A/N: Nearly finished now :-( This is the last chapter, just the epilogue now. So enjoy and I hope you like the endings.
It had been a long time since they had seen The Doctor.
When Rose had entered the TARDIS, leaving him outside, they had decided that he may want some privacy. So they left the console room for the kitchen. They knew he would come and find them when he was ready.
They were all sitting around the table talking idly, when The Doctor walked in. Rose went to him and gently kissed him before drawing him to the table to sit with them.
"So Doc, if your mother is human what was the telepathy ritual about?" Jack asked after a while of chit chat.
"In 1869, we met a girl called Gwyneth. She had 'The Sight'" Rose started when The Doctor didn't answer him. "He said that there are humans spread across time and space that had latent telepathy. Mia was one but she was born in 3562, when it wasn't frowned upon. She was taught to control and strengthen it. His father helped to develop it more with Timelord Technology. That's why she looks so young."
She reached for The Doctor's hand and continued. "When she dies of old age in a few years."
"I was at school when she died." The Doctor said, looking at the table. "I was taken home by the headmaster just after lunch, I knew something was wrong... We knew it was coming but that didn't make it any easier." Rose held his hand tighter. She wasn't sure if he was aware of the 3 of them sat in front of him."Father was there and held her through her last minutes. But I never had chance to say goodbye." As if realising they were there, he looked up. "That's why the TARDIS took me home. S I could say goodbye."
He stood pulling Rose with him and they left the kitchen.
Gwen reached for Jack as tears rolled down his face. He had never seen The Doctor like this before, and knew that he would have to go through the same pain with Gwen. But the pain would be more without her.
The Doctor led Rose back to the console room and back to the rug in front of the fire. They laid down and held each other tightly.
"Thank you" The Doctor whispered to Rose and the TARDIS.
Thanks to Mia, The Doctor could still feel the waves of love coming off Rose, now he knew they were there, he would always feel them.
They got up as the TARDIS started to materialise. She had landed exactly where he wanted her to, 1 minute after they left.
They left Eight's TARDIS for their own. She welcomed them joyfully. It may had been a minute for her, but she knew they had been away a while.
The Doctor silently put in the coordinates for Cardiff. He wanted some time free from running, so he thought that Torchwood Cardiff would be the best place. He knew that if anything was to happen, Torchwood could deal with it.
The team at Torchwood Cardiff, had been worrying about their two missing team members.
They had been missing for two weeks now without a trace. The team had left Jack and Gwen alone to get coffee, and when they had got back, they had gone. The CCTV didn't show anyone leaving the hub by either exit.
It was another quiet shift when they heard a groaning noise and papers started to flap about. The hand in the jar that Jack was protective of began to glow with the noise as it got louder.
"I know that noise" Tosh said as the TARDIS materialised in the middle of the hub.
The team drew their weapons and stood by what looked like a 1960's police public call box.
A man in a pinstripe suit exited the box. "You've taught them well, Jack" He shouted over his shoulder, while 3 guns were pointed at him.
He looked at them. Two white men and one Chinese woman. He thought he knew the woman. "Doctor Sato?"
"Yes... How do you know my name?"
"We met in Albion Hospital, during an alien attack on London..." At her blank face he continued. "Aliens faking aliens?" He smiled as realisation dawned on her face.
"But that wasn't you." She said matter-of-factly.
"Alien me." He said pointing his thumb into his chest.
Jack, who was stood behind him said. "We met in Albion Hospital too. But in 1941." He turned to Tosh before he continued. "So you met U-Boat captain too?"
"Hey I loved that leather jacket... Shame about the ears though." The Doctor, Jack and Rose burst into laughter at their blank faces, while Rose turned to Jack's team and showed them the picture she had shown Martha. Tosh confirmed that she had met that Doctor and they all joined in the joke.
That evening was spent catching up with old friends and making new ones.
Rose said tearful goodbye to Jack and Gwen, and left The Doctor with Jack, walking into the TARDIS saying something about finding that fireplace. (She found that fireplace later in her search where the TARDIS had put into their library.)
The Doctor and Jack were left alone to say goodbye.
They held each other close for a long moment. No words needed to be spoken for the time being.
They slowly drew apart.
"You're a good man Jack Harkness." The Doctor said with his hand on the back of Jack's neck. He leaned forward and whispered. "We'll be back for you..."
He turned and entered the TARDIS to find Rose.