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Clean up took a few weeks. Not just the bodies and blood but the damage done needed to be squared away before the kids retuned and this means supplies. The house did not feel the same, the entire planet seemed tainted now and Ianto knew his mindset had changed, his only fear now was that Jack might not want change. Ianto had considered things and was about to make a suggestion when Jack made it for him.

"John, how about you fly Torchwood and I will go with Ianto on Myfanwy?"

Ianto blinked, the offer in the reverse about to leave his mouth and he smiled "Really? You wanna fly in my fossil?"

"Are you crazy? She might be a dinosaur compared to the other Fireflies, but she is mighty and Goram, she is pretty" Jack laughed.

"Well, we only need a skeleton crew with her, she does most of the work herself, the AI advanced" Iant shrugged "I go… Toshiko and Owen?"

"That agreeable to everyone?" Jack asked and all of those around the large dining table in the Harkness-Jones front room agreed eagerly.

Then Jack turned to look at his daughter who was over by the window looking out at the setting suns like she wasn't listening. He added "Of course, it will be a good time to give Ali some lessons in the shuttle while we are up there as well."

"And it is high time Stephen learned some things up there for himself" Ianto agreed, "And I think he likes the idea of star navigation. A dying art, I might teach him that while we are all up there."

Alice swing around to gape, then she asked, "All of us?"

"Well, we are a family" Ianto agreed, and she squealed, running to hug his head as he laughed into her chest, her squealing high pitched as she also jumped up and down.

"Careful love, you might pull his head clean off" Jack said with genuine concern as he hoped his mate could breathe in there.

"Well, if I have the Torchwood, Suzie… Andy…"

"Rhys" Andy added "he wants back on… apparently Gwen was un-fucking believable during the evac and actually pushed a kid over trying to get onto a transporter first. Whatever problems they were trying to fix, that was the last bit. He has declared."

"You?" Ianto guessed.

"Yeah" the man gushed happily "I knew he would come around, I just needed to give him a beat to see the difference between me and Gwen was more than her tits or my cock…although it is a mighty fine cock if I do say so myself."

"Ew Uncle Andy" Alice said as she plonked into her father's lap like she was still a little girl "Gross."

"Sorry sweetheart but I can't deny a fact."

"Goram… you have been around John far too long" Ianto laughed.

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Over the next few weeks, they refitted the Firefly Myfanwy and as they headed up into the black to defend their planet as part of the satellite security grid, it was with the knowledge that not only would Alice learn to fly but in time Stephen would too, his love of the Black something he inherited from his father.

Jack was in love. There was no two ways about it and he didn't know if he should be grateful or afraid as he learned this new dance, glad that at least the music was still the same, just the dance partner was a little…er…energetic. And Ianto… was incredible.

A new family unit was formed and although Ianto visited his sister often, visited the planet surface often, he was never so at home as he was in the Black, with all those shiny, shiny stars to guide him.

And the Zombie Reavers?

Well… they are for another time maybe, for now the pack of them that had attacked their home was gone and as they are territorial little fuckers it is safe to assume that it will be a while before another roaming pack ventures close enough to realize there is a prime spot open.

And Ianto will go to work once more.

Thanks for reading and be thankful, as I am that my dear Crumbly Cakes made it around the sun once again… no Zombie Reavers in sight.

Blessings to all, and a good night.

xxx