9
Ianto slowed the big rig, glancing at his passenger as she strained in her seatbelt to see what he could. A road block. Not just a road block, a deliberate one. The 'Welcome To Mumbles' sign was beside a large fence that had been hastily erected and there seemed to be a gateway at the road. Her face lit up as it showed that not only was her Village Limits reached, but someone was there to defend it.
Ianto let her get out, not really sure about it but knowing that if there was gun aimed at them a woman was less likely to get shot.
Steph held her arms out as she walked calmly to the line painted on the road with STOP HERE painted above it "Hey there. Stephanie Myers here!"
"Stephy?" a voice called out and she lit up.
"DADDY!" she screamed as the gate opened enough for a man to erupt from it, running for his daughter with obvious glee. Ianto let his breath out and slid from the cab of the truck, leaving his daughter in her seat. He approached and stopped several feet away, watching the reunion.
"Sorry to interrupt can I get the truck inside before we have any problems out here? I take it there are some Uglies roaming around given the need for security, right?" he asked.
"Oh god by all means. Sure" the man swung "OPEN THE GATES!"
"Hang on now Cory, we don't know who the hell this man is!" a voice answered.
"I am driving a Mack Truck I could have driven through your gates with. Had I been one of the Uglies, would I not have done so? Really? They can drive now?" Ianto yelled angrily "What more do you want. Some reciting of Robbie Burns?"
Soft laughter as the gates were opened and she grinned at him, then turned to her father again "Daddy, this is Ianto. He saved me, so many times. He got me home."
"Thank you" Cory said politely, watching the way the man seemed to be coiled for an attack or something. Nervy thing.
Once the truck was inside the gates, they swung closed and Ianto took a deep breath, looked at his child and grimaced, "Well, we are in it now blossom."
She stared at him and then shrugged.
Her first real communication and it was sarcasm? Yeah, she was meant to be his child. Ianto sniggered softly as he poked his tongue at her and opened the door, going to get out only to have himself seized and yanked out by force, landing in the dirt with a breathtaking thump.
Stephanie screamed as she struggled in her father's arms, Cory holding her back as tow men held Ianto down and checked him for weapons, his silent anger coming off him in waves. Then they released him, a rifle aimed at him as a man approached to stand and look him up and down.
"And what makes you think we need you here!"
Ianto bristled and looked over at Stephanie "right. I got you home, clearly this is not my home, these people are not as friendly or charming as you told me they were so I will leave you here."
NO!" she cried out, still struggling "No, you saved my life. You got me home. No, this isn't right."
"Nothing is right anymore princess, this world is all wrong. I will go" Ianto said turning towards the truck only to see to his horror, a man clambering into the cab to remove the keys to the truck while the leader sneered.
"We will keep the truck too." He scoffed.
Some of the others standing around started to call out that this was a little over the top and maybe everyone needed to calm down a bit. Ianto acted within moments of seeing the man's legs disappear into the cab of the truck where his child was. With a roar of anger he seized the ankle disappearing into the truck and yanked, sending the man flying over his head and Ianto landed on his chest with the blade from his boot at the man's throat, rolling as he did so and now the man was in front of him, then they were staggering to rise with the man now a shield.
"You touch my baby and I will fucking kill him before they manage to get to me." Ianto snarled with anger "Give me my fucking keys!"
"What… wait. Wait" a woman called out with horror "A baby?"
Ianto was reversing, moving the man back until he felt the truck behind him and he pulled at the man's hand "Give me my fucking keys or I will fucking kill you!"
"Ianto, no. Please, don't go. Please, for Emma!" Stephanie begged. "What about the baby girl!"
"For Emma? Steph, look around. My baby is not safe with these animals. They will kill me, take my baby and when she is found to be mute… what then. Will they kill her too for the preservation of resources." Ianto shook his head "I will find Jack another way. I will do something else, anything else but I will not give up my child."
"Ianto" she was crying openly on her knees "Please, I don't' understand why they are acting like this Please."
"Stay or come. Up to you, but I am leaving with my child" Ianto looked at the woman to his left who had moved to look into the cab, her face changing to one of shock.
"Oh my god, she's just a baby!" she said, turning to the leader "Thomas! How can you do this. A baby!"
"I think we all need to calm down a second here people" a new voice said and Ianto looked over to find a familiar face.
"Andy?"
"Ianto? Holy fuck. Ianto Jones… oh my god" Andy ran to him and yanked the man from his grip then hugged him "Ianto. Oh god, Ianto. How great to see ya mate."
"Andy, you just took my hostage" Ianto sighed.
"Hey everyone, this is Ianto. Captain Jack's fella!" Andy yelled and Ianto felt the twist of his gut.
Jack.
