3

Jack was amazed at Ianto's moxie and amused as the first phone call came though, followed by several e-mails. Finally the heads the Reds, Blacks, Greys and Whites all agreeing to a sit down with the Weres.

It was a Wednesday. Don't' know why shit happens on a Wednesday around here but it seems to be Hump Day Madness. Ianto seated at the head of the table with the five heads of the Kelpie, the eight…yes… eight heads of Were also reluctantly seated glaring at one another.

"Right. We all know one another. Boris, surprised to see you here but congratulations on usurping your uncle. I hear you are a more balanced pack leader and many are happy with the change" Ianto nodded to a Were who stared back stonily. He then continued "We are here because we keep killing one another and we are getting nowhere. I see no point in this continuing as it has, no one has the upper hand … except for the Kelpie who are stronger, wiser and now fed up. I would like to point out that some here are blameless, and some have already tried to make peace. Today we are all going to agree to set zones and defined spaces."

"Boundaries" a Were snorted "We tried that!"

"Well … now I am stating it. Behind me…" Ianto turned to gesture as Tosh put up a map of Cardiff and Wales as well. "You can see the ley-lines, the defined markers of Were. Due to the breeding between packs we are making tentative markers with the agreement that if one strays onto another's land it is considered a peaceable moving. As long as there is no conflict, don't look for it."

"So they can walk across our land like dogs pissing on .." one snarled.

"No, that would be rude and unnecessary. We only pee in our OWN patches. Anyone wanting to breed or join another pack must ask permission or go into the green zone which is for those who do not have a pack due to their choices." Ianto said.

"And Kelpie? Where are their boundaries?"

"We are Kelpie. You are in our garden, don't' forget that" Ianto barked, loud and angry now "We do not need to ask where we go, we do not HAVE TO tell you that we want to get an ice-cream. Get a grip. We were here first, we will be here long after your kind had killed one another, especially those of you running with fish-heads!"

"You think you are better than us!" someone huffed.

Ianto rose, leaning over the desk to chuff …. Dark smoke swirling in the air as it rolled down the table and more than one Were leaned back with horror, even as the Kelpie leaned forward to scent it and the brimstone ws rewarding as their eyes glowed.

"Wale belongs to us. We are the fucking dragons here" Ianto growled low "Kelpie control land, air, sea and if you want to really piss me off … I can control YOU!"

A Were jumped in his seat, yelping as if struck and he turned to his colleague "Did you just fucking bite my am?"

Another yelped, standing to tub his butt as he looked back at his chair.

"No one touched you, except me. I simply … pushed into your mind and told you to feel that. Imagine if I wanted this entire room to turn on one another and tear your neighbour to shreds. It would hurt, I would expend a lot of energy doing it and feel sick afterward and take years to regain strength from such a thing but … if you are going to act like puppies, I will. You will all kill each other and become extinct but our own teeth" Ianto smiled, a toothy one with glowing eyes "We are Kelpie and we have awoken. Now. We WILL agree to what we are going to do and there we go."

"Goram Kelpie Dogs!" the bum one snarled, his teeth flashing as he went to transform and Jack's Webley clicking next to his ear made them all stop.

"What. Just because you don't have weapons, you think the only one without the ability to transform didn't either?" Jack smiled sweetly "Well … unfortunate for you, isn't it because I do have my gun and I don't need to hide behind a façade. I AM a bastard, no hiding it."

"My mate is trying to say that he does not bluff" Ianto settled back in his chair, "Now … arses on seats please."

Everyone sat.

Everyone agreed reluctantly to the deal and some even requested amendment that were agrued and agreed to.

Everyone signed.

Jack knew it was not over, Ianto watching one with unease as Luka sat there also eyeballing him. This must be the one who killed their mother. The one their father feuded with and was eventually killed by as well.

Jack made a mental note of him, he would remember him.

His VM would remember his signature electrical field as he smouldered across the table.

Jack knew he would be back.

Bullies always are.