Hello again! I thought I'd get another chapter up before I went away. I can't believe people have actually read this! Whoever the Guest was who reviewed really, really made my day, so thank you! On another note, please notice the T rating. In the chapters to come there will be innuendo, (Duh, Jack's joining the party,) and a little bit of cursing. However, I won't be posting anything more explicit than snogging, so never fear! (Or, to those people who would prefer it have more than kissing, an apology.)

When Jack returned, he was surrounded instantly by his team, who pushed him towards the monitor. Ianto was getting the suitcases out of the car, but he couldn't wait to see what his team had found. He couldn't understand most of what they were saying, as they spoke over each other.

"It shocked me! Its eyes were glowing gold—"

"She seems really nice, just terrified. I think the other Torchwood did something to her."

"She hardly eats—"

"We still don't know where she's from, but she appeared to have fallen through the rift—"

"EVERYONE SHUT UP!" Jack ordered, finally, and the room silenced. "Now, can I see her?" They all nodded, and he walked towards the screen, gasping when he saw who it was.

"Rosie?"

To everyone's great surprise, he ran down to the cells, unlocking the door without a thought and hugging the alien girl, spinning her around. "Rosie! How did you get here? I thought you were in the parallel universe! God I've missed you." She'd frozen initially, then hugged him back, a mixture of joy and worry mixing in her empty stomach.

"Jack, quiet," She warned. "They'll hear you." But, instead of remembering he was in danger, he simply laughed, making her brow crease in confusion.

"Oh, no, this isn't a rescue mission—they're my team." At this point, the members of Torchwood Three had entered the cell area, though they held back, confused. "Rosie, meet Owen, Tosh, Gwen, and Ianto. Guys, this is Rosie." Everyone stared at him in shock.

"You know her?" Gwen demanded, but Jack ignored her, and picked the girl up. She yelped in surprise.

"You know I can walk, right captain?" He grinned and winked. "Oh no, don't you say it…" She realized right after she'd spoken what she'd walked into.

"You won't be able to after tonight, cutie." She laughed.

"In your dreams, Harkness." He laughed with her.

"Worth a shot. Gwen, see if you can find her something to wear. We have some catching up to do." Gwen nodded mutely. None of them had ever seen their boss so happy, but how in the universe did he know Bad Wolf?

Jack sat down in his chair, spinning once, then leaning over the desk. Rose sat across from him.

"Okay, talk." And she did.

"I got married to John—the meta-crisis, two months after the Doctor left. We had three children—Sarah Jane, Donna, and… Jack." Jack grinned widely at that, but didn't interrupt. Rose rolled her eyes, knowing she was never going to hear the end of that. "He lived to be a 103—being part time lord helped with that, I think. I died at eighty seven. Only when I died, I sort of… regenerated. But without changing my face. He reckoned it was Bad Wolf, still inside me. Only after that, I didn't age. And I had these sort of… powers. Like I did back at the game station, but not as strong. So I went around in the TARDIS we'd grown—the Doctor gave us a piece of his when he left so we could make one—and did what the doctor does. Exploring, staying out of trouble… badly… saving people. It wasn't the same—'course it wasn't—but it kept my mind off of everything, my husband dyin' an all. Shortly after my first great-grandchild passed away, Torchwood found me. It took me three years to escape." She winced at the memory, shuddering slightly. "After that, I worked to find a way to get back here, hoping to find you, and, if luck should hold, the Doctor. It took me another three years before I could build a dimension cannon that wouldn't destroy two universes. Then your team found me—luckily for them I was unconscious," she rubbed the back of her neck, and Jack winced, imagining what could have happened. "That's why I panicked when Gwen told me I was at Torchwood, see?" He nodded. She'd given him the shortest story possible, but he could find out the rest later.

Gwen knocked, carrying clothes. Jack waved a hand to invite her in, and she handed them to Rose. "You'll want a shower, follow me." Jack Harkness stood, and led her to his room, which had a bathroom attached. She smiled gratefully.

"Sure you don't want me to join you?" He asked jokingly with a wink. She stuck her tongue out at him.

"In your dreams, Harkness!" Once Rose disappeared into the bathroom, Jack left. He had some explaining to do to his team. As he expected, they were waiting for him in the hub.

"Who is she?" Gwen asked. Jack took a breath before explaining—it was going to be a long night, but his team deserved to know the truth.