I have super-duper-rapid-update-syndrome (SDRUS... .) No one really seems to mind though. :)
This is one of the chapters I've been waiting on. *giddiness* Hope you like as much as I did thinking it up!
Lexii- That makes sense. It doesn't really change the fic, though. I just didn't think about it, is all. All well, that just means that it's not a completely ooc thought on my part =) I stole something from MOA, & didn't know it... now that's pretty cool.
Solora- Me too! It is so not weird (hope not) *Eeeks with you*
Btw, all! My friend (laruna cresent) wrote a hilarious GenRex oneshot involving everyone's favorite pedophile, Van Kleiss! It's called Stress Relief & is highly recommended. XD
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Then, they heard her scream.
Rex quickly turned to look at the gate.
Six suddenly couldn't breathe.
Holiday didn't stop screaming.
The teen spun around to the Pack and switched to the Smack Hand. It started spinning at a dizzying rate and he jammed into the Earth in front of him, creating a wall of dirt between themselves and the enemy.
Six suddenly got back into action, knowing that Rex only bought a few seconds. He spun around to the gate, sliced it open and ran through it.
Rex changed to the Boogie Pack, quickly catching up to his partner. There was still about a football field's length between them and the doors that led to her screaming voice.
"Hey!," Rex screamed over the turbines, and stretched his arm out, "Come on!"
Without another thought, Six replaced one katana and grabbed Rex's arm, knowing he was much faster. As soon as Rex made it halfway down the entrance hall, he flew up at an angle and threw Six, who, at the speed, flew the rest of the way.
The one katana gleaming, he sliced it open and smashed through the door. The screaming suddenly stopped.
Six looked up to see Van Kleiss standing by Holiday with a smile. Holiday. She was white, except for all the blood. Her long, black hair, matted to her face. Her limp body being tangled in the vines. Her arms. Her legs. Her eyes. Her cuts. All that blood.
Six saw red.
He made a mad dash for the smiling psychotic bastard, when Rex suddenly burst through the wall with the spinning Smack Hands. He punched Van Kleiss to the back wall and kept on him.
Worry about killing him later.
The only thing on the agent's mind, other than a dead Van Kleiss, was Holiday. He ran to her and cut the vines holding her up. Six quickly had to drop his sword to catch her.
Since the pain stopped, she didn't even know there was a world out there, until warm, strong arms wrapped around her. She leaned against him, hearing his heartbeat go insane.
"Christ," she could her him whisper, "Holiday?"
Holiday? What was he talking about? Is that my name? Yeah... it is. But, who is-
"God, Holiday. Please, look at me!," he started begging.
Six?
Holiday's eyes snapped open, instantly regretting it from the light, but she just had to be sure. She wrapped an arm around him for leverage and dipped her head up to see his face.
Son of a bitch.
"Six?," she said, before a grin wrapped itself around her face.
Six looked down at her white skin, dark eyes, blood red splotches all over her, and a beautiful smile of her face.
She's... okay.
Holiday felt insanely stupid to believe that Six wouldn't come for her, but she didn't care how stupid she felt. The rest of the world didn't exist. Six was there and everything was ok.
She felt a stabbing pain in her chest and knew instantly what it was.
Oh no, no, no.
Six felt her violently flinch and seen her happy face turn dark with worry and fear. She pushed off of him and backed up, holding her injured arm.
"Six, you have to get out of here."
There was a sudden pause in Six's brain. What?
"Take Rex and get out of here, now!," she screamed at him, clutching her arm.
"Holiday, wha-," there was a crash behind him as Rex was knocked into a wall, straddling the vines. Six looked over to Rex, who was in a problematic situation, and shifted his attention back to Holiday, who-... What!
She stared down at her arm as the index finger started becoming long and pointed, in a very painful way. The arm as a whole twitched violently as she tried to hold it off.
She's... becoming an Evo? But, then, how did that- No. He didn't. He couldn't... He did, didn't he?
There was only one way out and that wasn't what Holiday proposed. "Rex!," he yelled over his shoulder, "we're switching jobs!"
She looked up at him with an incredilous look. Even in that dire situation, the first thing that came to her mind was, Job! Is her serious?
Six quickly picked up his katana and severed the vines trapping Rex, then stood between him and Van Kleiss. "Cure her, Rex," he said.
The teen looked over at Holiday, who he hadn't got a real good look at, yet.
Oh god, she looks horrible! Is she hurt? What did he mean by-
Rex saw her hand, becoming slowly obscured. His eyes widened, but he didn't hesitate. He quickly started to run to her.
Kleiss aimed his vines at Rex again, but Six suddenly stood in the way, hacking them off as they came. Once Van Kleiss let down his offensive, Six told him, "I'm your target, now."
That twitched a small smile out of him. "Are you now?," he said before attacking Six with a flood of vines and pushing him back out into the entrance hall.
Holiday followed the movements as Six was blown out of the room. She gasped, suddenly a lot more worried than before, when Rex ran up to her.
"Holiday?," he said, stopping beside her.
She cringed away from him. "You have to get out of here, Rex, before I completely turn," she said, worry all over her face. She wasn't worried for herself, though she was terrified about what would become of her, it wasn't her main worry. Holiday knew that if Van Kleiss took this much of an interest in here, then she would be powerful and, probably, unstoppable. Rex wouldn't be able to stop her, simply because of their bond. Six... She really didn't know about Six. If she was of 'interest' then she guessed she could beat the agent, but she had no idea if he would... try.
"Come on, it's me," he said, "I can cure you!"
"I don't think I can be cured, Rex."
"Then, at least, just let me try!," he said, holding out his hand.
In that second, looking in his eyes, she knew that it didn't matter what she said. He would tackle her down, if it came to it.
She held her injured arm out to him.
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Six cut a flip and righted himself, just in time to see Van Kleiss appear in front of him, out of the vines.
That damn smile.
He had never felt like this before. The unconditional hatred for the man in front of him, who would not stop smiling like that. Her face, worried, bloody, and scared, flashed through his mind. He never seen her so scared and he knew that she wasn't scared about what would happen to her. She was scared that she'd hurt, maybe kill, one of her 'boys'. She'd been calling them that for years, and Six didn't mind it. Without realizing it, he actually liked it. Those thoughts just made his chest hurt worse.
In his right hand, he tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword. With the other, he reached up and took off his shades, revealing sharp black eyes. He threw the glasses away and, with a swish of his arm, brought out his other sword.
Kleiss patiently smiled.
Six knew why. It was because she couldn't be cured. That it was already too late. That Kleiss had gotten his way and he and Rex were going to die, by her hands.
Instead, he had a strong trust in the boy and all the faith of the world in her. They weren't going to die.
I might, but they won't.
He tightened his grip on his left sword and brought them both up in a fighting stance.
"Bring it."
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Blue lines flickered through Holiday's arm, but that's all they managed to do.
She was kneeling on the ground, Rex kneeling in front of her, with her fingers slowly getting longer and traveling up his arm.
"Ugh," he let out another failed sigh, as he reached down to grab both arms and tried again.
She looked down at her arms, the blue lines crawling through them and flickering in and out of existence. What Kleiss did to her was disturbing and painful, but Rex's power was warm and strange. It did hurt, but it was a completely different pain, almost like a good one.
Tears wanted to spill out of her eyes. Rex was getting nowhere, fast, and she was quickly changing. With every second he spent here, meant a few less seconds they had to get away from her. She tried again, pleading with him this time.
"Please, Rex," she begged, looking back up at his sweating face, "Please, just leave, please."
"I can stop it," he said, taking a breath, "but you have to believe me." He looked up at her, terrified, "I can do this, but you have to trust me. You have to believe I can do this, Holiday. You have to let me cure you."
She looked at him, a tear spilling out.
If it doesn't work, then- No. He won't leave. I have to do this.
She gulped. "Ok, Rex," she said quietly and slowly, "I trust you."
He gave her a sad and wavering smile, then tried again. This time, the blue lines travelled further up her arms and glowed a brilliant blue.
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This is about as short as the last chap, but it's jam packed with goodies!
Tomorrow, I have a farmer's market and wedding to go to, so, while I will work on the next chap, I can't promise it'll be up tomorrow or not. I'll try, but we'll see.
That new episode was odd and epic at the same time. Kinda scewed up the fic... but who cares! It's a fanfic! :D
R&R =)