I don't own Doctor Who: I never would have chosen that new guy to be eleven...or that companion... and I would have offered anything and everything to get David (and Billie) to stay.

Happy New Year guys, I can't wait to see the last ep with ten and the gang - it's sad but exciting - decided I'd wait til I could watch both parts together. Suspense? No thank you, I had enough of that in S4.

Last time on Doctor Who:

"Alright, but you're in charge of making sure the Doctor isn't doing something that I'm gonna have to deal with later." He pulled her to her feet, "Are we clear? I don't wanna come back from hanging out with you two to find he's programmed some…" he waved his hands in the air not being able to come up with something terrible enough.


Rose peered over the Doctor's shoulder and frowned, "Why have you opened up an activity window on the network?"

The Doctor looked up at her, patting the seat beside him. "Something about all this is bugging me." He turned back to the monitor tapping away quickly.

Rose sat down next to him, resting an arm on the desk and laying her head on it, watching his hands move over the keyboard. "You mean what attracted the dinosaurs to this particular point?"

The Doctor paused and stared at her, a small smile appearing on his face, "Exactly, Rose. That is…exactly it." He looked at her curiously, "So, you realised it …and just weren't gonna bother mentioning it?" he asked amused.

"I was just seeing how long it took you." She grinned cheekily. The Doctor scoffed, gave her a little push, and then he got back to work.

On the other side of the room Jack stood in front of Gwen, Martha and Mickey (who was itching to see what the Doctor was doing to his equipment). Jack paced back and forth restlessly, Gwen and Martha watching him apprehensively and Mickey not watching him at all.

"Do we get to find out what's got you so wound up, soon?" Gwen asked impatiently, "I haven't got all day to watch you pace. If there's no situation I need to be aware of I have to get going."

"Yeh, yeh, I just want to wait for Ianto to get here. Tell you all at once." Jack muttered.

Martha raised a hand in the air, "Would this have something to do with the Doctor?" she asked looking unimpressed.

"Doesn't it always." Mickey muttered, "Seriously I can't count the number of times I've been passed over for-" Jack shushed him and cut him off.

Martha sat up straighter, her eyes narrowed. "So what? You're skipping out on us?"

At the computer hub Rose sat up and covered the Doctors hands with her own to still them. "I think I know where the signal was coming from." He looked at her surprised, Rose took a deep breath. "So, you can stop messing with Mickey's stuff."

She got up and the Doctor's hand shot out to stop her, "Explain, please." He asked gently but firmly.

Ianto walked quickly into the room heading over towards Jack and the rest of the team. "So what did I miss?" he asked looking from Gwen, Martha and Mickey's sour faces to Jack's tired one.

Jack closed his eyes and waved for him to take a seat. He rubbed a tired hand over his eyes, "Look, I had responsibilities before I joined Torchwood." He glanced at Rose and the Doctor talking closely. Looking back at the people before him he sighed, "Family comes first."

"And what are we then?" Gwen asked angrily, standing up.

Martha reached for Gwen's sleeve to tug her back down, "He's not trying to make any of what you've all gone through sound like nothing." She said, trying to be reasonable. Jack gave her a thankful nod.

"Exactly. You guys must know how much you mean to me by now. I love you guys, even Mickey." Jack winked while Mickey gave a small smile and rolled his eyes. "But heading up this team, losing our friends…its been wearing on me." He swallowed, "You guys don't know what I've done or where I'm from."

"And they do?" Ianto asked quietly gesturing to Rose and the Doctor.

Jack nodded slowly, "They have a good idea. They knew me before…" Jack gestured to himself "Before this."

"Before you were superman. Yeah, well I met that you too and you were nothing special." Mickey argued and then looked down at his hands, "You were happier…I guess. Is that what you're looking for?"

"I want to go and…"

"Rose needs you." Mickey finished.

The Doctor studied Rose's face as she hesitated, "Rose?" he prompted, moving his hand from her arm to hold her hand and raising an eyebrow.

She sighed and sat back down, "Do you remember that signal from earlier?" she asked quietly. She made a face, "The one I had to talk you out of following."

The Doctor's mouth fell open in surprise and then he shook his head in mock disappointment, "Rose Tyler."

She looked at him expectantly, "Yes, Doctor?" Trying to feign rapture.

"We could have saved so much time."

Rose ruffled his hair, "Who are you kidding? We would have spent the day looking for that part for the Tardis and then I'm sure you would have found trouble somewhere…something would have blown up."

The Doctor removed her hand from his head, "Now, that is unfair. Totally unfounded." Rose gave him a look. "Well, fine. But at the very least I would have traced the signal as well." Rose smirked and glanced over towards Jack and the team who were heading towards them.

"Looks like he told them. Be nice." She instructed.

"I'm always nice."

"Sure you are." Rose said sarcastically and got up from his side. Jack moved to stand near them, reaching an arm around Rose, she looked up at him concerned. "You alright?" she whispered.

"Fine, Rosie. I'm fine." He assured. He looked to the rest of the group, "And it's all settled. Do you reckon you guys could drop me off within the next two days?"

"Making the drop off time vague on purpose?" The Doctor asked from his seated position.

"He doesn't think you can land in at a more precise time." Mickey muttered.

Rose smirked and hugged Jack, "Ah, it's pick on the Doctor day. Lovely."

"Only comes round once a year…we should make the most of it." Jack murmured. Martha hid a smirk. Ianto and Gwen shared a look.

The Doctor scowled at the four of them, "Why don't we say 9am on the dot tomorrow morning." He suggested indignantly.

Rose worked hard at controlling the look on her face; "Um…are you sure?" she finally gasped out and buried her face in Jack's shirt to muffle her laughter. Her shoulders shook and Jack who was trying to hold onto his own laughter wrapped her tightly in his arms and hid his face in her hair.

"Rose Tyler, I can't believe you could doubt me. How many times have I saved this world? And you don't think I can't even control when I land?" The Doctor asked, rising to his feet.

"It's more an issue of where." Mickey cut in and then had to look away to regain some control over himself and avoid the astonished look Martha had turned to give him. Rose gave a muffled snort and Jack gave a choked laugh. Gwen and Ianto shook their heads, not having experienced the joys of travelling with the Doctor.

Rose peeked out and saw The Doctor scowled at them, lips pressed together tightly, eyes flashing and her laughter died. She pulled back a little from Jack's embrace, carefully avoiding meeting anyone's eyes by keeping her eyes on his chest. "So, Weevils?" she suggested.

Jack grabbed her hand, "Of course the weevils!" He exclaimed and dragged her off to the basement stairs, leaving the rest of the team standing there like stunned mullets. "Good thinking." He murmured when they were out of earshot of the others "I knew I missed you so much for a reason- you're good at escape plans."

Rose laughed following him down the stairs, "Aaw I bet you say that to all the girls, Captain."

I'm so sorry I kind of forgot about posting...wow, I'm starting to become a broken record, every damn time I say I won't forget...but... Well, it's a new year and I have the time to do this, so I'm just gonna try harder. Thanks for sticking with it. You're all lovely.