"Captain Harkness?" One of them asked. He nodded, but kept his eyes on the woman in the chair.

"Please help these poor people, we'll deal with the rest," Jack said. The PC who entered nodded and motioned for the emergency personnel to come in. They skirted the group to where Ianto was kneeling by one of the people on the floor. Several were sitting up, but were dazed and unaware of where they were.

"These people have been drugged with some sort of toxin," Ianto said in a low voice. "Several of them have been restrained in the basement for a while, so they're also malnourished and dehydrated. I have a sample of something that might have the toxin here." He handed the medic a small container with a sample of the viscous liquid which he had scooped up before leaving the basement. "It seems to have a neural paralyzing agent. " The medic nodded and started to work on the worst case, which was the woman before them. Ianto moved onto the next man whom Terry identified as also having been a former worker and checked to see if he was in any better shape.

The medical personnel quickly assessed each patient before moving them all to the hospital for treatment. By the time they were done, Ianto had thanked the police who had taken statements from the two staff members and the Torchwood personnel before leaving. They knew better than to delve too deeply into a Torchwood matter.

Jack had pulled up a chair and turned it around so that he could straddle it and face the alien woman in front of him. He remained quiet until all of the emergency people had left. Once the door closed he leaned his chin on his arms and stared at the alien.

"What to do about you," he mused. "Ianto, what do you think?"

"Well, short of taking the nest out of the basement and locking the whole lot in the vaults, I don't know what choice we have," Ianto said with a tired sigh. He had forgotten about the couple that was still behind the counter, too scared to move.

"Gwen?" Jack asked. Gwen had gone down to the basement and had come up with a horrified look on her face. Even without having seen all the people trapped there, she had a pretty good idea of where they had been. She shuddered. This came too close to the Nostrovite thing for her taste.

"I'm half tempted to say torch the place," she admitted. The alien in front of her cried out. She stared at the alien hiding behind the human shell and tried to put herself in the alien's place. She was a mother and trying to provide a safe place for her young. While Gwen didn't really appreciate her methods, she could understand the need the alien had. She brought over another chair and sat down, staring at the alien. "Okay, letting your children eat humans isn't the answer. So what is?" The creature stared at her sullenly.

"They need to eat when they hatch," the alien said. "My children will die, otherwise."

"Okay, so we get them something to eat. Not humans, obviously," Gwen said. Jack watched her and nodded for her to continue. "What do they need to eat?"

"Protein," the alien said. "Flesh easy to render by soft teeth." Gwen shuddered. "Gristle."

"Okay, that's enough information," she said with distaste.

"Jack, I have an idea," Ianto said. He motioned for Jack to follow him and Jack got out of the chair and moved backwards, though he kept his eyes on the Motraton in front of him. Ianto whispered in his ear and he nodded. Ianto's idea might just work.

"Do it," he said. Ianto opened his mobile and dialed a number as he headed into the back room. He left out the back entrance and went down the alley until he got to the SUV. He waited for a bit until he heard the sound of a truck approaching. Turning, he motioned it into the alleyway behind him.

Following the Harwood Haulage lorry back into the alley he motioned for it to stop when it came opposite the back entrance of the coffee shop. Rhys got out and walked around.

"'Lo, Ianto," he said with a nod. He headed to the back and pulled a bin out. "Think this will do?" Ianto looked inside and nodded.

"Perfect. Let's load it up," he said. He grabbed another bin and a shovel out of the lorry and led the way down to the basement. Rhys looked at the job with distaste, but helped Ianto willingly enough. Together they carefully loaded up the bins and brought them upstairs. Luckily the eggs were light and it didn't take much to carry them. They loaded the first set into the lorry and returned for another load.

Six bins later they had cleared out the basement. Ianto gave Rhys instructions on where to go and the other man nodded. Once he had left, Ianto headed back into the coffee shop. Jack turned to look and he nodded.

"Okay, Mrs. Trundle or whatever you call yourself, we're going for a ride," Jack said.

"Where are we going?" She asked suspiciously.

"Someplace you can start your family that won't hurt anyone," Jack said. He loosened the rope and allowed her to stand. "Come on."

"You touched my children?" She gasped anxiously.

"Don't worry, they're safe. But you have to come with us if you want to see them," Jack said. He escorted her out to the back where Ianto was waiting in the SUV. Gwen stopped and talked for a few moments with Ticia and Terry, who were still frozen behind the counter. She reassured them that everything would be okay, and that they should close the coffee shop and go home. She wanted to stay with them, but needed to get moving when she heard the horn sound out back. She patted Ticia on the arm and turned to go.

Getting in the SUV, she kept her gun aimed at the alien next to her as they drove out to the country. They were a fair ways out of the city and heading towards the Brecon Beacons when she started getting nervous.

"Oh, you're not," she said. Neither Jack nor Ianto said anything. "Please tell me you're not."

"Now there's a thought," Jack said as he glanced over at Ianto. "Survival of the fittest." Ianto snorted and shook his head as he drove. Jack was fiddling with his vortex manipulator occasionally glancing in the mirror at the alien seated behind him. Ianto pulled onto a side road and followed that for a while. Gwen kept on looking around, afraid that they were headed to a place that held some of her worst nightmares. Eventually, she realized that they were heading higher, up into the mountain area. She saw a truck in front of them and realized that they were following Rhys.