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Jack heard the hub door opening and sighed as he wondered what Mickey had forgotten now.
He looked up and was surprised to see Ianto moving across the room at speed.
"Baby?" Jack called out and Ianto slowed, looking in his direction.
That's when Jack saw the contradiction. No belly.
Jack rose and calmly smiled, "Hey hon. Forget something?"
It smiled and motioned towards the cells so Jack smiled back and motioned for it to proceed while he fingered his VM and scanned it quietly.
A shapeshifter for sure, or … wait. What was that? Something else registered but it was cloaking well and Jack fond it uncanny the way it showed his love's manner. It had been studying them for a while, especially as the flat stomach hadn't existed for a few months.
"So, are the kids OK hon?" Jack leaned back against the wall and watching as it hunted along the shelves.
"Not looking for one of those artefacts you popped onto the spare cell, are ya babe? Remember? You put a few boxes in there while you are spring cleaning." Jack leered.
It wandered to the cells and Jack touched a button, opening one.
He watched the Ianto-thing walk in and then a shriek echoed as Janet said hello.
It shot out of the cell and into the opposite one, which Jack closed.
"You know, you almost had me there" Jack smiled through the glass at the stunned creature, "Shame you didn't know my lovely husband is with child at the moment."
The creature's eyes widened and then it seemed to shimmer, change and Jack found himself staring at a shocked John Hart.
"Preggers? Eye-candy is preggers? Wait, husband?" John asked softly.
"Hello Captain Hart" Ianto said as he stepped into view and John gaped at the large stomach.
"Oh wow" Hart slammed into the glass, "Give me a touch. Aw, come on, gods, how fucking erotic."
"Shut up, or Janet is let loose again!" CJ sauntered into view in Harkness pose and John's eyes almost fell out of his head.
"Oh gods, you breed them gorgeous around here" John panted, "What' your name sweet cheeks."
"Caden-Jack Harkness-Jones." CJ drawled, stepping up to the glass to eyeball the stunned time agent, "Remember that name when I shove that cloaking device up your fucking …."
"Language darling. Bubba on board" Ianto said mildly.
"Sorry Taddy, sorry peanut. Dad, let me in"
"CJ, please calm down" Jack said softly, "John is always a bit of a prick."
"I don't care" CJ snarled, "I want to kill the f …. Bugger for pretending to be Taddy."
"John this is our oldest child, CJ. The twins are with his partner and as you can see, Ianto has number four on board" Jack smiled like a predator, "So why are you upsetting the apple cart?"
"Fourth?" John blinked, "Fuck. I'm in the wrong time. Bugger, how do I keep doing this?"
John stated to fiddle with his VM and Ianto canted his head, then to everyone's surprise Ianto waved.
John disappeared and Ianto turned to Jack.
"Remember the day you came down to the archives and they were a mess? I told you that I was killing a spider?"
"CJ was still a baby" Jack grinned.
"Well, that was the spider. He tried to chat me up and I beat the living tar out of him. Wondered why he didn't bolt when he saw he this time" Ianto laughed.
"Wait, he just jumped back to that moment?" CJ started to laugh.
"I was fighting fit and raring to go, a year of desk work and I was champing at the bit for a bit of action. I really let him have it, both barrels. He said something about Jack's eyes."
"Wow, now it makes sense" Jack's eyes lit up. "Against that shelving unit, it left marks for days the way you were so rough and …."
CJ screamed with horror as Ianto laughed.
Yep. A good day, that.