Little Runner

## Synopsis

After discovering that Rosie is working with Matthews, Charles confronts Matthews. Rosie tells the team of how she became a speedster and got recruited for the Protectors of Time.

## Plot

Rosie sits down and tells Charles and Tom how she joined the PoT.

In 2049, Rosie is late to a crime scene: a robbed chemical truck. At the scene, Rosie concludes that the perpetrator picked the lock on the truck, disabled the camera and got what he came for before a failsafe chemical in the camera could knock him out.

Back at CCPD, Rosie shares her theory with her lab-mate Lin that a speedster was responsible for the theft, despite the fact that all known speedsters haven't been seen since 2024. Rosie checks the Speedster Museum, formerly Array Industries, for clues when she picks a call from her mum - Mary. Unfortunately, the museum closes before she can find out what she needs.

Lin calls Rosie over to another lab where on old teacher of the latters helps them figure out what the chemicals are used for. On their way out, the speedster speeds in and takes more chemicals. He declares himself to be the God of Speed.

The speedster fires lightning at Rosie, launching her against a metal rack and knocking her out. She wakes up in the hospital, where Lin shows her a small piece of metal that was in her shoulder. After goofing around with Rosie’s powers in the lab, she fails in her first outing as a superhero. To figure out the speedster (dubbed "Surge" by Lin) is up to, Rosie decides to speak to another villainous speedster. She goes to Stormguard to see Matthews, who quickly figures out Rosie is a new speedster, but will not help her.

Back at the lab, Lin tells Rosie she didn't get her powers from Surge's attack — the piece of metal in Rosie's shoulder was a power-dampener made by Array Industries 25 years ago. Concluding that her mother put the chip in her, Rosie is torn about whether she can trust her ever again. The two are having coffee when they figure out the last component Surge needs to utilise what he already stole. They check the only lab in the city that has the chemical. Surge shows up, but Rosie is no match for him. He defeats Rosie, kills Lin, and leaves with the chemical.

She goes to see Matthews again, who finally agrees to help her. He leads her to a lab that has the device Surge needs to stabilise his Velocity-9.

Surge arrives and Rosie manages to get a power-dampener cuff on him. Unfortunately, Surge uses another dose of Velocity-9, allowing him to break free of the cuff. After a chase around the city, at Carter's recommendation, Rosie leads Surge before a satellite, which immediately destabilises the Velocity-9 in his system. She goes to Stormguard to celebrate with Matthews. She asks him to train her just to discover he's on death row. Instead, Matthews directs her to the Time Vault in the Speedster Museum, where she finds a video her dad left before he vanished in the Crisis.

Charles confronts Matthews in Stormguard in the future, who tells the former not to blame his daughter for what happened. Charles speeds off, leaving Matthews closer to death row.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Bash Dinsmore as Charles McLance, Carter Matthews and Captain Alex Lance.
* Kristina Vertneg as Ariana McLance
* WIth Vince Dolan (credit only)
* And Martin Walker as Arthur Wentworth

### Special Appearance By

* Rhys Dell as Norman Hayes
* Peter Woolley as Professor Saxon

### Special Guest Stars

* Mhairi Henley as Rosie Williams/Wizzer
* Ryan Hemingway as Tom Brown
* Saturn Voices as Damien Thomas
* Lewis Brownlie as Oliver Martin
* With Thomas Grant as Professor Sebastian Duncan
* And Jess Herring as Rosie Williams (archive sound)

### Guest Starring

* Tanya Sinha as Lin
* Luke Marquez as Jason Mewes/Surge
* Alice Caitlin-Bell as Nora Thomas
* And Marcus Fforde as Jay Palmer/OG Blur

### Co-Starring

* Sarah Cleasby as Mary Williams
* Chad Michaels as Thomas Graves/Prison Guard
* Mark Thoms as Reverse=Blur exhibit Tannoy
* Chad Davis as Museum Tannoy