"The winner is the first person to see the sea!" Jack cried, as the SUV drove past a sign which claimed the coast was only five miles away.
"We're adults Jack, not five year olds," Owen sneered from the backseat.
"So what do we win?" Tosh asked, ignoring Owen's comment and smiling cheerfully at the prospect of a contest.
"The knowledge that you are the most observant person in the team," Ianto replied. He looked across at Jack, who laughed.
"And a free portion of fish and chips," Jack added.
"I don't know why we had to come all this way anyway?" Owen grumbled. "What's wrong with the beaches in Wales?"
"Nothing," Jack replied. "Except that I thought a day trip to Bridlington would be fun... and there's been a report of strange energy spikes in the area."
"So we're working then?" asked Gwen.
Jack didn't answer.
"We are. We're bloody working. On MY day off!" Owen cried.
"There's just a few spikes Owen. It's probably nothing."
"Know-it-all" Owen hissed, leaning back and deliberately pressed his feet into Ianto's seat.
"Now who's the five year old?!" Jack laughed. "Come on Owen, it will be fun! Besides, Torchwood pays overtime."
…
"Oh I do like to be beside the seaside! Oh I do like to be beside the sea…" Jack sang at the top of his voice as he swung the SUV unceremoniously into a parking space in the sea front carpark.
"Oh I do like to stroll along the prom prom prom where the brass band plays-"
"Jack! Shut the HELL up!"
…
"So where were these energy spikes Toshiko?" Jack looked down at the hand-held device Tosh was inspecting.
"About five minutes to the east. A little road called Derry Lane."
"Right, Derry Lane it is. Then Jack, please can we just relax and have a good time?" Gwen asked.
"An hour's work and then I promise we can have fish and chips. OK," he said, seeing the glare Owen gave him, "twenty minutes."
…
Derry Lane looked like a scene from a horror film. Five bodies lay strewn across the tarmac, blood curdled around them. Five bodies - five lives lost in battle - but one of them wasn't human.
"What's wrong with this scene everyone?" Jack asked, though he knew the answer.
"No police," Gwen replied.
"No people," Owen added.
"No onlookers," Ianto chipped in.
"Yes and that body has no head. Where's the head?"