Double Drabble: Petty Criminal

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Petty Criminal
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Bernie Harris.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 835: Crook at torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: If there’s trouble to be found, Bernie Harris finds it.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 

Bernie Harris, no matter what he might think, is nothing more than a petty crook, always looking for a chance to make a quick buck by less than legal means. None of his ambitious schemes ever amount to anything, and in truth he probably never manages to break even, yet he still keeps trying.

 
Under other circumstances, Jack might have admired his tenacity, his refusal to accept that when it comes to crime, even the pettiest kind, he doesn’t have what it takes to succeed. But more often than not, he’s a thorn in Torchwood’s side, getting hold of things that have no business being in the hands of the general public, never mind a loser like Bernie.

 
This time, he’s managed to get his hands on a working replicator. If he’d been smart, he would have started replicating something small and easily saleable, jewellery perhaps, but no, not Bernie. He’s after the big score. He replicates money, fifty-pound notes, which naturally all come out perfect in every way, except for the matching serial numbers. They’re a dead giveaway that the notes are counterfeit.
 

Jack should leave him to be arrested, but he doesn’t. Trouble magnet Bernie has his uses.
 

 
The End
 



 
 

Comments

[mrs_sweetpeach]

*shakes head* Some criminals just have no sense and would be better off working fast food than trying to do crime. At the same time, I have no idea what I'd do with a replicator if one fell into my hands. Not money, I'd want to do some good with it. N95 masks perhaps.

[badly_knitted]

Bernie has never been very bright, but he's ambitious. Not a good combination.

I like your idea. And maybe vaccines for all the people who can't afford them. And food for the hungry.

Thank you!