Disclaimer: I own nothing! All characters are the creation of RTD and the BBC (Although, seeing as you're reading this, I bet you already knew that)

Ok, so I know that April the 1st is ages away, but I'm up to my eyes in study and probabaly wouldn't have got any other chance to post this. :) More will be coming (when I get around it it), as I work my way through the various pranks pulled on the remaining characters. First up is Jack, follwed by Owen, then Gwen, then Tosh and then Ianto.

So hopefully they'll all be done by April 1, just thought I'd get in early.

Enjoy!

Jack

It was a normal day at Torchwood on the 1st of April. At least it was at 6.00 in the morning when Ianto arrived at work.

Knowing it wouldn't be long before Jack was up and Ianto would be distracted, the Welshmen set about making his Captain his first cup of coffee.

Five minutes later and carrying a fresh cup of Jack's favourite brew, Ianto used his spare hand to knock before opening the door to the boss's office.

"Morning sir." Ianto said with a smile, placing the steaming mug down on the desk.

Jack looked up from what appeared to be paperwork and smiled. "Mmm, thanks Ianto!" he wrapped his hands around the cup and took a sip. "Perfect as usual."

"Thank you, sir."

"And, how many times have I told you to -"

"To drop the sir." Ianto finished.

"Exactly." Jack said after another sip of coffee.

"Well, I know how much you like it when I address you like that."

Jack flashed his trade-mark grin. "And I know how much you liked it when I run my tongue -"

"That's enough, Jack." Ianto said firmly, causing the older man to pout. "The others will be here soon anyway."

Jack simply put further emphasis on his pout until Ianto couldn't take it anymore. He closed the distance between the two of them and crushed his lips against Jack's.

The kiss deepened until Jack groaned and Ianto knew it was time to stop.

"I'd better go brew that coffee." Ianto said, slightly breathless.

Jack nodded. "Don't forget to bring me up some more later." he winked.

"Of course, sir. I never forget."

Ianto left Jack's office, a small smile on his face. His Captain hadn't noticed what day it was... yet.

* * * * *

It wasn't long before Tosh and Gwen arrived, the latter chattering animatedly; while Tosh giggled. Jack emerged from his office to greet them.

"Morning, Ladies." he smiled. "Tosh, could you run that scan on the software we acquired yesterday. I'm thinking it's not your usual piece of programming."

"Sure thing, Jack."

"Gwen, can you send another email to UNIT with an excuse about why we cannot look after those spidery mouse things."

"Another one?" Gwen raised her eyebrows.

"Well they didn't believe you when you said we didn't have the room." Jack replied. "Just do whatever you can to make sure we don't get landed with them."

"Ok." Gwen said, turning around. "You and your phobias, Jack." she muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing, just getting onto it now."

"Right." Jack nodded, retreating back to his office.

Ianto appeared and gave each of the girls their own brew. He gave a small wink, to which both Tosh and Gwen gave a nod.

Typically, Owen arrived later. When Ianto gave him his morning brew, the medic, too, managed a small nod.

* * * * *

An hour and another round of coffees later, Jack was sitting in his office, glaring at the pile of paperwork and thinking of ways he could get Ianto to do it.

A few seconds later, Jack was walking out of his office and off to find the Welshman. He'd almost made it to the rolling cog door, when Tosh shouted.

"Jack! I think you'll want to see this."

"What?" Jack said, disappointed at not being able to go and find his favourite teaboy.

"Um, just come and see."

The cog door suddenly opened and Ianto dashed out, almost running into Jack.

"Whoa, Yan. What is it?"

"Jack! You've got to see this." The Welshman was clearly put out.

"Jack!" Tosh shouted now. "Here, I've got it on the screen."

Jack and Ianto ran up to Tosh's workstation, closely followed by Gwen and Owen.

"What the bloody hell is that?" Owen stated.

"Oh my god! It's him!" Jack's eyes were glued to the clear picture of the TARDIS, parked in front of the Water Tower.

"Who?" Gwen asked, frowning.

"I've gotta go." Jack suddenly said, tearing his eyes away from the screen.

Ianto opened his mouth to argue.

"I'm coming back, ok." Jack said, before pressing a kiss to Ianto's forehead. "Promise."

"Ok." the Welshman agreed, rather reluctantly. "Don't keep him waiting."

"Thanks. I'll be back soon. Time machine, remember" Jack took one last look around the Hub, smiling at his team in turn, before dashing out the door, towards his Doctor.

* * * * *

As soon as the sound of his footsteps had faded, Tosh, Gwen, Ianto and Owen all burst out laughing.

"Oh, well done Jones!" Owen said, clapping him on the back.

"After this morning, he didn't even notice the date!" Ianto smiled, slightly proud of himself.

"I doubt he even knows what the date means, mate." Owen replied.

"Lovely acting, everyone!" Gwen said, with a grin.

"Come on, we're gunna miss the show!" Tosh reminded them and they all turned their attention back to the screen.

"You've got the sound on?" Owen asked.

"Of course." Tosh replied as though it were a stupid question.

On the screen the small figure of Jack could be seen running towards the blue box. He halted in front of it and Gwen asked Tosh to zoom in.

They all stifled their laughs as they watched Jack bang on the door for about 2 minutes.

"Oh, this is priceless!" Owen exclaimed. "You'd better be recording this."

Tosh gave him a look which clearly said, "Of course I am, you twit!"

Owen smiled a brief apology.

"Ooh! This is the best bit." Ianto said, the laughter clear in his voice.

They all watched as Jack brought up a key and attempted to open the TARDIS.

Of course, it didn't fit. The team watched as Jack, for about 5 minutes, did everything he could to get the key to fit.

"You can tell he's getting annoyed now." Gwen said.

"Probably wondering why the Doctor isn't letting him in." Tosh added.

"Alright, Ianto." Owen said after watching Jack struggle for another minute. "Open the door."

"He's so going to hate us for this." Ianto commented, before typing the command into the computer.

They watched on screen, and Jack jumped back in fright. The TARDIS door having opened by itself.

The team laughed at the look of shock on Jack's face.

"God, I never thought this would be so funny." Gwen said, her eyes sparkling with tears of laughter.

"Get ready, Ianto." Tosh warned.

"I'm on it." Ianto replied, typing another command into the computer and watching as the doors of the TARDIS closed again, just as Jack had been about to step through.

The Captain got smashed in the face by the closing wooden door. The rest of his team however, watched and laughed as he rubbed his nose and attempted to try the key again.

By now, Jack had started to draw a crowd, the majority of them laughing at him or just simply shaking their heads. It was when there were about 20 spectators, and Jack had walked around the blue box at least 3 times, that the remainder of the Torchwood team decided to inform Jack of their joke.

Ianto, still laughing, entered the command and the TARDIS door opened. Jack took his chance as they all knew he would and leapt into the box, to find...

That it was just a box.

"What the?" he said out loud, still audible to the Torchwood team, causing another round of laughter.

Gwen wiped tears of laughter from her cheeks and watched, along with everyone else, as Jack emerged from the box and looked directly at the CCTV camera, glaring.

"Oh no!" Owen said. "I think he's cottoned on."

"Act normal!" Tosh said, closing the camera, as soon as Jack was out of view. "Ianto, you have to act depressed again."

Ianto nodded and immediately slumped his shoulders.

Owen ran down to the autopsy room and pretended to be cleaning scalpels, and Gwen went back to her work station and started work again, her face serious.

The Hub was silent as they worked for about 20 seconds before the sirens sounded and Jack ran in.

"Jack!" Ianto said, turning his depressed look into one of joy. "You're back!" The Welshman, acting perfectly, ran down and embraced the older man, who had a look of complete confusion on his face.

"We thought you'd be longer." Tosh commented.

"Yeah well, time travel, you know." Jack said with a bewildering smile.

Owen snorted and everyone turned to glare at him.

"Sorry, guys, it's just so funny." he burst out laughing. "He's so clueless!"

It wasn't long before Gwen, Tosh and Ianto were all attempting to control their laughing.

"April Fools, Harkness!" Owen said, "We got you so good!"

"What?" Jack replied, causing his team to cry with laughter.

"It was us, Jack. You set you up!" Ianto explained, once his laughter was under control.

"You mean..."

"Yep!" Gwen grinned.

"Have fun with the Doctor? I think not!"

"You're telling me..."

"Yeah, we set the fake TARDIS up. It's an April Fool joke!" Ianto further explained.

"Do you even know that it was April Fools?" Owen asked, raising an eyebrow sceptically.

"Yes, of course." Jack replied, despite not having a clue. "I thank you."

"Thank us?" Tosh questioned.

"This is the part where you start planning revenge." Ianto pointed out.

"Yeah, course. Well I'll be off to do that." Jack said, awkwardly. "But first I want to know how you did it."

"Oh, it was easy!" Tosh smiled.

"I have a few contacts with the local museum and they had a replica of a 1950's police box. I just had to ask and promised them I'd give it back in one piece when I was done." Ianto said.

"Although when we said it was for an April fool's joke on Captain Harkness, they also offered to help." Gwen added in and Jack groaned.

"I was able to rig up a simple remote computer program which operated the doors." Tosh went on.

"Then, the guys from the museum moved the replica into place, on my signal." Ianto said.

"Then, we had to act like it was the TARDIS and you fell for it, hook, line and sinker!" Owen finished triumphantly.

"The footage we got of you is priceless." Tosh said with a grin.

"Actually Tosh, do you mind, if I send that footage to UNIT?" Gwen asked her voice sweet. "Only, I think I could use it as evidence as to why we can't look after the spidery mouse things."

"Why's that?" Owen asked, "Because Jack's a complete and utter imbecile and can't tell the difference between a wooden box and a time machine from another planet!"

"Exactly." Gwen grinned. "I think it's good, solid evidence."

"I'll send it to you." Tosh replied, with a brief grin at Jack.

"Thanks!" Gwen said, purposely trying to wind Jack up.

"Oh, you guys are so going to pay for this!" Jack suddenly said.

"Is that a threat?" Owen asked.

"I do believe it is, Owen." Ianto replied, with a look of mock shock and horror.

Owen sniggered.

"No really, you'd better watch it!" Jack replied with a glare, before stalking off and shutting himself in his office.

The remaining four, burst into more laughter.