Jack, Ianto and Toshiko were once more at the hospital, gathered round Gwen's bed. After assuring Gwen that the baby was alright (and she had taken a lot of convincing) Owen had phoned the rest of the Torchwood team and they had come to the hospital as quickly as they could. As soon as Gwen had woken up the nurses had checked her over to determine the full extent of the damage. Luckily a broken wrist and a cracked rib were as bad as it got.

Gwen found herself feeling the way she had when she'd first joined Torchwood. Like a fifth wheel, like one of the aliens that they examined. That had been the second thing Gwen asked about. Tosh had moved the alien to one of the holding cells and had decided, after informing the rest of the team, that it was better they didn't mention the fact the alien was pregnant. After the accident Gwen's hormones were likely to be all over the place and finding out the alien was pregnant might be a bit too much for her.

"How are you feeling?" Tosh asked smiling slightly. Gwen gave her an odd look.

"Like I've been hit by a car," she replied, making them all laugh.

"How much longer do you have to stay in hospital?" Jack asked, his arms folded, Ianto by his side at the foot of Gwen's bed.

"They said about a week," Gwen said, shifting in the bed and wincing. "Given that I get plenty of rest."

"Like that's gonna happen," Owen mumbled. Gwen whacked him with her left (and uncasted) hand, but it was a pretty feeble whack. "Oh, that hurt so much."

"Oh shut up," Gwen moaned.

Later that day when Jack, Ianto and Toshiko had gone, Owen remained to keep Gwen company. After all being confined to a bed for the next week wasn't going to be much fun.

"Does it scare you?" Gwen asked suddenly after they'd sat in silence for a few moments.

"What, becoming a dad?" Owen raised an eyebrow as Gwen nodded. "Hell yeah. We fight aliens, capture aliens, deal with aliens everyday and that I can handle, but looking after a human being that I- we've made… that's probably the scariest thing ever."

"You think you're scared," Gwen said smiling slightly. "You haven't got to give birth."

"You'll be alright though," Owen squeezed Gwen's hand gently. "You've managed to survive being hit by a car for gods sake."

"S'pose so," Gwen agreed, her casted hand resting on her bump. "I haven't felt her kick you know."

"Him," Owen corrected, then saw the worried look on Gwen's face. "Look they said the baby was fine, I heard the heartbeat myself."

"I know," Gwen said sighing. "But I didn't."

Back at the Hub, Tosh was frowning as she watched the alien over the CCTV. She'd taken down all its feature's and characteristics but it was acting weirdly. The five foot purple humanoid was talking to itself. Or it's bump. Tosh found it fascinating that this alien was so close to being human, even the way it acted was typical of a pregnant mother.

It had been clothes in a weird rag thing when they found it, so Tosh had bought it some new clothes and oddly it had known how to put them all on. She was currently watching it display some very human emotions and almost felt bad, locking it up in the basement.

She sent the CCTV feed to Jack and waited whilst he observed. Tosh thought perhaps the alien ought to be kept well away from Gwen. She didn't know what kind of effect it might have on either of them.

Jack too was slightly concerned by the alien's behaviour. He was sure he'd seen it before, he just couldn't think where. He ran a check through the Torchwood Hub nodes, but nothing came up.

Ianto bought Jack a cup of coffee and looked at the CCTV link too. Jack pulled up a chair beside him, not taking his eyes off the screen and Ianto sat down next to him, just watching, waiting, neither of them knew quite what for.

Owen stayed with Gwen late into the night because she couldn't sleep for worry. She needed desperately to feel the baby kick or move, or anything that signalled it was still alive.

Owen had offered more than once to fetch the nurse so Gwen could hear the heartbeat, but she'd refused. It was deeper than that; she didn't just want to know it was alive, she wanted to feel it. She couldn't make Owen understand because he didn't understand the bond she had with her child. This tiny being growing inside her was the most alien experience she'd ever had.

"I love you," Owen said suddenly. Gwen looked at him slightly taken aback. This was the first time she'd heard Owen say that in a long time.

"I love you too," she replied before gasping.

"What?" Owen asked worriedly.

"She kicked!" Gwen laughed with relief. Owen was too glad that Gwen felt better to bother arguing over their child's gender again.

Back at the Hub, both Jack and Ianto leant forward as the alien suddenly stopped talking, its three-fingered hand flying to its bump.

"What's it doing?" Ianto frowned slightly.

"I think the babies just moved," Jack said, the worry evident in his voice.