The Power of Six- Part 1

True to my word, I started Amelia practicing self defence on harder levels than I had her on before we went to Mercy. Jack was angry, at first, for me getting knocked out, but once I finished telling him about our adventure, he was less worried. I also started teaching Lia to use her telepathic communication. I knew it would be useful for her if we ever got separated on one of The Doctor's adventures.

We had just finished Amelia's sweet sixteen party, per Earth tradition. Amelia's friends were more than interested to experience an Earth custom first hand. The Doctor had not shown up. Lia was a disappointed, but I told her that there had to be a reason why The Doctor would miss her birthday. We found out that reason the next day.

I was out picking lettuce from my small garden by the back of our house when I heard the Tardis. Jack came running from the barn and I heard Lia running down the stairs inside our house. "Where is he? I'm going to yell at him." Lia said, having run from her room to the garden.

The Tardis materialized next to the back porch and The Doctor practically ran out. "Earth… tiny black cubes... invasion." The Doctor panted.

"What's happening?" Jack asked, pulling off his work gloves and leaving them on the porch railing.

The Doctor breathed out. "Tiny black boxes appeared all over Earth. I think it's an invasion, but it's been four days and nothing has happened. UNIT has currently taken over the investigation. Now that people know about Aliens, everyone is watching how they handle threats. Torchwood is on standby alert and Terra Firma is contacting The Shadow Proclamation. Do you, by any chance, Susan, remember this?"

I swallowed, remembering everything perfectly clear. "Take the black boxes into a massive collection, away from the civilian population. Make sure that none are missed. It is very important that you do this. It might take a while for them to activate, but once they do, if they are left in the hands of civilians, it will be disastrous. If we don't take them to a separate location, UNIT, Torchwood and Terra Firma will be looked at as fools."

The Doctor breathed in sharply, then breathed out. "Okay. You should come with me. Kate, Torchwood and Terra Firma misses you."

I glanced at Jack. "How long have we been gone?"

"A year, at the most."

I breathed out. "How am I supposed to explain how Amelia is sixteen and not one?"

"The same explanation I always use… time travel." The Doctor said.

I sighed. Jack, do you want to check how Torchwood is going? I know I should check to see how Terra Firma is doing.

I wouldn't mind startling our team with Lia. It'll be fun.

I laughed and kissed Jack, then turned back to The Doctor. "Sure."

"Hey Doctor, Why is Brian in your Tardis watching a black cube?" I asked.

As I said that, Brian turned around. "Susan! Hey! The Doctor asked me to watch it constantly, so that's what I'm doing." He said proudly.

"Um, how long have you been watching the cube?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"Four days." Brian responded.

I raised an eyebrow. "Four days? Have you been doing anything else?"

"Nope!" Brian said proudly, still staring at the cube.

"...Why?"

"Because The Doctor told me to." Brian replied.

I turned and stared at The Doctor, who winced. "You told Brian to watch the cube then forgot about him for four days?!"

"Oops?" The Doctor said, but it sounded like a question.

I rolled my eyes. "It's okay, Brian. You don't have to watch it anymore. All the cubes will be transported to UNIT and put in on place."

Brian actually looked sad. "What if I want to?"

I blinked. "You want to sit in a chair all day and stare at a cube?"

"Well when you put it like that, no. But perhaps I could be one of the people in charge of watching the cubes at UNIT, or help them."

I was stunned at Brian's request. "Uh, sure. I'll put in a good word for you with Kate."

"You mean that women who stormed into my son's house three days ago? That science woman with short blond hair?"

I smiled. "Yes. Katherin Ledgbride-Stewart. Or Kate Stewart." I turned to Jack. "So, do you want to see Torchwood first or UNIT?"

Jack smirked. "I'm looking forward to startling our team with Amelia." Jack said, glancing at Lia.

Lia smiled and said, "What do I do?"

3rd Person POV

Torchwood Complex, Just outside of Cardiff

The Tardis sound rang through the halls of the Torchwood Complex, startling Gwen Cooper as she typed up her monthly report to hand to Acting Captain Ianto Jones in her office.

Dr. Owen Harper and Dr. Vera Juarez looked up from a computer in the Medical Ward, glanced at each other then ran out of the room. Ianto Jones and Esther Drummond looked up at each other, from eating, eyes wide and ran out of the cafeteria, their lunch forgotten. Rex Matheson and Toshiko Sato turned around in their seats in the Alpha Control Room, and stared at the materializing Tardis.

Gwen was the first to arrive in the ACR. "What's going-" Gwen stopped as she saw the Tardis. "Has anyone come out yet?" Gwen asked Tosh and Rex.

Tosh shook her head and Rex said and shuddered, "No, but that machine always creeps me out."

Ianto and Esther were the next to arrive. "The Tardis." Breathed Esther. "Has-"

"No. I have a feeling that they are waiting until everyone is here." Gwen said just as Owen and Vera came running in.

"We heard the Tardis." Vera breathed.

The Tardis door opened and Susan came out along with Jack, both of whom were smiling. "Did you miss us?" Jack asked. Susan was wearing a similar outfit to what she used to wear, dress pants, and a light blue tank top with a black blazer overtop and flats. She had her red hair up in a pony tail. Jack had on his normal world war two outfit. Susan was a bit shorter than Gwen remembered, but she shrugged that thought off.

Gwen walked up and smacked Jack lightly on the shoulder. "Why did you have to leave us right when Terra Firma took off? This was the hardest year since I joined! It's mostly politics and press now. God those meetings can be dreadful."

Jack laughed. "I'm glad I took a break when I did then."

"Where's Amelia Rose?" Tosh asked.

"Oh, The Doctor's watching her." Susan replied. At her teammate's looks she rolled her eyes. "It's fine. It's not like this is his first experience. Remember Susan Foreman, his granddaughter?" The Torchwood team fell silent at that, knowing what happened to Gallifrey and what probably happened to his family.

"So," Vera said, interrupting the awkward silence. "Why have you come back? Is it because of the black cubes?"

Susan nodded, blushing and Jack said, "Yes, We are headed over to UNIT to tell Kate to collect all the cubes but decided to say hi to you guys first."

"So you're not staying?" Owen asked.

Jack looked at Susan and Susan kept turning redder and redder until she burst out laughing. "Sorry." She gasped, clutching her stomach. "I just can't keep a straight face." Susan said through her laughter. Then Jack burst out laughing while the Torchwood team looked on in bewilderment.

"Is there something we should know?" Esther asked, confused.

The door to the Tardis opened again and… Susan stepped out. The team gaped as second Susan walked over to Jack, wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, then looked at the now, in shock, Alpha team.

"W-w-what?" Ianto stuttered.

"You should have seen your faces." Susan by Jack said, smiling wildly.

"But there are two of you." Gwen said, staring in shock.

"Haven't you ever heard of time travel?" The first Susan asked. Then she smiled and stuck out her hand. "Amelia Rose Harkness, at your service."

There was a loud thud as Rex hit the ground, passed out.

1st Person- POV- Susan

UNIT Headquarters

After the Alpha Torchwood team got over the shock of seeing Amelia at age sixteen when last Earth year she was one, The Doctor took Jack and I over to UNIT. Amelia wanted to stay behind at Torchwood to meet the team. I had just told her the Miracle Day adventure yesterday. Hopefully she doesn't bug them too much.

"Doctor, weren't you just here?" Kate Stewart asked, walking up to us. "Susan, Jack. It's good to see you."

"Yes, but we have more information now." The Doctor replied to Kate.

"Like what?" Kate asked.

I stepped forward. "The cubes are dangerous. If all we do is observe them, we are doing exactly what they want. We collect them and pile them all in one place, out of the way of civilians."

Kate nodded. "Alright. I'll ask how you know this later. Right now I have to get in touch with Terra Firma and discuss how we will collect all the cubes."

Torchwood Complex - October, 2011

Lia was off with Gwen, Tosh, Esther and Vera on a girls day out while I stayed with Jack to take care of things. We had been here for three months and it looked like we weren't getting anywhere with the cubes.

The governments around the world had, surprisingly, all cooperated and had banned every citizen from having or being in the vicinity of a black cube. UNIT along side of Torchwood and Terra Firma then collected every cube and brought them to a warehouse in the mountains of England.

"Jack, If I am remembering correctly, this episode takes place over a year."

"Episode?" Jack asked, looking up from his desk. Ianto had made sure that there was a joint office built for Jack and I during the building of this Complex, which we missed because we were on Drax Three raising Amelia Rose.

"Yes." I said, signing my name at the bottom of the page of the packet, flipped it over then signed my name at the bottom of the next page. "From July to July."

"Oh." Jack said. "Do you think the Doctor can drop us off when he picked us up? Lia has school and I don't think her teachers would take kindly to her skipping one year."

"Good point, but she is also learning here." I said. "Owen's teaching her medical stuff and Tosh is teaching her code. Gwen's teaching her to shoot, I said I only want her progress reports on that, I will not be watching her lessons."

"Lia's growing up." Jack said.

I sighed and put my pen down. "Is it selfish of me to not want her to?"

Jack got up from his desk and came around to behind mine. He leaned over and hugged me. "I don't want her to grow up either, but it's the natural process of life. Growing up."

"That doesn't make it any easier." I grumbled.

"I know." Jack murmured. "I know."

Torchwood Complex- December, 2011

Christmas lights decorated around the edges of the ceiling and wreaths hung on doors and stray mistletoes hung off the ceiling. Soft Christmas music was playing on the loudspeaker, this being the only time it was aloud.

"The cubes have stayed dormant." Kate Stewart said through a video conference call. Most of Alpha team was in the conference room, though Owen and Vera were missing, having to operate on one of the Beta team members. Lia was sitting next to me on my left and Jack to my right. "So far it's looking as if they are harmless."

"That's what they want you to think. Give it time. They'll show their true colors soon enough." I said. By this time, The Doctor had left, not being able to sit still for this long.

"Are you sure you can't give us anything more than that?" Rex asked. I had told Rex, along with Vera and Esther about me coming from a different universe. For the most part they were fine with it. Last month I had also told Lia. She was slowly getting over the fact that this was a television show. At least she still talked to me.

I shook my head and murmured, "Spoilers." Then louder I said, "Sorry."

Rex sighed and leaned back in his chair. "It's fine, Susan. Ugg. I hate the waiting."

"So do we all." Kate Said. "On another note, Terra Firma is receiving a delegation of Drahvins in a month to formulate ties with our government. They would be excellent partners for an alliance."

"Okay, We should have maximum security to Terra Firma, and England's government while they are here. We don't know what the cubes would do if they notice that we have an alien delegation coming." I said.

"Since this will be the first delegation, the press are all over me, trying to get permission to cover this event."

Jack sighed. "We don't want anything to happen, like it did on the Valiant. I would suggest using our television crews and send the broadcast to the telly stations to air it. I don't think we have to commandeer everyone's electronic device to make sure they are watching, this will be a historic event, First Contact…. For the public, at least."

"Then it's agreed. At this time, next month, the talks will be underway."

Amy and Rory's Backyard Garden- June, 2012

Amy and Rory were hosting a barbecue. Torchwood's Alpha Team and the Terra Firma leaders were invited along with Amy and Rory's regular friends. Jack, Amelia and I were also here. Lia was talking with Luke and his Terra Firma co-workers. While Jack and I sat on chairs at a table, drinking wine.

It was hot and muggy out, so I was in a greenish blue dress, while Jack decided to opt for his regular world war two outfit. It was almost a year since the black cubes had appeared on Earth and we had stayed, as liaisons between Terra Firma, UNIT and Torchwood, though I knew after this year, we had to go back to our life on Drax Three.

The cubes had all been collected by the governments of the world and shipped to one UNIT's bigger on the inside warehouses, the one that they had commandeered from Miracle Day, that held medicine in it. They had studied them as much as they could possibly could, but despite my protests, UNIT had declared the cubes provisionally safe. To say I was pissed would be an understatement and I was currently not on talking terms with UNIT because they had disregarded my warnings.

I saw Amy walk over to a quieter area, take out her cell phone and make a call. Only I knew that she was calling The Doctor.

"The Doctor's here." Jack stated as he spotted The Doctor sneaking up behind Amy with flowers. I put down my Margarita on the round table and Jack and I made our way over to The Doctor and Amy. "Hey Doctor."

The Doctor turned and smiled at us. "Hello Susan, Jack. I'm going to take Amy and Rory on a little trip for their anniversary and realized that I had completely missed yours. Do you want to come?"

I glanced around the party and saw that everyone was having a good time and hadn't noticed The Doctor. Amelia Rose was engrossed with listening to tales of Torchwood, before Terra Firma, and hadn't noticed either. I looked at Jack who shrugged and I turned back to face The Doctor. "Sure!"

"Brilliant! Now, Pond, come with us and bring your husband."

Savory Hotel

"26th of June, 1890. The recently opened Savoy Hotel. Dinner, bed and breakfast for two. Bonjour, bonjour. Merci, Auguste. You'll be back before the party's over. They won't even notice you went. No complications, I promise." The Doctor said as we stood outside of the Hotel. Amy and Rory had their regular clothes on but Jack and I had changed to meet the expectations of the time period.

Rory kisses the Doctor.

Jack held out his arm to me. "Shall we, my lovely wife?"

I smiled. "We shall, my adoring husband." I replied and we walked into the hotel together to our room.

Street

We were still in 1890 and it was snowing out. "Bit of a shock, Zygon ship under the Savoy, half the staff impostors. Still, it's all fixed now, eh?" The Doctor said as Amy, Rory, Jack and I glared at The Doctor.

Bedchamber

We all ran into the room and slammed the door shut, breathing heavily from running. "Gentleman, open the doors!" Came a voice from outside.

"I thought we were going home?" Amy snapped at The Doctor.

The Doctor shrugged helplessly. "You can't miss a good wedding. Under the bed. Under the bed!" We all hide under the big four-poster. "Shush!"

"It wasn't my fault." Amy protested.

Rory gave Amy a 'really' look. "It was totally your fault!"

Amy rolled her eyes. "Somebody was talking, and I just said yes."

"To wedding vows!" I pointed out.

Rory agreed with me. "You just married Henry VIII on our anniversary."

The monarch enters. The Doctor sneezes. "Sorry."

Inside the Pond's House in the Lounge- June, 2012 - same time and place

As Amy and Rory head into the party again, Brian walked up to The Doctor, Jack and I. "How long were they away?" Brian asked us.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Brian." The Doctor tried to lie, but failed miserably.

Brian looked at The Doctor pointedly. "Because they're wearing totally different clothes from earlier."

The Doctor sighed. "Seven weeks. I got side-tracked. A lot."

"What happened to the other people who travel with you? Besides you and Jack, of course."

"Some left me. Some got left behind. And some, not many but, some died. Not them. Not them, Brian. Never them."

Only Jack noticed that I winced.

UNIT Complex, outside of London, Meeting Room- July, 2012

Jack and I were in a meeting room with Kate Stewart and other UNIT members along with Victoria Fox (who was in charge of Terra Firma's political department) and Ivy Sato (who was in charge of the space department).

I still was giving UNIT the silent treatment. The only thing that I appreciated was that they did not release the cubes back into the public, but they did put them into storage. We had gathered to talk about what to do next with the cubes and currently UNIT's scientists were arguing with Ivy Sato.

I had leaned back in my chair and rested my head on Jack's shoulder, checking out. I didn't bother paying attention to the arguing. All we ever got done nowadays was argue. I sighed. Lucky Amelia was having fun at Sarah Jane's while Luke Smith, Rani Chandra and Clyde Langer had a small break from Terra Firma.

While they were arguing I got a cell phone call. I looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Brian. I answered. "Susan! Thank God! The cubes are active!"

I stilled and asked in a dangerously low tone, "What?"

"They've gone active! This place is a war-zone!" And indeed, over top of Brian's yelling, I could hear the sounds of gunfire and soldiers yelling.

"Shit! Brian, get the hell out of there!" I yelled.

"I can't! They've blocked me off from the door!"

"I'm coming to get you. Stay where you are and stay hidden!" I hung up and noticed that everyone was staring at me. I stared angrily at Kate Stewart. "Well it's a good thing that you listened to me and collected the cubes. They've gone active!"

"What?" Kate gaped, standing up in shock, eyes wide. "But they were harmless!"

"That's what they wanted you to think." I snapped at her. "Now, if you excuse me, I have to save Brian." I put in the coordinates for the cube warehouse and disappeared. I reappeared in the warehouse and immediately ducked as a cube shot a laser at the space my head was seconds earlier.

A/N: College started back up on Tuesday and it's not even been a week and I'm already exhausted...

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