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Ianto flips over the final dead body, looking for one who looked like he was in charge. They all looked like typical henchmen and their earpieces were all squealing with feedback which means someone has flipped a switch somewhere. "He's not here. He's still hot."
And then they hear it. An incongruous sound through the silent house... Approaching from outside... Whoop-whoop-whoop-whoop... Like a great prehistoric beast, a huge army helicopter sweeps through the back alley.
They move to the Dressing Room, towards the sound. Ianto looks out of the window. Willaby and Jack enter behind Ianto. Ianto stands looking out. "Why do bad guys always got to make an entrance!"
Willaby and Jack move. Ianto goes to another window, smashes the shutter and glass with the butt of his rifle then opens fire. The helicopter soars toward the store and then dramatically turns. Suddenly BLAM!BLAM!BLAM!BLAM! The helicopter has opened fire! Through the darkness we can see the flashes of a powerful machine gun- Windows shatter - walls pierced - the twilight breaking through - Ianto runs, moving quickly away from the gunfire into the Kitchen.
Bullets rip and ricochet only feet behind him. He yells to Jack and Willaby. "Get behind the arch, bulletproof!"
Bullets still pierce the walls. Ianto and Jack runs through to the room, grabs an ammunition clip from the dead man. The helicopter, circling the store is strafing the walls and windows.
Ianto takes cover and Jack reloads as he runs to the Central Hallway taking cover as bullets strafe the windows of the main sowing room. Outside, the Helicopter continues strafing the store as it moves along the side of the property.
Ianto glimpses the helicopter through the bullet-ridden shutters. Jack is returning fire as the helicopter's machine-gun annihilates the outer walls of the store.
"Go to the tunnel, use the tunnel." Ianto yells as the helicopter moves towards the front of the store and ceases firing.
Willaby grabs a flashlight. He and Jack escape into the pirate's hole. Willaby looks to the front window as he slips into the hole and sees the helicopter hover and then drop as Ianto follows them with something in his hand.
"Ianto?"
"A little further under the park, I need more buffer"
Finally they stop and Ianto looks at Jack "Ready?"
"Do it."
Ianto holds up the detonator and pushes the button, "Goodbye birdie."
BOOM!
The store explodes, sending a sheet of flame through the centre of the store. The helicopter is caught in the explosion and is thrown to one side, slamming into the ground as those below in the tunnel listen.
"So, you think we got him this time?" Jack asks sarcastically as dirt continues to fall around them.
Ianto's insane grin told him that the man he was in love with was satisfied.
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"The body we pulled from the chopper was Hillman" Archie told the team as they listened to him from the safety of the Hub.
"Hillman?" Ianto stood from his chair with alarm "he works for…"
"Worked for lad. Worked for. He's toast now" Archie grinned "And so will his financier be soon."
"Hang on, this is my fight. Our fight, not the Kingsmen!" Ianto said with anger "this is not domestic if HE is involved."
"Well, that store was pretty damned Kingsman property" Archie said back defiantly and Ianto snorted. Then the old man narrowed his eyes "Sold. It sold recently… no."
"Yep. Torchwood! Good training ground for new recruits, it was perfect for this operation. I told Ianto to find somewhere NOT a fucking warehouse" Jack said with his arms folded, having worked out what was happening here, "If it's alien, it's ours."
"Thought you lot were not London!" Archie was getting pissed now.
"And I thought you knew me better than that! Like I will back down from a challenge from that pig headed fucker!" Ianto sneered, and then snorted at himself "Pigsy. You know… he is a wanker."
"Pigsy Barton" Jack said calmly as the team sprang into action, trying to find out who the hell this Pigsy Barton was, even as Ianto sat once more and rubbed at his face.
"Fuck me… he really is a pig headed wanker" Owen finally said as he stared at the picture on the file "Like… why is he in a Weevil's boiler suit? Why the pig mask?"
"Same deal, but not" Ianto replied "The Doctor had some interaction with these. They were humans first, some virus or alien something changed them into pigs. Still human too, clever and devious, living in the sewers alongside the Weevils."
"No. I would have known about that, I would have… hang on. Oh. That makes sense, the boiler suits are them? I wondered how the Weevils got them" Owen muttered to himself as he clicked more "Weevils are like… their security force?"
"Attack dogs gone rabid more like" Ianto replied, "This is an Alien matter Uncle."
Willaby had stood listening intently to the goings on and he stepped forward "I agree with the boy."
"If we are taking the fight to him, we need everything we can get. Maybe joining forces is not a bad idea? Suits are preferable to Red Caps for me" Jack asked Ianto with raised eyebrows, hating the flickers of emotion as an internal war raged before a single nod.
OK.
Game on.
Willaby clapped his hands together then rubbed them as he grinned at his younger brother. Archie glared back as he knew this was going to be a shit-show if he was involved.
But maybe a bit of fun too.
