Challenge 471 - Vital skills

[m_findlow]

Title: Vital skills
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: PG
Challenge: 471 - Track at tw100
Notes: Jack is trying to impart some very valuable knowledge. A double drabble.

The team groaned as they trudged through the countryside after Jack. Only Ianto seemed to be enjoying the walk, being an old hand at this sort of thing.

'Okay, gather round, people,' Jack said. 'This is where the signal originated from.'

Ianto wandered off whilst Jack began lecturing to his relatively uninitiated team.

'You see the key to tracking down aliens is to know what they're after. Not all aliens that come through the rift are highly intelligent, or even sentient. In most cases it's food, water and shelter. Out in rugged terrain like this however, that might not be easy to find. Instead, it's likely to follow the path of least resistance. See here,' he said, pointing. 'This grass is flattened. It's been here. We can follow signs like this to find it.'

'Found it!' Ianto yelled from the ridge.

'Ianto, I was trying to teach the team valuable alien tracking skills. But yes, see here what Ianto did. He took the high ground and used it as a vantage point to better survey the land for clues.'

'Jack, it's just over there and the size of a bloody hippo.'

'Well, there was no way we could've known that.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

Some aliens are a bit difficult to overlook. Probably even Owen could have found it without help!

[jo02]

The high ground also makes his head perfect for target practice by any aliens hiding nearby. Hope he's wearing his tin hat.