Old Enemies

As we re-appeared in the deserted Torchwood hub, I let out a gasp and began to sink to the floor as my baby began to react to the travel. Luckily Owen was there and caught me before I was all the way down.

My eyes widened as I realized who was missing. "Rex." I breathed out. "The others."

"Esther should still be alive." Gwen said, her eyes wide.

Jack taused Gwen the Vortex Manipulator. "The coordinates are in there. Go get them."

Gwen nodded. "Yes sir!" And she disappeared in the next second.

Then Jack was at my side saying, "Owen, we have to get her into Medical."

"Don't you think I know that?" Owen asked. "Okay, Susan, just breath in and out. That's it. How long can a Time Lady pregnancy be?"

"From two to four days for a Time Lady. Susan, how long have you been having the contractions?" Jack asked me as Owen and Jack helped me walk to our Medical rooms.

"Almost two days." I breathed out.

"Then she should be about ready to give birth." Owen concluded.

"The Doctor." I told Jack. "He needs to be here."

Jack's eyes widened. "You're right. When the Tardis gave us that book to read, it said that since pregnancies are rare for Time Lady's, the oldest Time Lord, or Lady, at that time has to be present at the birth to give his or her blessing."

Once we made it to Medical, Owen and Jack helped me onto the bed while Tosh and Ianto stood off to the side, unsure what to do.

"Does that book explain how a Time Lady's pregnancy works… if its the same as a humans?" Owen asked.

"Yes it does." I told Owen and I gasped as another contraction hit. "Its on my bookshelf in my office."

"Tosh, go get it. It'll be the gold book." Jack said.

"On it." Tosh replied and rushed out.

Jack took out his cell and dialed the Tardis. His right hand held his cell up to his ear and his left hand was being crushed by my right hand. "Pick up." Jack muttered. "Pick up." Jack sighed. "Finally you answer, Doctor. Listen, Susan is in labor….. She is two months early…. Yes! If you had listened to your voicemail you would know that everyone stopped dying, so yes, there has been lots of stress….. Now, Doctor!" Jack hung up.

"What?" I asked as I looked up at Jack's worried face.

Jack shook his head. "Nothing, don't worry about it."

I snorted. "Now I have to worry. What is it, Jack."

"Got the book!" Tosh said, rushing back into the room and giving it to Owen.

"You're a lifesaver." Owen said and flipped to the back of the book where the index was and looked up the Labor section.

Then Gwen rushed into the room, back from Buenos Aires. "Jack, you're going to want to see this."

Jack looked at Gwen. "Don't you think I'm busy enough?" Jack snapped.

Then Rex, Vera and Esther walked in. My mouth dropped open. "But… but…." I winced again as another contraction hit. "That's not possible." I gasped.

"What the hell did you do to me, Harkness." Rex asked.

"Me? I didn't do anything." Jack protested.

"Then how come Rex and Vera are still alive?" Tosh asked.

Everyone started talking at once until Owen yelled, "Shut up!" and everyone went silent, not used to hearing Owen yell. "As you can see, Susan is about to give birth, so anyone who is not immediate family or her Doctor, leave." When no one moved, Owen yelled, "NOW!" At that everyone scrambled out of the room and the door closed behind them. "Finally." Owen said. "Lets see how far apart these contractions are." Owen held up his hand with his watch and started timing how far apart my contractions were as another contraction hit me.

As I let out a choked sob, I heard the Tardis sound fill the air. "Oh now he shows up." I grumbled.

The Doctor stepped out of the Tardis followed by a very distraught Rory. Amy did not come out. "Where's Amy?" I asked, gasping as another contraction hit.

"Two minutes." Owen said. "We're almost ready to begin pushing."

"Gone." Murmured Rory.

"Gone? What do you mean gone?" I cried out as a wave of pain came over me and my death grip on Jack tightened.

"Someone took her." The Doctor said darkly. "Who ever they are, they are going to pay."

"Okay, Susan, I'm going to need you to start pushing."

I nodded my head, my jaw clenched. Everything hurt. My forehead was plastered with sweat.

"Come on, Susan." Jack said soothingly. "You can do this sweetheart."

I nodded.

"Okay. On the count of three, I want you to push." Owen said. "One. Two. Three."

I screamed as I pushed as hard as I could. Oh God it hurt.

"Your doing great Susan." Owen said. "Now again. Push."

I screamed as I pushed again. I felt a couple of cracks in Jack's hand as I squeezed it in a death grip.

"I see the head." Rory told Owen.

"Your doing great, Susan." Jack said, moving my wet hair out of my eyes.

"Next time, you do this." I yelled at Jack. I saw Jack give a horrifying look to The Doctor Who smiled knowingly.

As I begin to push, I stopped short as I saw the television screen on the opposite wall turn itself on and an image of Madame Kovarian appear, eye patch and all. "Jack." I said and pointed.

Everyone turned and looked. "That's impossible." Jack said, shocked.

Madame Kovarian smirked. "Hello again, Susan Jane Anderson, or is it Harkness now?"

"What do you want?" I asked through clenched teeth. "I'm kinda in the middle of something."

"Oh I don't want anything. I came to gloat."

"Gloat about what?" Jack asked.

Kovarian's smirk widened. "I've come to remind Susan of my threat."

Jack looked at me, worried.

"Susan, what's she talking about?" The Doctor asked.

I ignored him and my eyes narrowed. I told Kovarian, "If you hurt her, I WILL kill you."

"What makes you I only have her?"

It was then I remembered that the Silence didn't only kidnap Amy in The Impossible Astronaut, but Jack as well. My eyes widened, then hardened as I whispered, "No."

Kovarian laughed. "Now you understand the gravity of your situation."

"Susan, what's going on?" Jack asked me.

I looked at Jack, tears starting to fall. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I never thought she would go this far."

With another laugh, Kovarian said "Now come to mama." She typed something on her end of the connection and Jack disappeared.

"Jack!" I screamed. At my scream everyone turned to where Jack used to be. Owen had a horrified look once he saw that Jack wasn't here anymore. "Give him back, Kovarian. Give Jack and Amy back!"

"You!" Rory roared. "Give me back my WIFE!"

"Why, Kovarian?" I asked, doing my best not to sob while I winced in pain. "Why do this?"

Kovarian gave a haunting smile. "I did tell you that there was going to be a punishment for killing my Godfather. My ONLY family left. You turned me into who I am now, remember that. Goodbye Susan." The screen turned itself off.

Tears were streaming down my cheeks as I looked in the spot Jack used to be. I cried as I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, jolting Owen back into reality. "Shit. We shouldn't have stopped the process this long. Susan you have to push!"

"What's the point?" I whimpered, closing my eyes. "Jack's gone."

"Susan, don't you dare." The Doctor said, coming to my side. I opened my eyes and saw the Doctor looking at me, worried. "Come on, Susan. Push. Push for the baby." The Doctor took my hand and ran his thumb over the back of my hand.

I took a deep breath and screamed as I pushed.

"Almost there." Owen said. "One more push. Come on Susan, you can make it."

I screamed one last time as I pushed as hard as I could. Soon a baby's wail filled the room. I laid back on the bed, exhausted, breathing hard.

"Doctor, your turn." I said softly to him. He nodded as he took the bundle from a very flustered Rory, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet lightly.

"Hello little one." The Doctor said softly. Immediately the baby quieted down. Then the Doctor started speaking in the ancient words of Gallifrey. It was a Time Lord custom for the eldest of the Time Lords to bless the newest born Time-tot.

As the Doctor did this, Owen rushed around, apparently worried about something. I didn't care, I only had eyes for Amelia.

The Doctor finished by opening his mouth and golden energy came out, circling around Amelia and absorbing into her. Amelia glowed the color of the energy for a second then returned to normal.

Owen and Rory looked between the baby and the Doctor, awestruck.

The Doctor came over to the side of my bed and asked, "What's her name?"

I smiled as I said, "Amelia Rose Harkness." I caught a glance at Rory. He looked like he was about to cry.

All of the Adrenalin from today's adventure came crashing down and now I felt even more exhausted than I already was. Suddenly I heard Rory curse. "Owen, she's losing too much blood. Dammit!"

This time it was Owen's turn to curse and he shouted directions at Rory. At the commotion, Amelia started wailing. My eyes started to droop. The Doctor noticed and said, "No. Keep your eyes open, Susan. Don't you dare."

"I'm sorry Doctor." I whispered, I tried to smile, but failed miserably. "Take care of Amelia for me." At that my eyes slid closed and darkness overwhelmed me.

The Doctor's POV

The Doctor watched as Susan's eyes close and her breathing become hard. He kept on bouncing, trying to calm Amelia. "Owen." He called sharply.

Owen looked up from the screen to see Susan's eyes closed. "Bloody hell." Owen said. Just as Owen said the word 'hell' the door crashed open to reveal a panicked Gwen, Tosh, Ianto, Rex, Esther and Vera.

"We heard yelling." Gwen breathed then stopped as she saw Susan's eyes closed "What the hell happened. Where's Jack?"

"Kidnapped." Rory said, regrettably. "Along with my wife."

"What?" Tosh asked, shocked.

What The Doctor heard next made his hearts stop. The flat-line note sounded on the machine, which caused everyone to look at the machine in shock.

"Out of my way. I'm a Doctor." Vera commanded as she shoved past Tosh and Esther. "Get the defibrillator! NOW!"

"Shouldn't she be regenerating?" Gwen asked, still staring at the machine in shock.

"Yes, she should be." The Doctor said. The Doctor watched helpless as Vera, Rory and Owen worked hard to revive Susan.

"One. Two. Three. Charge!" Vera yelled. Owen pressed a button on the Defibrillator and a large shock transferred into Susan. Her body arched then fell back on the bed.

Nothing.

"Again!" Vera commanded, rubbing the two shock charges together. "One, two, three, charge!"

Susan's body arched and fell back on the bed. The Doctor looked at the heart rate monitor, still a single line. Then he heard a slow beeping sound which slowly got faster. She was back.

Vera heard it and sighed, leaning up against the wall while Rory put the defibrillator back. The Doctor still tried to quiet Amelia Rose, but with no success until Gwen came over and said, "Give her to me."

The Doctor raised an eyebrow at Gwen.

Gwen sighed. "I have the most baby experience out of everyone here. Let me calm her down."

The Doctor sighed and handed Amelia Rose Harkness to Gwen Cooper who took her gently. Gwen started walking around the room, whispering calming thoughts to Amelia and soon she fell asleep.

"Now, where's Jack?" Tosh asked The Doctor, hands on her hips.

The Doctor could only open his mouth and then he closed it again in defeat. "I don't know."

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