Challenge 571 - Follow through

[m_findlow]

Title: Follow through
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Rex Matheson, Director Friedkin
Rating: PG
Challenge: 571 - Simple at tw100
Notes: Rex has got the bit between his teeth and he's not letting it go. A double drabble.

Rex sat impatiently in the back of the cab, throwing back two more vicodin to ease the agony in his shoulder, before putting his phone back to his ear.

'Yeah, get Friedkin on the line,' he demanded. 'Of course he knows what this is about! No, left, left!' he yelled at the cab driver. 'Aeroporto! Comprende?' Freaking immigrants.

'Friedkin, here,' came the greeting. 'Rex? I thought you were still at the hospital.'

'Just got discharged,' he lied. 'I'm on my way to the airport now.'

'You haven't been cleared for international travel, Rex.'

'So clear me.'

Friedkin pinched the bridge of his nose. 'You're chasing after ghosts. Torchwood is dead.'

Rex snorted. 'You think so? We get a malware attack and three seconds later nobody can die? Seems pretty simple to me. They're responsible for this. That means we gotta go there and find them.'

'No one has registered any trace of them in over a year.'

'Internazionale!' Rex called out, pointing up at the sign for departures, forcing the cab to swing wildly left at the last minute, mounting the divider. 'Don't worry about it,' he assured his director. 'Just get me the goddamn rendition order. I'll find them.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

I really dislike Rex and I never even watched Miracle Day.

[m-findlow.livejournal.com]

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I actually really like Rex as a character. He keeps the investigation moving throughout the series whilst Jack is off at tangents, grinding his own axes and just generally struggling to get his shit together. He's just got that typical brusque American way of doing things, and having two guys both used to being in charge makes for interesting banter between them.

[bk_forever]

Well, like I said, I never saw Miracle Day so I wouldn't know, he just seems dislikeable from what I've read