Challenge 914 - Desperate times
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m_findlowTitle: Desperate times
Character: Tosh
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Length: 200 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 914 - Decision at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
torchwood100
torchwood100Summary: Things are getting quickly out of hand but Tosh is sure they're doing the right thing. A double drabble.
Things were spiralling out of control quicker than Tosh could keep up with. One moment they'd been scrambling to piece together all the passwords and protocols for opening the rift and then all hell had broken loose. Gwen had thrown a punch, Jack had hit the ground and been relieved of his gun, and then, goaded by rage, Owen had shot Jack. Jack was lying dead there between their feet.
She couldn't pinpoint the moment when they'd all decided to turn on Jack. Had it been when Gwen's boyfriend had been killed or was it before that?
If there is no other way, you'll have to do it. Her mother's words back at the hospital sent a chill down her spine. She hadn't understood what they meant until now. It had been a message from the past, or perhaps the future. They needed to open the rift. That would fix everything.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Newton's Third Law of Motion. If opening the rift had caused all these problems in the first place, then opening it again could surely reverse the process. If Jack had just trusted their instincts then maybe he wouldn't be dead now.
Things were spiralling out of control quicker than Tosh could keep up with. One moment they'd been scrambling to piece together all the passwords and protocols for opening the rift and then all hell had broken loose. Gwen had thrown a punch, Jack had hit the ground and been relieved of his gun, and then, goaded by rage, Owen had shot Jack. Jack was lying dead there between their feet.
She couldn't pinpoint the moment when they'd all decided to turn on Jack. Had it been when Gwen's boyfriend had been killed or was it before that?
If there is no other way, you'll have to do it. Her mother's words back at the hospital sent a chill down her spine. She hadn't understood what they meant until now. It had been a message from the past, or perhaps the future. They needed to open the rift. That would fix everything.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Newton's Third Law of Motion. If opening the rift had caused all these problems in the first place, then opening it again could surely reverse the process. If Jack had just trusted their instincts then maybe he wouldn't be dead now.
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Date: 2026-04-26 09:24 am (UTC)