They were wandering the cold damp back streets of Cardiff; strolling down the alleys behind the clubs full of unknowing drunk horny twenty something's about to stumble out into the night which was more dangerous and magical than they could ever imagine.
They followed the blue dot on the handheld tracking device, the wind flapping restlessly at the bottom of captain jack's army coat, next to him Gwen zipped up her black leather jacket all the way up to her chin trying to keep some heat in as the rain began to spit down, and then pour.
Jack reached to his ear and bought his ear piece to life with the touch of a button.
"Tosh, Tosh?" Jack said with his American twang.
"Jack, according to my reading you should be reaching the unknown anomaly after the next right turn. Whatever it is, it appears to be stationary. I will see if I can get a visual through the CCTV network but cameras are limited around these alleys" Tosh replied in her usual been-working-too-much tone.
Gwen's glossy black hair whipped around her face, fighting between the wind and rain, she stopped in her tracks as jack carried on walking. He turned to look at her and backed up and stared at her furrowed brows.
"What is it?" he asked.
She held her hair out of her face and faced the rain, looking at the thick black clouds against the even blacker night sky.
"Clear skies, it was supposed to be clear."
"Yeah it's raining get over it" he shouted at her over the now rolling thunder.
Gwen scoffed at him and tapped her ear piece.
"Tosh, I need you to check weather patterns for me, and have you got a visual on whatever this alien signal is"
"Well that's strange, it's clear summer skies, except within about 10 meters in either direction of... you. No no not you, the alien signal.
"HA! I told you!" Gwen giggled at him.
"Oh please, you told me it was raining" Jack laughed back at her.
The sound of thunder was getting so loud it was like someone was firing tanks next to their heads, Gwen covered her hands with her ears and screeched as lightening began to strike all around in strange formations, striking down into puddles of rain water collecting in the badly paved alley and started conducting electricity.
"We have to stop this; it's getting out of control." Gwen shouted. "Tosh, any idea what it is yet?"
Then came the sound of buzzing and metal screeching, Gwen and Jack ripped the coms out of their ears.
"Well I guess we're going in blind" stated jack ominously.
Gwen held her gun out, and edged round the corner slowly and silently, not that it was possibly to hear over the thunder.
Jack stared at her, his back to the opposite wall, as she edged into the alley you swiftly moved to stand behind an overflowing bin she crouched and signalled for Jack.
They walked down the narrow path side by side, exchanging glances.
A tall slender thing came into view, it had a oval shaped head that was about twice the size of a normal human head, it was wearing a velvety white cloak which billowed in the wind and revealed the creature to be floating about two feet off the ground. The alien appeared to be meditating. In front of a triangular rotating pool of light being fed by beams of what seemed to be storm energy.
Gwen let out a gasp and everything stopped. The rain, the thunder, the lightening. Everything was silent.
The creature scurried behind a stack of old cardboard boxes and the pool of light disappeared.
"We're not going to harm you, don't be afraid" Jack said softly.
He holstered his gun and put his hand gently over Gwen's and pushed it down. The creature stuck its head around the corner to peak out tentatively, revealing a large set of oval eyes, with a smaller second pair above them, they blinked individually. It had no nose to speak of but rather a serious of wrinkles set in the centre of its face. A pair of very thin non shapely lips parted to reveal evil looking tusks.
Jack watched Gwen with a hard intensity as she took several steps forward and crouched down, she smiled at the alien. It was a real, warm and comforting smile full of compassion. She stuck out her hand and reached for the alien, but not in a cruel way, she didn't invade the things personal space, just inviting it out.
"It's ok. We can help you" she said.
The alien smiled and stepped out from behind its hiding place, it smiled at Gwen and waved its large, three clawed hand at her, beckoning her to stand. It pulled her into an embrace, making Jack lunge closer ready to help her but she embraced the alien back, and to Jack surprise started to weep.
He realised why when the alien hugged him too, it gave off this energy, this extremely sad, panicked and hopeless energy. Like being alone in the dark, with no one, nothingness.
"Ple...plea...please. Hel...p. Please help" it whimpered.