Sam stretched while walking into the kitchen. Rikki had finally let him go for the night. He yawned and sat down, noticing Grinder. "Um..hey, Grinder." Grinder gave him a small grin.
"Hey. So, Rikki's finished?" Sam nodded.
"He is."
"Do I even want to know?"
"No." Sam looked around. "Where's Alex?"
"He went out." Sam looked at him.
"Where." Grinder shrugged.
"He didn't say." Sam blinks, then sighs. He looks to Rikki's door, then back to Grinder.
"I'm going to look for him. Don't tell Rikki." He rushes past and exits though the cargo bay. Grinder stared after him.

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Alex entered his old high school, wondering why Jennifer wanted to meet here. Why did she want to meet him anyway? They broke up ages ago. Only curiousity brought him here.
"Hello?" He called out, receiving no reply.
He looked at the gym. It was dusty and full of un-used boards. He heard the school was being remodeled, but being here was strange. "Welcome back, Alex..." a voice echoed.
"Huh? Who's there?"
A woman came out of the shadows, along with two men. The woman had short blonde hair and wasn't very tall. The two had a darker shade then the woman and were only a bit taller then the lady. The only thing Alex knew was that Jennifer wasn't present among them.
"Who are you? Where's Jennifer?" Alex said.
"She's not here. She didn't contact you, I did." The woman replied calmy.
Alex frowned.
"Why?"
The woman smiled, winking at him.
"Because we have unfinished business, my dear Alex. You may not remember me but we have a lot of history together."
Alex tensed, not knowing what she was talking about or was planning. He backed toward the exit.
"Whatever. I'll be going now."
The woman didn't show any emotion as she whipped out a handgun and shot off a warning, the bullet coming very near Alex. Alex froze in his tracks.
"I'm afraid I can't let you go quite yet."

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Sam walked though the streets, calling Al's name and ignoring the glance of other people. He sighed, stopping to take a break. Where was Al?
"Sam, bad news. Alex is in the high school and will die in the next two hours."
Sam jumped, the whirled to face him.
"AL...stop doing that! Alex is at the school?"
Al nodded.
"Yes. You have to get there now!"
Sam looked around, then back at Al.
"Um...How do I get there?"

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Sam cautiously entered the building, looking around and seeing no one around. It looked like he was in the cafeteria, though it was completly empty. Near the left corner was a double door with the word Gym over it. That was were Al said Alex was. He slowly opened one of the doors, peering around. Sure enough, Alex was there, talking to a group of people. Two men and a woman. The woman was holding a gun in her hand, but didn't seem to be threatening Alex at the moment. After a few more words, the woman turned to the men and said something. They then ganged on Alex, grabbing his arms and making him kneel in front of the woman. She held the gun to his forehead.
Sam pushed the door open and started running toward them. He tackled the woman before she could fire, pinning her to the ground. The men moved to help her, but Alex brushed loose and westled with one of them. The other guy took out his own gun, shooting at Alex. Alex was hit in the shoulder and thrown off the first guy. The other then aimed it at Sam. Sam sighed and got off the woman, watching as she stood up.
"Well...so Alex's friend showed up. We get to kill them both."

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