Adam sat at the TARDIS monitor for about twelve hours trying to exactly pin point the twins location or even get more than a faded blip of them. Nothing was working.
"I can't figure this out!" he roared at The Doctor. "we need someone to open up the universes from that side of the void."
"blimey, that isn't good." The Doctor muttered. He sat down and put his hands through his hair. "Jack, can we get through?"
"not a chance." he responded "like Adam said, we need that side to be opened as well."
The Doctor sat back with a sigh. He put his feet up on the console and crossed his arms looking put out.
"they're alive?" Donna asked him
"yes." he replied "I'm just worried that they'll be in trouble. Last thing we need is to break into Torchwood to get them."
"nobody wants that." Rose said putting a hand on either of his shoulders "it's them. They're clever. I'm sure they are completely safe"
"I just worry, that's all." he said looking up at Rose.
"I'm worried too. You'll be a fool not to be. But let's be realistic." she started "they are fully capable of handling themselves."
"I miss them." he admitted to her
"I miss them too, love." she said
Rose bent down and kissed him before looking up to the rest of them.
"tea?" she asked weakly.
Everyone agreed and ten minutes later her and Donna came back with a cup for them all. Rose satdown beside the Doctor and Jack, Adam and Donna leaned on the console.
"you talk about them like they're adults." Adam said
"they are sixteen..." the Doctor said
Jack brought his cup down from his mouth. "what?" he demanded "they're are sixteen?"
"yeah." he agreed. "oh!" he realized what was wrong. "I guess we didn't tell you that."
"the little kids I knew are now sixteen?" Donna asked
"yeah. Busy life and all that." The Doctor shrugged
"what if they don't like me anymore?" Jack asked. He was clearly worried about this.
"Jack, don't worry." Rose assured him with a smile. "they wanted to see you all and all they talk about when your name is brought up is how cool you were."
"They like you more than they like me most days." The Doctor interjected.
"really?" Jack asked smiling.
"Yep." he said popping the 'P' "Things like 'Uncle Jack let us!' or 'When are we going to see Jack? He was so fantastic!'"
Jack had a smug grin on his face. "I can't wait to see them."
"Rose, do you have a picture?" Donna asked
"I have an entire photo album in their nursery. I'll go get it." she said
Rose got up and left. She came back with a large book.
"I didn't want to miss a thing." she informed Adam and Jack who looked gobsmacked at the size of it.
She opened it. "That was their first birthday. But you know all that. Oh! This is them at five years. And again at six..." Rose went on and flipped through many pages until she got to their fifteen birthday. Both of their hair were over grown. "this is them with the face of boe." she looked up at Jack breifly. "and this was taken about a week ago." She held up a photo of the twins at a planet sitting under a tree looking happily at their mother, who took the picture.
"She looks so much like you Rose!" Donna gushed
"and he looks exactly like us." Adam said.
Jack laughed. "They are beautiful." he agreed.
The TARDIS was silent for a breif moment as all of them looked that the picture.
A small -ding- went off. It came from the monitor. The Doctor, Adam and Jack jumped up at ran to the screen. Adam clicked a few buttons, The Doctor flipping a switch and all they could hear is radio static when they answered the call.
"hello?" a voice came through. It was still masked with white noise but it was something.
The Doctor hit a few buttons that cleared it away it some so they could hear who ever it was on the other side.
"hello?" he called again. It was Theta. "it says that they're recieving me. Mum! Dad! Can you hear me?"
"Theta?" Rose asked running to the monitor.
"oh I am very good!" he said and let out a single "Ha!" to show how excited he was.