Payback is a bitch. Rex makes sure of that. Enemies fall, and Rex's history is revealed, a little. Rex&Cricket.
I do not own Generator Rex or any of the characters. I own the flashback of the shootout.
Payback is a Bitch
After five weeks of training Rex and his friends were finally able to hold their own against One. Rex knew it was about time for them to go after Black Knight. Breach still couldn't use her smaller arms separately but that didn't matter given how skilled she was now.
"I think we should go after Black Knight," Rex said.
"I agree," Breach said. "We've delayed long enough."
Cricket agreed and it was decided that One would stay behind. They knew he could handle himself but he seemed to be tired after coming back from the dead. Breach created a portal to the main prison that Providence used and they began searching for any EVO's that could control themselves well enough to help them. The first ones they found were Skwydd and Tuck. Rex shorted out Skwydd's collar and Skwydd looked confused.
"Where am I?" Skwydd asked. "Rex look out! It's Breach!"
Skwydd pulled Rex away from Breach and Rex began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Skwydd asked.
"She's not an enemy anymore," Rex said. "She's my girlfriend."
"Oh," Skwydd said. "Wait, isn't she like twelve?"
"No," Breach said. "I'm sixteen."
"Oh," Skwydd said. "Cool. Rex, what about Tuck?"
Rex shorted out Tuck's collar and then they all continued looking. After less than five minutes they found Quarry. He was collared but the collar didn't seem to affect him much.
"Hey Quarry," Rex said. "I'd free you but I'd much rather have a hole in the ground to remember you by."
"Good luck with that," Quarry said. "I'm Black Knight's top bodyguard."
"And yet you're in a prison cell," Rex said. "I must say, that's an odd way to safe guard someone."
"Who said I wanted to safeguard her?" Quarry said. "You can kill her for all I care. Heck, I'll help you do it. All I want is freedom."
"And I would let you go, why?" Rex asked.
"You wouldn't," Quarry said. "But then again, you won't even live long enough to find Black Knight without me."
"We don't need him," Breach said.
"No," Rex said. "He's right. He can get us to Black Knight alive. In exchange, I'll let him go, for now."
"Excellent," Quarry said.
Rex shorted out Quarry's collar and opened the cell door. Quarry stepped out and held up iron shackles. Rex knew his plan. Quarry meant for them to wear them so that Black Knight would think that they were prisoners. Rex nodded and all of them put the shackles on. Quarry then led them to the main Providence base. There were hundreds of snipers on the outside and they all had their guns on Quarry and the others the moment they were in range. Quarry had been right that they wouldn't have made it to Black Knight.
"Stay calm Rex," Quarry said. "The last thing we need is for you to have one of your episodes."
"You know what happens to me?" Rex asked.
"What do you think happened to my head?" Quarry asked.
"I'm glad I left a mark on you," Rex said.
Quarry led Rex and the others threw the base to the room that White Knight used to live in. Then he pressed a button under the desk and a secret door opened. Quarry led them through and when it closed, a single light came on in the center of the room and they all saw Black Knight sitting in a throne. Quarry led them in and threw them at her feet. When he did he slipped a key into Rex's hands. Black Knight waved him away and Quarry bowed them left.
"Hello Rex," Black Knight said. "So nice of you to finally join me."
"You killed Holiday, Six, White, and Bobo," Rex said. "I'll kill you."
"Oh please," Black Knight said. "The only one I personally killed was your brother."
"You deserve to die," Cricket spat.
"You shouldn't speak to the future ruler of the world with that tone of voice," Black Knight said.
"What makes you so great?" Rex asked.
Black Knight snapped her fingers and the rest of the room lit up. It was huge and lined with at least a thousand containers. Rex could tell they were all full of Nanites.
"César finished," Rex said.
"Yes," Black Knight said. "And didn't he do a marvelous job."
"How did you get Circe to work for you?" Rex asked.
"Easy," Black Knight said. "I told her that if she didn't I would make you my first victim."
"So instead she let you try to kill me?" Rex asked.
"She never expected that," Black Knight said. "It took a lot of blackmailing to get her to keep working for me when my men killed Holiday. Her last assignment was supposed to be to get that special Nanite away from you."
"What's so great about it?" Rex asked.
"It allows the perfect combination between organic and synthetic," Black Knight said. "With it, the EVO's that are created from these Nanites will be completely under my control."
"So that's your plan?" Rex asked. "Make an army of slaves and rule forever?"
"Yes," Black Knight said. "I will become the world's second immortal EVO."
"Second?" Rex asked.
"Didn't you know?" Black Knight asked. "Your brother was incapable of aging."
"Lucky," Rex said. "So I guess it would suck if I somehow got loose and destroyed all the Nanites here huh?"
"You won't get loose," Black Knight said. "In fact, you will never leave this room alive. Quarry!"
A round hole suddenly opened in the floor next to her and Quarry rose out of it holding a Morning sat bigger than his torso. Rex stood and all of his shackles fell off. He held the key out and tossed it to Black Knight.
"If you're going to try to trick me into thinking you're on my side," Rex said. "Try giving me the right Key next time."
"How did you get out?" Quarry said.
"I talk to machines, remember?" Rex asked.
The others all stood and their shackles fell of as well. Skwydd and Tuck began to run through the containers of Nanites and Black Knight began to follow. Quarry kept his eyes on Rex and Rex nodded to Cricket. She nodded back and ran into the containers to try to help Skwydd and Tuck.
Rex activated his Smack Hands and motioned for Quarry to make the first move. Quarry charged and swung at Rex but Rex caught the handle of his Morning star and broke the tip off. He threw it back at Quarry and Quarry dodged it which allowed it to destroy a couple dozen containers. Quarry attacked Rex with his hands and Rex fought back but Quarry was far faster. After a second Quarry smashed Rex's Smack Hands and Rex pulled out his Magna Blades. Quarry smirked and attacked again but this time Rex was able to easily evade Quarry's attacks while slashing at anything within reach. After a few minutes Quarry caught both of Rex's blades and kicked Rex away.
"Now what will you do?" Quarry asked.
Rex created the BFS but Quarry caught it on the first swing and snapped the blade off then swung it at Rex. Rex dodged the blade for a little while but then Quarry managed to nick his leg and Rex lost all the feeling in it. A nick with the BFS was down to the bone. He scrambled back but Quarry kept following him. When Quarry was in range again he lifted the sword but then Breach landed a blow to his stomach that sent him flying. The BFS blade flew through the containers and cut several in half.
"Not a bad hit Girly," Quarry said standing. "But not bad is not good enough."
Breach got ready to fight and when Quarry charged she sent her bigger arms threw portals at him but he dodged them all. When he was right in front of her she suddenly went nuts and began beating him with every appendage she had one at a time. She had finally learned to use her smaller arms separately. Rex struggled to his feet and was about to help her when Quarry landed a blow to the bottom of her rib cage. The blow itself made a sonic boom but Rex also heard Breach's ribcage explode.
"There you little bitch," Quarry said. "How does that feel?"
Just as the words cam out of his mouth, one of Rex's Punk Busters collided with the mostly intact side of his face and he flew into the containers.
"Breach!" Rex said kneeling next to her as he released his Punk Busters.
"You have to leave," Breach said. "Please."
"I won't leave you," Rex said.
"You have too," Breach said. "I set this base to self destruct while you were fighting Quarry. You have to go."
"She's right Rex," Cricket said. "We have to go now."
Breach lifted one of her smaller arms and created a portal. It was also the only arm that she could still move.
"When I die, the portal will close," Breach said. "You need to go through now."
"I won't leave you!" Rex said.
Cricket lifted Rex and carried him through the portal. The moment they were through it closed. Rex rolled out of Cricket's arms and crawled away on his back while glaring at her.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Rex screamed. "I COULD HAVE SAVED HER!"
"No Rex," Cricket said. "You couldn't have. It was too late for her. You know that."
"You should have left me there," Rex said.
"I couldn't," Cricket said. "I couldn't lose you. Not again."
"Again?" Rex asked.
"What do you remember from your time in our gang?" Cricket asked.
"I don't-" Rex said, then passed out.
Suddenly he was crouching behind a wall and he could hear guns going off. Outside there were more cops than he could count. The cops were shooting at something but it wasn't him.
"Perfect," Rex said. "All I had to do was get a bunch of good cars without incident and the boss would have let me walk."
Just then he heard Cricket scream a a dark blue goo splattered all over the ground next to Rex.
"Oh come on," Rex said. "Now I have to get my hands dirty."
He stepped out from behind the wall and hid behind a car instead. The car was on its side and was covered in bullet holes. Cricket and Tuck were shooting Desert Eagles at the cops and the cops were shooting back with AK-47's. Skwydd was laying on the ground. One of the cops had somehow managed to shoot him in the head. He would live but he wouldn't remember anything from that day. Rex pulled out his personalized Glock 20 and began shooting at the cops. He hit three in the leg and two in the stomach. Then a sniper shot at him and hit him in his right shoulder.
"Rex!" Cricket yelled.
"I'm fine!" Rex said.
Cricket ran over and helped him into the building and Tuck brought in Skwydd. Then Tuck closed the door and the cops surrounded the building.
"I told you I'm fine!" Rex said when Cricket tried to dress his wound.
"We all know that's not true," Quarry said stepping out of the shadows. "You failed me Rex."
"Your top bodyguard was a mole," Rex said.
"Was?" Quarry asked.
"He's dead now," Rex said.
Quarry smirked and walked over to Cricket. He smirked and Rex clenched his fists.
"You're very beautiful," Quarry said. "I'll make you a deal Rex, if you can pull yourself out of this mess and still get me three cars, I'll let her live."
With that Quarry threw Cricket over his shoulder and ran into the shadows. Rex was about to follow but something made him stop. He looked around. There was a garage door but Rex was sure it was probably covered. Tuck could get away without anyone noticing and could even take Skwydd with him. Rex couldn't get away without being caught.
"I've got an idea," Rex said. "You take Skwydd and get out. When you're out, start taking cars to Quarry. You have to get Cricket away from him."
"What about you?" Tuck asked.
"I'll hold them here," Rex said.
Tuck was silent for a moment then nodded. Rex nodded back and picked up Cricket's Desert Eagle. He crouched behind several stacks of tires that would give him cover from the front and back doors. Tuck turned into a very long piece of cloth and wrapped around Skwydd. Then he shot through the air and out a skylight with Skwydd. Rex crouched and when the cops broke the door down he began shooting. After about three minutes the back door was knocked down as well and Paul began shooting at cops on both sides. After about three minutes a cop managed to get up to him and knocked the tires over on him. He laid there as the last of the cops ran over to him and saw Tuck attach to a lamp post on the street and swing away with Skwydd.
Rex didn't try to resist when the cops arrested him and he was taken to a tiny prison cell that he shared with a man so large that Rex was surprised he could even lift his own weight. After about three hours of interrogation Rex was finally left in the interrogation room alone. He was handcuffed to the table but that wasn't too difficult.
"Pathetic," Rex said.
He was stronger than a human because he was an EVO. Other than strength he didn't have any super powers. He was, however, able to cure other EVO's. He pulled on his handcuffs until they broke. Then he walked out without worrying about the cameras. Before he got out he stopped at the Control center and released a virus into the cops' system. Then he strolled out and walked into a back alley. Tuck met him there with a car.
"It's number three," Tuck said. "I figured you'd want to be there."
"Yeah," Rex said.
Rex got in and Tuck drove them to Quarry's Base of Operations. When they got there they were led to a basement that looked like a torture chamber. The walls were lined with every torture instrument under the sun. Cricket was chained to a long table that had a crank attached to the chains. It looked like it could be used to rip her in half if the user wanted.
"Cricket!" Rex said running over.
"Rex," Cricket said. "It's a trap."
Just then Quarry appeared and punched Rex away. Rex stood and wiped blood from the corner of his mouth. He could hear Tuck fighting somewhere in the distance but he was focused on Quarry. Quarry charged at Rex again and Rex fought. They were almost an even match but Quarry didn't seem to have a limit to his energy. Every time Rex landed a hit that cracked Quarry, Quarry would return the favor with a blow that would break a bone. After a half hour Rex finally lost the energy to stand. Cricket tried desperately to pull her hands free but couldn't. Quarry walked over to Rex and put his hands together then lifted them into the air. Then he brought them down and created a crater when his hands hit Rex's face.
"REX!" Cricket screamed.
Quarry stood and began to walk back to Cricket but before he had taken three steps, a giant, square, orange, metal hand grabbed his leg. Quarry didn't even have time to look back before he was thrown into a body-shaped cage filled with metal spikes on the back and front. Quarry slammed inside the cage and it slammed closed. It locked in place and began to shake as Quarry tried to get out.
Suddenly a giant shifting mass of pure Nanites shot out of the crater and became a giant orange robot EVO. Cricket had never seen it before but already didn't like it. It began destroying the city with laser blasts and after a moment one laser destroyed the cage Quarry had been in. Quarry wasn't hurt but was very mad. He leapt into the air and smashed the robot in the back of the head. The robot caught him and one of the shoulders became a cannon. The cannon shot a ball of metal at Quarry but Quarry caught it and threw it back. The robot was hit in the face and dropped Quarry. Then it began focusing all of it attacks on him. Its other shoulder became a cannon as well and they and the lasers began shooting at Quarry and leveling everything around him without hitting him. After a couple seconds Quarry leapt at the robot again and this time one of the cannons hit him in the face and half of his face was destroyed. Quarry lost consciousness and the robot's legs grew larger and then it jumped into the air and went all the way to Mexico without landing. It began destroying Mexico as well and after a few minutes it was defeated by a group of providence soldiers and turned back into Rex. The only thing different about him was that he was a bit younger and didn't remember anything from before he became the robot.
Rex suddenly sat up and looked around. Cricket had set out a sleeping bag and pulled him into it. Then she had gotten a rag and soaked it in ice water and placed it on his forehead.
"I remember," Rex croaked. "I remember everything."
"How much is everything?" Cricket asked.
"I remember everything I ever forgot," Rex said.
He asked Cricket if Quarry had tortured her after the shootout and Cricket told him that he hadn't but the look on her face didn't seem to agree. He dropped the subject and got up. He checked the clock on his phone and saw that it was Christmas Eve. He pulled out a necklace he had been planning on giving to Breach and put it on. It was a yin and yang symbol on a silver chain. Breach would have liked it. He also pulled out a small rectangular box. Wrapped in pale green wrapping paper with red ribbon. He handed it to Cricket. She wanted to open it but decided to wait until morning. She smiled at Rex and he looked distant. They spent most of the day training and when they were done they had supper and went to sleep.
The next day Rex was awoken by Cricket flinging her arms around his neck. He blinked in confusion and she started snoring. She was still asleep so he pulled her arms off of his neck and slid a little ways away from her. She began to shake and whimper so he took her hand. She stopped shaking and smiled a tiny bit and he couldn't help but smile too. Then images of Holiday, Circe, and Breach flashed through his head and he pulled his hand back. She woke up and looked around. Before they had gone to sleep she had been on the other side of the fireplace. Now her sleeping bag was right next to his.
"How did I get over here?" Cricket asked.
"I don't know," Rex said. "You were having a nightmare. What was it?"
Cricket didn't answer for a moment then said, "I was back on that table. I was watching you die again and again and again."
Rex wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a hug. After a moment she pulled out the box he had given her and opened it. Inside was a necklace with a pendant in the shape of an angel. It was silver with diamond forming the angel's robes.
On the back were the words, "Angelum meum, nunc et in perpetuum."
It was Latin for, "My angel, now and forever."
Cricket smiled and stared at the inscription. She had never known weather or not Rex had felt the same way she did before but now she knew he did.
"I love you Cricket," Rex said. "I did even when we were working for Quarry. I should have told you the truth."
"It wouldn't have changed anything," Cricket said. "We still wouldn't have been together."
Rex knew she was right but also knew that he had to leave her behind when he went after Black Knight again. He couldn't allow her to be hurt.
"I'm going to fly to town and get some food," Rex said. "I'll be back in a couple minutes."
Cricket kissed him and he kissed her back. She knew where he was really going and that he didn't plan on returning. After a couple minutes he pulled away and activated his Sky Slider. Then he shot into the air and flew toward the nearest city. He knew that the only other place Black Knight would go was a base in the same city he was going to. Cricket didn't know about it but he did know that she had placed a tracer on his sleeve when she had kissed him. He didn't take it off and didn't mind that she would follow him. Because he also knew that she wouldn't follow for a half hour.
When he reached the base the guards let him in and one led him to a coliseum in the center and he found Quarry waiting.
"Hello Rex," Quarry said. "Didn't take you long to come back.
"You killed Breach," Rex said. "You raped and tortured Cricket. I'll tear you apart then glue you back together just to do it again."
"Cricket?" Quarry asked. "You mean that bug girl that was such a bad shot that she couldn't even hit a simple cop from ten feet away? I'm not sure I know who you're talking about."
Rex pulled out his Magna Blades and charged Quarry. They fought for several minutes and while they did Rex threw a tracer at Black Knight and it stuck to her cape. She made no move to remove it and instead she got up and left. Rex was able to track her inside his head so while he fought Quarry he waited. As he expected she went to the surface. The moment she was clear he put his Magna Blades together and activated the magnetic mode then leapt onto Quarry's shoulders. He drove the blades hilt-deep into Quarry's back. Quarry instantly became a giant super magnet.
Rex jumped off and activated his Smack hands then made them spin. He tunneled his way out and the base collapsed on Quarry and all of the soldiers inside. When Rex got to the surface he saw Black Knight flying away in a jet. He loaded his Slam Cannon and activated his Boogie Pack then flew after her. A sniper leaned out of the jet to shoot at him and Rex blasted him with the first shot. The second shot slammed into the back of the jet and the other sniper fell out when he lost his balance. The last shot destroyed one of the thrusters. The jet began to spiral and then crashed. Rex landed next to the wreckage and Black Knight climbed out. Rex activated his BFS and Black Knight pulled out a Rapier. She charged but before she could get halfway Rex snapped the blade off and threw it at her. She dodged it but when she looked back he was pointing a Desert Eagle at her. The worst part was that she was now mere inches from the barrel.
"Good riddance," Rex said as he pulled the trigger.
The bullet entered Black Knights head threw her eye and when it left it took the entire back of her head with it. Her body dropped to the ground and Rex dropped the Desert Eagle. He was surprised at the amount of hate he had toward her. Before he could do anything an EVO that looked like a red male angel landed in front of him.
"Thank you," the EVO said.
"For what?" Rex asked.
"I was trapped inside of Quarry," the angel said. "You saved my life so now I will grant you exactly one wish."
"Wishes aren't real," Rex said.
"If you do not wish to even pretend then I shall go," the EVO said.
"I am going to try," Rex said. "I wish that everyone that Black Knight and Quarry killed was alive again."
The EVO nodded and closed its eyes. A moment later Breach stepped out of a portal with Six, César, Holiday, Circe, Skwydd, Tuck, Noah, White Knight and Cricket. Rex smiled when he saw that they were all alive. He tossed Holiday her necklace and then turned back to the EVO.
"What will you do now?" Rex asked.
"I think I'll let you cure me," the EVO said. "I'm tired of being an EVO. I miss my family."
Rex nodded and cured the EVO. It turned out to be a man in his late forties. He walked away after being cured and Rex turned back toward his friends.
"Not to kill the mood but you do realize that now you have to choose between us right?" Breach asked.
"I know," Rex said.
"Actually you don't," César said. "When I died I was working on a device that could make copies of a person."
"A cloning device?" Rex asked.
"Yes," César said. "But there is a limit. There can only be two clones of a person in existence at a time. When a clone dies, another can be made but no more than two can exist at once."
"So basically," Rex said. "I still have to choose one of them to leave behind."
"Yes," César said.
"Then," Rex said. "I choose Holiday."
"Why?" Holiday asked.
"Because you still have Six," Rex said. "And let's face it, he was always more important to you than me."
Holiday smiled but didn't say anything. He was right and she knew that none of the others had anyone else.
"So which of us will the real you stay with?" Circe said.
"First let me make myself very clear," Rex said. "After what you did, the only reason I'm forgiving you is because Black Knight explained everything to me. If not for that, I would kill you on the spot."
"So what's your answer?" Breach asked.
"Cricket," Rex said. "I'm sorry Breach, I truly am, but I can't live without her."
"It's okay," Breach said. "I mean, technically you and I will still be together."
"True," Rex said.
"It will only take me a week to finish my research," César said.
"Um, what base was your research in?" Rex asked.
"Alaska of course," César said.
"Providence has a base in Alaska?" Rex asked.
"It's new," César said.
"I'll take him to the base," Breach said. "See you soon Rex."
Breach and César left and the others just kind of stood there for a moment. Cricket laced her fingers with Rex's and he did the same.
"Now what?" Rex asked.
"Vacation," Noah said.
"Agreed," Six said. "Anyone up for Hawaii?"
"Actually," Cricket said. "I was thinking more, Japan."
"You live in Tokyo," Six said.
"I know where she means," Rex said. "I agree with her. See you guys around."
With that he wrapped his arms around her and activated his Boogie Pack. He flew her to Japan and quickly found the spot she had wanted to go. It was a field just outside Tokyo that they had spent most of their time when they worked for Quarry. It had every kind and color of flower in existence and was surrounded by Japanese Cherry Blossom Trees. There was one tree in the center of the field and they had once worn a spot next to the tree down flat from sitting there so often. They sat under the tree in the same spot they used to and just stayed there for a long time.
"You know, I never came back here after you left," Cricket said.
"Did you know it was me at the time?" Rex asked.
"No," Cricket said. "All I knew was that a monster came out of your crater and you were gown. I thought it took you with it. Part of me wishes that's all that had happened."
"Then we might not be together," Rex said.
"True," Cricket said. "I'm happy the way things are now. All of our friends are back and I have you. I have all I could ever ask for."
Rex kissed Cricket then said, "Even after my clones are made you'll still have me all to yourself."
Cricket smiled and laid her head on his chest. She was happy and knew that Rex meant what he had said.
A week later César used some of Rex's DNA to make two clones. One clone wore all black and was Breach's and the other wore mostly red and was Circe's. Everyone was happy for a while. About a day after everyone was revived, Rex had told Breach to introduce Six to One and Six had gotten an old friend back.
About a month after Black Knight was killed, Rex and his clones married Breach, Circe, and Cricket, and Holiday married Six. Breach and her clone of Rex had a daughter named Lily. Circe and her clone had a son named Peter. Rex and Cricket had a son named Daniel and a daughter named Angel. All of their children had their parents' powers but looked completely human. Holiday found out from César that she was sterile so she and Six adopted a young girl named June. Everyone lived happy lives and César never aged a day. Rex and Cricket lived twice as long as they should have but the others all lived normal life lengths. Even Rex's clones lived a human lifespan.
THE END