"I have an idea, let's see how long it take them to figure it out," Jack said turning on his computer.

"What are you going to do?" Martha asked

"Give them orders and see if they follow them." Jack replied

Jack typed for a few minutes then got up and walked to his window, he parted the blinds so he could watch the team, Ianto, Martha and the Doctor following his lead.

"Now first is Owen. I told him to wash my car."

They watched as Owen opened the message and read it, frown falling across his face.

He got up swearing and muttering under his breath before stalking off through the cog door in the direction of the garage.

"What's wrong with him?" the welsh girl asked

"No idea," the other replied not looking up from her screen

Jack smirked and moved back to his desk,

"Now let's see how Gwen goes," he said typing quickly on his computer before moving back to the window to watch with the others.

"What did you tell her?" the doctor asked

"To go up to the tourist office and wait for the pizza coz Ianto was busy."

"I can't believe that guy just went off to clean the car without realizing you can't give him orders if you're not even here." Martha mused

"It's a force of habit, the boss tells you to do something, unless it's a problem you kind of just do it without thinking about it too much." Ianto shrugged.

Gwen received the message and got up.

"I'm got to go and wait for the pizza coz Ianto's busy, I'll be back in a bit," Gwen said and headed through the cog door.

Tosh watched her in confusion, she glanced towards Jack's office where Ianto had disappeared to only to see the blinds quickly shut, someone had been watching them and there was more than one person so it wasn't just Ianto pulling a prank.

Slipping her gun out of her draw, where she's put it away on their return to the hub, she made her way towards the office.

Knowing she was about to open the door Jack beat her to it.

He threw it open with his most charming smile.

It took two seconds for Tosh to drop the gun and throw herself into Jack's arms.

"You're back!"

"Yeah Tosh, I'm home," he said softly hugging her to his chest pressing a kiss to her hair.

After a while he pulled back and looked her in the eyes.

"Did you miss me sweetheart?" he whispered and she nodded softly her eyes flickering to where Ianto stood a little way off with two strangers watching them quietly smiling.

"I wondered why Ianto seemed so happy when we got back," Tosh smiled.

"I arrived while you were out." Jack smiled one arms still wrapped around Tosh who was smiling up at him

"Is this the Doctor? He looks different." Tosh asked looking at the man next to Ianto.

"How did you know he was the Doctor?" Jack asked confused

"Ianto and I recognized the sound on the CCTV,"

"You recognized the TARDIS' engines?" the Doctor asked confused

"Ianto saw you at Canary Warf and I've met the Doctor before only you looked different but I remember UNIT had information that you could regenerate if you're about to die," Tosh explained.

"You weren't the doctor at Downing Street were you?" the Doctor asked

"Yeah, you chased that pig mermaid thing. That was my last assignment with UNIT before Jack offered me my position and I transferred here,"

"It really is a small world isn't it? This is my traveling companion Martha Jones," the Doctor grinned as Martha and Tosh smiled at each other in greeting.

"IANTO! What the hell are you playing at?! How can Jack send me a message to clean the car when the bastards not even here! That's the second time you've pushed your work off onto me!" Owen said storming into the office covered in soapsuds and froze.

"Hello Owen, that took you long enough," Jack grinned his arm still around Tosh's shoulders.

"Where the hell have you been?!!" Owen demanded crossing his arms

"You know to the end of the universe and back, have you cleaned my car yet?" Jack shrugged

"End of the universe my arse. Do you have any idea how worried the girls were, not to mention Ianto the man wouldn't leave your office for a week," Owen grumbled

Jack tossed a concerned look at Ianto who blushed not meeting his eyes.

"Now your back, you've got a shit load of paperwork to do cause I didn't have time, it's on your desk," Owen said

Jack smiled letting go of Tosh and stepping in front of Owen.

Before Owen could protest Jack had pulled him into a brief hug.

"Thanks for looking after everything Owen." Jack said releasing the man.

"Don't sweat it. Just don't go running off again cause I might not do it next time." Owen said

"I missed you too," Jack teased

Owen was just about to respond when he had pizza boxes shoved into his arms as Gwen came flying into the room and threw herself at Jack.

"Jack!" she cried happily as he was slammed back against his desk from the impact of catching her at full run.

"Hi beautiful," he replied with laugh ignoring the throbbing pain in his legs where he hit the desk.

"What happened Jack, we were worried about you, you just vanished and we had no idea what was going on. Where the hell did you go? You couldn't have left a note or something to let us know? No of course not you just vanished with out a trace." Gwen babbled getting a little angry and demanding as she went.

The Doctor and Martha watched the final reunion with amusement, this one obvious kept him on his toes. Jack and his team obviously cared about each other like a big family and they were glad to see the team wasn't hateful (just a little annoyed) towards Jack for leaving like he had been worried about.

The Doctor was glad to see Jack finally had a place he could be and belong even if it was only from the next couple of decades. He knew when he left this time that Jack would stay. When the time was right Jack would travel with him again but right now Jack had a home and the Doctor was happy for him.

He was broken out of his musing when Jack turned to address the whole room now he'd finished convincing Gwen he was ok.

"Now you're all here, get comfortable and I'll tell you, but first I want to introduce you to a couple of people. This is the Doctor and Martha Jones, friends of mine. Martha, Doc this is Dr Owen Harper my second in command and Gwen Cooper, and you've already met Ianto Jones and Toshiko Sato." Jack said moving to sit behind his desk.

They exchanged greeting then got comfortable. Ianto was leaning on the wall next to the vault. Gwen and Tosh sat on the coach with Owen perched on the arm while Martha took one of the seats from in front of Jack's desk and moved it to one side, the Doctor standing just behind her leaning on the wall.

The team listened as Jack spun his story, skipping what the master had done to him in the year, he wasn't ready for them to know that bit of information yet, he was still coming to terms with it himself.

With the help of Martha and the Doctor they covered everything else and before long the team looked as if they'd just had an information overload.

"Oh god," Gwen whispered "He almost destroyed the world, just like that and none of us even saw it coming,"

"Try not to think about it to much, it's over, the Master's gone," the Doctor said

"I need a drink," Owen muttered

"I agree, the work day's over it's the weekend tomorrow, pack up and we'll head down to O'Malley's. Drinks on me." Jack said clapping his hands together.

The team went to leave the office to pack up for the night; Gwen paused in the door after Tosh and Owen had already left.

"We're glad to have you back Jack,"

"I know, I'm glad to be back," Jack smiled and she left.

Ianto stood in the same place with an odd look on his face as he watched Jack.

The Doctor saw the look and grabbed Martha's hand leading her to the door to give the couple some privacy.

"Where are you two going?" Jack asked

"To move the TARDIS, figured now they know you're back you won't mind me parking her in the Hub." The Doctor shrugged

"You just want to show her off to these guys," Martha teased

"Maybe," the Doctor shrugged pulling the laughing Martha out the door.

Jack chuckled and turned to Ianto, but his grinned faded as he saw the troubled look on his lover's face.

"Ianto?" he asked softly standing and moving in front of him.

Ianto looked up meeting his gaze.

"What aren't you telling us Jack?" Ianto asked gently

"What do you mean?" Jack asked swallowing nervously

"You skimmed fairly quickly over what happened in that year on the Valiant, you said you were prisoners of the Master and he gave you all servant like jobs and treated the Doctor like a pet. That's all you said but your arm started twitching and you rubbed you wrists when you said it. Something happen that you're not telling us, not telling me." Ianto said cupping Jack's cheek to stop him from looking away from him.

Jack swallowed hard then in a quiet voice he managed to force the words out.

"I was his entertainment. He kept me chained in the engine room. Everyday he'd come down or drag me up to the flight deck to 'play', he tortured and killed me… repeatedly,"

"Oh god, Jack," Ianto said swallowing his own tears as he pulled Jack into his arms, Jack's tears silently falling onto his shoulder soaking his shirt as Jack clung to him. It wasn't until Jack began to calm down again that he found his voice.

"Don't tell them, I'm not ready for them to know, I'm still trying to deal with it myself." Jack whispered

"I won't. But you've got me, I'll listen whenever you need me to. We'll get through this, together," Ianto whispered.

A grinding wheezing sound filled the hub and the wind picked up followed by the startled, confused cries of Gwen and Owen and the calmer voice of Tosh telling them to relax.

"Sound like the Doc's back." Jack said pulling out of the embrace.

"I'll deal with them, you clean up and come out when you're ready to go. I'll set the hub to automated." Ianto said nudging Jack in the direction of the manhole, which lead to his quarters.

"Ianto," Jack said before Ianto got very far pulling him back into a deep kiss.

"Thank you… I missed you so much." Jack whispered when they finally broke apart.

"I missed you too," Ianto replied pressing another kiss to Jack's lips before pushing him towards the manhole again.

"Best get a move on Sir, wouldn't want to keep the kids waiting to long," Ianto smiled which was only confirmed when Ianto opened the door and Owen's voice drifted through.

"It's about time you two finished sucking face! Where's Jack? We're ready to go! If he's buying I'm making the most of it."

Jack laughed warmth filling his heart as he climbed down the manhole to get ready, leaving Ianto to deal with Owen in his normal calm manor.

It was good to be home.

FIN