Chapter 5: Family Reunions
I do not own any of the material used in this story other than the storyline and my own character.
"Doctor this is the spot, should be coming through any moment, but what is?"
"I think it might be, but she was shot, she died."
"Who?"
Suddenly the whole area was filled with a golden light and a woman with blonde hair fell through the hole in nothingness onto the ground.
"Jenny."
"Who?"
"My daughter Jack."
"Is she Rose's?"
"No, she is a genetically altered clone of me."
Jenny had the same top she had when they first met her, they could see where she had repaired the bullet hole but she had dyed it red, she had a pair of black jeans and pair of black trainers, she also was wearing a long black coat, not as long as the Doctor's and Jack's but about down to her knees.
"She got your good looks."
"Down boy, that is my daughter your talking about."
"We better get her back to camp, travelling through the rift unprotected is rough, she might be ill."
Good idea, help me lift her."
It had only took them five minutes to run to the clearing where the rift had opened but it took them nearly twenty to get back to camp with Jenny's dead weight.
"Doctor she has some interesting stuff on her, mark two compact laser deluxe and what else have we got here, no way."
"What?"
"Look at this."
No way."
"I know, she has a sonic screwdriver to."
"Ok, right you go get Martha, just tell her Jenny is here they have met, I will go get Donna."
"Right"
Ten minuets later they were back were back with a tired but excited Martha and an annoyed but excited Donna.
"Jenny!"
"Doctor, what is she doing here?"
"I don't know, she fell out of the rift."
"Do you think maybe the TARDIS brought her here?"
"Anything's possible, we will ask her what she remembers when she wakes up."
It was a tense ten minutes and Ianto had missed Jack next to him and had come in search for him and made them all coffee and then Jenny woke up.
"Donna?"
"Martha."
"Dad!"
She flung herself at the Doctor and nearly sent him crashing to the ground.
"Wow, I have had some hugs but that is one of the best."
She then spotted Jack standing behind the Doctor.
"Dad, who is that man?"
"Captain Jack Harkness, good to meat you Jenny."
"Jack I warned you."
"I just said hello."
"For you that is an invitation to dinner."
"What is that fantastic smell?"
"That would be Ianto Jones coffee."
"Oh she has woken up then, do you want a coffee, I made enough for all six of us."
They all sat round the fire which Jack relit and listened to Jenny's story.
"So after I got shot I woke up in the hall, I was told a green and gold light had come out my mouth so I stole a planetary escape pod and took off to try and find you, when I got to earth I did some blood tests and found some traces of the teraforming agent in my blood so I assume that is what brought me back, anyway I remembered you working out that you were three hundred and sixty two years in your future so I went to a city called Cardiff where I knew there was a space time rift and when I got there I heard a sound that I can only describe as home, it pulled me through then I woke up here."
"Oh, when I parked the TARDIS here I opened up the engines to refuel so it became part of the rift it must have found you and pulled you through."
"Hands up who understood what he just said."
"Oh nobody, what a surprise."
"Anyway Doctor, you Donna and Martha find a tent and sleeping bag for Jenny and put up the tent me and Ianto will drive back to Cardiff and do some extra shopping for her, we will explain to the others in the morning, oh Donna, Martha, could you keep the Doctor busy in the morning?"
"Why?"
"I want to be the one who tells Rose that the Doctor's daughter is here."
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"Oy Doctor, what is this I hear about you having a daughter?"
"Jackie let me explain."
"She was only gone two years or was this before her and you didn't tell her."
"No Jackie it isn't like that."
"Then what, oh, please tell me I am not a grandmother."
"Jack I am going to kill you after this."
Donna, Martha and Jack were stood in the entrance to the marquee watching Jackie slowly advance on the Doctor.
"Mum what the hell is going on."
"He has his daughter in there."
"What?"
"Well they took a DNA sample split it and then recombined it so I was both of the parents."
"And you didn't tell me this why?"
"I thought she was dead!"
"Oh, sorry."
"What is all the noise?"
"Rose, this is my daughter Jenny."
"Hello."
"Hi."
"Well this is a classic."
"Oh morning Owen."
"Oh that reminds me, Jack did you have to phrase it that way to Jackie."
"Honestly, yes I did."
"How do you fancy another trip on the outside of the TARDIS."
"Shouldn't you be making breakfast?"
"Yes he should."
"Don't say that Rose you are supposed to help him."
"Hey, I need time to recover, I just found out my boyfriend has a daughter."
"Oh get over it Rose, you were not that bad when he changed a Christmas."
"Morning Mickey, you can help us with breakfast to."
Eventually everyone dragged themselves out of bed at the smell of breakfast and were surprised to see Jenny helping the Doctor and Rose making breakfast, when they had all sat down the Doctor, Jenny, Martha and Donna started to explain the story.
"Well that is a very strange story about how a man can be a mum and a dad at the same time."
"Well it will be normal in about three hundred years."
"Anyway, what are we going to do today?"
"There is a lake with a marina about a mile from here, we could rent some boats and go sailing."
"I can see this going wrong in so many ways."
During the walk to the lake Gwen moved over to the doctor and started asking questions.
"Tosh told me you can change your appearance."
"Yes, what about it?"
"Doctor, were you there during the Cardiff earthquake?"
"Yes."
"Along with Mickey, Rose and Jack?"
"Yes, why?"
"I was first on the scene at the plaza after the earthquake, I saw Jack, Rose and a man in a leather coat, then I turned round and saw Mickey I totally forgot about it until I saw the three of them together and I remembered how Tosh had described you."
"Well four members of Torchwood Cardiff have met me before, I wonder if Owen has, oh by the way, have you ever traced your family back?"
Yes, why?"
"How far back did you go?"
"About two hundred years, I did it when I joined Torchwood and had accesses to that sort of information, do you have a point?"
"Did you have a relative called Gwyneth who died at Christmas in 1869?"
"Yes how did you know?"
"I have met her, she looks a lot like you."
"Oh, how did you know when she died?"
"Because she died sealing up the rift, no wonder you joined Torchwood, it is in your blood."
They got to the lake in about twenty minuets and divide into six groups of four and one group of three, The Doctor, Rose, Owen and Tosh in one boat, Sarah Jane, Maria, Luke and Clyde in another, Gwen, Rhys, and Maria's parents in the third, Martha, Tom, Donna and her Granddad in the fourth, Martha's family in the next one, Ianto, Jack, Mickey and Jenny in the sixth one and Rose's family and Donna's mum in the last one.
One they had set out they each did there own thing on the lake. The Doctor was thinking about the time Owen and he had met, Owen wouldn't remember though Owen had been found on in the Himalayas during the year that never was, after claiming he was a doctor they researched his past and found that he had worked for Torchwood he had been brought onto the Valiant to be the ships doctor, when he had tried to help the Doctor escape and save Jack he Master had dragged him down to Jack's cell and shot him in front of Jack, apparently he had told Jack that the others were safe before he died so the Master set out on a hunt to capture or kill them, he tracked them to a UNIT base outside Tokyo and burnt the isles of Japan to the ground and killed millions and had made them all stand on deck and watch, and now he was sat looking at Owen, who had died trying to save him.
Jackie's boat was drifting around an island in the middle, Gwen was rowing in no particular direction listening to the other three talk about how they felt about having a loved one chasing aliens, Sarah Jane's boat were just drifting off to the side all talking about Luke's upcoming party, The boat with Donna's mum and Martha's family was circling the island and they were talking about how they had been dragged into the Doctor's world. Tom and Wilf were both grilling Martha and Donna about the alien life forms they had met. And the Doctor and Jack were racing up and down the lake with Jack consistently winning, Ianto, Mickey and Jenny were talking about modern day earth so Jenny could fit in while she was here, while Tosh and Rose were talking about relationship tips and Owen was starting to consider throwing himself over the side. By the seventh time Jack beat the Doctor he was accusing Jack of cheating and Jack was threatening to shoot a hole in the bottom of the Doctors boat if he didn't stop it, nobody really saw how it happened but they decide to abandon the boats and swim, both of them flung there coats and jumped in at the same time.
"Idiot." said both Rose and Ianto at the same time.
In the end Jack still won. By the time the others got there boats to them they were standing on the shore shouting at each other.
"You must have been cheating!"
"How could I cheat, invisible motor on my back?!"
"With you anything possible."
"Don't you just know it Doctor."
"Jack!"
"Come on, I will buy you that drink."
"What about Ianto and Rose?"
"Ever heard of an open relationship."
They looked at each other for a full five seconds before they both burst out laughing.
"You do know we are going to regret this in the morning Jack."
"Not me, never get ill die to much to get ill."
"I meant Rose and Ianto's revenge, trust me it will be evil."
On the way back to the camp Jack and the Doctor were huddled under there coats and were still to cold to take any notice of the evil grins on Ianto and Rose's face. When they got back it was late so Owen and Tosh quickly made a huge bowl of chicken soup and they all ate it quickly and before they realised it was night and they all went to bed.