The night was dragging on. The steady patter of the rain on windbreaker hoods beat out a headache now, and the water still slid in just at the side and drenched the neckline of the shirt.
Gwen glanced up at the sky but the clouds were still thick and the rain was coming down hard. Jack was shouting something at Owen who shrugged, half a care, while he was testing the chemicals. Gwen wrapped her arms around herself, chanced a glance at her watch, then one at the SUV parked just behind her.
"Think they'll be done soon?" Tosh smiled at her briefly, then nodded at Jack and Owen hunched over, their heads together.
"Hope so," Gwen replied. "Where's Ianto?"
"He's making the calls."
In the SUV.
Gwen glanced around the trees around them. Lookout posts, that's almost like guarding the tape at her old job. She wrapped her arms tighter around herself and jumped up and down a few times, looking for something like warmth.
Tosh pulled out her PDA and typed in a few commands. Gwen looked over but couldn't decipher a thing. Rhys was waiting with supper. Gnocci. She chuckled, quieted to a smile when Tosh glanced over, nodded.
She'd been packing up to go home when the alarm came through. And now they were standing in the forest because a trace might be a trace to a Subzealian or might just be shrooms a few of the local kids had forgotten.
"Bloody freezing. Bloody Torchwood," Gwen muttered, wiped the rain off her face with the back of her hand.
Tosh stilled, gave Gwen a small smile, and got back to tapping on her tech geek tool.
Five more minutes, and Jack might not have bothered to- Something moved. Gwen's right went for her gun, the left to Tosh's arm for one touch of alert, then to her own earpiece.
"Jack, to the left of you in the trees."
Jack straightened, stiffened. "If it's a Subzealian it will react to movement. Think cat."
"Right, reassuring," Gwen replied, her voice catching on the rain. "What do you suggest I do, Jack? Wait until it goes away?"
"SUV."
"Will it-"
"It can't get in. It's fast, not clever. Which sounds a lot like-"
"Jack!" Gwen gestured and red eyes focused on her from the woods. "Shit!"
"SUV! Now!"
Gwen cut the connection, glanced at Tosh from the corner of her eyes. "On three, Tosh. One, two, three."
Gwen bolted, pulled Tosh along by the sleeve of her windbreaker. Behind them wood burst and a shadow moved just there. Two more steps, one more step, and Ianto had fumbled the door open, just almost-
Gwen stumbled over something on the ground and into Tosh, tumbling them both hard against the side of the SUV, face to face, smashing the door shut.
Torchwood Gwen/Tosh 1 of 2
Gwen glanced up at the sky but the clouds were still thick and the rain was coming down hard. Jack was shouting something at Owen who shrugged, half a care, while he was testing the chemicals. Gwen wrapped her arms around herself, chanced a glance at her watch, then one at the SUV parked just behind her.
"Think they'll be done soon?" Tosh smiled at her briefly, then nodded at Jack and Owen hunched over, their heads together.
"Hope so," Gwen replied. "Where's Ianto?"
"He's making the calls."
In the SUV.
Gwen glanced around the trees around them. Lookout posts, that's almost like guarding the tape at her old job. She wrapped her arms tighter around herself and jumped up and down a few times, looking for something like warmth.
Tosh pulled out her PDA and typed in a few commands. Gwen looked over but couldn't decipher a thing. Rhys was waiting with supper. Gnocci. She chuckled, quieted to a smile when Tosh glanced over, nodded.
She'd been packing up to go home when the alarm came through. And now they were standing in the forest because a trace might be a trace to a Subzealian or might just be shrooms a few of the local kids had forgotten.
"Bloody freezing. Bloody Torchwood," Gwen muttered, wiped the rain off her face with the back of her hand.
Tosh stilled, gave Gwen a small smile, and got back to tapping on her tech geek tool.
Five more minutes, and Jack might not have bothered to- Something moved. Gwen's right went for her gun, the left to Tosh's arm for one touch of alert, then to her own earpiece.
"Jack, to the left of you in the trees."
Jack straightened, stiffened. "If it's a Subzealian it will react to movement. Think cat."
"Right, reassuring," Gwen replied, her voice catching on the rain. "What do you suggest I do, Jack? Wait until it goes away?"
"SUV."
"Will it-"
"It can't get in. It's fast, not clever. Which sounds a lot like-"
"Jack!" Gwen gestured and red eyes focused on her from the woods. "Shit!"
"SUV! Now!"
Gwen cut the connection, glanced at Tosh from the corner of her eyes. "On three, Tosh. One, two, three."
Gwen bolted, pulled Tosh along by the sleeve of her windbreaker. Behind them wood burst and a shadow moved just there. Two more steps, one more step, and Ianto had fumbled the door open, just almost-
Gwen stumbled over something on the ground and into Tosh, tumbling them both hard against the side of the SUV, face to face, smashing the door shut.
A roar, then nothing.