‘So how do we get them back?’ Jennings wanted to know.
‘Can we rely on your help again, Doctor?’ asked Candace.
‘Oh you know what it’s like – things to do, people to visit. Invading aliens to sort out. But I’ve got some notes you can have on how to adapt one of the decommissioned space shuttles for the flight to the moon. And I’ll pop in if I get a chance.’
‘Why do I feel that’s a snub?’ Candace said.
‘You’ll manage,’ the Doctor told her. ‘You’ll do magnificently.’
‘What are you going to do with the prisoners?’ Amy asked. ‘They don’t deserve to be shipped off to another world like that. It’s like deportation all over again.’
Jennings said: ‘Most of them are due for release anyway under the President’s new plans. It was Jackson’s influence – or rather his alien counterpart’s – that kept them up there. The others, well I’ll make sure they’re dealt with fairly. They’ll be properly treated, I assure you.’
‘They’d better be,’ the Doctor said. ‘I’ll be watching.’
‘I believe you, Doctor.’
‘I know you want to be on your way,’ Walinski said, ‘and no doubt you have your own reports to write and forms to fill in.’
‘No doubt,’ the Doctor said.
‘But we will need to debrief you both thoroughly. Could take a while, I’m afraid. And I think we all have some pretty searching questions. Obviously I’ll clear it with your superiors. Which Agency did you say you were with again?’
The Doctor and Amy exchanged glances. ‘Tell you what,’ the Doctor said, ‘why don’t we get ourselves some coffee or something and we’ll be right back.’
Jennings’ mouth twitched into a smile beneath his ever-present dark-tinted glasses. ‘No problem. I think we could all do with a short break.’
‘Bye then,’ Amy said. ‘For now, I mean.’
‘Yes,’ the Doctor said. ‘Bye for now. It’s been… real.’
Candace got coffee for the others while they waited for the Doctor and Amy to return.
‘So what’s with that blue cupboard he had brought in?’ Walinski asked.
‘I didn’t see it,’ she admitted. ‘But I did hear a funny noise – did you? Like a rasping, grating sound.’
‘Sort of wheezing and groaning?’ Walinski said. ‘We heard that. I think it came from outside. There’s a window open somewhere. It blew some papers across the office.’
‘Except,’ Agent Jennings said slowly, ‘this is a secure building. None of the windows open.’ He took his glasses off and gently rubbed the bridge of his nose where they had been resting. ‘You know, I’m not sure we’re going to see those two again.’
‘What makes you say that?’ Candace asked.
‘Just a feeling,’ he said. ‘At the back of my mind.’ He smiled suddenly. ‘And I’ve read the UNIT files.’
It struck Candace that she’d never seen Agent Jennings’ eyes before. She’d expected them to be as dark and colourless as the lenses of his glasses. But in fact they were a bright, cheerful green.
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