10

The SUV turned to corner to the compound, slamming though the gate house as it was easier than traversing the reinforced gates. Owen was in the jump seat, holding onto the suicide strap as Rhys in the back seat roared with deadly intent, opening fire out the side window at anyone and everything. Not really caring at this point.

They skidded to a halt outside the front doors, Jack first to disembark the low flying vessel to head for the steps then he slowed. Then he stopped, turning to look at Owen with confusion.

No one home?

"Toshi love, where is everyone?" Owen demanded down the coms as he looked over at Rhys. The big man behind him like a bodyguard more than a co-worker.

Since Ianto had woken, his cybertech had screamed to mainframe for assistance, the lovely large computer system not only telling them where he was but the quickest way to him like she knew they had little time. Sentient. Ianto had whispered it one night, she was sentient. Was a lovely old thing, was fond of him. She was pissed now, the data streaming through the VM that had woken with a vengeance on Jack's wrist full of information he could not possibly read as she was streaming so fast. Streaming mad you might say.

Ping.

Jack looked at the screen "This way. She has him through their internal system."

"Way to go Tosh" Owen smiled.

"Not me. Mainframe is going insane back here, lights flickering and computers booting up, shutting down, it's like some sort of tantrum." She replied with awe in her voice "Hurry. She's frantic."

Jack and the other two entered the front doors to the main foyer and the guard at the desk was slumped over convulsing as if a taser was in his back. Owen took a step towards him but then drew his hand back "Jack what's causing this? Ah… do we need to do a sweep? Is it safe?"

A woman ran towards them, she was shrieking as she staggered with one high heeled shoe on, the other missing as she slammed into the wall repeatedly, reaching for them but then running out of steam to slide down the wall leaving a bloody smear.

"What the hell is happening here" Owen hissed "This is fucking scary. What is it. Some airborne pathogen?"

Jack knew. "IANTO!"

He turned slowly as he listened for something in the bond. Anything, then he yelled again "HEATH! IANTO!"

He stopped, canting his head "Don't touch anyone. You will be OK if you don't touch them. It's only them getting punished, this way. They are three levels down."

"What do you mean punished?" Owen asked as they stepped into an elevator, the man slumped in the corner already dead and bleeping from ever orifice. He appeared to have shit himself as well.

"Ianto and Heath are using their gift. The power to control. This is what Ianto promised his mother he would never do. Never use his powers against others. They fucked up. They really fucked up. They must have threatened Heath, hurt them somehow. Ianto shouldn't have been this scared, something happened to make them both so scared that they had to stop everyone. They sent out a shockwave of anger and revenge. Everyone in the building copped it. I doubt any will survive" Jack said as the elevator dings and they stepped off, Jack turning in a slow circle as he whispered softly now "Where are you?"

He stopped, looking down a corridor, "This way."

The door was locked, one of those… who fucking cares. Jack swung the VM over it and it clicked open allowing them to step inside where Heath stood with the toy still in his hands, Ianto holding him against him with his hands soothing the child who was no longer crying but looking sullenly at the doorway.

"Daddy" he ran to him as Ianto looked at them, his relief raw as he saw Jack scoop up their chick and hold him, save him. Keep him safe. The Great Coat removed without a second thought to wrap the child like a baby and cradle him as he showered his face with kisses, crowing that he was a good boy.

"Ianto?" Owen said as he stopped in front of him "You OK?"

"They drigged me. Took me arm and frigged me. The drigs are not good. Nibbies are working to clear my system" Ianto slurred, Owen blinking slowly as he saw the damage.

"Right. Drigged. Drugged. Frigged also drigged. Nibbies are nanites?" Owen asked, then grinned "Nibbies. I like that. Sounds more fun. Come on mate, best get to you the back of the SUV for a little snooze. Let those Nibbies work, eh?"

Ianto snorted, amused as he heard his own words used and nodded not trusting the voice to work again. The cybertech and nanites still working hard on everything else. Owen led him gently as Jack placed his free arm around him, all of them walking from this house of the dead.

"Daddy?"

"Yes Heath love?"

"We punished them." Heath said in a small voice "Is it bad?"

"No" Jack said calmly as he lifted the child onto the running boards so their eyes would meet "They were bad. You punished them. Tadda said so, right? He is a Grup and he said they were bad. Grups know. You only helped. You are not a bad boy and it was not wrong to punish them. After all … I was going to kill them all anyway."

"Yeah?"

"They took my world. My moons and my stars. My sunsets and hot chocolate. I was going to blow the shit out of them!" Jack assured their chick as Ianto grunted in the back "I know. Swear Jar, sorry Taddy!"

Heath settled in Rhys' loving arms as his Dadda cuddled Tadda and Owen drove them out of this bad place and as they scrunched down the gravel to the road Heath looked back.

He initiated the self-destruct as Ianto sighed softly, agreeing that it was all toast now.

Daddy said so.

They could blow shit up, right?

The facility would implode in less than fifteen minutes and no one would ever know why.