Every moment Gwen wasn't fighting aliens, doing homework, or being an overall good person, she dedicated to opening a controllable rift in space. It wasn't any easy feat. Sometimes she opened a portal, but to the completely wrong place. Sometimes the portal had the right energy, but wouldn't open past the circumference of a dime. Still she persevered, training herself and her powers, until one day it finally paid off.

Kevin sat lounging on Gwen's bed, watching his girlfriend float in midair, pink and purple energy swirling around her.

"How's it going?" He asked, rolling onto his back.

"I've almost got it!" She smiled, "I can practically taste it."

"Gross." Electricity crackled around her, and a small, colorful hole opened in the wall of her room. Gwen stood up, her feet landing on the floor noiselessly.

"I did it!" She cried, looking out into the other dimension. Kevin stood up, joining her. The portal seemed to be flying above a city, pillars of smoke rising above the skyscrapers and rumbles shaking cars on the ground. A small red and orange figure was thrown into the side of a concrete building, collapsing a supportive wall. Instinctively it seemed to construct a huge metal hand, holding the toppling building up.

"He looks a little busy."

Rex sat up from the nanite scanner in Dr. Holiday's lab, rubbing the back of his head. The mission today had not been fun, the EVO he had fought had almost killed him.

"Your nanites seem to be fine, you're just a little worn out." She assured him, making notes on her clipboard.

"That's un alivio(1)." Rex's sarcasm didn't escape Holiday's notice. Raising an eyebrow, she motioned Rex to take a seat. She sat in her own office chair in front of him, looking at him seriously. She, along with Six and Noah, had noticed that Rex seemed off since he had come back through the portal that had opened up several weeks ago. He hadn't talked to anyone about anything that happened. Holiday had originally theorized that the portal was a small wormhole, but there were reports that most of the EVOs that had entered had come back out cured, and incurables came back in cages. In addition to that, something like a wormhole wouldn't have upset Rex as much as he seemed to be. He was also consistently on his phone. Not moving his hands, but staring at the screen.

"You know I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong, Rex." She sighed, and Rex looked up at her.

"I know." He said simply, setting his gaze back onto the screen.

"Do I have to order you to show me what's on your phone?" She asked. Rex looked up, prepared to make a joke before he saw she was completely serious. Sighing deeply, he handed the small device to Holiday, and she looked at him with concern before flipping through the… pictures. They were in a place she didn't recognize, with a boy she had never seen before. She thumbed through several dozen, series of them in different locations and at different times. Rex seemed genuinely happy, and almost all of them included him and this strange boy in the green jacket smiling. "Who is this?" She asked.

"No one." Rex stood up, grabbing the phone from her before making his way to the door. She was about to call him back, but between her and the door a bright pink light flashed, blinding her momentarily. Opening her eyes, she looked onto the faces of two teenagers about Rex's age. One, a girl with bright red hair, stepped through.

"We're looking for Rex." She said, the boy behind her nodding.

"Um… uh…" Holiday stuttered, any words lost on her. The girl looked startled, before shaking herself.

"I'm sorry, where are my manners? My name's Gwen. Rex met Kevin and myself when he entered the interdimensional portal." The boy, presumably Kevin, waved when the girl, Gwen, said his name. "We have someone Rex might want to see again." Holiday stood silent. All of the girl's words jumbled in her head before she could fully comprehend them. 'Interdimensional... Rex... someone... manners...~' Holiday coughed.

"Um... he's... uh… I'll go get him." Holiday stepped away, turning to the bright window that overlooked the Petting Zoo. "Rex… there are… um… some people here… to see you." She stuttered into the wall-mounted com, glancing over at the ginger girl. She seemed to be conversing with the other boy, who held a brightly colored party hat in one hand. Holiday heard faint knocks on a door somewhere far away, and the boy left to answer them. "Please get here quickly."

Ben stood grudgingly at the entrance to Gwen's house, once again. Kevin answered the door, and before Ben could speak, put a bright blue and yellow party hat onto his head.

"What's the big deal?" He asked, his hand resting on the plastic fluff ball that topped the cardboard.

"You'll see~" Kevin said, leading Ben up the stairs to Gwen's room. He knocked some far-fetched, elaborate code onto the wood, and seemed to wait for a response.

"Where are Aunt Natalie and Uncle Frank?" Ben asked, his eyes confused and set on his friend.

"Gwen paid them to go out to dinner tonight." Kevin replied, not taking his eyes off of the door. They stood in silence for several minutes before knocking came from the other side. "About time." He covered Ben's eyes with his hands. "Open the door." Ben fumbled for the handle, baffled, but ultimately not in the mood to fight whatever these two had planned. He walked slowly into what he assumed was the middle of Gwen's room, where Kevin turned him slowly to face another wall.

Gwen thanked Holiday again. While she had explained to the woman at least three times what had happened, the last two with Rex's help, Holiday still seemed to be in shock from the overload of information.

"I'll have him back in a little while." Gwen smiled pushing Rex through the portal to her room. More knocking came from the other side, and Gwen's smile grew wider. Whatever Holiday felt she could have said to deny whatever they wanted Rex for was checked by the smile she saw on Rex's face. It was big, genuine, real. She nodded, sitting down again in her office chair as the girl stepped back through the portal, closing it behind her.

"Okay," Kevin said, removing his hands from Ben's face. "Open your eyes."

Google Translate Spanish Footnotes ;D -

1. Un Alivio - A Relief