Children of Earth: Day Three- Part 1

Jack and I stared at the screen, the embryo moving inside my uterus, telling us that I was pregnant with a child.

My eyes were wide. That's why I was so damn emotional all the time and throwing up. It was morning sickness. I typed on the computer below the screen. It told me that I was one month into the pregnancy.

I turned to Jack, tears in my eyes. Damn hormones. "Jack." I said. Jack looked at me and rushed into my arms, holding me. Owen had left a long time ago. Jack picked me up and carried me to a bed.

"Susan, we will get through this."

I sobbed. "But I'm not ready to have a baby."

Jack rubbed his hand down my hair, calming me. "No one is. No one is ever ready to be a parent. Those that say they are, they are kidding themselves. But, we will try to be the best parents ever. But, do you know what this means?" Jack asked me.

I shook my head.

Jack smirked. "We had one hell of a wedding night."

I laughed, snuggling up against the warmth of Jack and fell asleep instantly.

I awoke in my bed with the Tardis humming softly. I rolled over and looked at Jack's sleeping form in the dark. I felt something moving in my throat. My eyes widened and I scrambled for the bathroom. I just made it in time before I puked into the toilet.

"Lights on halfway." Came Jack's voice. The lights did as they were told and I felt Jack's hand rubbing my back and his hand moving my hair out of the way. After I was done I wiped my mouth on the towel Jack handed to me and handed me a cup of water. I swirled it in my mouth and spit into the toilet.

Jack flushed the toilet before helping me up and guiding me over to the bed before I collapsed and snuggled up in the blankets, next to Jack. I looked at the alarm clock. It was three in the morning. I closed my eyes and went back to sleep.

When I woke up again it was seven in the morning. I got up quietly, trying not to disturb Jack and headed into the bathroom and took a hot shower. Afterward I dried my red hair and put it up in my signature high ponytail. I reached for my glasses and put them back on.

I wore dark jeans and a tan blouse with light blue polka dots everywhere. I put my sonic pen, phone and psychic paper into my pocket and came out into our main bedroom where Jack was finishing getting dressed.

"Ready to kick some alien ass?" I asked him, slowly walking up to him.

"Very much so." Jack said. We kissed for some time then I stopped it.

"First, I want Sushi."

"Sushi?" Jack asked. "But you hate Sushi."

"Get. Me. Sushi." I said in a tone that told Jack I wouldn't take no for an answer.

Jack held his hands up in surrender. "Fine. I'll get you some Sushi."

Jack and I walked into the council room of the Tardis. I was full from having Sushi for breakfast. Everyone was already there. "Finally decided to show up?" Ianto asked.

"Couldn't let you guys have all the fun." I retorted, smirking.

"Check this out, it's all over the news. There is no way we can stop them thinking that it wasn't an alien attack." Amy said. We all went over to the screen on the tardis council and saw different broadcasts going.

"The children promised tomorrow and tomorrow is here. Our correspondents have been measuring the situation in Australia-"

"Le President a declare avoir ordonné la fermeture de nos écoles."

"The Senate have pointed out that we are now living in fear of our children. In fear of what they will say next. In fear of who or what is speaking through them."

"Tension is mounting as the population of the entire planet waits for the next incident."

"Le Parlement Europeen semble fige au regard de ces-"

"We've been given no answers, no hope, no assurance that our children will come first-"

"The Government has refused to speculate about the origin of the voice or the importance of the word tomorrow. Let's take you live now to Downing Street."

Prime Minister Green appeared on the screen. "In light of what's happening with our children, we've temporarily closed the schools. As a further precaution, we have introduced a temporary curfew for everyone under the age of eighteen. Keep your children at home where they'll be safe. The curfew takes effect immediately and will continue until further notice. But rest assured, we're 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 we are in any danger, and as soon as we find out anything more, the public will be informed. And as always, I thank you, for your trust, and for your faith."

The Screen turned itself off.

Jack took command. "We need to access our Torchwood network. Everything is backed up, and encrypted, in an alien language, in a safe location in the cloud."

I swung the keyboard and screen around to Tosh. "Tosh, get started."

Tosh smirked. "On it."

"In the mean time, we should pick up Alice and Steven." I said.

"Why?" Jack asked. At the same time Gwen asked, "Who are Alice and Steven?"

"Well, you escaped holding. Johnson should be awake by now. Alice would be trying to call you and that would get herself into trouble." I looked pointedly at Jack.

Jack took a deep breath. "Okay."

I breathed a sigh of relief and went over to the Tardis council and started piloting the Tardis to Alice's house. "Jack, who is Alice?" Gwen asked.

Jack sighed. "Alice is my adopted daughter and Steven is her son."

"You have an adopted daughter? You?" Rhys asked as the rest of the Torchwood team's mouths hung open.

"Did Susan know?" Owen asked quietly.

Jack winced as I said, "Found out yesterday." Owen gave him a disappointed look. "And we are here." I said.

I walked to the door of the Tardis and Jack caught up with me. "Susan, you don't have to bring them on, you know."

"Jack, didn't you get my hint? Do you want them to get hurt? I don't. Even though I didn't find out about them until yesterday, I still care for them."

Jack sighed. "Okay. Let me come with you, though."

I nodded and we stepped out into Alice's living room, startling Alice enough that she dropped her glass on the kitchen floor, shattering it. "What the hell Dad!"

"Mom?!" Came Steven's voice. He came running into the room. "Mom are you alright? Uncle Jack!" Steven launched himself at Jack and hugged him.

"Jack, what are you-? Are you okay? That explosion in Cardiff-"

"I'm alive, aren't I?" Jack asked her. Alice nodded her head yes. "I might have forgotten an important introduction. You know how I said that this was Susan Jane Anderson?" Jack said, motioning toward me.

"Yes."

"Actually, she is Susan Jane Harkness."

"You're married?!"

I stuck my hand out to Alice. "Susan Jane Harkness, resident Time Lady at your service."

"And she's an alien?" Alice asked after shaking my hand in amazement.

Steven, missing the entire conversation about Aliens, walked over to me. "You married Uncle Jack?" He asked.

I smiled and crouched down to his hight. "Yes I have, and I love him very much."

Steven looked at me like he was silently judging me then hugged me. "Auntie Susan!"

I stared over Steven's head in bewilderment at Jack and mouthed 'help.' Jack just smiled and shook his head. "So, as I was saying, we need to get you somewhere safe."

"Why?"

"Because whoever planted the bomb wants me dead. You are leverage that can be used against me. I will not allow that to happen."

Alice nodded. "Steven, go pack an overnight bag with three sets of clothes."

"Can I show Auntie Susan my room?" Steven asked. With the nod of approval from his mother, Steven dragged me by the arm up the stairs to his bedroom, which was decked out in anything and everything baseball.

"Wow, you must love baseball." I stated.

"Oh yeah. Uncle Jack took me to a few games in the States once." Steven said, getting out a backpack from his closet and began stuffing the bag full of clothes. "It was amazing!"

"I bet." I said. Then, "Don't forget your socks and underwear." I froze, where did that come from?

"Auntie Susan!" Steven laughed. "I wasn't going too." To prove his point, Steven took some of his baseball underwear of tiny baseball bats and balls, shook them out so I could see and stuffed it in his blue backpack. He did the same thing with his socks.

I smiled as Steven included a binder full of baseball cards. After shoving everything inside, he zipped up the bag and swung it over his shoulder and pulled his shoes on. "Ready!"

"Wow, I'm sure you beat a world record for packing bags there, buddy." I said, resting my right hand on his back as he walked out of his room. I turned off the light.

Steven looked at me with a smile and in that moment, I knew I could not let Jack use this kid on day five. It would break my hearts. "You're sure?"

I smiled wider. "Oh, you bet kid. Now, let's go back downstairs to Uncle Jack and your Mom, okay?"

"Sure!" Steven said, "I bet I can beat you to the kitchen."

I raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?" I asked in a challenging way.

Steven took off running. "Race ya!"

"Hey! That's cheating!" I yelled after him and took off a second later.

"Beat you." Steven said, hugging Alice as I ran in the room. To make a show of Steven winning, I bent over and panted.

"Yeah, you did, kid." I straightened up and ruffled his hair. "Great job!"

"Uauaggg." Steven said, straightening it back out. Jack gave me a look of amusement. Alice had a small smile on her face.

"Hey Steven, how would you like to time travel?" I asked.

Steven's jaw dropped. "We have that technology that can do that now?!"

I smirked. "Not exactly. Let me introduce myself you properly. Susan Jane Harkness, Time Lady, at your service." I gave a small bow.

If it was even possible, Steven's jaw dropped even more. "Are you an alien?"

"Yes, but one of the nice ones."

Steven smiled. "I've always wanted to meet an alien. What planet are you from?"

I glanced at Jack and said, "Gallifrey which is in the constellation of Kasterborous."

"Kast… what?" Steven asked.

"Kast- er- boro- us." I pronounced.

"Kast… Kasterbor...Kasterborous!" Steven exclaimed, pleased with himself.

"Yes. But that's not why I am here. Bad and dangerous men are after Uncle Jack, in turn, that puts you and your mother in danger. This," I said, walking over to the police box, still parked in the living room. "Is called the Tardis, which stands for Time and Relative Dimension in Space."

"Sooooo, it's a time machine." Steven concluded, practically bouncing off the walls with excitement. "Why is it a police box?"

"Because it is a disguise. The Doctor traveled to 1960's once and it disguised itself as a police box and it got stuck like that ever since."

"Haven't you fixed it yet?"

"Why?" I asked. "I like the police box. Why does it need changing?"

"It's supposed to be a disguise, right? It's doing a very bad job of it in the living room. If it was so good, it would have be a couch or bookshelf or something. Not a police box, which was supposed to be outside."

I looked at Jack and we both started laughing. I looked at Alice. "Every minute we stay here, we are at risk. We should get going." Alice nodded mutely. I turned to Steven, "Come on, Steven, want to see a real time machine?" I asked.

As soon as Steven nodded his head, I snapped my fingers and the door opened.

Some comments on Reviews:

BlueFlame27: Gwen and Susan will both be fighting mothers... you wouldn't want to cross them when they are angry.

ElysiumPhoenix: Thanks! :)

Smuzzie: Yep, you called it! Awesome! :D