Disclaimer: I still don't own Torchwood, and I'm still not making any profit off of this so don't even try to sue me because you'll get nothing.
Author's Note: I am so sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out, but if you read the letter beforehand you know why it took so long. After this chapter goes up I am giving everybody another couple of days to vote in the poll before it's officially taken down on Wednesday. Then I will be asking for names, if I don't get any names I will just have to put the names that I like in the next poll for you guys to vote on.
Chapter One
Day Three
Six in the morning
News broadcast
'The children promised tomorrow and tomorrow is here. Our correspondences have been measuring the situation in…"
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Man speaking in a foreign language
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"The senate has pointed out that we are now living in fear of our children. In fear of what they will say next, and in fear of who or what is speaking through them."
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Seven in the morning
Torchwood One Hub
"Okay we need to take stock of what we have," said Jack to Ianto, Gwen and Rhys who were standing around the table.
Everyone started pulling stuff out of their pockets that could be of any use to them in the near future to help fight against the 4,5,6.
A few minutes later, a couple of guns was lying on the table along with a penknife, laptop, credit cards and a phone, stamps a pair of contact lenses and fifteen quid.
This was not looking good from their point of view they need a lot more than this to stop the alien invasion that was surely coming.
"Well we still have some of the Torchwood software though," put in Ianto. "We may have lost the hub, but the software still exists on the server. Trouble is we are going to need more equipment plus electricity."
"And how are we going to manage that hidden away like criminals?" asked Rhys.
"Well that's it brilliant Rhys," said Gwen. "Criminals, and thieves us, well they are treating us like criminals so be criminals. Listen I trained with the police, and I know every trick in the book and I have seen a lot come on boys we are going to learn some tricks."
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News Broadcast
"Tension is mounting, as the population of the entire planet waits for the next instant…"
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Man speaks in a foreign language
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"We've been giving no answers. No hope and no assurance that our children will come first…"
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"The government refuses to speculate on the origin of the voice, or the importance of the word tomorrow. Let's take you live now to downy street…"
Prime Minister
"In light of what's happening now with our children, we have temporarily closed the schools. As a further precaution we introduced a temporary curfew for everyone under the age of eighteen. Keep your children at home, where they will be safe. The curfew takes effect immediately, and will continue until further notice. But rest assured, we are doing everything in our power to find out what's going on, to safeguard our children and all the people of this nation. In the meantime we are asking everyone to stay calm, and to go about your lives as normal. There's nothing to suggest that we are in any danger, and as soon as we find out anything more the public will be informed. That is all I thank you for your trust, and for your faith."
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Three in the afternoon
Torchwood Hub
"Let there be light," Jack said going into the computer's database, and managing to tap into the power grid.
The electricity flickered on to its brightest causing Gwen, and Rhys to smile their appreciation.
"Ah finally some artificial light and warmth," said Gwen.
"Has anyone by the way seen Ianto?" asked Jack. "Everybody seems to have made it back to the hub just fine, and he's disappeared."
"No I haven't," said Gwen solemnly. "He didn't call you or anything."
"No he hasn't," Jack answered. "And that is not like him, he tends to be more responsible than that."
"Do you want me to head out and start looking for him?" asked Rhys. "I mean that you guys all took a big risk earlier going out, because torchwood four know you. But me they don't know, and I will be able to blend in with the crowd read well."
Jack got a real worried look on his face when Rhys mentioned Torchwood 4, and started silently praying to any god that would listen that would listen for Ianto's safe return.
"No, I will give him another half hour or so to show up, and if he doesn't we can go out looking for him." Jack said trying not to let his fear show, and scared at the same time that something had happened to Ianto.
"We can try him on his ce…" Gwen didn't get to finish the sentence when Ianto finally walked through the door.
"Where the hell have you been?" asked Jack. "We thought that you might have been arrested."
"Out shopping for the necessities," said Ianto struggling to keep from dropping his packages. "Toilet paper, soap, more food, towels, wash cloths, etc."
"Oh Ianto you're my hero," Gwen said.
"I do the best I can," he said looking sheepish.
Everybody grabbed a bar of soap a towel and wash cloth and ran off to the bathrooms to get showered and dressed.
Author's note: sorry about the long wait did say that this story wasn't abandoned and its not it just that I have had so much going on in my life over the past months that I haven't been able to update. But I do promise that the next chapter will be up faster than this one was.