Chapter 7

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This is set after Adam and before reset. This will go AU from there and will have cross overs with Doctor Who. How would Jack needing to become a full time father to his teenage daughter effect torchwood and how will an teenager effect the torchwood team.

AN: Thanks to everyone who read, reviewed or added to alerts, there are so bit in this chapter that I'm still not sure about which is why I haven't posted it sooner, I have the same problem with the next chapter two so while it is written it will be a couple of days before I post.


Just as Martha reaches the TARDIS doors they open and The Doctor comes out "Martha Jones." The Doctor says with a big smile giving her a hug.

"It's good to see you Doctor." Martha tells him.

"Good to see you two." The Doctor response.

"So what is going on? All you said was that I'm needed in Cardiff because of Jack that he needs me, but I couldn't park the TARDIS near Torchwood." He asks as they break the hug then notices the Harkness siblings "Who are they?" He asks.

"They are.." Martha begins to say but gets cut off by Mathew walking up to them "Matt Harkness, and I can't tell you how much of a pleasure this is to meet you." He says shaking The Doctor shocked hand giving him the Harkness grin.

"Matt." Martha says sighing though finding the surprise on The Doctor's face amusing. "Not the time." She tells him.

"You know him Martha he always thinks it's the time." Aaron says as he walks over to the Doctor.

"So do you." Mathew argues back as Martha rolls her eyes at the brothers "I'm Aaron Harkness and you would be happy to know that I am more normal than both my Father and brother." Aaron says ignoring the snorting noses coming from both Martha's and Mathew's directions giving the Doctor a more friendly than flirty version of the Harkness grin. "Oh and my brothers right it is a pleasure we've been hearing stories about you as long as I can remember."

"Well you are certainly are a lot like your father." The Doctor says still surprised about meeting Jack's children and wondering what could be possible be happening for them to be waiting for him.

"So we've been told." Mathew tells him.

"Are you going to say hello?" Martha asks Rhosyn walking over to her as she has been staring at the Doctor and the TARDIS In shock since they arrived. "It's him, it's really him. Is it really bigger on the inside?" Rhosyn asks Martha.

"Ah huh." Martha tells Rhosyn "Come on he may seem a little wacky but he's really nice." Martha says grabbing Rhosyn's hand and walking with her over to the Doctor and her brothers. "Hi." Rhosyn says timidly.

"Hello." The Doctor responses realising the young girl is nervous.

"I'm Rhosyn Harkness." She says still sounding shy.

"Rhosyn, Welsh for Rose." The Doctor says to himself through loud enough for everyone else to hear.

"Dad always tells me stories about the Rose who I was named after. About how brave she is, how beautiful she is and how she was one of the best friends Dad ever had." Rhosyn tells The Doctor.

"That sounds like things Jack would say." The Doctor says quietly then realises something "Where is Jack? If you are all here I would expect him to be two." The Doctor asks curious noticing the look that Martha exchanges with the brothers squeezing Rhosyn's hand as she says "Rhosyn's mother was killed two days ago and ever since Jack's well he's.." Martha says trying to find the right word.

"Lost it completely." Aaron offers remembering what his brother said Gwen said.

"What do you mean?" The Doctor asks concerned.

"We'll he's trashed his office, hasn't slept since a couple of nights before it happened. Then once he found out the name of the person who's DNA was found where Amelia was killed he looked and talked like he was defeated. Then he done this long rant where he didn't make much sense then disappeared to do something, and this morning when two of Dad's colleges tried to talk to him about what is going on he said that he will do whatever he has to not give up until he finds this guy, and I'm quoting here gives him the justice he deserved a long time ago. He said he doesn't care if he has to die a hundred times to do it. Also as off a few hours ago he pulled out the Alcohol which by itself is something to worry about because it's very, very rare that he drinks." Mathew explains.

"Also from what he has said we have been able to assume that Dad has some kind of history with this guy, but we don't know what. He's not talking to anyone." Aaron adds.

"This person, what's his name?" The Doctor asks.

"Victor Cole." Martha answers "Does it mean anything to you?"

"No." The Doctor responses worried about his friend and what this person has done to Jack in the past for him to react how he is described.

"After yesterday when Jack destroyed half of his office got in a screaming match with Matt looked like he gave up and disappeared for a while, I talked to Aaron. We agreed that he we can't help him, but maybe you can." Martha explains.

"But not as the Doctor who saves worlds but as the Doctor who is Dad's oldest friend." Aaron adds.

"So Jack doesn't know I was coming." The Doctor realises not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

"Nope. When we left Dad in his office he was staring at Amelia's old safe something else he has been doing a lot of and drinking, what I think was scotch though by the time we get back he could have switched to Vodka." Aaron explains to the Doctor.

"Well allons-y Harkness's, let's see what the Doctor can do for your dear old Dad." The Doctor says and everyone starts to walk back in the direction of Torchwood.

"Text Gwen, get her Owen, Ianto and Tosh to meet us in the tourist centre." Aaron says to his sister who nods and pulls out her phone.


While the siblings and Martha are walking back to Torchwood the members of Torchwood are trying and not succeeding to find anything on Victor Cole.

"What do you think they went to do?" Owen asks the others curious.

"Who knows." Gwen answers honestly not having to ask about who he is referring to.

"Whatever they are up to I just hope it helps." Ianto says looking away from his computer to once more look worriedly at Jack he gets up about to go in there when Gwen's phone goes off.

"Ianto stop." Gwen tells him trying to stop him from talking more steps than the few he has already taken.

"Why?" Ianto asks "He's hurting and I don't know why. I'm not going to leave him alone in there with just scotch and an box he can't bring himself to open for company. I don't care if he pushes me away again I'm not leaving him in there alone." Ianto tells him about to open the door and walk into Jack's office when Gwen grabs his arm and pulls him to face her.

"You should stop because I just got a message from Rhosyn. They are on their way back with someone they are sure can help Jack. They want us to meet them up in the visitors centre to introduce us." Gwen tells him.

"Who? Why do they think whoever it is can help?" Ianto asks Gwen.

"No idea, but there is only one way to find out." Gwen tells him. "Come on." Gwen says genteelly nudging him in the direction of the door of the hub when it seems like Ianto isn't going to move.


"You've meet before now." The Doctor says looking between Martha and the twins as he has picked up on the friendly relationship between them.

"I've been working with Matt and Aaron ever since I joined UNIT. I've never picked up on the resemblance, even though they are my two closes friends." Martha tells the Doctor.

"If you have been working with them for so long and are such good friends why didn't you pick up on who they are? Wouldn't their last names tell you who they are?" The Doctor asks Martha.

"Not including Dad and us only 7 people know the names we introduced ourselves to you as. They are our true names not one of the false names or identities we have had to adopt over the years. Those names we told you are who we really are. "Aaron explains.

"Before yesterday I only knew them as Lieutenants Matt and Aaron Wilson." Martha explains then decides to ask something she has been curious about since she has found out who they are "Why though? Why do you have so many secrets?" Martha asks her friends curious.

"Because we have to." Mathew tells her turning around to face Martha, The Doctor and his siblings "Because Aaron and I have had people and things coming after us and Dad as long as we can remember. Dad moved us to America to get away from whatever it was and then not long after our 7th birthday we moved back here for again reasons I have no clue about. For almost two years things were the same, do you know what it's like as a little kid to see you Dad die and come back to life? Because Aaron and I do, but things finally got better and Dad met Amelia and had Rosie. We were a family but we still had the secrets, and I don't know about Aaron but I still expected to things to go back to how they were but they didn't. For the most part things were good but there was still the odd incident but things were good. So yes we have secrets and emergency procedures for every possible situation and a lot of different identities but that is just because we have to." Mathew says sounding angrily before he turns back around picking up his pace.

"Matt wait!" Aaron says chasing after his brother getting ahead of him and placing a hand on his chest to stop him from walking "Don't give Martha a hard time she was only curious. No one not even Rosie truly knows why Dad is so obsessed with security and why he is so overprotective and they never will. They weren't there back then and they never saw it like you and I did. You and I are the only ones who get it and not even we know everything, you've got to remember that." Aaron reminds his brother.

"I know." Mathew says sighing "He's going back to how he was back then but worse than he was; I know you can see it as well." Mathew says to his brother The Doctor, Martha and Rhosyn listening to every word the brothers says.

"I can." Aaron says simply and the brothers just look at each other no more words needing to be exchanged.

"Let's go." Mathew says and the brothers start walking back to Torchwood.

"Rhosyn do you know what they meant?" The Doctor asks concerned looking at the young girl.

"Not really. The only things I know about what happened before Dad met Mum and before I was born are stories from Matt, Aaron and Dad. I only know what they want me to know, what they think I should know." Rhosyn explains.


As Martha, The Doctor, Mathew, Aaron and Rhosyn are making their way back to Torchwood, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Tosh are standing around the visitors centre for them to get back. Each of them wondering who they are bringing with them and why they think this person can help Jack.

They don't have to wait too long before the door opens and Mathew and Aaron walk in the others close behind them.

"What's going on? Who do you think can help Jack?" Ianto asks walking over to the brothers.

"That would be me, Hello I'm The Doctor." The Doctor says walking out from behind Mathew and Aaron.

"Jack's Doctor?" Gwen asks surprised.

"Is that what he calls me?" The Doctor asks Mathew, Aaron and Rhosyn.

"Yeah." The siblings respond with smiles why the members of Torchwood are looking at him with surprise.

"You're younger than I expected." Gwen tells him being the first one to come out of her surprise.

"What's your name?" The Doctor asks curious.

"Gwen Cooper."

"Well Gwen Cooper I would have thought working for Jack you would have realised that people don't always look their age. By the way are you from an old Cardiff family by any chance?" The Doctor asks curious.

"Yeah all the way from the eighteen hundreds, why?" Gwen asks even more confused than she just was.

"Ah I thought so." The Doctor says not elaborating.

"How did you know to come here?" Ianto asks interested.

"I called him." Martha says to the surprise of the Torchwood team "The mutual friend that Jack and I met through was the Doctor."

"Last time you were here Jack disappeared. How do we know that that isn't going to happen again?" Ianto asks The Doctor.

The Doctor turns around and faces Ianto and as he looks right at him he realises something "I know you, how do you know you?"

"I'm Ianto Jones I used to work for Torchwood One. I was at the battle of Canary Wharf." Ianto tells the Doctor.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

"That wasn't your fault." Martha says walking over to stand between The Doctor and Ianto "Ianto The Doctor is here to help Jack, we have all tried and haven't gotten very far but maybe The Doctor Can." Martha says looking directly at Ianto as she speaks.

For several minutes Ianto looks deep in thought before he nods, realising that he wants his Jack back and maybe the only way to get back that man back is with The Doctors help.

"Ok well you've met me and Ianto this is Toshiko computer expert and Doctor Owen Harper." Gwen introduces "Now welcome to Torchwood." She says pressing the button behind the desk.

"That ended better than I thought it would." Mathew says to Aaron.

"You said it yourself Ianto cares about Dad, The Doctor may be able to help him that's all that matters to him." Aaron says to his brother.

"I'm glad Martha suggested it. From what Dad's said in the past I think The Doctor may be the only person who can help him." Mathew tells his brother as the elevator starts to move down.

"It defiantly seems likely." Aaron says to Mathew as they enter the hub.

"This is the main hub of Torchwood three. One of us will be happy to give you a tour if you wish." Gwen says to the Doctor.

"Maybe later." The Doctor responses though he looks around interested as he speaks.

"Dad's office is through there, and I wish you luck Doctor." Mathew says to him as even though he is confident that The Doctor can help he thinks he may have some difficulty in doing so.

"Well allons-y." The Doctor says walking into Jack's office.

"What are you doing?" Gwen asks Owen curious as he is digging underneath his desk.

"Looking for ah, this." Owen says pulling out a bag of popcorn form underneath it.

"Good idea, we may just need it." Aaron says stealing the bag off of him.


As soon as The Doctor enters Jack's office he understands why everyone is so worried about him.

"What's in the box?" The Doctor asks Jack curious.

"Doctor," Jack says surprised looking at him "Martha called you." He realises.

"After having discussions with your children." The Doctor tells Jack sitting down and putting his feet on the desk.

"She shouldn't have. You're busy and this isn't your fight Doc." Jack tells him.

"I'm a Time Lord Jack. I'm always busy but I always have time." The Doctor tells him.

"Not for this, you need to leave. You don't want to be anywhere near this and I know you don't want to be near me." Jack tells him remembering what the Doctor told him when they were at the end of the universe.

The Doctor laughs "You're not getting rid of me that easily. I've gotten used to your wrongness even the TARDIS has."

"Yeah, then where is the old girl?" Jack asks.

"Martha told me not to park near Torchwood. I think she said that so you wouldn't know I was coming." The Doctor tells him then asks "What's in the box?"

"It belonged to Amelia, have you been told who she was?" Jack asks and the Doctor nods in response "Well this is in her safe where she kept anything important in it, her will being one of those things. I know the code and I can easily open it but I can't, even though I have to." Jack explains to The Doctor.

"Do you want me to open it for you?" The Doctor asks Jack.

"No, I'll do it." Jack tells him "What about you? Are you still traveling alone since Martha or have you found someone to travel with you?" Jack asks curious.

"Alone. There was someone but I lost her." The Doctor tells him becoming sad at the thought of Astrid.

"Sometimes I think that maybe that it's best being alone; if you're alone then nobody can be hurt because of you." Jack says to The Doctor the one person who can truly understand what he is saying.

"But it does get lonely." The Doctor tells Jack.

"Maybe loneliness is a price we should pay, it's better than one of them paying for us." Jack says looking out at his children and friends who are doing their best to make it look like they aren't watching them.

"They're all worried about you." The Doctor says using his head to point in the direction of everyone outside.

"I know." Jack tells him sighing.

"Should they be?" The Doctor asks and Jack makes an effort not to look at the Doctor "Jack?" the Doctor asks after several minutes.

"The DNA found at Amelia's murder belonged to Victor Cole. Victor Cole is someone I thought died in an explosion the product of a joint effort by UNIT and Torchwood 16 years ago." Jack explains as he knows that the Doctor won't leave until he tells him something and unlike everyone else he has all the time in the universe to wait.

"He must have been someone powerful or threatening to have been assassinated by both UNIT and Torchwood." The Doctor comments frowning and the violent nature.

"He was- is. He is the oldest son of Harold Cole, who would have been killed in a car crash in the late 70s if his father didn't have the amount of Alien tec he had and the connections to make it work. He became a cyborg but not just any cyborg, a cyborg that due to something his father transplanted into him he is almost impossible to kill, and believe me I have tired. Ever since that accident his father groomed him to take over Cole Empire, you heard of them?" Jack asks curios.

"Can't say I have." The Doctor response honestly though from what Jack has said he is surprised that he hasn't.

"Not surprising, neither Torchwood or UNIT would have known about it if it wasn't for a tip." Jack tells the Doctor.

"So what is the Empire?" The Doctor asks curious almost positive that he is not going to like it.

"The Cole Empire is the private empire with the single most connections to the extra-terrestrial." Jack explains.

The Doctor is surprised by that as he would have thought something that big he would have known about it "What caused him to be on both Torchwood's and UNIT'S hit lists?"

"After the deaths of his father and oldest sister in 1983 he took over the empire and raged his own private covert war using all the connections that he had. His connections are why neither you nor any of your previous incarnations would know about him. This happened until 92 and he lost all three of his younger siblings in the fighting but no matter what we threw at him he survived. That was until August of 92 when the explosion occurred at his private residence. We had confirmation that he was there but somehow he got out and though I can't say for sure I'm can guess how. After that the empire was destroyed and there wasn't even a hint of Victor Cole. I hadn't even worried about him for years until I got that DNA sample back. That was my first mistake for the last 8 years he has been killing one members of his empire a year who helped Torchwood or UNIT, who helped Me." Jack explains "Now you know what you need to know Doc, you can go. This isn't your fight, you don't like violence and you're not going to like what I'm going to have to do. It's better if you aren't here to see it." Jack says getting up and walking over to his office door to open it and let The Doctor out.

"What did the Cole empire do to you?" The Doctor asks.

"Excuse me?" Jack asks closing the door.

"Before Victor killed Amelia what did they do to you? You don't talk like you were just another fighter against the Cole empire it was personal for you. what did they do to you?" The Doctor asks knowing his friend well enough to know that there is something that he isn't saying and whatever it is the real reason behind his behaviour.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Jack says walking as far away from both the Doctor and the door out of his office that he can in a small office.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about." The Doctor says standing up "I know you and I know the look you have in your eyes well. This is an obsession for you and has been for a long time. Since before Amelia was killed, so what did they do to you Jack?" The Doctor repeats once again, walking over to the other side of Jack's desk, the side closer to the Captain and sitting on it.

Though he is looking at Jack's back he can see that his words are correct because Jack tenses "Lily Cole." Jack says "Lily Cole was Victors' older sister. She was killed on November the eleventh 1983 killed by her father because he discovered that she was the one who told Torchwood and UNIT about his empire, that she had been spying on the empire since 1979. She was killed waiting for me to bring our twin sons who were less than an hour old and so tiny to see her; she never even got to hold them. That was when it became personal." Jack says turning around to face The Doctor with a tears rolling down his face.

"I'm sorry Jack, I'm so sorry." The Doctor says walking over and putting his arms around his friend.

"They don't know." Jack says breaking the hug then putting his hands over his face to wipe away the tears "I could never bring myself to tell them. They know their mother was brave and that she died the day were born, but they don't know the rest." Jack tells the Doctor who walks back over and sits back where he was as he realises what Jack is asking.

"Are you ever going to tell them?" The Doctor asks.

"I don't know." Jack says honestly turning back around so his back is facing the Doctor remaining silent for a couple of minutes before saying "How do I tell them that their Grandfather killed their Mother because she was brave enough to do the right thing? that I killed their grandfather while holding them in my arms? That the reason they spent their childhood in fear and danger was because their almost indestructible cyborg Uncle Victor sent his own personal army after us, after them, how do I tell them that Doc?" Jack asks his wise old friend hoping that he has the answers.

"I don't know Jack, I really don't." The Doctor says walking over and putting a comforting hand on his friends shoulder.

"AARON, MATT." Jack and the Doctor hear Martha's worried yell. Turning around Jack see's everyone except his two sons standing at the door.

"No." Jack says realising what has happened; he never wanted his sons to find out that way.

"Daddy?" Rhosyn asks confused as her father rushes pass her, after his sons retreating figures "ROSIE STAY WITH THE DOCTOR." Jack yells back running faster than he thought possible after his sons.

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