My Hero Machina
A Generator Rex and My Hero Academia Crossover
So I really use to love watching Generator Rex as a kid, and My Hero Academia is a pretty epic universe to have any story in. So this is my take on how Rex Salazar would fit into a world where both Quirks and Evos existed. This is My Hero Machina
Chapter 1: The Day That Everything Changed
The life of a superhero was supposed to be filled with daring adventures, high-speed escapes, beautiful girls, and moments of epic fantasy. Or at least that what Rex Salazar thought the life of a superhero was all about. As Rex sat in the storage hangar of the massive Providence hellicarrier known as The Keep, he pulled out a red rubber ball and began bouncing it against the tightly compacted wall of the storage hanger. Across from Rex was his monkey companion, Bobo.
The planet, to those who have not seen it before, may seem to be an extraordinary place filled with wonders and fantastical beings that brought joy to millions of people. It all started with an explosion. No one knew why it happened, but it caused these tiny machines called nanites to get into every living thing on Earth. At first, things seemed normal enough, that was until Qing Qing City.
An extraordinary child was born, with the awe-inspiring ability to radiate light. After that, reports of people with superpowers began popping up around the globe. Because of these nanites, the supernatural had become normal, and dreams could become reality. These powers were called Quirks. The world became a society filled with superhumans and superheroes.
And then, there were the EVOs. While the nanites gave fantastical powers to 80% of the world's population, sometimes they mutated people into horrifying grotesque monsters. And as Rex continued tossing his rubber ball on the wall, he watched a Japanese News broadcast in Tokyo, about a monstrous pale white EVO that was rampaging and destroying the city.
Rex watched as the broadcaster, on the scene of the disaster, yelled into the camera over the roars of the giant multi-face, multi-limbed pale EVO, who was punching down skyscrapers in the city. "Not since the fight All-Might had with Overhaul, has Tokyo seen an EVO event of this magnitude!"
The camera then aimed at the large EVO, who opened its mouth and fired a beam of molten hot energy at a building's center. The building exploded on the impact of the EVO's attack, and it began crumbling into pieces. The EVO then began moving towards the massive space needle that stood proudly at the center of the city.
As the broadcaster continued to try to yell over the noise, four large white armored vehicles with 'Providence' tagged on their sides, drove past her and began firing missiles at the rampaging EVO. As the missiles sailed towards the EVO, the Providence tanks began unloading armor-piercing rounds onto the EVO, who seemed unfazed by the attacks. The EVO roared in anger, as the missiles began making contact with it, exploding on impact. The EVO slung its hand forward, grabbing one of the Providence Tanks, and lifting it up as if it were weightless. The EVO then tossed the tank as if it were made of paper. The tank went spiraling towards a building, as the EVO ignored the new missiles and gunfire that raked its hide.
As the tank spirals towards a building filled with people, the broadcaster yelled out in horror, "Oh no!" But the tank was suddenly wrapped by what appeared to be tree branches! Both Providence and the EVO stopped and looked at the tank in awe for a second. They then quickly looked to see where the origin of these wooden branches. A man in a skin-tight black unitard with wooden arms, boots, and a tough-looking face mask, stood on top of a building directly in the path of EVO. The man's left arm was expanded into a long and large wooden branch that was holding the entirety of the tank, stopping it from crashing into the building.
The anchorwoman yelled in awe, "That's the new up and coming superhero, Kamui Woods! He seems to be ready to face off against the EVO!"
Kamui Woods lowered the tank to the ground, and the Providence agents began exiting the tanks and running for their lives. Kamui glanced down at the news team, and he yelled to them, "Everyone needs to clear the area!" Kamui Woods then gave the EVO a hard glare, as it gave him a creepy smirk. "I've got it from here."
Rex smiled at the television screen, as he stood to his feet. Rex pushed the Bluetooth earpiece in his ear and he asked, "Six? Are we over Tokyo yet?"
Agent Six's voice then came over the comms, "We are Rex, but we need to find a good point to launch the jump ship. Standby."
"Nope." Rex simply chimed, as he pressed his hand against the floor of the hangar, and the hangar doors opened wide and the air began rushing out of the room. Rex took a look down at the city of Tokyo, and the massive EVO that wished to destroy it.
"Still looking to jump headfirst into death, aren't ya boss?" Bobo laughed to Rex, as Rex pulled his goggles over his eyes and smirked.
"Rex, standby. That's an order." Six said over the comms, which caused Rex to smirk.
Rex neared the opening in the ground and felt the cool breeze coming from the outside. Rex closed his eyes and enjoyed the feel of the wind blowing through his hands. He felt at peace for a single second.
"You know what, Six? As Providence's secret weapon, you can definitely trust me to handle this situation with the skill and professionalism of a trained soldier." Rex chuckled, as he winked at Bobo. Bobo gave Rex two thumbs up, as Rex leaped headfirst out of Providence's Keep.
Rex was immediately in freefall towards the Earth, and for some reason, he was perfectly fine with this. Rex had no intention of coming to a slow stop to the ground. He had a single target, and thankfully, that target was very large. Rex pulled against the air resistance that was forcing his arms apart, and he connected his fists in a single motion.
The giant EVO turned its attention from Kamui Woods to Rex, and it let out a monstrous roar as Rex approached it.
"It's my time," Rex whispered to himself, as he focused on his nanites. Suddenly Rex flung his arms forward, and his giant metal fists known as the Smack Heads extended over his arms and pulled him towards the Earth even faster. Rex flew down into Tokyo, slamming into the monstrous EVO at full force, punching it in the face.
The impact was devastating. The shockwave sent the massive EVO slamming into the ground, pushing up a massive cloud of dust that began covering a four-block radius. The smoke and dust flew backward, knocking down traffic lights, blowing over cars, and causing people to panic slightly more. Then all the smoke and dust were suddenly pulled back towards the source of the impact, back towards where Rex had landed.
Rex stood tall with his Smack Hands fully extended, shining brightly in the sun. He glanced over his shoulder to make sure he didn't knock down any buildings with his little stunt. After a couple of seconds, Rex let out a sigh of relief, before noticing that the anchorwoman and her cameraman were now recovering, and the camera was now on him. Rex put on his most confident smirk, as he turned back towards the EVO, that appeared to be very dazed.
"Hola monster guy. I'm Rex." Rex mused as he tilted his head at the EVO as he absorbed his Smack Hands back into his body, "Now thrill me."
The giant EVO got back to its feet, as the face on its left thigh roared out at Rex, before firing out a blue beam of ice, that soared straight at Rex. Rex hopped out of the way of the attack, as he grew his jetpack known as the Boogie Pack, on his back and began rocketing around the gigantic EVO.
The EVO roared and swung its fist into the building right behind where Rex once was, taking a chunk out of the building. It then roared in anger, once it saw it missed its mark.
Kamui Woods, who had been blown on his back by Rex's explosive entrance, got to his feet and began dusting himself off. He immediately noticed the young Hispanic hero flying circles around the EVO.
"What the…" Kamui whispered to himself, as he saw Rex dismantle the Boogie Pack, and regrow the Smack Hands build. Rex landed on the knee of the EVO, and gave the EVO's thigh face a powerful right hook.
The EVO roared in pain, as it staggered backward, nearly throwing Rex off. Rex, however, regained his footing and leaped up, give the face on the EVO's chest a devastating uppercut. The EVO tried to grab hold of Rex, but the teenage hero was too quick. He hopped onto the EVO's hand and began racing up its arm. Before the EVO could make another grab at Rex, the teenager leaped off the EVO's shoulder and went straight for the EVO's face.
Rex's Smack Hands began spinning at an insanely fast rate as if they were drill heads. Rex then slammed his Smack Hand into the face of the EVO, and this time the EVO and Rex went crashing down to the ground.
As Rex fell to the ground, Kamui Wood swung by, using his elastic wood arms, and grabbed the teenager from falling to the Earth. Kamui immediately noticed how heavy Rex was with the Smack Hands, and it nearly pulled both of them to the ground.
"Deactivate your quirk, kid!" Kamui yelled as he tried to pull them up to land on a building next to the downed EVO.
Rex tried to think of a good quip to snap back at the adult, but he couldn't help but just follow the order and deactivate his Smack Hands, absorbing them back into his body.
Kamui and Rex landed on the building safely, and Rex immediately began stretching. Kamui raised an eyebrow to the teenager, who tried to look as professional as possible while he was limbering up. Rex noticed the Wood Hero staring at him, and he let out a nervous chuckle.
"Let me guess, you want to know who I am?" Rex laughed.
"Are you one of those American Nanite Experiments that the News uncovered a couple of months ago?" Kamui Wood immediately asked, while pointing up at the Providence Keep that was still hovering over the city of Tokyo. "Is Providence forcing you to be their weapon of mass destruction, kid?"
Rex lifted his goggles, and he began to chuckle, "Wow dude. Take a chill pill. Do you think I could be a WMD and look this good?"
Before Kamui could even answer, the EVO that both heroes had left unattended let out a roar beneath them. Both Kamui and Rex ran to the edge of the rooftop they were on, only to see the EVO pushing itself off the ground and firing a massive red beam of molten power at the two!
Rex immediately grew out his Boogie Pack and jetted upward, while Kamui took a swan dive off the building. Both heroes avoided the destruction of the building, but while Rex chuckled in victory, Kamui knew that this fight needed to come to an end.
"Kid!" Kamui yelled, "We need to lead the EVO out of the city! First, we do that, then we'll have to take it down!"
"As if! We end this now, mister Pro Hero!" Rex noted, as he landed in front of the EVO, who shot him a look of pure hatred. Rex rubbed his hands together and laughed to himself, "Time for a grand slam."
Rex lifted his right hand over his head, as his Slam Cannon build extended out of his hand. Rex's Slam Cannon reached behind him and took a massive bite out of the concrete road under the hero. Rex then leveled the Slam Cannon and pulled his goggles down to his face once more. The goggles lit up, providing Rex with a targeting system for his Slam Cannon.
Rex yelled to Kamui Woods, who was swinging around the EVO trying to get its attention. "Hey Wood Guy!"
Kamui Woods shot Rex a quick glance, as Rex's Slam Cannon locked onto the EVO's face. A big grin stretched across Rex's face.
"Timber," Rex said, as his cannon fired off a large ball of concrete flying at over 400 miles per hour. The concrete struck the EVO directly in the forehead, and the EVO let out a terrible groan of pain. Rex fired his Slam Cannon two more times, each time hitting that same spot on the EVO's forehead. The EVO stumbled backward, and as it fell back, Kamui Woods used his powers to catch the massive EVO from falling on top of anyone.
Rex let out a roar of victory, as he absorbed the Slam Cannon into himself. "Oh yeah! Who's bad?!" Rex began to do a little shimmy in place, as Kamui Woods landed next to him and rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Kid, you just…come on." Kamui Woods started, but Rex gave him a friendly pat on the back and chuckled. Rex then heard Six in his earpiece, and he did not sound happy. But on the bright side, Agent Six never sounded happy with Rex.
"Rex, cure the EVO before it gets back up." Six said to Rex. Rex rolled his eyes, but then got his determined look back and walked past Kamui and to the massive downed EVO. Kamui Woods followed after the boy, and the cameraman and the anchorwoman closely trailed the two.
Rex reached the EVO, whose heavy breathing seemed to echo throughout the streets of Tokyo. Rex stretched out his hand and rested it on the EVO. Blue highlight lines began to reach from Rex's forearms and into the EVO's body. A loud techno sound began ringing around Rex, and everyone backed away from the teenage boy.
"What are you doing?" Kamui Woods asked before his jaw dropped. The massive EVO began to shrink down. The change was subtle at first, but after a dozen seconds of Rex extending his nanites into the EVO, it was clear that EVO was changing back into a human. Everyone watched in awe, as the once-massive EVO was now a completely naked Japanese man, who had a second face on his chest.
Rex released the man, who fell on his back and began coughing in pain. Rex took a knee and wiped the cold sweat off his face. He noticed the man's odd quirk of having a second face, but he then thought about how badly that quirk mutated with the nanites and he made a mental note to not poke fun at the naked man.
"He just cured an EVO." Kamui Woods said to himself, clearly stunned by Rex's display of power. As Kamui began to speak again, a Providence Jump Ship landed in the street, and Agent Six hopped out of the ship with a dozen Providence soldiers. The soldiers were wearing black and blue suits, so they were clearly here to help clean up Rex's mess. Providence's Repair and Assist Unit specifically made to clean up any messes that were caused by Rex.
Agent Six began moving towards Rex, who smirked at the anchorwoman, who nudged her cameraman. The cameraman then aimed the camera at his partner, who moved next to Rex and began going off.
"Viewers at home, you did not just imagine that! This young man, with the assistance of the upcoming hero Kamui Wood, just defeated this EVO! And not only that, but this young man cured the EVO! This is something we have never seen before."
The anchorwoman turned to Rex and she nodded, "What is your name?"
Rex immediately smiled and pointed at the camera, "My superhero name is Build-A-Guy! And if you're watching this U.A. High, accept me into your hero program! Plus Ultra, baby!"
The anchorwoman tried to say something to Rex, as Agent Six pushed past Kamui Woods and shoved his hand into the camera, "Providence is not taking any questions."
Agent Six gave Rex 'the look' and Rex groaned in annoyance.
"Are you serious? No congrats on stopping the monster destroying Tokyo." Rex said while pointing at the clearly naked man on the street, who was being taken care of by Providence medical staff.
Agent Six crossed his arms at Rex, "Let's go, Rex."
Kamui Woods glanced at Agent Six, and his eyes widened. Kamui then said, "You…look familiar."
"I doubt it." Six quickly shot back to Kamui Wood, as he and Rex made their way into the Providence Jump Ship. Bobo was waiting in the ship, and he smiled at Rex, who was pouting and clearly upset.
"You destroyed three whole city blocks this time." Bobo laughed, "I wouldn't be surprised if they kicked you out of Japan."
"Shut up, monkey." Six swiftly said to Bobo, as the doors of the Jump Ship closed, and the ship began lifting off.
"What a destructive display of power." Principal Nezu said while sitting in his office at U.A. High School. Nezu had been watching the entire broadcast of Rex and Kamui Woods defeating the EVO, along with Eraser Head and Hound Dog.
Nezu looked at Hound Dog and softly said, "What do you think about that young man? We don't usually just recruit young men who randomly ask to join our Hero Program on live television."
"We don't usually see a kid use his quirk to cure EVOs on live television either." Hound Dog said to Nezu, who nodded.
Nezu glanced at Eraser Head, who remained silent while watching as Agent Six shoved his hand into the camera. Eraser Head had experienced many arrogant students in his past, so he could tell that this kid who could make machines was not only arrogant but possibly dangerous as well. Without proper guidance…
"What do you think, Aizawa? Should we consider bringing this young man in for a last-minute entrance exam?" Nezu asked Aizawa.
Aizawa then glanced at Nezu and nodded, "What? Was that not a good enough exam for you?"
Two weeks later…
Rex sat on the medical table in Doctor Holiday's lab. In Rex's mind, Doctor Holiday was as beautiful as Aphrodite. Scratch that, Holiday was much more beautiful than Aphrodite. Rex couldn't help but give the Doctor a wide smile, as she checked his blood pressure levels.
"Your last lap around the petting zoo was a bit lackluster, Rex. Are you feeling alright?" Holiday asked as she squeezed Rex's arm.
Rex smirked at the beautiful doctor and nodded, "You know, my blood pressure is always gonna spike whenever I'm with you, beautiful."
"Smooth, kid. Like sandpaper." Bobo yawned while lying down on Doctor Holiday's X-Ray machine. "Who taught you how to flirt? Six?"
Rex let out a chuckle, and Bobo joined in on the chuckle as well. Doctor Holiday shook her head, but a small grin did come on her face. Rex noticed this, and he began blushing.
"Oh, come on doc. You have to admit, that was a good one."
"Which one? Your attempt at flirting, or the monkey's jab at me?" The trio heard in the doorway, and everyone looked to see Agent Six, standing there with his arms crossed. Six was holding a white envelope with golden corners encrusted on it.
Bobo gulped and then leaned forward, "Hey there, string bean. Didn't mean any harm."
"Don't mind him, Six." Rex casually laughed, as Six walked into Doctor Holiday's lab and put the envelope behind his back. Rex sighed at the agent, "So what is it now? Did White Knight find out about his milk being replaced with Diet Coke? Cause that was totally Bobo's idea."
Bobo glared at Rex, who lifted his hands in defense.
Agent Six shook his head and nodded, "No Rex. This is something else." Agent Six lifted the envelope he had and continued, "You got an envelope from U.A. High."
For a second, Rex's heart stopped. And everyone in the room knew this. Bobo immediately hopped down from his position on the X-Ray machine, while Doctor Holiday turned off the blood pressure device and glanced at Agent Six. She gave Six a very confused look, but he continued to give both her and Rex a look of indifference.
The envelope was placed in Rex's hand, and Six nodded, "We were just as surprised to get it as you are. We don't even know how U.A. found this location."
Everything Agent Six had just said went over Rex's head. Rex could not hear anything right now. He was just staring blankly at the letter to U.A. High. A hundred thoughts were running through his mind. Why would they have contacted him? What did they want? How did they even find him? Every question made Rex's heart stop.
"Well, boss." Bobo laughed to Rex, "Are you going to open it?"
"Can I actually go?" Rex immediately asked, looking Six with a very serious look on his face. Agent Six continued to give Rex an indifference look, as the teenager continued, "I mean, if this is some kind of insane letter that says I am accepted in U.A. High, for whatever reason! Will White Knight actually let me go? I'm Providence's secret weapon, why would he let me out?"
Agent Six let the question sit in the air for a couple of seconds before he finally said, "How about you just open it?"
Rex cautiously opened the envelope, and he found a small device that was no larger than a bottle cap. Rex's nanites immediately told him that it was a hologram projector.
"This is so cool," Rex said, as he turned and placed the hologram projector on Doctor Holiday's table and activated it.
Suddenly the hologram device sprang to live, projecting a holographic screen in front of Rex. The screen was not what shocked Rex or got him excited. It was the man whose face was plastered on that screen. The symbol of peace throughout the world, the man of the hour, the greatest hero alive, All-Might, was smiling in the hologram as he began to shout.
"I am here as a projection!" All-Might yelled, and Rex immediately let out a whimper of excitement. "Yes, it is I, All-Might! And I will be one of the new facility members at U.A. High this upcoming school year!"
"All-Might is working at U.A.?!" Rex said in excitement. Rex then glanced at Doc Holiday and once again shouted, "The All-Might is working at U.A.?!"
"At this point in the video, Rex Salazar, you would be told the number of points you received on your entrance exam, in both the written and practical exams." All-Might boisterously said through the hologram. "Yet, since you did not take either exam nor did you participate in any of the recommendation exams, these do not apply to you, young man."
Rex frowned in confusion. He had no idea that there were any entrance exams for U.A. But then again, he was only able to see what he could catch on glimpses of satellite television they had in his room at Providence HQ. Rex got a gut feeling that this was not going to end well.
All-Might continued to speak out to Rex, "However, your performance from fighting off the EVO in Tokyo two weeks ago led to U.A. holding an emergency meeting towards whether or not you could be accepted into our school's program."
All-Might's eyes glittered as he said, "You may have been extremely reckless in your public fight, young man, but you saved many lives that day. And according to Providence, you have been doing this for nearly five years. So it is my honor to tell you that you have been accepted into U.A. High's Hero Program."
Rex's heart once again skipped a beat, as All-Might reached out to the screen and softly chuckled, "Now come, young Salazar. And become the hero."
The hologram immediately cut off, and Rex gulped in silence. The teenager lowered his head, as a small tear ran down his face. Holiday put her hand over her mouth, as her eyes began to water. Bobo took his hat off and smiled up at his friend. Even Agent Six cracked a small smile.
The screen to Doctor Holiday's lab suddenly turned on, and White Knight appeared, glaring down at everyone in the room.
All the excitement in Rex had suddenly disappeared.
"Well?" White Knight said to Rex, and Rex raised an eyebrow. White Knight then rolled his eyes and grumbled, "Did you get in or not?"
"I got in." Rex quickly said. Then he rubbed his head in confusion, "But how did I get in? How did they find me? How did they even-"
White Knight interrupted the teenager before he could continue asking these very important questions. White Knight called out to Rex, "So, do you actually plan on attending U.A. High School?"
"Yeah, right. Like you'd let me." Rex said, crossing his arms.
White Knight leaned into the screen and nodded, "Listen here, Rex. You are an agent of Providence. You work for me. Whether you are here at HQ or halfway across the world at U.A. High School. If I call you, you will always answer. If I need you, you will be here immediately. If I tell you to jump-"
"Holy crap," Rex said, shaking his head. "You're not serious, are you?! You're actually gonna let me-"
Six put his hand on Rex's shoulder and nodded, "We'll have to discuss some of the bigger details, but…yes, Rex. You're going off to U.A. High School."
Doctor Holiday opened the door to her office, and outside the door were hundreds of Providence agents, who were dressed up for a party! Doctor Holiday rolled in a cake for the celebration, as Bobo turned on some music to start dancing to. Rex began to tear up, as he let out a scream of victory.
Six smiled at Rex's excitement before he glanced at White Knight, who was simply looking down at Rex's excitement. Then the screen shut off.
Yeah, there goes the first chapter of My Hero Machina! This idea was swimming around my head for a while now, and I finally wanted to put it down on paper and post it. I loved Generator Rex and just want to see where he could possibly fall in a world where there are hundreds of other superheroes for him to look up to. Rex is 14 starting out at U.A., the nanite event is what caused people around the world to develop their quirks, and since that's the case, it happened way before this story starts.
Clearly, there are still aspects to this story I'm trying to figure out, so just bear with me. I'd love any advice if anyone has any, so PM me or leave a review and let me know. Hope you all enjoyed, and have a nice one!