Hey guys! It's Alex geez I've been bored, anywho it's been a pretty bummy month for us gen-rex fans as the hope of new episodes soon seems to be very unlikely… I know ladies hold your tears I miss Six too. But as always my crazy bored mind decided to whip up some corny fluffy Cirex onshot that I thought somebody might enjoy, btw sorry for the crappy "they all live happily ever after ending but it was best I could. I'm no professional guys just a nerd… just a humble nerd.
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Winterlude
"hello providence come in! Anyone! … holiday! Bobo!... SIX!" Rex shouted through his failing communicator. A swift hand slapped him on the head snapping him out of his hysteria.
"will you cut that out, we're snowed in inside of a cave in the Himalayas no one's listening!" Circe morbidly scolded. Shuddering as she hugged her knees for warmth. He slumped down on the freezing ground sighing loudly.
"this is crazy one minute we're fighting a yeti-
"rex it was an EVO." Circe corrected, he narrowed his eyes in annoyance.
"I know what I saw!" he declared. "it was totally a yeti!" he through his hands up animatedly to emphasize his point, the girl merely rolled her eyes.
"pfft you could barely see 2 feet in front of you! you could've been fight Van in a tutu and you wouldn't have even noticed." She retorted. The boy shuddered at the image.
"gross! now you got that picture in my brain!" he rambled.
"grow up." She replied in an annoyed tone. He stuck out his tongue.
"make me." he quipped smirking, she tossed a snowball at his face, the boy mumbled under his breathe as the goth girl laughed at his expression. "hilarious." He replied the sarcasm evident in his voice but a small smile placed itself on his face, it was good to see her smile.
"so how long do you think we'll be stuck here?" he asked in more serious voice. She shook her head.
"I don't know, I doubt the pack's looking for me but providence is probably turning the mountains upside down looking for you." she replied, the venom in her tone when she spoke of providence did not go unheard.
"yeah they can't lose their weapon." Rex added bitterly hugging his knees for warmth. She gave him a slightly sympathetic look.
"you know you always have a choice." She offered taking his gloved hand in her own. He blushed slightly and smiled.
"I may hate providence but my friends are there and that's where I want to be … at least for now." He said looking into her crimson eyes. She smiled sadly, she wanted him by her side but that wasn't an option he hated van kleiss almost as much as she hated providence. He could see the disappointment in her eyes but couldn't muster up anything to say.
"it's freezing…" he shuddered breaking the awkward silence as he saw his breath after every word he spoke. She nodded.
"we don't have any electricity or fire, our bodies are pretty much living of our reserved energy." She explained. He nodded dumbly pretending to understand her words.
"ahh sure… so uhh maybe we should huddled for warmth?" he offered coyly. She raised a brow smirking. He blushed. "ya know to survive and all that… just bouncing off ideas."
"not surprised that was your first one." She replied aloofly. He blushed and looked away embarrassed. He missed the blush on her face.
"it was just a joke I didn't mean to sound like a creep-." Before he could finish Circe was embracing him, he turned beet red, the only girl he ever remembered hugging was dr. holiday and this was completely different. " ah but I thought-."
"I don't remember saying no." she replied smiling as she laid her head down on his chest.
They both blushed. Rex may have played the part of the ladies man but when it came to Circe his heart never let him think clearly. He held her tightly relaxed by her scent , she smelt like cinnamon and roses… a strange combination but then again circe was a strange girl. They held a peaceful stillness for a small while as the warmth they brought each other seemed to lull their hearts into a serene silence.
"how are your powers? Are they back yet?" she asked in a soft concerned voice. He shook his head, he tried to power up his hand but nothing came.
"I'm sorry." He whispered, she placed gentle hand on his cheek making look at her eyes. She gave him a comforting smile.
"don't be I don't blame you." she comforted, he rested his head against the cave wall and frowned in frustration.
"you should." He whispered.
He'd lost his powers again and no matter how much he tried to calm down, he couldn't get the unsettling feeling in his heart to go away. He knew why he lost them, because he was confused… because he couldn't choose between his mentor and his love. He saw them both fighting and didn't know who to help.
"rex!" she shouted. "don't do it!" she dodged six's sword by the skin of her teeth. She landed swift kick to the agent's chest. The boy froze- his sword ready to pierce through the yeti.
"rex that thing's not going to do any good in the hands of the Pack! Kill it!" The agent ordered, tossing the girl aside. Rex looked at yeti's eyes, the creature was begging for mercy, he could see it. his weapon shook as he brought it closer. He didn't want to do this.
"I'm sorry." He whispered shutting his eyes but before he could land the finishing blow, he heard her scream. Six had kicked her against tree.
"DON'T DO IT REX!" she supplicated. " it doesn't deserve to die, it hasn't hurt anyone!"
The boy paused, looking at the creature, it was innocent… but this had to be done. Still he couldn't stop the cold feeling in his heart.
"yet! Van kleiss is going to manipulate it! with a creature like that his disposal he could take out half an army! He'd enslave it for life!" his mentor reminded just before circe's screech blew him away. Rex felt his resolve strengthen … six was right, if he let it live, van would have his way with it, he couldn't allow that for anyone's sake… including the creature's.
"I'll make it quick." He whispered to the creature that was practically unconscious due to his previous attacks. He raised his mechanical sword.
"don't do it! for me! please!" Circe begged. He looked over at her trying to stop the emerging pain in his chest.
"van kleiss is using her Rex, do it! you know it's right thing to do!" Six shouted. The boy shook his head too many thoughts clouded his judgment.
"REX LISTEN TO ME!" They both shouted. The boy grunted in frustration as he couldn't make up his mind and the creature was getting restless. It let loud growl, rex was giving it a chance to escape and it was taking it. the creature struggled under the net.
"LET IT GO!" Circe shouted fight his mentor. The man dodged her screech, running from her sonic blow.
"FINISH IT!" Six shouted as he jumped from a tree branch and landed a kick. Circe barely dodged it, she readied herself for another screech, while six released his second sword.
"I… I CAN'T!" The teen shouted as his sword disintegrated and the Yeti tossed him aside.
"REX!" they both shouted rushing off to help him. Circe was able to find while six was separated from him in storm.
He furrowed his brows in frustration. Circe looked up her eyes wearing her evident guilt. she reached out to hold his hand.
"I didn't mean to-." She paused as he took back his hand and stood up abruptly, she looked at him with hurt eyes.
"it's not your fault… you were just doing your job and I was doing mine." He replied coldly looking away from her, feeling that strange tug in his heart gnawing at him. they were enemies, he reminded himself, benefits or not.
"rex it wasn't just about that!" she argued. "any idiot could see you didn't want to kill it." she added. He shot her an incredulous look.
"right so the fact that Van Kleiss wanted the yeti-
"evo." She corrected. He growled in frustration.
" whatever! Are you really trying to tell that your job had nothing to do with why you were trying to stop me!" he demanded. She looked away not daring to meet his eyes.
"it's wasn't just about that-
"right sure." He replied in disbelief.
"I'm tell you the truth!" she shouted standing up to face him. "that mentor of yours may have no problem slicing away at innocent creatures but that's not you!"
"you know maybe if psychopaths weren't out trying to control evos and monster we wouldn't have to kill them!" he retorted.
"you didn't want to do it!" she argued.
"you do a lot of crap you don't want to do to keep your boss happy. Well guess what so do I!" he countered.
"since when are you so obedient?" she seethed.
"since innocent people are the ones in danger!" he retorted.
"they may seem innocent to you but each and everyone of them thinks you're a freak of nature and couldn't give a damn whether you're dead or alive." She reminded.
"That's their problem not mine." He replied his eyes full of pain. "my job is to protect them."
"well it shouldn't be! They don't deserve you!" she argued. before she could blink he was wrapping his arms around her. she blushed brightly and struggled to get out of his arms.
"rex stop it! don't think that you can just-
"you don't have to be angry at them." he whispered, she froze as she heard his words. Somehow they hit a lot deeper than she would have thought. "you don't have to hate them, they're just people, people are always afraid of what they don't understand." He soothe holding her tightly, she eased into his arms.
"and what makes you so sure you understand?" she replied her voice much softer than she had intended. She heard him give out a chuckle.
"I don't but that doesn't mean I'm afraid… some of us aren't like everyone else." He answered.
"I'll never stop hating them." She confessed easing the embrace just enough so she could face him, his look of disappointment seem to seep into her heart. "providence doesn't deserve you, those people don't deserve you."
"yeah well neither does van kleiss." He reminded, she nodded in agreement much to his surprise. She took his hand and ungloved it, he was going protest but didn't as he felt her gently place his hand on her cheek… It felt frozen next his warm hand.
" he doesn't either… you should just be mine." She replied closing her eyes sooth by the feeling of his affectionate hand. He stroked her cheek gently, smiling in amusement, she was definitely a strange one.
"I already am." He said blushing at her unusual tenderness. "or you think I date all the chicks I fight."
"for your sake you better not." She replied annoyed at his response. He laughed. She smiled slightly as they looked at each other, her eyes looked at his with regret.
"you're just a kid, not a soldier, not a murderer." She began. "I don't want them taking anything else from you, they already took your childhood, I'm not letting them take your humanity."
"they won't and they didn't take anything from me- I forgot my childhood, I forgot everything and in it's own messed up way providence has just been trying to help, well my team anyways." He replied. she glared hating the fact that he defended them.
"you really care about them don't you?" she asked jealous of his love for his make-shift family.
"they're the closest thing I have to a family." He said smiling, she let out her own smile content to at least know he was happy.
"it must be nice." She said in a semi-bitter voice. He held her tightly.
"my offer has never left the table… there's always room for you." he reminded.
"tempting… but that's not my life… you know that Rex." She replied taking his ungloved hand and kissing it gently.
"maybe one day preciosa." He added his eyes full of hope she couldn't break, she sighed.
"maybe… kardia mou (my heart)." She lied using his greek pet name. "for now… lets make the most of being alone in a freezing cave." She said leaning her lips closer to his.
"for once I think we're in agreement." He replied leaning in to close the gap between them, only to have the ear bleeding sound of feedback from his comlink stop him.
"six to Rex, Rex do you copy?"the agent announced.
"damn it." Circe muttered under her breath.
"yeah I copy, where have you guys been? I was calling for you none stop!" The teens separated from each other as Rex answered his mentor.
"we just got reach of your signal rex, how are your biometrics? I can't get a clear read on them."holiday replied.
He looked over at the lovely goth and smiled as she took his hand. He wasn't confused at least not anymore.
"never better doc, I'll be in visual clearance soon." He answered.
"we'll be reaching your coordinates in no more that 30 minutes." The doctor replied.
"see ya soon guys." He said turning off his comlink. He looked over at Circe she was smiling her same sad smile.
"back to reality huh?" she asked knowing the answer. He nodded tenderly taking his glove back from her hands- she stopped him but only so she could be one to placed back on him, he smiled and adjusted it.
"thanks preciosa." He said as he kissed her cheek. She backed away as the mechanical sound of his nanites being activated reached her ears. He turned his right arm into a slam hand and drilled away at the massive structure. She stood only a small distance away smiling as that same mechanical hand had been the one she had kissed only moments ago.
"they're gonna be here any minute." He announced adjusting his goggles. After a few minutes of drilling he had been able to create an exit out of the unstable cave. She nodded and shivered as the snow storm might have calmed but it's icy chill had not.
"here." He said placing his blue scarf around her neck.
"what's this-
"I'm just gonna take a stab in the dark and guess that the minute that transport gets here you're gonna spilt." He interrupted in a matter-of-factly voice. She smiled wickedly.
"you know too well." She replied in amusement adjusting the scarf gently… it smelled just like him.
"you should stay there's nowhere for you to go." He advised his voice full of concern.
"you always worry but I always find a way." She reassured.
"figures you'd say that, hopefully that thing will keep warm until you find it." he replied his eyes portraying his disappointment. She takes his hand and squeezes it reassuringly.
"I'll be fine." She responds giving his frozen lips a chaste kiss, his eyes snap open at the sound of an engine, he looked up to see his transport, the strong winds it whorled down alerted him further. He can barely see through his goggles as the strong winds tossed about the snow fall.
"Rex the storm's having a relapse hurry and get inside." Holiday stated.
The transport landed and doors opened, he felt Circe squeeze his hand even tighter. It was the only goodbye he was going to get.
"give me a sec doc I just gotta say bye to-." He looked behind him to find her gone; he was left with nothing but the lingering warmth of her hand in his own. He looked down at his hand disbelief but then let out a smile. She was a crafty one.
"rex repeat that I can barely hear you ." the doctor voiced.
"nothing doc, I'm going in, don't worry so much." He replied heading inside to the transport. If he could have seen the doctor's glare he would have chosen his words more carefully. The minute he stepped in to the transport holiday rushed to embrace him.
"thank goodness you're alright." She announced. He hugged her back happy to know he was missed. They separated at the sound of Six's throat clear.
"where were you?" his mentor asked in his usual monotone voice. Six received a glare from the doctor, which as always he ignored.
"yeah nice to see you too." The boy retorted sarcastically, the agent sent him one of his deadly looks and the boy complied. "Snowed in inside a cave, my biometrics were pretty low I was stuck there for a while."
"alone?" the agent asked crossing his arms , they both knew he wasn't but he still asked.
"does the snowman I built to keep me company count?" he joked.
"didn't know snowmen wore lipstick, you still have some on the side of your mouth." the agent replied giving him one of his know it all looks. the boy turned bright red and wiped his face flustered and embarrassed. He gave Six a glare, He was back alright, same jerk mentor and same endless fights.
"rex I'm still worried about your nanites, go into the medical bay I want to run a few tests, just to be on the safe side." The doctor interrupted urging the boy to go on without her. "I'll be there in a minute."
"yeah …okay doc." The boy agreed grudgingly, he gave the agent one last glare, and left the room as his partner followed him.
"hey kid don't look so down I here you got to see vampira." The monkey commented as the doors hissed shut.
The two adults remained silent as both were typing away at their monitors. He could feel her eyes on him, practically boring into him.
"what?" he finally asked, annoyed by her scrutinizing glare.
"not even 5 minutes back and your already acting like a complete jerk to him." she replied looking away from him and concentration on her monitor. Now she's a diligent worker…
"I was asking him about his whereabouts, it's protocol." He replied, annoyed at fact that he even had explain himself.
"we both know that could have waited." She retorted pausing to look him but looked away once he tried to meet her eyes.
"a good agent doesn't wait." He argued, backspacing everything he wrote, he could barely write a sentence around her. "orders are orders."
"gee did they teach you how to roll over and beg too." She replied sarcastically typing away at her computer hoping to finish her report quickly. He glared at her ceasing his typing.
"watch yourself doctor, I'm his keeper not yours, I will not tolerate your nonsense." He warned.
"since when can you tolerate anything? All you do bark orders at him." she replied looking straight at him.
"and all you do baby him, he's fifteen holiday I think you can cut the mommy crap." He retorted a lot more harshly than he had intended. Her eyes widened in disbelief, then narrowed into a hurt glare. She tossed her clipboard at him aiming straight for his chest, he caught it, they both knew he would.
"you know what? just go to hell." She seethed leaving the room.
"already there." He muttered as he let out frustrated sigh.
"and the douche bag of the year award goes too (imitates drum roll)… none other than agent six." Bobo taunted over his comlink.
"of course you heard that…" the agent said facepalming, they had forgotten to turn off their comlinks. "listen up monkey, there's a nice cozy spot waiting for you in the arctic base." He threatened.
"and look at that I now have selective amnesia… what happen?" the chimp replied.
"nothing now let's keep it that way." The agent warned.
"and done." Holiday said typing away the last of the code as rex emerged out of the full body scanner. She looked the results, a soft sigh emerged from her lips. He was fine.
"see doc I told ya the little guys were all right." The boy replied as he sat up on the cot and placed his jacket back on.
"well it never hurts to check." She replied smiling at him.
"sorry If you were all worried and stuff." He added uncomfortably. She patted his shoulder.
"it's part of the job." She comforted. "Besides all that matters is that you're safe and sound."
"yeah I could tell by the way six was all sunshine and gumdrops when I walked in." the boy retorted.
"in his own way, he was worried too." She replied, the boy gave her an incredulous look.
"yeah… sure doc, whatever lets you sleep at night." He retorted aloofly.
"why don't you get some rest, it's been a stressing day." She stated trying to change the subject.
"yeah if by stressing you mean me totally losing it during a mission." He said spiraling back in what she called his "depressive teen" stage.
"it wasn't right for Six to put so much pressure on you." she countered.
"I should have been able to handle it! but like always I just ended up messing up." He retorted balling his hands into fists.
"rex don't say that, you know that's not true." She defended.
"yeah then why is Six more pissed off then usual!" he snapped.
"because you have been missing for 4 hours in the middle of a snowstorm in the Himalaya filled with yetis and not mention the pack! he's an agent Rex! he's been trained to look at everything through the worst case scenario and according to that logic… you shouldn't be here right now." She replied confused as to why she was even defending that jerk. He looked up at her with wide eyes it never occurred to him how slim his chances really were.
"you think so." He responded in a soft voice. She nodded giving him a gentle smile.
"I know so Rex." She soothed. "everyone has their way of showing they care."
"god! I'm gonna need therapy by the time I hit 18!" He joked shaking head earning a chuckle from the doctor.
"yeah well you won't be the only one." She replied as the boy laughed only to stop abruptly at sound of the automatic doors hissing open.
"what's the verdict?" he asked objectively. Both of them avoid his gaze.
"he's fine all he needs is some rest." The doctor finally replied breaking the painful silence.
"good, training starts at 0600 hours tomorrow." The agent announced.
"awesome." The boy muttered sarcastically. He shivered as his body still felt like it was in a freezer.
"you're still cold?… the heater's practically cranked up to the max." the doctor commented.
"yeah well I still can't feel my legs so I guess max ain't cutting it." the boy quipped.
"here." The agent said tossing the boy his scarf. " as always you were irresponsible enough to lose your own."
"I didn't lose it! I- forget it… thanks." The boy muttered grudgingly, though inside he felt a small feeling of warmth, it wasn't everyday his mentor was gentle with him.
"don't thank me yet… I want to see you tomorrow at 0600 sharp if you can't feel your legs by then I hope you can crawl." The agent replied in his usual monotone voice before walking out of the room.
"yup just warm, fuzzy, caring guy." The boy commented as they were left alone again. The doctor let out an amused smile. He smiled back. he eventually listened to her advise and headed to get some rest.
Yup just another "hallmark" moment at providence he thought jokingly but he could help but feel content, Van Kleiss didn't get the yeti, he survived a trip to the himilayas, his mentor didn't hate him, he scored a hug from doctor holiday and best of all…
"huh?" he voiced as he felt his phone vibrate as he headed for his bunk. It was a text, he opened it quickly.
"miss you already, hope to see you soon bonito."
As always it was from an untraceable number. He smiled and shook his head looking down at the hand that she had treated quite tenderly. .. and best of all he was able to be with Circe for four hours…something that no matter how crappy their situation was, he could never regret.
END!
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