Double Trouble

Summary (Of the chapter): Tobio is BACK! And he's forced to meet his brother, Rex's, pseudo family! And if Tobio has to go through that awkward torture, then Rex has to too. Brotherly fluff requested by Adelle~ SEQUEL TO "STORY OF MY LIFE"

Disclaimer: I Only Own Tobio Lopez And HIS Pseudo Family. If I DID Own Rex, Tobio Would've Already Replaced Ceasar As Rex's Brother.

Rating: T For T-Rex. Which Is Now Rexie's New Nickname~! X3

Rex: Don't You DARE.

Me: I Double-Dare~ X3

Rex: I Will KILL You If You—

Me: -Hug- TRIPLE-DARE T-REXIE~!

Rex: -GROOOOAAAAANN- = =**

Me: THIS IS DEDICATED TO ADELLE, THE FIRST REVIEWER OF "STORY OF MY LIFE" WHO REQUESTED THIS.

What The Radio Says: Move Along By All-American Rejects

AND I USED GOOGLE TRANSLATOR FOR THE SPAINISH WORDS~ :D

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"No." I stated simply, my butt set firmly on the couch, my feet on top of the coffee table in front of the TV as Hana, Hannah, and I watched Rex battling some raccoon-gone-EVO on TV

Since it was Saturday morning, normally, Hana, Hannah, and me would be arguing over the remote.

Hana would want some anime TV show that I could fairly much stand about these random guys with some magical deck of cards. The only thing I didn't like about it was that pretty much the only thing the girls ever said was a gasp or a scream.

Hannah would want to watch Kirby or Felix the Cat, or some cartoon nobody our age watches whose voices annoy me to LA MUERTE (DEATH).

And I would want a comedy-reality TV show that makes my abnormal life seem so much more ordinario (ordinary).

But ever since we found out last month that my long-lost hermano (brother), was the famous EVO curer, Rex, we watched the news more most people do in a lifetime.

Anyway, hola.

I'm Tobio Lopez.

Some of you might remember me from "Story of My Life".

For those of you that HAVEN'T read my other story, here's what basically happened:

My mama y papa (mom and dad) died in the Nanite explosion, my papa was the head scientist working on the government assignment, so the blame was pinned on his corpse. My mayor hermano (big brother), Rex, had gone missing in the explosion. Then I went to an orphanage where a single working woman named Sarah Jemma Jamison adopted me. Sarah and I have more of a brother/sister relationship instead of a mother/son one. Sarah has a two-story house that she puts up for board. In that house lives Nana, Hana, Hannah, Mr. Page, Markus and Destiny Parker. And Sarah, Hubble (our Golden Retriever-beagle mix), and me if you count us, live there as well. A month ago, Rex and his friend Noah, found me and we had a happy reunión familiar (family reunion) while eating McDonalds.

The end.

For THAT story anyways.

THIS story has only just begun.

Now. ¿Dónde estábamos? (Where were we?)

Ah, si, where I was telling Sarah, "Not on your life".

"Aw, come ON, Tobio!" Sarah whined as she kicked the back on the couch, as if that would encourage me, "Rex met YOUR family! Go meet his!"

I tilted my head back so I was looking at her upside-down, "No en su vida. (Not on your life)"

Hana nudged me encouragingly, "Come on, Tobio. It's just one DAY."

I looked at the girl as if she was from another planet, "One day out of mi precioso (my precious) summer vacation!"

"You get to go to PROVIDENCE!" Hannah smiled at me, nudging me from my other side

Hana and Hannah are twin sisters with blonde hair and blue eyes, about the same age as me. But Hana was cool, wore funny t-shirts (Like today was "I Torture Helpless Marshmallows") with skinny jeans, dyed sections of her hair with a mixture of Kool-Aid and her conditioner, and was the best athlete/writer, without question, in our class, and probably our whole city. Hannah was a different story. A de miedo (scary) story.

She made her own clothes from out of Grease, believed I was her future husband –like I said, de miedo (scary)- and the only reason why I would stand her was because I was friends with her twin and because we lived under the same roof.

I glared daggers at the chica (girl), "I'd have to say hola (hello) to," I listed off the describsions of these people with my fingers, "a samurai obessed with glasses and the color verde (green), who just happens to be the SIXTH DEADLIST MAN ON THE PLANETA (PLANET). A female doctor who is the same age as Sarah but has an IQ making her's look like a peanut-"

"HEY!" Sarah interrupted

"A monkey who shoot a gun and kill me, and a aseado-freak (neat-freak) with control issues and unhealthy obsession with the color blanco (white)."

"Tobio…" Sarah began, opening her mouth.

I expected her to say something parental and spiritual about how I wasn't being fair to Rex's family.

"I'll have you know I have an IQ of 110!"

I nodded, "Si 'mama'… (Yes 'mom')"

"And you're going."

I raised an eyebrow.

If I was going to have to go through this awkward torture, then so would my hermano.

"But that wouldn't be fair to hermano, Sarah… I mean, he got to spend an hour and a half with us before those helicopters came to pick him and Noah up, and I get a whole DAY? I don't think that's very justified-"

"IN OTHER WORDS," Hanah interrupted, "'If I have to go through this torture, then shouldn't Rex?'"

Since we had been debating about me going to Providence or not for the last half an hour, this seemed like a good compromise to the intolerant and stubborn Sarah, so she agreed along with the condition that she has to make all the calls.

And the date was reluctantly set.

Next Friday.

The Lopez's switch places for a day.

Let's see how that goes, eh, mi amgio (my friend)?

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I sighed as I got out of the helicopter, a black two-strapped backpack that Destiny and Hannah made me bring over my back ("Here's some sunscreen so you don't get burned, an-and a book in case you're bored, oh! And take this pepper spray! You don't know what might me waiting you there…!"), and looked around at the base.

I looked at the driver, who had been the "samurai obsessed with glasses and the color verde, who just happens to be the SIXTH DEADLIST MAN ON THE PLANETA".

"I can't believe you didn't have any peanuts…" I said jokingly as the man silently walked passed me

I sighed and followed him.

"Maldición, Sarah… (Curse you, Sarah)" I muttered under my breath as I followed the said "samurai" into the white halls

"…Follow me." He said simply after the automatic doors had closed

After about five minutes with only the echo of our feet to listen to, I spoke.

"I know you obviously don't like me, but think about it this way Senior Siete (Mr. Seven), after today, you never have to see my face again if you don't want to, so don't shoot me, okay?"

He raised an eyebrow at me as he typed in some code at this new pair of doors.

It wasn't until after they had opened that he replied, acting as if he was having a Deju Vuu moment, "…It's Six, and I don't use guns."

I nodded as I walked into the lab, feeling strangely at home with the place, "Yes sir."

I only got a second to look into a microscope at some mutated blood cells, observing the neogentic transformation when I felt someone's presence behind me.

I removed my gaze from the fascinating blood cells to the person behind me.

"I never would've guessed that Rex's younger brother would have an interst in science." The woman smiled as she held a hand out, "Hello, I'm Dr. Holiday, it's a pleasure to meet you."

I took her hand and smiled, "Tobio Lopez," I removed my hand before crossing my arms behind my head awkwardly, smiling, "Yeah, been a dedicated science-geek for the past five years or so now."

"Fascinating. Did you know that that sample-"

"Has been neogentically enhanced EVO DNA? I'm guessing mi hermano's, Rex's blood cells, mixed with some sort of chemical solution? Trying to come up for a cure Dr. Holiday?"

She blinked, slightly shocked, before chuckling, shifting her weight to her right foot, "YES, actually… How'd you-?"

I shrugged, smiling, "Maybe the government's school funding isn't affecting my hometown as much."

"I guess so… Anyway," she gestured to the computers with chairs, implying that we improvise them for a table, "How about we all sit down and talk?"

"Muy bien, Doctor de vacaciones (Alright, Doctor Holiday)."

She motioned for Agent Six, who was leaning against the doorframe, to follow is suit. Reluctantly, he followed.

I sighed, my elbow in front of the keyboards, as I combed my banes with the same hand.

And here comes the good-cop/bad-cop questioning—I mean, the introducciones (introductions).

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Rex made a face at the door he was in front of.

Yes, yes, he liked his little brother, Tobio and he was happy that he had grown a new family over the years, same as Rex. And yes, he had been happy when he and Noah met the said family last month.

But today, he'd have to spend 24 hours with people he had barely met without his little brother to make him feel more comfortable.

He knocked on the door, and Hubble howled, acting as the second doorbell if nobody had heard the first one. And in seconds Sarah had opened the door, pushing Hubble the hyperactive dog away with her foot, whispering "Dumb son of a b*tch…"

She looked at Rex, the 15 year-old at her eye-level, and smiled, "Hey Rex, come right on in."

Rex knew it was 6 o'clock AM during the summer vacation, which was probably why the only person besides Sarah that was up was Jonathon Page, the twin girls' (Hana and Hannah) father.

"Sorry nobody else is up yet." Sarah shrugged as she walked back to the kitchen, "You want something to eat?"

"Sure, what do you got?"

"That I feel like making? Cereal, eggs an' bacon, and toast. Otherwise," she pointed at the man writing on the laptop, "Ask Johnny. I got to get to work, but I'm glad I was able to say hello when you got here."

"I thought THIS was your job?" Rex said, pointing at the house's wooden floor as Sarah out her cell phone and wallet in her pockets (apparently she didn't have a purse) and walked out the door

"I work at my friend's restaurant in the next town because she's understaffed."

"This is the only times we see her out of the house," Jonathon said without looking up, "So treasure it. Next time you come over, she'll be down on the couch watching a soap opera while eating three cartons of ice cream."

Sarah scowled and slammed the door on her way out in reply to his words, and just as she did, he stood up and smiled calmly at Rex.

"What did you wish to eat?" he asked

"Uh… cereal?"

"Would you like some of that Coca-pure-sugar junk your brother and my daughters always eat?"

"Well, I wouldn't be one to say no to such a gourmet meal…" Rex smirked as he sat down at the table

In minutes, Jonathon came back with two bowls of cereal, one with the "Coca-pure-sugar junk", the other with classic Cheerios.

As the two silently ate, Jonathon closed his laptop and looked at Rex.

"So, Rex, how are you?"

"…Good." Rex replied after swallowing a spoonful of the cereal

"Well, uh, Markus is at work and won't be back until dinner, and today is the Farmer's Market, so Destiny is there until 3… Sarah won't be back until dinner as well… Hannah and Hana aren't usually awake until noon these days, unless it's Saturday -they watch TV together with Tobio all Saturday morning, it's like a tradition- I know you probably don't want to see Nana…"

Rex went down and picked up the Golden Retriever-Beagle mix that had been throwing its body weight on Rex, hinting that he wanted a certain something.

"Forgot about Hubble." Rex awkwardly chuckled as he petted the dog that was now in his lap, happily panting for the person who could understand his body language

"Ah, yes, how could I forget about Hubble?" he laughed lightly

Jonathon leaned back in his chair, "You can ask me anything Rex, anything about Tobio."

Rex raised an eyebrow, "Uh, aren't these things supposed to be about me?"

Jonathon shrugged, "Yes, but you'll get questions from everybody when they're here, right now, I think you're more interested in your brother, correct?"

Rex awkwardly readjusted himself in his seat, "…Kinda', yeah…"

"Ask me anything." Jonathon smiled

"Uh, okay… Favorite color?"

"Last I heard of it was blue."

"Favorite food?"

"To make is bread, and to eat is anything with sugar, his absolute favorite of that is churros."

"Um… Favorite sport?"

"Basketball, I believe. He and Hana play it quite often."

Rex smiled at this fact; he and Noah played basketball, maybe they would do a two-on-two later.

Rex smirked, kidding, at the next question, "Any girlfriends?"

Jonathon shook his head no, "He claims he wants to wait until after college so he concentrate on his studies, but Hannah wants to marry him, so I think he's actually not doing it so he won't hurt her. I think he cares more about Hannah than he'd like to admit personally."

"Aw, my brother has a stalker~"

Jonathon didn't seem to take offense to this and waved him on to continue questioning him about Tobio.

"Uh, his best subject?"

"Oh, science, no question."

"Science?"

"Yes," Jonathon smiled sadly at this, "Before you…disappeared, your father was an incredible scientist-"

"So he inherited his smarts?"

"Actually, no. Your mother didn't think the idea of an underground lab was safe, something about demon spirits I think, so Tobio never went. But you did. Tobio didn't learn much science because I think your mother was scared he might develop an interest in it. Now, he says he feels guilty because he knew his father was disappointed that he didn't have a very good grasp on the subject, so I've been teaching him after-school, and now, he's at the top of the class. Only class where he gets constant A's."

"…Oh." Rex looked a mixture of sad, shocked, guilty, and awkward at this

Jonathon smiled encouragingly, "Keep asking Rex. I know you have more questions than THAT."

Rex smiled weakly, Hubble helping come up with the next question, "Okay… Um, favorite animal."

"Uh, I'm actually not sure on that…" Jonathon laughed, "It's probably either dogs or elephants I think."

"Elephants?"

"They learned about Africa in their last semester in Geography, and I think he grew to like them quite well…"

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"Um," I began as I looked at Holiday, sitting down on this metallic table thing as she readjusted this weird headband on my head, "I have to ask, what is this and what will it do to me?"

"It just monitors your brainwaves." Holiday stated simply as she put on these weird white circle on various parts of my body as well, the circles reminding me of those things that made my toys stick to the walls of the bathtub when I was little

"Uh HUH…" I raised an eyebrow at her as she went to the computer nearby, typing something in

I looked at Agente Seis (Agent Six) with confusion, "Am I her new lab-frog she's about to dissect?"

Obviously Six didn't have a sense of humor, because he didn't laugh, nor was he social because he didn't even reply.

I looked back at the female doctor, "Discuple (Excuse me), Dr. Holiday, but why am I doing this?"

Six walked over to Holiday, looking over the computer monitor as well, "You have extremely similar DNA to Rex and Providence wants to conduct a few tests on you to see-"

"If because of my DNA, I'll turn into a controllable EVO like my hermano?" I raised an eyebrow as I crossed my arms and sighed to myself, "Es por eso que no quería venir aquí en el primer lugar (This is why I didn't want to come here in the first place)."

Six turned and raised an eyebrow at me, his expression telling me to translate but I just stared at his face, wondering what his eye color was.

Dr. Holiday walked back to me and removed the headband and the white circles, "Your brainwave patterns are a bit faster than the average person, but that's nothing to worry about…"

"Si…" I said as she took a needle and put it into my arm, taking out some blood, and then transferring it into a test tube labeled "TOBIO LOPEZ/SAMPLE 1"

She did this about nine more times on the same arm, and then ten on the other, making me feel dizzy and nostalgic.

"¿Por qué la sala de spinning? (Why is the room spinning?)"

"What was that?"

I repeated myself in English as I closed my eyes, trying to focus them.

"Six, can you please get him something from the cafeteria to eat?"

Six nodded and walked out of the room with Holiday muttering that she told "them" this was too many blood samples to take at once. She pressed down on my chest, gently forcing me to lay down.

I had been right so far, the "introductions" had been questioning that you would see on NCIS or Hawaii Five-O and more tests than a lab-rat gets in a year.

"So… Tobio…" Holiday began as sat down on the table, about a foot away from me

"Mmmm?" I groaned in reply, my eyes closed because looking through them when they were open made my head spin

"How's school…?" she started awkwardly

"Good."

"Uh, how's your day been so far…?"

"A blur" I answered simply, "Of harsh questioning and more tests than a kid should ever have during summer vacation."

"I see," she answered simply, "I guess we have been treating more as a specimen huh?"

"You think?"

Hey, I had a right to be brutally blunt.

Most of the questions seemed college level and made my head hurt to try and answer, and they wouldn't take an "I don't know" as an answer. The tests had usually made my head spin, and I tried to be polite and say they didn't, but right now? I felt the presence of food going up my throat, my brain was trying to bust out of my skull, my black shirt and pants absorbed the hot light from lamps making me sweaty and hot enough I was pretty sure I was having a mild heat-stroke, and I was stuck in a room with a man I was pretty sure would happier if I was dead and a woman who obviously liked science more than she should, neither very sympathizing nor talking to me unless I asked a direct question (until recent), and I was HECHO (DONE).

My day had been utter infierno (h*ll).

"How about this, after you eat, Six and I will take you to meet Bobo, you can talk to White Knight on the video-intercom, and we'll take you on a trip outside of Providence."

I opened one eye, my hand over my forehead, "No more tests?"

"We had more, but I think I can convince White Knight to have them done bit by bit by every one of your visits."

"No more silent treatment?"

"Nope."

"…Just say 'hola, adios' ('Hi, bye') to Bobo and White Knight?"

"Bobo will most likely be coming with us, but you don't have to talk to White Knight at all if you don't want to."

"And then a full day of normalcy?"

"Yep." She nodded

"…I think I can agree to that."

Holiday smiled just as Six came in, "Good."

I sat back up, given some sort of yellow puke I think was supposed to be Mac 'n' Cheese, but ate it anyway.

Holiday stood up, smiling as she said, "Six, change of plans."

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Rex continued walking awkwardly with the two twin girls; Hana and Hannah.

"Hey, sorry we didn't make it in time to save you from Nana." Hana chuckled apologetically

Rex shuddered at the remembrance of that woman.

"Oh, hello~ You're Tobio's older brother, right~?"

The woman was like the snake from Adam and Eve; seemed so nice and kind, but was in actuality, a cobra about to strike, though this one preferred sticking it's fang in the most embarrassing of places.

"So, Rex tell me, is there a special someone in your life?"

The question had seemed normal, so Rex had answered, vaguely mentioning Circe, despite the fact that she was on the enemy side.

"Oh! Have the two of you had s*x yet? Did you get her pregnant? Oh, the beauty of drunk-s*x~! I remember those days well~!"

He could easily remember how her face had lighten up in that sickening way, as if she was a kid in a candy store, and how eager she seemed for his answer.

Hannah smiled, as they reached the bustling main street of their town, still covered with gazebos since the Farmer's Market was far from over, she pointed at one of the first ones with a familiar back of a woman talking to a customer, "Oh, look! There's Destiny!"

She whipped her head to Rex causing her long blonde curls to bounce, her blue eyes shinning, "Have you ever tasted Toby's cooking, Rex?"

"Uh," for a reason that seemed odd to Rex, Hannah could never remember that the teen had amnesia, "Not that I can think of, no. I don't think I've ever tried anything Tobio made."

Both twins blinked at this news and wasted no time at pulling the teenager towards the large gazebo. The thing filed with multiple hand-made and store-bought objects, along with little things that you'd find in a café; coffee, a table, magazines to skim through…

"Hey Destiny!" both twins smiled

Destiny turned her head, the customer she was speaking to having just left, and smiled widely as she embraced the two in an all-girls hug, "Hello you two~!"

Seeing Rex, she made a move to hug him as well, though he backed away the woman didn't notice his body language and hugged the teen anyway, "Hello, Rex! Nice to see you here~!"

"Rex hasn't tasted Toby's bread." Hannah said, as if she was saying Rex had never bathed before

Destiny blinked, honestly surprised, and looked down at Hana who nodded to confirm that this was indeed the truth. Smiling at Rex she moved her body so Rex could see different types of foods laid out on a table, "T-Take your pick, Rex~ It's free!"

Not really sure what to expect, Rex took a slice of cake (because it was CAKE for crying out loud), and placed it on a nearby plate. The three girls watching the EVO's face eagerly as he put the fork full of the dessert into his mouth.

The taste was indescribable. It wasn't amazing, but for someone Tobio's age, learning only from their mother and recipes that Destiny had memorized from high-class chefs, in a town in the middle of nowhere, it was incredible.

He looked at the girls and then down at the cake, "…TOBIO made this?"

The trio nodded, Hana adding smugly, "From scratch."

"He made it last night, so it's pretty fresh." Destiny smiled as she grabbed a sticky note and put it on the plate, generously reading "Free Samples"

"Yeah~! See why he's my future husband~?" Hannah smiled as she jumped up and down

Hana sighed, "Hannah. Tobio is not your future husband."

Hannah waved her twin away, "He'll fall in love with me eventually~"

Rex quietly continued eating the cake, remembering what Jonathon had told him about Tobio might not having a girlfriend because he didn't want to hurt Hannah.

"Uh-oh." Hana frowned, looking at something behind Rex

Rex was about to look behind him when Hannah pulled his arm, "Uh, Rex! Let's go to the… Let's go to the…! The…! …Corndog stand! Yes, teenage guys LOVE corndogs, right? RIGHT! Let's go~!"

Ignoring the girl in the plaid dress, Rex looked behind him, not understanding what the girls were so afraid of.

Until it was right in front of him.

"Hey! I know you!"

It was two boys, by the looks of it, they were the same age as Hana, Hannah, and Tobio. One had features reminding Rex of a rat; a nose that was broken so it was just turned upwards, giving him a snotty sort of aura. His clothing style messy and dirty, as if he had gotten it out of someone's trash, and his hair was greasy and shaggy giving you the strange impression that the young teen had lived in a sewer, not bathing for weeks. He was strangely skinny and tall, as if the wind would blow him over if he didn't watch it. The other had hair that had been gelled up in a style similar to that of Rex's, but in a more of a porcupine style. He had a chubby face and an oversized stomach. Unlike his friend, he was wearing clean clothes, but his shorts showed parts of his legs you didn't want to see, and his shirt just made his stomach look bigger than it probably was. He had sunglasses over his eyes, like those ridiculous futuristic pairs you'd find in grocery stores that seemed to squeeze his face painfully tight.

It had been the porcupine-head that was pointing at them, though mostly at Hannah.

"Oh yeah~" Rat-boy snickered as they walked over, his voice sounding like he was getting over a head cold, "Where's your boyfriend, Toby? You know, the one that basically hates you~!"

Rex looked back at Hannah, wondering what the girl would do next. By the look on Hana's face, the girl normally would be fighting back, but Hannah looked like someone had taken her heart and shattered it into pieces. Hannah went to her twin sister's side, whispering encouraging words in the girl's ears as she looked like she was about to break down and start crying.

"Hey, where is Lopez anyway? I thought that sex-changer would've been here with his girlfriends, I wanted some payback for calling us names." The fat one huffed at his baneless hair

"Yeah." Rat-boy shrugged before scowling, "You guys aren't hiding that son of a b*tch, are you?"

Rex's eye twitched.

They already insulted Hannah, if they insulted his little brother too—

"If you see him, tell him that Lopez starts with L," this one held up the infamous one finger salute, "and so does loser."

Rex couldn't stand it anymore when he grabbed both boys by the collar, holding them in the air.

"H-Hey! What the h*ll do you think you're doing?"

"Ye-Yeah, man! This has nothing to do with you! B*stard!"

"What did you say about the Lopez's?" Rex snarled

"R-Rex…!" Hana tried, "Rex! The best way to handle bullies-"

"Why would YOU care?"

"Because I'm Rex LOPEZ, Tobio's older brother. And if you mess with my hermano menor (little brother)," the EVO activated his rocket-pack, flying about 100 feet into the air with the teens dangling as they screamed.

He spat the next words with extra venom, "You mess with ME."

"H-Hey, what are you talking about, man? L-Lopez never had a brother!"

"Yeah! His family is all dead in rotting in h*ll for what they did-!"

"Is it really such a good idea to insult me now?" Rex snarled, unknowingly allowing his protective brotherly instincts take over, "Because the two of you are kind of heavy and, I think my fingers just might begin slipping."

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The rest of the day had been gran (great). Of course, anything would've been considered gran compared to how my day at Providence started.

Holiday had switched to this out-of-character casual wear for our day-off, a t-shirt and jeans with red shoes, though Six had thankfully stayed in his same clothes, making me feel less awkward about the espadachín (swordsman).

And we had a monkey sitting next to me.

Correction.

A talking monkey sitting next to me.

Now that I've had gotten over the fact that he's an ape, I think I'm actually starting to like the chimp.

"So, kid, got any embarrassing stories about your brother?" Bobo smirked

I put a finger to my mouth, smirking back as I replied slyly, "I may have uno (one) or dos (two)…"

"Then we may have to exchange some later, New-kid…" he smiled, mimicking my tone, as he crossed his arms behind his fez and his legs behind Seis' (Six's) headrest.

I chuckled.

"Is that my new nickname, Jefe Bobo 'El Impresionante' Haha?"

"What's that mean?"

"Chief Bobo 'The Awesome' Haha."

"Hey." Bobo took his feet off of Six's headrest and used the said feet to kick the seat, "Let's get pizza for New-kid."

Holiday smiled as she looked back at us through the rearview mirror, "Looks like you two are getting along."

"I'm starting to think the New-kid is the chief's brother after all. He's not like the other sheep." "And a talking chimp is fresco (cool)." We explained simply, allowing each other to finish the other's sentences before speaking, as we did a monkey-human fist-bump

"Six, any preferences on what we get for lunch?"

"Just make it quick." Six explained simply

I raised an eyebrow, "Senior Seis, you and Dr. Holiday have the whole day off, why do we need to 'make it quick'?"

I felt his glare from behind his glasses so I sunk back into my seat, suddenly jealous that Bobo picked the only seat out of Six's line of sight.

"Workaholic." I shrugged, sighing, "I'm stuck with a workaholic that can kill me over 101 ways. Eso es genial… (That's great…)"

Holiday, probably sensing the flood of awkward tension between Seis and I, spoke, "Okay! Pizza it is! What do you guys want?"

"Medium, Hawaiian with extra cheese and pepperoni, please." I replied

"3 large pizzas with everything." Bobo added, "And don't forget the breadsticks this time."

"…Small. Plain." Six answered

Only thing I liked about Senior Seis.

When he speaks, everybody instantly becomes quiet and listens to him.

Other than that, there's a 50/50 percent chance that whatever feeling he's got going for me is mutual.

The awkward tension over-filled the car again, causing both Holiday and Bobo to volunteer to order and get the pizza, leaving us alone in the parking lot.

"Tú me odias, ¿no, Senior Seis?" I sighed, combing my black banes with my fingers

"Translation."

"You hate me. Don't you, Mr. Six?"

"That's the second time you've asked me that question."

"It's fine if you do, I can't please everybody, and I don't want to. If I did want to, then I'd have to be a million people inside one person, and that'd drive me insane." I chuckled at the end, strongly trying to restrain my habit of switching my Spanish on and off since he obviously didn't know any

"You're just very different from your brother."

"I'm supposed to be. I'm not a humanoid clone of him."

"You're a lot like him."

"…You just contradicted your last statement."

He sighed, pushing up his sunglasses, "…Your DNA is extremely similar to your brother's. Just a few differences. Small ones."

"Like?"

"You're DNA solution for eye color is different than his."

"Okay, how am I different?"

"You're much calmer and peaceful."

"Because my mama taught me that thinking can save your life, brawn just prolongs the inevitability."

"Whose quote is that?"

"Mama's, I think. I just take some of them sometimes."

Six was silent and I looked out the window to see Holiday and Bobo sitting at a table, waiting for the pizza parlor to begin making their pizzas.

"…It's strange." I started, licking my lips as I looked back at the man in green, "I was 7 when you came, I can still remember you like it was yesterday, but it's been 5 years and other than your outfit, you haven't changed."

"I take it that you're well over your six months of trauma."

"Yeah." I chuckled, "The doctors thought I was weird… Instead of trying to forget like the other kids who were put in similar situations, I tried to remember everything I could."

"That's actually more smart than 'weird'."

"Is that so, Mr. Six? Enlighten me on your theory."

"They lost something and tried to forget about it so they wouldn't feel so defeated. You lost the same thing, and you tried to remember everything about it for the same reason. You chose the better end of the deal."

"There are two paths in this world. The easy road and the hard road. Whenever you get into trouble on the easy road, you don't know how to overcome it. The hard road eventually becomes easier and you can get through it over time."

"Another one you mother's?"

"I think so. I can't remember who told me it."

"…I don't think you're a bad kid."

"What?"

"The answer to your question." He continued looking ahead, "I don't think you're a bad kid, but I don't believe in instantly becoming acquainted to you like how I am with your brother in a single day."

I smiled.

"I can agree on that. You scare me Senior Seis, but I also like you just as much."

"Is that so?"

"Si, por supuesto (Yes, of course). I gave you my hermano's present, didn't I?"

He raised an eyebrow as he looked sideways at me, "…I still don't understand."

I scooted more towards him in my seat, still smiling as I explained.

"You were the one who brought me and Rex back to together, Six."

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"REX!" Hana yelled, "REX! PUT THEM DOWN!"

"WHY SHOULD I? GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULD, HANA!" Rex yelled back, still holding the two boys several stories high in the air, the people of the Farmer's Market looking at the boys in worry as they begged for all they worth to be put down, this had continued for 15 minutes so far and everyone hoped for the same outcome

"BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WORTH IT! TOBIO IGNORES THEM DAILY! THEY MEAN NOTHING TO HIM!"

Rex held the two of them up closer to his face, even angrier than before, "'DAILY'?"

"We're sorry! SO sorry! SO, SO sorry, man!"

"We won't pick of Tobio any more! O-Or Hana and Hannah, PLEASE. JUST PUT US DOWN!"

Destiny and Hannah were besides Hana, the only people in 15-foot radius of where the boys might fall if Rex dropped them, all the other civilians outside those unmarked 15 feet.

"R-REX!" Destiny tried, "PLEASE! TOBIO WOULDN'T-!"

"WELL, WHY DIDN'T HE TELL ME HE HAD BULLY PROBLEMS, D*MN IT?"

During those 15 minutes of the two people she hated the most in the entire world's lives threatened, Hannah hadn't spoken a single word since their major insult to her.

"BECAUSE!" she finally spoke, "TOBY ISN'T LIKE THAT! H-HE WANTS TO CARRY ALL HIS STRUGGLES ON HIS OWN! HE DOESN'T WANT ANYBODY TO WORRY ABOUT HIM! JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW NOW, DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO CARRY HIS BURDENS TOO! TOBY! WOULDN'T! WANT! THAT! REX, PLEASE! PLEASE, PUT THEM DOWN!"

A minute of silence passed.

Two.

Three.

Five.

Everybody let out a sigh of relief when Rex finally dropped safely down to the ground, throwing the two boys in front of him.

"F-Freak!" one of the yelled as they both ran away from the EVO

Rex frowned as Hannah and Hana gave him a hug to say thanks, still staring at where the two boys were running.

"Thanks Rex." Hannah smiled up at him

He looked down and smiled back weakly, giving the girl a small noogie.

"I think it's time to get out of here before the police show up." Hana said, pulling on Rex's arm to get him moving

"Bye Destiny! See you later!" Hannah waved

"Bye Rex, bye Hana, bye Hannah~" Destiny waved back

The three had been silent awhile before they spoke, "So… it's true?" Hana asked, "You're an EVO?"

Rex looked down, remembering what had happened with Hunter Cain, "…Y-Yeah." He smirked, "Pretty cool, huh?"

Hana laughed as she gave Rex a high-five, "VERY cool."

Hannah smiled at him, "Toby likes to watch you on the news, you know."

Rex raised an eyebrow at this information, his ego steadily growing, "Is that so?"

Hannah nodded, "He's pretty interested in your 'bio spikes' and other scientific stuff like that."

"…Oh." Rex smacked his lips

Hana wiggled her eyebrows, "Oooh~ Were you hoping that your own little brother was your biggest fan~? That would boast your ego, wouldn't it~"

Rex let out a pause that was too long before his next comment to be considered true, causing the two girls to burst out into giggles, "I was not!"

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First pizza, then we went to an amusement park (not a big one or very well-known one though), grabbed some ice cream and then we began driving back to my casa (home), about to switch Lopez's once again.

And then, HE called.

Seis had answered the car-phone, after listening it for a couple of minutes, pressed the button allowing the phone to go on speaker, the owner of the voice shown on the screen on the dashboard.

"Holiday. Who told you that you could take the child-"

"'The child's' name is Tobio." I interrupted, raising a hand, staring contently on the bleach-obsessed man. Normally, I was fine with people not using my name, it was their choice. But how this man was talking, it was infuriating and felt like insults.

"-OUT of the lab?"

"I'm sorry White Knight, but all those tests, one after the other, was negatively affecting his health. It would wiser to do them bit by bit."

"And what if this boy-"

"Named Tobio."

"-turns EVO by tomorrow? THEN what will we do?"

"Uh, there's only a 50/50 chance of that happening, Blanco (White)." I interrupted again, "And what if Dr. Holiday turns EVO tomorrow? Or Seis? Then what?"

He glared at me, not the same slightly annoyed one Six sometimes gave me, this one telling me he obviously didn't like me.

Oh well.

Feeling's mutual, Blanco (White).

"Soldiers. Are. Replaceable. Unfortunately, you are NOT."

"Not. To. Their. Friends 'n' family." I snapped back in the same tone

"Boy," he snarled as if that was the worst name he could think of, "You should think before speaking."

"Blanco," again, using the same tone, "I don't like you after I found you were the ones behind those tests. I, Tobio by the way, am going casa (home)! Y NO HAY NADA QUE PODAMOS HACER AL RESPECTO! SO DÉJAME EN PAZ, BLANCO! (AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT! SO LEAVE ME ALONE, WHITE!)"

Then, as if reading my mind, Seis hung up the phone, cutting off our connection with Blanco.

I sighed angrily as I sunk back into my seat, "Yo no soy un clon, Yo tengo mi propia vida, maldita sea. (I'm not a clone, I have my own life, d*mn it)"

Bobo hesitated before asking for translation.

"…I'm not a clone of my brother. I have my own life." I answered

Holiday sighed, "We-We know you aren't, Tobio, but… Rex is the only person who can control their nanites. And if it's because of DNA that that's possible, then you might be able to help us find a cure. And White's right about one thing; your other family members are far enough away from you that their DNA can differ. Greatly. And because your parents are dead, and you have no other siblings or relatives close to you in DNA to replace you…"

"You're all we got, kid." Bobo finished

I huffed at my banes, "…I know that. But I'm not Rex. I love Rex, he's my hermano (brother). But I'm not him."

"Hey," Bobo spoke again, offering me a fist-pound, "You stood up to White. That's something your brother tries to do, almost daily. You're a lot more like the chief then you think. And not just in your DNA, New-kid."

I sighed before taking his fist-pound.

I'm a lot like Rex.

I'm not like Rex.

Me gustaría que componen sus mentes… (I wish they would make up their minds…)

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Rex waved at the familiar van coming towards Third Street, Hannah and Hana besides him, waving as well, somehow knowing their friend was in the car. Rex knew that someone from Providence would be taking his younger brother home, but was somewhat surprised when he saw Bobo, Holiday, and Six all come out together.

"Toby~!" Hannah cried as she ran over, her sudden added weight causing her victim to fall onto the ground

"Ow… Hey, chica (girl), it's nice to see you too, but the ground is very hard and uncomfortable."

"Hey, lovebirds," Bobo kicked Tobio's leg with his foot, "Upsy daisy."

"Toby, did you miss me~? 'Cause I missed you!" the girl hugged him tighter

"Ribs…Cracking…Hannah…Please…Let…GO…"

Rex laughed at this as Hannah sat up, allowing her "future-husband" to go.

Tobio managed to get away long enough to stand, but Hannah just grabbed him again and dug her face into his shirt. Annoyed but tolerant, Tobio strummed his fingers against his blue jeans, waiting for the girl to let him go.

"Mmm… You smell nice, Toby~"

"…" Tobio was silent before speaking, "Te das cuenta de que estaba sentado al lado de un mono qu no see ha banada durante unas 12 horas de mi día, ¿verdad? (You do realize I was sitting next to a monkey who hasn't bathed for 12 hours of my day, right?)"

Since the only people who could understand (and were translating) Spanish was Rex and Hana, the two burst out laughing.

"What'd he say?" Holiday asked Rex

"I-I'll tell you later…!" Rex said, unable to stifle his laughter

After Hana and Tobio together were able to pry off the girl's twin, everyone decided to give the two brothers some alone time.

"So," Rex began, "How was your day?"

"Well, I found out that Seis, who I thought hated me, just wasn't used to me yet. That having a pound of blood taken out of me does NOT feel good. Your Mac 'n' Cheese tastes like cardboard. That Bobo loves pizza enough not to care what's on it and likes to steal mine." Tobio stuck out his tongue at that, "And Blanco? He's a bastardo (b*stard)."

He looked at Rex.

"They took your blood? Why?"

"Because my DNA is a close enough replica to yours, hermano mayor (big brother), that they want to do tests and see if it's because of your DNA that you're able to control your nanites."

"…Ah."

"What about you?" Tobio asked

"That Nana is more disgusting than I realized, Hana and Hannah are pretty cool… Destiny is good with distracting police officers so that they can't find me but she's not lying… Uh, Sarah and Jonathon are cool… Hubble is awesome, and that," he poked Tobio's forehead with every word at what he said next, "my hermano menor (little brother) has a couple of jerks who've been bullying him."

Tobio raised an eyebrow at this.

"…You beat them up, didn't you?"

"More or less~" Rex smirked as he gave his younger brother a headlock and a noogie, "This is what you get for not telling me about those idiots!" Rex chuckled maniacally

"Ay! Eso duele, hermano! (Ow! That hurts, brother!)" Tobio laughed

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