"Jack…What…" Luke began as Captain Jack stepped from the pod.
"Long story" Jack simply answered.
30 minutes ago.
Jack was sat at a computer when Gwen Cooper walked into the room.
"You took your time" Jack said without taking his eyes off the screen.
"I got delayed ok," Gwen told him.
"You mean you were in bed with Rhys again," Jack answered as he turned to her.
"And of cause you have never been late because you were in bed" Gwen replied.
Jack didn't answer but then a huge grin appeared on his face and they both burst out laughing.
"So what did you call me for, Aliens invading once again?" Gwen asked.
"Not sure, I'm picking up a ship but it appears to be drifting" Jack explained.
Gwen then joined Jack at the computer.
"Do you recognise it" Gwen continued.
"There's a lot of planets out there you know, there not like Rex's lot with US written on the side of everything" Jack replied with a small grin which Gwen returned.
Just then a crackle came though the speakers of the computer.
"Is that coming from the ship," Gwen added.
Jack nodded.
"It's a distress signal," he said.
"Requesting assistance… My ship is badly damaged… Lord Clyde and Lady Rani if you can here this transmission please respond… My engines are dead and life support will not last much longer… Please help"A young boys voice pleaded.
But then the transmission cut out.
"Lord Clyde, and Lady Rani?" Gwen said.
"I think I know who he means" Jack replied.
He then turned to another computer screen.
"Mr Smith this is Captain Jack Harkness" Jack continued.
After a few seconds a spinning object appeared on the screen.
"Captain how may I be of assistance" Mr Smiths voice purred.
"I need to speak to Sarah Jane at once" Jack answered.
"I'm afraid Sarah Jane isn't here, I take it this is about the ship currently drifting towards the earth and the transmission that was sent from it" Mr Smith added.
"Thought you'd probably picked it up as well, but since when have Clyde and Rani been lord and lady" Jack asked him.
"Apparently it happened when everyone apart from them were removed from the planet by an alien race" Mr Smith explained.
"The missing time incident, but Clyde and Rani weren't taken with everyone else" Jack said.
"No and nether was a young boy named Gavin, who in fact turned out to be the king of the alien race" Mr Smith continued.
"And Clyde and Rani helped him get home hence Lord and Lady" Jack replied.
"Well it sounds like he needs there help again," Gwen said.
"Then I guess it's up to us," Jack answered.
"But how are we going to get up there" Gwen replied.
"Mr Smith can you lock on to the ship and transmat me aboard using my vortex manipulator" Jack added.
"Indeed locking coordinates now," Mr Smith told him.
Jack turned to Gwen.
"Can you hold the fort until I get back" Jack asked her.
"I always do" Gwen answered with a grin.
Jack returned it as he pressed a button on his vortex manipulator a vanished in a flash of light, reappearing inside the ship where a teenage boy sat at the controls.
"Who are you, how did you get in here," The boy demanded as he got up.
"Captain Jack Harkness, I'm a friend of Lord Clyde and Lady Rani" Jack quickly explained to the teenager.
But before the boy could answer Mr Smiths voice came through Jack's vortex manipulator.
"Captain I'm picking up another ship entering the system, it's headed towards your position" Mr Smith told him.
"Oh no they've found me" The boy said.
"Then we need to get out of here, Mr Smith we need transporting to the surface at once" Jack continued.
"No they'll intercepted the transmat beam and capture us, we'll have to use the escape pods" The teen told him.
He then ran over to a door and opened it to revile the escape pods.
"This way captain" the teenage boy added.
Jack nodded and headed over to the pods.
"Any ideas where we are going to land" Jack asked.
"I'm programming the pods to seek out Lord Clyde and Lady Rani, we should land not far from wherever they are" the boy answered.
"Captain the other ship is arming its weapons" Mr Smith warned.
"We need to go now," The teenager almost shouted.
They both quickly got into the pods, which closed around them, as a huge explosion hit the ship as the other ship opened fire.
The escape pods left just in time as the ship exploded, but both pods were caught in the blast knocking the pod containing the boy off cause, as both pods entered the earth's atmosphere.
Jacks pod shook as it continued towards the earth's surface; below him Luke's sister Sky to suddenly stopped dead and looked up.
"What's wrong" Luke asked.
"Something's coming" She replied.
Before she could say anymore a flaming object appeared above them.
"Everyone off the beach now" Luke yelled.
They ran as fast as they could as the object came crashing down, sending sand and dust flying everywhere.
"Everyone ok" Luke asked as the dust cleared.
"Yeah I think so" Sanjay replied.
Once Luke knew everyone was ok his attention turned to the object almost completely buried in the sand.
"What is it" Jay asked.
"It's a space craft I can still feel the energy from the engines," Sky answered.
Just then a hatch at the top of the craft opened and Captain Jack appeared.
"Luke, didn't think this thing would be able to find you," he said.
Not too far away the 2nd pod landed on a deserted beach and the teenage boy scrambled out of it and looked around.
"Captain Harkness" he called but there was no sign of anyone.
Meanwhile high above him the crew of the other ship were scanning for the pods.
"Have you found him yet," The commander of the ship barked.
"We have located both escape pods on the surface, but they didn't land together" one of the crew explained.
"Do you know which pod the boy was in" the commander demanded.
"No my lord" The crewmember answered.
"Then we're going to have to find him the old fashioned way aren't we" the commander told him.
"I shall see to it at once" The crewmember replied as he quickly left the room.
On the surface Jack had just finished telling Luke and the others what was going on
"We need to find Gavin fast" Clyde said.
"Agreed Jack and Mr Smith won't be the only ones who picked up that transmission" Luke continued.
"Anna" Sanjay simply replied.
Luke nodded.
"And that's not our only problem whoever destroyed Gavin's ship will properly be looking for him too" Jack added.
To be continued.