New chapter, thank you for all the kind reviews, and I hope you enjoy.
Have you ever had one of those days where you punch out your child's teacher, just to remember that you don't even have a kid?
Well that was the kind of day Six was having.
Six awoke that morning slightly more on edge than normal, as he had been for the last two weeks. Ever since he had used White's credit card he had just been waiting for him to get even.
And as if that wasn't bad enough a week and a half ago Rex had started school, leaving all the Evos to him. It was fine, he had done it before, but it was so much more convenient with Rex around. Not to mention he had to put up with all the new faceless grunts. If one more newbie asked him why he wears green he was gunna kill them.
ANYWAY, White had yet to get his revenge. Now Six knew that White would never fire him, and people don't assassinate Six, Six assassinate them. Not that it would ever go that far in the first place. All this meant was that White was going to get back at him in another way.
So naturally he was a little on edge.
White was crafty and Six really just wanted to make it out of this with his pride still intact.
Perhaps that was too much to ask for.
The day on the most part had been normal, there was a small Evo incident but nothing he couldn't handle. He came back, had eaten lunch, trained a little, enjoyed the silence, and was now sitting in the lab watching Holiday look through Rex's backpack.
Holiday had been making sure that Rex adjusted well to going to school for the first time (as far as he can remember). Six didn't pick up on it at first but the entire act was rather motherly. Needless to say Rex ether hadn't noticed or was pretend as though he didn't.
Six found that watching the doctor rummage through the backpack muttering about disorganized it was, and other such things quite amusing. Well it was until she found something that caused the whole problem.
"Hey Six look at this." Holiday was holding a neon yellow, crumpled piece of paper. The color indicated the importance of the document, but the condition it was in showed that it was supposed to stay hidden. So naturally Six was going to read it.
'Open House'
He only needed to read the title to know that he was better off not knowing. But it was too late. Pandora's Box had been opened, now it was time for all hell to rain down upon him.
The moment that the thought passed through his mind the screen in the lab flickered on revealing White Knight, looking far to smug for Six's tastes. There was only a small pause before White proceeded to talk.
"As you both should be aware, tonight is 'Open House' at Rex's school." The man's timing was too good. He had to be watching them on the camera's. Six would have to get rid of those when White wasn't watching. "Open House in case you were not aware is when parents go and meet the teachers that will be teaching their children for the rest of the year, and while it is not required, it is advised that parents come."
White paused only for a moment and glanced over to see Six's reaction before going back to talking. And in that moment Six knew. The revenge was here. No escaping it now.
"We are all aware that Rex had no parents, or at least we don't know who they are. But the last thing we need is for the people to think that Providence doesn't care about him." Holiday nodded, and White smirked and reached his hand slightly to the right. "So you two will be going as his parents."
And with that White pressed the button and the screen went dark, leaving the two in silence.
"So is Six going to Open House tonight?" Rex looked up questioningly at his best friend standing across from him on the basketball court. He quickly turned back to the game, putting all his concentration on not getting an 'R'.
"No, why would he?"
"Cause he's kinda like a dad." Miss. Rex scowled at both the 'HOR' he now had and the thought of Six being his dad. Six was his aggro nanny, not his father. He liked Six but he didn't think of him that way... Probably...
"Six isn't my dad." Noah took the ball and headed to the far left of the court where he effortlessly threw the ball. Nothing but net. He tossed the ball to Rex. "Besides what would that make Holiday?"
"Your mom." Miss. He didn't bother retrieving the ball.
"Oh come on, Holiday's too hot to be my mom."
"Hey in your theoretical family she is definitely the mom."
"Dude! Don't even go there!" Noah retrieved the ball and got it in easily from half court. He gave the ball to Rex. Noah snickered.
"That would make Six and Holiday 'together'."
Miss.
Rex was confused. He had searched all over the base yet he found no signs of neither Holiday nor Six. It was odd... Well it was odd because they should be working shouldn't they?
And after a while Rex started to get a little worried. Just a little but worried none the less. It wasn't like them to just leave without telling him... It was weird. Just as Rex was searching the lab for the second time (because maybe they where hiding the first time.) the large screen in the middle of the room turned on.
"Looking for Six? Or perhaps Dr. Holiday?" It was White on the screen of course. Who else had access to the system anyway? The better question is who else had time to be sitting around waiting for a chance to pop up on a random screen and 'enlighten' everyone?
Rex stared at the 'old' man on the screen questioningly. White knowing exactly what your doing was never a good thing. Put that together with the fact that the man looked, dare he say, amused, only spelled disaster. Rex didn't need to say anything, White was already way ahead of him.
"Oh they didn't tell you did they?"
"Tell me what?" White smiled a little, and continued.
"You mean they didn't tell you where they where going? How very odd."
"Wait where are they going?"
"Why to your Open House of course."
Six had never really been a fan of school. It wasn't like he had some traumatic experience or anything he had just never been a fan. It was mainly that he had never really been motivated to do well. He failed to see how learning to see how things like finding the exact center of a circle would ever help him in the real world. His logic was that if he ever needed to find the center of the circle he could just eyeball it.
So being back in a high school was a little weird. Six half expected to be told off for something, despite the fact he hadn't done anything to deserve punishment. As if he didn't feel out of place enough standing outside the classroom with the other parents, Holiday had abandoned him to go to the main office to get a schedule.
During Six's time 'alone' he had began listening idly to the other parent's conversations. Much to his secret horror it seemed that the vast majority of the parents knew each other, and not just in the 'our kids are friends' way. From what he could deduce most of them seemed to have not only gone to high school together but have gone to this high school together.
Which meant they, if they hadn't already, would notice him and Holiday. And as if he wasn't hating being forced to be there enough already, having to actually talk with people would make the entire thing infinitely worse.
At least none of them had the outward appearances of a soccer moms.
"I don't think we've met, I'm Mrs. Payton, my son's Kyle." The woman standing nearest to Six had turned and was attempting to strike up a conversation, the two others who had been talking to her where now watching. She was of average height, with blond hair that was clearly dyed, and was wearing a ridiculous amount of makeup. Six stared for a moment before realizing that Mrs. Payton expected him to introduce himself.
"Six." All three of the parents looked unamused.
"You know it's common courtesy to give your full name when you meet someone."
"You didn't." Mrs. Payton looked offended and turned back to her friends in a huff. Six could hear her complaining with the other two about how they hated school functions. Glad that he no longer had to talk to her, and the fact that he hopefully had discouraged any other parents from talking to him, Six waited for Holiday to return.
Just then the 'class' before let out, and caused a multitude of parents to come pouring out of the room. All of which seemed remarkably average. And then Six's sixth sense went off. It was never wrong, this was confirmed as the last man took a step out of the classroom.
And there stood Van Kleiss.
Instinctively Six reached for his katanas, and Van Kleiss brought left hand out his pocket...
Well both of them where suitably annoyed, and foolish, when they realized that neither of them had the weapon that they where looking for. Six frowned. Holiday had checked him for weapons before they left. She had easily found his katanas but Six had be a little surprised when she had managed to find the other knives he had hidden (even the ones hidden in his shoes).
Van Kleiss on the other hand, had yet to adjust to not having his metal hand and powers. So now they where standing, with the parents walking past, in the middle of a full high school. Not the most ideal place to fight. Six slowly raised an eyebrow.
The two of them slowly walked in a circle, not breaking eye contact until the two of them had switched positions. The slowly the two of them backed away from each other Six into the classroom and Van Kleiss out of the high school.
Crisis averted.
Relieved, Six headed across the already nearly filled room and sat in an empty chair. Not long after did Holiday enter and sit down next to him. She smiled at him with raised eyebrows.
"So are you having fun?" Six simply stared back at her. The doctor grinned back at the agent, clearly finding amusement in his lack of such. It was only but a moment before a man entered the room. He was young looking, not in years necessarily but the general air around him seemed... Well younger.
"Welcome parents! I am Mr. Richardson, and I will be teaching all your children English this year..." Six stopped paying attention pretty early on in his little speech, and while he wasn't really listening. He had decided that he didn't like this guy, he had seen people like him, they act younger than they are in a hope to relate with people.
And eventually Mr. Richardson stopped talking and some parents asked some dumbass questions, and then people got up to leave. Six was overjoyed. Not that he showed it, and not that it mattered, life would be far to easy if they could have just got up and left.
"Your Agent Six I presume?" Six stopped and looked at the teacher, before nodding. "Ah, good I need to talk with you." The agent looked back in hope that Holiday was behind him and willing to talk with the man for him. No such luck.
"About what."
"Well, I have heard that this is Rex's first real year of school."
"So."
"So, I believe that this first year of school may be quite difficult for him. It may be best if we move him to a different class, just until he catches up." Six raised an eyebrow.
"Rex is not retarded."
"That's not what I was trying to say."
"Rex will be fine in your class."
"Well I wasn't saying that ether. My class is quite advanced, I'm not sure if he will be able to keep up."
"Rex will be fine. He can take down giant Evo's like it's nothing, somehow I doubt your English class will be a problem."
"Well if you think so... One more thing... What's your relationship with Rex?"
"I'm in charge of keeping an eye on him."
"So the woman your with..."
"Doctor Holiday is my colleague."
"So you two aren't together?"
"...No." Mr. Richardson smiled. Six didn't like that smile, he was quickly losing patience. The teacher lowered his voice.
"Damn, she's hot." Six turned quickly and hit Mr. Richardson with a single solid punch to the face. The man stumbled backwards in pain, holding his profusely bleeding nose.
That'll teach him to insult my family.
Oh...
God Damn it.
Holiday was a little confused when she saw Six exit the classroom in a hurry. She wasn't stupid and she knew that he hadn't been enjoying being there, but it still seemed strange for him to be in such a hurry. Six looked around, spotted Holiday and headed straight towards her.
"We need to leave." Holiday raised an eyebrow at the agent, who was now interrupting the conversation she was having with Mrs. Payton.
"You know it's rude to interrupt people when they are talking." Six stared angrily at Mrs. Payton, before turning back to Holiday.
"We need to leave." Six glanced back to the classroom. "Now."
"Six, what'd you do?"
"Nothing... We need to leave." Holiday turned to Mrs. Payton and gave her a nod of apology, as Six pulled her from the building.
Rex landed outside of his high school and rushed in, to stop Six and Holiday from going in.
It's a shame that Open House ended over an hour ago.
Rex hadn't spoken to ether of them since Open House. Not necessarily because he was mad at them but because he had left while they where gone, and hadn't come back yet. Six wasn't worried, he had received a call from Noah in the middle of the night informing him that Rex was apparently staying the night at his house. And then Rex went off to school that morning, and they just hadn't seen each other.
And Six was expecting Rex to be mad when he showed up. There was no way he didn't know that they went to his Open House. And punching his teacher probably didn't make it any better.
So that's why he was surprised when Rex came walking into the lab looking more amused than anything. Bobo noticed first.
"What's so funny kid?"
"So, I show up to school today and Mr. Richardson walks into class with a broken nose." Rex laughed as he told his story. "And as if it wasn't funny enough seeing that pompous jerk with a broken nose, he suddenly was acting really nice to me. It was great!"
Holiday looked over horrified at Six.
"You didn't."
"Oh and guess who I saw at school today? Circe."
Oh that makes sense.
This whole plan didn't go quite as White Knight had imagined. It wasn't nearly as effective as he had hoped it would be.
But it was fine. He can try again, when Six least expects it.
White would do an evil laugh here but such things where below him.
Dun Dun Dunnnnnnnnn. THIS CHAPTER IS FINISHEDDDDDD- Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. And Hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm hoping that at the rate that I'm updating at I should have the Christmas Chapter up at Christmas :)