Captain Jack Harkness was sitting at a table at his regular bar in Cardiff. He had a scotch in one hand, a plate of croissants on the table in front of him. He looked around the room, eyeing all the men in the bar. He could hardly pick up any of these guys. They weren't his type, and not only that, half of them probably didn't even know about Torchwood and aliens. He delved into his coat pocket and pulled out a photo of him and Ianto. He stared at it. There they were, him and Ianto, standing in front of Torchwood HQ, Jack with an arm around Ianto's shoulder, both of them with great big grins on their faces.
"Partner, is it?" Sam, the barman working this shift, said as he delivered Jack's plate of bacon and eggs to him.
"Was" Jack replied, placing the drink down.
"Oh," Sam stated, "Sorry to hear that"
"It's fine, Sam, my man," Jack said, looking up at the bartender, "Shit happens, doesn't it?"
"Doesn't mean you can't be sad about it at times" Sam replied as he began walking off.
But just before Sam got back to the counter, a customer who was sitting at the front window spoke up.
"Oi, Sam!" he yelled, "Why are soldiers pulling up here?! What have you done wrong?!"
"Are these drinks legal, Sam?!" A woman at another table yelled.
"Are you hiding something from us, mate?!" Another man said.
Sam stood there in shock, looking towards the bar's front door, where several military vehicles were pulling up. Soldiers?, Jack thought as he took one last sip from his scotch, what are soldiers doing here? He looked towards the front of the bar and saw the vehicles. Definitely military vehicles. And not just any vehicles. UNIT vehicles. He got up off his chair and started walking outside.
"Jack, what are you doing?!" Sam asked as Jack walked past him.
"I'll deal with them," Jack stated, "Don't worry, Sammy boy, you've done nothing wrong"
And with that, Jack slipped Sam a tenner and walked outside to face the UNIT soldiers.
"What does UNIT want with me this time?" He asked as he stepped outside, outstretching his arms.
"Jack" Came a familiar female's voice from behind two soldiers.
Jack took a look as she stepped out from behind them.
"Martha Jones" Jack said, "It's been a long time"
"It has" Martha said.
"This isn't a friendly catch up, though, is it?" Jack asked, eyeing the soldiers.
"I only wish it was," Martha said, "People are rapidly going missing. Specific people. People who've travelled with The Doctor"
"That's why UNIT called you in" Jack said, realising UNIT's tactics.
"And why they want you" Martha told him.
"Just like old times" Jack said as he followed Martha into one of the cars.
As Martha lead Jack through UNIT's military base, they came to a doorway. The door opened to reveal Kate Lethbridge-Stewart.
"Kate" Jack said.
"Captain Jack" Kate said, "This way"
Kate lead Jack and Martha down a long hallway. There was ill silence between the three. Worries of who would be next.
"Do we know what's doing it? Does UNIT have a plan?" Jack asked.
"Unfortunately, we have no idea what is behind the kidnappings," Kate responded, "UNIT does have somewhat of a plan in progress"
"Somewhat of a plan?!" Jack asked, "What's 'somewhat' of a plan?!"
"We're keeping eagle eyes on every companion ever of The Doctor," Kate explained, "From Harry Sullivan to Clara Oswald. Unfortunately, Clara's off radar"
"Was she taken aswell?!" Martha asked.
"She's still travelling with The Doctor, last we heard, so she's probably safe on some far off planet, away from all the chaos. And we managed to contact you and a few others, Jack" Kate continued as they reached a small room, doors shut.
"This is it" Kate said as she got out a key and opened the door.
Jack walked in and saw the room was empty, like a prison cell, bar one woman who was sitting in the corner, back to them.
"What's this?" He asked.
"Precautions" Kate stated, as she pushed Martha into the room aswell.
"Wait, me aswell?!" Martha asked, turning around.
"I'm afraid so, Ms. Jones" Kate said.
"But I work with UNIT, I could help!" Martha retaliated.
"I'm afraid we can't take that risk," Kate told her, then noticing the look on Jack's face, "UNIT will do what we can"
And with that, Kate shut the door on them, locking it behind them. Jack and Martha both turned back around to face the woman.
"And that's usually not enough," The woman said, turning around to face the two, watch flipped open, and looking up at them.
"Sarah Jane Smith!" Jack proclaimed.
"Captain Jack!" Sarah Jane exclaimed, "I heard about Torchwood, I'm so sorry"
"That's all good," Jack said as he went to sit down next to Sarah Jane, "I've heard about all the things you've gotten up to. Looks like the Earth's still in safe hands, even without Torchwood"
Martha gave a scowl at this, a bit offended. What were she and Mickey then? And what about UNIT? They helped defend the Earth too.
"Yes!" Sarah Jane exclaimed, "You would not believe how many times the Slitheen have come to Earth!"
"Really?" Jack asked, "And they didn't even think to visit li'l old me!"
Martha gave an exhausting sigh.
"I don't mean to break up the reunion, but we have bigger problems" she said.
"Yes, you're right!" Sarah Jane said, looking at her watch, "I'm not picking up any anomalous energies"
"What I don't get is why UNIT wanted us so bad," Jack stated, "If they wanted us to help, why lock us in here?"
"Precautions, Kate said" Martha said.
"Precautions, yes!" Sarah Jane replied, "That's exactly it! I've got it!"
"What are you getting at, Sarah Jane?" Jack asked.
"Think about it," Sarah Jane said, "Out of all the millions who've travelled with The Doctor, who's defended the Earth the most?"
"Torchwood.." Jack said, thinking.
"UNIT..." Martha trailed on, also thinking.
"And my attic!" Sarah Jane exclaimed, "now what do they all have that nowhere else does?!"
"Us!" Jack and Martha said in unison.
"That's why they called us!" Martha said, slowly starting to realise.
"Because they couldn't take the risk of having the three people who can help the most disappearing" Jack stated, as he, too, started realising.
"So they lock us in here, to make sure whatever it is doesn't reach us" Sarah Jane said.
"But we can't just sit here and wait for it to kidnap the rest of the companions, we need to go and warn them" Martha said.
"I've been doing some research while I was in here," Sarah Jane said, as she turned back towards her laptop, "My old friend Harry Sullivan is hiking on the mountains somewhere, Jo Grant is also in an unreachable environment. All the versions of K9 are safe"
"Rose is back in her parallel universe, so she should be fine" Jack stated.
"I have an app that alerts me to problems with Mickey, so he's all good" Martha said.
"There's an Amelia and Rory Williams listed, but they died two years ago. And there's still a Clara Oswald unaccounted for" Sarah Jane kept reading.
"Kate just told us she's with The Doctor, so that's fine" Martha stated.
"By the looks of it, the rest were all taken" Sarah continued.
"We're forgetting one very important person this could have a major effect on" Jack reminded the girls.
"Who?" Sarah and Martha asked in unison.
"Donna," Jack said, "If this thing got to her, that Rory and Amelia won't be the only deceased ones on the list"
"Ohmygod, you're right!" Martha said, "We have to get to her house, warn her grandad, at least"
"I figured something like this would happen" Sarah Jane said, "So, I already started up a bit of a plan"
"Sarah Jane, you clever woman" Jack said, smiling.
Sarah simply smiled, and started playing a conversation that sounded exactly like them talking, and placing her laptop down, got up, walking over to the door. She pulled out her sonic lipstick and pointed it at the door. The door swung open, as Jack looked out it.
"It's clear" he said, as they snuck out and closed the door behind them.
"We should split up," Sarah Jane said, "Martha, you stay here. Keep an eye on UNIT. Make sure they don't do anything stupid. Jack and I will go to Donna's and see if we can alert other companions besides her aswell"
With that, Jack and Sarah dashed off. Martha huffed as she walked in the opposite direction to them. Just cause she worked with UNIT, and was a freelance investigator doesn't mean she was of any less importance than what Torchwood and Sarah Jane's attic was.