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Curtis went to get the cake as Walt went to call up the stairs to the children, those with Ton streaming down. Skidmark's ones screaming the loudest with flailing arms as they showed themselves to be just as mental as the rest of them.

Ianto looked up to watch Imp slide around the wall and frowned, he didn't like the shifty look on his child's face. He knew it only too well as one he had employed as a child and he was glad Prudence was already a naked cat or a shaved one might be seen or something.

Muncher?

Ianto looked over to the little basket where the two dogs were asleep, the third large and imposing demi-god stood over them with the usual Grubby affection on his face. Nope, dogs accounted for. Maybe another cat? Gods he really hoped they had not acted on the argument that a black cat can be bleached. He did explain the flaw in that logic already.

Walt and Curty were carefully rolling the cake in on the low trolley that was about knee height, the cake itself barely fitting through the doorframe. It was a thing of beauty with the marbled icing of pink and white, the peals cascading down one side like they has accidently spilled from the huge pot of jewels that were going to have the most carefully placed rainbow prism on it .. .the entire thing SOOOO gay that even Babs was giggling.

Ianto knew.

He saw some crumbs on the trolley and he sat up straighter, the head count continuing and he saw with horror that Monkey was not in the crowd.

Little bastard.

"John?"

John looked up from the cast he was pulling at on his foot "Yes Scrumpy?"

"Where is your son. You know … the one with your brain?"

John glanced around and paled, "Ah shit. Baby? Chrys? Do you see Harley"

Her face shared Ianto's horror as she also saw crumbs and she rose from her chair as was Babs who flourished a knife and laughed.

"Babbitty Bum, wait a sec" Ianto warned and she turned to look at him with interest.

"Monkey, get here now!" Ianto roared in that Tadda Voice that made two more children appear from the kitchen, Ben and Penny's eyes wide.

The cake exploded.

Monkey crowed as he leapt into the air, the topping of the cake flying out to be caught deftly by an amazed Animal, the walls of pretty rainbow swirled cake landing on the floor. The small dogs came to life, tumbling over one another while Grub simply leapt with the ease of a fucking killer gazelle and caught some midair while Ianto gaped as the child stood covered in frosting like it was body paint, the saggy undies also smeared with the extra pink icing that has been for touch ups.

"Happy Bonding!" he screamed, his arms wide.