25

Jack entered the back door and listened but the only sound in the house was of the automatic doors closing on the garage.

He took a few step and listened again.

He was almost around the corner when they struck.

A yodel from SJ as he struck at his father with a sword, reminding him of CJ at that age while RJ took the more serious action of trying to tie him up with a length of twine.

"Avast ya landlubber!" SJ snarled, his eye patch almost off as he challenged his incapacitated Daddy. "You scurvy swine of a … a …."

"Fish woman!" RJ offered then frowned. "That's not right."

"Um …" they had one of their silent conversations as he waited patiently.

"Barnacle!" they yelled at the same time.

Next thing he knew, he was airborne. CJ had him under the arms and Tarn was shrieking with laughter, so much that he dropped his feet a few times before they got him into the living room.

Ianto was on the sofa, asleep?

"Babe?" Jack called, "Save me?"

Ianto opened and eye and covertly shook his head.

"Why can't my love save me?" Jack wailed.

"He's sleeping beauty dummy!" SJ snorted and he turned to RJ with a leer, "See? Told you Taddy was good at this game!"

CJ had hold of Tarn and they were wrestling. SJ stomped over and hit CJ on the rump with the sword.

"Enough of that rubbish ya dog doo-doos!" he yelled, "Wrench, get over here and set these smelly things to work."

"it's wench not wrench ya dork brain!" RJ giggled and SJ frowned.

"Oh yeah" he burst into peels of laugher and looked just like Jack as he roared with his hands on his hips.

"Well" RJ demanded with a giggle, "Swab the sails then!"

CJ and Tarn lost it, shrieking with laughter as they pretended to "Swab" the walls.

"SJ, they need sorting" RJ demanded as she stomped over to pat Ianto's head, "Poor Taddy. We'll save you from the sleeping spell."

"Oh yeah, forgot about that!" SJ gasped. "Sorry darling."

"Ya, ya scum thingy!" SJ poked Jack who grunted and tried to look scared through his snorts of glee.

"You have to save the lovely Prince Taddy!" SJ demanded.

"Oh yes Captain, I'll save the beloved Prince Taddy" Jack said with a grin.

"You better!" SJ growled as he pretended to cut the rope.

"Kiss him now!" RJ clapped and the boys joined in with a cheer.

"Jack gathered the "sleeping" Ianto into his arms and kissed him deeply, revelling in the game.

"You'd better be doing that right Daddy or I'll run you up with this sword."

Ianto couldn't ignore that one and screamed as he held Jack, their tears rolling down their cheeks as Jack held his arse, lest SJ run him up.