Jack helped his sons with the weevil as Ianto sat with their daughter, handing her a bottle of apple juice, stroking her hair as she drank before bringing his attention to the scene that was going on between Jack and the boys.
"Oh come on dad! We're fine!" Griffin protested as he attempted to pull the weevil by its arms and not getting very far. "Yeah spoil sport!" Tucker joined in, pushing the other way. Jack rolled his eyes and got the weevil into a fireman's lift. "Yeah but if I leave you two at it, it'll be waking up and chomping on you for dinner".
The boys tailed after their father as he placed the weevil in the car boot of the SUV and made their way into the car themselves. Ianto smirked slightly but said nothing, ruffling his daughter's hair before getting into the front passenger seat and waiting for Jack.
After about ten minutes they were driving back to the Hub, the boys squabbling in the back causing Ianto to rub his temples before turning and raising an eyebrow at them. "Stop it! I will get you both put on paperwork duty if you don't stop the whole bickering between each other…you hear me?" he warned. "Sorry Da…" Griffin and Tucker apologised at the same time.
Jack chuckled and shook his head lightly in amusement. "Em, you alright sweetie?" he asked, glancing over his shoulder briefly. "Yep" she murmured, it was obvious that the little one was exhausted, Jack planned on getting her a bath, feeding her and then putting her down for the night with a bedtime story. They were on Cinderella at the moment.
He was too engrossed in thinking about his daughter, he didn't see the black van coming at him at full speed, barely registered the shouted warning from Ianto before the contact of the car crashing into the front bumper, grounding them to a halt.
Jack instantly started to get out of the car, he really didn't want this tonight. He just wanted a normal night spent with his husband and kids. "What the hell were you…" he trailed off, gasping as he came face to face with the gun, he hardly had time to react to it before he was shot in the head and he went down on the pavement.
Ianto was already getting out of the car, his first instinct on protecting his young as well as the worry about Jack. He hated seeing him die but right now, he had promised Jack that he would put the kids first if anything happened and by hell he was going to protect them even if he died doing it. He grunted as he was forced back into the side of the SUV, he managed to get a punch to the side of the person's face, there were two from what he would gather, the other being too close to comfort to his children. "Stay away from my ki..mpfh" he trailed off as lips locked onto his.
Gwen grabbed hold of Jack as he gasped fighting for breath as he revived. "Its alright Jack. Deep breaths" she coaxed. "Wh..what happened?" Jack managed, looking around him in bewilderment. Seeing his two boys wrapped up in warm blankets, he looked back at Gwen. "Are they alright?" he asked, his eyes full of concern. "Yeah, they're a little shaken and got hit around the head with what looks like a butt of a gun but they're ok" she told him. "Ianto?" he asked, glancing around for his husband. "Just working on him now, looks like someone's been playing with paralysing lipgloss…Jack, there's something we need to tell you. Emily…she's gone" Owen told him with a pained expression. "And I'm guessing you know who it is since only one person knows all about the effects of paralysing lip gloss mate" Owen added, with a pointed look in Jack's direction. Jack shook his head in shock, "What do you mean she's gone…." Jack trailed off knowing how stupid he sounded before letting Owen's latter words register in his muddled brain. "I'm going to kill him!" he growled, pushing the sleeve of his greatcoat up and hitting buttons on his wrist strap and connecting to the vortex manipulator that belonged to one Captain John Hart.