Chap 11
"The back Wall's been breached." Tosh cries as she checks the motion sensors.
"Don't worry, the back door's locked and secured." Owen reassures her with a pat to her shoulder as the others walk over to look.
"Let me in!" a voice comes over the speaker system, "It's me!"
"Shit. It's Ianto!" Jack cries, pushing past Tosh to activate the cameras at the back door.
Ianto is standing with his back against the door looking at the oncoming horde. He glances up at the camera with fear, "Open the door!"
"Looks like him to me." Owen concurs and goes to open the door but John grabs him and leans closer to the screen.
"Haven't heard any of these things speaking English." John mutters as he tries to decide if it's Ianto or not.
"Come on, Harkness, the tides getting high out here!" Ianto whimpers and Jack lunges for John.
"Give me those keys." Jack demands, "Come on!"
They swing open the door and Ianto turns to stare at Jack, panting on the other side.
"Is it you?" Jack asks with raw hope.
"Yes." Ianto steps into Jacks arms, "It's me."
I had a glimpse of the Martians, of their minds, of what they want. They won't rest short of the destruction of any invading species. As far as they're concerned, we are the invaders.
"Something's kicking out there." Owen runs up to the door they has just closed and looks though the small window.
"Shit. They made a battering ram." Owen splutters and Jack pushes him aside to peer out as well.
"All right, everybody to the rear of the jail." Ianto yells, backing away from the door.
"Owen, you and John go back to the storeroom. Load up on detonators." Ianto snaps, and Owen glances as John as thy both nod, "You're the second line of defence."
"So we stay here?" Jack says softly to Ianto.
"We hold them off as long as we can." Ianto looks into his beep blue eyes, "Then we fall back to the storeroom."
"You know soon as we kill one of them, whatever's inside's gonna come after us." Jack informs Ianto who nods slowly.
"I know. So if one of us gets possessed..."
"Leave them." Jack agrees privately knowing he will not leave Ianto again.
"Here we go." Jack fronts up and takes a shooting stance as the door starts to splinter in, "Party time."
They start shooting as they back towards the next set of doors.
"I'm out." Jack yells as he struggles to free another weapon, "I'm out."
"Move! Move!" Ianto roars as he adjusts his arc of bullets, watching his own meter run down.
"Clear!" Jack yells and the doors open to let them in,
"Clear!" Owen steps out of the doorway and opens fire as Jack helps Ianto back into the safety of the inner jail.
"Stand clear!" John has several tin grenades which he lobs with natural ease.
"Clear!" John yells, "Get out!"
Jack snarls as the doors start to buckle again, "I got it!"
"Take them out back." Ianto orders and Jack hesitates, "Better get out of here."
"Get back." Ianto yells again, looking in surprise as Jack sticks to his side.
"Come on!" Jack roars, opening fire again.
"Come on!" Ianto joins in and soon Owen staggers up to join the shooting spree.
"Come on, let's go!" Ianto slaps the men on the shoulder and they run for the group who are now outside
"Look for the transporter. See if you can get someone on the radio." Ianto yells as we get into the mine vehicle.
"John, get this thing started." Ianto orders, "Owen, unlock the gate!"
"Come on, hurry up!" Ianto slaps the back of the driver's seat as John struggles to get the large vehicle fired up.
"The transporter is sitting at the pad." Tosh tells them as she is thrown around in the back, Owen reaching out to steady her. She smiles as he holds her in the seat, their companionship now apparent.
"Officer to transporter, do you read?" Tosh fiddles with the coms.
"This is the transporter, where have you been?" comes a voice over the speakers and they all laugh with relief.
"Where the hell have you been?" John snarks back.
"All right, calm down." The speakers demand, "Sato, calm down!"
"All right. Wait for us." John yells as he surges the vehicle to go faster.
"We're on our way. Tosh answers and cuts the connection with a whoop of joy.
"Let's go! Come on!" Jack stands at the open door of the transporter looking back at the crazy horde surging towards their position.
"Get in!" they race for the transporter and Tosh screams as a blade thrown from a crazy clips her leg, taking her down. Owen screams and runs to her, cradling her in his arms as more blades strike them.
They slump into each other as they die and Ianto can only watch with horror as his friends bleed out.
"No!" Ianto cries as Jack bodily hoists him into the transporter. As the doors close a blade clips Ianto and he cries out with pain, slumping against Jack.