Challenge 600 - Roadside service

[m_findlow]

Title: Roadside service
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Tosh
Rating: PG
Challenge: 600 - Mechanical at tw100
Notes: The team are always ready to help stranded aliens, but sometimes it's them who need help. A double drabble.

'Are we out of fuel?' Jack asked as he leaned his head out through the driver's side window, tapping the fuel indicator in front of him in case it was broken.

'I filled the SUV yesterday,' Ianto replied from the passenger seat, sounding annoyed that he should let them head out with a near empty tank.

'Tosh?' Jack called out. 'Anything?'

Her head appeared from behind the SUV's hood. 'Cars are not my specialty.'

'I thought you were a mechanical genius?'

'Just your normal, everyday genius,' she apologised.

Jack sighed and leaned his elbow on the window's edge, casting a look back at the alien ship they'd been towing from a field in the valleys. 'Not making much of an impression on our guests that we're this planet's capable welcome wagon,' he complained. 'Stranded halfway between Cardiff and nowhere.'

There was a tap on the passenger side door. Ianto rolled down the window to find the tiny blue alien stood there, just three feet tall. 'Sorry about this,' he apologised. 'Bit of engine trouble.'

'We thought so,' replied the alien. 'Sounds like there is a small crack in your alternator. We have an epoxy on board that can fix it.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

Well, that's a case of 'one good turn deserves another'! They help the aliens, the aliens help them.