Hello! We are SO SO SO SO sorry that we updated this late, but the computer broke down so we had to wait until that was fixed… Anyway you're not hear to read about our life story so we'll just move straight onto the fic.

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Jack came sprinting into the Hub to find a rather unfamiliar looking man in complete and utter silence standing in front of his rather dishevelled looking team. In all his years, Jack had never seen a stranger in the Hub. Well, apart from Lisa. There were security locks, barriers stopping the outside world realising what was going on below the very pavement they were walking on. Jack had once remarked that it would take a Dalek army to break into Torchwood. But as it appeared, Jack thought as he checked what he was seeing, he had been wrong. It appeared; Jack thought logically, that someone HAD broken into the base. And he sure as hell didn't look like a Dalek.

In fact, he didn't really look that intimidating at all. With chocolate brown doe eyes, and a mess of hair that looked as if it had never seen a brush. Or any kind of gel, spray or taming device, as a matter of fact. An indistinguishably skinny bloke, with a pinstriped blue jacket that just completed the look. Geek chic. At first glance, the only thing remarkable Jack could see was his bright red sneakers. But that was until he looked properly. He could see it. In the way he walked, the way he gazed with easy confidence at the situation around him. In the mischievous glint in his eye. It was something that Jack had never dared hope he would see again. It was him.

As The Doctor met his astonished gaze, he could see that he had once again stumbled upon a tricky situation. There were two ways this could play out;

1 – Jack is overjoyed to see him and conveniently forgets that The Doctor abandoned him on a Satellite in the middle of nowhere. Then they both drink a cup of tea, and travel together fighting evil.

2- Jack remembers what happened on Satellite Five. And kicks The Doctor's head in.

The Doctor felt the beginnings of a headache already. He could already remember another reason why he didn't like coming to Cardiff.

"Jack!" The Doctor decided to take his chances on not getting his head kicked in, and took him in a tight embrace. When he broke away, both their eyes were welled up.

"I can't believe you came back!" Jack sounded overjoyed. Then he conveniently remembered what had happened, and exactly how long it had been. "Finally."

Ouch, thought The Doctor. Jack was always good at sarcasm.

"Oh, you know me, better late than never,"

"But look at you! And you have hair! And BIG hair by the looks of it! I think I know what I'll be buying you for Christmas"

"Look who's talking. I see you abandoned the gel"

"I'm going for the more mature look"

"Ummm, excuse me, but just in case you haven't noticed, a weirdo has appeared in a blue police box, and is exchanging pleasantries with our boss."

"Owen!"

"Oh the sarcastic type then is he? Well we're gonna have to fix that…"

"Oh my god ! Don't dissect him!"

"Calm down! What do you think I am? A cannibal? I'll have you know that I am a perfectly normal – ." The Doctor actually looked quite proud of that statement.

"So what do you eat?" Owen asked curiously

"Well I am partial to a cup of tea. And some chips. Nothing like good old 21st century British fish and chips. And mushy peas. Can't forget the mushy peas. This is 2006? Isn't it?" The Doctor inquired.

"You've got a TARDIS but you don't have a watch?" Jack looked amused

"I'm taking that as a yes then."

"You still haven't answered my question" Owen butted in.

"I'm the reason you have a job" The Doctor looked down at Owen triumphantly.

"You what?" Owen looked slightly confused

" That's ok no need to thank me"

"I wasn't going to" murmured Owen

"But that was during the reign of Queen Victoria. That must mean you're over 130 years old!"

"Er… bit more than that actually" Scratching his ear

"You're older? How come you look so young?"

"I moisturise."

"Liar. Tell the truth. I lived with you for … well a few months, and I never saw any cream whatsoever."

"Well, I have discovered Nivea Visage. Great stuff."

"WAIT. Wait a sec – you LIVED with him? In a box!?!"

"Can't two guys share a box without any sexual feelings being involved?

"But it's so small!"

"It's actually quite roomy. Even more so now he's lost a few pounds."

"Excuse me?" The Doctor looked slightly offended.

"Well you've changed. You're-" Jack struggled to find the right words.

"Dashing? Charming? Handsome?"

"Small"

"Small? What do you mean small? For your information I am 6"1. MUCH taller than you! " The Doctor said indignantly.

"You're being rude again" Warned Jack.

"I really have to sort that out. Anyway, I've been standing here feeling like I'm at an old school reunion. Or how about a monkey's tea party? So, stand in a line, and say your name and occupation."

"Why do I feel like I'm back in kindergarten?"

" Speak for yourself mate, I'm getting more of an identity parade vibe." Owen said under his breath. He sure as hell wasn't going to move for this guy who had just appeared in a box and had red shoes and god knows what else.

" Chop chop no time to waste. I'm a very busy man" The doctor looked impatient.

" Can you even be called a man?" Challenged Owen.

" Figure of speech my dear. But if you DO want confirmation, I can drop my…"

"Well if its any consolation, I can definitely say he's a man." Jack really did not like the way this conversation was headed…

"Right… Hang on a minute!" he turned to Tosh "Your that doctor from Albion Hospital!" Tosh looked uncomfortable.

" But I've never seen you before!"

" Well not this me. Another me!"

" So is he schizophrenic now?" Owen took his chance to butt in.

" No. I'm like a good bottle of wine – I improve with age!"

"So exactly how old are you?"

"954 years, 37 days, 21 minutes, and about…3 seconds"

There was a pause as the team took in this information.

" You know, I do hate awkward silences. Puts me on edge"

"But. That's impossible!"

"Improbable, not impossible" Gwen reasoned

Everyone turned to stare at her

"Oh and by the way, you can have your hand back."

For one of those rare moments, The Doctor looked genuinely confused. And those moments were VERY rare.

"What hand?" He looked down at his own pair, and then back at Jack

"Jack, have you lost your sense of count since I last saw you?"

Jack nudged his head toward the direction of the jar, where lo and behold held a hand. A hand that was now mysteriously waving at them.

"Oh. That hand!"

"Didn't you miss it? I've been looking after it for you,"

"Am I missing something? Or do you have three arms?"

"Do I look like I have three arms?"

"But, that means you're an alien."

"FINALLY HE GETS IT!!!" Jack looked at him, eyebrow raised.

"Crap. It's Monday isn't it? Can we rename Monday 'Sarcastic Monday'? Even if I don't realise it's a Monday, I'm always sarcastic on a Monday I never liked Mondays…" The Doctor trailed off. Then he noticed the four pairs of human eyes staring at him.

" Back to business. Name, age, occupation, sex-

"Yes Please!" Jack interrupted, grinning hopefully

"What is it with you humans and your dirty minds?"

"Well you should never underestimate the power of the mind"

"Are you referring to the incident on Raxacorricofallapatorius? Cos that was NOT my fault!"

"Yeah… whatever."

"Anyway, I do love a good chat, but we'll never get anywhere if we stand here talking all day. Time is money you know Jack."

"So you keep telling me."

The Doctor just smiled knowingly.

"Right." He pointed authoritatively at Owen. " Name, age, Occupation, sex."

Owen groaned.

" Name – Dr. Owen Harper. Age – nowhere near yours, old man. Occupation – digger upper of alien crap. Sex – Take a wild guess."

" Umm.. That's a hard one."

Jack chuckled, and stuck out a hand to stop Owen battering the Doctor.

"What about you?" Gwen, having once been quiet throughout the whole conversation decided that now was a good a time as any to risk finding out what the hell was going on."

The Doctor turned around slowly.

"What about me?" He said, a mock flirtatious smile spreading across his face.

"Now now!" Jack exclaimed. "What have I told you about flirting with my employees?"

The Doctor just smiled. But behind him, Jack could see that Gwen was fuming . He knew his employees pysch profiles inside out. The dangerous glint in her green eyes, the way she had balled her hands into fists at her sides. The Doctor had better watch out, he thought.

Then it happened.

"What about you? Who the hell are you?" Gwen exploded. " What gives you the right to burst in here? What gives you the right to demand every bloody piece of information about our lives? You're an alien. We have every right just to capture you, and lock you in a cell. We could do that. I could do that. So what gives you the BLOODY RIGHT?"

The Doctors' eyes took on a dangerous glint to match Gwen's own, the anger fuelled sparkle showing the power and knowledge that he possessed after 900 years defending these people.

"But you know what?" The tinge of anger in his voice was the nearest you would get to the Doctor shouting at you. "You couldn't. You couldn't just 'capture me and lock me in a cell.' You have no idea what I can do. I can destroy you. I can blow up this puny building, and re-write history so you never existed. But I don't. Why? Because I've spent the last 900 years defending you ignorant people from every bloody alien probe out there. And yet know I seem to be doing it yet again, in spite of 'Torchwood.'

Silence erupted over the Hub.

"Tell her." Jack turned to him. "She has right to know."

The Doctor turned slowly to Gwen, as if regretting whatever he was going to say to her.

" Name – The Doctor. Age – I told you that already. Sex – Male. Thank God."

He fell back into the silence that filled the Hub. Gwen cleared her throat.

"W-What about Occupation?"

The Doctor sighed and lifted his head, his brown eyes boring a hole in Gwen's soul.

"Time Lord."

So there it is!! The long awaited chapter! Hope we didn't disappoint! We PROMISE the next chapter will be longer!!!

Until the next time….

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