Doctor Who/Torchwood

Harkness Who.

Chapter 1

Jack Harkness sat at the head of the boardroom table. He looked at his team, Gwen was grinning intently at Jack, Toshiko was typing away on the palm-top computer and Owen was his usual late self. After he had finally realized where they all were, and therefore where he was supposed to be he entered the boardroom, said "sorry" and met with Jack's disapproving eye.

"Now that we are all present and correct" said Jack "I have something exciting to tell you all"

Gwen sat up abruptly in her chair and at the same time Toshiko lifted her head from her palmtop computer.

"What is it?" They both asked simultaneously.

(After what felt like a very very uncomfortable silence)

"Jack" Gwen said urging him to continue.

"We are going to be playing host for a while" he said

"Host?" replied Toshiko looking puzzled.

Jack stood straight at the head table,

"A couple of friends of mine are going to be dropping by and I want you all to welcome them"

"Who?" asked Owen latching on to the end of the conversation. Toshiko poked him in the ribs "ouch" he exclaimed

"Do you ever listen?" She stared at him. "Sorry" he said avoiding her expression.

"Tosh I need you to get me some updated rift readings, where, what, when that type of stuff"

"On it" she replied.

"Owen I want you to compile a database of all of the recorded rift activity we've had so far"

"Right, but why?" he said stopping

"Owen who's in charge here" Jack joked

"Yeah, Yeah so you keep telling me" he mumbled as he left the boardroom.

"As for you" he said turning his gaze to Gwen. "You can help me"

Gwen made sure that everyone else had left before she continued her input into the conversation.

"Jack who are these people if they want rift recordings past and present" she asked eagerly as they began the walk through the Hub to his office.

Jack carried on as if he had not heard Gwen's question.

"I need you to help set up a kind of display of everything, we can put it in the shooting range you know down in the basement hall"

Gwen was now beginning to get impatient "Jack?" she said with a stern look in her eye.

Jack turned to her and pulled her into a small alcove checking that there was no one else around before finally answering her question in a whisper she could only just hear

"Remember when we found that Ghost Machine and everyone but me saw hallucinations, then you asked me what or who would have made me open the rift?"

Gwen nodded intrigued.

"What did I say?" Jack continued.

"The right kind of Doctor" replied Gwen

"Exactly!" Jack said with a little jump in the air

Jack watched Gwen's face as the reality of what had just been said dawned on her.

"So that's who's coming? …Your Doctor!" Gwen whispered excitedly

A huge boyish grin crept slowly across Jack's face, and looking directly at him; because he had pinned her to the wall, she saw; for the first time since she had met him, his smile reach his eyes. Jack took her by the hand and they ran like two naughty school children being chased to the other side of the hub to Jack's office.

Owen was tapping away at the keyboard at his terminal.

"Does he have any idea how long this could take?" he grumbled

Tosh raised her eyes over the frames over glasses so Owen was in view,

"Do you always have to complain?"

"I'm not complaining, I'm just stating a fact"

"Well please would you mind keeping your facts to yourself, some of us have work to do"

"This is work!" he protested

"So get on with it then!" she retorted

And with that her eyes returned to her monitors and he continued tapping away at his keyboard.