-Present day-

They were all awake early the next morning. The Doctor showered and dressed before helping Emily to dress. Once more she showed that she got her dress sense from her daddy as she wore a purple dress with blue leggings and red socks. She wanted her red converse to go with them and the Doctor put her hair into a single braid. Once they were done the two of them headed down to make breakfast. She didn't want anything beyond toast and an egg. The Doctor made enough for everyone to eat while he snacked on a banana. Then he had his own portion of toast and eggs with her. Jack joined them a short time later and ate as well. Once they were done, the three of them headed out.

"I want to stay with Daddy," Emily started to cry as she realized they were heading to her daycare first.

"I know baby, but you have to go be with your friends. I am going to go to work with your Uncle Jack and then tonight we can read your book together," The Doctor told her.

"You're not leaving?" Emily questioned.

"No. I'm not leaving," the Doctor replied.

"Promise," Emily wondered.

"I promise," the Doctor answered. He had no plans to leave her again for long. Jack was right that he had been gone for too long and even though he needed to deal with the Master he could do that without being gone for weeks at a time. If he was careful, the two of them could even leave to deal with the Time Lord and be back before the workday ended. Still, they would have to make plans to have someone watch Emily for the night just in case since things didn't always go according to plan.

Jack parked the SUV outside of her daycare. He got out and took Emily out of her car seat but she refused to go inside until she was able to hug the Doctor goodbye for the day. The Doctor kissed her softly on the head promising once more that he would be with Jack when he came to pick her up that afternoon. With that assurance, Emily finally allowed Jack to take her inside the familiar building. He returned a few minutes later without her climbing back into the driver's seat.

"You know she won't understand if you break that promise to her," Jack informed him as he started the vehicle.

"I don't plan to break any promise. I plan to help you at Torchwood and begin planning on how we are going to take down the Master. Then tonight, I will return home with you and our daughter," the Doctor answered. Jack smiled at the fact that he called her their daughter. He had still referred to him as Uncle Jack but that was alright. They both needed to sit down and talk to Emily about the fact that Jack was going to be her papa now. They had to be sure that she understood that it didn't mean that the Doctor was leaving but they would both be there to care for her.

The drive to Torchwood was otherwise quiet and they made it in good time. They weren't the first ones to arrive as Ianto always made sure to get there early in order to start the coffee. They went inside and Jack checked on the rift reports while the Doctor took a seat at Mickey's computer. He had his own passwords now for the system that took away from the fun of hacking it but kept the alarms from going off and locking the system down. Once in, he was able to access the archives that Jack kept on all of the items that came through the rift. He had been through them every time he came but now he was looking for specific items that would allow him to take down the Master.

Even if he had given Jack permission to kill the man, he didn't want to unless he had to. A part of him still wanted to save the Master and hopefully, one day turn him back into the man who was once his friend. A thought crossed his mind and closing the archives, he instead pulled up the building plans for the Torchwood hub. The top layer was the information booth that Ianto ran as a cover for the building. Jack's office and the greenhouse were on the same level above the main part of the hub with the rift manipulator and restrooms. To one side of the main level were stairs leading down to the autopsy area and Martha's office. To the other, stairs led down to Ianto's office which was in front of the vault. Past his office was the morgue and along the hall leading to the morgue were the cells. There was another staircase tucked past the cells that led down to the shooting range and main weapon supply. From there was a sharp turn that led down to an unused large area.

"Why are you looking at building schematics," Jack questioned as he came up behind the Doctor. The Doctor left the plans open as he turned in his chair to look at the Captain.

"I am seeing if there is somewhere that I can safely keep the Master if we are able to capture him alive," the Doctor explained.

"Then you are wasting your time as the only way the Master is coming back on the TARDIS is in a body bag. Once we find him, I am putting a bullet through his head and both of his hearts as a Time Lord I trust told me that was the only way to ensure he wouldn't be able to regenerate," Jack explained and the Doctor nodded.

"We will then have to burn the body. I know he doesn't deserve it because of what he has done. The bodies of criminals should be left to rot but he was once my friend and I want to give him a proper funeral. Then with your help, we can scatter his ashes among the stars," the Doctor stated. His eyes pleaded with Jack to understand why he still thought his friend received a proper send-off even if he didn't deserve it. Jack just stepped forward wrapping his arms around the sitting man.

"Don't worry, Doc, I will help you bury him among the stars," Jack reassured him. Jack didn't need him to explain because he understood better than anyone the need to save someone you cared about. His own brother was still in the autopsy room cryogenically frozen and would remain there until Jack found a way to save him. Not that he ever had hope that it would happen.

The door to the hub opened and the Doctor pulled away from Jack. He stood up turning his face into a smile as Martha entered with Mickey. He crossed the hub wrapping her in a large hug. She hugged him back happy to see him. She wasn't fooled by the smile as she knew the pain and anger that Jack carried towards him. She planned to talk to him but that would have to wait until after the morning meeting. Until then, she would let him pretend he was alright and then she would get him to tell her the truth.