Challenge 550 - Aimless

[m_findlow]

Title: Aimless
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Suzie, Owen, Ianto
Rating: PG
Challenge: 550 - Run at tw100
Notes: Ianto is beginning to wonder how hard it actually is to be a field agent. A double drabble.

'These shoes are ruined,' Ianto complained, listening to them slosh through the foot or so of fetid water lining the bottom of the sewer.

'Quit your complaining,' Suzie barked. 'Nobody packed wellingtons for this.'

'Perhaps we should have.'

'Owen,' Suzie called out, ignoring Ianto's grievances, 'have you found it yet?'

'What d’you reckon?' he sniped. 'Think I wanna be down here anymore than you?'

'Well, we can't give up,' she replied. 'We have to find that weevil and tag it. It can't be left wandering around the city unmonitored. Who knows what it could do. Not to mention the bollocking Jack will give us if we come back empty-handed.'

'Well, maybe he should be down here helping us then,' Owen griped. 'We must've searched half the city's sewers by now. Bloody lucky we haven't run into any other weevils along the way if you ask me.'

'Not half,' Ianto replied.

'Say again?' Owen asked.

'We haven't searched half the city. We've been running around in a circle.'

'How'd you know that?'

Ianto pointed up. 'We've passed this manhole cover on Bute Street six times.'

Suzie sighed. 'Why didn't you you say so?'

'You're the field agents. I assumed you knew.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

Maybe Ianto should be leading them, lol! He's the only one looking where they're gong.