Ianto had left Jack in his office to recover and gone to as usual make coffee. When the lights flashed and an alarm sounded from Tosh' workstation
"JACK Weevil attacks, loads of them" she shouted at the hub
Jack appeared in his doorway still a little wobbly from his encounter with Ianto
"What do you mean attacks?" he said holding on to the railing to climb down the stairs
"So far 5 have come in" her computer bleeped "Better make that 6" she said scanning the latest report
"Jesus what's going on?" he said

"Yan we need more Weevil spray" he yelled
"Done," said Ianto coming out of the stores with 6 extra cans
"Tosh I'll take Ianto with me you'd better pick up Owen on the way we're going to need him"
"What about me?" said Gwen
"Go with Tosh, I'll call Owen and tell him you're on your way"
"What if he's not in"?
"He's sulking he'll be there" said Jack pulling out his cell phone and speed dialling Owen

Owen was sitting staring out of his picture windows overlooking the bay when his cell rang. He picked it up and looked at the caller id.
"Fuck" he said then answered the phone
"Jack I'm sorry"
"We'll talk later Tosh and Gwen are on their way the weevil attacks have suddenly increased"
"What do you mean?" he asked already up and slipping his boots on
"I mean 6 in 15 minutes and still rising"
"Jesus, I'll be outside" he said
"Good see you back at the hub" said Jack and cut the link
"You're still here Tosh," he said as she was looking at her screen
"Jack they've gone up by another 3, thankfully no fatalities"
"Lets go people," he yelled and they headed out on a weevil hunt.

Ianto sat in the passenger seat, his head back on the rest, eyes closed
"Yan you alright?" said Jack concerned
"Just nervous" he said truthfully
"Its ok Yan, just a weevil hunt" he said leaning over and quickly kissing him
"Better?" he asked
"Thank you Jack" said Ianto opening his eyes and smiling.
"Tell Martha we're heading out and to wait for us" said Jack
Ianto nodded

"Martha its Ianto"
"Yes Ianto"
"Martha we're heading out don't know how long we'll be gone, close up the tourist office and 5 and wait for us in the hub if we're not back"
"Alright can I ask where you're going?" she was dying to know more about Torchwood
"Later Martha I promise" said Jack cutting in
"Alright just be careful," she said
"See you soon" said Ianto and cut the link.

Jack sped off towards the site of the first weevil attack, the victim was already in hospital, but with the weevil still possibly in the area they started a search. It didn't take long for the Weevil to make an appearance; Jack and a can of Weevil spray quickly subdued it. He tied it up and put it in the special cage in the back of the SUV and they moved on to the next site. 4 hours later Jack and Ianto arrived back at the hub with 3 Weevils in tow. Once they were safely locked in the cells they went back up to the hub. Jack called Tosh for an update.

"Tosh, how're you doing?"
"Jack we're on our way back, we've got 2 Weevils and a fatality"
"I thought there weren't any" said Ianto
"There wasn't until we got there. Gwen and I had a Weevil cornered and it jumped through a window, Jack it killed a child. We had no choice but bring her with us"
"Oh god, a child" said Ianto slumping onto Tosh' chair
"Alright we'll see you when you get back" said Jack and cut the link. He was immediately at Iantos side, he dropped to his knees and wound his arms round Iantos waist, and he dropped his head onto Jacks shoulder and clung to him crying.
"Its ok Yan" he said quietly
"How can it be Jack, how can it be"
"Yan we deal with death all the time"
"Yeah but a baby, Jack how can I make a baby disappear?" he sobbed
"We'll think of something Yan"
"Jack we can't, I won't make a baby disappear, the parents will never stop looking"
"Don't think about it for now Yan" he said and kissed him
Ianto immediately opened his mouth as Jacks tongue pressed for entrance. He suddenly pulled away
"Yan?" asked Jack
"I'm sorry Jack, I can't"
"Can't what baby?" he said taking Iantos hand in his and pressing a kiss to his ring
"I'm sorry I can't stop thinking about the little child," he said
"Its ok Yan" said Jack holding him close to him
"How can it be Jack, I make adults disappear but I can't do that to a child, please don't make me" he sobbed
"Yan I won't ever make you do anything you don't want to lets just wait and see ok"
Ianto nodded, his breath hitching every now and then as he tried desperately to stop crying before the others arrived.

Owen was driving the SUV, he parked next to Jacks and they wrestled the Weevils inside to the cells.
The second the door opened Jack felt Ianto touch his mind.
The emotions coming from the 3 Torchwood team members was staggering. Ianto rested his head on Jacks shoulder
"You ok baby?" he asked as he filtered the strong emotion away from Ianto
"As long as I anchor to you Cariad," he said softly
"Always and forever baby," he said as he kissed him

Tosh saw the look on Iantos face immediately and knew what was wrong. She buried her emotions as deep as she could, thinking of happy things and approached them.
"Ianto you ok" she said gently
"Thanks Tosh" he said quietly, he could still sense her emotion but he could cope with it. He withdrew slowly from Jacks mind. Owen and Gwen hide their emotions quite well too. They all knew about Ianto being an empath.
Owen and Gwen headed for the showers
"Well they won't be back for a while" said Tosh then looked round the hub
"Where's Martha?" she asked
Jack looked at his watch it was gone 530.
"Martha its Jack" he said into his earpiece
"Martha, can you hear me?" he asked again when he didn't get an answer
Tosh picked up the phone and called the office upstairs.
"Hello" said Martha, a little sleepy
"Martha we thought something happened to you, why didn't you answer Jack"
"Sorry Tosh I took the ear piece out when you went out, I must have fallen asleep, where are you?"
"Downstairs"
"I'll be there in a minute" said Martha and put the phone down
She stood up and stretched, her hands went automatically to her stomach as she felt her baby kick.
"Alright I know I'm sorry," she said to it. She'd fallen asleep at the desk and hunched over she hadn't left the baby much room to move. Now the baby was making up for it and moving around a lot,
"Ok calm down I said I'm sorry" she said to her unborn child.
She pressed the button to open the secret door and walked down the stairs. She was almost at the bottom when she finally realised she did REALLY want this baby. She'd only had one scan 3 months ago and didn't even know what sex the baby was. Now she did want to know, she wanted to know her baby.

Ianto was now recovered enough to insist on making coffee for everyone. Tosh was quietly telling Jack about the Weevil attack on the little girl.
"We can't make her disappear Tosh," he said
"Jack we can't just give her back to her parents, she's been mauled"
"We've got to think of something, could we possibly make it look like she's been hit by a car or something"
"Jack she's got chunks of flesh missing, maybe Owen could think of a plausible cause of death so her parents can bury her"
"Owen is an arsehole," said Jack
"He might be Jack but he's the only doctor we've got"
"We've got Martha, she's a doctor" said Jack smiling as Martha entered the hub
"Jack she's heavily pregnant you can't ask her to do an autopsy on a mauled child," said Tosh as Martha approached
"I don't do autopsies," said Martha, her hands protectively over her stomach
"It was just an idea Martha, Owen can do it" said Jack getting up from his seat and gesturing for her to take it
"No I'll stand for a bit, I kinda cramped the baby hunched up over the desk"

Jack nodded and sat down again, he turned to Martha
"Have you had time to think about what you're going to do?" he said gesturing to the baby
"I'd like to keep it Jack, but will that affect my job"
"Of course not" he said then added "We'll have to keep you field work though, but I'm sure we can find you stuff to do round here" he said smiling
"I need a favour Jack," she said
"Anything"
"I need to go to a hospital for a scan, I want to know what sex it is?" she said smiling
"Owen can do that here," said Tosh
"Owen?" she questioned
"I'll introduce you when he and Gwen decide to come out of the showers" smiled Jack
"Makes a change, its usually us" said Ianto appearing with a tray of coffee
"How are you feeling Martha?" he said offering her a coffee
"Fine thanks Ianto, just wish this baby would calm down"
"Do you trust me?" he asked putting the tray down on Tosh' workstation
"What are you going to do?" she said panicking
"If you'll let me I can calm the baby down for a while"
Martha looked at Jack unsure of what he meant
"Its alright Martha, Ianto is an empath he can calm the baby down by touching his mind to its" said Jack
"Will it hurt the baby?" she asked holding her stomach tighter
"No, it'll be fine," said Jack
"Alright what are you going to do?"
"Just touch your stomach and send calming emotions to the baby" said Ianto
"That's all"
Ianto smiled and nodded
Martha removed her hands and nodded for Ianto to proceed.
Ianto laid a hand on her stomach and connected to the baby.
"Ssshhh little one, its alright calm down mummy didn't mean to squash you, its ok now sssshhhhhh" he sent a mental wave of pure calmness to the baby and to his complete surprise he felt a wave of panic come back
"What's wrong little one?" he asked
He received a mental picture from the baby, it was Martha's womb contracting"
"Ssshhh little one its alright, we'll help you" he sent another wave of emotion to calm the baby down as he felt it begin to calm he pulled back and looked at Jack
"Yan" he said
"I need to rest Jack, that was harder than I thought," he said resting a hand on Jacks shoulder and looking towards their office