52

"Is that what I think it is?" Kev asked as Mickey danced around a large floating platform that resembled a floatation stage, three feet off the ground with a seat at one end. A box in the middle half the height of a person and what appeared to be seats facing out in a row along the back, the front half between the box and the seat looked to have little compartments.

"Yes. A hover tank. It's been decommissioned, missing parts but if …. Ahhhh." Jack sighed as Mickey clambered up and it made a pigging noise then rose another foot.

"STILL WORKS!" Mickey screamed with glee "NOT DECOMMED!"

"Mickey…" Jack warned then sighed as Mickey pushed a button and a loud boom almost popped everyone's ear drums, a cannon firing from nowhere as the box ejected a gun that shot a large round into the wall. Everyone looked at the huge hole into another section and the smoke still swirling around Mickey who sat with a sheepish look then Ianto cleared his throat.

"Well … that saves time I guess" he muttered as he stepped though the hole then called back "Jackpot."

"OK, let's start pillaging" Jack said with excitement "And Kev … look under those tarps, could be more weapons and hopefully the Traxillian Flier I confiscated a few decades back."

"What's it look like?"

"Like ..um … A convertible car with no wheels. Goes like stink" Jack finally said "Red. Maybe? Yeah, red."

They all started to look, confident that Ianto had swept and moved on making it all safe. They found things they did not understand, Jack staying no or yes when thing were held up and then a loud NO to something that had Kev gently putting it down.

"Ten hours!" Ianto suddenly called out "I want this. CARIAD!"

Jack went to look, finding a filing cabinet Ianto was clutching with eagerness.

"Really?"

"MINE!" Ianto said in a scary voice, then his eyes got huge as he pleaded in a little voice "Please Daddy?"

"Awww, not fair" Jack sighed as he tried to drag it from the wall "Using those eyes on me."

"Ta lover" Ianto kissed his cheek then skipped off and Jack muttered about ball busters.

"Abner?" Ianto found the old man looking at a table with interest, something sitting above it. "Good find. It's an x-ray machine."

"What?"

"The subject lies here, you push this button and …" Ianto's hand was on the table and the suspended piece of tat on the end of the table came to life, rising several feet and sliding along with a soft hum then settling again. Ianto removed his hand and the hand seemed to remain then split into several. It might be disguising to the layman but it was fascinating to Abner who now saw a normal hand next to a de-gloved one, the muscles and sinews glistening, then one with nervous system only, one with just the bones and such … like layers from a dissection. "Want it? Gotta tell them before there is no room in the back, removing those seats might help then the things can be packed around it fit."

Abner grunts then took off to get Kev and Sean who seemed to be the chef packers. Whatever the original teams were, they were all working together now. Time was ticking.

"Nice toy" Jack agreed, "Better than a fucking cabinet."

"Winter reading material" Ianto said with a sniff, then rolled his eyes "Open the bottom drawer ya numptyl"

Jack poked his tongue at him then pulled the drawer open to stare at some eggs inside, then closed it with a slowness that showed the delicate nature of the things. "Shit."

"Mine"

"Gonna be the king of dragons?" Jack asked.

"Look, you read far too many books these days with that imagination. Both of us know what they are!"

"We made fun of the Xenomorph jokes and stuff … these will be obvious. Predator Pups?"

"Look, these dogs will be superior and if trained will be a boon to security. Each security team with their own Predator Pup?"

"Those dreadlocks freak me out, dogs should not have things that can give electric shocks!"

"Diddums"

Jack grinned as he accepted a kiss, these creatures would freak everyone out for sure, if they could hatch them. These Predator pets both deadly and fiercely loyal. What a find. Of course, they might not make it. Might already be dormant for a reason but Jack knew Ianto would not be happy until he had a go at it.

And he was right.

Not as scary as Wolfing, but a good pet for them.

The twins would probably ride them like feckin horses.

Jack sniggered at the thought.

Ianto softly did too.

Pip would no doubt hand fed them.