7 Years Later…
Rex ran through the emptied school building, as Gwen and Jack threw comments and information at each other from opposite areas of the building. After a car chase through the town, the Vhak had dispersed themselves throughout the school, and Rex's tracker was beeping on every corridor he turned down. They were everywhere, surrounding him.
Rex bagged a few in Jack's weird "prison transporters" things, or whatever it was that Jack and Gwen had decided to name it. They were simple devices, picked from the wreckage of some Rift rubble, all you had to do was click a button, throw, and then boom! Whatever was contained within the force field of the device was transported to some long-distant prison planet. Or at least that's what the team hoped, they didn't think about it much when they found out it worked against the Vhak. Gwen said they made her skin crawl as much as Weevils did…
Gwen and Jack had managed to capture the rest of them, and the trackers could find no more. The team retreated out of the school, and were met with pupils, teachers, and some local press and police filling up the playground. The Captain laid on his best charismatic smile for the teachers in the smartest suits, it wouldn't hurt if the cameras caught a few glimpses of his beaming smirk either though. Gwen took to the local police, fraternising between her old work colleges, and good ol' Andy. The pair seemed to almost disappear when in their full work mode. Each player had their part, and Gwen and Jack could both play them perfectly when required.
Rex stood aimlessly around the edges. He studied each group of people in turn, before turning round and reviewing the school building once again. It was small, communal, quant but run-down like the rest of Cardiff, there was nothing extraordinary about it really. He moved on, spying down the small pathway that ran perpendicular to the school's tall fences. Through the small bars, Rex could see two people taking a slow walk. Rex couldn't help himself.
He found a small gate over his side of the playground, and quickly and quietly made his way through to the side street.
"I thought it might be you," he called.
Alice took her eyes off the much younger Jan, and turned to look at Rex. The pair were stood together, holding hands as they had been walking.
"Hello!" Jan separated from his mum, reaching a hand out towards Rex. "What's your name?"
"Ste!" Alice snapped.
"Oh, I keep forgetting, not meant to talk to just random people. Ignore that question!" Jan smiled the same boyish grin as Jack was bearing, just 200 yards away on the other side of the fence.
"Jan, how about you walk to the end of the path, I'll be along in a few moments,"
"Ok, Mum!" Jan smiled as he continued on down the side street, giving a small wave to Rex as he passed.
"He hasn't met you yet. It's soon though, he's getting closer to the age he was when we first met him. He bought the same t-shirt the other day,"
"And how are you?" Rex asked.
"Normal," Alice replied, smiling.
