Chapter 3:Introductions
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Ianto pulled into the area that Jack had told him to drive to, he saw a large marquee in the centre, with a cluster of tents to the right. In the marquee he saw some tables and a set off advanced looking cooking equipment as well as a tall blue box with a man in a suit and long brown coat leaning against it holding the hand of a blonde and talking to a red head and Martha, however he was in shock for a moment actually seeing this blue box for real, before now he had only seen it on the CCTV of the plaza that Tosh had found after Jack had run off.
At the sound of the approaching car Martha turned round and recognised the SUV, as it pulled up she ran over to give Ianto a hug but nearly fell over i surprise when she saw the amount off food in the back.
"Ianto, how long did it take you to buy all that?"
"Took me five hours and spent a total of five hundred and sixty two pounds and fifty seven pence."
"Wow, just wow, you could feed an army with that."
"You should have seen the looks I got in the shops, so who are these people behind you, that man is the Doctor right?"
"Yep, that is the Doctor and the blonde is Rose Tyler, and the other is Donna Noble."
"And are your family here yet?"
"Yes they are exploring the insides of the TARDIS with Donna's family."
"Might have to take a look myself sometime, from what I have heard from Jack it is impressive."
By the time Gwen pulled into the site Ianto and the Doctor had taken it upon themselves to put up Torchwood's tents, completed there task and were in deep conversation over some mugs of Ianto's coffee, this conversation Jack gathered from the way they looked at him when he got out the car was probably about him. However Jack headed in another direction across there area towards Martha's family who he had been in contact with frequently after there year on the Valiant. Donna's mum had become overwhelmed with the talk of aliens and had gone to lie down but Donna's granddad was in deep conversation with Tosh about alien life. Gwen and Martha were in deep conversation about weddings and Rhys was sat beside Gwen but had fallen into that husband mode where he had glassed over and was not paying attention what so ever. Owen had gone to lock up the SUV remembering what had happened last time and then joined in with Ianto and the Doctor who had moved off the topic of Jack and onto the topic of coffee, which was Ianto's specialty, Owen had only took the conversation that way in hopes of getting a mug himself.
About two hours later Maria's mum and dad who were divorced but on reasonable terms pulled into the camp site which by now had been turned into a miniature village, the marquee was in the centre with five tents to the right and three to left, a large fire had been built in front of the group of three tents with thirteen adults and on baby sat around talking. Maria's dad had spent the four hour car journey convincing her mum that this was not an elaborate joke but that there really was a large group of people who defended the earth against aliens, first she had been shocked, then worried for her daughter and finally excited about the trip.
"Oh my god Allan you meant it, you weren't kidding."
"I didn't expect you to believe me Chrissie."
Seeing the new arrivals Jack got up and moved over to greet them.
"Hello you must be Mr and Mrs Jackson."
"Were not married" they both said in unison."
"Whatever, come over here we will help you set up your tents, then come and meat the rest of us, do you know how long Sarah Jane and the kids will be?"
"Maria text us, she said they were about forty minutes behind us."
"Ok, that should be enough time to get these tents up and you can try some of Ianto's coffee, you are going to love it, Owen come and give us a hand."
In the end it only took them fifteen minutes to get the tents up and most of the others were listening to some of the Jack's stories, as Sarah Jane pulled into the campsite he was in the middle of one about how Rose, Jack and him had to integrate an Neanderthal man into the twenty first century. Only Owen and the Doctor were not really listening and they were in deep conversation about how Owen was able to keep going with out breathing or a heart beat and the Doctor was musing on several theories upon how to change him back.
"Maybe if I use some nanogenes to repair any physical damage then restart your heart and lungs with some CPR"
"It is worth a try Doctor, I can't lose anything"
"Well I will talk to Jack about it, but it looks like the last of out group have arrived"
Sarah Jane and the kids joined the group and after quickly putting up there tents the Doctor gave everyone a quick tour of the TARDIS before tea, they decide that the TARDIS crew would make breakfast, Sarah Jane and her friends would make lunch and the Torchwood team would make tea, fortunately each of the teams had a weapon, the Doctor hardly ever slept and then only by choice so he could be up as early as needed, Allan was a part time chef so he had lots of ideas and it turned out Owen knew a lot more about food than the local pizza shop.
"Alright team, time to start cooking, Ianto what did you end up buying?"
"Actually sir, I thought maybe Owen should deal with this."
"Owen?"
"Has he never told you he can cook, you never told them Owen."
"No Ianto I did not, but considering you told them I do have an idea."
Owen gave Ianto a list of ingredients he would need and Ianto went to retrieve them from the SUV, he came back with all off them piled in his arms.
"Ianto you're a star, can I ask why you bought lasagne pasta?"
"I know you like to make an impression."
"Right Gwen chop those vegetables, Tosh make the tomatoes sauce, Ianto cook the mince until it is brown, Jack make the beef stock, Rhys could you heat up the oven?"
"This is not what we use to cook when I went camping."
"You went camping Gwen?"
Yep, five years in the guides."
"Oh trust you to be in the guides."
"And what to you mean by that Ianto Jones?"
"Gwen, mushrooms that chop themselves would be helpful and probably be called emos but we don't have them so could you get back to work?"
"Yes sir."
"Oy you only call one person sir round here."
After two hours of Owen shouting at Gwen it was ready
"Trust Ianto to have brought a dish that big." thought Owen.
It took Jack and Owen to lift the dish out onto the table and when they got it out the Doctor nearly fell over in shock.
No way, no way, that is the Cerilian recipe for lasagne, thirty first century, I have never seen it pulled off so masterfully before."
"Cerilian?"
"Planet about nine and a half galaxies away, in the harpy system, they say it's inhabitants could grow anything and cook it into the most fantastic meal you have ever had, when humans arrived they asked for lasagne and they made the best dish they had ever made I tried it but last time I was there I had them make me a banana split, best ever, fantastic, love bananas."
"Well the recipe fell through the rift about two years ago, took Tosh weeks to translate, anyway, tuck in."
Owen looked wishfully at the group enjoying his food, he had only ever tried this recipe once, when he had cooked it for Diane and he had to admit it was fantastic, he would have cooked it for Tosh on there first date but he couldn't eat so he threw himself into the bay instead. He headed back inside to finish off the lemon cheesecake he had been making while the others had put together the lasagne.