The next day
The four kids ran around the penthouse, while the adults sat together, catching up on what they'd missed. They were also busy opening all the presents they'd received from the family back in Roswell. It was slightly overwhelming, but they didn't care. It was a nice touch and they appreciated it a lot.
"So what should we do now? We could go somewhere, all of us... something the kids could have fun with, that would still be interesting for us, you know?" asked Max.
"What about the zoo?" suggested Jenna.
"Let's see," said Anna, as she turned towards the kids, who's stopped in a corner for a minute.
"Hey guys, how'd you like to go to the zoo?" she asked them.
"What's that?" asked Emily.
"It's where there's a lot of animals," said Patrick.
"Monkeys?" asked Riley, getting excited.
"I wanna see monkeys!" said Shelby, her sister's excitement rubbing off.
"Everyone agree? We go to the zoo then?" asked Jack.
"Yes!" exclaimed the four kids.
*
At that time, Trent HQ
The two men and two women waited in the plain room. The mood was tense, as well it should. Their employer was as unpredictable as someone could be. The disappearance of some of their colleagues on a regular basis was proof enough. Hopefully what they had to announce would get them through the day. Just then, Andrew Trent breezed through the door. He didn't bother saying hello and simply sat and crossed his arms over his chest.
"I'm waiting. What do you have?" The four shuffled into their seats.
"W... well, as you know, we've been attempting to find that... X5 and her mother. This morning we found something. If this is the right woman..."
"Keep going,' said Trent, not showing one bit of emotion.
"According to what we've found... she has a husband and two children. We've checked her background, and although we haven't found a home address, we have a workplace," said one of the men as he pushed a few sheets of paper towards Trent.
"Zachary Cale," he read off the first sheet, then off the second, "Jennifer Cale." He looked up. "What makes you think these two are the X5 girl's children?" One of the women spoke up.
"This is a picture of their mother," she said, handing over a picture. Trent looked over from the pictures on the sheets to the one he'd just been handed.
"Again, how do we know this woman is the X5?" The woman spoke up again.
"This is the last known picture we have of X5-452," she said, handing him one more picture.
He looked at all the pictures for several seconds, then finally looked up. "Congratulations." He got up. "I want you to install phone taps and microphones, the whole deal, at this..." He looked down at the sheets again. "Jam Pony," he read off them.
"Yes, sir," they said as they hurried out. They breathed a sigh of relief as they got to work.
*
The next morning, Jam Pony
"I tell you, they're just the sweetest things. The girls... they look just like their mother... and their maternal grandmother," Jenna told Maya as they rolled in from their latest deliveries.
"I've never seen triplets," said Maya.
"It's incredible, they look so much alike. I don't know how they can tell them apart. And Patrick is like this... big brother to them, it's so sweet."
"I think you've said that already,' said Maya as Zack came up to them.
"Hey, Mom wants you to call her to check what time we go."
"Okay," said Jenna as she headed to the pay phone.
She picked up the receiver, put in a quarter. There was no tone so she banged her hand on the side. Finally she heard it, so she dialed. "Hello?" came her father's voice.
"Hey, Dad, it's me."
"Hi!"
"Yeah, Mom wanted me to call?"
"Yes, I..." He stopped when he heard a loud voice in the background.
"No personal calls!"
"Dad, I gotta go... Calvin is getting testy. What time do you want to meet at the zoo?"
"How's two?"
"Sounds good to me. Go back to work now," Logan said with a laugh.
*
Minutes later, Trent HQ
"Sir!" came a man as he entered the office.
"Yes?"
"I think we may have something. Here's a tape from our lines in Jam Pony," he said as he set a small tape player on the desk and hit play.
"I've never seen triplets," they heard a young girl say.
"It's incredible, they look so much alike..." replied another girl. He continued listening. "What time do you want to meet at the zoo?" He stopped the tape.
"Get a team in here, NOW! I have a new idea."
The four kids ran around the penthouse, while the adults sat together, catching up on what they'd missed. They were also busy opening all the presents they'd received from the family back in Roswell. It was slightly overwhelming, but they didn't care. It was a nice touch and they appreciated it a lot.
"So what should we do now? We could go somewhere, all of us... something the kids could have fun with, that would still be interesting for us, you know?" asked Max.
"What about the zoo?" suggested Jenna.
"Let's see," said Anna, as she turned towards the kids, who's stopped in a corner for a minute.
"Hey guys, how'd you like to go to the zoo?" she asked them.
"What's that?" asked Emily.
"It's where there's a lot of animals," said Patrick.
"Monkeys?" asked Riley, getting excited.
"I wanna see monkeys!" said Shelby, her sister's excitement rubbing off.
"Everyone agree? We go to the zoo then?" asked Jack.
"Yes!" exclaimed the four kids.
*
At that time, Trent HQ
The two men and two women waited in the plain room. The mood was tense, as well it should. Their employer was as unpredictable as someone could be. The disappearance of some of their colleagues on a regular basis was proof enough. Hopefully what they had to announce would get them through the day. Just then, Andrew Trent breezed through the door. He didn't bother saying hello and simply sat and crossed his arms over his chest.
"I'm waiting. What do you have?" The four shuffled into their seats.
"W... well, as you know, we've been attempting to find that... X5 and her mother. This morning we found something. If this is the right woman..."
"Keep going,' said Trent, not showing one bit of emotion.
"According to what we've found... she has a husband and two children. We've checked her background, and although we haven't found a home address, we have a workplace," said one of the men as he pushed a few sheets of paper towards Trent.
"Zachary Cale," he read off the first sheet, then off the second, "Jennifer Cale." He looked up. "What makes you think these two are the X5 girl's children?" One of the women spoke up.
"This is a picture of their mother," she said, handing over a picture. Trent looked over from the pictures on the sheets to the one he'd just been handed.
"Again, how do we know this woman is the X5?" The woman spoke up again.
"This is the last known picture we have of X5-452," she said, handing him one more picture.
He looked at all the pictures for several seconds, then finally looked up. "Congratulations." He got up. "I want you to install phone taps and microphones, the whole deal, at this..." He looked down at the sheets again. "Jam Pony," he read off them.
"Yes, sir," they said as they hurried out. They breathed a sigh of relief as they got to work.
*
The next morning, Jam Pony
"I tell you, they're just the sweetest things. The girls... they look just like their mother... and their maternal grandmother," Jenna told Maya as they rolled in from their latest deliveries.
"I've never seen triplets," said Maya.
"It's incredible, they look so much alike. I don't know how they can tell them apart. And Patrick is like this... big brother to them, it's so sweet."
"I think you've said that already,' said Maya as Zack came up to them.
"Hey, Mom wants you to call her to check what time we go."
"Okay," said Jenna as she headed to the pay phone.
She picked up the receiver, put in a quarter. There was no tone so she banged her hand on the side. Finally she heard it, so she dialed. "Hello?" came her father's voice.
"Hey, Dad, it's me."
"Hi!"
"Yeah, Mom wanted me to call?"
"Yes, I..." He stopped when he heard a loud voice in the background.
"No personal calls!"
"Dad, I gotta go... Calvin is getting testy. What time do you want to meet at the zoo?"
"How's two?"
"Sounds good to me. Go back to work now," Logan said with a laugh.
*
Minutes later, Trent HQ
"Sir!" came a man as he entered the office.
"Yes?"
"I think we may have something. Here's a tape from our lines in Jam Pony," he said as he set a small tape player on the desk and hit play.
"I've never seen triplets," they heard a young girl say.
"It's incredible, they look so much alike..." replied another girl. He continued listening. "What time do you want to meet at the zoo?" He stopped the tape.
"Get a team in here, NOW! I have a new idea."