12
Versus
In his dormitory, Rex continued bouncing his ball on the walls. The old habit helped him to kill time, and also, to think. And that afternoon’s capture have really bothered him. First of all, Holiday haven’t been able to determine nature of the stranger’s powers; so it couldn’t be an EVO. But then, why does that person had that strange abilities? And then, there was the fact that the stranger turned himself in without any resistance?
The most Rex thought about it, the most he suspected it was some kind of trap.
And he was right, the emergency alarm confirmed his suspicions. Apparently, someone was destroying the headquarters, and Rex had a very clear idea of who was it. And then, Six called him.
“Rex, come quickly. The prisoner has escaped, and it’s going to the lab. You are the one who is closer, we need you. Holiday and me will join you as soon as we can.”
“Coming right now, Six. In the meantime, tell White Knight to send reinforces!”
“The reinforces have been neutralized already. Whoever we’re dealing with, it’s very dangerous. Be careful, Rex.”
Rex didn’t need to hear more. He cut the communication, and ran where he was called. The alarm was still ringing, seriously annoying Rex, but he didn’t mind that much. Rex was mostly anxious, he really needed to see that stranger again. Those purple eyes had awoke something inside Rex, even if he couldn’t tell what exactly.
Finally, Rex arrived to the lab that was sealed as a security measure. With a grin, Rex kicked the door open, using the Punk-Busters.
Before him, he saw a complete squad lying unconscious, right at the feet of the stranger. Providence’s soldiers were known for being the best of the bests. Both because of their training, and their weaponry. However, they seemed defeated, by a single person.
“You did all this?” asked Rex.
The stranger shrugged, like saying, ‘what if I did?’
“You and I have un problema grande.” said Rex activating his Smack-Hands., and jumping toward the stranger, who didn’t bothered to elude the attack.
Instead, an invisible force rejected Rex’s attack, sending the boy to a wall. Unbelievable, what kind of power was this? It didn’t matter, Rex transformed his right arm into the Big Fat Sword, and ran again to the figure.
This time, however, the stranger did counterattack, extending his hand, releasing the purple aura.
Out of nowhere, lots of fireworks appeared, astonishing Rex, who didn’t know where to look. Finally, he spotted the figure in black, sneaking through the door. Rex, who wasn’t in the mood for games, used the Slam-Cannon, to shot a portion of the floor to the runaway. But, the figure vanished at the impact.
“What?” asked Rex.
“Illusion is my especially.” said a voice, right behind Rex.
Rex jumped backwards, just in time to avoid a vehicle of Providence, thrown to him by the attacker’s purple aura. He barely eluded the attack, and looked at the stranger to the eye. The voice made Rex realize two things. First, that he had met this person before. Second, it was a girl. He grinned.
“Okay, I’m not used to hit ladies, but seeing how you left my friends, I have no choice but make an exception.”
The girl yawned, and snapped her fingers. One beam from the roof almost fell over Rex, but he activated his Block-party right on time. When he stood, to face the girl, he noticed she have disappeared again.
“Bien, you have skill.”
And with his Smack-Hands, he threw away the beam, and began to look for the girl.
“Rex!” called Holiday, as she got in the lab, along with Six. “What’s going on?”
Rex was about to answer, when a purple beam, hit directly Holiday. The doctor fell on the impact, leaving her defenseless to a new beam. This one was followed by an explosion that got her unconscious.
Six turned to the direction where the attack came from. A figure in black waved an arm to him, like saying hi. Frowning, but without making a sound, Six took his two swords and ran toward her, just to be rejected by the force field like Rex. Catching him in her aura, the stranger shot an energy beam to him, making the man to fell right over Holiday.
The attacker just chuckled.
“You find this funny?” asked Rex, turning his legs into the Punk-Busters, to try to kick the girl in black.
She snapped her fingers, teleporting to the other side of the room. Without a word, she placed her hand over the main computer, and released the purple aura. The computer went crazy, to finally explode. One more time, the stranger chuckled in delight, but didn’t have time to enjoy her little victory, since a new shot from Rex’s cannon called her attention. He missed, but barely.
Gulping, the figure began to shot more explosive beams from her hands; and Rex rejected them over and over with his Block-Party. Finally, the girl changed her strategy, sending a new kind of attack. This time the purple light turned into heavy chains when it impacted Rex.
Rex struggled against the chains, but those were too tight for him. Finally, he decided to get free by activating his Punk-Busters and the Smack-Hands at the same time, freeing from the chains instantly. Then, he jumped toward the girl, with his Bad-Axes. A pair of large blue axes, with an energized blade
The stranger reacted on time, creating a purple force-field. But this time, she underestimated the power of the Omega Nanite, and the axes easily went through her force-field, leaving her no choice but make a quick backflip. Rex switched his axes to her Funchucks, but she teleported away.
“Show yourself!” shouted Rex, looking for his opponent.
From a beam on the roof, the stranger whistled calling for Rex, and began to send him more of her purple energy attacks. Rex groaned in annoyance, and generated the Block-party to protect himself.
“Lo siento mija, but I got tired of this!”
And he created the jet-pack to jump toward the attacker. The girl jumped from the beam to avoid the incoming attack. It was going to be a bad fall, but she snapped her fingers, and the fall immediately slowed down, allowing her to land unharmed.
Rex jumped as well, to face the stranger, absorbing the fall impact, with the Punk-Busters.
“You are a very interesting case.” Said Rex. “But what are you? You certainly can’t be an EVO, I cured them all. Or maybe, you’re another one who escaped thanks to Breach. Are you with Van Kleiss?”
“I am not. I don’t even know Breach or Van Kleiss. Just accept the world is bigger than you think already, Rex Salazar.” replied the stranger.
“And that’s the other thing, we have met before, haven’t we?”
“That’s for me to know, and for you to find out, Rex Salazar.”
Said that, she sent two more purple energy beams to Rex, who eluded them easily. However, this time, the attacks switched direction, and impacted over Rex’s back, making him fall.
But Rex wasn’t defeated, not yet. He transformed his feet into his motorcycle, and charged against the stranger. He wasn’t planning on killing her, just incapacitate her for enough time to interrogate her properly.
But the girl in black, trapped Rex with her purple aura, holding his attack. Rex turned back to normal, to then, activate one weapon after another, trying to get free from the strange held. But, he couldn’t.
On the other hand, the girl in black was struggling as well. She was tired, she had used too much magic. And, the worst part, the battle was far for over. She had to find a way to end it soon, or she’ll be in deep trouble.
Finally, Trixie sent a current of pure energy, over Rex. The boy screamed in pain, and fell over his knees, all covered in burns and wounds.
“REX!” shouted Holiday and Six, when he was defeated by this mysterious opponent.
The figure turned to them. “Oh, you’re still here. Let me fix that.”
Before they could react, she raised her right hand, trapping the both of them in her telekinetic aura. They tried to struggle, but as Rex, they weren’t familiar with that kind of attack. It was strange, thought, somehow Holiday and Six could feel the stranger’s hate through her aura. And, when they looked her to the eye, they saw the same hate reflected on them.
“Who are you?” asked Holiday.
The girl in black grinned under her mask. “Give up is your only option. The power of the Great and Powerful Trixie cannot be understand by simpletons like you. Don’t you see? This battle have been won by Trixie already.”
Rex, difficultly, went back on his feet.
“Have anyone told you, how irritating it is to hear you talk on third person? You need a humility lesson.”
Trixie looked at him from the edge of her eye.
“Oh, Trixie already had one of those. Isn’t the Great and Humbled Trixie the best person you’ve ever met?”
It was enough, all Rex could do was to see how his friends were in danger. But he was too weak, the last attack really hurt him. But, he had to save them no matter what.
Rex closed his eyes, gathering all the energy he could.
Trixie was still looking at the doctor and the agent, deciding what to do with them. She finally decided to smash them against the walls over and over. Grinning under her mask, Trixie continued with her little game. But then, a metallic tentacle wrapped around her waist. Trixie closed her eyes, readying herself for what was coming.
“What?!” she shrieked, faking surprise.
The tentacle released a powerful electrical current over Trixie. She screamed in pain, releasing Six and Holiday on the act. They fell hard on the floor, infuriating Rex, and he charged against Trixie with the Smack-Hands.
Trixie crashed on the stainless steel walls, bending it because of the impact. She fell, defeated and in pain.
Rex advanced toward her, and took her by the blouse’s collar.
“It is over.” said Rex coldly.
“You must be proud. Is not easy to defeat the Great and Powerful Trixie. With you, there are only three people who have achieve that. Trixie is not proud of her defeats, but only three is still a great number!”
Rex frowned. “Stop it. You just let me hit you, why? And why do you insist in keep talking in third person? It is annoying!”
“But the Great and Powerful Trixie loves the sound of her voice!” mocked the girl.
Rex grinded his teeth. “Shut up!”
“The Great and Powerful Trixie would shut up when the Great and Powerful Trixie wants to. Because, as long as the Great and Powerful Trixie know, the Great and Powerful Trixie haven’t been defeated yet. You said it yourself, you hit the Great and Powerful Trixie, because the Great and Powerful Trixie let you.”
Rex activated his Smack-Hands, and punched the wall. The nonsensical rambling was getting under his skin, but he didn’t know why. Something had move in his heart. He suddenly fell a weight over his heart every time the girl spoke in third person. It felt like something buried deep in his heart was trying to get back to the surface. But what was it? Did it had something to do with the ten months he lost? No, it couldn’t be. His friends had assured him that nothing have happened. But, could he really trust his friends? He kind of reminded that one time he had have enough of them. He was tired, and sick of his so-called friends acted more on their own interests instead of his. Then, César betrayed him with Black Knight and…
The image of Breach came back to his mind.
“Stop it…” said Rex weakly.
“Trixie won’t stop just because you say it!” said Trixie. But she shut up when she noticed the tears running through Rex’s face.
“I’ve been telling you since the day we met! It’s annoying!” whispered Rex, slowly removing Trixie’s mask.
The girl smiled softly. “I know, but it brought you back to me.”
Unable to control himself anymore, he hugged Trixie, who complained.
“Rex, careful. I think I broke something.”
Rex carefully released her. “God, what have I done? Why…? Why did you let me do this to you?”
Trixie smiled. “I don’t care. This is nothing Rex, nothing compared with all the time when we were apart.”
Said that, she embraced Rex as she could, and kissed him. Rex held her carefully on his strong arms, and turned to Holiday and Six.
“Rex? What happened? Is everything okay?” asked Doctor Holiday.
“Are you alright?” asked Six, getting back on his feet.
“No, nothing is alright.” said Rex, containing his anger. “Between César’s betrayal, and the defeat of the Consortium, I lost ten months of my life. When I asked you what happened, you said nothing out of the ordinary. And I foolishly chose to believe in you.”
Holiday paled, first looking at Rex, and then to the girl on her arms. And finally, she put the pieces together.
“It is you… but, but, César told us that there was no way to link our worlds again!”
Trixie grinned. “What do you expect? That, I, the Great and Powerful Trixie, would give up on Rex that easily? Also, the third part of the pony population is able to use magic. What do you expect, idiots?”
“Rex, this was beyond you and you know it!” said Six. “We did what we should!”
“What you should? Kidnap me, and taking away the happiest days of my life?” asked Rex. “And what’s worse, you forced me to hurt the one I love. That’s enough, I QUIT! I’M GOING BACK TO EQUESTRIA!”
Holiday sighed, and aimed her weapon toward Rex.
“I’m sorry Rex, but you just don’t understand, maybe you cured most of the population of EVOs, but with the Consortium and Van Kleiss still around, we cannot let you…”
Suddenly, a shot from right behind her hit Holiday. She fell on her knees, and turned.
“Beverly! What are you doing?” asked when she noticed her little sister, aiming a weapon to her and Six, along with Noah and Circe.
“Helping a friend. Is it true? You erased his memory on purpose?”
“This is Rex’s life.” said the blond guy. “And what you did was, wow, it was horrible.”
Circe cleaned a way her tears. “Rex deserves to be happy, even if I’m not the only one. Now, step back! Both of you!”
Rex smiled to his friends.
“Thank you guys! I’ll never forget this!”
“You’ll thank us later, run while you can!” urged them Noah.
Rex nodded, and holding Trixie carefully, he ran. Six tried to stop them but Trixie’s telekinetic aura sent him to what was left of the main computer.
This was the last step, the security system suddenly went crazy, shooting all over the place, completely out of control. And, as his friends were protecting him and Trixie from the security system, Rex managed to lock Six and Holiday into the lab, and then, ran as fast as he could carrying Trixie and protecting her. As for Trixie, she was barely conscious. Using that last attack against Six drained what was left of her magic, and that could be really hard to recover for a unicorn.
“Don’t worry Trixie, I’ll find a way to get us out of here.”
“Rex, I’m not worried. Not now that I’ve get you back.”