Anythingdrabble Challenge 167 - Man hunt

[m_findlow]

Title: Man hunt
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters/Pairings: Torchwood team
Word Count: 500 words
Rating: PG
Notes: Written for Challenge 167 - Behold at anythingdrabble
Summary: The team are turning the hub upside down to find their two missing teammates.

‘Has anyone seen Jack this morning?’ Gwen asked, looking around at her two teammates, both who'd arrived earlier than she had.

‘No,’ Tosh replied. ‘Come to think of it, I haven't seen Ianto either.’

‘I was wondering where my coffee had gotten to,’ Owen added.

‘I didn't see any rift activity early this morning,’ Tosh said, double checking their logs. ‘Nothing,’ she confirmed.

‘Okay, so where are they, then?’

Gwen dialed Jack's phone and heard it ringing. She followed it to his office where it was on the desk with Ianto's. She peered over the ledge of the manhole into Jack's bunker but there didn't seem to be anyone down there either.

‘Where would they be if they left their phones here?’

‘What if they were messing with alien tech last night and shrunk themselves?’ Owen said, grinning maniacally.

Tosh gave Owen an unhappy look. ‘You do realise that could mean we've already squashed them wandering around, don't you?’

‘Okay, well we'd better go searching,’ Gwen said. ‘If they haven't turned up by now, something could be wrong or they might be hurt.’

They split up, working their way methodically around the hub. Owen was in the boardroom when he made the discovery.

A pile of their clothes were acting as a pillow, with the exception of Jack's coat, which was currently being used as a blanket. It didn't quite cover them as a tangle of legs poked out one end, unable to tell whose feet belonged to which leg, and on one side, a pale white arse cheek belonging to Ianto was peeking out from under the edge. The rest of him was covered only by virtue of being almost completely on top of Jack. Not that either of them seemed to mind their situation since they were both fast asleep.

Owen tapped his comms. ‘Yeah, I found them. You're gonna wanna see for yourself, though.’

Tosh and Gwen rushed to the boardroom, two parts worried and two parts intensely curious.

‘Behold our missing team,’ Owen said, gesturing that they should look under the table. He slammed a fist down on it, causing both men to start awake at the sound.

‘Sleeping on the job while the rest of us are working,’ Owen said. ‘Not to mention naked. Should've bloody known.’

Jack gave a little groan. ‘What does a guy have to do around here to get a little bit of peace and a lie in, huh? Don't you have some work to do?’

‘We've spent half the bloody morning looking for you two.’

‘Well then, you'll have a nice backlog of work you haven't done,’ Jack replied, rolling over and pulling his coat tighter around the pair of them. Either the floor wasn't as hard and uncomfortable as it looked, or they were just too tired to care.

‘Maybe next time just leave us a note,' Gwen suggested.

‘Not high on my list of priorities after winning naked hide and seek,’ Jack said, snuggling and ending the conversation.