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Finally the doors closed, the thing smashing against them had enough to stove them in slightly as it howled inhumanly. Ianto let out a nervous laugh as he slumped back against Jack and they stood as the jets of decontamination spray hit them full force.

"Clothes" Ianto croaked, "Get them off."

"Are we safe?"

"We know we are… but everyone else…. Yes. Yes. It was only a moment. We breathed the air but … only for a moment and there was not physical contact. No. No, we are OK." Ianto was babbling and knew it as he tried to clam down, striping as Jack did the same, the jets still blasting them as they shivered with fear and cold.

The doors sighed open and Toshiko was there with Owen and two cadets.

"We are OK" Jack said firmly, reaching for the robes being offered "We are not contaminated."

"Agreed" Toshiko nodded "No contact, it was too soon to be airborne. They all had to die, rise and then start to make contact to infect. Why it had to be hand to hand combat, to have skin to skin contact. The soldiers were the Trojans all the time, not the boy. Or Ianto. They simply walked in and thought they could case a ripple effect. They had no idea the quality of kit. They thought they could recreate the Tower … infect the facility and hopefully the child would mutate once more. Or one of us might."

"All dead in there" Ianto whispered with sorrow "Shit. We have lost about twenty, once we sweep and cleanse that level ya know. Twenty."

"I know. Now they know about this place, its all burned" Ifan huffed with annoyance "Suggestions?"

"We bug out to a safe house and lick our wounds" Owen suggested "Anyone got one in their back pocket?"

"Boy?"

"Yes. Come on, we can use the other transport to get there." Ianto pointed up to the ceiling as he spoke and everyone looked up with confusion, well bar the Kingsmen who were already packing things up calmly.

"Wait …street level is not top?" Owen asked.

"No. Roof is the top" Ianto smiled as he accepted the child off Gwen "We will use the choppers."

"Choppers. Oh, well ok. Why didn't you say so" Owen groused under his breath as he snatched things into a bag. Might as well pilfer like a good pirate.

"Oi boy, grab my picture" Ifan yelled and Ianto growled softly.

"they will not get down here, not with the security It will all still be here in a few months when we unlock the place for a sweep and cleanse!" Ianto scolded.

"I like that picture!" Ifan roared as he leaned forward on the handles of his chair like he might leap from it for Ianto's jugular, looking as dangerous as those things they had encountered "My fucking birthday coming up and that secret surprise party is fucked now, get me the picture to enjoy at least!"

"You knew" Toshiko gaped.

"Grandy" Eggsy huffed.

Ianto simply threw his hands in the air "See? Told ya so. Old bastard. This is why we don't have nice things!"

"Hey!"

The elevator doors opened and Ianto nodded to Eggsy and Jack who swept the roof, knowing it was clear but letting Jack regain some control with a show of dominance. They then got into the choppers and as Ianto put the head set on Jack looked around and joined him in the cockpit.

"cock…pit" Jack said slowly "Hey Ianto … I am in your cock … pit…"

"Stop it" Ianto scolded softly, a faint smile giving away his amusement "Come on. I need me pre-flight checks."

"You can fly this?"

"Better than you!" came the smart reply and soon they were skimming across the city.

"OK. Maybe not the right time for a question but … where to?" Owen asked in the back seat as he glanced back at the other two choppers following them, the child now in his lap with a thumb in his mouth.

"My other place" Ianto called back.

"Oh goody! The castle!" Ifan chortled "you hate that place."

"No. I do not hate that place… I hate all of you making fun of me for having it."

"Well, you have to admit it is funny that you are the dragon and you have a castle. Of course we want to know if the gold is in the dungeon. Your little hoard. So funny." Ifan cackled to himself "And you still don't have sharks in your moat."

"GRANDY! For fucksake, I don't want sharks in my bloody moat!" Ianto spluttered and Owen looked from one to the other as he tried to work out if this was some elaborate windup. After all … this is Wales. Right? Why would the Tea Boy have a fucking castle?

Funny how you forget when in the thick of things.

Oh yeah.

He is Kingsman right?