Challenge 651 - Over the edge

[m_findlow]

Title: Over the edge
Character: Owen, Jack
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 200 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Written for Challenge 651 - Dangle at tw100
Summary: The alien has gotten away but there s only one way out. A double drabble.


Owen was utterly out of breath by the time he'd run - not jogged - up twelve stories worth of emergency stairs. He probably should have tried harder to convince Jack that taking the lift would get them there ahead of their quarry, but Jack was all about knowing whether it had attempted to escape out onto one of the many floors of the hotel. Nope, it had gone straight for the roof. Owen could have put money on it. At least that would be a whole lot less people needing to be retconned.

He burst out through the door after Jack and out into the grey weather. He looked around but apart from Jack, there was nothing else up here unless you counted the air handling units, puffing out steam into the winter sky. 'Where'd it go?' he asked.

'I dunno,' Jack said, looking confused. 'Maybe it jumped.'

'Jumped? It couldn't be that stupid, could it?'

'Why don't you dangle yourself over the edge and take a look?'

Owen frowned at the lofty, dodgy looking, rain slicked concrete edge. 'Me? Why me?'

Jack flushed embarrassed. 'Because if I damage this coat one more time, I think Ianto may do me damage.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

I think that's a safe bet...