37
It was early hours of the next morning that the phone pinged and Ianto rolled to it, looking at the screen and sitting up as Jack yawned "babe?"
"Movement" Ianto muttered as he looked at the screen, his face visible in the greenish backlight and he glanced over at his mate. Naked and so fuckable… no time.
"What?" Jack sat up "Tosh?"
"No… an Alley Cat over on sixth" Ianto shrugged as he flicked clothing at Jack "Hurry or I leave you behind Lover."
"Awwwww… that's cold darlin' come on" Jack laughed, jumping into his pants and following Ianto out the door. "babe? Can I drive? Babe? Tiger?"
As he drove, Jack glanced at Ianto "tell me… how did an alley cat use a phone?"
Ianto blinked at him like he was stupid or something "He used his paws of course…don't be silly."
Jack giggled at the image of a cat smacking it's paws on the screen of a cell phone, the cuteness factor through the roof and after a while Ianto smiled as he admitted Jack was right… it was cute.
They parked and Ianto transformed into a black panther, Jack taking a moment to blink as he had thought it would be a tiger… but this black cat with those grey eyes was… sexy as sin!
They moved through the darkness with Ianto's eyes seeing things no human could, Jack's hand on Ianto's hide helping him see the way too. Jack saw movement and was not as surprised as you might think to see cats moving in the mire, hundreds of fucking cats all calmly moving about like they had every right to be in the middle of nowhere at this ungodly time of night.
Well shit… maybe they did! Who is to say that this is not their land at night? After all, driving at night in a small quiet suburb what do you see? Cats. Right?
Ianto crouched down, his shoulder blades pointing to the moon and Jack again took a moment to see the huge graceful creature for the beautiful thing that he is. Ianto growled softly "Stop being a horn dog."
"There" Jack turned as he saw someone walking and they watched the man walking thought the area of the bodies, stopping and kneeling to check each one, then rising to look around nervously before moving to the next one.
"It's not him" Ianto said after a while "The smell of wrong."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah… this is not out killer. No… I think this is fucking UNIT overstepping into our bloody sting operation… I see an insignia on his jacket" Ianto sighed, his anger flowing off him "Fuck!"
"What do you want us to do?" Owen asked over the coms.
"Well, we should… wait" Ianto said softly, hunkering down again "he's human…not our guy but… what if he works for him? Like… the procurer? We know the dude is an insect thing… what if he is the one who goes out and collects the victims?"
"Like… a handler?" Jack asked then smiled "you know… that makes sense. Why we have no signs of him and why UNIT are always up our butts lately. Shit… someone on the inside stirring the pot."
"Or stirring shit" Ianto whispered "Owen? Can you tag him?"
"Hang on" Owen hissed, "He's … there…. Right…."
They watched a small green dot appear on the man's hat then it disappeared.
"Bingo" Owen said softly "That liquid tracker should last 24 hours. Back out."
Ianto and Jack complied, Ianto leading Jack over the uneven ground as they went over their options, meeting Owen back at the SUV. Owen was pitting the gun away in the seat compartment, jumping as Ianto appeared from nowhere. Owen balked at the large black cat stalking towards him, then saw Jack and gave a visible sigh of relief. "Right, Tosh is tracking, let's get back to our beds and let her do her night shift. She is more excited than a …ah…"
"Kid in a candy store?"
"I was gonna say a bull in a field full of cows but yeah... she might prefer that one" Owen grinned at Jack who pretended to smack at him.
Ianto transformed and climbed into the passenger seat as Owen plucked the motorbike helmet up from his bike's seat and strapped it on as he yelled "Safety first mother."
Ianto's reply was to let his hand fall out the window, one finger raised and the claw slowly elongating as well.
They all knew Owen would laugh over that for a long while yet.
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Ianto crawled p the bed in panther form as Jack panted with excitement, his erection jingling with each huge paw fall on the mattress and he giggled as Ianto paused to let his huge tongue swipe at the tip "Ahhhhh…. Awwww…..ah…. kitty…. Yeah…."
Ianto leaned in and whispered "Shut up or I will eat you alive!"
"Oh" Jack's eyes widened with glee in the half light of the bedroom "Yes please!"