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"Oh my god" Tosh knew her eyes were bugging but she couldn't stop staring at the Timelord.
"She is very old. Has been here forever. I think she was stolen or … you know … taken by Torchwood and placed down here. She was so lonely that she grew, seeking comfort. Poor girl, lovely, sweetie darling" Ianto pouted as he rubbed his cheek, leaving a bright golden spot where his skin had touched the coral.
"Ianto. You are a Timelord. This is a Tardis. Holy Shit on a stick!" Jack laughed.
"Timelord. Fuck. Time, that's what they're after!" Owen suddenly burst into life, "They come from … somewhere, they must need energy to get there … here … you know!"
"Maybe" Ianto agreed, "They are afraid of Mama though."
Jack looked for a console, creeping around and yelped as she reacted.
"Oh, careful." Ianto warned, "You feel strange to her with your … er … gift. She says you were connected to another Tardis and you are a different … oh. Really? Like batteries having positive and negative charges?"
Jack realized Ianto was talking to the coral and waited patiently as Ianto canted his head to listen.
"Oh. God, really. Jack!" Ianto swung with wide eyes, "She says someone used the heart of a Tardis to make you … live."
Jack was dumbfounded and shrugged to show his confusion.
"Oh. The Doctor? You know him?" Ianto smiled, "Yes dear. What? Jenny? Oh ... oh … me mam!"
"Ianto?" Jack asked softly.
"This Tardis feels my mother within me, feels my heritage. Oh my goodness …. Why didn't you tell me this before … what? Jack? What does Jack have to do with … oh."
"Ianto?"
"The Doctor is my mother's creator. I am his … what. Grandson? Wow. You are giving her more strength, ever since you came to Torchwood she had felt alive, she has gained strength from you." Ianto stroked the coral, "She tells me that we are a good match. Time with timelessness."
Jack smiled as he reached out again, this time letting a tendril stroke his palm.
"Hello darling." He crooned.
"Oh! She likes you" Ianto laughed.
"Good, because I like her, anyone that is kind to you is a friend of mine" Jack said solemnly.
"Do you really think those … thangs are attacking me because of my Timelord blood?" Ianto frowned, "God. The girl, she … she said they wanted her baby. The baby was special. A new breed of Timelord"
Ianto swung with a look of pure horror.
"Oh my god, it's mine. Right? They were breeding me!" Ianto was getting upset as he rubbed his hands, then his phone went.
"Damn, not now aunty!" he growled and Jack took the phone.
"Hello, Captain Jack Harkness here" he boomed.
"Ah. This is the Mistress. Well, well, well. I always wondered what you sounded like. Something is wrong with Ianto, where is he?"
"You did? You've heard of me?" Jack frowned.
"Theta and his little pets."
Jack looked at the phone with confusion, "Who are you?"
"I am Ianto's Aunt Missy" she said calmly, "Was called Master once, but that was then. I'm a girl now, can you imagine? Not been a girl since I was a wee loomer!"
"A Timelord" Jack whispered.
"Ah, you are clever. Yes. My little nephew has been under my care for some time, I told him not to go for the freak," Missy snorted.
"She isn't being mean is she?" Ianto asked softly, "It's not her fault. He hears things. Drums."
Jack handed him the phone, totally confused now.
"The Silence. I think they used my DNA and impregnated a girl who had a baby" Ianto told her, "I think Melody Pond is my daughter."
Silence.
"Aunty?"
"Aunty!"
"Oh Great Rassollin, I get to tell him!" she finally crowed, "He married his own great granddaughter!"
"Aunty! What?"
"Melody Pond. Darling, she's called River Song now days."
"River Song?"
Jack's head shot up as he finally got the niggle answered.
"Professor Song! Oh Gods, that woman is a force to be reckoned with, Jesus. Ah…." Jack stalled out as his brain struggled to take it in.
"But … Aunty. She's a full grown woman!" Ianto huffed.
"Wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey dear."
"Oh."
The thump as Jack blacked out had everyone turning with surprise.