Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Generator Rex Characters or franchise. Everything that happens in this fan-fiction, hence the name, from an avid fan for fans who would like some more Generator Rex content.
WARNING: This might contain spoilers, so if you haven't watched the show or finished the show and do not want spoilers, do NOT read this. I'm not sure if it does contain spoilers, but better safe than sorry; come back after watching season one because this is before the second and third season.
Note: In reply to the lovely commenters for the previous chapter…
YellowAngela – Answers should be coming soon (but soon as in still a few more chapters -_-) and thanks for the reassurance, nice to know I'm not the only one that suffers from this same affliction of imagination override.
P – Thank you!
Generator Rex : Loss – Part 10
Six returned to his room from the morning meeting, distracted with thoughts of Holiday. She had had dark circles under her eyes, no doubt ignoring her physical state and throwing herself into an experiment all night. He reached his door and paused, almost missing the small scrap of paper on the floor. Originally having put that in between the door and the door frame before leaving this morning like usual, it now lay on the ground triggering his internal alarms. Someone had been in his room. Immediately on alert, he whipped out his blades and burst in. There was no movement - whoever had entered was gone. He noticed the blanket on the bed was slightly creased and placed in the center was a folded sheet of white paper. Warily, he approached it and unfolded it with the tip of his blade.
It was a drawing; one that depicted a vivid scene of an evo - similar to the one just shown before during the meeting but differently shaped and colored - being stabbed in the back of its neck by a familiar figure in green. Whereas the one in the civilian's photo had resembled a wolf, this one had the appearance of an oversized tiger, although still with the same bionic look.
Six's brow furrowed and he stared at the paper, then stowed it away into his inner tux pocket. Who had left this, and for what purpose? About to go to Holiday to show her and see what she made of it, he was interrupted by an incessant wailing of a siren. The evo had been spotted.
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"Stay here, I'm serious!" Rex forced the girl who was looking up at him gravely. "You can't come with me. They found that evo, the one that hurt you."
Her eyes widened and she looked down. After a length of time, she finally nodded and sat at the table. He grinned, relieved, but somehow had a bad feeling in his gut. With a loud gurgle, his stomach rumbled and he made a rueful note to go get some breakfast or an early lunch before they left. He ruffled her hair and walked towards the exit.
"Don't worry, I'll beat the guy up. You'll be safe, I promise."
She glanced up and he didn't see the sad smile she gave him as he locked the door. Going at a light jog, Rex stopped by the communal break room, grabbed a bag of chips, and dashed off back towards the waiting Providence jet. Six was already there, standing arms crossed impatiently.
"We're clear to go." The door closed but Rex turned. He though he saw something flash in the corner of his eye, but when he went to check, nothing was there. He shook his head. She had promised she wouldn't be here.
"Rex? What are you doing?" Six's voice cut across the jet and Rex jumped.
"Nothing! I just though I saw something."
Six raised an eyebrow.
"Focus Rex. This evo might prove to be dangerous. You can't afford to be distracted."
"I know, I know." Rex sat down in the chair next to Bobo, who was munching on a bag of chips, and strapped himself in. After a while, his stomach grumbled in angry protest and he remembered the snack he had snagged. It was nowhere to be found. Patting his jacket in case he had stashed it there and finding nothing, a loud crunch greeted his ears and he turned to Bobo.
"Heyyy…" Rex gasped. "Those are mine!" He watched in dismay as Bobo tilted the bag and finished off the last of the crumbs.
"Finders keepers. It was there so I took it." Giving a loud belch, Bobo smirked at Rex as Six ignored the two.
"Siiix! We have to stop and get some pizza after this! Or a cheeseburger."
"After this we have a debriefing."
"But Six, I haven't even had breakfast yet! And Bobo just stole my snack!"
"…We'll see."
Rex groaned and sulked for the rest of the ride until the intercom crackled to life.
"Approaching target. Agents on ready."
The three got up and Bobo cocked his gun.
"Okay, move out." Six issued the order.
The jet door opened and Rex burst out whooping. There were providence agents franticly running around directly below him, surrounding the blue metallic beast, guns firing off rapid bursts of light. The evo seemed unaffected by the chaos and continued decimating its surroundings. Rex paused, hovering in the air. The evo seemed to be searching for something, its movements crushing open buildings and crashing down apartments. There were screams and Rex snapped out of his observation. He could afford to think later, but now, he had to cure it and stop the casualties from increasing,
Bobo flew past him, shooting the evo, and Rex dived into the fray. They both landed deftly on the ground and Rex glanced up. He gulped. It was a whole lot bigger than it had looked above. Swallowing down his momentary nervousness and thinking of the girl, he built his smack hands and slammed them together.
"Hey, you hunk of junk! Over here!"
It ignored him and continued searching, annoying Rex.
"I said… OVER HERE!" With a leap, he drove his fist into the evo's face. It roared - a deep bass rumbling - and turned its attention to Rex. Still over confident at his first hit, he barely saw the evo lash out a massive limb. Bringing up his hands at the last second, Rex was thrown back, crashing through a building. Providence agents scrambled around, trying to subdue it, but it simply swiped a paw and sent them flying.
"Owww…" Rex clambered up from the dust, a grimace on his face. His punch, other than catching its attention, did no apparent damage. Switching gears, Rex changed to his BFS and charged, yelling while it simply waited for him. As soon as he got close, the evo caught the sword and smashed Rex along with it to the side, slamming him into another building.
"Aruuuguhhh…" Rex groaned. None of his attacks seemed to work! He got up and the next five builds he tried resulted in the same thing. The evo simply waited and was prepared for everything Rex tried to do. The blast cannon had no effect, the evo simply battled the projectiles away. The whip looked like it was going to work but instead was used against him and Rex again was thrown aside. He coughed, battered and bruised. This evo was intelligent and to make it worse, it was faster than Six.
"Rex, focus." Six's voice came through Rex's com, curt and clear amidst the mayhem.
"I'm trying here!" Rex grunted as he launched another futile attack, only to be flung back against a wall. "I bet if someone hadn't eaten my snack, this would be over by now!"
"No excuses. Let's change the approach. I'll attack and form an opening then you cure it"
Struggling to get up, Rex roughly brushed off the concrete dust. He adjusted his goggles and built his turbo wings.
"Okay, let's do this." As soon as the words left Rex's mouth, the green clad ninja jumped out of the jet above and slashed at the evo. Bobo had managed to sneak under the thing and launched a massive shot at the evo's chin.
It hit straight on and the evo screamed, enraged.
"That's how you do it kid." Bobo's laugh was cut short when a massive paw sent him flying. He landed with a sickening crunch against a light pole, falling limply to the ground.
"Bobo!" Rex's eyes widened, but a hairy paw shot up and gave the thumbs up sign before flopping back down, Bobo falling unconscious. Rex sighed in relief and flew up into the air. Six was now engaging the evo and it was getting close, hit for hit. It pained Rex, but he waited, hovering for an opening.
After a minute, Six shouted.
"Rex, now!" Six forced his blades together, sending a manhole cover directly into the evo's head and it lay there, stunned, its first real injury in this fight.
With a yell, Rex dive bombed onto the evo's back with his hand outstretched, slamming it onto the its head. A blue glow spread from his hand and he squeezed his eyes shut, brow creased in concentration. Unbeknownst to him, a red hue had started to bleed into the blue from the perimeter of the glow, and was closing in.
Six's communicator crackled to life, and Holiday was franticly shouting.
"Six, get Rex out of there, now! His bios are starting to drop, the evo's shutting him down!"
At this, Six immediately rushed again into action, Holiday frantically trying to contact Rex. He didn't respond, and the red glow was spreading quickly.
"Rex, you have to fight it, come on! When have you ever let someone control you?!" Holiday urged Rex and he somehow vaguely heard her, the spreading of the red slowing down as he fought back, but it did not stop. He couldn't seem to remove his hands. The evo and Rex were locked together, struggling to gain control and Six took the chance to jump up next to Rex. He grabbed Rex's shoulder, about to pull Rex off, but Holiday interrupted.
"Wait! It might be dangerous to remove him. Whatever the evo's doing could leave Rex in a permanent coma!"
"Then what do I do?" On the outside, Six's face was impassive, but inside, he was frantically searching for a solution.
"Distract it! Maybe if you distract it, Rex can overpower it enough to pull free."
"Understood."
Six re-gripped his swords and plunged them down into the evo's back. It roared and thrashed, throwing Six off. He landed in a crouch and looked up. Rex was still stuck to the evo, and the red glow was growing at a faster rate than before.
"No good, Holiday. We're going to lose him soon. We don't have much time."
Holdiay was panicking. She racked her brains for a solution, and then slammed her hands down onto the table. Her brain, with all its knowledge and intelligence, was useless at the most important moment. They needed more time.
Six, for once in his life, was at a loss. There was nothing he could do. Hurting the evo only seemed to give it more power, pulling Rex off could potentially destroy his partner's mind. Making a decision, Six grit his teeth. Rex in a coma was better than no Rex at all. He wouldn't lose one of the few people he cared about.