Ian walked home with Sarah at his side, the amulet safely in his pocket. He didn't want to head straight home, at least not until dark when he could sneak back in without the neighbors seeing. Then, he could change back into himself, or rather Thomas or Sarah until he could figure out what to do.
Thomas, now stuck in the Akita form, hovered at the edge of their vision for a long time, then seemed to drop away. The presence of the large dog bothered Ian a bit, he was cowed but still strong enough to make trouble, but having been caught stealing the amulet for whatever reason seemed to have put him off for now.
There was a small amount of cash in the pocket of the jeans he was wearing, so he stopped for lunch at a small fast food place and fed a bit to Honey, who looked a bit worried herself. "What are we going to do now, sweetie?" he asked her quietly as he fed her the meat from a burger.
Once darkness fell, they slipped back into the house and got cleaned up. The first thing that Ian suggested to Honey is that she change back. "You're well past the 24 hour limit, and until we figure out what we're going to do, we need to both be human."
Reluctantly, she nodded and they got one of Sarahs' bras to make the transformation. She touched the amulet and the bra, and for a while it looked like she was going to change, but suddenly the transformation stopped. "What's happening?" she asked, concerned, before her head slid back into that of a yellow lab.
Ian shook his head, "Damn, I was afraid of that, you're pregnant. You won't be able to change back until you give birth."
Ian paced back and forth, thinking but not angry. This was possible. The real problem was that he couldn't spend more than a few days at a time in any one form, but he could change back and forth as needed. As long as people saw them both, no one would get too suspisious. He'd been living for months as both Thomas and Sarah (and Honey, for that matter) so he knew everything he needed to know to pull it off.
All he needed to do was cover for the fact that his wife was actually pregnant with his St. Bernard/Yellow lab pups (and maybe Thomas' Akita/labs) and that there was a human-intelligent Akita out there that knew about the amulet and could show up at any time. And for the moment, neither knew exactly why he'd try to steal it in the first place!
Should be easy...