Title: The Master's Return

Author: Beccs! ^_^, doctorsgal1792, and jack_is_love17

Rating: T, or at least for now. I want to try to not have like smut in this story…though something has been written. But in the meantime…swearing…

Warnings: Spoilers for Doctor Who Series Four finale and Torchwood Series Two finale.

Dedicated to: AntionetteRose for putting up with my bull shit all this time, Dan…who for some reason I can't remember your screen name right now. And as always…my dearest AllStarEllie…so much of you is in Ellie Saxon…your name, birthday, and some of your personality. This is mainly written for you. Cause you stick by me with all of my writings and read everything I write. Thank you love!

I love you!

Pairings: Ten/Rose, Ten.5/Rose, Jack/OtherCharacter, Gwen/Rhys, Master/Lucy

Summary: It's been four blissful though often rough years for Jack Harkness and Ellie Saxon. Four years since the year that never happened. They decided that they had been so excited about Elmira, they were going to try for another baby. (Yes reading Good and Broken would probably help a bit)

Now they have a son…both are soo happy with their life.

But then when Jacob is about six months old, he is kidnapped and they quickly learn that The Master is back in their lives. Ready to cause havoc with him. He's been to another universe as well, bringing Ten.5 and one Rose Tyler with him. Now they have to call in the Doctor and everyone else, to help save the world once more. All of the Universes are at stake, and the life Jack and Ellie have built for themselves.

Authors Note: I honestly thought that after Good and Broken was done…I'd be done. These chacters (well cept Jack) would never be back to plague me. Yet here I am.

It is definitely helpful to read The Masters Daughter, Letting Go a One Shot, and Good and Broken. Actually I think if your reading this and haven't read those…you're an idiot and need to stop before you get ahead of yourself.

So anyways…I hope you like this. I've toyed with ideas for months and months on this story. I finally came up with something. This is what was born.

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Prologue:

Ellie Saxon had faced death before. It was no stranger to her. She had suffered an almost fatal miscarriage, stared down the barrel of a gun, faced snarling weevils, and gone up against countless other aliens that came to Cardiff.

But now, she had faced her father…or the man who claimed to be her dad. She lay in a pool of her own blood. The gun shot caught her by surprise, and even more surprise as she clutched her stomach and collided with the ground.

She heard shouts of anger and then saw the blurred outline of a blonde. The blonde was calling out Ellie's name franticly. Ellie tried reaching for it, but fell just short. She was ice cold at this point. Jack Harkness, the Doctor, and Rose Tyler were the last faces she saw before she closed her eyes, and went to the warm bright light…

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Chapter One

7 Months Before

"Ellie Saxon, daughter of the former Prime Minister, Harold Saxon; has given birth this morning. No news yet of the gender of the baby, but sources say she is happy and well. For the last year, Ellie has worked for the government and has been romantically involved with Captain Harkness, her boss at said government establishment. They have been seeing each other for about four years. Word is Captain Harkness is ecstatic about the birth of his child and just wants Ellie to get better so they can go home with their new bundle of joy. In other news…"

"Romantically involved?" Ellie asked scoffing as the news turned off.

"What, were not romantically involved?" Jack asked, sitting down next to the hospital bed.

"How did they even find out that I had a baby?" she asked next, ignoring his question.

"Probably some ass hole at Unit tipped them off. Since when they report stories about you, I have no idea…" he answered, shrugging.

"No kidding…it's only been what? Four years she said…why would they want to report about the former prime ministers daughter having a baby?"

Jack just smiled, "Cause their tired of talking about Posh and David, so they are gonna report about you," he kissed her.

"Oh cause we are so interesting…and what was that about? Reporting that you're my boss at said government establishment? That's gonna sound like I'm some kind of suck up! 'Oh look! She's shagging her boss; I bet she gets weekly promotions!'" Ellie said, frustrated at this point.

"Hey Ellie?" Jack said.

She sighed, "'You've just had a baby and you need to calm down.' I know, I know," she said, relaxing back into the bed.

A nurse then came in, "Mrs Harkness, I need to check your vitals," she said.

Ellie glanced at Jack who looked just as surprised, "Were not married…" she said, looking back at the nurse.

"Oh…my apologies," the nurse said quickly.

"It's alright…" Ellie said.

The nurse looked at the screen and some other things, "Alright now I suggest you get some sleep, alright?"

Ellie nodded, and began to get more comfortable in the bed.

Jack stood up, "I'm gonna go call the others…they probably found out on the news about the baby," he said.

Ellie watched as he left the room and walked up the hall, and then she fell asleep.

"Hi Ianto, yeah…she's had the baby. You guys can come over. Alright….bye." Jack hung up and stood outside the nursery, looking in the window at the rows of new born baby's. But he only had eyes for one. The tiny figure in the bed, he had a tiny bracelet around his wrist that read 'Boy, Harkness.'

This was their son…the son they had decided to randomly try for. Because Jack knew Ellie had never been the same since the miscarriage. She finished school of course, and was definitely happier once she started working at Torchwood. But the fact was there, Ellie had never been the same. At night he knew she dreamed of Elmira. She would cry out her lost daughter's name in her sleep. Especially when it came close to the anniversary of the miscarriage.

So they decided that they were gonna give it a go. Nine months later, here they were. It had been a bit of a rough pregnancy. Ellie had been on bed rest for the last few months of it, and that had been enough of a killer for her. She did mostly computer work while she was laid up in bed. But Jack knew that had bothered her, due to her love of field work. Of course that was all going to change now that they had a baby.

"Hi daddy," Jack turned around and saw Gwen, who was grinning at him, balloons and flowers in her hands.

"Which one is it then?" Mickey asked, looking in at the babies.

"That's him right there," Jack said, pointing at his son.

The nurse in the room saw the gathering and pushed the cart with the baby closer to the glass so they could all get a better look.

"Oh Jack…" Gwen and Martha breathed.

"He looks like his dad," Ianto said.

Jack smiled, "But he has Ellie's eyes…and her smile," he said.

"Yeah well maybe…but that brown tuft of hair sticking out came from his dad," Martha said.

"Most babies have dark hair when their born," Jack pointed out.

"Either way…you lot…he's beautiful," Gwen interrupted.

"Yeah…he is," Jack agreed.

"What's his name then?" Mickey asked.

"Um…we haven't agreed on anything," Jack answered.

"Well have you picked anything out?" Gwen inquired.

"Jacob….Matthew, Jonah…." Jack paused, "Owen…" he said.

Gwen and Ianto looked at Jack, "He would kill you if you named a baby after him," she said.

"Yeah that's why we haven't exactly agreed on it. Ellie is leaning more towards it being a middle name," Jack replied.

"Jacob Owen Harkness?" Gwen said.

"That's Ellie's favourite. All of them would sound nice with Owen in the middle name," Jack said.

"Well you'll figure it out," Ianto said.

"She's so indecisive," Jack commented.

"We're women…we do this just to drive the men in our lives up the wall," Gwen said, laughing.

"Yeah speaking of which…why didn't Rhys come by?" Mickey asked.

"Oh he's at work. But he's gonna try to come by later," Gwen answered.

Silence fell upon the group. They all stood in silence as they watched the baby.

"While Cardiff is restless, I find the Torchwood team staring at a baby. Now theirs something you don't see everyday," a London accent said from behind them.

Jack spun around and saw the Doctor. Leaning against the wall, his brown trench coat on, his hair wet but ruffled up. Clearly the rain had let lose again. Jack stood there for a moment, unsure of what to say, and then they were hugging.

"Congratulations Harkness!" the Doctor exclaimed as they pulled apart.

"I'm so glad you could come!" Jack said, smiling.

Martha hugged the Doctor, "How've ya been?" she asked.

He shrugged, "I'm alright."

Jack and Martha glanced at each other, they were both thinking about the fact that he was alone.

Gwen hugged the Doctor and Mickey just shook his hand.

"So where is the new mother?"

"In her room…sleeping, but she'll kill me if you don't just go in there," Jack said.

The Doctor nodded and they all headed for the room. They stopped outside it and the Doctor went in first.

Ellie had been restless and she turned over when she heard the door open. She saw the Doctor and let out a squeal of excitement. He laughed and went over to her and pulled her into a hug.

"When did you get here?" Ellie asked after they pulled away.

"Just a few minutes ago, I wound up parked in some storage cupboard," he answered.

She laughed, "Have you seen the baby?"

"Yeah, that's where I found Jack and the rest of the team. Your son is gorgeous."

Ellie smiled, "I've barely seen him since he was born though," she said.

"Well we'll take care of that!" the Doctor went to the door, "Ellie wants to see the baby…do something about that," he said to Jack.

The Captain raised his eyebrow, "Um…okay then," he said.

"Gwen!" Ellie squealed.

Gwen laughed as she walked in with her balloons and flowers, "How ya doing love?" she asked.

"Oh I'm alright I suppose…" Ellie answered, smiling as the rest of the team came in.

"Well you look lovely," Ianto said.

Ellie smiled, "Oh I'm so glad you guys came! The nurse wants me to sleep but I kind of don't feel like it. Oh and did you see the news story they ran about me having the baby?!" she exclaimed.

The Doctor raised an eyebrow, "They mentioned you on the news?"

"Oh because I'm a former prime ministers daughter I suppose," she replied.

The Doctor nodded in understanding, "Because the BBC has nothing better to report then me having a baby," Ellie said, frustration lacing her voice.

Jack knew why…she hated having any connection with the Master. She didn't want to be connected to him…even though she always got the question on the street 'Isn't your dad Harry Saxon?'

Ellie then looked to the Doctor, "We were wondering…if you wanted to be the baby's God Father…" she said suddenly.

The Doctor raised his eyebrow, "Really? Me….why?" he asked.

"Well because your so important to us and we want you to be apart of his life," Jack answered.

"Yeah okay then…this means there is hope for him yet!" the Doctor was slightly bouncing now.

Ellie rolled her eyes, Gwen had already agreed to be the God Mother. Gwen was Ellie's best friend and this meant the world to her that Gwen had agreed.

Then the nurse came in, bringing a wide awake baby boy with her.

"Here you are miss." She handed Ellie's son to her and Ellie smiled down at her baby.

"I think we should name him…Jacob…" she looked to Jack, "What do ya think?"

Jack nodded, "I like it…Jacob Owen Harkness," he said.

The parents smiled, and so did their friends. Maybe now they were going to finally get the complete happiness that had been ripped away four years ago. Oh if only that were true…

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A/N- So that is the first chapter. I wrote the prologue at like 12:30 last night. I was just lying in bed and that came to me. I thought it was the best opener I had come up with yet…so I wanted to use it. So Jack and Ellie are back…and it would appear the Master is going to be back too! So anyways…please review. I'm kind of in love with my prologue but not sure about the rest of the chapter. Please let me know what you think!

Lots of love, Beccs! ^_^