Title: Ravening Horde

Author: badly-knitted

Characters: Ianto, Jack, Team.

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 725: Welcome at torchwood100.

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Cardiff market is overrun with hungry aliens.

Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood, or the characters.

A/N: Double drabble.

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Torchwood were being Torchwood, as if they could ever be anything else. It wasn't really their fault though. The Rift, in its infinite wisdom, had decided that today was the perfect time to dump three dozen or so ravenously hungry, ferret-sized alien creatures in the middle of Cardiff market. The team could hardly be blamed for the ensuing chaos.

Fortunately for all the shoppers and stall owners present, the ravening horde were strictly vegetarians, so no one had to worry about having a chunk bitten out of a leg or an arm. The uninvited visitors swarmed through the marketplace like locusts, indiscriminately devouring fruit, vegetables, and flowers as Team Torchwood lunged after them with nets and bare hands, grabbing the little beasties and cramming them into wire cages borrowed from a nearby pet shop.

Some of the stallholders tried to help, although most likely they were mainly intent on rescuing their wares, but at last the aliens were contained.

"Is that all of them?" Ianto asked, stuffing one final hairy bundle into an already full cage.

Jack nodded. "I think so. We'd better leave before we wear out our welcome."

Ianto studied the scene of devastation. "Bit late for that."

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The End