Jack stares down at the present again. Should he open it? Before someone questions him he should move it.
"Jack, were are you going?" Yuusei asks looking up at Jack with his giant blue eyes.
"Nowhere." Jack says quickly before shooting up the stairs.
Jack looks at the window sill of his old room, the present he left out for Rex is gone. He sits down on his old bed and starts delicately unwrapping the present. A card lies on top of a lavender box.
"What has Uncle Rex left out for me?" He asks himself.
Jack opens the card. It has a picture of him with his dad and Rex. He remembers drawing it back when he was a kid.
"Strange...I thought I got rid of that..."
Jack opens the lavender box. It holds a white suit. It doesn't appear to one of his. It must be Rex's...but then again why would Rex send Jack his old suit?
"This looks like it's over twenty years old...but it's still nice."
The sound of Crow's angry footsteps on the stairs startles Jack. He didn't have time of that midget. He had to find Rex.
"Jack." Crow hisses.
"Yeah?" Jack looks up from his new suit.
"You've been gone for ten minutes! What took so long...wait...were did that suit come from?"
"I don't know."
"Jack, you are a horrible liar. Tell me."
"You won't believe me."
"Jack, we've seen everything from the undead to cyborgs. I think I'll believe anything."
"My Uncle Rex sent me this."
"I knew it was a bad idea to come here."
"We're going to be here until New Year."
"Ok...wait...do you want me to tell anyone?"
"Only Dragan."
"Ok."
"Crow..."
"Yeah?"
"Thank you for believing me."
"You're welcome...Atlas-Idiot."
Jack watches as Crow leaves. That bird-brain isn't that bad. As long as he tells Dragan everything will be fine.
"Hey, Uncle Rex, where are you?" Jack says looking up at the celling.
He hears a loud crashing noise. Then some swearing, probably Dragan's. Then more crashing. What is up with today?
Jack sighs and gets up. He walks down the stairs to see that the swearing one was actually Andore. It looks like someone managed to knock Yuusei off the balcony and Dragan fainted off the edge.
"Why were you guys even on the balcony?!" Jack asks staring down at Dragan and Yuusei.
"It was Harald's idea." Brave says
"Thanks." Harald hisses.
"Does it matter?" Jean asks
"What happened?" Jack asks with a sigh.
"Andore somehow managed to trip and fall into Yuusei." Breo explains, "And then Crow said something to Dragan...and this happened."
"Sorry." Andore shouts down to Yuusei.
"It's ok!" Yuusei shouts back up.
Jack jumps off the balcony (like Varon from DM) and lands right next to Yuusei. Jack picks Yuusei up and walks back to the house as Andore picks Dragan up. Jack puts Yuusei down and runs off again.
Jack runs back into his old room. His new suit has been folded for him. He sighs, this will take forever. The next few days will be hell.
"Come on Rex, just show yourself!" Jack cries lying back on his bed.
A bunch of paper snowflakes fall on Jack's head. Jack scowls.
"Does this mean that you are a ghost?"
Jack sits in silence as if waiting for an answer. It was all easier when he was working for Rex. Sure he had no friends and was forever alone but he had money and a life. This life is nice but some day he'd need a more financially stable life...
"Rex, please..."
Jack stares down at his hands and blinks with his stinging eyes. He should go to bed soon. He'd been staying up late every night worrying. Crow would laugh at him...no, not even the midget would be that cruel.
"Goodnight Rex."
Jack closes his eyes and falls asleep. Tomorrow would be easier...maybe harder.