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Ianto reacted without a second thought, even concussed and confused his training was running true and as he swung his arm back his hand caught the man squarely in the right cheekbone and he stepped back with a grunt of surprise.

Ianto then let his body continue to pivot and his arm came back around his baby and he angled himself as his foot rose to slam into the thug at the same point as his fist, driving him back a couple of staggered paces which is when Ianto snarled animalistically and drove his forehead into the same said cheekbone then he finally heard that satisfying POP/CRUNCH he had been listening for, stepping back as the man started to scream in a high pitched voice, his hand covering the now fractured orbital bone.

Caden had stopped screaming and was clinging to Ianto. His face buried in his chest as Ianto staggered back against the vehicle and tried to shake himself back to full capacity, those around them still getting in the way as they milled between them shouting and trying to defuse things.

The man straightened up and looked around, focusing on Ianto and he advanced again, this time screaming that he was going to kill him and eat his fucking young.

"OK, you a heard that?" Ianto said calmly as he crouched and then exploded up into the air kicking off the open door of the vehicle and he pivoted in the air, kicking out as the man came close enough. The man flew back, hitting the support beam and sliding down it as Ianto staggered around the vehicle to put it between then, "Please has someone called security, where the hell are they?"

The man groaned and groggily got to his hand and knees as people tried to encourage him to sty down, more than one glancing at the dangerous man who clung to his child while making low growling noises occasionally.

Although most were oblivious to the danger there were a few in the crowd that recognised the actions in play and had called security repeatedly as they saw a possible homicide about to happen.

The man was on his feet and he seized a woman who was holding a cloth to his eye, throwing her into the crowd who screamed and ran for it leaving Ianto and Caden there.

Fucking pussies.

The man advanced and Ianto knew he had little to no options so he leaned back against the hood and raised his legs, licking the man's knees and groin as hard as he could but the man still advanced, grabbing Ianto by the throat as Caden screamed again.

"OI!" shouting and the sound of running, security finally arriving … the useless pricks, Yvonne was going to hear about this.

Ianto drew back and then struck, biting down on the man's nose and feeling the gristle between his teeth as the man flailed and screamed.

"STUNNING!"

Ianto released the man to step back and give them a clear shot.

The thump to his back was both unexpected and horrifying as he comprehended that he had just been stunned with a child in his arms, falling forward as he could not control his momentum and he landed awkwardly as he tried to protect Caden from his weight, the stun also affecting his baby who was making a gargling noise as he convulsed in his arms.

Ianto's last conscious thought was that he didn't care who fired that, they were all going to die.

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Ianto woke in a cell.

OK.

He thought he could not possibly get more pissed but here he was, in a fucking holding cell?

CADEN

Ianto sprung from the bench and hit the Coms Button, "Where is my son, is he alright? Caden, where is Caden?"

The door swung open and Ianto stepped back warily as three men entered along with a petite woman who was clearly in charge.

"Perhaps we can sit and discuss that" she purred.

"I want my Vid-call first" Ianto replied calmly.

"Soon first we need a talk"

Ianto canted his head, "Under Shadow Proclamation Law and the Intergalactic Rights of 4021 I am entitled to a Vid-Com call the moment I request one."

"And I said you will get it, now sit down before one of my men puts you down" she purred, flicking her hair back with distain.

Ianto was super ice.

He sat and looked at her, then down at the file she was opening and he knew his son was still in the building somewhere. The pieces of paper she was removing told him a multitude of things mostly that they had broken protocols so many times that this entire division were in a world of hurt that they hadn't even felt yet.

"Right, let's start with a name" she said as she leaned back to look at him, "You have no ID, no Ident chip and you don't show up on any data base."

"No, I wouldn't" Ianto said softly, "I am a Ghost."

"A ghost?" she frowned and canted her head as one of the men froze behind her.

Ah.

Ianto focused in him and despite how much it hurt his bruised face he grinned.

They want to know who he is?

Really?