Author : Nemainofthewater
Title : The Return
Disclaimer : I don't own anything you recognise. It all belong to the BBC.
Warning: Spoilers for CoE and Ocs
Thoughts are in italic.
A/N: This is a rewrite of one of my stories.
Chapter 1
Jack Harkness reluctantly stepped out of the TARDIS doors and onto the surface of planet earth.
It had been 200 years since he had last been here, 200 years for him at least. Here on Earth it had only been 30 years. A mere three decades since the 456 invaded; hardly any time at all. Strangely enough, the entire Earth had dismissed that incident as a hoax. Jack knew that he shouldn't be surprised; they had dismissed nearly every major alien invasion, and he supposed that they weren't going to start believing now.
The Doctor had checked the date several times before shoving Jack out of the TARDIS door; it had shown the importance of the situation as he usually just ran out of the door regardless of when or where he had landed.
Jack glanced behind him to see the Doctor nod start the walk to Cardiff, as the Doctor, being the Doctor, had managed to land a few miles outside of Cardiff, even though he had got the date right.
As he built up his nerve and mentally checked what he was going to say to Gwen, who he hoped wasn't going to slap him, a black SUV sped towards him, the words TORCHWOOD boldly painted on its side.
Jack then did something that he was sure no one would ever let him live down if they could see him.
"What!" he exclaimed, and then winced. He'd been around the Doctor too long if he was even starting to talk like him.
Two men exited the SUV pointing guns at him. They both looked very alike, and to Jack it was obvious that they were family. They also looked vaguely familiar.
"Earth is a protected planet." Said one of them, not lowering his gun.
Jack put his hands up fairly quickly. He really didn't want to get shot on his first day back. He also had to admit, he was a little curious about the new Torchwood, and was hoping that Gwen would be there. He needed to apologise for leaving her; he had forgotten that Ianto's death hadn't just affected him and that Gwen had lost a colleague and friend as well.
He glanced behind him and saw the Doctor had disappeared, off to who knows where, probably his idea of forcing him to confront the problem.
He was jerked out of his thoughts as his hands were pulled down and handcuffs were snapped around his wrists, not too tight but nothing he would be getting out of easily he noted, and he was escorted towards the SUV.
The Doctor wants me to get closure? Well I'm being driven right towards it.