Beginning Notes: Drabble 3 of 3 16/08/14

Title: Recruiting Macie

Author: Daashi

Fandom: Torchwood

Characters: Jack Harkness, Macie Hughes (OC)

Pairings: n/a

Rating: 13+

Genre: Drabble

Warnings: n/a

M: "So this is an alien."

J: "Yep."

M: "Wow! So do you need help?"

J: "Why would I need your help?"

M: "You need to load it into your alien-catching mobile. It looks like it weigh about 150-200 kg, there is only one of you."

J: "I suppose you right. Captain Jack Harkness and you are?"

M: "Macie, Macie Hughes. Do you need my full name and birthdate so you can track me down to sign the 'Official Secrets Act' or whatever it is called."

J: "You know. I am going to need help getting it out of my 'alien-catching mobile'. Why don't you come with to help and I can show you my 'alien-catching headquarters'."

M: "That is either a really bad pick-up line or a really good job offer. For the record, I hope its the job offer."

~End

Word: Alien

al - ien (noun) : a creature from outer space; extraterrestrial

End Notes: This came about after Ianto received his spinal injury. One night Jack had gone out on a 'Weevil Hunt' by himself just to get rid of some restless energy, Macie was just wondering contemplating her life (nothing so pretentious as I mad it sound, she had just been unemployed for about a month or 2 and was trying to figure out she was going to pay the bills next month).

Macie is a construction worker, dirty blonde/light brown hair and a has lumber Jill build. I see her as being one of those undereducated-overtrained types, you know the people who know how do to things but don't have the credentials saying that they know these things. Macie knows carpentry, wiring, tiling, piping, plastering etc., but nothing in her resume that suggests she is capable of doing such work. She had trouble getting jobs, trouble keeping jobs and is at the point where she happily got into a car with a strange bloke who 'allegedly' catches aliens.

Macie's first job at Torchwood was the make the hub 'accessible', I believe that is the current PC term for wheelchair friendly.