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Ianto looked dispassionately at the mess, then turned to throw up as Jack poked it with a stick.

"His first transformation" Jack said softly to the men standing silently waiting, "You must be proud. He defended his young intended mate as well as caught someone we didn't even know had managed to breach the bubble. Well done. Rod deserves acknowledgement as a good soldier."

"He is the son of my sister" the growl of the Were was deep as he looked as the mess Jack is fiddling with, "He is my ward since his father fell in battle many moons ago. Keira his hopeful."

Ianto was in control now, his hands holding the huge belly as his coat flapped back and all eyes went to him with wonder as he stretched his back.

"Rod? I remember him. Good boy" Ianto nodded, "He is a quick learner. Maybe Kara would like…. What was her name again?"

"Keira"

Both men shared a look as the name sank in and Jack crouched again, this time pulling at the limbs until he found a scrap of something in the flesh of one torn mess of meat and shredded fabric.

"This was a VM before Rod destroyed it in his rage" Jack stood and faced Ianto, "He didn't activate to get away. Couldn't? Or knew he would go splat anyway."

"So he didn't come by it either" Ianto frowned as he looked up at the sky, the bubble invisible to the naked eye yet his 'other' saw the slight glimmer of protection. "He got in somehow."

"We check all vehicles, all visitors with a rigid finality" another Were bristled and Ianto waved a hand distractedly as the growling did little to concern him.

"No, I don't think he came in the usual way. Was he already here?" Ianto turned again to face the town, "Census time? We need every name, a town map with each house checked and every person accounted for."

"They might not like that" the Sheriff warned uneasily as he looked at the remains again.

"Look, we have little choice. Either we have a breach or he was here before the bubble came down, in which case he is probably not alone. If there is no one else and no sign of somewhere he was hiding, like an abandoned house or something, we will know he used a loophole we've overlooked." Ianto was calm but Jack watched those long fingers pat the bump.

"I agree with Ianto" he stepped forward to take attention off Ianto, the idea of them all looking at the naked skin that was visible under the tunic seemed to be so annoying to both of them.

"A house to house." The Sherriff sighed, "Any with no one in them checked for signs of vagrancy occupation."

"Yes, we will tell them what happened, this is not a hunt, it is a protective search. Make that clear, we want them safe. All of us safe" Jack nodded as Ianto turned to waddle to the jeep.

"He shouldn't be out" Gino nodded at him and Jack sighed as he agreed, Kai due any day now and Ianto supposed to be on bed rest.

"Where is she?"

Gino knew who he was talking about and he canted his head, sniffing the breeze, "She is about ten minutes away, Willem with her on foot. She is tracking the way he came, might help if she can turn to track the way back too. If there was a breach."

"Well, I trust her tracking skills, as I trust that of your people" Jack slapped him on the shoulder, "Maybe put a word out to the Bigs? See if they heard or saw anything?"

The mention of the big foots made some shift uncomfortably from foot to foot but the old Were who had been silent finally spoke, his voice guttural showing he preferred Were Talk, "I will go."

"Thank you Tomlin" Jack nodded, "They will listen to you. You speak plain, no need to flouncing today. Yes, you are a good choice."

He drifted into the foliage around them and was gone, Ianto tooting the horn as he yelled out that he needed to pee god damned the bloody lot of them and their perfect bladders.

"Due soon?" the Sherriff snorted with mirth, "God, he's got a mouth on him."

"Yeah, any day" Jack grinned back happily, "He can't wait to get him out of him, apparently he now thinks Kai has teeth and is gnawing at him."

Sniggering at the image and more than one Were groaned with sympathy, each remembering their own mates in the final stages.

"I will go meet them on the trail" Gino said after a moment's thought, "The name thing. I see now."

Jack nodded, heading for the Jeep before Ianto hit the horn again and he knew it would only be around the bend to let him out to pee on the side of the road.

Kai was gonna be a big boy.