Alex Drake

Alex was a high flying and prominent FBI agent on the fast track route through the system well on his way to greater things until an incident at a garage where the rest of the evidence response team stumbled across him via time travel, blew up the garage (mostly by accident) before returning to the future leaving him to take the blame for it and pick up the pieces.

His transfer to evidence response quickly followed. During his time at evidence response Drake experienced many things, and picked up a love for driving from Birchall although a little lacking in the skill department. He purchased a lovely sports car from winterset and accidentally used a wish on it getting the best warranty ever. His car even followed him to the afterlife when he died (and came back again when Jane revived him). He later went on to acquire a monster truck but failed to get much use out of it due to extreme protest from other members of the team.

He had a love for tasers and small arms, being by far the most proficient on the team with pistols and equally with tasers. Although
his luck isn't the greatest at times which resulted in him tasering his team more often than not.

During his time with evidence response he also had a run-in with a white necromancer who possessed him for a time and awakened Drake's interest in magic and started a personal quest to learn magic. He was ultimately unsuccessful but tried nonetheless.

After a series of deaths and subsequent revivals (mostly at the hands of Jane) Drake is currently dead after taking a grenade for the team by tasering it out of the air at an abandoned farm house, saving Jane's life.

Events in Depth

The following events have been highlighted as having special significance for Alex since joining the mid-west evidence response team. Please see the Timeline to place these incidents in context.

26 September 2000

Alex Drake arrives on brief secondment to the mid-west evidence response team only sixteen hours after the rest of the group has assembled. He aids the group on case WK001.

28 September 2000

With the conclusion of case WK001, Alex Drake is reassigned.

9 December 2000

Following Eisenstein's instructions, Alex Drake rejoins the mid-west evidence response team. He flies into Casper, Wyoming to assist with Case CS1473-IND.

10 December 2000

Captured by Ukrainian commandos at the Mary Estate in Casper, Wyoming. Once rescued he goes after them with their own assault rifle and succeeds in bringing down their heavily armoured military helicopter. Only after the event, with a dozen heavily armed and annoyed commandos rushing in his general direction, did it occur to him this was a bad idea.

11 December 2000

Badly wounded in struggle with Oscar Ross. Later the victim of a grenade attack by Ukrainian commandos. He is admitted to hospital in Casper, but forced to remain in the city even after the conclusion of the case as various military and intelligence agencies attempt to get to the bottom of the matter of the Ukrainian attack helicopter. Fortunately, this is Artemis Black's problem.

19 December 2000

In the evidence response reshuffle Drake retains his position as the most junior member of the mid-west team.

24-25 December 2000

Attends the evidence response Christmas part in Beverly Hills.

1 January 2000

In the operation to bring down Apache Joe, Drake is partnered with Philip McKraken. He and McKraken are in Temple watching the potential victim, Hannah Webber, when they come under attack by Apache Joe. Drake is wounded and calls in back-up, but McKraken is shot and killed by the serial killer. Drake is wounded again in the fight that finally brings Apache Joe down and is whisked away to hospital.

8 January 2000

Drake is released from hospital and returns to Wichita.

9 January 2000

Drake is recalled to hospital (this time in Wichita) when the surgeon who operated on him in Temple realises that he left his watch behind. The surgery goes well, but Drake has to remain in hospital for several days.

See Also:

• Alex Drake entry in Who's Who section.