"What I want is for you to come to your senses. Join me Jack. Back in the old routine. We'd be emperors. How can you stay tied to one planet when there are thousands of worlds, sparkling with wonder? We should be up there, among the stars, claiming them for our own. Just like before."

Jack tries to school his features into not showing his smile.

John notices, however. "What? I leave my fly open or something?" He makes a show of checking.

"No," Jack says as he smiles. "That was so romantic; I'd have to be crazy to say no." He lets out a short chuckle. "I set this up. I heard you were after the Arcadian diamond. Which, by the way, isn't here, it's a DNA bomb inside. And so, instead of trying to find you with my wrist strap which the Doctor oh so nicely fixed for me." Jack leans closer to whisper, "Between you and me, I put on a fake one for the Doc to 'unfix'." Jack pulls away and winks conspiringly. "Anyways, I was able to pull it all here. And viola." Jack flips out his hands. "Not bad for a day's work, eh?"

"So then was all that before? All the "I don't want you in my territory" and "we do this, you get outta here"?"

Jack waves it off. "Psssh. Posturing for my team. Plus, I wanted to see if you were still the same ol' you before I risked everything to go with you. Little side note, you didn't really need to work over my team like how I'm guessing you did."

"Hey, if it's any consolation, I didn't hurt Ianto." John offers up.

"Good. He's a good fuck when you have nothing else to do. Anyways, what're we doing just standing here? Let's get going somewhere; I've had enough of Earth." Jack finishes off in a mock whiny voice.

"Well dah-ling," John drawls out, "how 'bout we head to Xaniver. It's spring break and there all sorts of Polyrans with mommy and daddy's money." John smile and programs his wrist strap. "First, however, I want to get my weapons from your Hub."

"Well, then what are we waiting for?" Jack says as he steps towards John and pulls him into a passionate kiss as they disappear.