Rose was waiting at the clinic, rising with relief as Ianto finally arrived, "Thank Pete, I thought you had forgotten."

"Are you kidding? Jack reminded me at least three times" Ianto panted as he settled into the chair next to her, "Couldn't get a bloody park for that big space whale of a transporter he insists I drive now."

"They seem to be running behind anyway, I've not even seen Owen yet" Rose frowned, "He is usually moving through here by now."

"Might have been an emergency, he is an efficient man" Ianto assured her then they looked up as the door opened and Owen entered with a face like thunder. Ianto immediately rose to greet him "Owen? Are you OK?"

"Pissed off" he admitted, "An unwanted pregnancy and failed abortion is no way to start my bloody day, ho-hey Rose sorry for the potty mouth."

"In this day and age, you would think that would be a thing of the past" Ianto said as Owen led them back to his examination room and they all settled. Owen started with the file in front of him.

"There is no reason for this not to have taken, it's just nature playing games while your body gets ready to do this" Owen said as he fiddled with the papers, then motioned with his hand, "Wanna try assuming the position?"

Rose stood and moved to the wall behind Ianto's chair and Owen pushed a few buttons, a ping telling her she had stood long enough and she sat again. This had been repeated at each visit and still her body was taking it's time, modern technology cannot trump mother nature it seems.

"So, your stats all look good, your body is clearly accepting the hormone zaps" Owen said softly, "Hopefully this is the last time we have to do this. I just don't understand, zaps that intense would make even the driest womb excitable."

"Maybe I should step out if you are going to get personal" Ianto said like he did every time and like every other time Rose shushed him with a pat to his arm, wanting him here every step of the way.

"Right, now we all need to sit while I turn on the image profiler" Owen said with a bored tone, "Ya know, do I really have to explain this every time?"

"Oh yes please Owen, your soft dulcet tones do such things for me waters" Ianto said dryly and Owen sniggered as the visitor chairs hummed softly, their internals turning on.

"Right, Rose is about to start ovulating as she should be, well done Rose pick a candy" Owen muttered and Rose reached out gleefully to swipe a lolly out of the dish, this also a standard action. This was getting old and Rose knew Ianto was as sorrowful as she that she hadn't caught yet, Jack's face each time they had to tell him making both of them feel like they had failed him somehow.

Owen was swinging in his chair as he tapped the screen and looked at Rose, "You know, you look fine. Maybe this next one will be the charm. Yeah?"

"Yes Owen, let's hope" Ianto nodded, reaching out to hook her hand and she smiled. Ianto then grimaced and she frowned.

"I thought your shoulder was not giving you much pain these days" she said.

"Caden slipped getting out of the bath last night and I grabbed him without thinking" Ianto admitted, "It will be OK."

Owen hummed as he clicked some more and then he seemed to stall out, his face going still. Not even blinking.

"Owen?" Rose asked with concern, "Is everything ok? Do you see something wrong?"

"No, ah…no sweetheart, you are fine. Tell you what. Ianto and I will discuss the next harvest and you go play next door in the nursery, I had a new arrival last night. A purple Gerbav, ever seen how cute their young are?"

She shot from the room and Ianto reached for a lolly, leaning back to look at his friend, "OK. Now she is out of the room, what is wrong?"

Owen regarded him for a while, then sighed, "You are part windy-woo."

"Yes."

"You have come for each and every session, sat right there as I activate the fertility wall to give her a boost." Owen pointed at the wall like Ianto might not know it was right there behind him like it always was. He always sat here after all.

"Yes."

"OK, and these chairs that my clients sit in measures their hormones, their fertility levels and adjusts that wall to compensate and help with the gestation but also they encourage the egg, the embryo and the life's first spark."

"Owen, I read the brochure like a good boy. Why are you talking like a robot?" Ianto asked, leaning forward, "What have you done? You feel the need to explain yourself?"

"Ianto, Windy-woos can have babies" Owen said slowly.

"Well … duh!"

"No, the males. Ianto, the males can breed together" Owen said, his hands shaking as he reached out to pluck up a lolly from the bowl, lightheaded.

Ianto sat back and cursed softly as he finally got it.

"Owen, was this entire bloody high tech fucking machine we sit in calibrating for me instead of her?"

Owen nodded.

"Well, shit. I need to step out and she needs to get back in here without me. For the love of Pete, we have to start from scratch?"

Owen shook his head.

Ianto stared at him with growing alarm.

Well.

Shit.

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I was asked about Cockoos ... sorry i forgot to remind those who do not know my other stories that they are the race I made up for the Cockoo Verse which really is mostly explained in the second part, Nestling Safety, part one of that seires Armed and Dangerous deals with Ianto's Cyber arm and the arrival of Baby Heath. I have a habit of pulling things from other stories and totally forgot an explaination for those who do not read my stuff. Sorry.

An Alien race that sometimes places their children amongst other races, then the children mimic those they are wih, changing their appearance and eventually even their DNA to match their new family. As children they are easily identified but as adults they would appear as their adpoted family in every way.

So, I have combined two prevous Verse which is the Cockoo Verse and the Bladesinger Verse to see what would happen. Whith a mix of these two verses I can have more wriggle room.