Double Drabble: Creepy

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Creepy
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 865: Whisper at torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack and Ianto discover a planet that is much too quiet for comfort.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble. Set in my Ghost of a Chance ‘Verse.
 
 

The only sound was the faint whisper of a breeze through the long grasses. It was almost eerie. Ianto didn’t think he’d ever been anywhere so quiet. He found his ears straining for the slightest sound, even sniffing the breeze as if he was a vulnerable prey animal trying to detect the presence of dangerous predators, and when he heard something behind him, he whirled, drawing the pulse weapon he wore on his belt.

 
“Relax, Ianto, it’s only me.”
 

Ianto let out a relieved breath as Jack came towards him from where they’d landed one of the Wanderer’s shuttles.
 

“Sorry. It’s just so quiet here, it’s got me a bit on edge.”
 

“It’s not the quiet that’s doing that. I’m detecting subtle harmonics at a frequency lower than your ears can detect. They’re unsettling, but because I can hear them, they’re not affecting me as much.”
 

“Creepy soundwaves. Right. Perfect. What’s making them?”
 

“I don’t know, and that bothers me more than the sounds themselves. I tried using the shuttle’s scanners to pinpoint where they’re coming from, but they’re everywhere, at exactly the same level in all directions.”

 
“Let’s just mark this world as being unsuitable for habitation, shall we?”
 
 

The End
 



 
 
 
 

Comments

[mrs_sweetpeach]

That sounds like a great idea to me. Although as a way to protect the planet, such a thing would probably work great assuming the natives weren't bothered by it.

[badly_knitted]

Maybe the natives, if there are any, are the ones emitting the sound. Could even be the grass doing it. Whatever it is, Jack and Ianto have had enough of it!

Thank you!