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The next event wasn't supposed to happen for another year but Fate had a different idea. The sky was blue and the weather was nice. I had taken a detour walking to work in the morning and enjoyed the sights of the Bay. I let myself into the Hub and smiled at everyone. Tosh and Gwen were checking out something on the computer and talking quietly about it.

"Either she's high, drunk, or had gotten laid last night. I bet 10quid that she got laid," Owen said.

"Dr. Harper, I'm astonished that you would think I was stoned or drunk. Can't a girl just have a good day?"

"Not you, besides you never said anything about getting laid."

"While it may be true, no one accepted that bet so you don't get shit."

"Did you get together with David?" Gwen asked.

My face fell slightly at that for a brief second but soon the smile was right back in place.

"No. Just a random shag. Actually a few random shags," I smirked.

"Finally, a girl after my own heart," Owen exclaimed.

"Hush, Owen. We all know you're a man whore but Ria shouldn't be out there randomly sleeping with strangers," Gwen admonished.

"Excuse me but I can fuck whomever I want. If I want to hit a club on the sole purpose of …WE ARE COMING. WE ARE COMING. WE ARE COMING. WE ARE COMING. WE ARE COMING.…finding a guy to shag, I will. You are not my mother."

Gwen, Tosh, and Owen were staring at me with wide eyes. I glanced up and saw Jack standing just outside his office. The look on his face wasn't of a happy nature.

"What? Is this about me speaking out? It's true. I'm old enough to decide who I want to shag."

"Enough about your sex life. You just went rigid and chanted WE ARE COMING," Owen said.

I backed up until I hit the couch and flopped down.

"Shit. Shit. Fuck. Not yet. It's too early," I whispered.

"Ria, what is going on? Do you know why you did that?" Jack asked.

"Questions later. We don't have much time. Where's Ianto?"

"In the Archives," Tosh replied.

"Get him up here quick. We won't have much time."

After a quick order from Jack, the Welshman had joined us. I had gotten up off the couch and I was pacing in what little space there was.

"We don't have much time to clear out the Hub. We need to relocate to a place where the government can't find us. Tosh, you need to clone the hard drive and dismantle any equipment you want to take. Owen, you need to grab any supplies we might not get at a local Boots. Gwen and Ianto, you need to clear out the Archives of any files or alien artifacts. Jack, you need to do the same with the vault and you are not to leave the Hub. I'm sure they'll find another way but by tonight or early tomorrow morning, the Hub will be a hole in the ground."

"What is going on, Ria?"

"Jack, think back to Scotland in 1965. An empty field with a school bus of children."

The moment he remembered that night he went pale and backed up into the railing. Ianto went to his side to give him some comfort.

"Owen, I need you to scan Gwen before we all clear out the Hub. Ianto, call your sister and tell her to keep Micah and David at home. Jack, you do the same with Alice and Steven. Tell them not to worry and not to mention your names over the phone. If they need to, they can call my mobile."

"There are reports saying that children all around the world stopped suddenly and chanted what Ria chanted. No matter where the children were, they all spoke English. Jack, what is going on?"

"Do as Ria said. Clear out the Hub, only take the important things," he ordered before bounding up the stairs.

The others looked at me before doing what I said. Owen took Gwen to the autopsy bay and Tosh was already cloning the hard drive. Ianto looked towards where Jack went before pulling out his mobile and heading down to the Archives. I headed to the armory and started packing up the weapons. We'd need all of it.

Hours later we had moved the important things into an empty warehouse. It had taken me bars upon bars of chocolate to get Myfanwy, our pterodactyl, out of the Hub and into the warehouse. If they did come to destroy the Hub, I didn't want her to be blown up.

"Are you ever going to tell us what's going on?" Gwen asked.

"Years ago, the British government sacrificed 11 children to save 25 million. The aliens who gave them the cure to save those people took the children as payment. Now they are coming back to collect more."

"How much more?" Ianto said.

"A lot more, 10% of all children on Earth. This wasn't supposed to happen until next September so they're a year early. Owen, what did Gwen's scan show?"

"Nothing. Why?"

"It's not important anymore. This event spread out over 5days and caused many lives. I'm hoping to stop that from happening."

"This is when Ianto…" Tosh gasped.

"Not anymore. The government, specifically a man named Frobisher, will send out a team to take out Jack and turn this team into fugitives. They will spin a tale that the chanting is due to a virus and start rounding children up to immunize them."

"You keep saying children. The reports said children were the only ones to stop and chant. Why did you?" Tosh asked.

"I'm way out of the age range but it might have to do with my ability. Originally 12 children were to be given to the aliens, the 456, but one managed to get away. He's been locked up in an asylum since he was 11. He would have chanted as well."

"What are you going to do about the 456?"

"Nothing specific until they land. A special tank is being built in Thames House to hold the alien when they land. We will destroy it then. Ianto, are your niece and nephew safe?"

"Rhiannon said she'd keep them home and inside until I call her again."

"Jack, Steven will be OK. All the children will be OK."

A few hours later, Jack was getting anxious and decided he needed to leave. I tried to keep him from leaving but he wouldn't listen. I tried the last thing I could think of.

"If you leave, they will catch you, plant a bomb in your stomach, and make you explode inside the Hub. Afterwards, they will dig up every piece of your broken body and watch it grow back together before encasing you in concrete."

Silence filled the warehouse as everyone took in what I told them. Jack stumbled back from the door and looked at me. He pointed to a corner and ordered me over there. I did as he asked and once away from everyone, he had me tell him everything that happened. I explained what had happened with the 456 in my timeline, not leaving anything out, even Steven's death.

"Are you saying I sacrificed my own grandson?"

"It had been for the greater good, one life for millions. But don't worry, Jack, it won't happen this time. I know you want to go out there and do something but you can't. If there's no way for them to get into the Hub, then they can't really destroy it. I've had Tosh hack her way into Frobisher's computer. If he tries to do anything with your file or anyone here in Torchwood, we'll know.

"Gwen, I need you to ring Rhys and have him hit an ATM to withdraw some cash. In a few hours, none of you will be able to access your accounts. If we need more, I'll use my account since they have no records of me. Call Andy and tell him to play along with anyone who comes to talk to him about you."

They said I went rigid again and started chanting WE ARE COMING but then it changed into WE ARE COMING AGAIN. After I came out of it, I walked off to a corner of the warehouse to be alone.