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Kev stood in the room and looked around as he tried to work out which of the children were his, the limbs and chaos made worse since the recon with the things the kids were 'stealing' from the recon barn and bringing back to fill the space.
He chose a seat next to Frank who was sitting calmly stroking the hair of a little black girl who appeared to be asleep with her head in his lap.
"Bella?" he asked and Frank nodded.
"So... Dean is here too?"
A claw pointed and he looked over to see his wee Chloe locked in battle with Dean over some hair ribbons, seems the pile was being divvied up.
"He's a good man" Kev said softly, "Making sure the girls all share."
Frank moaned softly and looked down at his task again and Kev smiled as he saw how precious the little thing's heart was.
Hope walked over and crouched, holding out her hand, "Four. I want two for Amilee."
Frank pulled two red and two yellow, leaving the two pale blue behind and she nodded, "Yeah. They'll match her new shoes. Right, of course."
"Amilee?" Kev asked and the little girl grinned, showing her father's glow.
"Matilda's granddaughter, my wee girl!" she pointed and he looked over to find a little pig sitting in one of the beds with a baseball cap on and little baby shoes on her trotters, trying to suck milkshake from a straw like it was no big deal.
Kev blinked.
"She's adopted" Hope said with a sniff, then rose to wander over leaving Kev gaping with amazement.
Dogs, cats and other assorted creatures filled the room but he hadn't seen the pig before. For some reason he felt quite OK with the deal, the pig seeming happy enough as well as her little tail wriggled with delight as little hands patted her in passing.
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They stood staring morosely at the mess and Billy looked to his Taddy.
They were only three hours from home and this had to happen.
Typical.
The Transporter was sinking more as they stood considering and it was Mickey who spoke, "Look. We can drive around the bog, the others can get through, we can leave this one"
"It has the weapons in it" Ianto growled as he watched the road crumble more and the wheel wells sunk almost to the axle, "we can't leave those for the next people to use against us. Damnit."
"So, what do we do?" Mickey sighed.
"We go over to that copse of trees and cut as much as we can, we jack up the wheels, stuff shit under it, do the same with the back and then pull it out with a rope to Steve's tank" Rhys tried to reason, "It will take time and be bloody messy but we can get it out the old fashioned way."
It took a solid hour to get the foliage to the side of the road and under the jacked up wheels of the vehicle, then gently let the jacks down and they held their collective breath as the transporter moved forward slowly.
Cracking and sliding encouraged Rhys to slam his foot down and it slid dangerously, Billy yelling as he and the others tried to push it back into line.
It all happened in slow motion and Ianto knew it was going to hurt as he roared, pushing his son aside as he watched the vehicle's rear end swing violently and as Billy fell Ianto was yanking him back with his inhuman strength. Even as it meant he had no way to get out of the way himself and the Transporter lazily moved across his body as if he wasn't there.
Ianto's scream of pain joined by Billy's as it dawned on everyone who had been transfixed that this was bad.
Very bad.
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Kev saw movement outside and he rose to ask if he could help, finding chaos as people raced along the tunnels in complete panic. He caught the arm of oneā¦.Hailey?
"Ianto's hurt" she panted as she looked up at him, "A transporter went over him, and it sounds bad!"
Kev was glad he had been running the last few days as he took off at top speed in the direction he had seen Owen heading and as he entered the large cavern he found Owen there with a large gurney that seemed to hover above the ground, medical equipment and a completely hysterical Captain that was being held back by several men as he roared and screamed with open fear.
The large vehicle called Rolling Thunder roared in at top speed, brakes slamming on as it drifted sideways, Rhys visible behind the wheel with his eyes wide with panic and the doors flew open, Billy falling out covered in blood and crying as he turned back to help lift down Ianto's prone body.
Fuck.
Kev felt the air leave the room as a limp arm flopped from Ianto's chest and Jack broke free of his friends.
Jack was screaming as he touched Ianto's damaged face, Owen pushing in to see and Marley was in full clicker mode as she tried to calm herself now they had caught up to her, her having flown ahead to gather everyone quicker than coms could have.
Once they had Ianto on the gurney Kev saw Ianto's face loll towards him and he felt sick as he saw the broken bones that must be under the crushed left side.
This was bad.
Oh by the Great Gods, this was so bad.
Kev grabbed the gurney, racing along with Owen as they headed for the medical area, Owen struggling to keep up as he yelled at Logan who was trying to tell him what the injuries were.
Kev didn't need to hear to know this was worse than him, worse than anyone wanted.
Kev had seen damage like this before.
Right before he shovelled the dirt over them.
