5
The men followed the sound of a dog barking. The insentient noise raising a notch, causing their speed to increase and they rounded a corner to find Becket standing on top of a dumpster with a dog in his arms, his eyes wide and not even a gun in sight.
"Simon… where is your gun, lollipop?" John called out like it was funny.
"Ran out of ammo so I threw it at his head, then his friends turned up" came Beckett's faint reply, his feet slipping as the dumpster tipped "Little help here?"
"What is it? A basset hound?" Ianto asked Jack as they started to walk towards the frenzy of Decayed.
"Dunno, maybe. Could be one of those hush puppy things" Jack replied, and Ianto rolled his eyes, suppressing a sigh of annoyance as clearly Jack was focusing on the fight, not the conversation.
A small one, likely a pre-teen, peeled off and swung towards them making John squeal as he danced like a fucktard, swinging his katana. The Decayed's arm flew into the air with the denim jacket's sleeve flying off in a slow arc as well.
Ianto sighed, glanced over at Jack and then walked calmly towards the Decayed who had turned to witness fresh meat approaching and then start that lopping gait to join the general chaos of a potential feeding frenzy.
Ianto felt the grin forming as he stepped into the chaos, like a storm was raging around him even as he was the eye… the all seeing eye… and even Jack stepped back while grabbing John's arm to avoid getting any splatter on them as Ianto worked.
"Get down!" Jonh finally said like he was so dammed disappointed in the lad "But... hand me the hush puppy first!"
Ianto rolled his eyes as he flicked his blades clean of the viscera still stuck to the metal and started to walk confidently towards the car, knowing the UNIT men that had been sent to this sector no longer needed saving but had to be replaced instead, most of those bodies still writhing on the ground wearing the telltale black clothing.
Fuckwits.
.
.
"How many?"
"All of them were turned the silly fuckers" Simon was telling his sister with wide eyes as Gwen entered the area and thrust off her bindle, Jack instantly lighting up as he clutched at the baby.
"My little Daisy…. Ah… give me a Daisy a day…" John crooned over Jack's shoulder as the two men danced around the room with the little one. "Awwww, she had your little glare Eye Candy!"
Ianto made a noise in the back of his throat.
"Beckett" Jack finally said as he stopped dancing and motioned for him to get back to work.
"Sir… yes Sir Captain!"
"Right, I need to pick our son up from daycare and if you are not going to let her go, you need to come with as she needs to go home too" Ianto said as he reached out to ruffle Jack's still wet hair, then whisper softly "And the smell is still there. Maybe a nice looong hot bath?"
Jack froze then asked softly "Bubbles?"
"Bils?"
"Oh god… did she speak?" John gasped.
"No, just gobbling" Jack crooned as he swung her some more and Ianto shared a pointed look with John who knew when to shut up and drop it.
Daisey had spoken alright.
She was getting smarter by the fucking day.
"Can we get fish and chips on the way home?" Jonh suddenly joined in the conversation as he started to gather his things and Ianto froze then looked at Jack with raised eyebrows.
Jack shrugged.
Ianto shrugged back in an exaggerated sarcastic way that only he can and it only made Jack's smile wider. He did love that snark. I mean… you've met him right? Ianto is so snarky it should be his middle name.
The drive home was in relative silence, only broken by the loud scream of a child excited to see a new dog.
"Not our dog darling, Uncle Johnty's new doggie" Jack said softly as Ianto tightened his jaw.
Then they entered the house and their own dog careened towards them and the beagle let off a… well… bugle noise… that was horrific.
"Taddy… he's broken!" their son wailed as the dog continued the weird noise.
"No, they just make that noise. They are a hound. Small, but still hounds. They make noises to alert the hunters and scare the game" Jack answered, motioning John to place the dog down.
"And… there we go" Ianto sighed as the dogs took off, the rugs scattering across the wooden floors and their son squealing as he ran after them, the little girl in Ianto's arms kicking as she screamed as well.
"You know, those dogs are gonna make a hell of a mess on the wet grass" Jonh said conversantly and Ianto slowly pivoted to glare at him as he gave John that withering look that had Jonh smiling wider.
"And… do I smell too Eye Candy?" John asked with wide eyes. "What bubble scent do we get?"
"Yes" Ianto said flatly, "And you need a bath too."
The two men perked up as they shared a glance, then Ianto continued "You two can bathe together. I will take my bath with our son."
"Awwwwww"
