Jack had been back at Torchwood Three for 2 years now, Gwen had managed to get herself killed, and Owen had managed to get himself paralysed so he'd been retconed and no longer worked for them. So the only original members of the team left were him, Ianto and Tosh. They had obviously found two new people to replace the others, but it wasn't the same, he could remember the pair always argued and the time when they were sleeping together and thought no one knew when in fact everyone knew.

He had made Ianto a field agent when he came back, even if it did give him kittens every time they went out, see that was the only thing that had stayed the same when he came back, his and Ianto's relationship. It was a good thing to, as that is what he had came back for.

He heard Ianto outside his door and ushered him in, but was not expecting to see the Doctor. It turned out that the Doctor had dropped Martha off ages ago, and the Time Lord had been alone since, and that he had come to see if Jack would travel with him again. Jack practically bounced at that idea, yet remembered Ianto. Ianto let him go, saying he'd be here if Jack needed him.

Jack didn't expect the Doctor to go on a planet and allow himself to be eaten by a couple of flesh eating grey humanoid aliens; they even killed Jack several times. It was then he went back to Cardiff, the TARDIS letting him fly her one last time. He didn't expect to see a whole new cast of people in Torchwood. He was told Torchwood One was rebuilt and that the members of this team had been sent there, but every one of them excluding Ianto Jones had died in an invasion that nearly took the whole word to its end. He had been told Ianto was in hospital with brain damage, and that his life support machine would be turned off soon.

He was too late to make it to the hospital though, they had already killed him. The only reason he came back was gone and there was nothing he could do. He would have to live his life alone.