Previously:
Doctor" Jack said "I need you to drop me off to Cardiff…me and Gwen…we're leaving"
"What?" Rose said weakly "but we just got you back, we need you"
"No you don't…besides…the team needs me…and Gwen gets along with them. It's time for us to move on"
"We'll call you" Gwen promised
"Be happy, be good, don't let mum down" Rose said hugging her sister tight "I'm going to miss you so much"
"Same here" Gwen whispered "you make sure the Doctor takes care of you"
Jack hugged Rose quickly while Gwen hugged the Doctor. The two held each others hands before they walked out of the TARDIS. Rose and the Doctor followed to watch them leave. Just then Gwen turned round.
"By the way Doctor, you were wrong. Jack does have something to do with the Face of Boe"
"Oh?"
"It's an old nickname, the Time Agency gave it to me" Jack said winking.
They watched the TARDIS disappear before walking away hand in hand. As far as they could see nothing had changed which meant Melody did a good job and made sure Owen hadn't caused the end of the world…again.
"So how shall we surprise the gang?" Jack asked "I want a really, really dramatic entrance"
Gwen rolled her eyes "we're not having a dramatic entrance" she said firmly. Her stomach rumbled and she looked up sheepishly "we'll have something to eat before saying hello yeah?"
"And then we'll go to bed because I don't know how long it's been for you but it has been ages for me"
Gwen rolled her eyes "you're insatiable" she said "it's been two years and half for me and a year for you. Get over it"
Jack chuckled "I was teasing Gwen, prating around; it's nice to prat around once in a while, especially since the weight of the world is always on your shoulders"
"Dinner, hellos, prat around and then save the world. How's that?"
Jack wrapped an arm round Gwen. "Sounds perfect"
Gwen snuggled into him and smiled. She never thought they could do this again. That year that never was made it seem that she would never walk with Jack under the sun like this. That she would never see him again let alone touch him.
She savoured every moment of the dinner, every time he held her hand and every joke. She savoured everything around her, the laughter, the arguments, and the humanity. Everything that seemed to have been lost. Before she knew it, it was dark and they were at the hub.
No one was at the hub, Jack automatically picked up a comm and listened in, and he motioned to Gwen and picked one up as well.
"OWEN SLOW DOWN THERE MIGHT BE KIDS!" Melody screeched
"Well it's their own bloody fault for being out on the streets at night" Owen snarled
"Typical Owen" Jack muttered taking the comm out. He typed a few codes in and got a screen showing exactly where the team was. "Come on let's go and help. Looks like we're going to get that dramatic entrance I wanted"
Gwen groaned but allowed herself to be dragged away by Jack. They ran the whole way to the none descript house on the none descript street. Jack pulled out his gun (from where, Gwen does not want to know) and slowly snuck in with her lagging behind.
"The carer trying to protect all innocents" a nasal voice sneered "the cold doctor trying to save lives with his cold hands. The technician with her unfeeling technology and what do we have here? The receptionist! The tea boy, promoted in such a hurry. Are you going to shoot me? But what if you shoot her? Or what if I shoot her before you shoot me?"
Gwen groaned at the things arrogance and before she could stop Jack he stepped out and shot it.
"Hey kids you missed me?" he asked winking
"Where's the missus?" Owen asked
"Here" Gwen said stepping aside; she stared at the corpse which was a red blowfish, what a surprise – not. "How long have we been gone?"
"Almost a year," Tosh said "shall we get this cleared up? Then we'll catch up later"
They nodded and hurried to clear the mess up. Gwen helped Melody calm the citizens down and hand out the retcon. While the guys went off to clean up the body. Within an hour the team were seated out their desks writing up reports and chatting.
"So what did you see?" Tosh asked "anything fascinating?"
Gwen suppressed a shudder as she remembered witnessing all of their deaths, all of the destruction. "Saw the end of the universe" she said "it was…dark." The others snorted "didn't get to do much, got kidnapped for a year and the others had to save me"
"Oh yuck" Melody said pulling a face "what a waste of a trip"
"You're telling me" Gwen muttered "but we're here to stay now. So what's going on here? You and Owen together yet Tosh?"
Tosh blushed and splutters could be heard from the autopsy room.
"We're just friends" she said quickly looking down back at her work
"Too right we are" could be heard from the autopsy room.
"Well me and Ianto are more than just friends" Melody said grinning, she waggled her hand "we're getting married"
Gwen squealed "congratulations, when did he propose, how did he propose?"
"Well it was a few months ago, he took me out for a proper candlelit dinner, then dancing in one of those proper dancing clubs. The tango, the waltz, that kinda thing and then he took me to this little secluded area that was lit with fairy lights and he got on one knee, did a proper speech about me being the love of his life and revealed this" Melody retold it with a dreamy look on her face.
"And she screamed, flung her arms round him and gave him one hell of a snog" Tosh said "me and Owen were watching on CCTV"
Melody glared at Tosh "that's an invasion of privacy" she exclaimed
Tosh shrugged "we were curious and besides you didn't have to sit there listening to Owen whine about marriages during the whole thing"
"No I have to sit there and listen to him whine when we bring up the wedding plans" Melody pointed out "he's the Best Man and he still won't listen to anything to do with his job"
"Owen hates commitments, the end" Tosh said slightly bitter, there was a beeping nose and she began to work fast "rift activity, a lot and a murder right on the spot"
"So much for paper work and then home" Melody grumbled
It wasn't even a simple scouting mission, Jack's vortex manipulator beeped and a hologram began to talk, Jack looked worried, very worried and Gwen knew this is probably not a school friend wanting to catch up.
"You lot stay here" Jack said "I'll go" he began to ran to the SUV when Gwen realised he meant she had to stay there too.
She threw her purse at Owen "taxi on me" she shouted before catching up with Jack.
"I said stay here" he yelled as she slipped into the front seat.
"We're married Jack, remember?" she snapped "I go where you go."
"Gwen, John isn't safe" Jack argued starting the car and speeding off.
"Since when is anything safe round you?" Gwen pointed out.
Jack groaned and only hoped that whatever happens Gwen will forgive him.
Jack entered the bar with Gwen by his side. There John Hart stood in his uniform of red jacket and black trousers. He walked slowly up to Jack and moved in an attempt to kiss him; Jack turned his face and gave John his cheek.
"What's the matter Jackie-Boy?" John asked "don't ya miss me?" he spotted Gwen "oh and who is this little beauty?"
"Gwen Harkness, Jack's wife" Gwen said coolly "and you are?"
"Captain John Hart and I used to be Jack's husband"
"Wife" Jack corrected "and technically it wasn't a marriage just two weeks stuck in a time loop for five very long years"
"And you left me" John snarled, he suddenly reached out and punched Jack into the jaw "happy anniversary honey" he said sarcastically
Jack pulled his fist back as if he was about to punch John back when Gwen grabbed hold of his wrist. "No fighting, be nice to your ex and see what he wants"
John grinned "I like her" he said nodding to Gwen "if you get bored let me know and I'll giver her the time of her life. Isn't that right sweetcheeks"
"In your dreams" Gwen retorted back "and don't call me sweetcheeks"
"I just got out of rehab and thought I'd visit a good friend" John said
"Which one was it this time?" Jack asked tiredly "alcohol, drugs, sex or murder"
"All four and I'm still addicted to them" John said looking proud. "I need your help Jackie-Boy; I lost some valuable objects that if I don't get back in time I'll be murdered. Think you and your little wifey can help me?"
"Depends"
Just then the team came bursting in with guns out.
"Oh you got a team!" John exclaimed "even better, we'll find them in no time"
Turns out John was just scamming them. Something to do with a valuable diamond. He shot Owen and trapped him and Tosh in a warehouse, he tied Melody up to a chair in the hub and locked Ianto in a elevator, poisoned Gwen by kissing her and pushed Jack off the roof.
He was surprised to find all six of them surrounding him with a gun each trained on him. He couldn't believe that Jack couldn't die and the fact the canisters didn't hold any details for the diamond but a bomb for him. He handcuffed himself to Gwen and she ran off to drag him into the rift.
She was lucky that Jack and Owen figured a way to get the bomb off of John and they threw it in the rift causing a time disturbance setting them back twelve hours.
"Well then kids, good to meet ya but I better go" John said yawning and stretching his arm which promptly landed on to Ianto's arse. Who promptly snarled and pushed it off. "Whoa, just being friendly eye candy" John said holding his hands out.
"Back off of my fiancée and go" Melody snapped
"Ok, ok" John said "maybe the sarcastic guy and Japanese geek will let me play"
Tosh shuddered and Owen growled
"Sweetcheeks and Jackie-Boy?"
"GO!" Jack and Gwen shouted getting more and more angry at the second.
"Toodles then" John said strutting towards the rift, he stopped and turned "by the way Jack, Gray says hello"
Jack's eyes widened and his grip tightened on Gwen's hand. Gwen gasped in shock and the others looked confused.
Authors note: I have made a quick decision and decided that I won't do the whole of Torchwood series two due to the fact I don't fancy writing the script out and adding a few things. There will be time jumps so please bear with me. Whether Owen and Tosh die though…well we'll see yeah? Review please.