There's a severe lack of Gen Rex activity. I know everyone's busy so I can't complain too much. I'm trying to update as regularly as I can. But there's so much to do. I find I'm writing during the in between times like when I'm waiting for my laundry to dry or traveling on public transportation. Anyway, the story's quality may have suffered a little.
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Jade watched the horizon as Violeta sped down the coastline looking for anything... well… anything suspicious. But her mind was on other things, mainly how she was a jerk to her brother. She wasn't sure what about Kenji made her act like that. Maybe it was the air of confidence he exuded. She wanted him to be as scared as she was. Maybe she knew their dad liked him better. She wanted to be just like her father. He was brave, strong, and nothing ever bothered him. She wished her dad would push her like he did Kenji. She hadn't realized she was being so mean to Kenji until Violeta noted it. It was a little more than sibling rivalry. She didn't have a problem with her sister. In fact, Jasmine was her confidante, her partner in crime, and the one who kept her in line. Besides, Jasmine was terrified of their father. Kenji was her rival for their father's attention and affections… well, whatever affections Agent Six bestowed upon people.. But she also knew it wasn't fair of her to take it out on her brother. He didn't ask for it and from what she could see didn't want their father's legacy. She thought again how funny life was. She wanted what Kenji had and Kenji didn't want it at all.
"Jade?" Violeta 's voice brought Jade back. "I see something."
Jade strained her eyes. There was a water line headed straight for the coast.
"If only we can go under to get a closer look without getting wet." Jade grumbled.
Suddenly, the jet ski glowed. Jade watched in amazement when the sides of the jet ski flew out and enclosed them. A piece glass flew up in front. So they could see.
"How did you do that?" Jade asked astonished.
"Umm, I thought about it and it came out." Violeta said as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
"I don't think Uncle Rex can make glass." Jade tapped the window.
Violeta shrugged and they descended in newly created submarine.
"I do need a name for the jet ski and sub." Violeta said. "Something cool like tide buster or wave smasher."
"Yeah, well, keep thinking." Jade wrinkled her nose at the names.
Violeta and Jade swam over to take a closer look.
It wasn't junior but it was definitely not a normal sea animal.
"I think that's the squid." Violeta observed. "Should we attack or follow?"
Jade made a quick decision. "Let's follow. Maybe it will lead us to junior."
Violeta nodded and silently maneuvered toward the EVO.
0o0
Kenji took a deep breath as he strode over to the guard at the booth.
He showed the fake credentials Bobo gave him. Why Bobo had a fake ID of Captain Calan, Kenji didn't want to know. After the guard handed back the ID, Kenji explained his business.
The guard told him to wait as he made a phone call. Inside Kenji was trembling, worried that they would tell him to leave or worse throw him in the brig. Fortunately, when the guard was done with the call another soldier arrived and he was led to an office. A man in uniform stood up and saluted Kenji who returned it. Kenji noted that the name placard said General Norman Staton.
"Captain Calan, I've heard s lot about you. It's nice to finally meet you." The general said.
"Oh uh yes, it's nice to meet you too." Kenji kicked himself. He was sure Captain Calan would not be hemming and hawing. Get a grip! Kenji snapped at himself. "I'll cut to the chase General Staton. My men picked up some strange transmission the other day. After some reconnaissance, we recovered some disturbing data."
Kenji rattled off his rehearsed speech. He handed over the data Jasmine recovered and hoped he was convincing enough.
"This is all very interesting, Captain Calan. But why is Providence not handling this themselves?"
Kenji was expecting this but he couldn't think of a good answer. The problem was Serge didn't want people knowing about Aquania so contacting Providence was not an option. So Kenji had decided to get defensive. "General," He tried to sound as stern as his father. "Are you trying to offend me? I'm here to give you a heads up so that you deal with this situation without us stepping on your toes!" Kenji let his voice rise in irritation.
Just as he had hoped the general backed down. "Now, now, captain, that was not my intent. I was just curious is all. We will take the necessary precautions against this EVO attack."
"Very good general." Kenji let his tone return to neutral. Maybe he had more of his father in him then he thought. "I will leave you to your work."
"You're not staying?" The general said surprised.
"I have other pressing matters, but if you need us…" An explosion outside interrupted him in mid sentence. Kenji cursed internally as the alarms around the base started blaring. He was too late. Junior had arrived.
0o0
"See anything Bobo?" Jasmine asked the chimp.
"Yeah, lots of water." Bobo replied cheekily. He had strapped Angel, who was napping, down in his stroller. Jasmine rolled her eyes. Between him and Rafael who was still sulking, her patience was wearing thin. She would rather be baby-sitting Angel. "How about something more specific? Like an EVO squid or a purplish mutant humanoid?"
"How about a giant EVO whale heading toward the military base?" Bobo asked nonchalantly.
"What?" Jasmine jumped from her perch and grabbed her binoculars. "Holy crap, that's a big one."
"No, kidding." Bobo muttered under his breath.
Jasmine tried to patch through to Kenji. "Kenji? Kenji? Are you there?" Static answered her. "Not again!" She grumbled. "What good is having comlinks if they never work?"
"Beats me." Bobo shrugged.
"We have to stop that thing!" Jasmine went to the steering.
"Hold it, girly. I'm the one with the license, remember?" Bobo pushed her gently from the controls.
"Bobo, we need to stop it from reaching the base. Who knows what trouble it can cause for them?" Jasmine said frustrated.
"Trouble for them? How about us? How are we going to stop that monstrosity? We don't have cannons and only I have blasters." Bobo pointed out.
"We don't need cannons. We have Rafael." Jasmine nodded at the boy sulking in the corner of the boat.
At his name Rafael looked up. "I can do something now? I'm getting bored."
"Yes, Raffy, we have a job for you." Jasmine said.
Rafael grinned.
The whale EVO was cruising toward the beach. Just before it reached the breakers, however, Bobo pulled the boat in front of its trajectory. Rafael blasted the monster. The whale actually flew backwards several feet causing a momentous wave when landing in the water. It dove underneath.
"Now what?" Bobo asked. Suddenly the boat lurched as the whale came underneath them. Jasmine grabbed Rafael and jumped overboard.
"Quick, blast it under the water!" Jasmine cried before pulling both of them under the waves. Rafael had taken a deep breath before submerging. Once underwater they saw the whale EVO trying to tilt the boat over. Rafael blasted it. Being underwater blunted the blast but there was enough of an impact that the whale stopped trying to tip the boat and came after them.
Jasmine nimbly dodged the whale as it flew past. With her free hand she grabbed a fin and they were dragged along by the whale.
Jasmine pulled herself and Rafael close to the EVO so that Rafael could also hang on. Once Rafael was holding onto the EVO Jasmine let go of him. She started to crawl her way to the larger of the two faces. The whale seemed to know that something was on it. It shook violently but was unable to knock either of the children off. It suddenly jumped out of the water. Rafael and Jasmine took a deep breath before the whale submerged. The sudden pressure of hitting the water almost dislodged them but they manage to stay on. When Jasmine reached the mouth, she pulled out one of Bobo's blasters. She set it on overload and threw it into the monster's mouth. She then gave Rafael the signal. They both let go and swam as far away from the whale as possible. Just for good measure, Rafael used his sonic blast to push the whale EVO several feet away. The blaster exploded and whale pieces floated up to the water.
Rafael and Jasmine resurfaced.
"Ewww, gross. Let's do it again!" Rafael declared as he swan through the mess.
"Let's not." Jasmine muttered as she pulled Rafael back to the boat.
"Hey, looks like you took care of Moby Dick." Bobo noted.
"Yeah, but the blaster shouldn't have caused this much carnage." Jasmine said as she helped Rafael into the boat. "Something's not right."
"Um, what about that?" Rafael pointed at something in the water.
Jasmine strained her eyes to see what he was pointing at. She took a pole and fished it out of the water.
"Oh no, no, no, no… This is not good." Jasmine muttered.
"What?" Bobo peered at the object in her hand.
"This is an explosive. It looks like our friend here was on a suicide mission." Jasmine explained.
"So there must be more of these things out there?" Bobo asked eye wide opened.
"There must be more. Just one of these things wouldn't be that much of a threat." Jasmine groaned.
Just then an explosion was heard from the military base. Everyone looked at each other in shock. Kenji!