Bubbles of Madness - Walter 31

by Awatere11

So you have bene asking and so... you horrible people.. is has come. The flu that is not just the flu is about to hit the lovely village of Shangri-La making Ianto take drastic action even as others scoff that it is just the flu and everyone is being silly. We shall see.

67. Chapter 67

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Ianto knew he shouldn't look but he really couldn't help but wonder what the petting zoo was looking like and really, he wasn't disappointed. Jack was in the throes of one of his projects and several others had been pulled into the madness that is a Jack Harkness Build.

"Ho Taddy" Ton called out as he waved happily, a little DS boy rushing to stand next to him and to wave as well, and Ianto was touched to see the little tool belt Ton had worn while helping build Rose Cottage was not being handed to another little boy.

"Hey babe" Jack was walking towards him with a huge rabbit in his arms "Look at this beauty. I got a breeding pair."

"So kids can learn what the phrase 'shagging like rabbits' means?" Ianto asked and watched Jack's face crumble moments before the uncontrollable laughter started. Yeah. So predictable. After all this time Ianto could still yank that funny chain every time.

Ianto walked the enclosure, noting the separated areas and the way the walls only went half way up and the roof was enclosed with the back half as roof and the front half just mess. "My Captain? Birds too?"

"Yeah… what do ya think?"

"It'… wow… wonderful. The kids will learn so much, enjoy it and I suspect a few adults will too" Ianto assured him. I especially like the snake pit. It did startle me to see one."

"What?" Jack rushed with horror to check as Skidmark started to laugh softly "That was mean. You know he has a thing about snakes. No matter how many times we tell him we don't have them he still freaks at sticks."

"He still makes fun of Owen's fear of spiders so… I think that's fair" Ianto sniffed.

"Sometimes Boss, I wonder where the Mistress gets her mean streak, then I see ya do something like that and know the Hoodlum is strong here" Skidmark chortled happily.

"Skiddy… here … dude… this IS Hoodlum Town" Ianto swaggered off with the cane swinging as Skidmark laughed some more and again wondered where he might be if not for that man… those men who gave him a new live, a love and a family.

Not all gangs are bad, not all people are bad and definitely… it is worth accepting a hand offered sometimes… it might have a cute coffee bean cufflink at the end of it.