Double Drabble: Trying To Communicate
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badly_knittedTitle: Trying To Communicate
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badly_knittedCharacters: Owen, Jack, Ianto.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 875: Bridge at
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torchwood100.Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Some aliens are difficult to communicate with.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
“How’re we goin’ to explain to these people that we just want to help them, and please don’t kill us in self-defence?” Owen asked, studying the band of heavily armed and fearful aliens that had been deposited on the waterfront just a few minutes earlier.
Jack spared a brief glance at the medic. “Tosh is trying to get her translator programme to work on their language.”
“Not having much luck though, is she?”
“It’s just bad luck that these people speak a language I can’t identify. Just relax and try to look harmless.”
“Easy for you to say. If they kill you, you’ll come back. I won’t.”
“As long as we don’t make any kind of move towards them, we should be fine.” Jack studied the aliens. “Ianto?” he said into his comms. “Any luck yet with identifying our visitors?”
“Working on it. Torchwood One’s alien database is quite extensive, but not well indexed.”
“Just do your best. Let me know if you find anything. Whoever they are, they don’t seem to know Galactic Standard.”
“What if they start shooting before we figure out how to communicate with them?” Owen said.
“We’ll cross that bridge if we come to it.”
The End
Sequel: 'Problem Solved'
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