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"How did you know?" Gwen asked softly.
"I remembered you. Your file said you were a submissive, crated to infiltrate. I remember you. You didn't want to hurt anyone, you were pulled along with three other submissives, all of them gone. You managed to escape him and you thought you were free but then Cherry found you. Gray died and you found yourself here with Jack. The Snake is here you see, why he orchestrated it, made Jack an offer he couldn't not refuse to drill here … the shell company getting you here so she could make a play for you. Then when they found that you had 'normalized' and turned your back on all the training, you were no longer useful they decided to kill you instead. Along with some other Meatsticks. Cherry was not there with you that day… on an errand, she turned up after the fact while Jack was in recovery. All those killed in that rogue flaring because of you. I find this woman in my flat caring for the little one, known by the little one and it was not until we found the Snake was here on world that I started to put things together. He is not the only one who is three or four steps ahead. My brain is wired the same so I saw the game in play. They wanted the babies now, you and Jack gone and those kids snatched up. We cornered him, I took him out as intended and the only clean up left was… well… two remaining cell members. I am two away from marking the file of Cell Three Sterilization closed."
Gwen shifted nervously in her chair "Thank you for making sure my kids were not here for this. That… Jack will take care of them. You will not mark them as Meatsticks will you? Their father was real… they are… real!"
Ianto canted his head as he stared at her long and hard then he said softly "Did I not tell you I am the same as Snake? I am of the same makeup as him? I know you Gwen. This entire time I have felt, heard, examined your thoughts and feelings? Snake was like… my older brother… I have his mind."
She looked towards the door, then frowned looking back at him "What are you going to do?"
"I m going to tell them all the member of the cell are now dealt with. Close the file and mark it off" Ianto shrugged "I will tell them the Nanny for kids was the last Meatstick. I will say you are from my group… my cell. This will explain that your Meatstick DNA exists in you. If they press for what cell you are I will lie and say mine. I know it will be awkward if they ever look at you and see the difference in your appearance but since different DNAs age us differently… I might look 26 but one of my brothers already looks to be in hi fifties. I can easily pass you off… we will have to remove that tattoo… or cover it with another. I can talk to Owen… maybe a small scar from a bullet's ricochet? We can try that?"
"You… you would let me live?" she could not understand, "Lie. You … you are a Meatstick. You cannot…"
"You did. He did. Sure I can. I am not a Meatstick, I am an anomaly placed amongst them at birth to be a sleep agent… did I not explain this already Gwen? I will let you live. Jack is mine, there can be no negotiation there. Push anything with that rule and I will either send you off-world or will REALLY close the file. Understand? I do not care if you live or die but he does. His brother loved you and … I do believe… I do believe somewhere in there… you loved him too. Three children, each one a risk of discovery had they been DNA tested… you flew close to the sun with that… I understand you maternal instincts outweighed anything else so… for now… you can live. Be my sister. Be his sister. We will be our own cell."
"But he is yours."
"I am the alpha here… this is MY cell… Jack is MY second. You… are part of my cell." Ianto clarified.
"And I keep my kids" she whispered "I … I keep my life?"
"If there is one thing I have learned about this planet, it might seem like hell but it is definitely a different universe to the rest of the worlds. Here we can exist, hide from the others and find peace. The others do not want this place, no one wants this place. We can own it... dust and all."
"I did love him… I did" she sobbed, lowering her head to her hands "Gray was so… gentle."
"Boeshanninan. Like Jack, they are… intense. I agree, connecting to them in a psychic level really curls your toes. I did not think I could love like this" Ianto rose from the chair and smiled "Now… wanna go look at a stupid butterfly thing?"
He held out his hand and Gwen tentatively took it, looking down at the body.
"Don't worry… I will take care of that" John said sullenly.
"Oh yeah… he is cell too" Ianto said as he pointed at John "But it's OK… that feeling…. I want to shoot him too."
She laughed weakly as John pouted then moved from the door to let them out, walking over to pick up the Nanny's body for disposal.
Then he tined back with surprise as he finally heard what Ianto had said "Cell? Eye Candy? After everything… really?"
"Yes... from Jack's side of the family. I will blame you for every bad thing the kids do" cam the faint reply as John laughed and tuned back to his task.
He knew he might have lost his head for the Tail removal.
Seems Ianto wants to clean the slate for everyone.
A onetime deal and he will take it.
