A.N. So new chapter, can't say much else about this chapter without really giving much of the major stuff away, so yeah, meet ya at the bottom.

Disclaimer: I do not claim rights to Wakfu or Generator Rex

Chapter 6

Friend On the Inside

Yugo wasn't sure what he was expecting, but he wasn't shocked to find Amalia within the petting zoo, completely at ease surrounded by the usually vicious vegetation. She almost seemed to be conversing with them as she nodded occasionally, then that plants shifted, almost as though they turned to look right at him and moments later Amalia turned and caught sight of Yugo standing in the distance.

"They said, you usually come through here." She said as she stood, then she turned back to the plants that seemed to have grown in number since Yugo arrived. "They said you seem to have a burden on your shoulders, and wish to ask why you not tell your friends and relieve some of the pain."

Yugo was about to reply when he realized that Amalia just inadvertently answered Yugo's question. "Wait so you can understand the plants?" Yugo asked, changing the subject and trying to get a clear answer. Amalia seemed to have caught on to Yugo's game but ended up not calling him out on it as she tried to explain.

"It's more like my nanites are able to understand theirs and we communicate that way, though I really only get a slight idea of what they want to say and have to translate the majority." Yugo nodded. Then moments later found himself sitting upon the grass with the plant based EVO, the vegetation around the two moving and almost seeming to get antsy about something.

"What's wrong with the plants?" Yugo inquired as he outstretched his hand, slightly surprised as one of the vines came to meet it and, contrary to past behavior, gently wrapped around the limb almost in a way of greeting. Amalia sat for a moment the turned to Yugo. "They are still waiting for their answer, but I wanted to wait till you were ready to answer." She explained, as in his head Yugo sighed and remembered dodging the question earlier.

"Right, that." Yugo looked to the vines again, then to his companion. "I guess I don't talk about it is because I don't want to burden anyone else with it. I mean Chibi and Grougal are too young, at least to me, to tell them that someone we thought died years ago had actually been kept in a cage here unable to recognize even me, I think it'd just be to much for them." Once again he looked to the ground as he continued. "Then there's Adamai, I'm sticking with providence because Rex said they'd help me get him back but so far I haven't heard anything about him or Van Kleis, and I don't want to be an annoyance by asking about it constantly."

A silence decended upon the two as they sat, then Yugo felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and turned to meet the gentle eyes of Amalia. "I understand your feelings Yugo, but you can't keep pushing it down. Sooner or later you're going to break under the things you try to hide from the others, and I have a feeling that they are all worried for you as you are for them." She smiled gently as she finished and tightened her grip on his shoulder in a reassuring way.

Yugo smiled back at her. "Thanks, that's probably one of the things I needed to hear." The two continued sitting, talking with one another as they began learning about eachother.

As their conversation lulled into a peaceful silence the snapping of a twig alerted the two to an approaching figure, the two turned just as the vines lashed out, grabbing ahold of the stranger as Yugo recognized the vibrant jacket. "Amalia, it's Rex, can you see if the plants will let him go?" Yugo said as he stood and walked over to where the vines were holding onto the EVO teen.

"Yes please." Rex said as he stopped stuggling with the plant watching as Amalia placed her hand upon the plants base and stopped. It took a few moments but the plants quickly released their grip upon Rex and the teen was left falling the short distance to the ground.

"What do you need Rex?" Yugo asked as he helped Rex up from the ground.

Before answering his question Rex brushed himself free of all the dirt that clung to him after his short fall, once that was done her turned back to Yugo.

"Well, and I will sound completely stupid saying this but, I just remembered that there's this girl, Circe, who I kinda hit it off with earlier, who works with the pack." Yugo stared at Rex guessing where this was going but not wanting to get his hopes up. "What I meant to say is that if I can get into contact with her we may be able to get at least a little info on your brother."

Now that Rex had finished and had just confirmed his suspicions, Yugo grabbed Rex by the shoulders and began shaking him. "You mean you just remembered this now, and I've been sitting here worrying about my brother, worrying if he is even alive and you're telling me you could get the answers that easily!"

Rex allowed the blond a few minutes to release their frustration before he grabbed Yugo's arms, eased his hands from his shoulders and looked the other in the eye. "Yugo it wouldn't have been that easy, Circe is already being watched by Van Kleis, and she is having a hard enough time meeting with me as it is."

Yugo brushed Rex's arms from his as he turned away from the navy haired teen. He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Amalia who had been watching silently, Yugo had been hoping that she would say something but she remained where she was and just as silent.

Then he cast a sideways glance to Rex. "Then why bring it up?" He asked while anger still lingered in his voice. As time passed and nothing else was said Yugo began to believe that Rex was just messing with him, that he just wanted to get his hopes up.

Just as Yugo was ready to turn away Rex stopped him with another hand on his shoulder, turning the blond back around to face him, and Rex, despite the the situation smiled. "I didn't just tell you to get your hopes up and bring the back donw, I told you because Circe recently contacted me, saying that she needed to talk."

Rex now had Yugo's undevided attention as the blond stared, waiting to see if there were more to Rex's revelation or if the Providence Agent was finished with what he had to say. Finally when it became evident that Rex had nothing else to put in Yugo pointed out a major detail that the other had forgotten to mention.

"Right so your going to meet this 'girlfriend' of yours, but when are you going to meet with her?"

Rex looked shocked, or pretended at least as he pointed a finger towards the shorter teen. "Okay so first gotta get this out of the way, Circe is not my girlfriend, the two of us a just friends." Yugo crossed his arms not really believing was Rex had stated but going along with it as he gestured for Rex to continue. "To answer your question Circe and I were planning on meeting Saturday." Yugo's eyes narrowed but he allowed Rex to continued uninterrupted. "She was going to slip away from the Pack for a few hours and I was going to say that I was going to hang with Noah for a bit."

"So what am I supposed to do, just stay here, while you and this Pack member discuss my brother?" Yugo inquired, though by his tone Rex and Amalia could tell that it was a question that he was demanding an answer for. " For all you and I both know this Circe could just be feeding you false information, maybe lead you into a trap! Maybe I'm just wasting my time and should try to get my brother back on my own." Yugo finished, turning his back on Rex and Amalia as he made his way out of the petting zoo.

The two remaining EVOs were silent as they watched Yugo's retreating back. "Guess he held it in to long." Rex turned, surprised to have heard the new EVO say anything after remaining silent through the whole conversation, than he had to ask.

"What do you mean, 'held it in to long'?" Without turning away from where Yugo had disappeared Amalia answered.

"It's one of the things that him and I were discussing before you interrupted." She than turned to Rex. "He's hurting and extremely worried, he feel's like he has no one to talk to or ask for help so he burden's himself with this pain and uncertainty, and now that you mentioned this meeting, I fear he may do something drastic that may only make matters worse." Rex stared at her gentle eyes' seeing a vast knowledge hidden within them as she stared back.

"I would suggest catching up to him before he does any of a number of drastic things that one may do in this situation."

With those words spoken Rex ran, her left the petting zoo and asked everyone he past if they had seen the blond EVO, finally he got an answer and made his way to his room that Providence had set up for his and the twins when they had first arrived. He crashed through the door and found Yugo sitting on his bed, holding a Grougal in his lap and supporting a Chibi leaning on his shoulders as both young boys comforted their adoptive older brother.

Upon noticing Rex in the room, Chibi released himself from Yugo's shoulders and ran to were Rex stood. After stopping at Rex's feet the young boy began pounding at Rex's legs with him little fists and at points kicked at his shins with his miniature feet. Looking up Rex found that Grougal and Yugo had yet to move and were simply watching the tantrum take place.

"You hurt Yugo! You big bully!" Chibi yelled as he continued pounding away at Rex's legs. The teen under attack did nothing to stop it as he stood and allowed the child to let his anger out.

Finally Yugo stood up from the bed, Grougal now held in his arms, and stopped behind Chibi. The dirty blond teen placed a hand on the child's shoulders which stilled their fists and calmed their rage as he smiled down at they short frame.

"It's okay Chibi, I think you made your point, now how about you and Grougal go to the petting zoo and meet Amalia and I will be right there." With that said Yugo set Grougal down and the two boys snuck past Rex then raced out the door and ran down the hallway to the petting zoo to do as he had told them to.

Once the door automatically shut behind the two boys Yugo turned to Rex. "I don't care when you go to talk to this Circe 'not your girlfriend' chick, but you have to at least promise me that when you get back from the meeting you'll tell me any and all information you got regarding my brother,no matter what it is." His tone left no room for argument and Rex knew that after he had stormed out of the petting zoo earlier that this was probably the best possible outcome.

With that thought Rex nodded his head in agreement. "Deal, though I wasn't going to with hold any information y I begin with." Rex could tell from the look that Yugo gave him that the other was doubting his claim.

"Lokk I swear if you think I was going to go to White Knight and talk to him about this I wasn't, if anyone needs this information it's you." Still Yugo's gaze appeared unbelieving as he continued to stare at Rex with his brown eyes.

"Look after I talk to Circe I will come straight to you with any and all info, no one else in Providence with hear it before or after you unless you say otherwise, okay?" Rex tried again then quickly added a quick "I promise Yugo." Finally Yugo's faze softened and he gaze a smirk.

"Fine, but you had best keep that promise." He held out his had and the two shook, not only sealing the deal but also as a way of making up after their argument in the petting zoo.

"Now all we have to do is wait for Saturday."

A.N. Ugh I tried, I really did but I'm just not as motivated with this story recently, any ideas on what you guys want to see I'd love to hear them, they may give me that little push back into motivation and away from procrastination... you never know.

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