*Since there is no more Torchwood episodes, this is where my story breaks away from the Torchwood show. This chapter will also affect the Doctor Who universe.
Torchwood: Reveal
August 30th, 2011
Jack and I are sitting at our kitchen table, eating breakfast with our daughter Amelia and watching the morning news. I had gotten back from The Sisters of the Infinite Schism and had received a scolding from most of my Torchwood team members for almost dying... again. Apparently Jack had told them that little bit.
On the news they were still commenting about Miracle Day. No one knew how it stopped but everyone loved to make conspiracy theories. Some said Aliens. Some said it was us. Some said it was God sending us a message.
Ever since Miracle Day ended, there was renewed peace talks and it seemed as if everyone had lost the stomach to fight. "What's going to happen now that everyone is refusing to fight?" I asked Jack as I spoon-fed Amelia.
"I'm not sure. All it takes is one crazy person to start the fighting again. We might as well enjoy this as much as we can." Jack says.
My cell phone rings. I sighed and answered it. "Susan Jane Harkness." My eyes widened at who was speaking. "...Yes of course, Your Majesty." I paused as Jack mouthed 'who is it.' The Queen. I said in our telepathic bond. "A-Are you sure that is wise, Your Majesty?" I winced. "Yes, Ma'am. Torchwood will be ready…. And a good day to you as well." The Queen hung up.
"Susan, what is it? Your pale."
"The Queen had a discussion with the Prime Minister and both agreed that they would bring the people in on the loop after everything that has happened."
Jack looked puzzled. "In on what loop?"
"They are going to reveal that Aliens exist to the public."
Torchwood, Meeting Room
I had immediately gone and called a meeting with group new Alpha which consisted of Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Doctor Owen Harper, Doctor Vera Juarez, Toshiko Sato, Rex Matheson, and Esther Drummond, Captain Jack Harkness and myself. After Miracle Day, Vera, Rex and Esther all had decided to join Torchwood. Amelia Rose was with Sarah Jane Smith, who I told what was going on. Her group would also be getting ready for the announcement.
"So, I'm sure you are all wondering why I called this emergency meeting." I began.
"Yeah, It's not the end of the world and we aren't even under attack." Rex commented. Owen snorted.
I rolled my eyes. "Come on guys, focus. This morning, I got a call from The Queen-"
"The Queen? The Queen? As in Queen Elizabeth II? The bloody Queen?" Vera asked, she was gaping at me. Vera had taken to using English swear words.
I sighed. "Yes. Now shut up. As I was saying, The Queen called me and told me some… unexpected news. Elizabeth and the Prime Minister had a talk and decided that the best course of action was to let the general public know about aliens."
It was so silent you could hear a pin drop. Everyone besides Jack and I were staring at me, and not moving, in shock. "Jack?"
"Yes Susan?" Jack asked.
I hesitated. "I think I broke them." A smirk came across my face and I quickly took out my cell phone and took a picture of everyone's expression.
I looked at my watch and it had been five minutes since I broke the news and everyone still hadn't moved. I sighed and took a deep breath and yelled, "Guys! Get your act together!"
At my yell, everyone was startled and the all came back to reality. "Okay, now that you're all focused again, lets start planning. The Queen and Prime Minister are going to make a big deal about this, starting Friday, the government will go Dark and come out on Monday. Going Dark means that every government official has to travel back to where there home office is and then they lock down the buildings and then via video call, The Queen will break the news to the officials. The general public's announcement will take place on Monday. I have no idea what The Queen and Prime Minister plan on saying, but we better be ready for major criticism and violence. Riots have a ninety nine percent chance of happening, considering what happened before with Saxon's announcement of Aliens existing."
Rex leaned back in his chair and ran his hand through his hair. "So the public finally gets in on the action?"
"Yes. Frankly, I'm quite surprised that they haven't figured it out for themselves. I mean, Flying spaceship over London in Christmas of 2005. The Battle of Canary Wharf, 2006. Harold Saxon, 2007-"
"Hold on, what does Harold Saxon have to do with aliens?" Esther asked. "I thought he was just crazy."
I sighed and crossed my arms. "Yes, he is crazy. And Psychotic. And an alien. He is The Master... a Time Lord."
"A Time Lord?" Gwen asked. "Great, how many more of you are-" Gwen gasped, her hands fly up to her mouth. "I'm sorry, Susan. I wasn't thinking."
I smiled sadly. "It's okay, Gwen." I looked around at everyone else's confused faces. I sighed. "It seems as if it has become story time." I sat down in a black spinning chair. Jack nodded, smiling sadly. "You know The Doctor." I began. Everyone nodded. "Gallifrey is The Doctor's home planet. The planet of the Time Lords."
"It's not your planet as well?" Esther asked.
I winced. "I was human before I was turned into a Time Lord… er, Lady."
"How did you turn into a Time Lord?" Vera asked.
"That's a story for another time. As I was saying, Gallifrey is the Time Lord's home planet. Do you remember the Daleks… um, gigantic pepper pot looking aliens that was part of The Battle of Canary Wharf and when the 26 planets were in the sky." Everyone nodded. "They are called Daleks. They are basically the alien version of Hitlers army, except their mission is to wipe out any being that is not purely Dalek."
"That's horrible." Esther said.
"Yeah. So, to stop them, or try to, The Time Lords went to war. It was called The Time War." I paused, then continued. "The Doctor was the only Time Lord to survive and Gallifrey was gone."
Silence.
"I'm sorry." Tosh whispered.
I smiled sadly. "I take it better than The Doctor since I was a human first before I became a Time Lord. Now, I think story time is done for today. Now lets get on to business. Once The Queen makes the announcement on Monday, there will be chaos. It's our job to notify the police. Just say that there will be a big announcement on Monday that people will react badly to and to get themselves ready. But be secretive of it. Next is plans for a new building."
"A new building?" Ianto asked. "But we just built this one."
I sighed. "Yes, but this building was built specifically for secrecy. We can still use it, but we will need a bigger building, more defense. More people, which we will probably have a lot of after the announcement, will want to help protect the planet. I have the building designs and plans here." I pushed a sheet of paper over to the center of the table. "Now, if you excuse me, I need to contact The Doctor." I stood up and walked out of the room.
"Finally you answer your phone."
"Yes, what is it?" The Doctor asked on the other line.
"The Queen and Prime Minister are going to make an announcement on Monday telling everyone that Aliens are real."
Silence. "Come again?"
I sighed. "I know. I'm not sure what went wrong. This never happened in the television show. We are doing everything we can to prepare, but there will be riots and violence in response. We can not let people know that we are not human, at least, to those who don't already know. Tell Amy and Rory to be careful to whoever they talk to in regards to their travels with you when they are at home. I've got to go. This is going to be one hell of a weekend."
I sighed and hung up. I jumped as I noticed Gwen leaning against the doorway into my office. "What do you want, Gwen." I asked, not looking at her, sitting down in my chair and turning on my computer. "I'm busy." I had a call from Kate in ten minutes.
"I- I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what I said in the conference room. I had no right to bring that up."
I looked up from my computer screen. "Gwen, as I told you before, I was born human. I have no connection whatsoever to Gallifrey. For me, Gallifrey was just another planet in the sky. Earth is my home. It was where I was born and raised. I was turned into a Time Lord, remember?"
"I think you still care." Gwen said.
I masked my expression. "I have a call with Kate Stuart in a moment. I would appreciate it if I were alone during that call."
"If you ever need someone to talk to, you can always turn to me." When I didn't answer Gwen, she sighed and closed the door.
I closed my eyes and breathed out. What happened? What Changed? Was it my presence that caused this to happen? I knew the people of Earth had to find out about aliens at some point, I just hoped that I wasn't there for the backlash.
Monitor Room, Torchwood
September 5th, 2011
Ever since the 2nd, Torchwood had been in lockdown. Torchwood Team Alpha, Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Doctor Owen Harper, Doctor Vera Juarez, Toshiko Sato, Rex Matheson, and
Esther Drummond, Captain Jack Harkness and myself, were hard at work, preparing for the backlash that was bound to happen.
Jack and I were keeping in contact with UNIT and the government, which had gone Dark (in lockdown) on the 2nd as well as us. Right now, I was on Alpha's floor, staring at a large complex screen of monitors, showing the broadcast of news stations, all wondering what the hell was going on in England. My arms were crossed and I had my isomorphic gun and sonic pen strapped to my belt along with my vortex manipulator on my wrist, psychic paper in my pocket along with my cell phone.
The Queen called a couple more times over the course of the weekend and we had set up a news crew, consisting of Torchwood and UNIT members that were presently in Buckingham palace. When I got to okay signal, Tosh would rout their signal through all television channels around the globe. Even televisions that would be off, would automatically be turned on including cell phones, ipods, tablets, laptops… anything electronic that had connection to the internet.
"All systems a go." Jack said, coming up to stand next to me. "Are you sure about this?"
I turned to Jack and gave a half of a smile. "More nerves than anything else right now. Did you speak with Sarah Jane?"
"Yes. She said that Rani's family and Clyde's family were over at her house and the kids were keeping Amelia occupied in the attic. She also mentioned that she had the television off. Do Rani and Clyde's family know what their children have been doing?"
"Rani's Dad does. That's as far as I am aware. I have no clue which organizations The Queen will mention, but I'm positive that she will mention UNIT. There's about a fifty fifty chance that she will mention us."
"Well, we are prepared if she does."
I began to say something but then my bluetooth bussed in my ear. "Operation Reveal is a go." Came Alex Donovan's voice over the coms. He was the first in command of Torchwood Team Beta.
"Copy that." I answered. "Torchwood is ready."
"UNIT is ready." Came Kate Stuart's voice.
"Everyone places." Came The Queen's voice. "And Godspeed."
I pressed the speaker system in Torchwood. "Tosh, what ever your team is doing, do it now!"
All ten screens on the wall that I was facing went static then the image of The Queen and the Prime Minister on the steps of the Buckingham palace came into focus. The Royal family was standing behind The Queen and the Prime Minister's Cabinet was standing behind him, all dressed in their very best.
"I know there has been a lot of speculation to why The Government went Dark." Started The Prime Minister. "And you are also probably wondering why all your channels are showing this and why your telly or other devices won't turn off. Or turned on without you doing anything to it. The Queen and I have talked and thought about this long and hard. This was not an easy decision to make. In light of recent events, mainly Miracle Day, we have decided to let all you in on a secret. A secret that even I am surprised you haven't figured out yet. The Queen will tell you more."
"Citizens of England, people of the world." The Queen started. "I, more than anyone have hatted keeping such a big secret from my population by belief that you weren't ready to handle the truth. We have taken recent events into account and, as the Prime Minister said, thought long and hard about this. Now is the time to pay attention. As Queen of England, I am personally confirming the existence of aliens. No, this is not a hoax. No, I am NOT, in any way, shape or form, being forced to say this. This is real. Aliens exist. We are not alone in the universe."
The Queen continued. "In the 1960's, our government founded U.N.I.T. Which stands for Unified Intelligence Taskforce. It is a military and science based organization that is funded for the sole purpose of understanding alien technology and protecting the Earth. Yes, there has been attempts at invasions. Attempts, mind you. But, not every alien is out to kill us. Most who come to Earth are peaceful. They are either lost or have crash landed. And yes, we do have allies that are alien. Actually, I have a best friend who's an alien. Her skin is blue, but besides that, she looks and talks exactly like us. They are no different than us. They have the same needs. Food, shelter, and friendship."
"Just because they are alien, doesn't mean they are automatically bad." The Queen said. "I know I have dropped a bombshell on you with this revelation. But I expect each and every one of my citizens to act like adults. There will be NO rioting OR violence. I expect the people of England to be on their best behavior to show the other countries that we are strong and will not let a trivial thing such as not being alone in the universe to get in the way of our humanity."
"That being said, Parliament will be in an emergency session, to go over all the treaties and allies we have made since the formation of U.N.I.T. After Parliament is done going over them, we will post the alliances and treaty documents on the web so every citizen is aware of them. We are not alone in this universe. We need to act accordingly. We need to act strong and to teach them that we are not only willing to defend our home, but are able to make formidable allies. God Speed." The Queen finished.
The Screen darkened to reveal the U.N.I.T. symbol against a black screen, which stayed up for another five minutes then resumed what ever channel they were on. Tosh broke the connections.
I leaned back against the wall. "Well, there's no going back. The cat's really out of the bag now."
Jack came over and hugged me. I rested my head against his chest. "I just hope that everyone can handle it."
"Well, we know humanity survives, I'm living example of that. Everything will be fine. You'll see." Jack said.
I closed my eyes as I let Jack hold me. "I hope so."
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