//------------------------------// // Trixie's resentment // Story: The Equestrian adventures of Generator Rex // by Kaliann25 //------------------------------// 10 Trixie’s resentment Five months had passed since that night. The Crown gained a tireless enemy, who never doubt before accepting a job that could potentially damage the system, and now she was one of the most wanted ponies of Equestria. Two royal guards entered into the library, dragging the prisoner, a blue mare with silver-blue mane. They both exchanged a look, and knocked at the door. Twilight opened the door, and looked at them. “You got her.” she said relieved. “Yes Princess Twilight. Shall we leave her here?” asked one of the captains. “Please! And remember…” began Twilight. “We know, Princess Celestia knows nothing of this.” “Have a nice day, Princess. And good luck, this is a tough one.” Twilight nodded, at the guards, who saluted her, and left, leaving the pony on the floor. The prisoner had cuffs in her four hooves, and a magic-nullifier ring on her horn. It was Trixie, but she had changed a lot since the last time Twilight had seen her. The day after her wedding, the day she had to separate from Rex Salazar, forever. Trixie’s silver-blue mane was now larger, and fell over her right eye, giving her a more sinister appearance. She also wore now black ponyshoes, that ended in menacing spikes that she used as a weapon. And last, her eyes sparkled with all her anger, hate, and mostly, sadness. Trixie looked at Twilight with disdain, as the Princess drove her into her home, where the other Bearers of Harmony were waiting, careful. “If glares could kill…” said Twilight nervously. “Straight to the point, Sparkle. Lock Trixie away, or let her go, because I have a ‘date’ with your brother, Shining Armor. Queen Chrysalis offered Trixie a huge amount of money for get him for her.” The six friends exchanged a look, not an angry one, but worried. “Trixie, I understand they did something horrible to you.” said Twilight. “But that doesn’t mean you should turn into an enemy of the Crown. You’re lucky my guards got you first. Imagine what would happened if the Solar, Lunar, or even Crystal Guards, get you?” Trixie spitted to Twilight’s face. “What? Come on, tell me. Lock me away? Exile me, or better, execute me? Go on, I don’t care. Your teacher always tell us to find happiness through harmony, peace, and the magic of friendship. But if she truly believed in what she says, she would never separate me from him. From Rex…” “Trixie…” said Twilight, as she released Trixie from her restrains. Before anypony could react, Trixie’s horn glowed with all her power, and the alicorn found herself trapped in a lavender magic aura, and slammed her against the wall over and over. Twilight used her own power to get free from Trixie’s hold, and landed before her. “Trixie…” Trixie shrieked in anger, and tackled Twilight, to finally put one of her spiked horseshoes in her throat. Twilight just sighed patiently. “Trixie, you know I’m an alicorn. You can’t kill me with this. You’ll only get into trouble. Think about your family, about your friends, your home…” “Now that Celestia took Rex away from me, Trixie haves nothing to lose.” said Trixie with a killer glow in her eyes. Maybe she wasn’t an alicorn like Twilight, but she was a powerful unicorn. “Family? Trixie turned into a traveling magician to get away from them. Friends? He was my best friend, the first and last true friend Trixie had. My home? My savings? Trixie is capable to live without all that, that’s how Trixie was living before the Alicorn Amulet incident. Don’t you get it? I have nothing to lose, you, on the other hoof, can lose everything. Starting with your life!” Trixie raised her hoof, ready to deliver Twilight the death stroke. The others were about to intervene, but Twilight simply looked into Trixie’s eyes, and closed hers. “All this time, you’ve been looking to get killed, right? Your criminal behavior, challenging the Crown directly, accepting more dangerous jobs every time. You’ve been looking for your death.” Trixie trembled, and separated from Twilight, as she began to cry. Nopony have seen Trixie cry before, not even that night, when she lost her special somepony. It was devastating to see. “It’s okay, sugarcube.” Said Applejack, with a comforting tone, hugging Trixie. “No matter what you’ve through, it doesn’t worth ya’ ending yer’ life.” Trixie grinded her teeth, and Applejack was sent to a wall by a powerful magic blast. “Now you’re sorry, right?” asked Trixie with hate. “None of you said anything to stop Celestia, or those monsters. None of you supported me when I needed you the most. Where were you? Oh, right, holding me back, preventing me to help Rex. TO TARTARUS WITH YOU! ALL OF YOU!” Flashback: Trixie and Rex were fighting with the strangers for a while. And even if they didn’t have magic or flying abilities, they were giving the two bounty hunters a hard time, thanks to the strange weapons they brought. Weapons that they were shooting against them (the chimpanzee was a challenge, shooting with both of his hands and one foot. But what unnerved Trixie, was that they were all interested in Rex. “Rex! Come back with us! You are the last hope of mankind!” said a green earth pony, a little chubby, who looked a lot like Rex. “Please, brother!!” “I have no brother!!” answered Rex angrily. “I don’t remember you, and I don’t want to. GET OUT AND LEAVE ME ALONE!” “It seems like we’ll have to force you, Rex” said the gray pony with the triangle-shaped beard, taking two long katanas from his suit, and charging against Rex. Rex reacted quickly, and activated his Big-Fat-Sword to repel the pony’s attack. Trixie ran to help Rex, but a white mare with lab coat was already on her way. Doctor Holiday shot several times to Rex, but Trixie protected him with a magic force-field, and then counterattacked with a magic beam. Holiday moved backwards, and, the monkey jumped in to grab the unicorn. Trixie made appear several fireworks that surprised the monkey, Bobo, giving Trixie the time to tie him with a magic rope. And then, she charged against the pony with the katanas. “Careful, Six!” called the pony with the white coat. Agent Six turned in time to elude a magic blast from Trixie. Both magician and special agent looked into each other’s eyes, ready to fight, when the sound of a body falling called their attention. They both turned. Rex had fell on his knees. Six. That name sounded familiar. Six, Six, Six… He screamed, surrounded by white light, coming out from his eyes and mouth. His machines were activating all at the time, losing control. “REX!” shouted everypony around. Rex turned back to normal, and slowly stood. His eyes were sparking with anger. “I remember.” he mumbled. “I REMEMBER!” “Rex?” asked Trixie, approaching carefully. The young stallion embraced his wife, glaring at the group of newcomers. “I remember everything. Providence, White Knight, Black Knight, Abysus, all of you. And I was right, I don’t want anything to do with you. I’ve made my life her, so LEAVE ME ALONE!” “Rex, you don’t understand!” said César. “No, GET OUT!” shouted Rex. The impact sent the agent all the way to the sea, but before he landed, Trixie made appear giant seaweed that immobilized him. “I’ll deal with him and the one in the lab coat. You take care of the monkey and your brother.” “Watch it, Trixie. They call him Six, because he’s the sixth more dangerous man in the world.” “I’ll keep that in mind. Have he fought a top magician before?” “Magic doesn’t exist where I come from.” assured Rex. “That’s all I need to know!” assured Trixie. Rex then jumped, and kicked Bobo with the Punk Busters, leaving him at Trixie’s mercy, who threw him up, and shot several magic beams to him. “Rex, stopped!” cried the pony in the lab coat. “You don’t belong here! You belong with us, to our world, where you have a responsibility. You are our only hope, Rex.” “No, Holiday, I’m not going anywhere!” said Rex, activating his Smack-Hands. “No one understood how I really felt, how much I needed to escape from all that madness. Only Breach. She sent me to this world because she knew I was sick of everything. Being chased by Black Knight, Van Kleiss… and betrayed by my own brother. I WANT YOU OUT OF MY LIFE! ALL OF YOU!” “Rex, this is beyond you, and you know it!” said César. “Forget it, César, all of you know that I can’t take it anymore. I want a normal life. And if not normal, at least stay here, along with Trixie. If you really care about me, leave me alone. That’s all I ask.” Trixie took her husband’s hoof, and together, they prepared to fight until the very end. The ‘rescue’ mission only got more difficult when Rex recovered his memories. But, as the pony in the lab coat have said (Doctor Holiday), Rex was the last hope of mankind, and they couldn’t just leave him here. “I’m sorry Rex. I really wanted to avoid this, but you’re leaving us no choice” said César, as he called for reinforcements. Black Knight’s ship appeared on the sky. “Oh great, more bad news.” said Rex, swinging his Big-Fat-Sword. Trixie didn’t say anything, instead she took a small piece of parchment and a quill, and wrote a quick note, that she sent with her magic. In Ponyville, Twilight and the others were having a nice time on the library. Just enjoying their company, when Spike burped a letter. “What is it Spike? A message from the Princess?” asked Twilight. “No,” said Spike. “It’s from Trixie.” “Trixie?” said Rarity raising an eyebrow. “Did she sent us a postcard from her honeymoon? That’s really considered!” Spike shook his head. “No, she’s in trouble!” Twilight took the letter from Spike’s claw, and, after reading it, she nodded. “Girls, we need to help her. Now, I know she’s a nuisance, and she have met stupid mistakes, but…” “Twilight, ya’ can count on me!” assured Applejack. “That pony has changed since she met Rex, and A’m willing to help her.” “But, isn’t she in trouble for, you know, her job?” asked Fluttershy, unsure. “Maybe we end up doing something illegal.” Twilight shook her head. “No, this is other kind of trouble, some people wants to foalnap Rex. Now, get close to me! This is going to be uncomfortable, but we must get to Maréxico as soon as possible!” The girls approached to Twilight, and soon enough the library vanished in a flash of light. When they opened their eyes, they were at the beaches of Maréxico. But right now, it seemed more like a battlefield, where Trixie and Rex were doing what they could to hold against the strange forces that were attacking them. But it was impossible. Bobo and Six were a handful, both of them, and César’s and Holiday’s weapons were too powerful; but still they managed to contain them. But, when Black Knight and her forces joined the battle, there was nothing they could do. It was only a matter of time before the enemy capture Rex. “Give up, Salazar!” said the Black Knight from her ship. “You cannot win this battle, willingly or unwillingly, you’ll come with us, where you belong.” “NEVER!” shouted Rex, as he fought with his Big Fat Sword to dispose of Black Knight’s robots, protected from their lasers by Trixie’s magic. “You’ll never bring me back, Black. If Holiday and Six couldn’t convince me, there’s no way you can!” There was no need to see more, the Bearers of Harmony ran to help the bounty hunters. But then, something unexpected happened. Two large figures landed on the battlefield, stopping the battle immediately. “Your Majesties!” shouted Twilight. Celestia turned to Twilight, and made a small nod to her. “Twilight Sparkle, is strange seeing you in the middle of this situation. However, I demand to know what’s going on! You clearly said that this was just an ordinary rescue mission. However, I found you here, disturbing the visitors of these beaches. This is not what we agreed.” Rex glared at the Princess, aiming his BFS toward her. “So you agreed to this? Yypical, I should know you wouldn’t let me escape that easily. Well, sorry Princesses, but I have no intentions to go back to my world. The only good thing that came from that visit, is that I remember everything. Including that I didn’t want to see them again! No, Bobo is fine, but the rest of you are dead to me!” “Stop this nonsense, little brother!” said César. “This colorful land is not your place, it’s with us. Now low your weapons and come with us!” But then, Princess Luna stood firmly between Rex and the visitors from the other world. “Stop it right now. The only reason we allowed you to come for Rex, is that we thought he would willingly go with you. But, if it’s true that he recovered his memory, and doesn’t want to go back, you shouldn’t force him.” “Luna is right!” said Princess Celestia, joining her sister. “This is Rex Salazar’s decision, and nopony else. But,” Celestia turned to the EVO, “you owe us an explanation, understood, young colt?” Rex nodded, as he held Trixie’s hoof with a relieved smile. Luckily, this would end well for the two of them. But then, Doctor Holiday took a remote control from her lab coat. “I really wanted to avoid this, but, you’re leaving us no choice, Rex.” She pressed a button on the remote, and, from César’s ship emerged a screen, where appeared some kind of metallic spheres, with cylindrical appendices giving it a strange appearance. Doctor Holiday sighed. “This machines are called Nanites. Small robots, no bigger than a cell, created originally to cure every desease in the world. Unfortunately, an accident ended the project abruptly.” The Nanites’ images were replaced by what was left of the lab of Abysus. “As the result of this tragedy, the Nanites spread all over the world, and on the current days, almost every living being in our world have a percentage of inactive Nanites in our systems. But, they could activate any second, and when that happens, the consequences are mostly bad.” The monitor showed a sequences, of a human turning into a deformed mutant that attacked others. More of those creatures appeared on the screen, not always that horrible, or deformed, some of them were rational, and other weren’t. But, in the end, the mutations were generally dangerous. “This mutations are called EVOs” explained César. “Once you mutate, there’s no going back. For years, there were no known cure, but then…” “NO!” shouted Rex when he understood what Holiday and César were about to show. The screen showed him, curing EVOs with his ability to control Nanites. “Rex is the last hope of humanity.” Explained César. “I hate to put this weight on my little brother’s shoulders, but that’s how it is. He’s one of the most powerful EVOs in the world, and the only one who can control Nanites.” The two Princesses stood there, without knowing what to do. But at the end, Celestia lowered her head “I’m so sorry, Rex Salazar. I understand you wanted to escape, but the truth is, you have a responsibility, and I can’t let you run away from it. Rex, your place is with them, not with us.” “NO!!” shouted Trixie and Rex at the unison. “The decision is taken.” said Luna. “I’m sorry, for both of you.” Black Knight’s soldiers tackled the astonished Rex, as César used a laser to get rid of Trixie, and grabbed his brother back to the ship. Trixie screamed, and tried to go after them, but she was held by Twilight’s magic. Trixie turned to Twilight, like asking for help, but Twilight exchanged a quick look with her teacher, and shook her head. Trixie screamed in anger, and, with all her power, she got rid of Twilight’s magic aura, and ran toward Rex and César. Twilight ran after her, and shot her a magic beam. Trixie fell, and Twilight’s friends came to held her. As for Rex, he was struggling against the soldiers, but César knocked him away with an especial weapon to put him to sleep. Once he fainted, Providence’s soldiers had no problem dragging him into the ship. The Black Knight made a quick nod to Celestia. “As we promised, now that we have our man, we’ll leave where we came from. And, to make sure this doesn’t have further consequences, we’ll use our technology to erase Rex’s memories about this dimension.” César nodded. “That would spare him the pain. Nothing happened here.” Trixie screamed, still struggling, but, in the end Twilight knocked her out with a quick spell. Everything finished, there was nothing else to do. Celestia made a deep sigh. “Twilight Sparkle, I know this is too much to ask you, but, for this young mare’s sake, erase her memories as well. The pain she would go through is going to be insufferable. I wish there’s another way, I’m truly sorry.” Said that, the Princesses flew back to Canterlot. And for the ships, they flew away disappearing into a flash of red light. Back to the present: Trixie looked at Twilight with hate in her eyes. “So what? you have me now, so what’s going to be? Lock me away, or kill me. I highly recommend the second choice, because, if you lock me away, you can be sure I’ll escape and bring your beloved brother to Chrysalis.” Twilight sighed. “Trixie, I know it was unfair with you and Rex, but that’s not a reason for you finishing your life. Think about…” “Consider that Twilight could erase your memories, but chose to let you have them, to keep all the precious moments with your first love.” said Fluttershy. “Please, Trixie, it doesn’t have to end this way.” Trixie sobbed. “I wish you had erased them, Twilight Sparkle. I hate you. Not as much as I hate Celestia and Providence, but I do hate you very much.” “The reason we brought you here, is because there’s a way to help you.” explained Pinkie Pie. “Twilight found a spell. We can’t bring you back Rex, but we can send you to him.” Trixie raised an eyebrow. “You are kidding.” Twilight smiled sadly. “I never agreed with what Celestia did to you. But, back at that time, I was too coward to defy my teacher. And I failed you. That’s why I dedicated every single moment I could spare to find a way to help you reunite with your especial somepony. But you have to trust in us, and stop menacing my brother. Do you think you can?” Trixie glared at Twilight. “First show me what you’ve got.” Twilight levitated a book to Trixie. “This is the only volume Star Swirl wrote about dimensional travel.” explained Twilight. “It’s a complicated spell, but it can send you with Rex Salazar.” Trixie looked at Twilight. “For real?” Twilight nodded, smiling. “But, if you go, you’ll have to spend the rest of your days on that world, living as a human.” “I don’t care!” cried Trixie. “As long I’m aside Rex, I don’t care about my looks!” “He may not recognize you at first, but have faith on Rex.” said Fluttershy softly. Trixie nodded, as she prepared to cast the spell. But, then, one of the bookshelves fell, almost hitting Trixie. “Huh, sorry about that.” said Twilight. “Are you okay, Trixie?” “Just hurry, Sparkle!” protested the blue mare. “Okay, okay!” said Twilight, casting the spell. Trixie disappeared into a purple light. … Trixie examined her surroundings. It was a city, but that’s all what Trixie could say. It was bigger and more industrialized than Manehattan. Tall buildings and flying vehicles were all over the place. It was a strange sight, but not as strange as Trixie herself. Her mane, no, her hair, reminded the same, same style and color; just as her eyes. But what astonished Trixie the most, were her new human form. Somehow her fur transformed into a pair of jeans, along with a purple sleeveless shirt. Her ponyshoes turned into a pair of boots and bracelets. “Interesting.” Then, Trixie turned to a near trashcan. “I wonder…” She extended her new fingers toward the trashcan, and let the magic flow through them. It was an easy levitation spell. It worked perfectly. With a grin, she examined the page she ripped from Twilight’s book during the bookshelf commotion (that she staged). “This isn’t over, Rex. We’ll be together again, just the way it should.”