Drabble_weekly Challenge 151 - Hair raiser

[m_findlow]

Title: Hair raiser
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: m_findlow
Characters/Pairing: Kathy Swanson, Jack, OC
Rating: PG
Challenge: 151 - Speak of the devil at drabble_weekly
Warnings: none
Spoilers: none
Summary: Wherever something strange occurs, you can be guaranteed Torchwood will be there. A double drabble.

Kathy watched as the pool of gloop spread across the floor of the hair salon and sighed. Couldn't she have just one day off work to enjoy herself?

'Oh my God,' gasped the trainee hairdresser, staring morbidly at the green puddle that had once been her boss. 'How am I supposed to get paid now?'

Kathy didn't have the heart to tell the young girl they had bigger problems. Like why the stylist had started quivering mid blow-dry and then suddenly devolved into a mass of jelly. 'Just keep calm, alright,' she said, using an arm to keep the trainee from getting too close. Who knew, it might be contagious.

The girl craned her neck to get a closer look. 'It's like one of them weird Torchwood thingies.'

'Mmm,' Kathy quietly agreed before the door burst open, Jack streaming inside with his team following in his wake. 'Oh, speak of the devil,' she murmured. 'I haven't even called it in. How could you possibly know?'

Jack grinned. 'Ongoing alien surveillance,' he replied. 'I warned it. Too much ionizing radiation in the atmosphere to maintain a solid molecular bond. But hey, I'm just a plain old human. What would I know?'

Comments

[bk_forever]

I wonder if they can restore the stylist, perhaps provide a piece of tech for her to wear that would prevent her dissolving again...