A/N: Short chapter, I apologize. Mostly just setting something up more than crafting a masterpiece.

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own.

Files were dropped on Six's desk. Holiday's voice rang out in an unnaturally sharp tone. "He's filing for a new partner, Six." One heel clicked on the floor. "You need to do something."

Sightless eyes stared up at Holiday from behind black shades. "And what do you propose I do, Doctor? Fight him to prove that I still mean something? Give him a lecture? Or do we just end it here and let me sign these so he can move on?" Six's voice was stronger than usual, more demanding. "Your opinion means so much to me."

She recognized sarcasm when she saw it. "Don't start with me now, Six. It's not time now. Fix things with Rex and I mean it. You're like a father to him and I'm not sure what would happen if he lost you." The woman turned on her heels, rage seething through her gritted teeth. One little slip up. Losing the sunglasses once and thishad happened. The domino effect had drawn all the lies and secrets out of the cracks and now they were losing Rex to himself.

"He doesn't want me."

She paused. She knew when his voice changed; they'd been working together for far too long. Holiday stayed there, heart beating faster in her chest as tension flooded the room.

"He doesn't want to deal with any of us anymore. We've kept secrets from him, Noah was a spy. I wouldn't be surprised if he left Providence. All along, he's been working with two partners with only one good eye between them. All this time and he never knew." A slight pause. "I don't know about you, but I would be doing the exact same thing. Knight started it with trying to get him friends and now we screwed it up just a little bit more."

Holiday turned to stare helplessly at him; he would never see it. "Tell him a story that relates to you being blind. Tell him that you're sorry. Tell him you don't want him to go. Do something, Six! You can't just let him go!" She was so desperate to keep the kid close. He was like the son she never had, the only light of her life. Rex was all she could ever hold near and dear. He was family to her as much as Six and Bobo were. It was Providence. They lived like this. It was family. Family was everywhere in the place. She couldn't lose her son. No, not now. Not over this.

"There is no story. I already apologized. And if he wants to go and I keep him as my partner, things will only get worse." His words were somber and honest. Painfully honest.

"No story?" asked Holiday, hoping he'd just rack his brain and pull something stupendous out of it. Something, anything!

"I was born blind. This is how life has always been."

Holiday cried out in frustration. She was working with an emotional kid, a smack-talking monkey, and a ninja in a green suit who had no emotions. This wasn't working. Why was she still here? She didn't need to be here. This place was too crazy for her. This wasn't going to work. Nothing was ever going to work. Rex was leaving, Six was Six, it wasn't going to change.

"But I'll see what I can do."

Because Six was never one to give up that easily. Yes, he'd gone to different schools. No, he hadn't grown up normal. Sure, he was a blind mercenary. Yeah, he could kick EVO butt. These things were never going to change and he had a hard head. The determination that fueled him and his need to keep the kid close together made a deadly combination. Rex wasn't going to slip through his fingers like everything else had. He wasn't going to lose Rex. Not today, not now.

After a nearly silent sigh, Holiday returned on her way, mission completed. She'd given him the files while also convincing him to try again. That was her work for one day.

A/N: Not a masterpiece, just set-up. Review.

~Sky