Chapter 7: Drums and Fire
I do not own any of the material used in this story other than the storyline and my own character.
"Dad, Dad wake up."
"What is it Jenny."
"Who is the Master?"
The Doctor shot up out of bed to these words."
"What did you say?"
"I asked who the Master was."
"He is an, well a friend at first, then sort of a rival, no more of an enemy, but he died."
"What happened?"
Jack who had been awake at the time had heard them talking about the Master had leapt up worried that something serious could be going on and ran out.
"Doctor, what is going on?"
"Jenny was asking me about the Master."
"What have they met?"
"I don't think so, Jenny how did you know that name?"
"I dreamt of home."
The Doctor understood this and realised that Jenny was becoming more like a Time Lady, he began at the beginning telling the story to Jenny and Jack starting with there childhood going to the untempered schism there fights together against Daleks and there battles, recounting the year that never was and eventually ending up with his funeral in the campsite.
"Well, that is an amazing story, but why so you dream of him?"
"She is a clone of me, genetic memory could have been passed on."
"Anyway, Jenny you can't keep wearing those clothes, I mean you look great but you need some new clothing."
"I am sure we could find something in the TARDIS."
"I mean normal everyday clothing, I mean the TARDIS wardrobe is fantastic if you don't want normal clothing but she needs ordinary clothing as well."
"So what do you suggest, and you don't exactly have normal clothing."
"What I suggest is that I give her two hundred quid and Rose and Ianto take her shopping."
When Rose and Ianto awoke the Doctor suggested the idea and they both agreed on the condition that they could have a hundred quid each."
Jack agreed and pulled four hundred quid out of his pocket.
"Jack, why do you have so much money."
"Torchwood is a very well paid job, hundred years of work you are bound to save something."
They shared out money and had breakfast when the others got up, Martha and her family called Jack over and explained about the dream they had. Jack called the Doctor over and he explained to them about what Jenny and he had dreamed of, he came to the conclusion it was probably nothing, and Ianto, Jenny and Rose took the SUV to Cardiff for a day of shopping. They got back around lunch time and Ianto stumbled out the SUV carrying two hundred pounds worth of clothing plus the gift Rose and Ianto had bought her, they had decided that if she was going to stay on earth she would need smart clothing so Ianto had picked out the perfect suit and shoes and Rose had bought her a nice necklace, the three of them then bought Jenny a full wardrobe so she would have clothes for every need. They had then bought some lunch and worked out that they still had fifty pounds left so they bought more food considering they had an extra person and then drove back to the campsite.
"Rose."
"Yes Doctor."
"I never asked, what happened after you were sealed off."
"Well there I was, stood on a beach in Norway, I think I stood there for an hour on that beach, then they came over one by one, first Mum then Mickey then Dad they just came over to me and hugged me and then I decided that I wasn't going to be stuck, we went to Torchwood and Pete gave me the job as leader of the Cardiff branch of Torchwood, I had a team like Jack, in fact it was them sort of, there was seven of us, Me, Mickey, Gwen, Tosh, Owen, Ianto and a woman called Suzie, she and Owen were, you know."
"Oh."
"Anyway I had gone to Cardiff because you said that it was an interdimensional rift, even if it was just a scar now it was a link, we built a rift manipulator and looked for something to guide us through, we found Jack, like you said he is a fixed point, strong enough to pull me through, first time I came through I saw Jack leap onto the side of the TARDIS, but that was all we needed, we could now lock onto the TARDIS, I started jumping through, Buckingham palace on Christmas day, the Adipose and The ATMOS, I made jumps to try and find you, I hooked it up to spread the Bad Wolf across the void."
"So you found me, what about your team."
"Well it worked, I called back to the team, told Mickey to collect Mum, Dad and Tony and we would go through because when I found you I could lock onto you, but there was a problem, once we locked it onto you we ended up near Donna instead, worked the same but we couldn't work it out, I called back to Torchwood but no response, I jump back because I worried and find it has been six years, that universe fell apart, just darkness left no stars, no light and no life, my team died, I spent weeks there and when I jump back it had been six seconds, the timelines fell apart, there's speeded up and something happened and they had no Doctor to stop it, but if it happens here we will stop it right."
"Yes, oh yes Rose Tyler, yes we will."
"Doctor!"
"What do you want Jack?"
"Come over hear a second."
"What?"
"I have the perfect plan for revenge on those two."
"And it doesn't involve...."
"No it doesn't, honestly is that what you think of me."
"Jack, you have come onto every adult in the camp site, including Jackie."
"So?"
"Next it will be poodles."
"Actually I do know a guy called John who....."
"Jack I don't want to know."
"You know your cute when your arguing."
"See what I mean?"
Jack stared at the Doctor for five seconds before kissing him, the Doctor looked shocked for a second before kissing him back.
Meanwhile all the others had decide it was to late to do anything much with the day and were tiding up the campsite before making lunch, they sat down round the fire and started swapping stories about there alien experiences, Sarah Jane came up with same good ones, Martha told them about how she met Jack so Rose decide to tell them about her experience in the Blitz with Jack, Donna told them about the Ood while Luke, Clyde and Maria talked about the Gorgons, Ianto, Tosh, Gwen and Owen talked about fighting death and it was around this point that Rose and Ianto realised that the Doctor and Jack were missing. While the other kept swapping stories they moved over to each other, it took them about thirty second to guess what they might be up, the quickly got up and searched starting with there tents, they found them in the Doctor and Rose's tent heavily making out and moving quickly onto other stuff.
"Jack Harkness if you remove one more item of clothing I will personally test every weapon we have on you!"
"Hypocrite."
Jack and the Doctor both got dressed quickly and got out of the tent, it wasn't until they were both stood outside there tents sharing guilty grins until it dawned on the what Rose had said.
"Rose, why did you call Ianto a hypocrite?"
Rose and Ianto both looked at each other.
"Go on Rose you explain."
"Well you know I told you I use the rift to travel, well needless to I ended up in Cardiff a lot."
"What!"
"Ianto, when the hell was this?"
"About a month after you left with him."
"Rose, why?"
"Well he is good looking, was there for me, found the Torchwood files on you for me Doctor."
What, Ianto how did you know you could trust her?"
"She is a companion of the Doctor, I thought if she found the Doctor I would find you."
"And how did you know that she was a companion."
"I know everything, I recognised her from the battle."
"And how long was this going on?"
"Up until the time of the Adipose incident, she left to find you, I began to think that everyone would leave me for the Doctor."
"What, Ianto I got back ages before the Adipose incident."
"So you come back and what did you expect, leave her and jump into bed with Jack Harkness, well I don't run away from people like you do Jack."
"Why didn't you tell me."
"She told me not, said it would threaten the Corsal Nexus of time and space, it was bad enough her being there but if she interrupted time lines then goodbye reality."
"Crazy thought, why don't we have an orgy."
"No Jack!" they all shouted at once."
"Ianto, I can't believe you did this to me."
"Says the man who throws himself at anything with a life sign, I saw the CCTV of you in the cells on Gwen's first day."
"And how did Rose feel about this."
"I talked it over with her, why do you think I said no when you first got back."
"You agreed to the date."
"Jack, in this time not every date ends with sex."
"Then what is the point of a date?"
"Jack, just leave it, if you don't drop it I have two things that I will do to you that will make your life a living hell."
"Like what."
"Well I won't make you coffee."
"You wouldn't."
"And Owen perfected that chemical that causes a person to die when they try and have sex."
"Oh your evil Ianto Jones."
"And that, Rose Tyler is why you love me."
Jack at this point was looking very scared, although the mental image he had got from Rose and Ianto was very good he would not even dare to believe Ianto was joking with his threats, although if he did it would be good to try it on with Gwen just to see her reaction when he died, though he knew that that chemical would be very painful.
"Rose, why?"
"Doctor leave it ok, for Christ sake there was Madam De Pompadour, how long did you know her?"
"About twenty six years."
"No that is how long she knew you, how long did you know her."
"About eleven hours."
"I knew Ianto for well over ten months."
"But it still isn't fair, I didn't have sex with her."
"Doctor I am many things but a fool is not one of them, I grew up on a council estate, do you think I don't know that swagger when I see one."
"Rose, can't we talk about this."
"Shut up, I learnt a lot from Owen and Tosh in the parallel world, I can mix up a chemical to make you allergic to bananas if I wanted to, so shut up."
"You wouldn't."
"Try me."
Ianto and Rose walked off in the direction of the fire, Jack and the Doctor just stood there utterly shocked at what had happened and as hard as they tried they couldn't blame anyone but themselves. By the time they manage to face everyone else they found there group was several people short, Jack quickly counted up that Rose, Ianto, Donna, Jenny, Gwen, Tosh and Owen were gone as well as the SUV and Gwen's car, Rhys was chatting with Tom and Martha who when she spotted them rushed over.
"Did you guys have an argument with Ianto and Rose, they have gone into Cardiff for a coffee."
"Yes we argued."
"Did you find out then?"
"You knew?"
"You didn't!"
"No we didn't."
"Could they have made it anymore obvious, god you two are not half thick sometimes."
"Why the hell didn't you tell us!"
"Don't talk like that to me Doctor, I thought you knew."
The Doctor and Martha started arguing loudly, Tom moved over next to Martha for moral support. Jack decide to talk a walk into the woods. He had got about two hundred meters in before a voice behind him startled him.
"From that face I would say eye-candy has cheated on you."
"Leave it John, I can not be bothered with you right now."
"It was a nice friend you were with earlier."
"Just shut up!"
"Jack I came to find you for other reasons, some has been asking about you and a man called the Doctor."
"What!"
"Well when I say somebody, well let me explain, around rift hotspots there has been a psychic energy that goes through your mind bring things up, and Doctors you met, and any people named Jack or Martha, they say I had a brainstorm and went into a coma when it touched me."
"Who was it in your mind, do you remember, tell me John!"
"All they said was that when I was in the coma I muttered stuff about a Master, I assume it was one of my more exciting dreams involving you."
*
Meanwhile about twelve miles away a man was sat in a cafe with a book that wouldn't be written for ninety three years and the author wouldn't be born for another fifty seven years, watching a group of people chat.
"Finally." Thought the man "I have found the Doctor at last."
If anyone had looked at the man they would have thought he was Harry Saxon, former Prime Minister, assassinated a few days after he took office, sat next to him again if they looked hard they would have thought it was Mr Saxon's assassin and wife Lucy Saxon, thought nobody notice these people sat in the corner wherein two identical chains around there neck both with keys on.
*
"Doctor!"
Jack, followed closely by John ran into the camp at full speed.
"Doctor."
"What is it Jack."
"We were right he is back."
"What, the Master?"
Tell them John."
John quickly explained what had happened to him.
"Right, Martha, ring the others and tell them that they are in danger, tell them to get back now, we will explain to them then and make plans about what to do."
*
The group we were sitting in silence looking into there coffees when they were jolted back to reality by the sound of Gwen's phone.
"It is Martha, she says we are in danger, get back now, explain when we get there."
"I think we better do it."
The group got up and quickly paid for there drinks and left.
"Well Harry, there they go, are we going to follow?"
"No need, we can track them, we will deal with them in the morning."
*
When the others got back to camp they found tea had already been cooked and they ate quickly while the Doctor, Jack and John explained what was happening.
"Right, so any questions?"
"I have one."
"Yes Donna."
"Who the hell is that guy, and is he single."
"Hi, John Harp and yes I am."
"Good, good."
"Anyway, we will get to sleep soonish and in the morning we will sort this out before it escalates."
Everyone finished there meal in silence and went to bed except Rose and Ianto who just sat there for nearly half an hour in the glow of the dying fire, eventually they got up and realising they couldn't go back to there tents with Jack and the Doctor in went to Rose's room on the TARDIS.