Chapter 1
It was a slow day for the Torchwood team. Gwen Cooper sat at her desk, looking over reports of alien sightings, trying to find something that wasn't just a loony claiming that an alien had walked into his house, had a cup of tea and left.
She looked over at Owen, only to find that he was playing a game of minesweeper. Typical Owen, she thought. Jack couldn't see Owen's computer screen from his desk, although Gwen knew that he could if he looked at the CCTV. A couple of days ago, Tosh had made a chat program that allowed them to talk to everyone, or just one specific person, at a time. Jack had approved of it, because he thought that it would be useful to talk to Ianto at the front desk unsuspiciously if there was a threat. However, Gwen and Owen had been using more to ease boredom. Gwen opened up the chat and selected Owen
Gwen: Couldn't you find a better game to play?
Owen took a while to reply.
Owen: May I remind you that minesweeper is a game of deduction and logic, not some kid's game.
Gwen: Yeah, sure it is
Gwen went back to the loony's reports.
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Captain Jack Harkness was just as bored as everyone else was. He opened up the CCTV cameras to check what everyone was up to. Tosh was making some program, he could tell by the concentrated look on her face. Gwen was going through reported alien sighting. Jack admired Gwen for how she persevered even when she knew there was nothing to look at. He then turned his eyes to Owen's desk. To Jack's no surprise, he was playing minesweeper. Owen did this regularly, when he got bored and there was nothing to do. He looked at the camera monitoring Ianto's desk. Ianto obviously was playing a game, a first person shooter from what Jack could see. Ianto brow was furrowed and he was leaning side to side as he ran through a forest in the game. Jack laughed at Ianto's obscure movements and got up from his desk.
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Ianto Jones was so close to victory. He was just an inch away, so close...
"Come on Ianto," said a voice that Ianto realized wasn't from the game.
He abandoned his keyboard and looked up to find Jack standing in front of the desk.
"You can do better than this Ianto," said Jack "Research something, find something, give us something to do!"
"Owen's playing minesweeper," he defended.
"He won't be in a minute," Jack pointed out.
"Sorry sir. I'll get back to work."
Jack nodded and left.
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Owen Harper was getting sick of Minesweeper. He quit his game and looked at what else he had to play. His options were chess, minesweeper, spider solitaire and checkers. He opened up the chat and clicked on Gwen.
Owen: What do you reckon is better, Chess or Spider Solitaire?
"Personally, I prefer Spider Solitaire," said Jack, standing behind Owen.
Owen jumped and swinged his chair around.
"Ah, yes, hello," Owen stuttered
"Hi, I'd appreciate it if I didn't play games when you're meant to be working."
Owen opened his mouth to speak but was saved by Ianto walking in. Everyone turned around to watch him.
"There've been several reports of missing boats out on the bay. People are saying giant sharks"