The drive down the track to the caravan site was familiar now, but Jack still loved to throw the car round the bends, seeing if he could make Ianto yell, Ianto was equally determined not to, even when it seemed as if they were going to drop off the edge of the cliff. His knuckles went white though as he gripped the door handle. Jack noticed and smiled to himself. He glanced at Ianto then swore as he looked back through the windscreen, slamming on the brakes hard. From here they could see the site spread out before them. Two army landrovers were parked beside the site office and a motorbike was heading out of the site onto their track. Ianto had seen them too. Jack looked in the rear view mirror, then swung himself round so that he could back up the track. There was a field gate, and he forced the rear of the car up to it, so that he could turn them round, and head back to the main road.

Strangely, Ianto found he was enjoying himself. He grinned at Jack, Jack laughed back at him. Action at last. They didn't even know if the army vehicles were a threat. But acting as if they were, thinking on their feet, running, even if it was in a car, this was what they did best. "Adrenaline Junkies R US" thought Ianto. He could hear the roar of the motorcycle as it tackled the steep hill. Jack suddenly pulled the car into the farmyard, running it behind a barn and a tractor, killing the engine. The motorcycle flashed past, heading out to the road. They had a glimpse of a red helmet, with the UNIT insignia on it. "And we're back!" said Jack, laughing.

Ianto didn't laugh. He had glanced in the wing mirror. "Jack, we have company." Jack swivelled round and looked through the rear window. Walking towards them was the alien from the beach. He had a double-barrelled shotgun, and it was pointing their way.

The alien walked up to Ianto's side of the car, and gestured with the gun for him to get out. Ianto did so, noting that Jack had sneaked out of his door, keeping low at the same time, using the car as cover. The alien couldn't keep both of them covered. Jack doubled back behind the car, and put his Webley to the alien's head.

"Lower the gun gently to the floor" he said. The alien did as he said. Ianto noticed he was trembling slightly. Superficially he looked like a human male, but his eyes were too small, the features of his face too rounded, as though it were a face shaped balloon rather than made of bone, and he had tentacles instead of arms.

Five minutes later and they were seated in the front room of the farmhouse. The alien and his human wife were sat on the sofa while Jack covered them with his webley. The shotgun hadn't even been loaded, but Jack and Ianto had too much experience to presume the alien wasn't dangerous.

"OK, so, I don't take to kindly to being threatened with a shot gun, loaded or not. Want to tell us what you were doing?" Jack asked

"You invaded our property, I was just protecting it."

"Most people just call the police."

"Out here it would take half an hour for them to arrive, plus these are a bit hard to explain away." The alien, who had introduced himself as Jed, waved his tentacles around.

"I can see where that might be a problem" remarked Ianto, "what planet are you from?"

"Fowgen"

"The sea planet? Asked Jack

Jed nodded, surprised that Jack had heard of it. His wife spoke for the first time. "How do you know so much? Why aren't you freaking out?"

"We're or rather were Torchwood." Said Ianto, he could see Jed had heard of them, he shrank back into the sofa.

Ianto would never be sure quite how it happened, and when he talked to Jed he was equally nonplussed, but half an hour later Jack was helping Jed to fix his spaceship.

His wife kept an eye out for UNIT, whilst Ianto got up to speed on the spaceship computers.

Twelve hours later Ianto left earth for the first, and possibly final time.

It's been a long time coming. Still not sure this fic works, but if I get this up I may finish it. Let me know if you like it or can think of anyway to improve it. (be gentle!)