Hey guys! Before we even begin, I want to apologize like a mad person for this half assed chapter. Or as far as I'm concerned it is. I mean I've just been so damn busy lately with the wedding that I've barely gotten a chance to write. But I don't wanna go too long without updating this, so hopefully this chapter is somewhat decent =( I apologize most sincerely to the person that requested this chapter for it's half assed-ness =(
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A special thank you to Hawpath13, who so kindly advertised this story on her story I Owe You. And to anyone who decided to check this out through that. So I'm gonna go check I Owe You out now, and I suggest you guys do the same =]
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"So remind me why we're doing this again?" Bobo grumbled as he dropped the balloon he'd just finished blowing up.
"Because it's Rex's birthday, Bobo, I thought we covered this about an hour ago" Dr. Holiday said, finishing up the last few touches on the nicely decorated room.
"No, I mean why are you throwing the kid a party to begin with? It's not even his real birthday. God knows when his real birthday is..." Bobo trailed off, picking up another balloon.
"It doesn't matter. It's the day that Six found him and it's just as good as" Holiday replied "He needs something like this to hold on to. To build memories on. It's healthy. And besides he's been a little down for a while now, since Six's been gone. This'll cheer him up."
"Psh" Bobo rolled his one visible eye. "Gimme a break, if anything the kid's probably happy the ninja's been out shooting EVOs in god knows where for the past few days. Keeps him out of the petting zoo at six in the morning."
"Six means more to Rex than you think" Holiday said. "Especially, now because he left on a rather…bad note."
"Well, the kid did get on his last nerve breaking out the second before he had to leave. Not to mention he had to delay his mission 'cause White wasn't done lecturing him about controlling his charges. I would've killed the kid too" Bobo said reasonably.
"Yes, but the fact that Six left for such a dangerous mission on such a bad note is what upset Rex" Holiday said, a little louder than she'd intended with a bit of a "why don't you understand?" look.
"Whatever you say" Bobo shrugged.
"I called Six and told him to pick something up for Rex on his way back."
"And his chances of actually doing that are…" Bobo raised a brow. When Holiday remained silent, he continued. "Plus, he ain't getting' back till tomorrow so there's no use."
"Bobo, shh" she hushed the monkey. "So we've got the cake, the decorations, the presents-we're good, right?" Holiday sighed finally turning to the monkey.
"Yeah, yeah, just call the kid in" Bobo waved a hand.
Holiday smiled and clicked on the comm. device in her ear. She waited a while for Rex to respond. And when he did, with a dull "Yeah?" she said, softly "Hey honey, do you think you can come down to the lab for a minute?"
The response Holiday got was a deep sigh and a "Sure, anything for you, doc."
And a good five minutes or so later, the doors slid open, revealing the (technically) eleven year old boy. He looked a bit surprised to see the lab full of such colors. "What's all this?"
"Well, today marks a whole year since Six found you and brought you here, so I decided to officially adopt this day as your birthday" Holiday explained. "And I thought I'd set up a few things for your birthday." She stepped out of the way of the large table that contained some balloons, two wrapped presents and a circular chocolate decorated cake.
"Oh…wow" Rex breathed, walking over to Holiday "Thanks…" He spoke, in shock. That someone would actually bother doing something like that for him. He looked up at Holiday, looking like he was about to break down. "I saw on the t.v once…about birthdays-this is real nice." And then, much to Holiday's surprise, Rex jumped forward and hugged her.
Holiday smiled and returned the hug.
"Thanks, this really, really means a lot" Rex said quietly.
"You're welcome, honey" Holiday said equally as soft.
"And you too Bobo" Rex said, briefly pulling away from Holiday. "Thanks. This is real nice of you."
Bobo huffed, a bit stung at being called nice. But decided just to say "No problem kid." For his sake.
"Hey" Rex said suddenly perking up and looking towards the table "Cake looks real good."
Of course after the look Rex gave that chocolate cake, it was gone within minutes. Aside from one slice, which Rex had insisted on leaving for Six-no matter how long it took the man to come back. After that he'd gone straight for the presents.
First was Bobo's present, which was blatantly a banana in wrapping paper with a bow on top. Still, it served Rex's stomach well for a good three minutes or so in which he opened Holiday's present
Next, he'd torn open Holiday's box, which had been wrapped in bright blue wrapping paper. It contained a brand new basketball, like the ones he'd see on t.v and ask Six for all the time. He'd been very excited to break out and find a court to use it on-to which Holiday quickly told him to just use the base's gym instead…he'd get in much less trouble that way.
"Thanks a million, Holly!" Rex shouted gently bouncing his new basketball up and down. "This is so awesome. Can we do this every year?"
"Well, that is the point of a birthday, right?" Holiday smiled "It comes once a year."
"Alright!" Rex grinned. And just when he was about to say more, the doors to the lab slid open. All three occupants of the room turned to see who it was. And much to their surprise, it was Six. And they would have been a little more excited, had they not noticed the condition the agent was in. There was blood streaming down the side of his face and his left arm looked unusually limp.
"Six!" Rex called out to the man on the other side of the lab, but before he could continue, Six began walking towards them.
"Holiday" he said a bit colder than usual "Fix this" he gestured towards his arm "Now."
"Um, yeah, sure" Holiday said, a bit startled by his sudden entrance. Six didn't even spare the other two in the room a glance. He walked to the other side of the lab, seated himself at Holiday's check-up table and waited for the doctor.
Holiday was quick to meet him there and prepare to check him up. She vaguely wondered if he'd listened to her and gotten anything for Rex. She looked over at him and when he looked back, she gave him and expectant look. But he simply raised a brow and looked away. Great. He forgot.
Holiday looked back to Rex, who looked worried and disappointed at the same time. Worried cause Six looked like hell and disappointed because the agent had pretty much crashed his little party and was probably gonna get back to killing him when he was alright again.
Holiday got out her materials, but before she could begin, Six stopped her.
"Wait."
This time she raised a brow at him.
"Rex" he called, turning to where the boy stood frozen.
Rex jumped a bit upon hearing his name. He looked at Six with a bit of a confused expression.
"Come here." It was a simply command, but Rex wasted absolutely no time to obey. He quickly dashed over and stood in front of Six, head low.
"Have you broken out since I left?" Six asked, staring a hole through the boy.
"No" Rex shook his head.
"Have you given the doctor any trouble?"
"No."
"Have you given anyone any kind of trouble?"
"…No."
"Good."
"No-wait what?"
"Good."
Rex blinked at his guardian. Well that was new. Good. Good was an improvement. Good was a compliment. Good was…well, good. He gave the smallest smile.
"Here" Six said as he reached his good hand into his coat and pulled out an average sized rectangular cardboard box and pushed it towards Rex. Both Holiday and Rex's faces visibly lit up upon seeing Six hand it over. He didn't forget.
Rex took the box and immediately threw the cover open. Clothing. It was clothing. Looked like a jacket with a pair of black gloves on top of them Rex put the box down on the table next to Six and took the gloves off of the jacket, put them aside and took the jacket from the box. It unfolded as he held it out in front of himself, looking it over. It was a red jacket with two orange stripes on each upper arm and orange borders at the bottom and sleeves. Rex smiled at the jacket. Looked pretty hot. Probably a size or two too big, but it still looked pretty good. He looked past the jacket, at the gloves he'd laid near the box. With those gloves the jacket would look great.
He lowered the jacket and looked at Six with a smile. "Thanks a million, Six. This looks totally awesome!"
"Thought you'd like it" Six said.
Rex grinned and began putting the jacket on.
"Listen, Rex" Six said, directing the boy's attention back to him. Rex looked back at him, halfway through putting the jacket on. "I don't enjoy yelling at and lecturing you" Six continued. "So don't make me have to do it."
Rex nodded. "Got it." He finished putting on his jacket with a smile. He supposed that was Six's way of apologizing.
"Now, go. Entertain yourself. I let you keep a talking monkey for a reason" Six said gesturing towards the door.
"Kay, bye Six! Bye Holly!" Rex cried as he grabbed his new belongings and dashed back towards where Bobo was waiting.
Six and Holiday heard a vague "Bobo, Bobo, Bobo, look what Six gave me!" before the sound of the doors. Holiday chuckled and looked up at Six. "Wow. You do have a heart."
"Very, funny, doctor" Six said in his usual monotone voice. "Now if you will."
"Yes, of course" Holiday said with a suppressed grin. The day hadn't gone nearly as she'd expected it. She hadn't managed an average birthday party for Rex, but it was close. And in a place like Providence, that was good enough.
Well, that's that. Hopefully it came out somewhat near decent. Hopefully Six wasn't a bit too mushy there...
On a random note, anyone heard the song I'm Yours by The Script? That song is like... if Six and Holiday were together that would be their song. No doubt =] That song is just so touching. It's very emotional and I'd highly recommend it. Plus it really reminds me of Six =D Any thoughts?
Alright, so as one reviewer brought to my attention, I ask questions, but I don't answer them myself. So I'm gonna do that from now on XD As for the question for the last chapter, my lifesong would have to be I'm Still Here by The Goo Goo Dolls. Yes that song from Treasure Planet XD It's a great song and it describes me perfectly =]
As for this chapter's question: What are some of your most favorite fandoms aside from Generator Rex? Some of mine would have to be, Star Wars, Harry Potter, James Bond and Alex Rider.
Oh and another thing, the idea of Six giving Rex his signature jacket-which is what it was for those of you that didn't notice XD Is based on a part from a really good fanfiction-I'm not really really recalling the name of it right now, but it's based on a part where Six gives Rex his signature goggles for his birthday. It's a really nice idea and I thought I'd take a bit from it. Just thought I'd let that out and give some credit to the fic that inspired part of this =]
Reviews are love!