Summary: Okay so I'm a day late but yesterday kinda got away from me. Yesterday I went to church and I got back late in the afternoon then other people asked to use my computer so I let them. It was Sunday after all and that's why I'm late with this chapter. But don't worry, you're still getting one tomorrow I promise. Now, on to the chapter.

Disclaimer: I know I don't own this show but the boys need to get out every now and again don't they. Don't worry, I'll put them back when I'm done with them. I swear.

Chapter 10

He paced nervously back and forth while his lover smugly sat back on the table, "How can you be so calm?" he snapped when he finally stopped in place and looked over.

"I don't know, I just am."

"Well I'm freaking out over here."

"I can see that."

"Jack."

"Ianto."

"Can you be serious for one moment?"

Jack got up from his seat and grabbed Ianto by the hips, "Ianto calm down, everything's going to be fine."

Ianto scowled as he pushed his body away from Jack. "Fine Jack, we're about to tell the rest of the team that I'm pregnant with you child. Everything will not be bloody fine."

"It will be if you just relax and besides, we're not going to tell the team anything until we know for sure."

"I know," Ianto sighed, resting his head on Jack's shoulder. They had to wait until Martha showed up to give them a sonogram. Only then would they freak out about telling the team if it showed they were indeed having a baby. "I wish Martha would hurry up and arrive so we could get this over with."

"Ask and you shall receive."

Jack and Ianto turned around to see Martha standing behind them with a smile on her face. "Good morning fellas." she grinned as she walked up to them.

"Hello gorgeous." Jack smiled back, "Sorry we didn't see you out last night."

"Don't worry about it." Martha blushed as she remember Ianto's screaming. "I had something to do anyways."

"So glad to see that it wasn't because of something Ianto and I did."

Martha blushed again before clearing her throat, "It wasn't but thank's for the apology. Now if you're done having fun lets get this over with," she replied as she walked over to the corner and pulled out the sonogram machine. "Okay Ianto I need you to climb up on the table and lift your shirt up. You know what, why don't you just take it off."

Ianto nodded nervously as Jack smiled but complied with everything Martha's orders. He climbed up on the table, unbuttoned his shirt up, and took it off, laying it neatly on the chair before lying down on the table. Jack sensed his nervousness and quickly grabbed one of Ianto's hand before bending to place a light kiss on his lover's forehead.

"Don't be scared." Jack whispered as Martha turned the machine on, "I'll right here always." causing Ianto to smile slightly.

Martha finally found the bottle of gel and grimaced at the thought of using it cold. "I'll be right back, just going to heat this up."

Ianto groaned impatiently while Jack continued to hold his hand. The sooner they got this over with, the better. A few seconds later Martha return with a bowl of gel and a tongue depressor ready for business. Motioning for Ianto to lift up his shirt further, she placed the warm gel all over his abdomen.

"Ready."

"As I'll ever be."

"What about you Jack, ready to see if you're about to have a baby."

"Bring it on Jones."

Martha inhaled a sharp breath as she placed the device on Ianto's stomach and looked at the screen. "I can't believe this, you really do have a uterus." Sure enough, the machine wasn't showing the inside of Ianto's stomach but instead it was showing the inside of a uterus. If Ianto had a uterus then the possibility of a pregnancy wasn't far off.

"I can't believe I have a bloody uterus." Ianto groaned as Martha continued to move the thing on his stomach. Soon the sound of a heartbeat filled the room as Ianto and Jack looked at each other.

"Okay Ianto, that's your heartbeat."

"Alright."

"Lets move it around a little bit to see if we can see anything-" she suddenly stopped when she heard something, a second heartbeat. Moving the device a bit to the left she finally found what she was looking for, a small but visible baby. "There it is." Martha smiled in amazement as she pointed to the screen, "That's your baby."

Jack and Ianto moved closer to the screen to get a better look and they both spotted it right away. Instead of a baby they were used to seeing they saw what looked like a tadpole with arms and legs. "That's it, that's a baby." Ianto wondered as he glared at the screen.

"Well it's not exactly a baby yet, it's an embryo."

"It's so tiny." he whispered at the screen.

"What did you expect?"

"To be honest I really don't know." Ianto replied as he looked back at the screen again. "But there it is, our baby." He looked over at Jack who had remained silent the entire time to see what he was thinking. Instead, he saw Jack looking at the baby with tears in his eyes. "Jack-"

"I can't believe it." Jack smiled, looking down at Ianto. "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, and it's ours."

"So you still want to keep it?"

"Of course I do. You haven't changed your mind have you." Jack asked, worried.

"I don't think I could after what I've seen today." Ianto smiled happily, gripping Jack's hand firmly. "I want this Jack."

That was the only answer Jack needed as he leaned down and kissed Ianto softly on the lips. "Me too," he smiled when he pulled away.

"I can't believe I'm actually witnessing this. This is the most exciting thing I've ever seen in my entire medical career."

"I bet it is," Ianto smiled as he looked back at Jack, "Owen would have had a field day."

Jack smiled at the mention of Owen's name and knew that Ianto was right. Owen would have wanted to be in this process every step of the way. "It's okay to miss him, both of them."

"I know," Ianto whispered as he looked down at his stomach.

"Now back to the matter at hand," Jack replied breaking the somber mood upon them, "We still have to figure out how this happened."

"Well judging from the size of the embryo, I have to say that you're about five to six weeks along." Martha stated, looking back up at the screen.

Ianto went back in his mind to recount the things that happened over the last month and a half. Other than a few weevil hunts that almost went bad there was nothing significantly odd that happened to him. Suddenly it clicked. He counted the days back in his head and realized that it had been approximately five weeks since he was hit by the alien artifact "The artifact." Ianto mumbled as he sat up, his shirt sliding down on the warm gel.

"What?"

"The artifact Jack, it was the artifact." Ianto replied louder. This time Martha and Jack joined Ianto with the look of realization. It was the artifact that made it possible for him to be pregnant.

"So you're saying that the alien device is a fertility gun."

"Now I know why it looked so familiar," Jack clapped his hand at the realization that he knew what the device was. "It's something they use on the Arlene planet. They use it for procreation. You see the Arelenian's are a race of aliens whose entire female population was wiped out due to a disease. In order for their species not to die out they created a piece of technology that would enable males to carry babies as well as the females but this isn't invented until the 45th century."

"Is that how people where you're from get pregnant?"

"No, where I'm from we get operations but this has been used a few times around me."

"Jack-"

"Yes Yan."

"How exactly are we going to tell Gwen and Sean?"

"I have no idea," Jack answered honestly as he grabbed Ianto's hand and kissed it.

So I've never been pregnant but I have seen pictures of an actual ultrasound so my description should be pretty accurate. I hope. Until tomorrow,

Kisses and Skittles,

LadyCizzle