A/N: So there were only three voters? Really guys? Oh well, I guess I'll just have to give you an awesome chapter to make you love me again. Don't forget I would like your answer to whether or not I can transfer your reviews! YellowAngella was kind enough to allow me to do that already, thank you!

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Chapter 4~

Rex awoke to the strange, yet oddly comforting feeling of rocking, accentuated by the sound of the pipes he'd gathered the night before rolling back and forth with the motion across the hard metal floor. Rex pulled the blanket off of him, trying to remember where he was and why he was in so much pain, before a chilling breeze from the open aircraft brought some of his memories back with foggy clarity. That's right, he'd crashed with a body full of overloading nanites that were slowly tearing his body apart...fun.

Rex groaned as he tried to force his exhausted brain to cooperate and tell him why the moving pipes were a bad thing... Where had he landed? Where was Paradise base?

With a gasp, he remembered where he'd crashed his ship and why it would be very very bad if it was rocking right now. "The ice broke! The ice broke!" Rex feared that the ice he'd crashed on had broken off from the main land, meaning he was probably drifting off in the ocean never to be seen again! But when he looked outside, there was land everywhere, and no sign that he was drifting anywhere, except for the fact that he was still moving.

"What...?" and then he heard a squeak. His gaze was pulled down and the sight of a veritable sea of waddling black penguins made his eyes widen. "You would think I've seen everything in this job, apparently not.

"Um, excuse me, where are you taking me and my ship?"

The penguins around him turned briefly to him, but then stubbornly ignored him, continuing on their way.

"Hey! I asked where are you taking me?" He reached out to try and touch one of the closer creatures, but pulled back with a yelp when it snapped at him with razor sharp teeth. Under normal circumstances, he might have just left, or even fought the little animals off, but this was not normal circumstances. He was weak, tired, hungry, and without his usual means of protection. Simply put: Rex was in trouble. His eyes widened as six of the penguins broke off from the group and hopped onto his small aircraft, coming after him quickly for such short little legs. The teenager backed up futilely, but was quickly grabbed and held down despite his struggling.

"Let me go! Hey!" One of the penguins moved slower, standing before him with a hollow tube aimed at him, and he knew it was about to get much worse even before the dart hit him and made him pass out.

(~)

Six struggled through the snow and wind, his thick coat barely taking the worst of the cold for him. He had been walking for only twenty minutes, and already his toes and fingertips were numb. His board had malfunctioned during his search, leaving him stranded and wishing that he'd brought backup on this mission instead of going solo. If nothing else they might have been able to share a conversation instead of feeling like he was the only person in the world in this frozen wasteland. Six may have been the sixth most deadly person on the planet, but that didn't exclude him from wanting human conversation.

For the hundredth time, he considered turning back, but knew he was too far and would not have made the trip. And so, Six stubbornly trekked on until he eventually saw a light in the distance as the sun began its decent. It confused the man, because out here he was sure he was the only living thing except Rex, and the other Providence agents back at the base.

With a grunt of effort, Six adjusted his course so that he was heading toward the light and into the freezing wind. Best case scenario, it would be Rex and his search would be over. He could call Providence, and they could be on their way. Worst case, he needed to know who else was out here in this supposedly secure location.

Either way, someone was about to be in trouble.

(~)

Rex was getting tired of waking up to pain. His nanites had settled down a bit (finally), but now the rest of him hurt. There was a plus, however, at least he was warm. When he opened his eyes, he noticed the cause right away, and soon after, realized he was in a horrible situation. He was tied up to a pole with his hands pulled just a little too far behind his back. His legs were bound, and a gag was around his mouth, preventing him from saying much more than mumbles. He struggled a bit, trying to get free, but he was held too tightly, and he was too weak.

"Glad to see you're awake."

Rex looked around, trying to find the source of the sound, surprised to find it to be a penguin like he'd seen earlier. He was in the middle of a campsite, apparently. A fire blazed, accounting for why Rex wasn't cold anymore, surrounded by black and white figures just like the one talking to him right now. "A penguin is talking to me... Of course." Honestly he shouldn't have been that shocked, a lot of EVO's had learned to speak, but it was kind of weird to see it coming from a seemingly normal wildlife, especially when there weren't any people for them to learn English from.

"Penguin? No no, we are not mere penguins. We are the Izumees!" The creature, presumably the leader, lifted all four of his arms up to the sky, eliciting a cry of savage excitement from the tribe of creatures.

"Uh huh..." Rex said, not exactly impressed. "So why did you take me?"

"You are going to help us. Either you're going to help us get off this frozen wasteland or-" suddenly sharp spears appeared just an inch above Rex's throat. He gulped, smiling nervously as the leader continued with a wicked gleam in his dark eyes. "-Or you will be our next meal."

A/N: hehe. So... Long time no see?

*gets hit with tomatoes*

I'm sorry I'm sorry! I had writers block and

*rotten cabbages and watermelons come next*

That's for the short chapter isn't it? Well I just thought it was a good ending point! Please don't be mad at me, I'll come back soon hopefully!

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Edit 12/29/16- added some things to help flow better, as well as minor typo fixes.