A/N: Still irritated, but moving on. So you guys, fifteen of you, requested that I continue this. And I guess you win. I'm not sure where you want me to take this. I hadn't gotten past the first chapter, to be honest…
And thank you to the three or four people who told me that this eyes are not blue. I figured as much, but for creative purposes… Let's just say that they are ^.^
Disclaimer: I own nothing…
Rex burst into Holiday's office, the doctor's head jerking up from her work. Her eyes zeroed in on Rex who had a determined face on. "What is it, Rex?" she asked, a bit upset that she had been roused from working so fervently on the latest break through in what could've been a cure to the nanites.
His face was set in stone, his rage bubbling in his blood. The Mexican boy's mahogany eyes were clearly angry, but he tried to hide it. He didn't want to mad at Holiday. He liked her too much to be mad at her. But he was still mad. He was still angry that he hadn't known. This whole time and he hadn't been told a thing. "Why didn't anyone tell me?"
Holiday calmly folded her hands. She knew how to approach Rex when he wanted answers. Calmly. And seductively, if absolutely necessary. She placed her intertwined fingers under her chin, eyes watching his facial features twitch impatiently as he waited for an answer. "And what exactly are we talking about here?" she asked, knowing that if she got on his nerves enough by keeping him in suspense, he would crack under her easier. If he was angry, she knew how to work him easily enough.
"How come no one told me that Six is blind?" he hissed, moving into the room and slamming his fist down on the desk. "Do you just think that it's not important what I know about my partner?" Rex's temple was pulsing with the beginnings of a migraine that was threatening to sear his mind.
She raised an eyebrow, wondering how he had found out. Then her confusion subsided as she had remembered the moment in the middle of the fight where Six's vitals had temporarily gone down and where his thoughts had gone short for a few seconds. She figured he had to be unconscious or at least something close to unconscious. Holiday closed her eyes and focused for a few long moments. "We didn't find it was important enough to let you know."
"So you decided to lie to me?" hissed Rex, voice getting higher as his anger was put into it. "You decided to let me go on not knowing anything?" His mahogany eyes were filled with flames as his fury began to consume everything he had once known.
"Rex, he fights better than anyone else at Providence. Does it really matter if he's blind or not?" Holiday finally managed to relax completely, knowing how to control Rex in his current state of mind. He was going to be difficult about this, but she was ready to take him head-on with this fight. "He's going to be the same either way."
Rex's mouth turned to a straight line as he realized she was right. His features stopped being so hateful and turned soft once more. "You still could've told me," he breathed, folding his arms across his chest and turning away from the doctor.
All her control over him was in eye contact. She knew she was in trouble if she couldn't keep him calm. Her eyes were her power over him. She had to use it as long as possible. The doctor stood up and walked around her desk, going over to put her hand on Rex's shoulder.
The second he looked to her, he felt all of the vehemence vanish from his system. Holiday always did that to him. He just loved her eyes. They were so beautiful. She was always so pretty.
"We could've told you, Rex, but what difference would it have made?" she reminded him. "He's still going to be your partner and he's still assigned to protect you." The doctor's sea foam green eyes were soft as she watched his soft features turn gentle once more.
"Strangely enough, I feel like it should be the other way around," huffed the Mexican teen, running a hand through his spiky hair. "He's so…"
Holiday smiled knowingly. "He's good at hiding it, isn't he?" She touched the few stray strands that were falling out of the bun she usually kept them tied up in. Then one eyebrow raised curiously. "How did you find out, anyways?" asked the woman in the white coat, tilting her head to one side slightly as she waited for the boy to answer. "He wouldn't have told you."
Rex smiled sheepishly. "He doesn't know that I know yet." He turned so that he was facing Holiday once more and her hand fell from his shoulder back to her side. "When we were fighting, he told me to duck and I did, but the Evo hit him." Rex's usually quirky smile faded for a long moment as he remembered the way Six had been thrown to the ground and practically smashed beneath the body of the attacking monster. "His glasses must've fallen off. But his eyes were open just long enough so that I could see."
"What color are they?"
The teen had to blink for a few long moments. He stared at the doctor, totally and utterly stunned. "What?"
A blush rose to the woman's pale features. "I always knew he was blind. But he never takes the glasses off because of it." Her gaze fell from Rex's, and his gaze glazed over with worry in a heartbeat. "I've never actually known what color his eyes are. No one knows. Just you."
He grinned, now feeling like he had more power than everyone else. It was like knowing something new about Six had given him some sort of strength within the ranks of Providence. But he figured people had to find out eventually. Six's secrets would unravel. It would just take time.
"Glassy blue."
A/N: Ah, I guess you win. I'll continue it. Just not very fast. Please review.
~Sky
