Jack hung up the phone and looked to Ianto. "The Rift dropped our visitor in Owen's flat and then our visitor bit him. She thought he was alerting some sort of slave market or something."
Ianto made a noise. "I'm not surprised he'd get bitten by another alien."
"He said she looks human, but that doesn't mean anything. I'm going to go and get her from Owen's place. Do you think you could take care of Pearl for a little while?"
"But Sam…"
"I had a talk with her about that. It's fine. Pearl's not likely to wake up. She did sleep through the Rift Monitor."
"I would think it would have woke her."
"She's like her mother, for the moment. Up until her mother was a month old, she could sleep through just about anything. It won't be that hard to take care of Pearl. I doubt Owen would appreciate it if I brought her along. If Sam wakes up, you probably shouldn't talk to her. She won't be in the best of moods."
Owen was struggling to get the woman (possible alien) out of his bed. After biting him, she'd decided his bed was a very comfortable spot and dragged the comforter across her body, clutching onto it as if she were freezing cold. When Jack got there, he'd be able to get her out of his bed, though he wouldn't be able to get back to sleep for some time. He had a feeling her water had broke.
Owen went over and attempted to examine her. She flinched from him, giving him a look that clearly said she was afraid of him. "I didn't call whoever the fuck you thought I was going to call. I only called my boss," he said, trying to explain.
Her large eyes stared back at him. "You aren't from the slave market?"
"No!" Owen shouted making her flinch again. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to scare you! I didn't mean it!"
For a few minutes she seemed to regard him very carefully and Owen thought he could feel someone in his head.
"If you're in my head, get out."
She gave him a reproachful look. "They never told me I couldn't, just that I couldn't read my master's minds…"
"Forget it. I called my boss and he's coming here to take me to where we work."
"Why? Is he sending me back?" she asked looking terrified.
"No, he's not sending you back. Chances are that we'd never be able to send you back, even if we were planning to."
She stared at him, regarding him critically again, making Owen feel like he was being sized up for something. After a moment she nodded her head and was still.
Owen didn't know if this meant that she was allowing him to examine her. "I have to examine you," he said, just to make sure she understood.
"Why?"
"Because I'm a doctor and you look like you're in pain."
She laid still and allowed Owen to examine her. She looked at him. "Are you the kind of doctor that fixes people?"
"Yeah, if I know how to fix what's wrong with them. How many babies are you having?"
She seemed to think for a minute. "I forgot. They're not mine."
"They're not yours? Why are you carrying babies that aren't yours?"
She looked confused. "The Li'hlfa put them in me."
"Do you know if any of them are a different species than you?"
"What's a species?"
"I'll explain later," Owen said hearing Jack knocking on the door.
A/N: I made up the Li'hlfa, in case anyone's wondering.
