Utopia 41/?

[missthingsplace]

Title: Utopia
Author: missthingsplace
Parings/characters: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Toshiko, Gwen, Rhys ... others
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood or any of the characters ... unfortunately, just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: When Ianto is sent a request that he, according to his fathers cannot be turned down he has no idea of how much his life is going to change.
Warnings: Slash, fluff, romance, angst, humour, AU, MPREG
Spoilers: Anything is fair game
Rating: NC17 for series

Previous chapters: http://missthingsplace.dreamwidth.org/449741.html
 

Ianto pounded up the castle stairs, burst through the door to the Doctor's room without stopping and  skidded to a halt inches from where the slightly startled Elder stood.

“Ianto?” The Doctor said simply.

“Jack … babies … they're coming …” Ianto managed to pant out.

“Calm down; where is he?” The Doctor asked calmly, reaching for a large cloth back and putting what seemed to be random items into it.

“Meadow,” Ianto answered, his breathing returning to normal. “I need help getting him back here.”

“Grab that,” the Elder instructed, pointing to something leaning against the wall which seemed to be two long wooden poles with a rug wrapped around them.

“What is this?” Ianto asked, doing as he had been told.

“A stretcher, we will need it to get him back here,” the Doctor explained. “if he's not already too far advanced.”

“He can't be, he can't have our children out in the meadow!” Ianto stated, horrified at the idea.

“We will do what we have to,” he told him calmly. “now take me to him.”

*~*~*~*

Jack tried his hardest not to yell out in pain when another contraction ripped through his body but he couldn't contain it and screamed so loudly he hurt his already sore throat. He knew that if the babies weren't delivered soon they would perish, the major downside of men being able to bear children being that they had to be delivered by surgery. He was just cresting down the wave of the next contraction when he heard voices and looked up to see be Betrothed and the Doctor running towards him.

“Ianto, Ianto,” the Prince rasped out just before another contraction hit him and he screamed in pain. “It hurts so bad ...”

“Jack, we're here,” Ianto said, dropping the stretcher onto the ground and then dropping to his knees beside him. “the Doctor and I, we will get you back to the Castle.”

“No, it's too late,” the Elder announced, pulling items from the cloth bag. “these babies need to be born now or we will lose them.”

“Here, in a meadow?!” Ianto asked, frantic at the idea.

“There is no choice. Now Sire I am going to make you more comfortable,” he said, dripping the contents of a bottle onto a soft cloth. “then I can bring your children into the world.”

“What is it?” Ianto asked curiously.

“Something to make him sleep, the pain he is experiencing now is nothing compared to the procedure,” the Doctor explained. “and I am going to need your help.”

“My help? In what way?” Ianto asked in reply, not sure he would be of any use.

“To assist me, I cannot do this alone,” he told him.

“Am I too late?” A voice called out.

They turned to see Queen Donna, hands holding the long skirts of her dress high above her ankles as she ran towards them, several of the Queen's Guards hot on her heels.

“No, we were just about to start,” the Doctor replied, placing the cloth carefully over Jack's nose and mouth and holding it there until he fell into a deep sleep.

“I can help, what do you need me to do?” She asked, panting softly as she reached them.

“Ianto would you rather the Queen helped me?” The Doctor asked him.

Ianto just nodded in reply and moved his position slightly so he knelt beside the Princes head, holding his hand tight and praying to the goddesses that all would go well.

The Doctor and Donna removed the Prince's lower garments and pushed his tunic high on his chest, exposing his swollen belly. Carefully they managed to place a folded cloth under his lower body and then another over his legs, barely covering his modesty. The Doctor then pulled two soft, white blankets from the bag and lay them nearby on the grass covered ground before taking out a leather pouch, which when unfurled exposed the items he needed to perform the operation. He picked up a sharp looking knife and after taking a deep breath he began the incision.

Ianto concentrated on looking at Jack and whispering to him that everything was going to be okay knowing that if he watched what the Doctor and Donna were doing he might pass out and be no use to anyone. Donna passed swabbed away the Prince's blood then grabbed another length of fabric when the Doctor cut through the babies protective sac to soak up the waters, dropping it to one side afterwards so she could grab one of the blankets.

She watched as the Doctor's hands reached inside Jack's body and carefully eased out the first twin, the baby began to whimper and cry the instant it was free. The Queen wrapped the blanket around it's body stating “It's a boy” and then handed it to a rather shocked Ianto to hold so she could reach for the other blanket, the second baby making it's appearance. The smile on her face widened even more when she took the twin into the blanket. “A girl,” she told Ianto, holding the baby close while the Doctor cut the umbilical cords and delivered the placentas.

“Is is okay? She's quiet?” Ianto asked frantically, the boy crying softly in his arms.

“She's fine,” Donna assured him, the baby girl was nuzzling against her.

“I just need to stitch Jack up and then we can move him back to the castle,” the Doctor told them, threading a needle with thread.

The Queen nodded at two of the Guards, one of them lifted the stretcher and unfurled the attached rug, laying it near the Prince and awaited further instruction along with his colleague. Donna moved so that she sat next to Ianto, letting him see for himself that his daughter was fine.

Jack was still fast asleep when some while later the two Guards carried him back to the palace on the stretcher, they took him up to his chambers and lay him carefully upon the bed. The Queen instructed that warm water should be delivered to them and then she and Ianto carefully washed the newborn babies before she showed him how to fashion the cloth that made their nappies around their bodies. Once they were clean and dry they dressed them in simple night gowns. By now their cries were becoming a little louder and Ianto began to worry.

“They are just hungry,” Donna told him with a smile. “I shall go and fetch their feeding pouches.”

“Thank you,” Ianto smiled, relived.

Donna waited until Ianto was seated comfortably on the bed beside his Betrothed, propped up by many pillows and then handed him both babies, one at a time so he could try and soothe them until she returned.

“Jack, time to wake up, our babies are here,” Ianto said, but his voice was no more than a whisper.

The Queen returned a few minutes later carrying two feeding pouches made of some kind of animal skin from what Ianto could determine with a tiny hole in the end for the babies milk to slowly trickle into their mouths. She took one of the babies and showed Ianto how to feed his newborn twins, both of the babies sleeping into a contented sleep some minutes later.

The Queen lay the tiny girl in the ornate cot that had been set at the base of the bed and Ianto followed suit, placing her twin brother beside her and then covering them with a soft blanket, unable to take his eyes off of them.

“When will Jack wake?” Ianto asked the Queen, his Betrothed still sleeping soundly.

“Soon enough,” she smiled at him. “the longer he sleeps the more rested he will be and the pain will lessen.”

“The Doctor, he will give him potions for the pain?” Ianto asked.

“He will, I'm sure he is preparing them as we speak,” the Queen assured him. “have you decided upon names for them yet?”

“We had some ideas but I don't want to say until Jack is awake,”  Ianto told her, gazing down in wonder at the beings he helped to create.

“Of course,” she told him. “you should try and get some rest while the babies are sleeping, you will wake when Jack was, I'm sure.”

“Shouldn't I watch the babies?” Ianto asked nervously. “What if they need me?”

“Believe me, you won't miss it if they need you,” Donna chuckled softly. “lay down with Jack and rest.”

Ianto finally nodded in agreement, Donna gave him a soft kiss on the cheek and left the room leaving Ianto to undress, slip into the bed and try and to get some sleep.

TBC

Comments

[trektorch]

Yea, the babies are finally here. A boy and a girl. I knew it would be so. I am glad everything turned out fine. In this "Utopia" can woman have children? I know, up to now, the romantic relationships between men and women were forbidden, but now that seems to be changing, so I wonder if women can get pregnant. See how involved you get me in your story that I wonder about this. Another great chapter.

[badly_knitted]

One of each! An heir to the throne and a brother to be there for her. Poor Ianto is a bit dazed, having the babies delivered in a meadow was not at all what he expected! Donna quite naturally wanted to be there for the birth, what a proud moment for her to help deliver her heir.

Ianto will soon learn that the babies will make it perfectly clear when they need something! He'd better get what sleep he can, he's going to need it!

[bluelilacs]

I love that Donna got to help deliver the babies. I'm not sure Ianto would've been much use to the Doctor, so it's good she got there in time. It's not everyday the reigning Queen can say she helped bring the heir to the throne into the world.

I'm glad things went okay since they couldn't get Jack back into the castle. Won't it be an amusing story to be able to tell the children they were born in the meadow. Definitely a time for changes in the kingdom.

I can't wait to hear the names they've picked out for them. Also, the Queen needs to get busy changing that law so the babies' Uncle Owen and Auntie Tosh can be together, and maybe give them some little cousins to play with.

[socalrose]

Happy dance time - the babies are here! Loved how Donna came and helped the Doctor deliver the babies. A boy and a girl - job done! But they may still want a couple more.

This episode made me smile - thank you!!

[blackrose_17]

Yay the babies are here, safe and healthy and now they have one of each. It's a good thing Donna was there to help the Doctor, I have a feeling Ianto was going to be of no real help he was far to worried about Jack and their children, not that anyone can blame him.

[darquethoughts.livejournal.com]

Woohoo, babies!! So happy they are one of each!! :)

[cjharknessgirl]

Yay, the babies are here! And aw, they have a boy and a girl! I'm glad things went so well and that the Doctor and Donna got to deliver the babies. Now Jack needs to wake so he can see them!

[milady_dragon]

Hurray! The babies are here! And one of each...that's brilliant! I can't wait until Jack wakes up and they decide on the names. :)

[seabiscuit]

love the update

[reddevilpoes]

Yep, babies will make themselves heard...
Good to know they are here at last an dthey are ok

[yanto]

Sniffles with joy that the babies have born.

[owensheart]

Oh how lovely one of each, so they did have a girl after all. I am so glad Jack and the babies will be ok.

Great chapter

[thraceadams]

YAY the babies are here \0/

[sammydragoncat]

The babies have arrived!!!

[jedi_harkness]

*does happy dance* The babies are here, and are one of each! Brilliant! Can't wait to find out what their names are! :D

[chamilet]

Yay:)

[hab318princess]

yay, babies have arrived safely... now we just need Jack to wake up!

Great chapter

[black59.livejournal.com]

awwww
babies arrived safely!
phew!
I'm happy
;-))

[ukdramafan.livejournal.com]

If I haven't commented before now I apologise (and if I have recently, I apologise for doubling up!) Please, please continue this story. It could conceivably follow the twins lives up until the time they are ready for royal duties, but I'd settle for them being presented to the kingdom, and Owen and Tosh marrying (and maybe getting pregnant too). I know whatever you decide it will be great.