A/N: I do realize that the arctic circle goes days with sun and days with night, but for the sake of my sanity can we just pretend that it has regular day and night? It really won't effect much, but I just realized that I messed that up when I started this chapter...
Chapter 3~
The howling wind was dying down now, allowing for the clear night sky to reign with unimpeded glory upon the frozen tundra. The stars were endless, accented by the aurora borealis that danced across the inky sky, watched by a dozen sets of four eyes on avian faces. At one point, mankind would have called them penguins, but now the creatures were known by a new name, one which they had given themselves. Since they had gained awareness, they had become all too aware of their circumstances in this frozen wasteland, and had come to the conclusion that it would be more suitable if they left. Of course, at their base the Izumees were still penguins, so their plans were centered around wanting more food, but that didn't make them any less dangerous. Because of the nanites, the Izumees were now capable of eating metal AND flesh, and with the metal pods that their device brought them, they had their fill of both.
They flocked together around the device that brought them more and more pieces of machinery as the days went on, circling it in some sort of ritual that only they knew. How the machine had come to be here, and how it really worked, none of them knew, but it brought them machines and it brought them food so they were content. That is, until a strange creature came in one of these metal pods, one that the Izumees didn't know what to do with. He seemed to be both metal and flesh, something that confused the penguins to no end. Some were frightened, others were delighted, because one thing was for sure: this creature was most assuredly food.
Rex opened his eyes to the harsh and unforgiving cold that was the arctic, groaning at his stiff muscles and wishing that with all his surplus nanites, they could make his body ache less. With a shiver, he realized that he was somehow colder now than he was at night, something that shouldn't have happened. He ran a tired hand through his hair and was surprised to find drops of nearly frozen sweat on his brow. Quizzically, he examined the droplets that were now on his hand and tried to make sense of what it was he was seeing. Mind foggy, it dawned on the boy slowly that he must have a fever. It would explain why he felt colder now, the cold (freezing really) sweat, and his wooziness. For a moment he just sat with that realization and tried to wrap his mind around the idea; he had never been sick before, at least not since he was really young in the care of Six and Holiday. Granted he couldn't remember anything before then, but that wasn't the point. Weren't his nanites supposed to work against such things? He couldn't remember...
A moan escaped dry lips as the mentioned nanites decided it was time to hurt him again. He miserably pulled the blanket close to his chin and tried to remember a time when he wasn't hurting and he was safe and warm in the protection of a ninja and a doctor.
A/N: so yes this chapter is really short, but I do have a reason! Tests and finals being chiefly among them... But more importantly the fact that I'm not sure where to go from here. So I'm going to ask you, the reader, my faithful followers! This story can go in a few directions, but here's a few that I'm trying to word carefully without giving too much away.
1) the Izumees play a large role in making Rex's life tormented
2) Six finds Rex soon
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Edit 12/4/16: Just some spelling changes again, and changed the wording of one thing that sounded confusing.