PokeKing Charizard, X, and KakaAnko: Hey, I want to let you know how much I appreciate you guys reading and commenting on most of my stories. It's been a rough summer and your consistent encouragement has meant a lot to me.
Guest: Wow, I'm very flattered by your review. I have so many mistakes in season 4 that I'm kinda embarrassed by it. In fact, 00RaiserGundam (thanks by the way) has been helping me re-edit my previous work. And the fact that you read my other GenRex works and liked it, is high praise for me. Thank you.
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"Go! Go! Go! Go!" The ladies chanted as the two old women faced each other.
"Give up?" Oe halmeoni asked as she held her shot glass.
"I'm just getting warmed up." Nanna retorted.
They both threw back another drink.
"Wow, I didn't think Oe halmeoni could drink that much." Beverly observed.
"Nanna's not doing so bad herself." Mrs. Holiday noted as she took a sip of her wine.
They were both 6 shots into their drink off.
The bartender poured another shot and they both downed it at the same time. They were both starting to teeter. The bartender handed them another one.
"Okay, okay, I think that's enough." Rebecca declared as she pulled the 8th shot out of both their hands.
"Awww," Everyone sounded disappointed.
"Come on, we don't need to watch two elderly women get inebriated to have fun." Rebecca said firmly setting the glasses away from her grandmas.
"Who you calling elderly?" Oe halmeoni hiccupped.
"I'm not inebe…inebi… drunk." Nanna declared.
"Sure, you're not." Rebecca agreed smoothly. She linked arms with each woman and led them to a couch.
She sat them down on far ends of each other. "Now stay here, while I get you something to eat."
"Don't get me any of her cat food." Nanna slurred her speech.
"At least my food doesn't taste like sawdust." Oe halmeoni said while tipping over.
"Right, cat food and sawdust." Rebecca said distracted. She went over to the table laden with food. Preparing two plates, she brought them over but when she arrived both of them were passed out. Rebecca looked wryly at them. She looked at the two plates. She poured one plate onto the other. Sitting in between the sleeping grannies, she enjoyed her plate of food.
0o0
Rex rang the doorbell of Noah's house. Ben, Kevin, and Gwen stood behind him. When no one came, Kevin reached over to the doorbell. Rex slapped his hand away.
"Hey!" Kevin rubbed his hand.
"Don't touch that. Noah's really picky about how many times you can ring the doorbell." Rex said staring at the door.
"Are you kidding?" Kevin asked incredulously. "What if he didn't hear it?"
"That's what I said!" Rex exclaimed. "But he said if I heard it, then he must have heard it."
"Well, I wasn't sure I heard it. Can I ring it?" Ben asked reaching over.
"No! Noah's never gonna stop lecturing me on doorbell etiquette otherwise." Rex pushed his hand away.
"Your friend is weird." Kevin growled.
"Yeah." Ben agreed.
Gwen gave the boys a funny look. "Right, and we're totally normal."
"Well, yeah. Of course." Came their answer as Kevin burped while scratching himself and Ben cleaned his ear with his pinky.
"Right." Gwen wrinkled her nose.
Finally, the door opened a smidgen. Noah poked his dripping wet head around. "Rex? What do you want? I was in the shower!"
Rex pushed the door open. "Noah, you've got to hide me. Aliens from another dimension are after me."
Noah sighed. "You know it's sad when that statement actually sounds normal. And who are these guys?" Noah was surprised when Ben, Kevin, and Gwen filed in.
Gwen looked away in embarrassment. Noah was only wearing a towel.
"Oh, that's Ben, his cousin Gwen, and Kevin." Rex said waving his hand carelessly. "Your mom home? Is there any food?" Rex walked into the kitchen.
"Hey yeah! Food." Kevin bolted to the kitchen.
"No, she's not. I think there's some leftover chicken salad in the…" Noah was trying to not look at Gwen as he pulled his towel tighter around him.
Kevin already had the door open scooping the food into his mouth with his hand.
"Fridge…" Noah finished while staring at Kevin.
"Leave some for me!" Rex tried to get some from Kevin who hissed at him and pulled the bowl closer to himself.
"We're sorry for barging in on you like this." Gwen said with her hand covering the side of her face. "We were attacked and we don't want to take Rex back to Providence since they know that's where he… Guys! Can we act like civilized people here?"
Rex was joined by Ben as they tried to take the bowl of chicken salad away from Kevin.
"You ate all the burritos! I need this chicken salad!" Kevin said as he kept Rex at bay with his foot and held the bowl over his head to keep Ben from reaching it.
"I didn't get any food either! Share!" Rex demanded.
"I'm still hungry." Ben insisted.
Noah shook his head and went to get dressed. He ignored the sounds of struggle in the kitchen. He did pause for a moment when he heard something smash but merely shrugged and closed the door of his bedroom.
Ten minutes later, a fully dressed Noah sat on the kitchen barstool with the phone, facing the living room.
"Yeah, can I get a large…" He looked over to see Rex flash him a peace sign.
"Make that two large meat lovers pizza with extra cheese and a salad." Noah said into the phone. "Thirty minutes? Thanks." Noah hung up.
"Thirty minutes? I'll starve." Rex groaned as he flopped onto the couch.
"No you won't. You ate the last of that salad." Kevin said indignantly.
"Yeah, I never saw anyone move that fast from the floor." Ben said impressed.
Gwen covered her eyes and shook her head.
"Okay, why don't you tell me what happened." Noah interrupted tiredly.
Taking turns the four of them disjointedly filled Noah in on what had happened so far.
Noah to his credit was able to follow. When they were done, the pizza had arrived. Noah went to the door, paid the delivery boy and came back with the two boxes. Rex, Ben, and Kevin rushed Noah.
"Watch it. Geesh, it's like no one feeds you." Noah complained as the boys tore at the pizza. He went back to the barstool where it was safe.
"I'm afraid to try to get one. They might bite my hand off." Gwen joked weakly.
"Here's the salad." Noah said handing her the bowl.
"Great." Gwen said unenthusiastically.
"Here, don't say I never gave you anything." Kevin handed her a limp slice of pizza.
"Thanks. I think." Gwen stared at the slice.
"So…" Noah looked at Rex. "aliens are after you."
"Tuw." Rex said with his mouth full, spraying some food.
"Dude, that's nasty." Noah held up his hands in disgust.
"Sowwy." Rex said still chewing.
Noah gave a long sigh. "How long are you going to hang out here?"
"Don't know." Rex shrugged. "I'm hoping one of these guys can think of something. The aliens are from their world."
"If your brother has that tracker, we can find them before they can find you." Ben said.
"Why don't you contact him and ask?" Noah suggested.
Rex wiped his hand on his shirt before pulling out his cell phone. Pushing the button for his brother he cradled the phone to his ear.
After the third ring, Caesar answered. "Yes?"
"Hey, bro. Do you have that tracker ready?" Rex asked.
"Rex? Where are you? White's having as you say una vaca." Caesar said.
"Yeah, listen the Vreedles attacked us and tried to kidnap me… not that I can blame them. I am awesome." Rex bragged as everyone else in the room rolled their eyes. "So if you have the tracker ready, we'll get them before they can get me."
"The tracker is ready but White wants you to lay low. He's ordered Calan to track down and take care of those aliens." Caesar said.
"What? But Ben and his friends know about…" Rex protested.
"Mijo, White doesn't really trust your friends to do the job especially after they let the Hive Queen go." Caesar explained.
"But… but…but…" Rex stuttered.
"Just relax, mijo. Stay where you are until this is over." Caesar said before hanging up.
"I can't believe it." Rex looked at his phone dumbfounded.
"What?" Ben looked up from his food.
"White is putting us on the bench." Rex said angrily.
"Why?" Gwen frowned.
"He's upset that you let Elena go." Rex shoved his phone into his pocket. "So he's sending someone else to get the Vreedles."
"Hey, that's fine by me." Kevin stretched out on the couch putting his hands behind his head. "I could use some down time. We haven't stopped to take a breather since we got to this god-forsaken universe." When he noticed everyone glaring at him, he looked defiantly back. "What?"
"Well, I agree with Rex. We know the Vreedles best." Ben punched his fist into his hand. "We should be out there."
"But we're not." Gwen said. "And I think we should just hang back for now. We don't want to ruffle any feathers in someone else's universe."
"Oh please, White's feathers are always ruffled." Rex scoffed. "We should go anyway…"
"But a new episode of El Amor de la Pasion el Amor is on in 5 minutes." Noah said as he turned on the television.
Rex hopped into the arm chair. "On the other hand, we have been working real hard. It wouldn't hurt to let other people take over… Where's the popcorn?"
Kevin nodded in agreement as he settled into his spot. Gwen swiped at his feet. He scowled for a second before moving so she could sit next to him. Ben took a seat next to Gwen. They all settled in to an evening of watching TV.
0o0
Calan stood in the Navigation Room on The Keep. He had a small army of Providence jets behind him. He looked down at the main map. The blinking dot was getting closer.
"Okay, men. ETA in 3 minutes. Get ready and be on alert. These creatures are wily." Calan spoke into the intercom.
The Keep reached their destination. They arrived at a small volcanic island in the middle of the ocean. The area was completely devoid of vegetation or animals.
"Sir, what are your orders?" A grunt asked.
"Fire." Calan said grimly.
"Sir? At what?" The grunt asked confused.
"The island. Fire at the island." Calan commanded.
The Keep aimed its cannon at the island. It started charging. Just as Calan suspected, the island moved. The island rippled and an air ship appeared.
"There they are! Get 'em, boys!" Calan ordered.
The fighter jets zoomed past the Keep and went after the space ship. The ship fired on the jets which returned fire.
"Try to take them into custody." Calan said.
"They're not making it easy." One of the grunts replied.
"We're not paid to have it easy." Calan noted as he watched the fight.
The space ship managed to take out a few jets but there were more. Calan squinted at the ship before his eyes widened. He quickly grabbed and pressed the intercom button.
"They're trying to get away again. Fire the tractor beam!" Calan demanded.
A yellow beam engulfed the spaceship just as it tried to blast away. The momentum pulled The Keep a few feet.
"Reverse engines! Don't let this small fry get away!" Calan cried.
"Engines reversed, sir!" An agent reported.
"Keep her steady!" Calan glared at the enemy ship.
The Vreedle's ship pulled and strained against the beam. Calan could see the engines start to burn bright.
"Open a channel." Calan waited while they made contact.
"Sir, they're ignoring us." The agent informed him.
Calan growled. He walked over to the console and flipped on the megaphone. "Listen Vreedles, give up. If you keep fighting, your ship is going to tear itself apart."
The only reply was the ship pulled even harder.
"Sir, we're reading high levels of radiation coming from the ship." One of the grunts reported. "It's heating up to a dangerous temperature."
Calan gritted his teeth. If he didn't let them go, the ship would most assuredly explode taking out The Keep as well.
"Drop the beam. But as soon as it drops I want jets 4 and 5 to fire the hooks to restrain it. jet 9 take out its engines." Calan ordered.
"Yes, sir." Calan crossed his arms and paced as his men executed his orders.
The beam was dropped and immediately the hooks pierced the wings of the space ship. Jet 9 swooped down and precisely disabled the engines.
"Get ready to board."
"Boarding, sir."
Calan watched as his men pry open the side of the ship. A metal bridge connected the Providence ship to the alien ship. He could hear the talking of his men through the comlinks. He could tell that it was chaotic inside the ship. He heard shots being fired. Calan's muscles tensed as he listened on. Then the moment he was waiting for.
"Sir, we've secured the prisoners."
"Good work. Let's wrap up and go home." Calan beamed. "White Knight, mission successful. Returning to base."
"Acknowledged, Captain. Report for debriefing immediately after you return." White Knight's serious face appeared on screen.
"Yes, sir." Calan saluted before the screen went blank.
"Set a course for home." Calan stood with his hands behind his back.
0o0
Octagon and Boid sat in Providence's holding cell.
"I can't believe these flesh bags got the drop on us." Boid sulked.
"Boid, don't you remember the plan?" Octagon was exasperated.
"Getting' caught was part of the plan?" Boid asked in surprise.
"You weren't listenin' were you?" Octagon asked.
"Not really, there were all these bubble…" Octagon said with a goofy grin.
"Boid! Focus. Once we find out where our golden goose is, we blast our way outta here." Octagon grinned.
"You had me at blast." Boid sighed happily.
