"Out, now," Arialle told Ianto, making sure that he was out before her. A pinch on her ankle caught her attention. She looked down to see one of the small critters on her ankle, biting down furiously
"Little Fucker," she grumbled, before spraying it and leaving.
"Is everyone ok?" Jack asked when everyone was back, they all nodded
"Any injuries?" he continued
"I got bitten, its nothing though," Arialle admitted, knowing that although it was minor, Jack would want to know.
"Owen, check that over, make sure it's ok," Jack ordered Owen.
[Arialle]
I followed Owen into the med bay and quietly sat on the bed as instructed with my left leg on the bed and my right dangling off the side.
"Lets have a look then," he stated as I rolled up the bottom of my jeans. Looking at it now, the bite looked slightly worse than anticipated. A purple bruise was starting to form around two red and swollen holes, the rest of my leg was fine and there was no swelling apart from where the two holes were. Owen put something over the bite and pressed a few buttons on the small device, I felt it warm up and my leg tingled slightly, then it let out two beeps, Owen took it away and examined it carefully
"Good news, no poisoning, you're perfectly fine," he smiled, I grinned back and jumped down
"Thanks," I politely stated just before I left.
"So, what were those things?" Tosh asked me when I walked into the main part of the hub
"Oh, they were basically alien Cicadas, they come from a planet half-way across the universe and they feed off the scent humans give off, the big pincers near its mouth are mainly self defence, that's why it attacked me." I explained "We need to have a constant guard here, those things can't be left alone, they can chew through solid, 3 inch thick steel in a minute." I continued,
"Good job those doors are reinforced - can withstand anything, even a comet," Jack grinned.
"I'd love it if they got through - comet fails but tiny alien bugs can get through," Owen commented with a laugh. I laughed alone with them. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain shoot up my leg
"Ow," I mumbled, wincing slightly. My stomach started to make funny noises and move around, I got up and looked at myself in a mirror, placing my hands on my stomach, I frowned and shook my head, I was imagining things now.
"So where do we sleep tonight?" I asked Jack
"I asked the others if they could stay, we're going to sleep in here, I have some air mattresses and duvets" he replied, "Here, go out and buy some new pyjamas, yours are in your room," he then requested as he put a wad of money in my palm, I smiled and grabbed the keys for my car.
I arrived home after not long having bought a pair of black batman lounge pants and a batman tank. Just as I was putting my stuff down, my stomach started to feel strange again, then something in the mirror caught my eye. I ran my hands over my stomach, it looked larger than before, Jack walked over frowning
"What you looking at?" he asked
"My stomach is swelling, I- shit," I mumbled quietly, Jack looked down at where my hands were placed on my stomach
"Agreed, it definitely looks bigger," he agreed with me. I looked up at him in slight fear, it wasn't possible
"I can't- it's not possible," I refused to believe it
"What?" Jack queried
"Jack, there is only one reason for the stomach swelling and the rest of the body staying the same," I informed him, he nodded, knowing what I meant "and I can't get pregnant," I told him "Ever since Rose brought us back from dead, I've been unable to get pregnant," I told him. We shared a look of worry.
"Owen!" he shouted, Owen appeared at his side in seconds "I need you to take a look at Ari again, her stomach is swelling, as-if she's pregnant, but she can't get pregnant," Owen nodded as Jack told him. I followed him to the med bay, again, and sat on the bed in the same position as before
"Ok, lie down, I'll do a scan on your stomach , now this is gonna be cold," Owen started. I felt him put the gel on my stomach "There's nothing there," he stated, sounding confused. I looked up at Jack, his features holding a confused frown
"What do you know about those things?" Jack asked, I tried to think of anything that I had been told about them
"They implant eggs in a bite.." I trailed off, swallowing nervously "and the eggs have a kind of cloaking device, so the scan wouldn't pick them up," Jack and Owen were silent for a while
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[3rd person]
"How do they get out?" Owen asked curiously, Jack looked at his younger sister worriedly
"They eat their way out," Arialle replied bluntly "unless we get them out first," she continued.
Jack had ordered that Arialle stay in the hub with someone there at all times. She looked almost 7 months pregnant now, after 5 days, today was worse than most, she appeared to be getting shooting pains that were getting progressively worse. They had managed to clear out all the bugs, putting on gas masks when they let Myfanwy out and gassing the place, killing all the bugs, then letting Myfanwy back in to clean up.
Ari padded up the stairs sleepily, one hand still clutching her stomach. After half an hour, Ianto went to check on her. He reached her bedroom door and pushed it open
"Only me, you ok Ari?" he asked, she didn't reply, but Ianto could just about see her shaking and guessed she was crying. He sat down next to the bed and asked again "You ok?" Ari pulled the covers back, greeting Ianto with a tear-stained face, Ianto pulled Ari into a hug
"I'm scared," she admitted, he fingers gripping the back of Ianto's hair "Get he-" she cut herself off, and sucked in a sharp breath, her fingers curling into fists and her face screwing up in pain.
"Owen, Jack!" he shouted, slightly panicked, they arrived seconds later.
"It hurts Ianto, get it out of me," Arialle begged, surprising everyone at how vulnerable she sounded.
"I'll get the anesthetic and get them out," Owen announced, running to the med bay. He grabbed everything he needed and ran back to Arialle's room, scooping her carefully in his arms, he carried her to the bed and lay her down.
"fuck the anesthetic," Arialle muttered as Owen got the injection ready, she grabbed the surgical knife Owen would use and pulled her top up. Knowing exactly where to cut, she stabbed the side of her stomach and dragged the knife across, the thing that had previously been inside her appeared to be a large version of the cicada type creatures the team had fought off under a week ago, Arialle grabbed it and pulled it out of her stomach, slamming it on the desk beside her and stabbing the knife into it, pinning it to the table. Jack and Ianto watched in horror at the scene in front of them while Owen made sure he had stitched ready to stitch the large cut up. Arialle's blood covered hand fell loosely as she passed out, Jack grabbed Ianto's hand tightly as he watched, unable to let his eyes leave the bloody mess of his sisters stomach.
Owen checked her pulse and looked up at Jack worriedly. He pressed two fingers to her neck, then her wrist, and finally held his fingers under her nose, waiting for a breath. "She isn't breathing," Owen told Jack apologetically. Jack nodded and didn't say anything. Owen sat in the chair next to her and studied the floor, feeling full responsibility.
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