Challenge 802 - Mistaken identity
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m_findlowTitle: Mistaken identity
Character: Jack, Gwen, Ianto
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 802 - Easy at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
torchwood100
torchwood100Summary: Jack has confused and alarmed his teammates. A double drabble.
‘Hey guys!’ Jack called out as he entered the hub, clutching their latest alien find in his arms. ‘I brought home a new pet!’ His two teammates took one look at the thing in his arms and immediately went for their guns, drawing them and aiming them directly at the alien.
‘Easy! Easy!’ Jack said. ‘Put the guns down. You’ll frighten the little guy.’
‘Little?’ Ianto said, sounding incredulous.
‘Don’t you remember we’ve dealt with these before?’ Gwen added, keeping her gun training on it. ‘It’ll rip your throat out as soon as you turn your back on it. You told us the only good Exparngi is a dead one.’
‘Calm down, guys,’ Jack pleaded. ‘It’s not an Exparngi.’
‘Look like one from here,’ Ianto replied.
‘Easy to confuse the two species, I'll grant you that, but this guy is totally harmless. See how his quill spine curves back towards his tail rather than towards his head? That’s how you tell them apart. People always get the two of them mixed up. Small wonder their species is endangered.’
‘So, we’re keeping it?’ Ianto asked.
‘If you like.’
‘And it’s easy to look after?’
Jack cringed. ‘Well, maybe that’s stretching it.’
‘Hey guys!’ Jack called out as he entered the hub, clutching their latest alien find in his arms. ‘I brought home a new pet!’ His two teammates took one look at the thing in his arms and immediately went for their guns, drawing them and aiming them directly at the alien.
‘Easy! Easy!’ Jack said. ‘Put the guns down. You’ll frighten the little guy.’
‘Little?’ Ianto said, sounding incredulous.
‘Don’t you remember we’ve dealt with these before?’ Gwen added, keeping her gun training on it. ‘It’ll rip your throat out as soon as you turn your back on it. You told us the only good Exparngi is a dead one.’
‘Calm down, guys,’ Jack pleaded. ‘It’s not an Exparngi.’
‘Look like one from here,’ Ianto replied.
‘Easy to confuse the two species, I'll grant you that, but this guy is totally harmless. See how his quill spine curves back towards his tail rather than towards his head? That’s how you tell them apart. People always get the two of them mixed up. Small wonder their species is endangered.’
‘So, we’re keeping it?’ Ianto asked.
‘If you like.’
‘And it’s easy to look after?’
Jack cringed. ‘Well, maybe that’s stretching it.’
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Date: 2024-03-03 11:06 am (UTC)