Challenge 644 - Taking command

[m_findlow]

Title: Taking command
Character: Torchwood team
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 644 - Command at tw100
Summary: Something has gone haywire with the computers but no one knows how to fix it. A double drabble.

'Make it stop!' Gwen cried out, clutching her hands over her ears, not even sure anyone could hear her yelling. The hub was full of the worst high pitched squealing she'd ever heard, worse than any fingernails down a chalkboard. Jack and Tosh could only spare a single finger in one ear as protection whilst they used their other hand to try and regain control of their computer systems.

'Shut it down!' Jack yelled, his words clear from the movement of his lips.

'I've tried every command I can think of!' Tosh yelled back, clearly in agony from the skull-splitting noise. 'The mainframe isn't responding to anything!'

Gwen thought her ears were about to start bleeding when the hub was thrown into total darkness. Even the emergency lighting didn't kick in.

'Hooray,' Owen replied weakly. 'Good work, Tosh.'

She looked at them confused. 'But I didn't do anything. Did it just kill all our systems?' she asked, looking at Jack for guidance.

'Nope,' Ianto said, waving meekly. 'That was me. Often wished we just had one big plug in the wall for the computers that turned them off, but severing our entire electricity connection seemed like the next best thing.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

That's our Ianto, saving the day by using the most direct approach to the problem.