Sorry it took a while. I got major writer's block and I had to study for my finals. Hopefully I did good on them.

Rex groaned as he woke up on the floor. What happened? The thought crossed his mind quickly. Circe. He groaned again as he rolled himself into a standing position. Then suddenly a red ball hit him in the head. "Ooh…" He looked over to Bobo and Noah. What was Noah doing here so early? He hadn't known he asked the question aloud until Noah answered.

"It's not early. It's freaking 3 o'clock pm."

"Yeah Rex." Bobo agreed. "We left ya sleeping since you were having a late night last night."

Noah grinned at Rex. "So, how is Circe?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

The blonde teen turned sympathetic. "Did you guys break up?"

Rex groaned. "No." He raked a hand through his black and thick hair while he regretted ever telling Noah and Bobo about Circe and himself. "Just had a rough night. Especially after being unsuccessful for getting Circe to leave the Pack."

Bobo jumped off his gym bed thing and went towards the ball. He picked it up and started to toss it up in the air. "You should have thought about that before you asked her out." He threw the ball over to Rex who caught it before it hit him again. "I mean, this girl may never leave the Pack, you should at least have that in mind."

"Yeah, she could break your heart." Noah added as he sat on Rex's bed.

Rex looked at his friends. "Ok, what did they feed you that you all counsel-y?"

"Nothin'." Bobo said with a smile.

"We just care for our friend Rex." Noah said as he moved his head towards Rex.

"Whatever." Rex stretched and yawned. Silently he wondered if he should tell them about telling Circe about Elise. He decided it was best to keep it quiet.

"Whatever." The chimp echoed Rex as he leaned on the door. "But you'd better hurry or else you'll miss—"

The door opened and Bobo fell backwards. He looked up and saw a grinning Elise. "Nice fall?" She asked as she continued looking down at the chimp.

"Yes. You should try it some time." He sarcastically replied before getting up and going into the room.

Elise smile grew as she chuckled. She looked up. "Did you just wake up Rex?" She walked in and the door closed behind her. She nodded at Noah. "Hey."

"Hey." Noah echoed, a stupid grin on his face.

Elise turned her attention towards Rex. She placed her hands on her hips. "Well hurry up Rex. Eat lunch and come down for training."

"Training?" Rex asked as he pulled out a clean shirt from his closet.

"Yeah, you know so we can become better fighters?" She scoffed. "No wonder you suck at fighting."

Rex shot her a look. "Hey now. I've been battling Evos longer than you."

"Yeah, sure. You still suck." She then turned with a laugh. "See you in 15. Eat fast." With that she left the room.

Rex shook his head. "What do you see in her Noah? Noah?" He turned his head and saw Noah smiling stupidly at the door. Rex groaned and walked up behind Noah. He then struck the back of Noah's head.

"Ow! Hey! What the hell was that for?" He turned and glared at Rex.

"Oh I don't know." Rex put a finger on his chin. "Maybe because you're going googily eye at my door?" Bobo laughed loudly as Noah turned red with both embarrassment and anger.

Twenty-five minutes later the three boys walked into the zoo where Six, Holiday and Elise waited. "I said 15 minutes not 25 minutes later." Elise said quickly.

"Eh calm down." Rex placed his hand behind his head. "Ten minutes isn't going to kill ya." Elise only shook her head.

Noah chuckled softly before sitting beside Holiday. "Hey Holiday."

"Hello Noah." She replied.

"So what's the point of this?"

"To get Rex, Bobo and Six acquainted with Elise's fighting style and vice versa."

"Ah."

"All right." Six said as he stood before the three Evos. "We're just going to train on dummies and targets Holiday and I placed throughout the zoo. Just know that the Evos in here will be an obstacle so be prepared."

"Cool." Rex said as his legs became his Rex Ride. "So when do we start?" He pulled down his goggles and smiled.

Bobo grabbed his guns. "I've never seen you so pumped Rex."

"Let's just say I'm excited."

Elise rolled her shoulders while she rolled her eyes. "Aren't you ever serious at all?"

"Oh I am. For some things."

She scoffed and changed into her Evo form. Her bow formed in her left hand and she placed her right hand on her waist. "Waiting for you now Six."

Six's katanas slipped out from his sleeves and extended out. "Now we're waiting for Holiday."

"Hold on." The doctor said as she opened her lap top and typed quickly on the keyboard. On the screen the Evo's nanite status came up for both Rex and Elise. "Ready."

Rex laughed once. "Then let's go." The engine rumbled as Bobo hopped on the back. They rushed off into the zoo as Six ran in one direction and Elise trotted in the last and final direction.

Noah leaned over and looked onto the screen. "So I guess this is also to study Elise's nanites?" Holiday only nodded. "Oh whoa. Look at that." Noah referred to a sudden, but quick, spike in Elise's nanites. Holiday clicked a few more keys and camera footage of where Elise is showed her using a shield to push away a branch from one of the many tree-like Evo in the zoo. "Where did the shield come from?" In moments the answer became clear. Once the tree Evo had given up the shield shrunk down to a small diamond and Elise placed it on her belt. "So that's what that little gray spot on her belt is." A pause. "Awesome."

Holiday chuckled softly. "Elise just seems to continue to surprise us doesn't she?" With that Holiday clicked a key which changed it back to the status page. The two sat quietly as the time went by. Periodically the nanites spiked and dropped in both Evos, mostly in Rex. "Shall we see what Rex is up to?" She asked Noah.

"Sure." He replied simply. Holiday clicked back to the camera footage and after a few empty screens she finally found Rex. He stomped on one of the dummies with his Punk Busters while Bobo shot a dummy until it fell of the stick it was being held up by. "Looks like he's all right; as is Bobo. What about Six?" Without answering she clicked a key and Six had just left the camera's view. She clicked another key and he quickly left the screen after cutting a dummy in half. She sighed in aggravation as she clicked yet another key. This time he got caught up by an Evo and stayed on screen for a while before disappearing again.

"Well he's fine." She exhaled and scratched the side of her head. "Want a soda?"

"Sure." Holiday reached down to a cooler Noah had just noticed and pulled out two sodas. After closing the cooler she handed one to Noah. "Thanks." She nodded, opened the can and took a few sips before placing the can in the chair's cup holder. "So how long will this take?" Noah asked before he mimicked Holiday's movements.

"As long as it takes." It was a whole hour and a half before they all reappeared before Holiday and Noah. Holiday sighed as she looked up from the computer. She finished drinking the soda and stood placing the laptop in her chair. "That could have taken longer." She joked as she walked towards the four.

Rex pulled up his goggles and smiled at the doctor. "We had to make sure we got every last dummy."

Elise smirked. "Oh but wait. I see one more dummy."

"Where is it? I'll take it out before you can say—"

Elise's hand came up and smacked Rex in the back of his head. "Got it." She grinned at him.

Noah laughed out loud. "Now you know how I felt."

Rex shot him a look as Elise changed back. She raked a hand through the ends of her hair and then she flipped her hair so it rested on one of her shoulders. "So did you get it Holiday?"

"Yes." Holiday nodded. "I all ready sent it to you as well."

"Thanks."

"Sent what?" Bobo inquired as he placed his guns in a wall. The door slid down and a click was heard as the lock snapped in place.

"Your nanite activity." Six replied. His swords slipped back into his sleeves and he turned so that he looked at the three Evos. "Elise had asked for more information and a chance to see how we all fight so we combined them into one."

Noah stretched and looked at his watch. "Oh God is it that late?"

"It's only 5pm Noah." Rex said as he finally changed into his human form.

"No you don't understand. I have a job I've got to get to."

"A job?" The others asked. Noah nodded.

Elise smiled. "Well then, if you're late I'll take you." She changed back into a centaur. "It'll be faster that's for sure."

"Really? You'd really do that?" Noah smiled at her. She nodded and trotted up to him. He jumped onto her back and then she started to trot again.

Six shook his head. "Elise, you're not allowed to…" The door opened and the two disappeared around the corner and then the door closed. "Do that." Six finished.

Rex chuckled. "So she does break the rule sometimes." The others looked at him. He shrugged. "I thought she was just a goody goody."

Elise

I broke into a dead gallop as I left the Providence building. I love to run. Especially as a centaur. I feel so strong and powerful and free. Really free. I almost forgot that Noah clung to my hips. I felt his warm hand on my waist and a shiver passed down my spine. Here's where I start to regret my good dead for the day. I suddenly had a really bad thought run through my head. I wonder what it would feel like if his hand was on my breast? I shook my head of both the thought and the creeping blush that was coming onto my face. No I can't think of that. I am on a mission. A mission to find a cure, even if it's the last thing I do. His voice swung me back into reality.

"Elise! Turn now! Turn!" Without completely understanding why I have to turn I felt the dirt beneath my hooves change to hard cement. For a moment I listened to the clacking noise my hooves made as it hit the pavement. "Elise, Elise!"

I blinked hard before stopping suddenly. Red light, don't cross. "Sorry…" I muttered. "Must have spaced out."

I felt his body shift on my scale-y back. I turned my head and saw that he was leaning to the left, trying to get a good look of my face. "Are you all right?"

"Yes, yes I'm fine." I turn my head away. "I just got deep in thought. Sorry."

"No need to be sorry." He shifted back and the light turned green. I trotted forward. I felt the stares from the people around me. I turned my head again but only enough to see bits of Noah's face. He seemed to not even notice the stares. He is just staring down at the ground, or more specifically, my hooves. "Did you know that when you first changed I didn't even notice your hooves?" I had to strain my ears to hear him; I shook my head in response. He continued, this time a bit louder. "All I saw was the centaur that formed from Elise." A short chuckle escaped his mouth. "It actually took me a moment to understand that the centaur is Elise, that it is her Evo form." He looked up and that's when I noticed my head was completely turned. I quickly moved my head forward. Now not only can I feel the stares of the people but now Noah's. I quickly became self-conscious and I looked nervously at all the people walking in my direction as if I am a criminal and I'm afraid one of them might recognize me. "You have really beautiful hooves." Then I looked down and watched my hooves move. I don't see anything special about them. Just your regular light gray horse hooves with no horse shoes and desperately needing to get filled down. I look up and I stop again at another red, do not cross, sign.

Wanting to change the subject I speak up. "Uh… so where are we going?"

"Junkyard."

"Junkyard?"

"Junkyard."

"Why?" I turn at my waist.

Noah smiled at me, his gleaming smile making my heart skip. "The owner, Big Bob, has his guard dogs in the vet; they ate some tires and got all sick. I've known him for a long time so he asked if I could help him keep watch over the yard until the dogs come back."

I look forward. "Oh. That's nice of you." The light changed and I moved forward.

"Yeah. But instead for money I'm asking for a car."

"A car?" It seemed that once I turned my head I would just turn my head again. It was starting to get tiring.

His smile turned into a big boyish grin. "Yeah. I'll show it to you once we get there."

"Oh… uh, I'm not a car person."

"That's all right I'll show ya anyways." His smile softened. "There it is right there." He pointed towards the junkyard across the street. I looked forward and looked both ways before running across the street. The junkyard located at the edge of town and looked like a cliché style junkyard. Noah slid off my back and I changed back into human. Noah opened the gate with a push and motioned me in. I walked in daintily.

"On my island we don't have junkyards." I hear myself say. "We recycle anything that can be."

"Must be a green island."

"Yes it is actually." I smile. "Lots of greenery and trees." We laugh and then I suddenly choke on my laughter as he takes my hand. He tugs me forward towards a shack on stilts and behind it is a car all rusted and the paint peeling off.

"There it is. A 1972 Ford Mustang Q Code Convertible with a racing strip and a spoiler. Isn't it something?" Without releasing my hand he shots me his grin again.

I chuckle once. "Defiantly something." I start to sweat in my hand and I tried pulling away but his hand tightened.

"Come on. Let's take a closer look." Once again he tugged me towards the car. As I got closer I saw that it isn't as bad as it actually looks. The inside is clean and intact with cloth red seats and a refurbished dash with everything all looking as if it works. "The inside is completely done. Big Bob was refurbishing this car so he could sell it but I convinced him to pay me with the car, as is."

"What about the outside?" I look at him.

That was when he released my hand. I felt both relief and sadness. He placed both hands on the hood of the car. "I'm going to see if I can trade working here for help on this car. Hopefully Big Bob will be able to go with it."

"Son, I'm just trying to get rid of that car." I turn and see a tall African American walk up to us a rag in his hands. He stuffed the rag in his back pocket and removed his baseball hat. His hair is completely shaven and he wore a white t-shirt with blue jeans and boots. A beard was starting to grow on his chin and his eyes are a soft brown and look very king.

He smiled at Noah who nodded towards me. "Hey Big Bob. This is Elise. She's a friend of mine."

I tuck a hair behind my ear and extend my hand. Big Bob's hand took mine and gave it a good shake before releasing. He then rubbed his hand on his jean after a small face of disgust. I chuckle nervously as I too rub my sweaty hands on my skirt. "Hello Big Bob."

He nodded at me then turned his attention back to Noah. "And sure Noah. You can work to get the exterior done. Just know that you'd have to work for a while. Let's say, you 18th birthday?" He winked at Noah who laughed.

"Thanks man!" The two held hands and gave each other- what I call- a bro hug, where they run into each other and pat each other on the back, before pumping fists. I nervously rubbed my arms. "Hey Big Bob, mind if Elise stays for a while?" I felt my eyes widen and I stare at Noah. 'I can't stay here', I want to yell at him, 'I've got work to do!'

"That's fine with me." He said with a laugh. "More work that will get done." He clicked his tongue and looked around the yard. "What about you two fix the tires in the back of the yard and straighten them out." He shook his head. "Dumbass mutts…" He muttered.

"Sure sir." Noah said with a smile as he took my wrist. "Come on Elise." He pulled me down the aisles of junk and metal.

"Noah, I can't stay! I have work to do." We stop before a mountain of toppled over tires and I feel my jaw drop. My OCD clicked in and before Noah could answer I practically jumped into the tires and started to stack them in their own piles according to size. I heard Noah chuckle and a shot him a glare before I continued working. In seconds Noah joined me. Damn my accursed OCD.

Well that's it. Please review, flames and suggestions very welcome. Much love.