4

Mica was angry, they had been longer than promised and now she stood with her hands on her hips glaring at them.

"But, I bring Tomatoes" Jack said, as he showed her the basket and her face lit up as she ran to him.

"Oh! Oh, Uncle. Lovely!" she gushed.

"Tomatoes?" Suzie asked with surprise, Owen looking between the two men for explanation of what they have found.

"There is a private school that was shut down over the holidays, just a teacher and a couple of kids still there that didn't turn like the rest of those that stayed. They are alive, fine and have room for all of us. They have security, a huge house and we cannot be seen from the road. I think this could be our next home for a while." Jack said as he watched Mica pause her chewing to look at him, her piercingly blue eyes with a touch of frost to them. Then they rolled to Ianto and he knew she knew what school and was quietly excited.

"When do we go?" Rhys asked.

"Tonight. At dusk we move for the school, unhook the fencing and attach it go the sides of the RVs where the hooks are that Suzie welded on" Ianto answered, "We can move without headlights for the first hour or so until darkness has fallen, then we can feel safer using them. Another team hits the town and does a nasty snatch and grab. We will move in two separate teams, meeting at the old windmill. From there we move to the school. We will be there before dawn, and can spend the day settling in and reinforcing the security."

"And the stock?" Suzie asked, "We …what? Leave them?"

"Actually we can move them" Ianto replied with a grin, "Tomorrow me and Jack will come back and herd them after we've rested, we will simply be cowboys moving them along the road, it will take a couple of days to move them there, we will move them a farm at a time if we have to."

"We can take them?"

"Yes. We will take them darling, there is room in the grounds for them to graze. The football field is not likely to get a lot of use these days" Jack sighed and Ianto leaned forward as he considered something.

"No reason why we can't do that this afternoon, like a trial recon run. Mica can even help" Ianto said and Jack canted his head. "Well, think about it. We move the stock forward to the Haversham farm down the road, they are already safe there if the shit hits the fan. After all, we have to accept the town crew might draw them back."

"So … you are saying?" Jack frowned.

"I am saying that when we do this, we do this right. Go big or go home, right? I am ready to sacrifice this place. It is a place of the dead now. We will not come back, that much I do know and the thought of hem having it makes my skin crawl. No, we will do this with the warranted malice."

"So, you and Jack are doing town" Andy said as he looked between the two men.

"Me, Jack and Crypto." Ianto nodded then added, "And Toshiko"

"Me?" she squeaked with shock and slight excitement.

"The fencing is not a gentle or slight job. It will be troublesome, bulky and a pain in the arse. You will be no good to them. Our team can use you with your quick thinking and also your ability to see tech we might need." Jack agreed, "If we move our RV to the rendezvous point this avo after the muster then it is one less to try to move tonight."

"Two less, we move mine and Gwen's too" Rhys said as he joined the conversation, "It's finished and reasy, why not. Means we only have Suzie and Andy's RV and Owen and Tosh's. We hook the fencing onto them and then transfer some at the rendezvous point, right? This way there are more hands, less targets."

"He's right" Jack admitted, "We take the SUV and Truck empty so we fit as much as we can. We have planned for breakdowns, for the eventuality of leaving them behind to if we move the gorse float and trailer as well, they will be able to be hooked up later"

"Sounds like a plan" Gwen said as she glanced at Mica in the doorway, "I just hope I am not too scared. Not good for the baby, I will need someone to protect me."

Mica moved quickly to stand by her patting her arm, "I will protect you Aunty. Don't worry, I have a knife. Look."

"It was a little steak knife she drew from her boot and Gwen held back the desire to scold as she hugged the child.

Ianto snorted at his child's naughtiness, so much like him as Jack openly laughed. "Seems she is staying here then."

"Right them" Rhys rose from the table, "We will need a good feed up and then we start this."

Everyone had the plan.