The Master's Return-Chapter Three

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Title: The Master’s Return

Author: Beccs! ^_^, doctorsgal1792, and jack_is_love17

Rating: T, or at least for now. I want to try to not have like smut in this story…though something has been written. But in the meantime…swearing…

Warnings: Spoilers for Doctor Who Series Four finale and Torchwood Series Two finale.

Pairings: Ten/Rose, Ten.5/Rose, Jack/Other Character, Gwen/Rhys, Master/Lucy

Summary: It’s been four blissful though often rough years for Jack Harkness and Ellie Saxon. Four years since the year that never happened. They decided that they had been so excited about Elmira; they were going to try for another baby. (Yes reading Good and Broken would probably help a bit)

Now they have a son…both are soo happy with their life.

But then when Jacob is about six months old, he is kidnapped and they quickly learn that The Master is back in their lives. Ready to cause havoc with him. He’s been to another universe as well, bringing Ten.5 and one Rose Tyler with him. Now they have to call in the Doctor and everyone else, to help save the world once more. All of the Universes are at stake, and the life Jack and Ellie have built for themselves.


Chapter 3

The Voices in the Dark

A week later, Ellie had to take her first outing with the baby. She put Jacob in his car seat, gave him his blanket, and once she was sure he was secure, Ellie grabbed her bag and went out to the car.

She placed the car seat in the back, secured it tightly in place and then got in the drivers seat. Ellie put her seat belt on, started the car and glanced at Jacob. He was asleep at this point; she smiled to herself and then left the parking garage. Ellie first headed to the dry cleaners. Jack had spilled milk all over his coat and had looked bizarre walking around Cardiff without it. So she had to pick it up. Once she had the coat Ellie headed to the grocery store.

This was something she had read about with parents and taking new babies to the store. She had slight worries about it. Most commonly…old grannies coming up, touching the baby and the baby getting sick. Ellie sighed, she knew many different ways to use a gun, killed aliens, and had once helped Harold Saxon torture prisoners, now the thought of old grannies was truly terrifying.

Then again, everything scared her these days, ever since they brought Jacob home.

Ellie parked the car a few minutes later, grabbed her bag and went to get Jacob out of the back. She carried him in, and placed his car seat into the trolley. She then looked around the store and headed off to get the items on her list. Oh how domestic her life had become. But Ellie had no regrets, and she knew she never would.

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“Six old ladies Jack! Six little old ladies came up today and had their hands all over Jacob!” Ellie exclaimed that night as she handed him his tea.

Jack laughed slightly, “Why didn’t you just ask them to look but not touch?”

“Well it was kind of hard…and by the third lady I tried! But she didn’t have a hearing aid in. I had to repeat Jacob’s name like three times before she understood, and even then she thought I said Jonah,” she replied.

“I don’t know what to tell you then. Let’s just make sure he doesn’t get sick,” he offered.

“Yeah thanks for that,” Ellie paused, “Oh your coat is hanging up in the closet.”

Jack looked incredibly happy, “Thank God for you.”

“I know right?” she giggled.

Jack walked over and kissed her gently.

They ate dinner, put the baby to sleep, and then headed in. The last thought on both of their minds before they went to sleep, was the domestic-ness of the whole thing, but neither cared much, because Ellie and Jack had a beautiful baby boy, sleeping in the next room. They felt complete.

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*6 Months Later*

The baby sat in his pram, which was right next to the desk Ellie found herself sitting at. She looked up from some investigating she was doing on the laptop and looked at her son, “Hello love,” she said softly.

The baby smiled and then a bubble came out of his mouth, which popped almost at once.

Ellie smiled, forgetting about her work at once. It was something that happened all too often when she was alone with the baby. She pulled the camera out of the desk drawer and began to take some pictures of the baby, which caused Jacob to coo and giggle at the flash.

The door opened, “Ellie?” Jack called out.

“I’m in here,” she replied as she picked up the baby and held him close for a moment.

Jack walked in and kissed Ellie.

“Did you get the case file typed up?” he asked.

“I’m almost done,” she answered.

Jack glanced at it and then smiled at her, “What is that intoxicating smell coming from the kitchen?” he asked.

Ellie grinned, “Go look.”

Jack turned and left the office; he went to the kitchen and opened the oven. Ravioli was baking in the oven, “You made it!” he cried.

“Yep.”

Jack came over and took Jacob; he put the baby back in his pram and then walked back over to Ellie. She smiled at him and then was in his arms. He kissed her gently. Ellie kissed back and almost at once they were on the sofa in the living room.

She laughed, “Jack, supper is going to burn…”

“You’re no fun,” Jack murmured as he kissed around her collar bone.

“Well you can eat it burnt if you want…but I really don’t wanna have it burned,” she replied.

Jack looked up into her eyes and they kissed. He then stood up and helped her off of the sofa. Ellie straightened her hair and blouse and then walked into the kitchen. Jack disappeared and came back into the room again with the baby in his arms.

“Ellie,” a voice suddenly said, low in a whisper right in her ear.

She spun around, and only saw Jack who was talking to Jacob.

“D-did you say something?” she asked softly.

Jack looked at her, “I told our son that he stinks…” he said slowly.

“So you didn’t just say my name?”

“No…are you alright?”

Ellie nodded slowly, “Yeah…I suppose so.”

She turned back to the oven and pulled the dish out. She set it on the stove and got some plates out.

As Ellie was serving the food, Jack made a noise with his tongue and she watched with amusement as Jacob mimicked his father.

This went back and forth between the father and his son for several minutes.

“Alright children, it’s time to eat,” she said.

Jack smiled as he set Jacob into the play pin on the floor. The baby moved around on his stomach for a few seconds as then attempted to sit up, like he saw mummy and daddy doing.

Ellie handed Jack his plate and they sat down. She put on an evening program for the baby, much to Jack’s annoyance. But Jacob watched.

Once they were done eating, Ellie placed Jacob in his swing which hung in the kitchen as she began to wash the dishes.

“Ellie.”

She spun around again; Ellie had a plate in her hand, which she dropped on the floor in shock at the sound of the voice again. A voice she hadn’t heard in so long.

Jacob saw the plate, heard the crash and began to cry.

Jack looked up from some files, “What’s the matter.”

“I heard it again! I heard my name!” she cried.

Jack came over and picked up Jacob, soothing him, “What?”

Ellie was becoming hysterical, “Jack…I heard the Master’s voice…calling out my name,” she said.

Jack looked like he had been punched as Ellie collapsed to the floor, trying to pick up the pieces of broken plate.

“Ellie.”

“There it is again,” she cried, throwing a shard across the floor.

Jacob had stopped crying but was staring at his mother, contemplating breaking into tears again himself.

Jack bent down to her level and the baby reached for his mother’s arms, she took him.

“Are you sure you heard him?” Jack asked.

Ellie nodded, “I’m forever haunted by his voice Jack…I would know it anywhere,” she answered.

Jack was silent, “Okay…go sit down…play with the baby. I’ll get this all cleaned up and I’ll finish washing the dishes. Let me know if you hear him again. I want to tell the Doctor, but I don’t want to rush right in to calling him. Alright?” he asked.

Ellie nodded numbly. She stood up, clutching Jacob to her chest and walked out of the kitchen.

That night, Ellie didn’t sleep. She lay in Jack’s arms all night, but images of the Master plagued her memories. She got up at about quarter to five to check on the baby. Jacob was sound asleep and she just sat in a rocking chair next to his cot, watching him sleep.

The next afternoon, while Jack was at work and Ellie was cleaning up the flat, Gwen came over.

“Jack says he’s worried about you,” she said.

Ellie sat on the sofa, staring for a moment at Jacob who was sitting in his play sphere, chewing on one of the toys attached to it, “When I’m hearing my dead father who isn’t really my father calling out my name…everyone should be worried, and not just about me,” she said softly.

“Well I don’t have a lot to say on the matter. He was Prime Minister for a couple of days and then he just died. Those Toclafane or whatever, assassinated him and the President. You never really say why you hate him so much…well besides the fact that he lied to you about being your dad. You tell me he was a horrible man and did horrible things…but won’t tell me what,” Gwen replied.

Ellie looked at her, “I wish I could Gwen…you wouldn’t remember…but we had a different relationship before…we first met. I knew you before you knew me…if that makes any sense,” she said slowly.

“What do you mean?” Gwen asked.

“That night…at Bar Reunion…with John, it wasn’t the first time we had met. I remember our first meeting, but you wouldn’t. Because it happened in the future, and all of time was re-written, thus anyone who had been on Earth…forgot it all,” Ellie answered.

Gwen was silent.

“You know I’m from the future…and all this time I’ve been waiting for you and Rhys to have a baby. You have to have one….or else I’m gonna disappear. I’ll cease to ever exist,” Ellie went on.

“What are you on about Elle?” Gwen inquired.

“I’m your descendant…some great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great times ten daughter. That’s why in the year that never was…we got along so well, and I looked to you as a mother. I still do…” Ellie said.

Gwen raised an eyebrow, “How can you know this?” she asked.

“Because I’ve looked into the Time Vortex. That was what gave me my memory back of Jack…and our relationship! I went into the Doctor’s ship…and looked into the Time Vortex. I saw my entire history played before my eyes…I saw everything. Bits of my future….but mostly my past, and my lineage. Who my ancestors were…and apparently my family traces back to a Welsh family in Cardiff. Why do you think I was so giddy at your wedding…well at the reception anyways…” Ellie smiled slightly at the memory.

“Oh my God,” Gwen said softly.

“Got it now?” Ellie asked.

Gwen slowly nodded. She then hugged Ellie.

“Thus another reason why we wanted you to be Jacob’s God mother,” Ellie said next.

There was then a roaring noise in the kitchen. Ellie knew the noise and jumped up. Jacob knew it too and he began to squeal in delight as a large blue box appeared in the kitchen.

The door opened, “Ello everyone!” the Doctor announced, smiling.

Ellie rushed over to him and threw her arms around him. The Doctor hugged back, “Hey! What’s the matter?” he asked.

She pulled back, “It’s just good to see you.”

The Doctor raised an eyebrow, saw Gwen and smiled, and then he saw Jacob, “Hiya Jakey boy!” he said as he walked over and lifted his God son out of the sphere.

Ellie watched as the Doctor bounced the baby in his arms a bit and Jacob giggled in delight.

“I was thinking of making you guys your own K-9. Jacob would love him…and you wouldn’t have to walk him or anything,” the Doctor offered, looking at Ellie.

She smiled, he knew how much she had loved Sarah Jane’s robotic dog, “I would love that. Maybe K-9 could help out a bit with the baby,” Ellie had to laugh.

“Alright then, I’ll build you, your own robo-dog,” the Doctor smiled.

“Well I better be getting back to the Hub,” Gwen said.

Ellie smiled and the girls hugged. Gwen nodded at the Doctor and then she left.

Ellie headed to the kitchen to put on the kettle and then she returned to see the Doctor handling a toy and muttering that it was a bit of a silly idea.

“Um…do Time Lords have ways of contacting people…like humans…without use of a telephone or anything?” she asked.

The Doctor looked up at her, slightly taken a back by her question, “Um yeah sure…there are a few ways. Most commonly…we can contact someone…by focusing on them intently and speaking in their head. Often it’s even easier if that person has a psychic connection. Or physical…why?” he asked.

Ellie was leaning in the door way, “I dunno…Jack would kill me if I told you,” she said.

“Well he would have a hard time laying a finger on you…because he would have to go through me first,” the Doctor warned.

She smiled, “Well it’s just…I heard my name called last night…it sounded so close, like not in my head…like right behind me. But Jack didn’t hear a thing…and…it was the Master’s voice.”

The Doctor kept a straight face, though Ellie knew he was struggling with this bit of information, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” he asked.

“Well…it was late, and Jack didn’t want to worry you,” she answered.

“Ellie…anything to do with hearing the Master…I need to know ASAP,” he replied as he stood up.

“Sorry,” she said quickly.

The Doctor smiled, his usual ‘everything is fine but not really’ smile, “It’s alright Ellie…just the next time this happens…tell me.”

Ellie nodded, “Yeah sure.”

The Doctor bounced and grinned, causing the baby to giggle again.

That was when the kettle went off and Ellie returned to the kitchen. When she walked back in a moment later with two mugs of steaming tea, she saw with amusement that the Doctor had let Jacob see the Sonic Screwdriver and the baby now had his mouth all over it, much to the Doctor’s distress.

“Here you go Doctor,” she said, handing him the mug.

The Doctor bounded up from his crouched position and took the mug from her.

“Thanks.”

“I’m thinking of asking Jack to bring home some chips…you wanna stay for tea?” she asked.

The Doctor nodded, “Absolutely…I’ll never turn down an offer on chips,” he said.

Ellie smiled, she set her tea down and went for the phone. There was silence as she called Jack and then talked to him about bringing home some burgers and chips for supper. She wanted to surprise him by the Doctor’s appearance so she just told him that Gwen and Rhys were coming over for supper.

She hung up the phone and saw the baby had since dropped the Sonic Screwdriver and was staring at the phone. The Doctor quickly swiped up the Screwdriver and handed Jake the cell phone that Martha had given him.

He bent back down so that he was level with the baby, and flipped open the screen. The baby’s eyes went wide with amazement at the glow emanating from the phone.

Ellie laughed and kissed her son on top of the head. He looked up at her but then quickly back to the phone, gripping it tightly, as if worried the Doctor was gonna take it away again.

She sat down in the corner chair and the Doctor sat down next to the baby. She glanced at him; he was so wrapped up in the little boy. His world was focused completely on that baby right now.

“I’m thinking of a picnic tomorrow afternoon. Would you like to come?” she asked the Doctor.

He looked up, “If I can play with my God son,” the Doctor grinned.

“Well of course…it’s not like were having a picnic and leaving the baby behind,” Ellie replied, laughing.

“Yeah I’ll be there,” he said.

That was when the door opened and Jack came in, two bags in his hand. He almost dropped them when he saw the Doctor.

The Doctor stood up casually, his hands in his pockets.

“This is our guest for supper then?” Jack asked, glancing for a brief second at Ellie.

“Yeah I decided to pop round…see my favorite Harkness…” the Doctor paused, “Your son, and Ellie invited me to dinner,” he said.

“Well then…let’s eat,” Jack said, smiling as he set the bags on the table.

Ellie picked up Jacob to feed him and as she sat there, feeding her son, she had to smile. The two men who meant the world to her, here in the flat, talking, eating chips…and soo happy. It was the little things like this that with the job she did…she grew to really appreciate them…

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A/N- Okay so…next chapter is possibly going to be shorter. Chapter 5 is when some really interesting stuff happens. I’m yanking ten.5 and Rose into this shindig. I am soo thankful to those who have reviewed so far! Thank you so much! You are all stars!

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Much thanks, Beccs! ^_^