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"Uh, Doc, he's starting to move," Noah warned the other two.
Holiday nodded and Bobo's face was plastered with fear.
"Ummm…Does anybody have a bigger gun than mine? Cause I don't think they are going to be very effective on him…"
Holiday shook her head, "this won't be good. Bobo, if he starts to make for a launching into the air, then you're in charge of getting above him and forcing him back down."
"With what? My bare hands? Wet monkey smell?"
"You're guns!" Noah shouted.
"Touchy, touchy," Bobo said calmly.
Noah glared at him, "well I'm not feeling entirely comfortable with the whole idea of being eaten or killed by my best mate. You know what I mean?"
"Good point. Okay. Then I guess your job is to distract him."
"With what!" Noah asked.
Bobo shrugged, "Anything!"
Noah turned to look back at his friend and only gave a little squeak of fear before diving out of the way of a taloned foot coming down where he was standing moments ago.
White Knight switched on a screen at a different base. This one looked the same as the others in style, but had a strict upkeep among the staff.
"White Knight! Good to see you," a soldier said on the other end.
"You are needed at these coordinates and make it snappy."
The soldier saluted lazily, "Sure, boss. I'll be there in a jiffy."
The screen went black and the soldier left.
White Knight only placed his head in his hands and shook it in frustration. "Why do I bother to keep that soldier around?"
"Because you need me!"
"Stop hacking my systems! I'm tired of having to punish you!"
"Then don't punish me. Catch ya later!"
White Knight only groaned.
It took a while for the Providence soldiers to find the area that Rex had landed in and even longer to find suitable places for all the aircraft to land. Dr. Holiday, Bobo, and Noah figured Rex was distracted enough by the ships that they wouldn't have to worry about him for however long those ships took to land.
"I sure hope he doesn't breathe fire for those ships sakes," Noah said gazing upward at the sky.
"Isn't that the crazy psycho Agent's ship?" Bobo pointed into the sky at a different ship.
Holiday's and Noah's gazes snapped to the ship and watched as it descended to land where Six's ship had been.
"Oh, you've got to be joking," Holiday muttered.
As soon as the ship had landed Holiday slowly backed away from Rex and when she judged she was far enough she charged towards the ship. Agent Two descended the ship in a flurry of steps and Holiday without a thought in her mind swung a hand and punched the smaller woman smack in the middle of her face.
The agent turned her head to lessen the blow, but when she turned back to face the doctor her face was all fury as the blood ran from her nose down over her lips and to her chin.
"What do you think you are doing, Bitch?" Agent Two asked in her anger.
"You dare call me a Bitch!" Holiday shouted, "I'm not the one who sent Rex into this position! He never did this when he was among those he could call his friends and family! And you dare to call me a Bitch!"
Agent Two sneered, "But of course you couldn't keep him in line. That required a stricter and firmer hand that none of you soft fools could put into use."
Holiday raised her hand to slap the agent once again, and a whip shot out, the tip wrapping around Dr. Holiday's wrist. She raised her other hand and drove her hand down with as much power as she could muster into the slap. The Agent blocked it and flung her hand aside. She brought her own hand up in fist and punched the doctor in her face and then her abdominal region.
"Damn you to hell," Holiday mustered before doubling over in the pain. The Agent had missed the blow that would have knocked her out, but still caused her pain.
Rex observed the battle between the two women. He wished he could interfere and pummel his tormentor, but for now he felt satisfied to be watching his doctor, his friend, fighting her for him.
Thank you, Holiday, but please leave some for me. I want a chance at that woman.
His gaze was drawn upward to a familiar sight of Agent Six's ship appearing above them.
Rex watched as Six's ship landed next to Agent Two's and the ramp dropped open. Agent Two and Holiday stopped their struggle with each other and stared at the ramp. Everyone else already at the scene looked anxiously in the ship's direction.
Rex could hear someone walking off and coming towards them. The nanites, Rex, Noah, and Bobo peered at the ramp unsure of whom the agent had brought. A boot came into view as well as a gold hand. A hand that Rex and his nanites knew very well.
"Van Kleiss!" he shouted. "No! Don't let him have me! I refuse to allow my nanites to fall into his possession! Even if I am a fully fledged EVO!"
The nanites seemed to have the same opinion in mind as he reared up unfurling his wings in an attempt to escape. Van Kleiss noticed the movement and motioned to someone behind him. Biowulf, Skalamander, and Circe ran down the ramp and into clear view.
Circe stopped at the bottom of the ramp and let out her EVO call. She stopped Rex in mid take off.
He grunted as he fell back to his four feet. She was keeping him there by hypnotizing some of his nanites and disrupting the communication between all of them. He gasped as he felt claws rake his wings, shredding the skin between the muscles and nanites that operated the wings. The nanites began working furiously to defend themselves from the three EVO's attacks.
He attacked them without any other thought until he spotted Van Kleiss once again. Only this time he was drawing alongside where Noah and Bobo were still standing. They both looked shocked that the Pack was there, but didn't move to stop him since Six had brought Providence's number one enemy. The nanites turned to look at him as well and must have decided he was more a danger to them than the pack.
He flapped his wings in a vain attempt to get airborne and noticed that because his wings were shredded, he was stuck.
The Pack had him grounded. It was then that Noah's question was answered as Rex's jaws gaped open and a stream of fire shot out of the back of his throat. The pack easily evaded the attack and Circe screamed at him forcing him slowly to close his mouth until fully closed. Skalamander shot crystals up at the EVO hitting him.
The nanites reared back again roaring defiance while inside Rex attempted to force his will onto the nanites. Between the nanites and Rex their wills were mixing together and he was thrashing about, half fighting the pack and half mentally inside against the nanites.
"REX! FIGHT BACK!" a shout came from amongst the chaos.
Rex forced his subconscious into a ruling position of his body just as his talons connected with something. Astonished he pulled back his talon now that he was in control of his body and revealed a body where his claw had just been. His best friend's body. Noah's body had blood flowing out of a deep gash on his head. Realization showed in his features at what had happened while he had been blind in his fight against the nanites.
"No Noah…No…Noah… NOAH!" Rex shouted continuously in his mind.
He shook his head in disbelief at the sight and flapped his wings blowing the pack members away who had made leaps to grab him and hold him down. Pricks in his tail caused him to look back to find Van Kleiss with his golden hand in his tail. Rex could feel the flow of nanites going through him towards the unstable EVO and Rex cried out in anguish with the pain that came along with the flow of nanites being ripped out of his body. He whipped his tail around and looked back in anger when he realized Van Kleiss was still stealing nanites from his body. Van Kleiss held on for much longer until Rex felt depleted of nanites. He still contained many of the nanites, but there were not as many as before as Van Kleiss had left only a bare minimum.
He pulled his golden hand out of Rex's tail and Rex took the moment to take off into the air leaving everyone there far behind. He flew into the sky tears coming out of his eyes as they slowly began their return to flesh. He made it as far as the park in the center of the city before he landed in sheer exhaustion and returned to his normal human self rolling after hitting the ground. He finally stopped after the force of his landing had been spent.
He pushed himself up and crawled over to a rock next to a large pond. Half on the rock, half off the tears pushed their way out and he was blinded by them.
"Noah…"
"Van Kleiss," Skalamander shouted after he had let Rex go and staggered away. "Are you okay my lord?"
"I'm fine, Skalamander. Well done everyone," he praised his servants. He looked to Six, "I'll be expecting my side of the deal payed in full."
Six only gave a stiff nod in return from Noah's side with Dr. Holiday and Bobo.
Bobo and Holiday only gave a questioning look before returning to Noah's predicament.
"Bobo, place your hands here and here and apply pressure," Holiday instructed.
Bobo did as told and she ran back to the ship where she grabbed medical supplies and hurried back to Noah's side.
"Six, you should go after Rex," she told him.
Six shook his head. "No, Holiday. He will not welcome me. You need to go, since Noah is injured. I'll take Noah back to Providence. Take my ship and go to him. He descended in the center of the city."
Holiday looked to him gratefully and left Six to tend to Noah's wounds. She took the ships controls and flew the ship from the scene to find Rex.
She exited the ship at the Central park and looked around. No one was there. There was a large grove of trees that just counted as a small forest. She walked between the trees until she spotted a someone in red sitting on a small boulder by a large pond in a clearing among the grove of trees.
"Rex?" Holiday called out.
The teenage boy looked up to see the doctor approaching. He looked away with an ashamed look.
"Rex," she said again, "It's okay. Noah's fine. He'll be better in no time."
Rex looked back at her tears forming in his eyes.
"Are you sure?" he asked doubtfully.
"I'm sure, Rex."
She reached the small boulder he sat on and knelt in front of him.
"We'll take care of Noah and you," she assured him.
She opened her arms and with only a slight hesitation Rex pushed himself off the rock and fell into her arms crying while she held him pressed against her body consoling him.
They emerged from the forest 15 minutes later. Holiday's arm was wrapped around Rex's shoulders. When Six's ship came into view Rex hesitated at the sight of it. Holiday stopped beside him.
"Come on," she said giving a reassuring smile, "everyone's waiting back at Providence."
He looked down at his feet and gave a barely noticeable nod of his head. He continued forward still looking down at his feet. They made their way to the ship silently.
Once in the ship Holiday sat him down in a chair, then walked to the front of the ship to the controls. She looked back once to check on Rex before starting the ships engines and flying off into the sky.
Rex shifted nervously throughout the ride and flinched when Six's voice came through the radio.
"Dr. Holiday, are you both okay?"
She pressed an orange button before replying, "Holiday here, I have Rex with me. We'll be landing in the first hangar."
"Should we meet you there?"
She glanced back at Rex. "Is Noah up to meeting us?" she asked in a whisper.
"Hold on." There was silence on the radio. "Yes. Don't worry. I think I know what you have in mind. Six, out."
She let out a deep breath and began a descent towards the base minutes later.
The ship landed softly on the hangar floor. Holiday walked over to Rex and sat down next to him. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and gave him a gentle hug and kiss on the forehead for comfort.
"You ready?" she asked.
He glanced up at her. "I don't know…," he answered moving his gaze back down to his feet.
She gave him another small hug before taking his chin in her hand and turning him to face her.
"It's okay, Rex. No one will hurt you ever again and no one blames you for what happened."
"you promise?"
She nodded.
He nodded as well slowly standing up. He waited for her to stand and move to the top of the ramp before following.
She pressed the ramp button lowering the ships ramp. Rex looked back down at his feet nervously and Dr. Holiday nudged him forward when she saw Six with Noah standing at the door. Noah was sitting in a wheelchair between Six and Bobo. He looked fine except for the cut from his left eye across his forehead towards the back of his head. Black stitches could be seen even from this distance. Rex looked up and grimaced as he saw the stitches on his best friends head.
"Noah?" he asked incredulously.
Noah grinned and replied cheerfully yet weakly, "The one and only."
The teenage EVO's face lit up with a smile to match his friends as he made his way down the ramp to greet his friend.
"I'm so sorry, Noah," Rex apologized.
Noah only shook his head slightly. "I was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time. It wasn't your fault."
"Yes it was. I could see everything that happened until I fought the nanites, but no matter how much I wanted it all to stop. I couldn't do anything until it was too late." He hung his head looking away from Noah.
"Noah's right, Rex. Besides Agent Two should have never allowed it to have gone as far as it did. It was my fault for following bad orders at the beginning of this mess. I should have realized what the consequences would be once I found out Agent Two would be involved."
"Come on pal," Noah said in a cheerful yet week voice.
Rex blinked back tears and slowly nodded. He went over to his friend and took the handles on the wheelchair and steered him back into the base.
"You need rest, Noah. I can wait until later. I'm uninjured besides a few bruises and scratches."
Noah grinned and he allowed Rex to push him back to the room that he pointed out to his friend where he helped Noah back into bed.
When Noah was comfortable he looked down at his friend sadly.
"I really am sorry," Rex said.
Noah shook his head slowly, "Don't hurt yourself over it. I knew the risk I was taking when I stepped in front of you."
Rex gave a small smile for his friend. "Thanks Noah. For all you've done."
"No problem, Rex," he grinned.
Bobo had left almost as soon as Rex and Noah had, leaving the two adults alone in the hangar bay.
"How is he?"
"He's hurt Six. He'll require gentle handling for a time before he'll be entirely back to himself. Agent Two did a lot of damage to him, not just physically, but mentally."
Six nodded and gazed down the hall after the two boys. He gave a small sigh letting out his frustration and anger at Rex's condition.
A screen flickered on to reveal a soldier in the control room.
"Agent Six," he greeted.
"What is it?"
The soldier brought up a screen, "Another agent is asking for permission to land in the base sir."
"Which agent?" Six asked.
"Hold on," the soldier turned to another screen and then turned back. "Agent Five."
Agent Six raised an eyebrow in confusion and nodded affirmation.
The soldier saluted as the screen went blank.
"Why would Agent Five come to Providence?" Holiday asked. "You don't think…"
Six shrugged, "Not sure, but I'm going to find out and Rex isn't going anywhere so far as I'm concerned."
The alarms of the base sounded and Six turned to the screen on the wall bringing up a screen to the control room once again.
"What is the problem?" he demanded.
A soldier responded, "An intruder sir. On the level below you!"
"Is no one else closer?"
"Rex and Noah headed to Noah's room correct?" the soldier asked. Six nodded. "Then they are on the same floor as the intruder."
"Damn! Neither of them are in any condition to fight. Get some men down there! Now!" he ordered. "Dr. Holiday!"
"On my way!"
The two ran along the hall to the staircase which they jumped down two or three at a time heading as fast as they could towards the boys.
"Rex!" Holiday called ahead.
They slid to a stop as they found Rex coming out of Noah's bedroom.
"Rex! Are you okay? Have you or Noah seen anyone down here?" Holiday continued.
Rex shook his head. "What do you mean?"
"Didn't you hear the alarm?"
"What alarm?"
They all looked around just now realizing they weren't hearing the alarm on this level.
"Well, I'm surprised it took you that long to realize that little detail Agent Six," a voice said from behind Six and Holiday.
The two turned to find another man standing in the corridor. "Is this Rex?"
Six and Holiday stepped in front of Rex blocking him from the man's view.
"Who are you?" Six demanded to know.
"Well, if you must know, Agent Six. I am Agent One."
"If White Knight sent you to take Rex from Providence, then you can just go on home because he is not going with you."
"Whoa, take it easy. I just wanted to meet him. If he does not wish to go then I will remain here and observe what you do with him. If I deem he is in capable hands then I will tell White Knight that he is fine and should not be taken from where he is. Is that acceptable with you?" he looked around at them all stopping his gaze on Rex.
Rex only grimaced at the idea that this Agent might be the same as Agent Two.
"Only on one condition," Six said. "You may only observe, not interfere or touch him in any way."
"Oh, Six! That's ghastly! What have you been doing to the poor boy?"
Holiday chuckled and shook her head. "You obviously take things in the wrong way, Agent One and didn't the soldier say that Agent Five was requesting landing? So what happened to him?"
"Oh, I am him. I was just curious how far I could get into the building without setting off alarms before I got to Rex. Ya know."
"Uhh…sure…"
"Yeah, I guess I do. I don't ever realize that I do that. I don't mean to do it, but it just pops into my mind sometimes," he babbled.
Six waved his hand, "Please, we don't need the details."
"Right, so back to business," He clasped and rubbed his hands together. "Are we agreed?" he asked looking from one face to the next.
"Sounds fine to me," Holiday said. "Only as long as Rex doesn't mind."
Six nodded and turned to look back at the teenager. Rex only shrugged.
"What difference does it make? I've already lost control of my nanites once and had to be brought back with the help of Van Kleiss…" he despaired.
He turned and walked the other direction with that thought in his mind. "What should it matter? … What I think?"
"Rex…" Holiday called but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder. She looked up the arm to meet Six's face. He silently shook his head and she turned back to watch Rex leave.
"Wow…Was it something I said?" Agent One asked.
"You know," Holiday started as her hands tightened into fists and turned to face the agent, "you are really beginning to get on my nerves!"
She threw a punch at him that hit right on target with his nose as she heard a resounding and yet satisfying crack as his nose broke under her knuckles.
He sprang back crying out. He brought a hand to his nose and felt the crooked bone and he gave a jerk which snapped the bone back in place.
"OOWWWW!" he cried out. "What'd you do that for?"
Holiday only gave him a look of disgust before storming off. Six gave Holiday's back a surprised look and only shrugged.
"You must've done something to tick her off that badly," he answered.
Agent One snorted, "No kidding."
Six followed after the Doctor. Agent One took a look around before realizing he was alone.
"Wait! I don't know how to get around!"
"Like I believe that," Six replied from up ahead.
"Really! I was really just wandering around hoping to run into someone!" he called out desperately as he ran off to follow them.
"Like you allowed the Doctor to throw and land a punch on you?" Six replied. One only gave him a confused look before sprinting off to follow them.
Author's Note: Well, unfortunately there is not too much more for this story. I'm glad you've all enjoyed it. I think I'll have maybe 1 or 2 more chapters after this one. Please don't forget to review! I love all reviews!