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Ianto stared at the phone he had found along with the pager and after an internal battle he sat on the edge of the bed and turned it on.
He took two goes to get her password, of course he would guess it and was slightly insulted that it was something as easy as her mother's birth date.
Hartman had been demanding their return due to an 'Event' and he quickly dismissed that one, deleting it before she saw as he knew she probably would want to go back, arse kisser.
Seems Malcolm was still in her contacts so it was also a simple thing to look at their conversation feed, their texts and shared photos…kisses…body parts…. Ianto relocked the phone and placed it back in her bag, the pager not a problem now as this new one was soooo much better. Never mind the elephant in the room, a fucking T-Rex was rampaging.
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Crypto was making short work of the left over casserole, Ianto's spoonful on his toast more than enough as he found he had little appetite these days.
He wiped his fingers on the leg of his jeans and sighed, looking to the west and the other house of the elderly neighbours. He still had a mess there too I guess, god but the fun never ended.
Ianto let the dog have his plate, leaving it on the floor for him as he rose and walked outside to consider if he should use the SUV or walk. He didn't know how much more fuel there was available and he knew he should start to ration but damn, this was going to be more work he didn't need.
Walking to the barn he remembered the elderly couple had their own little dune buggy thing they often came to visit in and he knew he would be walking there. If there was no fuel he would simply be walking home again but hopefully they had spare fuel too.
Gotta get their little windmill for the extra power too.
Did they have solar panels last time too? Gotta check that.
Ianto slid his feet into his boots and then sat to do them up before calling the Mad Bastard. He walked to the end of the lane and stalled, cursing as he looked back towards his house then he turned and walked back to the garden table that stood by the side of the house, near the pyre remains. He poked at the things there he had removed from pockets and found what he needed, pocketing the keys and then turning to walk once more along the little goat's path to his neighbours.
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"Come on, let's go" Lisa repeated as she jiggled on the spot, something that he hated. God, he hated a lot these day didn't he?
"It's only early and we still don't know…"
"That radio will not tell us anything if it's alien and you know it. A weather storm or some bullshit will be the official word. Come on, we came to hike, even if I wanted BB, now come on. Let's bloody go already!"
Ianto was about to reply when he heard a motor and her smile faded as she scrambled up the steps to disappear inside. Yeah, cheers. Ianto sighed and stepped off the pourch to trun and see a little dune buggy style vehicle that may have once been a car with it's roof long since cut off and the two people in it had matching goggles on.
"Mister and Missus Simms" he called out with relief as the elderly neighbours came to a halt and waved as they both gingerly removed themselves from their bumpy yet sturdy transport.
"Ianto lad, wondered if it was you when we saw lights on last night" the old man called, "You remembered where the solar switch was?"
"Yes sir, thank you" Ianto replied as Lisa slid from the house to peek around the veranda post, "Lisa and I arrived last night."
"Ah, Ms Hallett. Long time no see" Mr Simms said politely, the smile leaving his eyes as their last encounter had been… embarrassing for all concerned as she drank too much mulled wine and tried to attack Ianto in front of his entire family, including his Grandy's cousin and wife here.
"Hello" she said softly, "Yep, still here."
"Well, such a carry on" Mrs Simms sighed as she looked at the sky, "Whatever this viral outbreak is, it seems to have shut the city down. I think it's something in the drinking water. Ginny and the kids have just left for the pool, came by for a couple of days. One of them had terrible bloody teeth, it obviously didn't help him any, this fluoride thing."
Mr Simms laughed as he pulled the keys from the ignition and jingled them in his hand, the rabbit's foot bouncing.
"Too much bloody fluoride in the water, didn't I tell you mother?" he scolded, "Dangerous to play with things like that."
She rolled her eyes as she shook her head at Ianto "Had a terrible flu too, glad we didn't catch it."
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It was a nice day, the walking calming as Ianto looked up at the sky and pondered the snow, it might only be a week or so away if the crispness in the air was anything to go by. At least it would mean he could tell himself to rest once he was forced to.
Crypto was at the door to the house waiting when he got there, probably having peed on as much shit as he could find and Ianto sighed as he put his hand in his pocket and removed the keys, the rabbit's foot swinging against the wooden door and the long since dried blood on the fur was the same colour as the red paint.
Ianto went inside and told himself to stop thinking of such things.
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For those of you asking Jack does come in part 2 ... you know you can't contain him .. nobody puts baby in the corner. LOL
