7
As they approached Colony 2 Ianto felt something, as did Shelby who stopped the Jeep and got out, standing there listening. They had overtaken the ship which had gone into a valley to creep along below radar levels.
"Grandy? Do you feel that?"
"Yes" Ianto gingerly got out and stood beside her, reaching for her hand which she gave without a second thought, the power of her father joining the power of her mother' dam so he could 'hear' with the ear her father had given her from the gene pool.
"Huh"
"Yeah" she looked up, scanning the trees.
"Grandy? What is it?" Rhiannon asked softly, fear evident on her face.
"Someone is waiting for us. Drones, and radio chatter… here in the valley below… it's a trap." Ianto sighed.
"What do we do. Leave them?" Shelby asked swinging to gape at her grandfather.
"No… we have to get to a high piece of flat ground, so Jack can pick us up and we can warn them" Ianto pointed in the direction of a ridgeline.
"They will see."
"Let them. The shields on that bitch can withstand ground to air missiles and I bet the silly fuckers don't' have anything close as they will not expect a spaceship to bear down on them." Iant snorted, then grimaced as his side bit.
Besides… this model has a pulse cannon in her fucking belly.
Not that he wanted to… but if forced… he will defend.
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"There!" Toshiko yelled, slamming her feet into the grating as Jack swing the huge vessel like it was on a turntable, drifting sharply and everyone inside yelped as they were thrown about. He didn't care. A ship as big as an ocean liner and he still had the touch.
Yah motherfucker.
He lowered one of the hold ramps and ground his teeth slowing to approach as the Jeep was below moving up the ridgeline toward them "Shelby Girl. Should have known, she loves this shit. So much of me in her."
The Jeep hit air, rose and then hit the ramp which continued on to clip the very dirt pile that had given her air in the first place. The ramp closed as she drove towards the landing bay area with her heart pounding. That was fucking fun. As the ship rose high and fast, the whooping inside was of glee, the adrenaline of their captain filing the craft like a heavy gas of pure excitement.
Then he headed to the hold and saw his mate gingerly leaning back across the back seat of the Jeep as Owen slammed his hands over the blood and cursed softly.
"Argh, ya bastard" Ianto cried out as he struggled under the powerful healing powers of the mutant doctor trying to save him.
Yeah.
Grandpapa was pissed.
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"This was not supposed to happen!" one of them called out across the meeting table, the place in chaos as everyone argued and it was Ianto who silenced the room as he entered and asked calmly "Why is Gwen here?"
"When the raid happened everyone panicked, and we all ran on board" she said with a sniff.
"Raid?"
Ianto eyeballed her as he felt his hackles rise. So, there was a raid by the Cleansing Squad at the same time as they were supposed to get back to evacuate? And he is supposed to believe they were not somehow tipped off? Hmmm?
Others turned to stare at her and she frowned "Are you using the bloodline to control your descendants?"
"I don't need to. I think my children and grandchildren here are all pissed without the need for me to project any damned thing" he snarled "Who tipped them off? And why are they currently tracking us when we are a stealth mode top of the line fully shielded vessel?"
"There is a tracker on us" someone yelled "Check everything… someone has planted a fucking tracker."
"I think Gwen IS the Tracker… aren't you" Ianto said angrily.
"Hey… come on. Let's all calm down" Jack said with authority, his hands held up in the universal sign for silence "Come on. Gwen is one of us"
"Who knew about the handheld scanners and lied that they were not here, who has said on more than one occasion how much she enjoys being a Security Officer? And who right now is sending out powerful waves that can be tracked by another seeker on the ground? That Cleansing Crew down there are not heading to Colony 2 because they know where it is… they are following this vessel… and her inside it. We've changed course away and so did they… we are not leading them to the others!"
"But I…"
Rhys struck her from behind, felling her and as her knees buckled and she fell he looked at Ianto was apology "Sorry mate. She was my choice and you did warn me that her kind are not really our kind but… I didn't think she would betray us all."
"Her kind are not true Mutants, just… altered. They probably lied that she would be treated fairly or something. Like she was not destined for cleansing like everyone else not fully human in the end" Shelby spat with anger.
"And they are stopping" Toshiko called out "They look lost. Fuck…Ianto was right. They've lost her signal and seem not too pleased. They are circling back to where they could last detect her. Gods."
On the screen they saw a large truck and the Mutant strapped to the hood was openly crying as he was whipped and yelled at.
"Do we know him?" someone asked.
"No."
Not another word was said as they fired a photon missile, watching the ridgeline disappear along with the three vehicles. They did feel bad killing the mutant but from the injures and his obvious pain, he was not going to last much longer anyway.
"Right, now let's go get Colony 2!"
