and she looked at Tosh.

"They are dead anyway" Suzie said sullenly and Tosh reached into a bag to remove them, Ianto's and Lisa's phones. Ianto stormed over and held out his hand for the phones. Tosh handed them over and Jack turned to raise his eyebrows at Suzie. "Sorry Ianto, Gwen didn't say they were yours."

"Not like he can make a call anyway" she sniffed.

"You should not have taken them in the first place" Jack said slowly.

"What is on them that is so important anyway?" Gwen challenged stepping forward, "Cell phones are not working anymore, not since things fell."

"Photos of my family. If they are no good why take them?" Ianto snapped back, retreating with the phones cupped against his chest protectively, "I also want my gun back."

"When I am done with it" Suzie sneered.

"Suzie!" Jack barked and she sighed, turning to snatch up the gun and throw it at Ianto who awkwardly tried to catch it. He glared openly at her, then turned and headed upstairs.

"That was uncalled for" Jack said angrily, "We are guests in his home."

"Are we?" Gwen asked as she looked around, shifting the edge of the chair, "If this is to be our base, then… it's time he stopped trying to be the man. We clearly need a Captain and have one, he needs to step into line"

Ianto paused on the stairs with his hand canted as he listened and he waited….

"I will talk to him" Jack said and Ianto's heart sank.

That's how it is, is it?

Not my house anymore.

Ianto headed upstairs with a heavy lump in the bottom of his gut, settling on the bed to search under it for the phone charger. He soon had his phone charging as he opened Lisa's and turned the battery, powering it up. Strange that they were so damned clever but didn't think to check if the battery was swapped around to save power.

Ianto looked at the pictures on Lisa's phone placing it down as his started to show power and he picked it up, keying in the double code to both open and disable the security. He looked at his own photos and then at what he really wanted.

The photo taken last Saturday at Rhiannon's when he had called around with Lisa not knowing, going there to hand Mama's engagement ring to her as he knew now he was not going to marry Lisa. He had snapped a shot of Mica standing by the fridge and he zoomed the picture in to the board on the fridge.

There.

The school camp.

He remembered now, Rhiannon was going with Mica on her first ever school camp in the Brecon Barrens …. Shit. That's why Lisa thought of going camping there, to rub it in Rhia's face that he said no to the school camp as a helper but went with her. Ianto sat and wracked his brain as he tried to remember if Rhia had her appendix still, he knew Mica had hers out less than six months back. He had given her a little soft toy horse, a wee plush toy she doted on.

He sat for a long time staring at the screen as he told himself it was all for naught, torturing himself with the thought she might still be out there.

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"What are you doing?" Ianto stood in the kitchen with a look of horror as Rhys turned to face him with a huge grin.

"Thought we could have a roast for tonight" Rhys boomed, "Found the pan. Just gonna do some veggies."

"I see"

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Ianto stood for a long time in his room as he looked around at things and went over what had happened down there.

They were right.

This wasn't his house.

It was Rhiannon's too.

Decision made he went over and started checking his pack, then looked over at the cat who was still glaring at him. Well, maybe if he left the door ajar…

"Oi Tea Boy, can ya fix a brew?" Owen yelled up the stairs as Ianto rose and opened the window, letting the pack fall noiselessly to the bushes below and then he headed down to wait for dark.

He also knew they would never let him leave.

Their Butler.

Their Tea Boy.