Adrian was on the verge of closing his eyes shut. He was just staring at Holiday right now, but everything that came out of her mouth sounded like a static blur. His eyes were heavy and he was bored like crazy. Perhaps a few seconds of closing his eyes will...and right after that, he fell asleep. He was snoring lightly and Holiday flinched when she saw her pupil sleeping on her shoulder

"ADRIAN!" she snapped, catching his attention

"What? My life is a lie!" he suddenly screamed. He was surprised and woke up immediately. He looked around and saw his was still in the lab, taking his lessons in Science, with Holiday next to him, and he noticed a hint of drool on her sleeve

"Oh...hehe, sorry" he said, feeling embarrassed, wiping the drool off the doctor's shoulder. Holiday let out a sigh and continued with their lesson on the circulatory system

"Now, what's the liquid part of blood?" she asked

"Uh...plasma" he answered, drawing circles on the paper in front of him, trying to prevent himself from sleeping

"And what pigment causes blood to be red?"

"He..Hemo...globin...Hemoglobin"

"Okay, let's move on to the nervous system" she said, turning the page of the book on the table

"Hey, doc. Can we call it quits for today? We've been studying since lunch and it's already 5pm. Isn't 5 hours of continuous studying enough to make me suffer?" he said, banging his head on the table. Holiday looked at the clock hanging on the wall. Adrian wasn't exaggerating. They have been studying for 5 hours straight

"Okay, Adrian, lessons are over. But, you're still going to have to review about the nervous system" she said, handing him the book and left to continue the rest of her work. He groaned and looked at the book. "Advanced Biology and Molecular Physics", it read on the cover. No wonder this stuff was hard, she was making him read a textbook meant for people 6 years older than him! He banged his head against the table once more

"UGH! They expect too much from me!" he yelled to himself. His still high voice echoed through the room. Then, he heard sirens go off. The room was filled with red lights. That could only mean one thing, Rex was gonna battle another EVO! He was excited. There hasn't been another EVO sighting in a week, so he can't wait to see his friends (yes, he considers Six a friend) in action again. He began running towards his room, then suddenly, he stopped, then he thought to himself

Why settle for boring TV? Why not see them in real action?

He ran back and went to the landing platforms, where they keep the jets and the Hellicarrier. They were taking the big one this time. He sneaked past the guards by wearing his own uniform (you know, the one that agent gave him for his birthday). Suddenly, the head soldier, who was guarding the door to the Hellicarrier, stopped him

"Are you qualified for this mission, son?" the man asked. He had a think Western accent

"Uh..yes, sir, I am!" he said in the most convincing voice he could come up with and saluted at him

"Very well, then" he replied, handing him over a gun, "Good luck, soldier" and he saluted

"I won't exactly need it, but thanks anyways" he mumbled to himself. He was in the place where they keep the main weapons. He hid behind a barrel that was full of bullets and looked around for a while, making sure no one was there while he looked around. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming this way. They were quiet and subtle, but firm as well. He peeped a little and saw it was none other than Six. He had been looking for a gun for a new rookie on the job. He eventually got spotted by him

"What are you doing here?" he asked him with authority. Adrian was shaking, but tried his best to maintain his composure

"I was just l-looking for a weapon, sir" he responded. He actually brought his arnis sticks

"Well, get one quickly, we're about to leave" he said, turning around. Adrian took out a gun from one of the racks anyways and ran to the main room. Soon enough, he got into a seat and buckled his seatbelt. The Hellicarrier was shaking, and after some moments, it went airborne and flew straight to downtown Manhattan. Adrian was both excited and nervous at the same time. What was going to happen? Will they make it out alive? Will he get involved somehow?

Some time later, they were already hovering over the city and he can see the monster from where he was perfectly. It was a giant EVO squid with thorns on its tentacles. Rex had hacked the door with his nanites again, allowing him to spring into action early. Six went after him and went to the scene himself. Rex had brought out his gigantic sword and kept slashing each and every tentacle that came his way, but they kept growing back. Six had tried cutting the tentacles off as well, but received the same amount of luck Rex had, and settled for saving the civilians for a while. The squid was going out of control and the battle was taking far too long. Adrian got out of his seat for a while and sneaked out to the door. He looked at the battle. Things weren't looking too bright. It was getting on Rex's nerves and bios seemed to be going down

"Oh, Rex" He said to himself worriedly

Suddenly, the squid slammed one of its tentacles towards the Hellicarrier. It went through the flying vehicle and killed a few soldiers on contact. It rocked it to the side and knocked some of them off, including Adrian. He was falling fast and he didn't know what to do. He was facing the ground and it was fast approaching. He closed his eyes and awaited his death, until he felt hard metal clash with his body, but landed safely anyways. He opened his tightly closed eyes and saw Rex has caught him with his Smack Hands

"You alright?" he said, reverting his hand back to normal. Since Adrian was still wearing the uniform, he thought he was a soldier

"Yeah, I'm fine" he said in his normal voice, but Rex didn't even notice. Suddenly, one of its long, pink tentacles started firing thorns at them. Rex brought out the BFS again and used it as a shield. Then, he took out the Slam Cannon and fired a ball of concrete at the creature. It was starting to aim for Adrian, so he jumped out of the way and brought out sticks. He ran up the tentacle and started beating it relentlessly, using a part of his EVO strength to do so. He wasn't doing the best, but it was working, and was distracting the squid long enough for Rex come closer and cure it. Once he saw the teen EVO close enough to the squid, he stopped and jumped off in one quick move. The second he touched the ground, he saw the EVO's real form. It was actually a woman in her early 20's

"Wow" Adrian said to himself. He's never been so nervous, excited, scared and energized all at the same time in his whole life! He felt a sudden rush of emotions flood him at those moments. He got back to the ship to return to Base

"That guy did a great job distracting that thing...but I did most of the work" Rex said as he told Adrian his story and he thought, This is so ironic