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Ianto is on the daybed as the sound of hammering and the electric screwdriver can be heard, the windows being boarded up until glass can be procured in the morning.

The two Were that had caught him when he fell are unable to leave him, their sense of duty and shame strong as they crouch in Wolf form by the bed, snarling with rage at being tricked as the Agent had approached from the water.

The water.

Ianto glanced that way again, saddened to hear the Were standing out there to protect him had met a gory end. He also knew the Were Pack were talking, their howls echoing in the hills as they called to the others to come witness.

Kai couldn't wait anymore, the fall down the stairs had hurt and Ianto was now terrified that his little one had been injured as he panted though another pain.

"Come on Jack" he snarled, "I can't wait much longer."

"What needs?" the woman barked, her face one of extreme concentration as her hands shakily felt the stomach, a knife waiting by her knees as she knelt on the bedding.

"My mate and daughter, they are coming. If I can hold on … gods it hurts … is he still OK in there?" Ianto groaned, "Can you hear his heart?"

"Strong" she agreed, "Both of heart strong for this."

"Good" Ianto felt a slight easing and he glanced in the direction of the open doors, lights flicking around as a vehicle roared towards them. "Thank fuck."

"IANTO"

"Yes" Ianto snarled, "You called? Fuckwit."

Jack bounded in then stalled as he saw Ianto on the bed with an elderly Were crouching theren the blade now in her teeth as she prepared to cut.

"Don't just stand there ya fucking Twat, get over here and greet your son" Ianto roared then flopped back and screamed with pain. Jack ran to the bed and dropped to his knees. Nodding to the woman who then calmly cut into the pale flesh to expose the baby who gushed out like a seal popping.

Jack struggled to pull a blanket around the baby as Ianto coughed softly and went limp, the woman making a sound of dismay as Kara ran into the house screaming for her Taddy.

"Here, take him" Jack thrust the baby at her and clambered into the soiled bedding to gather Ianto into his arms and hold him. Ianto came back with a soft gasp, his hands grabbing at his stomach now taut and washboard as it had once been, his fingers sliding in the blood.

"Shit" he choked, sitting up. "Where is he? Is he OK?"

"Here Taddy" Kara placed the baby in his arms and looked down at the woman who was wiping Ianto's' stomach with a look of intense interest then she pulled back the wadding on the leg to stare at Ianto's pristine skin there too, the knife wound no longer there.

She sat back and then looked at Ianto again, this time canting her head as she scented him.

"Stop it, I'm not a Trickster" Ianto said softly as he showed relief at his little one not having any obvious breaks or bruises, "This is an engineered mutation. I am like Jack, able to come back."

She nodded as she saw none of her menfolk reacting to his regeneration and Ianto stood, looking again out at the water, then down at the little one staring silently up at him.

"KEV" Ianto yelled as he walked out to the patio and the man breached the water to lunge up onto the decking, his face one of rapture as he rushed to see the newling.

"Kev, I think they are coming under the bubble, through the water. Does it touch the bottom?" Ianto asked as the man looked back at his domain and frowned.

"I think so, maybe there is a hole…a breach. Yes, it may be so" he noded, "I will have my children check."

"Thank you" Ianto smiled, "You are the first to meet Kai."

"Blessings little one" he hissed as he watched the little grey storms stare back, not the blue of Kara's, the angry look of his Dam. His lips were pursed and his father's, along with the small chin. The button nose that of his Dam.

"Perfect" Kev sighed happily, "We will rejoice for you."

Thank you" Ianto bowed, "Now keep him safe."

Kev slid back into the water, his skin shuddering as it shimmered back into a crocodilian form and he took off. Ianto watched the water move and swallow the movement down then he went back in to place his son back into Jack's arms.

"I need a shower, I smell. Also, I want all this mess cleaned up, all of it no matter what it takes" Ianto snarled and Jack nodded, seeing his mate ready to suit and boot.

They had no idea Kai was here, that they had not only brought on the birth of the one they were after but they had also woken the Dragon as Ianto stalked to the shower with a glare of doom at everyone.

Ianto was right royally pissed!