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"Toto?"

"Boss?"

Ianto stepped around the huge rose bush to let the Hoodlums see him and they lit up as they moved towards him both talking at once. He threw his hands out to ward them off as he laughed "Whoa… one at a time"

"That fire pit… you said to fill it in and try to restore the area to its original state or as close to it as we can" Mountain placed a hand on Creeper's shoddier to warn him that this was not his turn to speak. "We found something."

"Someone has been back" Creeper said with glee.

"Ah fuck."

"Fuck" came an echo and Ianto swing with horror to find a little black man standing against the house, splattered with arms out in the shadows. Gods only know how long the little shit was stalking him.

"Hawk!"

"That's Captain to you Citizen!" came the growled response "And if we have possible intruders we need a plan. I will reset my cameras let over from Operation Santa Attack."

"Actually Boss… Little Boss has a point. We need some trial cameras as well as CCTV. The F…. Fornicators… might see one and break it not knowing there is a different kind. If we can find who is creeping in… maybe it's someone who can be in a world of hurt… of a breached trespass notice kind."

"Get on to it, get Toshi involved so we have live feed and recording in case we do get damaged tech" Ianto nodded.

"I will assist… wait while I get my wheels" the little boy said, gleeful now as he ran for the garage and his beloved Kat Mobile. Both men shrugged at Ianto like they were asking if this was this part of their task and Ianto shrugged back his agreement that sure… they can have him.

"Oh… and Captain?" Ianto called out as the lad pulled up his trousers while stomping toward the garage "If you copy other people's words, you will never sound original!"

The boy stopped and swung on his heel in an eerily Iantoish way to stare at him then nod "Yes Taddy… ah …. Citizen. Point taken."

Ianto turned his attention back to the huge Rose garden he was tending to now the snow was starting to melt, his eyes narrowing as he wondered if it possible that those hippie fuc…. Fornicators were in his patch again.

Maybe he should let the goats in there for a while.

Like big horny landmines.

He felt better with that thought.