Pairings: Tosh/Owen, past Owen/Gwen, one sided Jack/Doctor, Jack/Owen, a little Jack/Donna and 10Rose.

Owen sat on the edge of the pavement, head in hands and thunder above him. Melodramatic and clichéd as it was, Owen was suffering a bout of depression on one of the worst days of his life in the middle of a storm as he sulked on the pavement.

Yeah that was definitely cheesy as a four cheese pizza.

Ignoring the cheesiness of his situation Owen continued to mope and rage quietly while wishing he had a whiskey bottle to drown in.

After he had lost Kate, he had nothing. No family, no true friends and no beautiful fiancée that he loved more than anything. Bloody hell he didn't even have a pet! So when Jack Bloody Harkness took him in and fostered the evils of Toshiko Sato, Ianto Jones and Gwen Cooper on him of course he loved them more than anything else. They were his family, no matter what he had said aloud.

But now they have forgotten him.

They look at him like he was a stranger while they acted all buddy, buddy with fucking Adam Smith.

Jack patted him on the back just like he used to do with Owen. What's worse he even ruffled Adam's hair like he does when Owen is upset.

Ianto made Adam Owen's special ginger nut biscuits that Ianto knows Owen likes. The one that used to be his grandmother's secret recipe before Ianto adopted it and made it even better.

Gwen badgered Adam like the annoying sister she is. And yes Owen is aware she does that to everyone but she was giving Adam that tender understanding look that she and Owen shared due to their experience of being lovers.

And Tosh...oh Tosh. She had the same puppy adoration that she had for him, she stuttered slightly and attempted to reach out to Adam like she does to him.

Quite simply, he had been replaced.

With someone who was probably better than him.

That wanker.

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Owen woke up to find himself in his flat with two weirdos leaning over him. One of them had brown hair that stood up everywhere and wore a really pathetic suit while the other was a hot redhead who looked a little too old for his taste.

"Finally! We were waiting ages for you to wake up" the red head said in a really loud voice. "I'm Donna Noble and this is the Doctor, we have some questions for you"

"Donna" the man said warningly.

"The Doctor? Jack's doctor bloke?" Owen mumbled wiping the sleepy wax out of his eyes.

"Ah...you know Jack"

The disapproval was written all over the man's face. It pissed Owen off. It was like being associated to Jack was a bad thing. Yeah Jacks' a perve but he was a better Dad to Owen than anyone else.

"Yeah, so? I have you know that despite his annoying tendencies to flirt with anything breathing, Jack's a pretty descent guy and saved the world more times than you ever will"

The man laughed. "I doubt that. Especially since I taught Jack to stop conning people and start saving them" Bloody hell. Owen has just met his mentor's mentor. "Now then, my spaceship has found some unusual readings from the rift and then on top of that I observed interactions of your team and was surprised to find a memory chameleon amongst them"

"In other words Space-Man here was spying on Jack because he thought he messed up again and was shocked to find a dude who can implant memories" Donna translated.

"That bastard! I'll kill him!"

"Ah" the Doctor played with his ear, "now you see this is why I don't like Jack's methods. He was always a pro-gun man; I had to replace his weapons with bananas for weeks. A complete waste of a good banana bunch...anyway back to the point, you can't kill a memory chameleon in natural ways, you have to make everyone forget him for him to truly die"

"Good thing I have some retcon in the flat" Owen said getting out of bed.

"But don't you want to know my really cool plan?" the Doctor pouted.

"Not really, no"

"Besides, it's not that cool" Donna said rolling her eyes.

"Oh come on Dr Owen Harper! Think about it, you can trick Jack into thinking you're me, win the idiotic team over and get the girl" the Doctor said jumping on the bed. "I can be your Genie for you!"

"My team are not idiotic"

"Pur-lease they didn't notice your name thingy-me-bob on the desk. It's obvious you work there and yet they didn't pick up on it"

"Give it a day and I'm sure Ianto would have worked it out at least" Owen said fidgeting slightly. Not liking the fact that this weirdo who was ruining his bed in his shoes was actually one hundred per cent correct. Jack and Gwen were always clueless. "Oh, all right then, we do it your way"

"Yes!" the Doctor cheered jumping off the bed and wrapping an arm round Owen. "Oh I'll tell you Owen Harper, you never had a friend like me"

"Stop quoting Disney and find some new material!" Donna squawked behind them.

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After bickering about the Doctor's fashion taste and the stupidity of having a sonic screwdriver over a gun, the Doctor and Owen had settled with an agreement of black leather jacket, cheesy tacky seventies shirt and blue jeans. The Doctor had given Owen's gun to Donna to 'guard' and unwillingly gave up his sonic screwdriver and psychic paper to Owen. After a moment's thought, the Doctor then decided that Owen needed mental barriers in case Adam tried to manipulate Owen's memory. Owen had felt incredibly uncomfortable with that, especially when the Doctor told him off for his rude thoughts, he could talk! The Doctor had then reassured Owen several times over that he'll be wearing some sort of cloaking device and will be there to Coach Owen on what to say.

"And I'll also be there to make sure he doesn't make you say something stupid" Donna said. Which Owen had found even more reassuring than having the Doctor by his side. "As your brilliant companion of course"

So there Owen stood waiting impatiently as the Doctor flew the TARDIS (something that Tosh would be drooling over with all that technology) into the Hub, to make an entrance. Owen took a deep breath, opened the door and was immediately embraced by Jack.

"I can't believe you're here! Bloody hell Doc, have you regenerated again? You look all right, not as gorgeous as the old model but still shaggable" Owen grimaced at the thought of Jack shagging the Doctor. Not. A. Pleasant. Thought. "Well then, this is my team Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato, Ianto Jones and Adam Smith. Guys this is the Doctor"

"Yo" Owen said looking bored.

"Yo?" the Doctor hissed. "That is complete abuse to the English language! A nice hello would do wonderfully, you know?"

"Ah put a sock in it" Owen muttered.

"Pardon?" Jack said looking surprised.

"I'm talking to my new companion, she's back in there. Nice girl, a little gobby around the edges though"

Jack laughed. "You can talk! Well lets me see her, I love a good girl to talk to"

"Stop it" the Doctor, Owen and Ianto all said at the same time.

"Oh I don't know I wouldn't mind a little flirting here and there" Donna purred from behind Owen as she fluttered her eyelashes at Jack. "Donna Noble and you must be Captain Harkness"

Jack looked delighted as he took Donna's hand and kissed it lightly. "You told her about me? I thought you only talked about blondes"

"Just warning her about what a pervert you are" Owen growled. "Now then, my TARDIS seems to be picking up abnormal rift readings, I thought you could handle a little action? I should have known better"

Owen cringed a little as Jack looked hurt. He decided when this mess was over he'd hit the Doctor for constantly belittling someone as wonderfully annoying as Jack.

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With the Doctor's coaching and Donna's super slapping skills, Owen had managed to save the world from another invasion attack. His arrogant show of things had not only won the adoration of Tosh again but gave Jack that puppy dog adoration as well. It was very creepy having to come from Jack. Gwen looked at in him awe while Ianto just looked in different, as always. Adam, however just glared, obviously he knew who Owen really was but couldn't prove it without blowing his cover.

The Doctor then flew the TARDIS into Tosh's flat so that Owen could 'woo' her. In reality Owen had hoped some time spent with him she'll remember and can help him kill Adam.

"Doctor!" Tosh squeaked, dropping her book and blushing simultaneously.

"Come with me" Owen said holding his hand out to her, trying to ignore the terrible sexual innuendo that was so blatantly obvious. "I can show you a whole new world" a bugger, the Doctor's Disney quoting has reached him too.

She shyly took his hand and he whisked her too a whole new planet. The Doctor had kept whispering trivial knowledge of the planet in his ear as he gave Tosh a tour. Donna tagged along but was obviously just enjoying tormenting the Doctor when Tosh wasn't looking. After a little wander they ended up in a festival and Owen gleefully managed to wrap an arm round Tosh's shoulder as they watched the fireworks.

"They're so adorable it's sickening" Donna whispered to the Doctor.

"Uhuh"

"And to think he keeps saying he doesn't love her. What a stupid self-sacrificing prat! Do you know who he reminds me of? He reminds me of you, stupid, skinny, rude, idiotic, egotistic, stuck up git. I bet you never acknowledge your feelings for Rose till it's too late"

"Donna" the Doctor growled.

"Hey" she said softly. "He's getting his chance and you will too one day"

"I never will"

"Never say never, Space-Boy. Besides I've never been wrong about love before"

The Doctor snorted. "Lance"

"Oh shut up" Donna snickered quietly to herself as she noticed Owen and Tosh kissing one another slowly and softly. "Look at that. I was right"

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'Owen' managed to park the TARDIS in the Hub when Tosh raided the wardrobe for something to wear. Donna left to flirt with Jack some more while Ianto had cornered Owen just as Tosh sat herself on her chair.

"Your name is Owen Harper and you're the Torchwood Medic" he blurted out once he got Owen into the kitchen. "But for some reason I don't remember you"

"How did you know?"

"I keep a diary; I have a photo of the team together"

"You keep a diary?"

"I can't seem to find a single reference to Adam Smith in my diary though. So I believe he somehow erased you from our memories and replaced you with himself. But how to get the others to realise this without him being alerted..."

"You keep a diary?"

"Jack seems to be loosing his marbles these days and Gwen is getting more and more distant with Rhys while Tosh...well she's just Tosh, although she was glowing this morning but I put it down to you-"

"You keep a diary?" Ianto shot Owen a dark look and he grinned manically. "Oh I am so going to use that against you when this is all over. If I remember this though. Look according to the real Doctor, Adam is some sort of memory chameleon. He implants memories of himself in your mind and it erases some of your real memories to accommodate him. Has nasty side affects though, like you start remembering the bad things which is probably why Jack is loosing his marbles"

"So...retcon then?"

"Yeah I guess...bugger...I'm gonna forget about last night with Tosh, aren't I?"

Ianto smiled sympathetically. "I'll start making some coffee"

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The Doctor and Donna watched the team wake up and grumble about headaches. They weren't quite sure why they were there or why they were cloaked. But it was enjoyable to see the team swear and threaten to kill Jack if he had all sexually harassed them.

"I have a strange feeling" Owen mumbled as he accepted a hot coffee from Ianto with a grateful smile.

"Ill? You must be if you're smiling at me" Ianto said flatly.

"No...just that I feel like I learnt something important in the past couple days"

"How to shut up?" Gwen asked cheekily.

Owen rolled his eyes. "Wish you'd shut up. No I think I learnt to appreciate you all. God knows why since you all drive me insane"

"We love you too" Jack said sarcastically.

But the Doctor and Donna could see the happiness in Owen Harper's eyes after those four words.