24

They entered the huge dining room to find it set up with a table that looked intimate smack dab in the middle of the room. Set for five people.

Another table set far away was clearly for the security force he had bought on board and it seated ten. Saxon stood for a while as if contemplating this as his men stood waiting for his orders. He turned to look at them and did a head count. Three bodyguards and eight security detail. Eleven. He had pulled out the pistol and shot the most boring looking one before any of them could react, their mouths open as he turned away and offered his arm to his wife "Come Missus, let's sit and wait for our hosts shall we?"

He took the head of the table with a look of glee, settling to pour them both some wine. He showed the confidence and haughty demeanour of one who knew the wine was not poisoned. Someone who liked to think he knew his adversaries well enough to know that they would not risk harming someone else just to get to him, watching his wife take the first sip though, to be sure.

He motioned his men at the other table who followed suit, all relaxing as they saw that they were in no danger.

"Sax!" John was the first through the doors, his arms wide "look at you ya old dog!"

Saxon rose as John raced over and hugged him like they were old friends, then turned to his wife and stalled out.

"Hello Sax" Jack was slightly slower and offered his hand, shaking before turning to the pretty wife, offering his hand again and she rose to accept it, their eyes meeting as Jack looked into those fathomless pools of intelligence… feeling the shift in his soul as he finally saw her, touched her and with reluctance he released her hand and stepped back.

Ianto stood back as if calculating distances and speed or something, then he spoke softly "Hello Saxon. Hello Lucy."

His wife turned to look at Ianto with surprise no doubt not understanding what was happening as she stared at him then her eyes widened slightly and she took a step away from her husband, towards the handsome man who looked the same age as her in this tailored suit "Taddy?"

"Lucy" Ianto sighed, his heart breaking as he looked at his beautiful daughter, his most precious thing in the entire Verse, what he had died for, fought for and sacrificed others for … for this moment.

"I… don't' …I don't understand" she swung to face her husband "Sax? What is this? What is going on? This is my Taddy … you said.. you said he was dead. You said they killed him .. they killed my family.. you said… you…."

"Lucy. He lied to you" Jack found his voice too "He stole you, stole our minds and memoires of you and tired to kill us over and over again before seeing that we were as immortal as him. Only difference is that when we revive, we revive at our original age. The age we were when the experiments his father performed on us first happened. For some reason this never happens for him. Something in the mix … we three reset at the original age and physical prowess, with our memories intact. He resets but still ages, there is no regression of physicality. Why he hates us no much. Why he keeps killing us, killing those we love. Destroying our children until he realised the best way to kill us is to kill our souls. We must still live, must still continue for all eternity knowing that you… our most beloved daughter … is his possession. He keeps you to torture us with darling,."

"Lucy, that is your Daddy. Remember? Remember him? Daddy Jax, and Papa Johnny?" Ianto begs as Saxon's face becomes one of sheer rage and he knows he is done, knows Ianto tricked him once again. He swings to face his men only to find them slumped over the table… different wine. There was poison after all and now he is alone with her… and the immortals.

But he still had the upper hand and he looked triumphantly at Ianto as he drew out his gun once more, jamming it against his wife's head "And this is my final fuck you! See? I win. I win. You thee fuckers might live forever, but she is mine. And now I am done fucking her I will take her. You get to watch. You think I didn't know what you were doing? I didn't' know you were trying to flush me out? Yeah? You didn't think I knew full fucking well we were both circling the same outcome here?"

John folded his arms as he tipped his head back to stare at the madman "Still a fuckwit, aint'cha."

"Don't do it" Jack warned with horror, his daughter's face one of terror as she finally saw that she was also a pawn as far as her husband was concerned.

"Sax? I thought ... you said you loved me. You said you would protect me forever…what… what are you doing?"

"You stupid bitch" he sneered "You honestly think I loved you? Each time I fucked you I was fucking them. Each time I hit you and made you cry, made you bleed … it was them. I was punching them every time. Taking their memoires meant I could not torture them all so I tortured you. When I finally realised one of them still knew, one of them remembered all the time… I started the dominoes. I knew he would let me in, if only to get one more glimpse of his precious little girl. Here we are Ianto. Here we go. Say goodbye to your little girl."

Ianto looked his daughter deep her eyes and said with as much force as he could "Lucy, I love you. Don't' be afraid, it will only hurt for a moment."

"How sweet" Saxon purred as he pulled the trigger, his wife's head whipping violently as the bullet entered her skull and Jack cried out with anguish, dropping to his knees as his daughter died before his very eyes.

As her body hit the floor Ianto fell too, reaching to catch her as he wept, pulling her close and Jack planted his hands on the floor screaming with pain.

John?

Oh… he was already leaping over the table before Saxon could raise the weapon again, he had been too busy watching Jack and Ianto to remember the little viper.