I had a great time writing this chapter! I loved making Eric argue with Veronica, going against her little plans XD! She sounded a little spoiled to me, but determined nevertheless. Eric, I feel so bad for him, you cannot imagine how guilty and villainous I felt when I wrote about his deep feelings for her, wanting to please her, internally pledging his sacrifice for her. He clearly would do anything for her, even when he senses that she's making a huge mistake, or when she gets too bratty over not having something or someone. I already wrote in the chapter Reactions, Veronica doesn't love him. Eric is a pawn. His feelings are wasted. He isn't loved back...I feel so bad. Thank you for all the reviews, I'll update sooner next time!

"Breach?"

Rex stared at the girl with a confused expression playing on his face. He saw that she didn't have her white shirt on, or the red skirt. She had on a crisp dark blue dress with a black belt. He had never seen her in a different outfit. Breach absorbed her extra arms, hoping she didn't frighten or disgust the boy.

What was she doing in his room?

"What are you doing here?" Rex hissed in discomfort. He really wasn't mad…

Bobo hooted at the sight of Breach. "A girl in your room! She wants something."

"True," Breach mumbled, her voice barely audible.

Rex got out of his bed. "What is it? Why are you here? Did Van Kleiss send you?"

That hurt a little. "No," she whispered. "I came on my own will."

Outside, Six was walking steadily throughout the metal hallways. He was going to check on Rex and see if he was sleeping yet.

Kit heard the man's footsteps. She panicked slightly. Kit turned to face Rex's bedroom door. She knocked on it three times, very worried.

Breach heard the raps. "Listen to me. I did not come here to attack you. I came to talk to you."

She turned his back on him and checked the paper bag Kit had given to her. Inside was paper, and a single ballpoint pen.

Six was coming around the corner…

Breach took the paper out and placed it against the metal wall. The pen scratched against the sheet quickly, the words coming out hurriedly. She wrote what she needed to tell Rex…for now. Breach folded the paper three times and placed it inside the paper bag. She put it on his bed while Rex watched, bemused.

She opened the metal door inside of Rex's room and hurried outside, where Kit was standing. Six turned and saw a glimpse of the pale girl, and her new friend. But only a glimpse. Nothing more.

The portal whisked the two away before Six could get a clear picture of what he witnessed.

He went into Rex's room. Rex heard him enter and took the paper bag, hiding it behind his back.

"Rex?" Six asked. "Did someone come in here?"

"No," Rex said in a strange tone. "I…just…."

He had no excuse to give Six. Six looked at him, apparently not fooled. Rex sighed.

"Well…Breach came into my room."

Six eyed him. "Did she hurt you?"

"No. She just came in. That's it." Bobo widened his eyes, ready to say something else. Rex gave him a glare that would have driven dragons back into their caves.

"I'll inform Knight about this. Are you certain she didn't harm you?"

"Absolutely," Rex said quickly. Six paused. He left.

As soon as Six left his room, Bobo asked Rex, "Why did ya do that for her?"

"I don't know. It felt wrong to snitch on her."

"That's lying. I have a good mind to tell green bean about this."

"You. Wouldn't. Dare. And she didn't do anything to me, so why mention it?"

Bobo went back to sleeping. Rex remembered the paper bag. He peeked inside curiously. The paper Breach was writing on…he took it out of the bag and opened it up.

Rex

I understand you have no wish to see me. I understand if you are upset or angry about what I did months before. I understand your frustration when I suddenly appeared. I also understand if you inform your leader or the one named Six about this, or any other previous encounter. But, please. I wish to speak with you. I really need to talk to you. Just talk with me once, and I promise, I will stay out of your life. It's killing me. Please talk with me.

I am not with the Pack anymore. I have severed all ties.

Rex dropped the paper, and it flew down to the floor. He picked it up and fell into bed. So…

Breach wanted to talk. To him.

And…she even wrote that she got rid of her connections with the Pack. Wasn't that something?

For some weird reason…Rex believed her.

He had to talk to her. There was something on the back of the paper. He looked at it.

If you want to talk to me, come here, and I will meet you there. I promise.

There was an address scribbled at the bottom, eligible.

Rex stared at it in wonder.

He was going to meet Breach. Pronto.

"The troops spent all day searching for her," Six was telling White Knight. "But they couldn't find her."

Knight took only a moment to think this over. "Once again, she's gone another day unnoticed by the civilians and by our troops."

Dr. Holiday, who was in the room, and had kept her mouth closed the entire time, finally spoke up. "Sir, I don't think she's in a different country or anywhere else, for that matter."

White Knight, interested, pressed on. "What exactly do you think, Dr. Holiday?"

"I think she's hiding here," Dr. Holiday said boldly. "Somewhere close to Providence's base. Not in Canada or China, for example. Even if she can still make portals, I don't think she wants to stay far away from the base, where Rex is. She's shown…a preference for him before, one time, but one time is enough for me. I think she wants to stay somewhere nearby, with or without her portals. Someplace where she can get a clear view on-us."

Dr. Holiday wanted to say someplace where she can get a clear view on Rex. But she couldn't say that. If she did, she would have come pouring out on what she thought of Breach and the other suspicions she had. She didn't want to show Knight of how protective she was of Rex when Breach came into a discussion. He would have dismissed her theories as paranoid fueled thoughts. But truthfully, Dr. Holiday was beginning to feel paranoid whenever she thought of Breach. It was because she could teleport wherever she wanted, even in Providence, right now. How frightening would it be, having her lurking around, searching for Rex during the night?

She hadn't heard much of what White Knight had said.

"…so you might be right," he was saying. Now Dr. Holiday wished she had been paying more attention. "You could be correct, Doctor. Six, I want more troops searching inside of the nearest cities. Just in case. We never know with this EVO. Had it been another, we could have found her by now."

Dr. Holiday wished it had been another. Anyone but Breach. She was just too unpredictable and crazy.

Just too unpredictable…

The marble foyer was wide and large, but empty. Large columns of stone held up the ceiling above, which was decorated in gold and diamonds. The dark haired woman was pacing the foyer, impatient and a tad worried. Her hair flew throughout the air, the only dark color in the entire hallway.

She paused when she thought she heard something. Eric had returned from his expedition.

"Eric! I suspect you have something new for me?" She asked with slight enthusiasm. She had entered the boy's head last night, but had not planted a dream inside, as she had done before. She found interesting things about him, and his relationships with a green clad man named Six and a woman deemed Dr. Holiday. And of the female EVO, Breach. Veronica would have never guessed that Breach was capable of more than being an underling to the man called Van Kleiss. It was strange…she had never seen an EVO show a preference for their enemies, especially when they never talked or seemed emotionless. And for them to take them away! She couldn't believe it when she peered into Rex's mind and saw the memory of Breach and the strange boarding school. And even worse, the female EVO came into his bedroom! That was beyond typical.

The girl…Breach…why was she so attached to the one named Rex?

She herself had experienced love once. Only once, and as soon as the Nanite Event occurred, nanites attached onto her. She couldn't remember the one she loved…it was very hazy, and if she couldn't remember, the memory couldn't have been all that important. Besides, she had Eric now.

Well…she didn't love Eric.

She was snapped out of reverie by Eric himself, who was awaiting her in the foyer. He peered into her eyes and turned away.

"I don't know if you would handle the news very well, Veronica," Eric muttered. He didn't enjoy conversing with Veronica on the matter of Rex. He was infinitely jealous of how much attention Veronica was converting for him. Eric was sure of Rex's age-fifteen years old. He himself was only nineteen, frozen in that state right before his twentieth birthday. He was still a child, more or less. But he was much more useful to Veronica than the Rex boy was. What did Veronica see in that child? What?

"Tell me," she commanded anyways. "I want to know more. It is important, after all, ever since I learned the female one has an attachment to him."

Eric was hesitant. "My darling, please understand. This EVO that has taken a liking to the boy, she is extremely powerful. She can open portals and successfully teleport anything. Including people. She even had her own dimension, where she took something from Ohio. I am much concerned for your safety. She would prove as a formidable opponent in a physical fight. Your powers are entirely mental. You would lose immediately."

Veronica was not happy hearing this. "Thank you, Eric. You just pointed out one of my irritating weaknesses, and complimented another EVO who has her filthy eyes on my target. What was the point of this little lecture? Hmm?"

"Veronica," Eric pleaded, trying to reason with her. "I am simply preparing you for my news. I learned, after a day of scouting and searching, that Breach wants to meet the boy somewhere. And Rex plans to meet her too."

He simply hated saying the target's name.

Veronica's eyes lit up. She kissed him at once. "Oh, this is fantastic news! Eric, you have pleased me so! I have a chance at taking the boy back here. Where did she plan to meet Rex?" Eric sighed unhappily. "My dear, my Veronica. Please listen to yourself. You're all set to kidnap the boy just because I have told you a little bit of information, information I am not entirely sure of! The boy can easily change his mind. He is a teenager after all."

Veronica ignored him. She begun making plans in her head, picking at the consequences and the pros of bringing her army.

"Reconsider," Eric begged. "Recall what I said to you seconds ago! I said you would lose in a battle with this Breach. Your powers limit you because they are dependant on the mind. Her mind, Breach's mind, is not a simple gear. It is difficult and complicated, just like a tapestry."

"Eric," Veronica said, her voice soothing and placating. "I can handle this one. I once fought with Arrah, do you remember? And I won. This girl is nothing. And I have my army of electricity EVOs. I could win this fight too."

"But her mind-"

"Enough!" she snapped, growing tired of their debate. "You have never once entered the EVO girl's mind! Let me be, and let me make my own choices!"

Eric sighed as she left the foyer, still calculating and wrestling over plans. This Rex…he surely brought a lot of stress upon his beloved. And this Breach. She brought the demon upon Veronica.

How could she survive this fight? With or without the armies, she would lose. Breach was something else. And so was Rex. Providence had their own armies too. And when Veronica mentioned Arrah in her confident tone! How Eric wished to scream at her, Of course you won! You were never the one fighting! Your army did all the work, while you sat behind safely on the sidelines, only getting up when it was time to deliver the final blow. You barely lifted a finger.

But he loved her. He would do anything for her. She was so excited at the fact of obtaining the one named Rex, adding him to her collection.

He loved her. And he would do anything for her.

…and she needed him.