I DON'T OWN GENERATOR REX OR INFINITE STRATOS.

-Rex-

The smoke began to dissipate and I could see the form the Japanese boy had taken. He had grown to 7ft and was covered in black hair. Facing forward was large, red eyes that lacked pupils. His legs pulled back and formed in a shape similar to a dog's. Meanwhile his arms grew to the point where they resembled a gorilla's arms. At the end of his hands had razor sharp claws. The white armor of his I.S unit was still in their corresponding spots, only now it appeared the armor was fused with the E.V.O body.

"Ichika?!" They all yelled. The new E.V.O charged at Ling. Pulling back my arm I punched the air as my smack hands formed and knocked the technological creature. I replaced the current build with my boogie pack and rocketed at him. The Japanese E.V.O materialized the sword and sliced at me. I was able to get most of my body to dodge the sword; unfortunately, the sword managed to clip my wings. The others were finally getting over the shock and those with an I.S unit activated them and took to the sky. Orimura had taken their examples. Something unexpected happened, while in the air the hair over his shoulders were moved as more metal revealed itself.

"This isn't going to end well." I said to myself. And was I right, the shoulder mounted weapons had released several rockets. The rockets hit several parts of the Ferris wheel that was standing several yards away. The rockets had weakened the ride and like a disaster movie the round structure broke free. I turned my attention to the ride. I built my sky slider and rebuilt my smack hands back up. Grabbing onto the ends of the ride I pulled back with as much force I could muster from both builds. Even with both builds I could feel my arms being pulled from their sockets. The girls had flown up and were helping me slow down the wheel. With the ride stopped I had signaled the others to slowly lower the side to the ground.

We flew back to the spot where most of these I.S users saw their first E. . Houki was stuck to a tent that managed to survive the wheel. After I used the B.F.S to cut Houki down, Ling charged her shoulder cannons and got in my face, where she yelled, "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!"

With an even voice I said, "Here's what you need to know right now. If I don't get to Ichika before long then he'll need a new picture for his student I.D." The girls looks appeared to be unfazed for a few seconds, then the news sunk in and Ling got out of my face.

"Which way did he go?" Ling asked Houki.

"Down there." She responded, pointing at a manhole cover.

"Of course he had to go into the sewers. Can't an EVO ever go to a tropical island like Hawaii? Just once?" I said aloud, approaching the cover with no builds in place. I jumped down and deployed Toransu. I saw four separate tunnels that led away from the others and couldn't see any indication of which way he went or how fast he was going. Moving closer to the one directly in front of me I saw that each tunnels was big enough for the EVO to go through. "Can you pick up on his I.S signature?" I asked Toransu aloud.

"No, his transformation must have altered the signal."

"Great. Now how am I supposed to find him?"

"If it means getting Ichika back then we'll help." Ling said pulling at my attention. As much as I hate to admit, there's no way I can find this guy before his transformation becomes permanent.

"Alright, everyone take a tunnel. Houki, you head back up to the surface." I instructed.

"What?! But I want to help." She responded.

"You saw what happened on the surface. If you come down then whoever is with you will have to protect you along with themselves and trying to make sure Orimura isn't killed."

Houki gave me a dark glare that was definitely in the top 5. "Fine, but if you can't change him back then you'll wish he finished you off." She said as she climbed up the steps set in the concrete.

"We don't know what other powers this guy has so everyone keep in contact with each other." I said as I gave the girls tunnels to search. I took the tunnel moving to the north and as soon as we left the main part I saw small boxes with all the girls faces appear in the edge of my vision. As for all of Van Kliess' EVO transformations I could feel the ticking of each second. As for the others I began to wonder, how would the others be. They knew this guy and before today none of them have even heard of an EVO, Providence, or the Nanite Event. It wouldn't be surprising if they ended up going nuts.

"Okay, explanation time. Start off with who that guy was and what he did to Ichika. Or why you need to get to Ichika to change him back." Houki announced over the head phones, bringing me out of my trance.

"Might as well. The guy with the metal arm was Van Kliess and those others were the rest of the Pack. What he did was place active nanites, tiny robots, in your friend and turned him into an Exponentially Variegated Organism or EVO for short. I'm also an EVO but unlike Van Kliess I cure the person by deactivating the nanites."

"How did—Found him." Charlotte said. Without any further instructions, we all rushed to the tunnel heading to the south. I knew only some of what EVOrimura could do and knew that one pilot couldn't hold him for long, so I pushed Toransu to her max speed. As we got close I saw Charlotte was knocked out and none of the others had arrived. I recalled Toransu and replaced her with the Rex ride. The momentum threw the new EVO into the wall. I approached but was forced to pull out block party to stop Ichika from slicing my head off. He kept the sword to the field and was thrown off balance when I pushed back. 'Better finish this quick.' I thought as I called my normal hand back and tried for a cure. Unfortunately, he wasn't thinking the same. My hand got close but was bitten. And as it turns out, dude has some sharp pearly whites, or maybe better to say buttery yellows.

I was caught off guard when Orimua kicked me and ran to continue down the tunnel. I activated the sky slider and shot past him. Replacing the hover board with the punk busters I returned the favor on the kick. As he landed Ling and Cecelia had both appeared. The wolf-ape-like creature was approaching them quickly and I knew they froze as their, whatever he is to them, approached. They may have not been used to EVOs, but I am. Enough to recognize a berserk attack style and behavior when I see it. And this guy has that. Without thinking I activated the blast caster and shot the tentacle part of the build at the EVO stopping him a few inches from the two girls. Ichika bit the appendage keeping him in position. It took a high level of will to not release my hold.

"My turn." I said as I made the new build send a current of electricity through to the new EVO. He howled in pain and crashed on the floor. I dropped the build and walked over to the soon-to-be ex-EVO. I placed a hand on his shoulder. Ling let out a gasp as she saw the glowing blue patch work covering a small area around my hand as I focused on my nanites deactivating Van Kliess' nanites. I could feel the nanites behaving sluggishly and the lack of results on the exterior was starting to make me worry that I must've been too tired to continue. It was a huge relief when I felt the nanites deactivate as the hair started retracting and the metal was disengaging his body.

He groaned as he pushed himself up. "What happened?"

"I'll explain back at the academy." I promised. On the train ride back we sat together once more. I may be imagining it (unlikely) but I could feel a tension between those who, by this point hadn't known the secret, and me. Also I could tell all of them were doting on the guy, as if he was about to break. Not too hard to believe since this guy just spent sometime as an EVO, a creature that didn't even exist before I came. On the way I called Oreo and warned her what was coming. She told me to swing by Laura's room and pick her up. We got into the building and arrived at Chify's room with everyone in tail. We all entered the room and Bobo came out.

"So I finally get to talk in front of these yahoos? Good." Bobo said, surprising everyone who didn't already know.

"Probably should've warned them." I said.

"That would have been better." Cecelia said.

"Are you kidding? That would take the fun away." Bobo said laughing at the dumbstruck appearances on the faces of the pilots.

"I was told that all of you ran into some of Rex's enemies. Tell me what happened exactly." Oreo said.

I did exactly that. While I was recounting the story the room was silent. As I finished the story, Laura tackled to the ground and had a knife at my throat.

"You hurt my wife? Give me a reason to not open you up." Laura said.

Bobo cleared his throat and both of us looked at him and a large two-handed blaster he was holding in his hands. "Girlie, if you hurt the kid then you'll have a date with my blaster. Even I don't know what it does. Want to find out?" He said as the blaster started charging up. Laura's face showed little emotion but I could tell that Bobo was dying to test out his latest toy.

"Laura Bodewig, get up this second." Oreo said.

"Yes, instructor." Laura said as she shot off me.

"That's all it takes?" Bobo said.

With all the tension disarmed, for now at least, I AGAIN explained what happened. Needless to say that when I got done the pilots were again too surprised to speak. Chify sat down on the recliner and in a raised voice she said, "We need to figure out where these people are going next."

"They'll be looking for more nanites." I said, getting confused looks from everyone, not counting Bobo.

"That guy is an EVO. Doesn't that mean that he is already filled with nanites." Ichika said.

"Yes. But unlike other EVOs, the only thing keeping him alive is his nanites and he needs to replenish them."

"Nanites aren't as common as they are in your dimension." Chifyuu said. "But there are some in a compound not far from the one you landed at."

"If his ride to this dimension was as rough as mine then he is already weak. Combine that with that fight and turning your brother into an EVO and he's probably having trouble breathing." I said. "He'll need to go after the other source. As much as I hate to say it we have to protect Laura."

"Are you talking about that thing with the weapon she formed? Ling asked.

"I thought that was destroyed." Ichika continued.

"Most of it was. But some of it was too rooted to her DNA."

"How much damage can he do with how much is left?" Houki asked.

"The nanites in her have been programmed to reproduce themselves."

"Then let's keep her guarded." Ichika said.

"Or we could do the opposite." I suggested. The others first looked surprised, but soon they realized what I was thinking and their frowns had become smiles.

The Pack vs I.S pilots. Hollywood couldn't come up with any better ideas.

-Finish-

I hope you have enjoyed this story. Later on I may try rewriting this story and if you comment then I will try using them to improve the story.