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The Usual - Chapter 2

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"Then let me give you a hand!"

Large crystals shot at the teenage EVO, Rex, who jumped over the attack with the aid of the large mechanical hands at his disposal.

Time itself seemed to slow down when Rex launched his first attack on Skalamander with an uppercut of his right 'fist'. In that dilatory stream of time, the teen unleashed not only an uppercut with his right, but a second punch with his left 'fist'.

As the large lizard EVO was sent spiraling, Rex summoned his Super Boot to his right leg, finishing off the fight with a kick to Skalamander's side, sending him crumpled into a wall. At that moment, time seemed to right itself once again, and Skalamander was left in a heap. Rex figured he'd have Six haul the lizard away.

The dust settled, and Rex wiped his forehead as he reverted back to normal.

"Rex. Incoming!" The teen turned at the familiar voice of his handler, Agent Six, just in time to see Biowulf, the mechanical 'leader' of The Pack, vault over him, pursued by the green-suited katana-wielding agent himself.

An all-too-familiar murky red and black portal opened and awaited the two rogue EVOs on the opposite side of the room. Both Biowulf and Skalamander entered it without hesitation, and disappeared instantly.

There was silence.

Six gave Rex a glare that bluntly stated, "..And you didn't stop them...why?"

Rex gave Six an apologetic smile and shrugged.

Suddenly, the lights of Providence flickered on; the hallways illuminated in the pure white light. A Providence soldier ran down the hall, his voice slightly out of breath when he reached the two and spoke.

"Agent Six, sir! There are reports coming in of escaped EVOs." He was interrupted by a sharp, inhuman roar in the distance, coincidentally timed to prove his statement right. "Providence isn't safe, sir." He finished.

The green agent's attention turned from the soldier to Rex. There was a short silence.

"Pack your things." Six ordered. We're taking a vacation."

One could visibly see Rex's eyes light up with energy and excitement as the last word was announced. The teen quickly ran back to his room, skidding as he approached the doorway.

The white door promptly slid open. The EVO teen excitedly entered and started stuffing clothes into a small backpack Providence had given him a few months back. He put on his signature goggles, jacket, and slid on his shoes.

"What's up with all da hurry, Chief?" Bobo Haha, who was now awake and stretching, asked.

Rex grabbed the little maroon ball Six'd given him as a "gift" (Rex figured it had some sort of tracking device in it, but appreciated it regardless) for completing his first mission, as well as a handheld gaming system.

"Get your stuff ready, monkey, because we're going on a vacation!"

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Rex's hands excitedly gripped the seat as The Keep, a giant floating transport aircraft, flew above beaches and cityscapes. The anxious teen peered out the window, looking at all of the detail below.

"Hey, Six." The teen turned from the window to his overseer across the room. "Where're we going?"

The agent didn't turn to look at the boy, but instead kept staring straight ahead.

"Providence is being evacuated. The loose EVOs were too much a threat to our personnel."

"Then where're we..-"

Six adjusted his dark glasses, but still didn't look at Rex.

"Providence's second base."

"We have a SECOND base? How cool!"

If the teen wasn't excited before, he was now.

"Is it like..a secret underground base, Six?"

"Be patient and you'll see."

Rex crossed his arms and pouted, slouching in the chair. After a long silence he spoke again.

"Oh! Oh! I got it! A moon base! It's gotta be!"

Six actually turned to look at the teen, raised an eyebrow, but didn't answer. The agent turned back to the way he was sitting before, and continued to be silent.

What a stick in the mud...Or somewhere else, as Six's case may be.

Rex gave up at that point and got out his handheld game, turned it on, and started playing. Whenever Rex's character in the game was in any sort of immediate danger of dying, he let his nanites take control and 'hack' the game so he'd win the battle.

"Rex. We're here." There was slight turbulence as Six announced their destination to the teen. The Keep was landing.

Rex threw his game into his pack, slew it over his shoulder and ran to the exits, waiting for them to open.

"It's...!" he was excited, no doubt, as The Keep's doors were slowly opened, revealing a rusting, old, abandoned city building.

"...An old office?" he looked around, eventually turning back to Agent Six in utter disappointment.

"...In the bad side of town? Why?" He whined, bluntly voicing to his mentor that he didn't approve of their 'vacation spot'.

"Providence didn't want to attract attention within the city limits."

Rex and Six walked out of The Keep, followed by Doctor Holiday and Bobo, and trailing behind them were several other scientists and trainers. Other large airships were landing, and more personnel were filing out, heading towards the entrance to the seemingly vacant structure.

"Oh, like hundreds of government agents, EVO trainers, scientists, a talking chimp, a green wannabe ninja, and, oh yeah, a teen that can morph into machines, suddenly, out of nowhere, dropping from the sky in huge flying airships, all converging into a single, old, abandoned office building won't attract attention." Rex pointed out, catching his breath and raising an eyebrow. He crossed his arms, looking at Six.

"Ya know, Green, da kid's got a point." Bobo stated, catching up to Rex and Six.

The Agent Six said nothing, but instead, kept walking towards the building's entrance, his face stoic.

As the doors to the structure were opened, Rex stepped inside. To his surprise, the inside of the building looked like their old base - pure, clean, and white - while the outside of the building looked abandoned and dirty.

Six caught the look of surprise Rex was giving off and grabbed his shoulder, leading him down the hallway.

"It's amazing what technology can do to help disguise a building, Rex."

Six led the teen into a small white room with a small monitor in it.

"This is your room for the time being."

Rex walked in, set his small bag down, and looked around. He frowned.

"It's smaller than my oldest room."

"Don't fret. It's only for a few days until the other base is back to normal."

Six turned and left, leaving the EVO teenager standing alone in his new, broom closet-small room. Rex sighed, then smiled and adjusted his goggles.

"It's almost like they WANT me to wander around and cause trouble with a room this small."

Rex started toward the door, only to be stopped by the appearance of Bobo.

"Watch it, Chief. Don't go messin' around on this new base. Nobody'll like dat." He walked by the teen, closing the door behind him.

Rex's smile just became more mischevious.

"Oh, like you're one to talk. I'll show you messing around." He tightened his gloves with a few tugs and opened the door, only to reveal the green-suited wall of flesh wearing sunglasses and a scowl named Agent Six.

"Rex, you will do no such thing."

"But why when I-" He started to try to reason.

"You have training to do."

Rex sulked, hung his head, and reluctantly followed the agent down the hall.

After a short while of walking, and down a flight of stairs, they came to a large room. The glass encasing a small training area was hard to the touch, but Providence had it specially engineered it to be elastic when a large amount of force was exerted on it. There were three remote-controlled robotic training partners in the training area, as well as several other machines stationary on the wall to test reflexes.

"Six, that looks like a torture chamber." Rex received a deadly look from Six, and was told to enter in through a side door.

Agent Six walked casually to a large control panel and pressed a few buttons. Machines whirred on the inside, coming to life. The entrance to the arena locked.

"I'll start you off easy, Rex. Just use your abilities to try to neutralize the 'enemy'."

The teen activated his Smackhands and poised himself for a fight.

"So you won't get mad if I destroy your toys?" Rex teased, a glint in his eye.

"Try to take them out without blowing them to bits."

"Fine...you're no fun.."

A large hammer-like apparatus dislodged itself from the opposing wall and smashed down at Rex, who dodged and jumped, punching the device and sending it tottering over to the side, where it collapsed in a sparking heap.

"This is too easy, Six. Considering it's you, I figured it'd be more of a challenge."

One of the robots whirred to life and leapt at Rex, who dodged and punched. As soon as the punch collided with the 'face' of the robot, there was a spinning -click- as Rex's fist spun around like a drill, making the force of impact much 'deadlier'. The robot was sent flying, but caught itself and launched back at Rex, displaying some fancy kick-like moves.

Rex shielded himself with his right 'hand', and activated his B.F.S. The blade glinted in the unnatural light before Rex swung and cut the robot in half, the two parts of robot sparking with electricity. There was silence.

In that silence, a very loud facepalm was heard from Agent Six's direction.

"Whoops. Sorry, Six. My bad." The teen laughed, before gasping and jumping back from the second robot that'd activated and swung at him. The robot left a large hole in the ground from where it'd missed Rex.

"What's with all o' da ruckus down here? Some sort of training you have up o' your sleeve, Green Bean?" Bobo entered, walking quickly to Six's side.

"No, just Rex destroying our equipment...again." Six frowned and leaned back, away from the control panel. Both him and Bobo watched Rex's moves.

After about thirty minutes, Six'd turned up the difficulty to a level two, and then a level three, upon Rex's request, several minutes later.

The training bot jumped at Rex, who shielded himself just in time, his knees almost buckling under the force of the attack. Another robot came from behind and punched the unaware Rex in the back, sending him skidding towards another 'bot, whose attack nearly missed the teen's head, leaving a small crater in the ground. Rex rolled and flipped himself upright punching both bots with one swift motion.

And after watching Rex 'duke it out' with the different robots and apparatuses, Six decided it was time for a rest.

"Rex. I'm powering down the console now. Your training's over for now."

"Sweet!" The teen Super Booted a pair of robots, making them spiral and clatter in a corner. He powered down and tiredly walked to the exit, waiting for the training arena's door to unlock. He was slightly out of breath due to the exercise.

Six pressed a few buttons.

"Powering down now." He pressed one more button and looked back at the training area.

Rex tried the door, but it was still locked. One of the robots took a swing at Rex, who barely dodged the attack.

"Six! I thought you said you powered it down!" Rex asked, a tinge of worry in his voice.

"I did. There must be a glitch in the system."

"Really, Six? I couldn't tell!" Sarcasm dripped in his voice, and he dodged another attack. He activated his right fist and, with the giant mechanical hand, knocked the robot across the area. Rex tried the door with his left, but to no avail. He was locked in.

Six turned back to the console and completely shut it down. The robots and arena, however, did not respond. Instead, they all rushed at Rex at once. He activated both of his hands to form a shield between him and the equipment. This would hold the machines off for a bit.

"Sorry, Rex. I can't stop them. They're out of my control. You'll have to fend them off and destroy them."

"Six, are you saying that, because of a glitch, I'm stuck in here with tens of robots programmed to kill me?"

"Sounds about right, kid." Bobo situated himself so he had a better view of the training area.

Rex lowered his eyebrows in frustration, trying to gather strength against the opposing force.

This is going to be just about as much fun as listening to a mission briefing...
Fun stuff. Fun stuff indeedio.

The original chapter can be found here.

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Writing (c) :iconkaithephaux:

Rex, Six, and other characters (c) Generator Rex people and M. Rex creators.
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Dragonling140's avatar
Great chapter! Everyone's very in-character. :)