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Ianto was calming down as Owen arrived, his face ashen as he entered the room flanked by a bug and a blue tentacled thing that had Yvonne retreating away from it.

"It's OK, that's just Goffa" Ianto said distractedly, still holding Caden and the little boy seemed to have cried himself to sleep.

"I can get a better look without the limpet" Owen said and Ianto nodded letting Jack gently remove the limp child who whimpered and then settled as he felt his Daddy's warmth instead.

Owen swore softly, working quickly to fill the hole, "This should help with the pain as well, pain relief in the packing."

Ianto nodded and looked over at Alice who was sitting silently watching, her hands wringing her skirts.

"You OK love?" Ianto asked softly, "I am so proud of you, I watched you act bravely and help protect your baby brother. Well done Alice, I am so proud you are my daughter, what a wonderful woman you will be, how strong a warrior you will be."

"I was scared" she said softly and Jack looked over at her with a sigh, nodding.

"Me too" he said to her, "I was terrified. I would have died if you had been hurt, if you or Storm had been hurt I would have just died with the sadness of it. My darlings, my sweet darlings. Yvonne, well done. Nice to see you haven't got soft in that palace of yours."

"Yeah" she huffed as she sat and pulled Alice into her lap, "Glad to know I still have that killer streak. Pete be praised, I thought my heart was going to explode out of my chest when we were cornered."

She was fingering the pin on Alice's dress and looked more closely, "My Pete. This is an emergency pin, I didn't know you had one of these. That's why they came so fast."

"GrandTad gave it to me, it was my Grandma's. I knew it would bring the Security Team, did not want to press it and give in, ask for help but the kids were there it wasn't about my pride" Ianto said as he settled back on the sofa and Owen rose to give Mavis room, her clicking become loud as she demanded space to see to him and she placed a blanket over him, stroking his face gently.

"I'm OK Mavis love" he said as he settled more, "See to my babies please. Keep them safe love."

Goffa grunted as he moved from the room and Mavis swung to watch him go "He's angry that you were hurt and he wasn't there to protect you all. He is going to call the underground, find out what happened here. The plant is eating the man, he has nothing on his clothing to show who he came from, whatever is in his pockets belongs to the kitty plant, I not ask it to spit out."

"It was clearly an attempt on my life and there will be no identifying insignia" Yvonne confirmed, "The blast was directed at my viewing box, if Ianto hadn't closed the level we would all be dead. My darling babies, all …."

Yvonne rose and moved to the window her hands clenched into fists at her sides, "They would have known I would have the children there, the tickets purchased well ahead for two children. They would have known. I will follow this right back, I will not rest until the one who gave the order is kneeling at my fucking feet. I promise."

"I don't doubt you Yvonne" Jack said as he watched Ianto's eyelid grow heavy, "But if I find them first you will get a severed head."

"I don't doubt that either Captain" she replied as she turned to watch the pain meds kick in as Ianto slumped and Jack handed Caden to Mavis then he slid into the space next to Ianto, cradling him against him as Owen went back to work for real, pulling the wound back together as Ianto slept.

The sound of a large Transporter growled around the dome as its top dissipated to let it in, settling on the large grassed lawn. The men that stomped out were flanking Brigadier Jones who looked around and then down at the landing gear sinking into the lawn, "He is going to be pissed when he sees that."

He ordered his men to form a human shield at the edge of the dome, his little family would be watched now whether they liked it or not, from now on they were under the Jones Eye. As men set up their modular guard posts within sight of one another a fortress started to rise, outer gates being carried form the huge vessel as they locked down their new base.

He then moved with that confidence one with power could wield, entering and looking up as a bug moved across the ceiling. He followed it and as it entered the room to drop to the floor and offer the wash cloth he finally saw his grandson slumped unconscious against his silently seething mate.

Alice looked up from her skirts and slid from the chair, "Grandy, look what they did to Taddy. They tried to hurt us. It was scary and people were deaded with bits gone. A man had no face and Taddy had to cover him with his jacket so he would go away. It was gross."

"My brave princess" he said softly, "I heard you were fantastic and everyone thinks you were such a Harkness-Jones that you are already awesome."

"Really?" her face lit up as her pride overrode her fears, "I can be a warrior one day, Taddy said so."

"And you shall" he said softly, "you and your brother will be powerful. I will make sure of it."

"As shall I" Yvonne said softly, "My godchildren will be loved by those who can and feared by those who should."

The Brigadier straightened and nodded to her as they both shared a look of pride.

These children were protected.