~fin~
28 Oct 2018
The Next is finally completed. =v=
Thanks for patience.
I appreciate everyone who had taken the time to read. =D
I hope you will enjoy this story. If you do, please leave a review – I'd love to hear your thoughts! ^^
**UPDATES 1st July 2018**
Holy shit! I can't believe I just have about ten more chapters to go to finishing this Saga!
Legit, I swear it's true, based on the drafts and the planner I had written (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง
Pls look forward to the finale! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
**UPDATES 5th FEB 2018**
Cover art added! Let me know what you think of my chibi art! X3
Not much of an artist but hope it passed. Lol.
Asides from this, many thanks to all readers who have been patiently following and reading! Your comments are appreciated, and it motivates me to trudge on!
I'll try to post consistently as much as I can. If only I could do this as a full time job lol.
Since my story's carried on for a lonnnnng time, I've included relevant recap points referencing to earlier parts in my story at the bottom of each chapter. So that it will be easy for you in refreshing plot points. And I've also put some footnotes for references/ recap to the original cartoon.
FYI, this might turn out to be roughly a hundred chapter ride. I swear I will not abandon this halfway. So do stay with me.
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Hi! Hi! If you're here, this means you love the same thing I do –Generator Rex fan fic. ^_^
I love the series a lot and I'm a bit sad to see it end, so I thought, why not make my own continuation?
I've seen a couple of great fan fics out there, so I became inspired to write one too.
Of course, I don't own any of the characters nor the series, which was created by the amazing Man of Action Studios.
But I hope that you will enjoy reading this as much I have, writing it. So I welcome all comments. ^_^
FYI:
All past events leading up to the worldwide Cure in Endgame has taken place in my fan fic. The story just continues on from there, fast forwarded about six years. Noah is now in his final semester in college, and Rex is still with Providence.
I know the worldwide cure has deactivated nanites, so there not many chances for Rex to be jumping into action. But hey, White Knight did mention at the end that everyone was still not nanite free.
And since I really enjoy the concept of rouge nanites and nanite-controlling powers, I've tried to weave that back into the story. I think it feels more like Rex's world this way. Hee hee.
And on top of that, I'll be introducing new villians too, just to give a little variation.
PS: Main coupling here is Rex Salazar X Noah Nixon. Because I think they are funny and cute together –they make a really good pair, don't you? ^_^
You have been warned, so don't read if you hate the idea of Rex getting with Noah.
PPS: And yes, hee hehe, I made up this whole fan fic just so that I can relieve my fangirl, yaoi fantasies. Pls read if you are unhealthy like me. XD
Otherwise, if you wish to retain your purity of soul, hit the 'back' button on your browser before these immoral words stain your soul. I repeat, you have been warned.
PPPS: Of course, there will be plenty of smex. But in the later parts.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Continue only if you're ready to enter the debauched and wayward world of grinding hot smex and lascivious, wanton bodies between MEN. There will be no saving you from the sinful pits of licorice randy. You will henceforth, forever be corrupted once you lay eyes on these wicked writings. Heh heh. *+v+*
If you are already lecherous and can fall no further down the spiral of vices, then I welcome you in open, depraved arms, my fellow sister, my brethren, to partake in this decadent feast and read these like your holy words. B-]
Enjoy! ^_^
Chapter One: Kiss to Win
(Spring. Rex visits Noah at the college fair.)
Noah was a crazy guy.
As in a non-skilled, untrained, non-official Providence agent who still rushed head-long into battles as Rex's sidekick –kind-of way.
Okay, okay, so to be fair, in the six years Rex had known him, he had to admit Noah Nixon had some mad skills at table tennis, basketball, console games, and was a natural with a machine gun.
They've come a long way from those days of fighting EVOs, and tackling the Consortium and other crazy wackos who tapped into advanced machine warfare.
But over the last three years Noah had been in college, Rex found himself surprised by the new things he learned about his best bud.
Like A: Noah –at about five foot ten –has added 'the shortest basketball star to ever dominate his college' to his resume, since the rest of the players were all over six foot like Rex.
B: He has accumulated fans of nearly everyone on campus since his debut as Romeo in his end-of-year drama assessment during his freshman year.
And C: He's the number-one guy on campus whom girls want to kiss.
The long line of female fans at Noah's kissing booth was utterly ridiculous, especially since they each had to pay five bucks for a peck. Although Rex never went to college, and so didn't know about the different social ladders, he was pretty sure that there were ladies of all social statuses eyeing for his lips.
From the regular, average chicks or plus sized ones in simple skirts or jeans and plain tops, to athletic ones in their sneakers, or cute, petite types, and even the mega bombshells –Noah was like the bachelor of every girl's dream.
Someone should really make it illegal to cheat girls out of a kiss, even if it was for fund raising for the school. It really wasn't fair since Noah was obviously getting the better end of the deal. Or maybe Rex just thought that way because he was just jealous. It annoyed him that he never got any kisses for rewards even though he had saved countless of girls –much less get paid.
Here Rex Salazar, the world's greatest hero, who'd saved the world time and time again, entered the campus compounds without a single note of fanfare. One would think the Master Nanite Controller, who'd miraculously deactivated Nanites world over, would be recognized without his trademark nanite builds.
But no, without them, he was just another ordinary guy who couldn't compare to Noah. Jeez, at least it would have been great if Rex's handsome looks could command at least some attention.
When Noah told him about the kissing booth Rex gallantly decided not to crash in with his full nanite sleekness. Hence, he'd opted for a less flashy entrance, ditching his hover-bike outside the campus entrance, before coming in like a regular guy. But seeing Noah now with a throng of free kisses, he was starting to see green, and wondered if he should have dropped in on the middle of the fair with his jet pack instead.
Rex had trouble keeping his face expressionless as he closed the remaining yards across the large quadrangle where the campus fair was held. He weaved in between knots of people grouped together in front of other booths that held less interesting activities.
There were classic games like ring toss, shooting bottles, spin-a-wheel –all designed to leech the money out of people's pockets since those set ups were probably rigged such that the visitor would never win no matter how many times they try.
Still, the visitors, who looked around his age –probably most of them being college students themselves – seemed game to try. Animated chanter and cheers filled the place, with everyone lively and looking like they were having fun.
"You're late, Rex!" Noah yelled when Rex was a few steps from him and waved him over to his booth, where his next words were gobbled up by the lips of his newest customer.
Rex made a face at the garish red lipstick slobbered over Noah's face when he was released five seconds later.
"You're missing all the action," Noah added and was about to clean his lips with the Kleenex next to him, when he was attacked on the lips by the same girl.
She was a brunette. Prettier than the average girl, she would have looked compatible with Noah, except that she was acting like one freaky, possessive chick –and Rex didn't want that for Noah, as much as it was amusing to watch.
Noah clearly had the short end of the stick in this case –the girl looked like she was sucking the life out of him, fisting Noah's golden hair in a painful grip.
"Hey! No hogging!" a pissed-off girl behind yelled, prompting another to also protest.
By the time Despo Chick released Noah. He was blue in the face and looked like he needed proper CPR.
Noah stepped back and coughed, probably because he was choking on her saliva, and gave a bland smile.
"Well, that kind of invigorating action I can do without," Rex taunted with a mean smirk. Arms folded across his chest he leaned at the side of the booth.
Noah stared icy daggers with his cerulean blue orbs and wiped the lipstick off his mouth.
"Oh, Noah! My Romeo, another one!" the desperate girl exclaimed before smacking another five on the booth and lunged forward for Noah.
Rex would have gladly thrashed her if she was an out of control EVO. But since she was just one of another case of Noah's fans obsessed with him after his epic portrayal as Romeo in his school's drama performance, Rex just grinned at his buddy's misery.
After all, popularity came at a price.
Besides, it was just too damn funny.
But when the girls behind grabbed Despo Chick's arm and started shouting, Rex quickly stepped in between them before a catfight broke out.
"Hey-Hey, ladies. I know Noah's a stud, but let's play nice and share him, alright?" Rex tried to calm them down.
"Please, Noah is my dream man! I've waited all year to do this! This is his senior year, too –my last chance!" Despo chick exclaimed.
Rex didn't want to resort to unorthodox means of control, but there was nothing else he could do unless he wanted to cause a scene by physically stopping her.
Much to his surprise however, Noah laughed lightly and quirked a brow, saying, "Okay then, but you have to promise to let me breathe."
Then Noah leaned over to kiss her again.
Rex shook his head and chuckled. Despite acting like the resident flirt, Noah was actually really sweet. Well, to girls, at least.
Half a minute later, Noah pulls away, but Rex could tell that Despo Chick was still unrelenting.
So Rex did a little trick he learned since the time he discovered he'd the Omega-1 Nanite inside him.
Not being the scientist his older brother was, Rex didn't know how it was possible, but he discovered if he focused and thought really hard, he could get nanites to listen to him. It was as if the invisible, electromagnetic channels were completely open to him, making it easier to 'talk' to the nanites inside people's bodies. If he concentrated hard enough he could possess a limited amount of control over them.
Just like how he jolted 'awake' just enough nanites inside the girl and ordered them to influence the electrochemical signals in her brain to control her motor movement.
And just like that, she was abruptly turning around and she'd be miles away before the nanites would automatically shut down, snapping out of her semi-trance, and she realizes that she had been walking away against her will.
It sounded daunting, but Rex did have limitations on his abilities, and how much influence he had over other people's nanites. If there were too much static or electromagnetic interference, he wouldn't be able to connect with nanites from other bodies without direct contact. And even without such interference, he had to be standing close by, within a few steps, in order to do so.
Hence this ability fell short whenever he was in a room plugged with a phone or an internet router or anywhere that has strong wireless signals. The open grounds were generally clearer from these types of interference, which was why he could influence Despo Chick's nanites without much difficulty.
Unfortunately, it also readily gave him a shitty headache –influencing three or five people, whether through direct contact or standing close by, was just about his limit before his brains start to pound like a sledgehammer going through it.
Also, he found his abilities weren't strong enough to affect EVOs like the Consortium. He tried several occasions when they battled, but it would seem that as they had conscious control over their active nanites, they could overpower Rex's commands, which stands to reason since Rex had not been able to cure them either.
Noah gave a bland smile at Despo Girl's exit, and then speared Rex with a glare, showing his distaste at what the EVO had done. Rex knew Noah would recognize the telling signs of when he used his nanite influence. Rex rarely did it, even in battle, but Noah had witnessed it a few times before on harmless occasions.
In the few instances when Noah seriously expressed his outright dislike were about Rex's newfound abilities. Rex understood why. It was terrible to control someone against their will, like those inhibitor collars* that were placed on EVOs back when Black Knight was in charge of Providence.
Besides, Rex was not about to turn into a control freak.
He used it, only and if, it were absolutely necessary. And Rex knew Noah trusted him not to abuse his powers. Still, neither of them liked it when he did.
At least for this time, Rex was sure Noah didn't think he went completely overboard, since he didn't say anything when the girl appeared to take a sudden about turn and leave.
So Rex merely forced a smile and whispered, "You're welcome," before the next girl ungraciously elbowed Rex out of the way.
"Hey, jeez, not like Noah's the only stud around here. What about me?" Rex grumbled under his breath in annoyance.
Noah must have heard him because he gave Rex that cocky smile of his, with one corner upturned in a devilish manner, which he always does when he wanted to challenge Rex.
"Oh, jealous pal? It's not your fault that you're not born a star like me."
"No," Rex made a face, "but I was engineered to be one. Bet the girls will go ga-ga when they see my true superhero form."
"Oh yeah? You wanna bet?" Noah pushed again, in that infuriating manner that drove Rex's adrenaline in a jumping frenzy, sparking him to take on whatever stupid challenge there was, like a blind bee to honey.
Since the first time Rex met him, Noah could always egg him on and rile him into competing with him. What the contest was meant to prove didn't really matter –simply winning was.
Rex could write a list of all the stupid things they've competed over that would stretch across a whole city block.
When they were sixteen, it was normal for them to get in on ridiculous challenges, or at least, Holiday was patient enough to look the other way when they took their contest within Providence Headquarters. But now, being closer to twenty-one, and therefore no longer privileged with given the blind eye like in their younger days, Holiday scolded them more often than not that they were being downright immature.
"C'mon Rex, what's with the stalling? Not confident enough? Why don't you just admit that I'm the hotter guy between the two of us?" Noah pushed again in his cocky tone and that did it.
"Like hell I will! You're sooo on, Noah. The one that gets the most kisses wins!" Rex gave his own swaggering bite before he sent millions of his nanites buzzling into action, constructing a three-tiered platform beneath his feet to raise him to a more attention-grabbing spotlight.
The unveiling of his powers brought in the right effect of fanatic shrieks, gasps, oohs and ahhs. Finally, they recognized him as the nanite-wielding hero.
"Hey! That's cheating! I don't have a freaking stage!" Noah protested.
"Well then, you need to get an upgrade, like me," Rex taunted.
He'd come a long way from the weapons he was limited to creating back in his teens. Since being perfectly in sync with his Omega-1 Nanite, he gradually learnt to generate a variety of other useful constructs and components.
"Hello ladies, the Nanite Master, Rex Salazar, is on the grounds. So step right up for a kiss for the same amount as your resident superstar, Noah Nixon!" Rex announced dramatically through a loudspeaker he quickly generated with his hand.
The stampede and rush of females scampering to line up in front of Rex was glorifying, especially since he stole some of Noah's fans over.
Rex snickered as he heard Noah's loud humph of annoyance.
"Whatever Rex, I had a head start. Game finishes at the end of the fair at five."
Rex gave a thumbs up to agree with the rules and was convinced that this was going to be his best day ever, until his lips started hurting three hours later from all the brutal sucking and nibbling.
Rex had tasted every flavor there was of food the girls had eaten before and the unpleasant combination left in his mouth was almost nauseating. By then, the charm of getting free kisses from hordes of girls faded away.
At times like these, Rex pondered in chagrin at what possessed him to take up Noah's stupid challenge. He was actually starting to dread the line that seemed to never end.
The afternoon sun beat down on them didn't help either. Rex was sorely parched, but he didn't want to waste time getting a drink since Noah didn't take a break either.
A sideways glance at Noah also confirmed he was also feeling the abuse. Noah was slouching against the side of the booth now, with his lips all red and puffy. He probably had it worse since he'd started earlier and there was still almost two hours left.
But they both stubbornly wanted to win –they were similar in that way, among many others, which was why they'd such a tight friendship. Stupid contest or not, Noah wasn't going to give up, so neither was Rex.
Then, a commotion at the end of Noah's line caught Rex's attention.
A couple of guys, four of them, were crowding Noah's fan, shoving her –no correction, him –around. They looked cool and pretty sporty, dressed in jeans and hoodies emblazoned with the school's emblem. But they behaved like typical, rude, arrogant jocks the way that they harassed the poor, skinny twig who looked like he'd easily snap into two if they pushed him around any harder.
"What's this? A guy queuing up for a kiss with Noah? You damn fag, get outta here. Noah isn't gonna kiss a disgusting freak like you," one of them taunted cruelly.
Pushing aside his surprise that even guys wanted to kiss Noah, Rex shook his head, irked that in this day and age, such prejudice still exists.
It was as if some people needed to find an excuse to bully someone now that they'd no EVO targets to hold prejudice against.
Rex stepped down from his stage just as he saw Noah already striding over.
"Hey guys, c'mon, give him a break," Noah stepped between the poor guy and the jocks.
One of them gave Noah a look of disdain.
"What? Don't tell me, you're gonna humor this fag?"
Noah shrugged. "A little kiss ain't gonna hurt anybody."
The goons chortled.
"Oh hear, hear, looks like all-star Romeo boy is switching lanes. Better ditch the line ladies," another sneered.
Rex wasn't amused by the sarcasm dripping from the guy's words and quickly moved towards them.
Noah on the other hand, remained cool and unruffled.
He merely slung an arm over the guy's neck and gave a lopsided smirk.
"Haven't you heard? Gays are secretly all the rage for those ladies who are 'In'"
At that, Noah did the craziest thing Rex had ever seen him do –he kissed the guy fellow full on the lips.
The bullies flinched as if scalded; crying out that it was gross and what not. Then they quickly retreated as if Noah was a contagious infection that they didn't want to catch.
Rex was rooted to the ground a few feet away, jaws dropped open in shock. I didn't just see my best friend kiss another guy, Rex chanted to himself mentally. But fact was he did, and he didn't know what to make of it.
After Noah was done giving the lucky guy his kiss, he must have caught Rex's perplexed expression because he bit his lips in the way he did when he was nervous.
"Rex," Noah paused, sounding a little shaky and ran his fingers through his hair, which was all the clue Rex needed to tell that Noah was bothered –worried about how Rex would see him, maybe even scared that Rex would be weirded out.
Rex quickly shook himself out of his flabbergasted shock and gave Noah a thumbs-up.
"Yo, Noah, that was cool man! But I should have known you'd beat me to standing up for this guy. Trying to steal more limelight from me, eh?"
Noah immediately looked relieved, with a proud smile replacing his nervous one.
"What can I say? Can't stop myself from saving anyone in distress. You showed me that," Noah gave his snappy comeback and they fist bumped before going right back into the competition.
As if Noah was spot on after all, his queue suddenly increased in numbers, of girls as well as guys. It was almost a mirror image of the girls, except in guy versions. They looked like a range of different stereotypes –the bespectacled, buttoned shirt geeks, the brawny health nuts, the scrawny twigs and their opposites, and he'll be damned –even a few whom he recognized from their incredible, towering height, were members from Noah's basketball team.
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"Are you sure you don't want any of this three-combo-taco of lip-smacking awesomeness?"
Rex gurgled for the tenth time that evening, to get rid of the horrid aftertaste of a thousand kisses from all sorts of girls, before answering.
"No thanks, I've had enough of lip-smacking for today."
"Dude, did all that kissing mess up your brain? We're talking dinner here. And three types of juicy meat," Noah tried again as he came up behind Rex in the bathroom and made a show of slowly peeling back the wrapper.
It had rained earlier, before the fair closed, and Rex and Noah got caught in it. So they went back to Noah's dorm room to dry off, but not before Noah dragged him to the café at the East Block to get the tacos they both absolutely loved.
Noah had already wolfed down his share before they reached his room. But it seemed like too much kissing had a negative effect on Rex, making him feel utterly sick to his gut.
Rex pretended to gag. The act wasn't so hard to pull off.
"Actually, yes, it did. I've enough kissing to last me a lifetime. Now, c'mon. Hurry up and finish it, so we can have a few rounds of 'Monkey Kong versus Killer Whale' before the game."
"What's the rush? My Xbox isn't going to run away."
Rex made a face.
As part of the school fair, there was going to be a friendly basketball match tonight with another campus that was Noah's top rival. In between Providence missions, and the few hundred miles distance between Providence Headquarters and Noah's dorms at the campus, Rex couldn't hang out with his buddy as often as he liked.
He was excited to watch Noah at his best in a basketball tournament. It was almost as invigorating as their one-on-one with each other. Besides that, he was also itching to have some fun playing video games with Noah.
He had his own console back at headquarters, but Bobo was too tough an opponent. That monkey has agile fingers at the joystick and controls, and beat Rex so many times that he'd given up.
"Besides, we haven't even compared our stats yet," Noah folded his arms across his still wet clothing and cocked a brow.
Rex groaned internally, forgetting how persistent Noah could be. He walked past Noah out the bathroom and toweled his hair dry.
"It rained twenty minutes before closing time. Did it still count?"
"Hell yeah! Of course, it does!" Noah exclaimed as he followed after Rex.
Rex helped himself to one of Noah's shirts in his closet and threw it at Noah's face.
"Better get changed first before you catch a cold."
Then Rex threw Noah fresh pants. Noah caught both in with one arm, but looked kinda comical juggling them with his other hand still holding the taco.
"C'mon Rex, how many did you score?" Noah bugged as he abandoned the taco on the counter against one wall and stripped his wet shirt.
Rex had no clue.
Since Noah did that wonderful stint with the gay guy, Rex barely noticed the rest of the girls kissing him after that –he practically lost count and stopped counting.
All that captured his attention were the number of guys who queued up at Noah's line and how Noah looked completely cool with it, comfortable even, with them wrapping their arms around his shoulders and neck, stuck to his lips like glue in what seemed like forever.
Not that there was anything wrong, but if Rex had to be completely honest with himself, he did find it kinda weird. Like, if Rex suddenly kissed Claire, Noah's ex-girlfriend, kind-of weird.
Noah wouldn't shut up if Rex didn't have a number, so he gave a rough estimate.
Noah gave an exaggerated look of despair.
"No, no! How could this be? Have I lost my charm? I'm two kisses behind you!"
Rex chuckled at his lucky guess, not like it was really important anyway. He was feeling pretty sick, and wouldn't have cared even if he lost, though he wouldn't admit it to Noah.
"Okay no, wait," Noah dropped one fist into this other palms in realization, "I did kiss that obsessed girl another two times before you made her take a hike. So yes!" Noah pushed two fists in the air like he won some big game, "Now, at least we're equal." Noah had that joking, smug look with twinkling eyes; looking every bit like he enjoyed the game just like every single time whenever he bested Rex at a competition.
It was dumb really, and annoyed the hell out of Rex, but at the same time, it was kinda fun, goofy, and cool, in a weird, comradely game kind-of way.
Rex loved these games, even if they were silly. And even if he currently felt like shit at the end of it. At least Noah had a good time –it made Rex feel like he'd fun too.
And just like that, without much thought, or comprehension on what he was doing except to wipe that smirk off Noah's face and get one up on him in this contest, Rex closed the three steps between them and pressed his lips onto Noah's.
A slight flinch and a tiny hitch of breath told Rex that Noah was completely caught by surprise. But Noah was not repulsed by Rex's sudden action, instead, started to lean in deeper, tilting his head just a teeny fraction so their lips melded into each other's grooves better.
Rex ended up being the one stunned and he pulled back a hair's length, breathing deeply.
Noah stared at him, eyes wide with an unfathomable gaze, shaky breath hot against Rex's swollen and sensitive lips.
Rex sort of jumped over the couch, suddenly seized by the desire to flee, as if he could erase his mind off the crazy thing he just did.
Why did he kiss his best friend?
His mind was scattered, and then he remembered.
"Hah! I win. I stole that kiss from you, so score one for me," Rex threw over his shoulder, and busied himself by plugging in Noah's Xbox, mentally calming down his insides that suddenly seemed to go haywire.
Rex expected some witty comeback or mock, enraged insult but there was none.
Noah was dead silent –scarily quiet. It unnerved Rex and suddenly he regretted his stupid move.
Just as he turned around, mind scrambling for some lame joke to ease the sudden tension, Noah had disappeared into the bathroom, shutting the door with a resounding thud.
Great. Smooth move, Rex.
Rex started getting jittery. Was Noah going to hate him now? Because they kissed? But Noah seemed cool kissing those fifteen other guys. Or maybe it was some line they'd crossed, which they shouldn't have as buddies.
He couldn't dwell on it, as his providence communicator tucked over his ear, beeped.
"Rex, come in," Six's voice came through the device.
"Yea, I hear ya, Six."
"Strafield County. A dairy farm owner has reported on his cows rolling over, sick. Our GPS shows you're the nearest to the location so we need you to go over for investigation."
Tch. What bad timing. Rex was going to have to miss Noah's game… again.
"Woah Six, you should know I'm no vet. How about Holiday, or one of her assistants?"
"A few of the cows show signs of abnormalities. We don't know how quickly it would escalate, so you had better get over there. Pronto."
There was urgency to Six's tone, and Rex couldn't ignore it.
"Right, got it. Send me the coordinates, and I'll be there in thirty."
"Noah," Rex called out, "I gotta go-"
Noah flung the door open before Rex could finish, towel wrapped round his hips.
"Providence?" Noah lifted a brow.
"Yeah, sorry man," Rex grimaced, feeling bad for ditching their plans. Noah never complained; which was probably why Noah was still his best friend outside of Providence. "This time, we're losing cows at the farm. Six says I'm the closest, so he's sending me to check it out."
"No sweat, Rex. Saving our supply of juicy beef is more important. I need my protein to shoot hoops," Noah shot him a smile and gave him a thumb's up.
Rex grinned, relieved that the apparent weirdness between them had disappeared. Perhaps he was even over-thinking it.
"Now, that's the irony, saving the food… to save our food."
Rex joked and returned the thumb's up before he ran and jumped out the window, sending a zillion of his nanites into constructing his turbine wings.
In a flash, the propellers roared into life, spinning at full blasts and giving him lift before he hit the ground. Then he was off, zipping ahead a few hundred miles away.
Footnotes:
*inhibitor collars:
Shown in season three; an upgraded version of the original collar used by Providence that used to limit EVOs from unleashing their full power. The new ones commissioned by Black Knight were able to brainwash EVOs.