Challenge 774 - One small step
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m_findlowTitle: One small step
Character: Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Tosh
Author: m_findlow
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
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Summary: It's not engine trouble with the SUV. A double drabble.
‘That was a red light,’ Ianto said, keeping his tone conversational.
‘Never mind the red light,’ Jack replied, hands gripping the steering wheel.
‘Nor the speeding fine that will go with it,’ came the reply. ‘Like I don’t have enough to do.’
Jack had no choice at the next light, stuck behind three other cars and no way around them. ‘Anything yet on our rift alert?’ Jack asked, sparing a look over his shoulder at Tosh.
‘Nothing definitive,’ she replied, still working the keyboard.
Jack sighed in frustration and the SUV rumbled beneath them.
‘Did you just feel that?’ Gwen asked.
‘Just the SUV. She’s impatient to get going again,’ Ianto replied. ‘Like Jack.’
‘Hey, I am not impa–’ there was another thunderous rumble, making the whole car shake.
‘Or not,’ Ianto said, grabbing the door handle as a third boom made the ground underneath them shake.
‘Forget the computer analysis, Tosh,’ Jack said, leaning forward to look out through the windscreen. ‘That’s our problem right there,’ he said, pointing as the car shook in time to the enormous foot, making the earth shake with every step.
‘Well, I think we can safely say retcon isn’t going to cut it.’
‘That was a red light,’ Ianto said, keeping his tone conversational.
‘Never mind the red light,’ Jack replied, hands gripping the steering wheel.
‘Nor the speeding fine that will go with it,’ came the reply. ‘Like I don’t have enough to do.’
Jack had no choice at the next light, stuck behind three other cars and no way around them. ‘Anything yet on our rift alert?’ Jack asked, sparing a look over his shoulder at Tosh.
‘Nothing definitive,’ she replied, still working the keyboard.
Jack sighed in frustration and the SUV rumbled beneath them.
‘Did you just feel that?’ Gwen asked.
‘Just the SUV. She’s impatient to get going again,’ Ianto replied. ‘Like Jack.’
‘Hey, I am not impa–’ there was another thunderous rumble, making the whole car shake.
‘Or not,’ Ianto said, grabbing the door handle as a third boom made the ground underneath them shake.
‘Forget the computer analysis, Tosh,’ Jack said, leaning forward to look out through the windscreen. ‘That’s our problem right there,’ he said, pointing as the car shook in time to the enormous foot, making the earth shake with every step.
‘Well, I think we can safely say retcon isn’t going to cut it.’
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Date: 2023-08-21 10:20 am (UTC)