Hey, guys! Welcome to the next chapter of, 'Generator Rex, Red Spectator Danika and War Machine Soap!'. I hope that you guys will enjoy the new chapter...anyway, I don't own anything except for my OCs, as the OCs Soap Rodriguez and Mina belong entirely to 9655.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
"Ugh, we should've brought doughnuts..." A bored Generator Rex says with a heavy sigh as we see him, Red Spectator, War Machine Soap, Sludgepuppy, and Agent Six standing on top of a random building placed in Downtown Hong Kong as they were all in the middle of a stakeout.
"Do they even have doughnuts in Hong Kong?" War Machine Soap asked curiously as Danika turned to nod at him.
"Yep, saw a Donut Shop when we were making our way here." Red Spectator says as Soap perks up and nods excitedly as Eliza looks around confusedly.
"Speaking off, why are we here exactly? Since when did we become cops?" A bewildered Sludgepuppy asked as Agent Six narrowed his eyes seriously.
"Since EVOs started becoming criminals." Agent Six says just as the doors to a bank placed below blow up as we see three Human EVOs making their way out of it.
Standing below them is a 5'8-feet-tall, 16-year-old Male Human/Mummy EVO with pupilless red eyes, a bald head, no ears/nose, a small mouth, a sharp chin, his entire body is completely made of white fabric bandages, a tall muscularly slim build, and his outfit consists of a sleeveless black tank top, a black belt with a silver belt buckle, long black jeans, and no shoes. His name is Tuck, an old and good friend of Rex and Soap as he used to be a member of Rex's old street gang and Skwydd and Cricket's friend as, due to being made entirely out of white fabric and bandages, he has the power to unravel himself to stretch himself and shapeshift.
Standing below them is a 5'6-feet-tall, 15-year-old Female Human/Grasshopper EVO with green eyes, shoulder-length magenta hair, thin black eyebrows, a small nose, tiny pale green spikes on her cheeks, a sharp chin, D-Cup Breasts, a pair of pale green five-fingered slender arms with large pale green spikes on them, Pale Green Skin, a short yet slender build, a heart-shaped thick ass, a pair of significantly large pale green three-jointed hind limbs with two light-colored claw-like toes on his feet along with one on the back, and her outfit consists of a sleeveless red vest with a sleeveless blue shirt underneath, and a short brown skirt as she wears no shoes. Her name is Cricket, an old and good friend of Rex and Soap as she used to be a member of Rex's old street gang and Skwydd and Tuck's friend as she has developed insect-like abilities such as superhuman agility and massive leg strength as Cricket has the ability to jump impressively high and at blinding speeds.
Standing below them is a 5'4-feet-tall, 14-year-old Male Human/Squid EVO with pupilless blue eyes, shoulder-length yellowish-green tentacle-like hair, no ears/nose, a small mouth, a sharp chin, a pair of muscularly thick pale yellowish-green four-fingered arms, Pale Yellowish-Green Skin, a short slim build, and his outfit consists of a long-sleeved pale blue hoodie with a white tank top underneath, a black belt with a silver belt buckle, long black jeans, and a pair of black shoes. His name is Skwydd but his friends call him 'Sky', an old and good friend of Rex and Soap as he used to be a member of Rex's old street gang and Cricket and Tuck's friend as he has developed squid-like abilities like his tentacle hair, his squid arms, and the ability to spew black clouds of ink.
"Right. Think maybe we could've jumped in there before they blew up the building?" Generator Rex asked Agent Six, who had summoned his Magnet Blades as he gave him a dry look.
"That would require knowing which one they were in," Agent Six says while leaping into action as Sludgepuppy snorted amusedly.
"He got you there, dude."
"Enough talk, time for action." War Machine Soap says with a serious glare as Red Spectator grins widely.
"I was hoping you'd say that." Red Spectator says while she and the others drop down from the roof of the building and land on the ground as Generator Rex's arms glow with blue circuitry-like lines as he summons his Dual Slam Cannons, Red Spectator Danika summons her dual armored spiked red gauntlets with dual flashes of red light, War Machine Soap's body was covered with purple circuitry-like lines as he raised his arms and summoned a bunch of purple giant vines that ejected out of the ground, and Sludgepuppy swiftly morphed into her EVO Sludgy Form as Agent Six stalked up to them stoically and a bunch of Providence Agents appeared as they surrounded Tuck, Sky, and Cricket.
"Providence? Quarry's not gonna like this." Sky says with a deadpanned yet worried tone as he, Tuck, and Cricket get into their battle poses.
"Lower your appendages! Nobody move!" One of the Providence Agents screamed as the trio shared a look and quickly separated to begin attacking them as the Providence Agents instantly opened fire on them but missed as a smug Generator Rex stepped forward.
"Try doing it like this! Freeze, suckas!" Generator Rex exclaimed while using the maws on the back ends of his weapons to extend them into the ground and they reloaded multiple solid rock-covered materials for ammunition as he proceeded to fire one balled-up rocky material over at Cricket, who jumped up high into the air to avoid it and twirled backwards to land on the roof as she then launched herself over to try and attack Rex, but he was able to react quickly and shrunk down his builds to be five times smaller than they should be as the Hispanic Teenager dropped down to his back and raised one of his Slam Cannons up into the air to fire a second solid rock-covered material that collided against a surprised Cricket and sends her flying away.
"You know what?! I'm in the mood for some calamari!" A grinning Red Spectator screamed while rushing over to deliver several powerful punches at Sky, who raised his armored squid arms and used them to protect him from her attacks as he then opened up his mouth and expelled a big cloud of black ink, which would've blinded Danika...if she wasn't wearing her helmet and used its heat signature vision to locate Sky as Red Spectator ran over to deliver a strong punch across his face to send him flying away.
"Oh, no, you don't!" A glaring Sludgepuppy says after spotting Agent Six running over to try and slash apart Tuck, who unraveled himself and stretched around to avoid his attacks as he tries to slam his bag filled with money at the Agent's face, only for Sludgepuppy to stretch herself over to them and morphed her left arm into a blade as she proceeds to slash the bag apart, causing all of the money to fall out as Rex spotted this and scoffed as he rolled his eyes boredly and leaped back onto his feet as the Hispanic Male EVO regrew his builds back to their original size.
"Bank heist? You're EVOs. Step it up a little." Generator Rex criticized just as a recovered Cricket was planning to attack him from behind, but he was able to easily predict this and used the maws on the back ends of his weapons to extend them backwards to hit a surprised Cricket as she was sent crashing down into the ground with a pained groan.
"Alright, time to end this!" War Machine Soap screamed while raising his arms and had his dark purple vines wrap around the trio's bodies, restraining them as Tuck reacted quickly and unraveled himself as he stretched over to his friends and raised his arms as Tuck sharpened his fingers and proceeded to slash apart the vines restraining his friends, allowing Sky to open up his mouth and expelled a big cloud of black ink that blinded everyone in the street as the trio were quick to get away.
"Rex!"
"On it!" Generator Rex screamed while desummoning his builds as he gained blue circuitry-like lines on his back, and swiftly summoned his Boogie Pack as he used the turbine wings to create compressed air that blew away the thick ink-black smoke. "Man, I don't even know what that stuff is."
"Same." A gagging Sludgepuppy says as a glaring Agent Six turns to everyone.
"Split up!" Six ordered as Red Spectator reached over to place her hand on Rex's shoulder and absorb his Nanites as dark red circuitry-like lines appeared on her legs and summoned her Spectator Ride while purple circuitry-like lines appeared all across War Machine Soap's body and summons a couple of Cheetah-like purple mechanical heads, armor, gauntlets, a tail, and boots as everyone separates from each other, and after twenty minutes of searching, an airborne Generator Rex was able to locate Tuck as he flew after him but then groaned as random memories began appearing in his head and Rex saw a fan spinning rapidly, a cat-shaped lantern swinging on a line above them, some type of configuration of wheels, and Soap and him leaping between rooftops with a laugh as Generator Rex lost control of his flight and flew down to crash down into the ground while de-summoning his build as, unknown to him, Tuck walked up to him stoically and raised a large boulder, intending to knock out Rex but stopped upon getting a good look on him and gasped sharply as he dropped the rock.
"Rex?!" An excited Tuck says while going over to help up Generator Rex as he raises an eyebrow confusedly.
"Uh...do I know you?"
"It's me, Tuck. I used to be your best friend remember? You used to be one of us. Welcome home." Tuck says, surprising Rex as he eyes him confusedly.
"Uh, seriously. Who are you?"
"...Oh, you had another one of your memory things, didn't you?" A sympathetic Tuck says with a knowing tone as Rex looks shocked by what he said. "Anyway, I can't believe that you got some new builds. They are all just as sick as the Big Hurt, Crash Hat, and Slick Trick. By the way, why haven't you used them on us earlier? Slick Trick would've been way better to catch us faster, but hey, I guess that having Soap use his vine things seemed like a sure bet...that was Soap, right? Because I recognize those vines anywhere."
"Wait, what? What are you talking about?" A bewildered Generator Rex asked just as a police siren rang out as Tuck grinned.
"Got to go. You know where to find us." Tuck says while unraveling himself into white fabric bandages as he squeezes through one of the cracks in the alley, and a deadpanned Rex turns to glare at the police officers.
"Sirens? Really? That's nice, real subtle, guys."
~[Generator Rex, Red Spectator Danika and War Machine Soap Theme Song!]~
So, make way to start the revolution
Make way we're gonna have fun tonight
After appearing in space, we see the Earth floating around in space elegantly with the sun shining behind it as everything seems to be pretty normal...until a massive explosion occurred somewhere on Earth and it washed over the whole planet as a global event known as the, 'Nanite Event', just occurred, and, after fast-forwarding five years into the future, we see a grinning Generator Rex standing in an orange background with a giant silver gear that had the symbol of a Nanite placed behind him as Agent Six and Bobo stood beside him as one brandished his Magnet Blades while the other pulled out his EVO Blasters as Rex merely raised his arms, and they glowed brightly with blue circuitry-like lines as he generated his Smack Hands and threw a powerful punch across the readers' faces with a loud yell.
Make way to start the revolution
So make way
A smirking Danika stood in a red background with the symbol of her Red Spectator Coin placed behind her as she swiftly transformed into her Super Form and summoned her spiked armored gauntlets as Red Spectator's Armor gained dark red circuitry-like lines and created a pair of red mechanical bat-like wings on her back as well as a red version of her own B.F.F.S. and Dr. Holiday and Sludgepuppy appeared beside her as the badass bitch was wearing her battle armor and summoned her battle energy gauntlets as Eliza swiftly transformed into her EVO Sludgy Form and grew in size to be 50-feet-tall while morphing her arms into a pair of sledgehammers as Danika proceeds to fly over to give the readers a mighty slash with a hearty laugh and a big grin on her face.
So, make way to start the revolution
Make way to start the revolution
So make way
A determined War Machine Soap stood in a purple background with a huge silver gear that had the symbol of a roaring lion on it placed behind him as Mira stood beside him and pulled out her EVO Blaster as Soap swiftly raised his arms, and they glowed brightly with purple circuitry-like lines as he created a pair of purple mechanical bear-like gauntlets and ran over to slash at the screen with a threatening yell as the title of the story appeared in front of the readers.
~[Generator Rex, Red Spectator Danika and War Machine Soap Theme Song Over!]~
"Soap, Danika, and I want to go undercover," Generator Rex says while he and the others ride around on a Providence Tank and are having a meeting with White Knight as Agent Six gives them a serious glare.
"It's not undercover if they know who you three are,"
"You know what we mean. A solo mission. Turn off the heat and let us track these guys down." War Machine Soap says, remembering what Rex told him and Danika after he lost Tuck as they in turn informed him that they were tracking down Cricket when Soap suddenly got memories of the past and crashed down as Red Spectator was forced to ditch Cricket to save him.
"A surprisingly good tactical call, given its source,"White Knight admitted as Danika did a double take in shock.
"Wait, did we just agree on something, White? Man, it must be the end of the world." Red Spectator says with a joking tone while not wearing her helmet as White Knight narrows his eyes seriously.
"Hong Kong command seems to think these EVO Punks are part of a bigger game: a mob boss named Quarry. Find them, gain their trust, take them down."
"Can I come too?" Sludgepuppy asked as Danika shook her head.
"Sorry, sweetie, but this is kind of a personal mission for the boys. I'm just going as their backup."
"Yeah, these guys say they know us. We have to know if it's true."
"It could be a clue to our past," War Machine Soap says with a grim tone as Eliza nods in understanding and Agent Six sighs heavily as he gives them an approving nod and we then fast forward in time as we see Rex, Danika (Who had transformed back into her civilian form), and Soap making their way down the streets of Hong Kong, trying to look for the EVO Thieves, but didn't have much luck as they arrived at a small pond.
"You know where to find us. Yeah right." Rex says with an annoyed scoff as Soap narrows his eyes.
"There has to be a way to..." Soap says before groaning as he holds his head, and visions of the past occur in his head as he sees tons of birds going crazy in their cages, and a train running down the tracks as Soap recovers and turns to the others. "I know where they are. Follow me." Soap says while leading the lovebirds as they arrive at a nearby street and spot a vendor standing behind a shop as he turns to them worriedly.
"唔好去嗰度！嗰個地方有 地方有！(Don't go there! That place has EVOs!),"
"EVOs, then that's definitely where the three of us want to go," Rex says with a serious nod as Danika gives him a surprised look.
"Wait, you understood what he said?"
"Holy shit, I did too. Huh, I guess we understand Cantonese." Soap says with a grin while he and the others continue walking forward as they reach the end of the alleyway and spot Tuck, Sky, and Cricket dropping down in front of them as both groups stare at each other stoically... before Tuck grins and chuckles.
"I really thought we could rattle you this time."
"Yeah? Well, being cornered in a dark alley by Bug Girl and Tentacle Boy isn't exactly a pee-your-pants situation for us," Rex says with a cocky smirk as Sky narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"I want to make sure it's really Rex and Soap. Show us your left and right arms." Sky says as the duo nods and Rex and Soap hold out their left and right arms.
"Ink check." Tuck ordered as, much to the trio's surprise, two Voice-Activated Black Nano Ink Tattoos appeared on Rex and Soap's wrists.
"What the? How did you-?"
"Voice-Activated Nano Ink Tattoos," Tuck said while showing his Voice-Activated Black Nano Ink Tattoo on his right shoulder, Cricket moved her hair to reveal the Voice-Activated Black Nano Ink Tattoo on her neck, and Sky raised one of his tentacle hairs to reveal the Voice-Activated Black Nano Ink Tattoo on it. "Rex and Soap came up with it."
"We had a problem with a shapeshifter once," Sky explained with an annoyed glare as the black tattoos disappeared.
"Wow, you two are just full of surprises," Danika said with a smirk as Tuck turned to her curiously and gasped as he pointed over at her.
"Wait, are you Danika Cross AKA Red Spectator?"
"Yeah, I am," Danika says as Sky smirks slyly.
"Oh, so you are the famous Danika that Rex and Soap told us about. The girl with the magic coin that gives her the ability to copy any EVO's powers and Rex's girlfriend." Sky says as Cricket looks disappointed and gives Danika a jealous look as we then fast forward in time, and we see the group arriving at Tuck and the others' hideout, which was placed inside a hollowed-out water tower that housed all kinds of luxuries and furniture and such.
"You guys live here?"
"I know. It's not exactly paradise," Tuck says with a shrug as Soap scoffed and smirked.
"Are you kidding me? This place is awesome. Where did you guys even get this stuff?"
"We lifted it," Sky says with a shrug as he crosses his arms.
"Since you two probably forgot and you haven't met us yet, my name is Tuck. This is Skwydd but we call him Sky for simplicity's sake. And this is Cricket," Tuck introduced while pointing at himself and the others respectively as Danika sighed heavily.
"Alright, look, you guys seemed to be pretty cool, even if you are criminals, but I'm having a little bit of trouble seeing Rex and Soap hanging out with you guys and stealing stuff. Hell, Rex even feels guilty stealing my panties even though I told him it's okay."
"Danika!" An embarrassed and blushing Rex says as Tuck, Soap, and Sky laughed amusedly as Cricket grew even more jealous.
"Look, girl, Rex and Soap didn't just hang out with us. They were a part of our group. Hell, Rex was our leader." Tuck says while reaching over to grab a photo from a shelf and showing it off to the trio as they are shocked to see a 13-year-old Rex and a 15-year-old Soap hanging out with a 14-year-old Tuck, a 13-year-old Cricket, and a 12-year-old Sky.
"Don't you guys still have your book?" Cricket asked curiously as she stepped forward. "You guys kept a journal. Uploaded everything into it. That way, when sooner or later, you two would blink out, at least you'd know who you are...or used to be."
"How many times have we-"
"Lost it?" Tuck asked with a frown as he shook his head. "Never with us, but before, I think it was a lot. Although, I can say that the only thing you two remembered from your old past was that Rex had a girlfriend and that you two were close friends." Tuck explained as Cricket gave Rex a sly smile and brushed her hair back.
"Why is she looking at me like that?" A confused Rex asked as Tuck only gave him and the others a knowing smirk.
"Are you fucking serious? Don't tell me that Rex and Cricket..." Danika trailed off while glaring at Rex suspiciously as they both started dating two years ago.
"Nah, don't worry, Cricket just had a crush on Rex, but he never said anything about it or tried to date her due to wanting to be committed to you," Sky says as Danika and Rex sigh in relief, but then red-haired teenager gasped in realization and turned to the boys.
"Wait, guys, this all makes sense now. Remember when we decided to try and run away from Providence two years ago?"
"Yeah, we do." Soap says with a nod as Rex does the same.
"Well, I was unable to escape with you guys because Agent Six caught me, but you guys were able to make your way to freedom and were gone for a whole year until you guys suddenly showed up at Providence with no memories of anything that happened in the past year. This means that you guys were hanging out with these guys in Hong Kong this whole time."
"Whoa, heavy." A shocked Soap says as Rex then does a double take and turns to Tuck and the others.
"Wait, hold on, I have to ask, what were you saying earlier when you said that I got new builds but didn't use my old ones?" Rex asked Tuck, who sighed heavily as he placed his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, I kind of realized this after I left you guys, but I have come to the conclusion that due to you getting amnesia again, it made you forget about the builds that you used a lot, which makes sense because you told me that you remember having more than three builds but couldn't remember what they were to activate them, but thankfully, you came up with a genius idea to not have yourself forget how to activate your old builds," Tuck says while walking over to grab a tablet and showing it off to the trio as he turns it on and it shows a video of Rex doing training sessions with three builds that the gang had never seen before as Tuck and the others were helping them out. "You had us record you using these builds so that you will know what they look like and how to reactivate these builds."
"We all had our own personal favorite builds. My favorite build is the Crash Hat, which is a juggernaut-like helmet that can grow in size and allow you to easily crash through buildings and tanks with ease." Sky says as a blushing Cricket looked away.
"My favorite is the Big Hurt, which makes you a killer centaur-like armor that makes you a half-man/half-tank, giving you superhuman strength, speed, and durability. You are practically indestructible with that build...plus, I think it's hot that it makes you look like a centaur." Cricket mumbled the last part quietly, but Danika was able to hear this as she narrowed her eyes at her suspiciously.
"My favorite is the Slick Trick, which makes you wear a frictionless suit composed of tiny Nanite-like wheels that made you move like mercury," Tuck explained as Rex nodded in understanding and glanced down at his hands curiously. "Anyway, you and Soap had saved us all from some pretty bad situations."
"Didn't we try to cure you?" A worried Soap asked as Tuck sighed heavily.
"A few got lucky, but they're long gone. We three are deemed 'incurable' by you two, but it's not so bad now. Quarry makes sure we get everything we need."
"Yeah, well, we have bad news for you guys because you now got Providence on your backs and they won't stop until you're gone." Danika pointed out as Rex nodded.
"You guys have got to quit, walk away. Come with us. We can help you."
"You don't walk away from Quarry, Rex," Tuck says with a serious glare as he steps forward. "You get carted out in pieces. When you two were here, we did whatever we wanted. No one messed with us, but things are different now."
"Whoever this Quarry guy is, we're gonna take care of him," Soap promised with a glare just as a giant hulking EVO named, 'Knuckles' suddenly burst into the water tower, blowing the doors off its hinges as he glared at them menacingly.
"Hello, children!" A glaring Knuckles yelled before smashing a pipe and cornering the EVO Thieves as he raised his arms. "I got a special message from the boss! That was an easy job! You choked! And now you will pay!" Knuckles screamed, planning to brutally beat the terrified teenagers up to a bloody pulp, but was stopped by a smirking Generator Rex sliding onto the scene and closing his eyes in concentration as he gained blue circuitry-like lines on his head and used his Nanites to generate a skintight orange juggernaut-like helmet named, 'Crash Hat' as Rex lowered his head and his Crash Hat glowed blue as it suddenly grew to be 20 times its usual size and used it to block Knuckles's attack.
"What the hell?!" A surprised Knuckles asked as War Machine Soap's body was covered with purple circuitry-like lines as he raised his arms and summoned a bunch of purple giant vines that zoomed into the water tower from the outside and wrapped around Knuckles's body, raising him up into the air. "Who the hell are you three?!" Knuckles asked with a shocked tone while struggling to escape from the purple giant vines as a grinning Danika reached into her boob window and pulled out her glowing Red Spectator Coin as she raised it up high into the air heroically.
"It's Morphing Time!"Danika exclaimed while holding up her glowing Red Spectator Coin as a flash of red light occurred, and once it died down, Danika could be seen transformed into her Red Spectator Form. "We are your new best friends." Red Spectator says with a sly tone while walking past War Machine Soap and placing her hands on his chest to absorb his Nanites as she then goes over to Knuckles. "Boop." Red Spectator says with a cheerful tone while tapping Knuckles's chest, being able to cure his Nanites and revert him back into his Human Form, allowing him to slip through the vines and crash down onto the ground as the trio stepped up to him.
"Now we've got a message for your boss." Generator Rex says with a glare while desummoning his build as Soap nods.
"These three are done working for Quarry." War Machine Soap says while pointing over at a stunned Tuck, Cricket, and Sky as a panicking Knuckles turns around to run away and we cue over to Quarry's Lair as we see him entering the meeting room with two bodyguards by his side.
Sitting before him is a 6'5-feet-tall, 45-year-old Male Human EVO with the left side of his face being shattered apart as he has a singular light grey eye, no hair/ears/nose, a hollow black mouth, a sharp pointy chin, Dark Grey Mineral Skin, a tall muscular build, and his outfit consists of black overalls with a long-sleeved high-collared white shirt underneath and a pair of black shoes. His name is Quarry, a villainous EVO who runs a criminal EVO empire.
"She cured me, boss. Red Spectator just reached out and cured me, and not only that but Generator Rex and War Machine Soap are back too."
"Good to know, Knuckles, but the name, it doesn't really suit you anymore, does it? That's a shame."
"Why's that, boss?" A clueless Knuckles asked as Quarry narrowed his eyes stoically.
"Because you're worthless to me now." Quarry says while snapping his fingers as his Enforcers walk forward and corner a scared and trembling Knuckles as they both begin brutally beating him to death. "Huh, so Rex and Soap are back and they brought a new friend with them too. How interesting."
"Want me to take care of them, boss?" A Third Enforcer asked as Quarry scoffed and rolled his eyes dryly.
"Are you kidding me? They'd eat you for breakfast. No, no, they'll come to me, and we have plenty of catching up to do." Quarry says with an ominous tone as we cue back over to the others and we see them running across rooftops of Hong Kong, doing some epic parkour as Tuck stretches out his white fabric bandaged arms to swing across the city, Cricket and Red Spectator were having a little race with each other by leaping through the rooftops with the help of their cricket legs and Punk Busters, Generator Rex rode around in his Rex Ride with a laughing Sky, and War Machine Soap jumped between rooftops while wearing a couple of Kangaroo-like purple mechanical heads, armor, gauntlets, a tail, and boots as they landed on a roof and Danika and the boys disabled their builds as they walked up to the EVO Thieves.
"We do these roof runs every night?" An excited Generator Rex asked as Tuck nodded with a smirk.
"Every night except Tuesdays,"
"Why? What happens on Tuesdays?" War Machine Soap asked curiously as Sky rolled his eyes and scoffed.
"Arts and crafts,"
"What's down there?" Red Spectator asked while pointing down at a warehouse as Cricket huffed a bit.
"A warehouse. It's where Quarry keeps his toys."
"Really?" Generator Rex asked while sharing a sly look with the others as we fast forward in time for a bit, and we see the gang entering Quarry's Warehouse as Tuck looked worried.
"This place is seriously off-limits, guys. Nobody messes with Quarry's things."
"I thought we told you not to worry about that guy anymore," War Machine Soap says while turning on the lights to reveal a large collection of old expensive vintage cars. "No way."
"Yeah, and guess who had to steal tons of money to buy all of these cars?" A deadpanned Sky says as Cricket scoffed and crossed her arms with a glare on her face.
"Quarry can't even drive. He just keeps them here, gathering dust."
"Oh, really? Well, if they are not being used by Quarry. Might as well smash them." Red Spectator Danika says with a smirk, and the boys nod in agreement as dark red circuitry-like lines appear on her arms and summoned her Smack Hands as purple circuitry-like lines appear all across War Machine Soap's body and summons a couple of Rhino-like purple mechanical heads, armor, gauntlets, a tail, and boots as Generator Rex gained blue circuitry-like lines all across his body and used his Nanites to generate a huge bulky orange killer centaur-like body armor with orange armor on the upper part of his body, an armored orange helmet planted on his head, and wore his goggles as this build was named, 'The Big Hurt'.
"Let's wreck this joint!" Generator Rex screamed with a big grin on his face as he ran forward on all fours and began colliding or running over various expensive cars, destroying them as Red Spectator Danika raised her Smack Hands and began making them spin around rapidly like a drill as she proceeds to stretch them over to collide against multiple expensive cars, wrecking them as War Machine Soap ran forward to bulldoze through several expensive cars, thrashing them as we fast forward in time and we see everyone standing in front of Quarry's demolished warehouse with their builds disabled as they all shared a loud laugh.
"I can't believe you three wrecked Quarry's cars," A chuckling Tuck said as Soap shrugged mischievously.
"Well, he can't drive and haven't used the cars in a long time, so we thought that we might as well destroy his precious cars."
"Oh, man. When Quarry finds out..." A worried Sky says just as multiple of Quarry's monstrous guards appear on the scene as they all surround our faithful heroes.
"I think he just did," A concerned Cricket says as Red Spectator goes over to pat her shoulder reassuringly and absorbs her Nanites at the same time.
"We'll handle this," Red Spectator says as Generator Rex steps forward.
"Hey, yeah. I know. You look a little surprised. You see, my girlfriend, our friend, and I here figured since no one was actually driving them, maybe the cars deserve to be at the junkyard. You got a problem with that?" Generator Rex asked as Quarry's Enforcers roared loudly and ran over to attack them as the trio shared a sly look, and Rex gained blue circuitry-like lines all across his body as he used his Nanites to generate an orange/blue frictionless suit composed of tiny Nanite-like wheels with an armored orange helmet planted on his head and wore his goggles as it was named, 'Slick Trick'. "Oh, well, I tried." Generator Rex says with a chuckle while using his new superhuman speed to run around and speed blitz all of Quarry's Enforcers before appearing behind them as he raises his arms and begins spinning them around rapidly, creating dual huge gusts of winds that collide against Quarry's Enforcers and sends them all flying away with a couple of started screams.
"Let's end this." War Machine Soap says with purple circuitry-like lines appearing all across his body and summons several giant purple vines that uprooted themselves from the ground and latched onto the airborne Quarry Enforcers as Soap glared at them all sternly. "Options, leave on your own or with a little help. What's it gonna be?" War Machine Soap asked as Quarry Enforcers said nothing, and Red Spectator smirked cockily as dark red circuitry-like lines appear all across her body and gained pale red spikes on her cheeks and arms while her skin turned pale red as her legs morphed into a pair of significantly large pale red three-jointed hind limbs with two light-colored claw-like toes on his feet along with one on the back as Danika transformed into her Spectator Cricket Form.
"Hasta luego, estupidos!" Red Spectator Danika shouted while leaping up to kick all of Quarry's Enforcers into the air as they all crashed down into the ground, hundreds of feet away with a couple of pained grunts as Quarry's Enforcers all got knocked out by the crash-landing. "Well, that was easy." A smirking Red Spectator says while losing her pale red spikes on her cheeks and arms while losing her pale red skin as her legs morph back to normal.
"This is not going to end well, guys," Tuck says worriedly as Sky nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, those were some of his top enforcers,"
"Seriously? Then taking down this Quarry guy is going to be easier than we thought." Generator Rex says with a smug grin as Cricket frowns worriedly.
"It isn't a joke, Rex,"
"And we're not laughing. Look, Rex and I may not remember how we got out of this business, but we did." War Machine Soap says as Danika nods.
"Yeah, and you all can too. Hell, you guys don't even have to worry about food or clothes and such anymore because you guys can join Providence with us." Red Spectator says, surprising the trio as Rex nods.
"You guys remember that little girl that was fighting with us earlier? Well, long story short, we were trapped in a pocket dimension with her and she used to be not a good person due to her mental state but we saw that she needed help and decided to take her with us and change Eliza into the good person that she is."
"If Eliza can change, so can you guys. You all can use your EVO Powers for good instead of evil. We can all be in our very own superhero team, kicking evil EVO butt and hanging out like teenagers whenever we want. What do you say?" War Machine Soap asked as the EVO Thieves shared a worried yet enticed look, not knowing whether to take their offer or not as Tuck sighed heavily.
"Look, guys, you boys made a similar promise to us once before, but you guys left. We don't know if you would do something like that again, so give us time to think about it." Tuck says with a soft tone as the trio nods, and we fast forward in time as we see the gang making their way back to their hideout.
"Thanks for giving me my own tattoo, Cricket." Red Spectator says while glancing down at her chest as Cricket is able to help Danika make a Voice-Activated Black Nano Ink Tattoo planted above her breasts.
"You're welcome, Danika." Cricket says with a wink as she then gives Rex an enamored look, and Danika spotted this as she grew annoyed and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the hideout suddenly exploding into a billion pieces with the gang looking absolutely shocked as an angry and panicking Tuck turned to the trio.
"You see?! This is why you don't cross Quarry!"
"Well put," Quarry says while appearing on the scene with his Enforcers as everyone turns to him. "The level of disrespect I've been shown today? Tsk, tsk, tsk. Simply unacceptable. Anyway, I've missed you boys, and it's very nice to meet you, Miss Red Spectator. Been seeing the news of you all over the world. Providence. That's a big step up from these streets."
"We don't remember you," War Machine Soap says as Generator Rex nods while glaring at Quarry furiously.
"We don't even know who you are, Quarry, but what we do know is that you just brought yourself a whole truckload of sorry."
"..." Quarry says nothing but silently commands his Enforcers to attack as three of them run forward as a bored Generator Rex gained blue circuitry-like lines on his left arm and summoned one of his Smack Hands to deliver a powerful punch cross Quarry Enforcer #1 that sends him flying off of the roof and crash through the window of another building as purple circuitry-like lines appear all across War Machine Soap's body and summons a giant purple vine that uprooted from the floor as it wrapped around Quarry Enforcer #2's body and reached over to tap his chest to cure his Nanites, reverting him back into his Human Form and carelessly tossed him away as a glaring Red Spectator stepped forward.
"Bitch, please." Red Spectator says with a scoff and rolls her eyes as she reaches over to grab Tuck's shoulder, absorbing his Nanites as dark red circuitry-like lines appear on her body and gained pupilless red eyes, her hair transformed into shoulder-length curly red fabric and bandages, and a bunch of red fabric bandages appeared as it wrapped around her body, morphing Danika into her Spectator Mummy Form. "Give us a real challenge." Red Spectator says while raising her right arm as she stretches her fingers over to wrap around Quarry Enforcer #3's body and proceeds to fling him away with her superhuman strength, sending him flying over to collide against the rest of the Enforcers as, instead of being angry, Quarry instead laughed amusedly and shakes his head.
"You may have forgotten me, boys, but you haven't changed a bit. Neither has your choice in friends."
"Forget the tower. We're even." Generator Rex says with a glare as he disables his build.
"But as far as these guys go, they don't owe you shit. Are we clear?" War Machine Soap asked with a threatening growl as Quarry laughed amusedly.
"And who's gonna look after them, hmm? See that they can live as they please without Providence or the local cops hauling them away? You three?"
"You got that right. Just like with Eliza, they will join our team and become superheroes and live on in peace...if they choose so obviously." Red Spectator added as she didn't want to pressure the others into joining them.
"Oh? I don't know about Soap or Danika, but I wouldn't believe a word that Rex says. It was he who gave you to me in the first place."
"That's a damn lie and you know it! My Rex would never do that!" A furious Red Spectator yelled as Quarry laughed sinisterly.
"Oh? Need to jog a few memories, do we?" Quarry asked while pulling out a black tablet as they all looked shocked by this.
"It's your and Soap's journal," Tuck says to Rex, who grows angry as he holds out his hand.
"Fork it over! Now!"
"Lose the attitude, Rex. You gave this to me. After all...you were my top lieutenants." Quarry says while pressing on the tablet to activate a recording.
"Adios, freeloaders! Finally convinced Quarry to take these leeches off my hands! Now, that Quarry got his new lapdogs, Soap and I will be able to leave and find Danika!"Rex's Voice rang out as, instantly, the boys regained all of their memories from their past life in Hong Kong, which included them running away from Providence with Danika but she got caught by Agent Six and they were forced to leave her behind as they suffered an accident that caused them to lose their memories and somehow end up in Hong Kong as they met Tuck and the others and Rex and Soap began hanging out with them and also stole stuff with them as Rex even remembered making his deal with Quarry to free himself and Soap from his clutches as his friend was none the wiser and simply lied to Soap and told him that their friends betrayed them and tried to sell them off to Quarry as they ran away from Hong Kong and there was an incident that made them lose their memories of the whole year that they were in Hong Kong as Rex and Soap remembered somehow appearing back at Providence and being hugged by a crying and relieved Danika.
"Ay dios mío. Soy un capullo traidor. (Oh my god. I'm a traitorous prick)," Generator Rex mumbled to himself in shock as he was suddenly sucker punched by Tuck, causing him to stumble in his steps as Danika and Soap were able to go over and catch him.
"We trusted you two! Why?!" A betrayed and distraught Cricket asked as Rex and Soap raised their hands in surrender.
"I was an asshole back then! I had no empathy or heart!"
"But I promise you guys that Rex isn't like that anymore!" War Machine Soap screamed as Red Spectator nodded.
"Yeah, he is a kind and caring person now! He would never betray his friends like that!"
"I never would have blamed any of you. Rex can be very convincing." Quarry says to Tuck and the others as he grins evilly. "Offering you a new life. A way out. There is no way out for you. Only me. Of course you're forgiven."
"You're not taking them anywhere!" A glaring Generator Rex screamed as he and the others were planning to attack Quarry but were stopped by a scowling Tuck.
"You're right. He's not. We're going willingly."
"What?!" Generator Rex, Red Spectator Danika, and War Machine Soap asked in shock as Sky scoffed and rolled his eyes.
"At least we know who he is."
"Leave the sewers to us rats," Quarry ordered as he and the others turned around to walk away. "You three go back to Providence. It was good to see you again, Rex and Soap." Quarry says just as Sky opens up his mouth and expels a huge cloud of blank ink that blinded the trio momentarily as they were able to escape.
"...They want to be with Quarry? That's fine!" An angry Generator Rex ranted while pacing around in the remains of the hideout the next morning as Red Spectator Danika (Who was morphed back into her normal form) and War Machine Soap stood by. "I mean, we gave them a first class ticket right out of here, apparently. If they want to be idiots, they can go right ahead. We'll just take them all down."
"Rex, after what they had found out, can you really blame them? I mean, I know that's not who you are anymore because we grew up with each other and I know you are truly a good person deep down, they don't." Red Spectator says as War Machine Soap nods with a glare.
"Yeah, and after what you did, we have to redeem ourselves to them and save them too."
"We don't owe them anything." Generator Rex says with a glare while accidentally stepping over the broken picture of him, Soap, and the others as he sighs heavily. "Great, Rex. You had to look down at the old picture. Real original...alright, you guys were right. We can't let Quarry continue hurting our friends. We have to help them." Generator Rex says as Red Spectator and War Machine Soap nodded in agreement.
Later on, at night, we see some of Quarry's Minions playing cards with each other but then flinch in surprise when multiple giant purple vines shoot out of the ground and fly over to wrap around the majority of them as the doors are busted open, and we see Red Spectator running onto the scene while carrying around Generator Rex and War Machine Soap as Danika had created a huge bulky red killer centaur-like body armor named, 'The Big Hurt', and the only remaining Quarry Minion tried to turn around to run away, only for Red Spectator to run over, leap up and tackle him into the floor as the boys jumped off from her back and landed on the ground.
"We want Quarry."
"I have no idea what you two are talking about." Quarry Minion says as Generator Rex gains blue circuitry-like lines on his right arm and swiftly summons his B.F.F.S as he aims it at his neck.
"How about now, punk?"
"You won't do it!"
"Oh, really? Because we killed a bunch of your friends who refused to talk." War Machine Soap says as Red Spectator begins counting her fingers.
"Stretch, Maniac, Grotesque, Maim, Skullface, ring any bells? Oh, by the way, what's your name? So that we can tell the next guy your name."
"Wait, wait, wait! Please don't kill me! I'm not that far up his food chain, okay?! I can't help you!"
"But you can get a message to him, right?"
"M-Maybe?" Quarry's Minion says as Generator Rex narrowed his eyes stoically and reached over to pull a lever on the side of his B.F.F.S. as the top half of her sword split apart and begins to rotate at a high velocity, transforming into his Big Fat Fucking Sword into his Big Fat Fucking Saw as he raised it upwards. "I mean yes!"
"Good, you tell him that Generator Rex, Red Spectator Danika, and War Machine Soap are coming for him...and we want our book back." War Machine Soap says with an ominous tone as we fast forward in time and we see Tuck, Sky, Cricket, and a couple of Quarry's Enforcers bursting out of a bank, carrying tons of money as, unknown to them, the trio can be seen spying on them from high above with Generator Rex using his Boogie Pack Build while Red Spectator and War Machine Soap were wearing a couple of Eagle-like red/purple mechanical heads, armor, winged gauntlets, tails, and boots as they flew after the group and noticed them arriving at what seems to be Quarry's Hideout.
Inputting the code to open up the entryway, Tuck and the others walked inside as the door closed behind them and the trio flew over to land on the ground while disabling their builds as Rex went over to place his hand on the passcode panel, disabling it as the door was opened and the trio walked inside as they were greeted by an entire pack of EVOs, who growled down at them fiercely as the gang shared cocky grins and nodded as Generator Rex gained blue circuitry-like lines on his head and summoned his Crash Hat while Red Spectator summoned her armored spiked red gauntlets with dual flashes of red lights and purple circuitry-like lines appeared all across War Machine Soap's body as he summoned a couple of Lion-like purple mechanical heads, armor, gauntlets, a tail, and boots.
Running forward, Generator Rex's Crash Hat glowed blue and grew to be thirty times its usual size and bashed against various Quarry's Enforcers as he proceeded to crash them through various stone pillars while Red Spectator ran forward and began punching and kicking multiple Quarry Enforcers away as War Machine Soap ran over to slash apart several Quarry Enforcers and we then see the trio approaching the final Quarry Enforcer as they proceed to headbutt/punch/kick him over to crash through the wall, leaving a huge in it as the trio made their way over to leap through the hole in the wall and landed inside of Quarry's Office.
"Quarry!" Generator Rex, Red Spectator Danika, and War Machine Soap screamed while disabling their builds or de-summoning their weapons with dual flashes of red lights as they spotted Quarry standing in front of them with their old friends standing beside him.
"You're not changing our minds," Tuck says as Generator Rex sighs heavily.
"We're not here to. I clearly made a mistake and now I'm here to fix it."
"With us supporting him." Red Spectator says with a glare as War Machine Soap nods.
"You can do whatever you want to us after."
"Ooh! How loyal of you two. Ooh, it makes you feel all warm and happy inside, doesn't it? But do you two want to see what real loyalty looks like? Take them." Quarry ordered as Tuck, Cricket, and Sky instantly ran forward as Danika and the boys shared a look and sighed heavily as they nodded.
Dropping down onto his back, Generator Rex gained blue circuitry-like lines on his legs and summoned his Punk Busters as he delivered a powerful dual kick that collided against a surprised Cricket and sent her flying away as War Machine Soap moved to the side to avoid getting hit by Tuck's extended white fabric bandages and reached over to grab them as he used his superhuman strength to pull him over to deliver a strong punch across Tuck's face to knock him down into the ground and Red Spectator nimbly avoided Sky's lunge as she reached over to rub her fingers against the sides of his body, absorbing his Nanites as dark red circuitry-like lines appeared all across her body and gained pupilless red eyes, shoulder-length curly red tentacle-like hair, lost her ears/nose, gained a pair of muscularly thick pale red four-fingered arms, and gained Pale Red Skin with the metal mouth part of her helmet opening up as she transformed into her Spectator Squid Form.
"I'm sorry..." Red Spectator says while opening her mouth and expelling a big thick cloud of red ink that blinded Sky, allowing her to run over and deliver a strong sucker punch across his face, knocking him down into the ground as Generator Rex disabled his builds, leaped back onto his feet and gained blue circuitry-like lines on his left arm as he swiftly summons his B.F.F.S and the trio began stalking over to Quarry.
"Come on, guys," Quarry says while pulling out the boys' journal as he smirks evilly. "We all know this is what you really want. So go ahead. Take it. Walk away. Show them who you really are." Quarry says with a recovered Tuck, Cricket, and Sky looking on worriedly as the trio continues walking towards Quarry. "You were always great at taking care of yourselves. Why should now be any different?" Quarry says before being surprised by Generator Rex slicing his and Soap's journal in half with his B.F.F.S. with no remorse or hesitation.
"Whoever we were back then, it's not who we are now."
"Oh, how cute, look at you." Quarry says with a mocking tone as the trio glared at him seriously. "Still fighting and you don't even know who you are."
"We may not remember who we were before, but we know who we are now," War Machine Soap says with a glare while putting his fisticuffs up as purple circuitry-like lines appear all across his body and summons a couple of Scorpion-like purple mechanical heads, armor, gauntlets, a tail, and boots. "We are the Secret Weapons of Providence, the only hope for the world. We are fucking superheroes who are going to kick your motherfucking ass."
"Well, said boys." Red Spectator says with a cocky smirk as Quarry narrowed his eyes angrily.
"Your choice." Quarry says while running forward to try and throw a punch at them with the trio being able to avoid the attack as Red Spectator Danika opens her mouth and expels a big thick cloud of red ink that blinded Quarry but not the boys thanks to them wearing their goggles as War Machine Soap and Generator Rex ran over to slash apart Quarry's body repeatedly, chipping off bits of his body and even cutting off his arm as he screamed in pain.
Growing angry, Quarry raised his remaining arm and slammed it down into the ground, creating a big shockwave that blew away the smoke as he glared over at the boys, not knowing that Red Spectator stood behind him as her eyes, hair, arms, and skin returned back to normal while regaining her ears/nose as she reached over to give a surprised Quarry a bear hug and began absorbing his Nanites as dark red circuitry-like lines appeared all across her body and Danika gained dark reddish-grey eyes as a hollow black mouth and Dark Reddish-Grey Skin as she lost her hair/ears/nose and her Red Spectator Armor gained a more Dark Reddish-Grey Mineral Material. Danika has now transformed into her Spectator Rock Form.
Grunting slightly, Red Spectator Danika used her superhuman strength to lift up an angry Quarry as she spun him around rapidly before tossing him over to crash against a nearby pillar as the boys disabled their builds, and Generator Rex gained blue circuitry-like lines on his arms as he summoned his Smack Hands and stretched them over to deliver multiple brutal punches all over Quarry's body, sending him crashing through the pillar and collided against the now cracked wall as purple circuitry-like lines appear all across War Machine Soap's body as he summons a couple of Armodrillo-like purple mechanical heads, armor, gauntlets, a tail, and boots.
Rolling up into a giant ball, Generator Rex reached over to grab War Machine Soap as he ran forward and began dribbling a bit before the Hispanic Teenager jumped up into the air and threw Soap over to collide against Quarry with said person letting out a loud, pained groan as he grows furious and kicked War Machine Soap away before rushing over to grab a surprised Red Spectator as he began tackling her through several pillars and sends her flying over to collide against the wall.
Narrowing his eyes angrily, Quarry was planning to attack her again, only for Tuck to stretch his white fabric bandages over to wrap around his former boss's arm, restraining him long enough for Sky to rush over and slash through a stone pillar with Cricket running up to kick it towards Quarry as it collided against him, not hurting him whatsoever but did allow the boys to run over to Danika, who regained her eyes, mouth, hair, ears, nose, and skin as she reached over to place her hand on Rex's arm, absorbing his Nanites and dark red circuitry-like lines appeared all across her body as the busty teenager created a red/black frictionless suit composed of tiny Nanite-like wheels, which was named, 'Slick Trick'.
Reaching up to grab Quarry's shirt, Red Spectator Danika speed blitzed them away and ran up the wall before reaching the ceiling as the boys spotted this and smirked slyly as they leaped up high into the air just as Danika dropped her foe as she disabled her build and dark red circuitry-like lines appeared on her head as her helmet was magically changed into a skintight red juggernaut-like helmet named, 'Crash Hat' and Danika lowered his head as her build glowed red and it suddenly grew to be 20 times its usual size as War Machine Soap rolled up into a ball and Generator Rex raised his Smack hands as he began making them spin around rapidly like a drill and the trio flew down to collide against Quarry with a big shockwave and a dust cloud ranging out as, once it died down, we see a heavily cracked and unconscious Quarry lying inside of a huge crater.
"Fight's over, Quarry. You lose," Generator Rex says with a glare as we fast forward in time and we see a conscious yet still heavily injured Quarry being led into a Providence Tank to be imprisoned as the trio stands by and turns around to walk into a nearby alleyway as they spotted Tuck, Sky, and Cricket standing in front of them. "So, we won't bother trying to have you guys join us at Providence anymore."
"Yeah, you guys are probably still pissed off at Rex and we can understand that." Red Spectator says with a disappointed yet resigned tone as she takes off her helmet.
"As well as not wanting to see us ever again." War Machine Soap says with a somber tone as Tuck and the others share a look and smirk as they turn back to them.
"Who said that we weren't going to take your offer?"
"I mean, yeah, we are still pissed at Rex for what he did in the past, but beating up Quarry is a good step forward."
"Besides, we basically lost our home, so it's either join you guys at Providence or sleep in the streets again." Tuck, Sky, and Cricket said in unison as the trio looked shocked by this but then beamed happily and shared fistbumps with them as Danika then activated her earpiece.
"So you three got the fish. What about the minnows?"
"Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, about that, do you remember when we got stuck in Breach's Pocket Dimension and we brought back Eliza to change her ways and have her become a superhero like us?"
"Yes...why?"
"Well..." Red Spectator says with a cheeky grin while winking at the others as we fast forward in time and we see the trio hanging out at the Providence Headquarters, specifically the medical wing as Rex and Soap are being treated by Dr. Holiday while a powered-down Danika and Agent Six stood near them as Eliza had taken Tuck, Cricket, and Sky on a tour of the whole base.
"It's gonna happen again, isn't it?" Rex asked with a solemn tone as Soap nodded sadly.
"We're gonna blank out again? How long do we have?"
"I don't know, guys," Holiday says with a heavy sigh as she places her hands in her pockets. "It's likely only triggered by a specific event. Something traumatic."
"So the boys only have to wait?" Danika asked with a sad tone as Agent Six shook his head.
"No. They just have to live. Life is full of unknowns, kids. It'll happen when it happens, and when it does, you bet your ass that me, Danika, Holiday, Noah, Bobo, and Mina will still be here for both of you." Agent Six says to Rex and Soap, who smiles warmly as they nod. "And to help you both out with your amnesia problem, I got you these." Agent Six says while pulling out two blue/purple journals as he hands them over to the boys.
"Wow, this is real paper. Kinda old school, Six." A surprised Rex says as Agent Six shrugs.
"That's how I roll."
"I don't know how much of our past we want to remember now, but this life, here...it's pretty good."
"Well said, Soap," Danika says with a smile while going over to hug the boys as they hug her back.
"Now, as for your friends." Agent Six says with a serious tone as the trio flinches and lets go of each other as Danika and the boys give them both a pleading look.
"Can they stay?"
"Absolutely," Dr. Holiday says with a casual tone.
"Oh, come on, Doc-Wait, did you just say yes?" A shocked Danika asked as Holiday nodded.
"Rex and Soap get amnesia chronically. Having these guys around will help remind them of who they were when they ran away from Providence two years ago."
"That being said, they are strictly your responsibility," Six said sternly as he stepped forward. "We will provide them a home, food, and even pay them the same money that you three make a week, but both in and out of the field, they are your responsibility to deal with."
"Understood," Rex says with a nod while he and the others are happy that their friends can stay with them at Providence as they all share a victorious high five.
And done. I hope that you guys enjoyed the new chapter, and I can't wait to write the next chapter. Also, to explain properly, the events of Hong Kong with Rex and Soap happened three years after Promises, Promises, mostly because I thought it would be an interesting thing to do."
Anyway, as always, I will talk to you all later.