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Unit were surprised to see the Doctor, pleased to see a friendly face in the T3 den.
They were unprepared for his ire as he chastised them for listening to Gwen's lies, telling them he was just a Timelord and she couldn't handle his relationship with the Captain so she made it all up.
It was several sniggers before he realized what they thought he meant and then he did fire up.
They left with a flea in their ear the size of a mac truck and the Doctor then went in search of the main problem.
Gwen was sitting behind Jack's desk trying to lever the bottom drawer open as he stood watching in the doorway.
"Ah, Ms Cooper. A word please" he purred and she squealed, letting the knife slip and slice the heel of her hand.
She swore as she grabbed a handful of tissues, pressing them against her palm.
"That must sting" he said happily.
"What the hell do you want!" she snarled angrily.
"To tell you that unit are gone and they left you something in the cells, said it was just for you." He smiled again, "Made it sound really important."
She squealed as she rushed off, pausing and then returning for her phone, "Wanna selfie against the glass with him."
The Doctor snorted as he calculated that "Him" was Ianto and she was in for a wee surprise.
The Doctor followed her calmly, finding her standing in the vacant cell with a look of confusion as a single file sat on the seat.
She picked it up and sat, flipping through it and becoming quite pale as the Unit's file on the Doctor laid out the consequences of pissing off a Timelord.
He silently swung the door shut, wandering back down to the mainframe room where Jack was gently singing to the room.
"Can he hear me?" Jack asked softly, "Do you think he can hear me?"
"He can hear and see us" the Doctor sighed as he sat with Jack, "He's just deciding what to do."
"Of course" he continued, "Cooper is now in a cell next to that very angry Weevil and Unit are gone. There is nothing to fear and he should really grow a backbone."
Jack waited, staring expectantly as the wall.
After a while it started to undulate and Ianto stepped out, a face of pure anger as he bore down on his grandfather.
"Grow a backbone?" Ianto demanded, "Are you serious? Do you even care that my whole life has been terrifying?"
The Doctor smiled and turned to wink at Jack, "See? Told you he would be out."
Ianto growled and folded his legs, falling onto the bedding next to Jack.
"So. That's them gone. You say Gwen is contained?"
"Yes dear boy." The Doctor smiled, "All locked away."
"And what do we do about the silence?" Ianto asked as he flopped onto his side.
"Well, that's not the only problem" the Doctor sighed, flopping down next to Ianto and showing Jack how similar they are.
"Yeah?" Ianto rolled onto his back and regarded his grandfather with a raised eyebrow that he found most endearing.
"My first and foremost problem is that your daughter is River. She is going to tear the worlds apart to get to you when she finds out" he pouted.
"Why is that a bad thing?" Ianto asked. "Do you know how to find her?"
"Well, you see, that's the thing" the Doctor looked at Jack who was quietly pulling Ianto into his arms.
"What! Stop being obtuse" Ianto muttered.
"Well, your daughter is my wife" the Doctor cringed.
"What?"
"River is my wife" the Doctor repeated.
He wasn't prepared for the booming laugh as Ianto rolled on the bed.
"You're not angry?" the Doctor asked with confusion.
"Oh Grandfather, if she's my daughter you probably had little choice in the matter." Ianto giggled, "I would say she is a fiery redhead with a gob the size of Texas if her mother is anything to go by, with my intelligence added she would be terrifying."
"Yes" the Doctor said with a grin. "She rather is."
"She needs a natural disaster capable of destroying worlds named after her."
Ianto sighed and rubbed his face into Jack's chest.
"Good. Wouldn't want her any other way"
"Just remember you said that" the Doctor whispered as he sank under the blankets to consider the real storm coming down on them all.
