Lina Trinch: I really like Circe. I know a bunch of people hate her, but I love her character. I actually pinned you as the type of person who writes ahead of time…you always write such…detailed chapters so fast. I'm still working on reading Breakeven: Sweat Dream. Guess I pinned you wrong xD
InTheRainWithoutMyUmbrella: I know I'm making Yin seam perfect, but I haven't really gotten into much of her past yet. It's all part of the character development. In chapter eight, which I'm currently working on, I have some of her more painful past being explored, along with her breaking down slightly.
TiGeRIIIY99: Your name…is hard to type. Anyway, thank you for reviewing ^^
AN:
Okay, the first half of this chapter is what was occurring at base with Rex, Six, and Holiday while Yin was on her undercover mission. I feel like I've been focusing on Yin too much, so I'm trying to bring the other characters back into the story. There's going to be a lot of Holix in this chapter, and a small amount of Six/Rex bonding. Like I always pointlessly have to say: GR © MoA
6:30 a.m.…at least that's what his alarm clock was saying. Rex hated how Six made him start training so…early. The teen got out of his bed, but immediately tripped over his simian companion.
"Bobo! What are you doing here?" Rex yelled.
"I live here." The chimp replied.
"I know that. I mean; what are you doing sitting at my bed?"
"This is the couch, chief. You never made it to the actual bed last night. Played video games 'till three in the morning, then you went out like a light."
"Oh…so that's why I'm so tired." Rex said while rubbing his eyes.
"Six making you train?" Bobo asked as Rex made his way to his dresser.
"It's Six. When would he not make me train?" Rex said while pulling a shirt out of the dresser.
"Good point. Green bean isn't the most loosely tied shoe in the store." Bobo said. Rex shot his simian companion a confused glare as he took off his shirt and put a new one on.
"Yeah…" Rex said as he made his way to the door. "Well, see you later Bobo." Rex walked out the door and made his way to Holiday's lab. When he walked in, he saw Holiday, but no Six. Was the man actually late for once?
"Hey Holiday. Where's Six?" He asked the doctor.
"Six? Oh, he went to find you." Oh…so he was up already. And Rex was assuming he would be in trouble for being so late. The teen glanced over at the clock. 'How did it get to be 7 o'clock? It was 6:30 just…half an hour ago.' The boy face palmed at his thought process. Holiday looked up at him and raised an eyebrow. He just shrugged.
"I thought he was late for once." Rex explained.
"Six?" Holiday laughed slightly. "Late?"
"I know, I thought it was ridiculous too."
"Glad to see you're actually awake." A voice said. Rex turned and looked toward the source of the noise. He saw his green-clad agro-nanny standing in the doorway and walking towards himself and the doctor. "Have an explanation?" Six asked Rex. "Or would you just like to run a few laps around the petting zoo?"
"I'll take the laps." Rex said as he hung his head and shuffled out of the lab.
"Hello Six." Holiday smiled at the agent.
"Hello doctor." Six walked over to the doctor's desk and put his hand on the back of her chair. He glanced over at her computer screen. "What are you working on?"
Holiday groaned before replying, "Six, I don't even know. I'm trying to monitor Rex's nanites, but they're speaking in binary." She stood up to face the agent. "You don't happen to speak binary, do you?"
Six glanced over at the screen with a confused look on his face. "Um…why are they all zeros and ones?"
"I guess not." Holiday sighed and sat back down in her chair. "No one at this organization does!" She said while banging her fist against the keyboard.
"Actually, I think Yin does…but I haven't seen her yet this morning."
"Well, it is early." Holiday said, while continuing to stare at the computer screen.
"No, she doesn't sleep. And if she does sleep for some reason, it's only an hour or two at a time."
"Why doesn't she sleep? That's…unhealthy." Holiday said.
"I've never questioned her on the topic. Let's not get off track though; I'm going to go look around for Yin."
"Good luck." Holiday said. Six started walking towards the door. "Wait, Six; do you want to go get some coffee instead?" The doctor gulped and her eyes widened after her request. Sure she was thinking about asking him, but she didn't mean to actually voice it.
Six stopped in place then turned to face the doctor. Holiday could swear that even through those glasses, she could see his eyes widen. The agent swallowed before replying, "I'd love to, Holiday. Yin can wait."
"Let me just close out this program, and I'll be ready to go." The doctor said while exiting out of the program she used to monitor Rex's nanite readings. She couldn't believe that Six actually said yes…but she was completely overjoyed by the fact.
"Alright, Holiday." The agent's heart was throbbing. 'Did…she just ask me out on a date? No. It's probably just work related…but this is Holiday. She doesn't prioritize work.'
"Ready." Holiday said, snapping Six out of his thought process. The two walked down to the cafeteria, which was across base. They talked a little during their walk, but they mainly just kept the trip silent. Once they got to the cafeteria, Holiday and Six saw dozens of other agents sitting at tables. There wasn't an empty table in sight.
"How about we go to the dining room? This place is too crowded." Six said. He wasn't ashamed to be with Holiday. That definitely wasn't it. He just…didn't like all of the troops. There were too many people, and Six had never been known to be a social butterfly.
"Sure, Six." The two walked to the dining room instead of staying in the bustling cafeteria. The dining room was the room in which Rex forced them to eat meatloaf and mashed potatoes every Friday. Six hated that weekly dinner meeting for the first few months, but after he realized how important it was to Rex; he tried to enjoy it. The truth was; Six just hated meatloaf. Especially with the monkey cooking…
Before Six knew it, he and Holiday were at the dining room. Once they entered, they walked through a door that led to one of the kitchens on base. Six turned the coffee brewer on, and proceeded to talk to Holiday.
"So, why were you monitoring Rex's nanite levels?" The agent asked the doctor.
"He's been acting strange lately. It might just be hormonal though." The doctor answered. "Having an attractive girl whose two years older than him living down the hall from his room."
"If that's the reason, it's pointless." The agent bluntly stated.
"What do you mean?"
"Yin's not one for personal connections."
"Aren't you her friend?" The doctor asked.
"Yes, but I worked with her for three years. She has friends, but not many. Not to mention, a lot of them died during the event."
"That's terrible."
"She's been through worse."
"What do you mean?"
"She hasn't told me all of her past," The agent began, "But the parts that she has told me about aren't pretty. I would tell you, but I don't think she wants me to tell anyone."
"What about you then?" After the doctor's question, Six flinched slightly. Not enough to be noticed by Holiday, but he still flinched.
"My past? It's not pretty either, but it's better than hers." After Six's comment, the coffee started steaming. The doctor and the agent poured some coffee and went to sit down in the living room.
They drank their coffee in silence for a minute or two, before Holiday broke the silence.
"Six, I just want you to know; you can talk to me about anything. Especially your past." Holiday then leaned over, and kissed Six on the cheek. She smiled before grabbing her coffee cup, standing up, and leaving the room.
The green clad ninja just sat there, stunned. She just…kissed him. Sure it was on the cheek, but she still…kissed him. She kissed him. No one kisses him…well, once before, in high school…but he didn't even like that girl.
Six sat there and remained stunned for a few minutes. He was finally snapped out of it by White's voice going over the room loudspeaker. "Six, we're under attack. Get your team together and get out there." The agent stood up and ran to Rex's room. Rex answered the door, and glared at Six.
"Hello Mr. I'm just going to leave the kid to run laps while I run away with Holiday." Rex said. "Where did you go anyway!"
"There's no time to explain right now. The base in under attack. Just get Bobo and meet me outside." Six ran down the hall before Rex could ask any questions or object to anything the agent had said. There were a few reasons for him just running into battle instead of answering any questions. One; he didn't want to deal with Rex. Two; he didn't want the base to fall because he was waiting for a fifteen year old boy to get his monkey. That just sounded stupid. Lastly, there was reason three; he was still completely stunned by Holiday kissing him on the cheek. He wouldn't let anyone know it, but he was fazed by that.
When the agent reached the door leading outside the base, he was stopped by a soldier. "State your purpose." The soldier said.
"Keeping this base from falling. Just let me through. Let Rex and Bobo through too." Six tried running past the man, but was stopped when he put out his arm.
"I'm sorry I can't do that, sir."
"And what would your reason be?"
"I need an ID."
"Just let me through." Six said as he round housed the man. The agent then opened the door and ran outside. When he got there, he saw Van Kleiss and the pack, but also…no. It couldn't be…Yin?
Suddenly, Rex ran out of the base with Bobo. "Six, who's attacking? Why was that guard knocked out? And…why is the pack here? With…Yin!"
"Pack's attacking, I round housed the guard because he wouldn't let me out, and I'm not sure why Yin's here." Six answered.
"Well whatever the reason is; they're going down." Rex said as he created his sword. He ran towards the pack and was about to swing his sword, when Yin interrupted.
"You know, you could have just asked us, the people attacking why we're here. Instead of asking clueless green over there." Yin said while tilting her head up towards Six.
"Okay, fine. Why are you here?" Rex asked.
Van Kleiss shrugged. He didn't say anything, and just touched the ground, causing vines to shoot up, which wrapped around Rex, Six, and Bobo. He pulled them closer to himself, the pack, and Yin. "Now that's not really any of your concern now, is it?" He asked.
"Actually, you're attacking our base, so I think it is our business." Rex said.
"Six was right, you are cocky." Yin said.
Rex turned to Six. "You think I'm cocky?"
"Rex, focus." Six said.
"Right." Rex said. "Let's see what they think of this!" Rex said while turning his arm into his sword once again.
"Wow…it's a sword." Yin said mockingly.
"Let's see what you think of it after this!" Rex said as he swung his sword at Yin. She caught his sword and broke it in half with her bare hand.
"Way to repeat the same sentence structure." Yin said while tossing the half of Rex's sword she broke off into the canyon next to the base.
"Y-you're correcting my grammar during a fight!" Rex asked.
"She does this all the time, kid." Six added.
"And, this isn't much of a fight. In fact, I'm quite bored." Yin said while crossing her arms.
"You are one screwed up chick." Rex commented.
"Thank you." Yin said as she faked a bow. She turned to Van Kleiss. "Can we just get this fight over with so we can go back to Abysus?"
"I was just thinking the same thing." Van Kleiss released the three from the vines, dropping them a few feet.
"Ow." Bobo said.
"Dude, it was only a three foot fall." Rex said.
"Three feet is a lot to a monkey." Bobo said.
"Sure, whatever you say."
"Rex!" Six snapped Rex back into reality as Biowulf started attacking. He tried to slash Rex with his claws, but Rex jumped out of the way. He punched Biowulf with his smack hands, which knocked the wolf robot hybrid out.
Rex then moved to attack Skalamander, while Six took on Breach, and Bobo fought Circe. Yin and Van Kleiss just watched the fight from the side lines as it progressed.
The fight between Rex and Skalamander was surprisingly even, until Breach sent Six through a portal, flying at Rex. The two fell on the ground, and Skalamander and Breach surrounded them. Six faked being knocked out, only to surprise attack the two. Rex, on the other hand, was truly knocked out.
Six jumped out at Breach and Skalamander and pulled out his swords. He slashed Skalamander with the katanas, which caused him no harm, but threw him back a few feet. The agent then ran over to Breach, jumped in the air, and round housed her as he was still in the air.
"Now that you've taken care of them green bean, you mind!" Bobo asked. He was running away from Circe.
The agent ran over to the chimp, and using the end of his katanas, he hit the girl in some of her vital pressure points. None of which would cause her death, but some of which would leave her paralyzed for an hour or two.
"I believe we're losing this fight." Van Kleiss analyzed, as he walked with Yin over to where Six and Bobo were standing.
"No. I think you've lost this fight. You no longer have any backup." Yin said.
"What?" Van Kleiss asked.
"Can't you see that I was playing you? I'm a double agent." Van Kleiss shot the girl a somewhat confused glare. "I deceived you."
The man just shook his head. "You-you're deceitful, underhanded, cunning, black-hearted,"
"Okay, just shut up." Yin cut him off. She was tired of hearing the man talk. "Enough with the compliments."
"You aim to be black-hearted? That's a very bizarre goal…I like you. You're just what the pack needs. Join us, Yin. With your help, we can save all Evos from humanity."
"Look, I know not all Evos are monsters, but some just need to be stopped. Are you really too blind to see that most Evos aren't able to be in their right minds when they're attacking?" Yin said. Was this man really that oblivious to the truth?
"Despite your views, it is clear that the Evos are the ones that need protection from the humans. Not the opposite way."
"Well despite your views; I will never join you." Yin retorted.
"If that is your final decision, then so be it." Six and Bobo raised their weapons after the man's comment.
"Don't." Yin said while putting her hand in front of them, stopping them from attacking. "I can take him."
Van Kleiss attacked Yin with his vines, but she just bended them away. She blocked a vine that was about to hit her in her side, only to have one of the vines grasp her around the neck. She saw Six and Bobo raise their weapons once again, but she just shook her head.
The man walked over to her. "If you want to live, you will join me."
"I can live without joining you." She felt the vine's grip around her throat tighten. Yin just glared at Van Kleiss before she summoned a wall of fire, which surrounded her and turned the vines to ash.
She stared at Van Kleiss who was now laying on the ground. Yin snapped her fingers and a cage made of earth formed around the man.
"You're making a mistake by staying with this organization. They will bring you down." The man said.
"Yeah, just keep telling yourself that." Yin said while walking over to Rex and picking him up. "I encourage you to find a way out, and then never come back. You've seen what will happen." The girl told Van Kleiss while pointing towards the pack members, all of which were either knocked out or severely injured.
"You may have won this battle, but the war is far from over." Van Kleiss commented before Yin, Six, and Bobo walked back into base. Rex had to be carried.
"Yin, come to my office immediately." White said over the loudspeaker.
"It's like clockwork…the guy just knows." Yin commented. "Here, take Rex." She handed Rex off to Six before walking to White's conference room.
The screen turned on immediately as the girl walked into the room.
"Yin, you just took down Van Kleiss single handedly. Not to mention you were able to deceive Van Kleiss, the pack, and even Six, Rex, and Bobo. You are to report to the petting zoo tomorrow morning, and work alongside Six." White ordered.
"Wait, White…doesn't Six train Rex?" Yin asked.
"Exactly." White said before pressing a button making the screen go blank.
AN :
Okay, I have exams starting Monday, so I'm probably not going to have the next chapter posted for at least two days. However, I'm finishing my attempt at Six's Christmas story (it has an awesomely corny title) and posting that sometime later today.
This is a random thought, but what happened to that data rod that White was oh so focused on getting, during "The Forgotten"? That thing was such a major plot point in one episode, and then it just disappeared off the face of the earth…
