The Torchwood Drabble Files

by badly-knitted

A collection of Torchwood drabbles that continues to grow. Thanks to everyone who's making this possible. You're greatly appreciated, so I'm reinstating an old game - the writer of every 100th review gets to request a drabble/ficlet of their choice. Still using a T rating to cover anything I might write, just to be safe.

216. Preparing For Battle, Follows Chap 215

Title: Preparing For Battle - Sequel to 'Defrosting Jack'

Author: badly-knitted

Characters: Ianto, Jack, mentions team

Rating: PG

Written For: Challenge 302 - Thaw at tw100

Spoilers: None.

Summary: Jack revives and gets a situation update from Ianto.

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

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A/N: The second of my drabbles for this challenge. At the moment I've lost count of how many drabbles left in this story. There might be three more, possibly four. The final one doesn't fit this prompt, but is needed to complete the story. One of the others is a bit tenuous, but I'm hoping I'll get away with it.

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I love Janto: Ianto is glad, but they still have vicious aliens to fight so there's no time for showing Jack how happy he is. There's a long night ahead of the team. The aliens won't know what hit them. Thank you.

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Gasping back to life, Jack found himself bundled in blankets and held tightly in Ianto's arms.

"Hey," he murmured, "how long was I gone?"

"About thirty minutes. Had to thaw you out first." Ianto looked grim.

"How bad is it?"

"Ten of them, two of us. The team are on their way with weapons; we'll be safe until then. Your playmates are getting frustrated, but at least while their attention's on us they aren't looking for victims elsewhere."

"That's some consolation I guess." Jack pulled on the dry clothes Ianto handed him. "They'll regret tangling with Torchwood."

"Not for long!"

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TBC in 'Early Thaw'