//------------------------------// // An EVO of magic and technology // Story: The Equestrian adventures of Generator Rex // by Kaliann25 //------------------------------// 14 An EVO of magic and technology Twilight placed Trixie (or what was left of her) over her own bed, and started to work. The physical injuries were minimal. A few broken bones that were halfway through healing, a few bruises, and a few burns caused by electricity. But, again, she was in her way to recover. What truly worried Twilight, was that how much magic Trixie have used, despite being at her limit. The inter-dimensional-gate spell was one of the most exhausting spells a unicorn could perform, and, doing it after being injured, and waste a lot of magic power, was a really bad idea. “And, how is she?” “To be honest, I’m seriously surprised that she’s still alive.” said Twilight biting her lip. There was no time to lose. Twilight knew an old medical spell that may work on Trixie. Twilight placed her horn on Trixie’s heart, and concentrated her magic on it. The organ began to work frantically at Twilight’s magical impulse. Also, the Nanites assimilated the magic as an extra source of energy, and began to work at full capacity, speeding up the healing. Twilight separated from Trixie, looking astonished at Rex. “Did you do something to her on your world, Rex?” asked the alicorn frowning Rex nodded. “Yes, she was too injured, and we had no choice but making an emergency medical procedure. Why, did something went wrong” “No, on the contrary. You’re making my job much easier. Still, I don’t know what she did, but it drained all her magic, and more than half of her life-force. You were lucky to bring her when you did. One more minute, and she wouldn’t make it to this room.” Rex shivered. Twilight wiped the sweat from Trixie’s forehead, it was a good sign. That meant that her vital functions were working again. But Rex knew it was too soon to celebrate, she knew that Trixie won’t hesitate in doing something that reckless again. Then, the purple alicorn sighed. “Rex, there’s a bottle on water on my night table, give it to me. Now!” The young colt gave Twilight what she asked, and she took a deep breath, to prepare herself for one of the hardest spells she knew. She concentrated a huge amount of magic over the water that slowly passed from transparent to bright purple. “Rex, open her mouth.” commanded Twilight. Rex obeyed, and Twilight forced the purple liquid on Trixie’s mouth. At first, the blue unicorn tried to spit the liquid, but Twilight blocked her nose, forcing her to swallow. Trixie shook violently, as she opened her eyes, breathing heavily. Twilight smiled relieved, and continued forcing the magic on her mouth. At first Trixie was disoriented, and didn’t even knew who she was. But, then, Rex took her hoof and smiled at her gently. That seemed to comfort Trixie, and Twilight could make her drink more magic without having to force her. Soon enough, Trixie was able to hold the bottle on her own, and emptied the bottle. “Twilight Sparkle, thank you, Twilight Sparkle.” mumbled Trixie weakly. “Don’t talk, preserve your energy.” Said Twilight sternly. “We’ll talk about it later, now rest and recover. We almost lose you.” Trixie sighed, and closed her eyes. “Thank you.” She smiled. Twilight shook her head, exasperated, and then looked at Rex, who was still watching over his wife. “Come on, let her rest, and explain this to me downstairs.” Rex nodded quietly, and followed Twilight out of the room. Back at the Thrones Room, Rex’s and Twilight’s friends were waiting. “Is she going to recover?” asked Spike. “Yes she is.” said Twilight, with a frown. “But it’ll take it’s time. Now, Rex, tell us, what happened? How did you brought you back?” The colt sighed sadly, and Applejack offered him a chair. He smiled, and sat sadly. “So, what happened, darling?” asked Rarity. Rex shook his head sadly. “Well, my so-called friends, and brother, erased the ten months I spent in Equestria, and what I lived with Trixie. In order to recover my memories, she fought with me, an allowed me to hurt her so bad…” He trembled, using all his self-control to not transform his forehooves into the Smack-Hands, but controlled himself when Circe (now a red earth pony) when to comfort him. Rex smiled at his friend, and calmed down, but, just a little. “Well, what I’m surprised that you spent the ten months you disappeared in such a colorful world.” said Noah, as he looked at his new appearance: he was now a green earth pony, but he still had his blond hair and blue eyes. He chuckled, he liked this new look. It wasn’t the time for that, though. They were all focused on how Trixie was doing. At the end, Twilight frowned. “So you hit Trixie?” Rex frowned. “Worse. I electrocuted them with the Blast-Caster, then I hit her with the Smack-Hands.” The girls gasped. “Rex, can you tell us exactly what happened?” asked Fluttershy. Rex bit his lip, and began to tell everything that happened. Starting with his depression after he defeated the Consortium, and saved the world. And then, of how he got an emergency call to fight a mysterious opponent that turned herself in to Providence, but, in the end, it was all a trap to get into Providence’s headquarters. Then, the real fight. And of how the stranger began to attack Holiday and Six, intentionally turning her back on Rex. “…and that’s how I hit her. After what she did to the equipment, mess with the security system and all, I had to hit her. I broke her several bones. But, that’s what she wanted. Even if I defeated her, she continued talking, provoking me, and trying to make me remember by force. And she finally made it. I recovered all of my memories, my life in Equestria, and the love I feel for her.” He couldn’t continue, so, Beverly and Circe came to hug him. As for Noah, he just gave him a friendly pat on the back. “When Rex got his memory back, he confronted Six and my sister.” continued Beverly. “They were trying to force Rex to stay forever in Providence, but he didn’t wanted to do anything with them for what they did to him. Well, we couldn’t just sit there and watch, bso we open fire against them.” “We escaped, but it was hard.” explained Noah. “What magic did to our technology was incredible, she made our entire security system go crazy. The entire headquarters turned into a warzone, wherever we tried to find shelter, we were received by laser beams, attack-drones, and such. Finally, we managed to shield ourselves in the infirmary, where we were saved by César Salazar.” “Then, well, César helped to save Trixie from a certain death. But he had an argue with Rex, and next thing we know, Trixie used a spell, and we ended up here.” finished Beverly. Twilight nodded, with a darkened expression. “Well, this was only to be expected. Maybe we would never be friends, but, at least she’s a different pony now. Still, we need to have a serious talk after she recovers.” “But, she’s going to recover, right?” asked Fluttershy. Twilight nodded. “They brought her just in time.” In the end, they all sat as Spike offered the newcomers a cup of tea. Rex kindly refused his, he couldn’t eat or drink anything until Trixie was fully recovered. “So, what did I miss?” asked Rex looking around. “Got a new place? I like it, está chido este lugar.” Rainbow Dash simply shrugged. “Oh, it was no big deal, right after Trixie left, we had a big showdown with a guy named Tirek. But, don’t worry, it is over now.” Nopony said anything. They just waited, looking to Twilight’s room. “Shall we go to rest, now?” suggested Twilight. The girls said goodbye, and went to their respective homes, as Twilight offered Rex and his friends to stay at her castle. They agreed, but, that night they slept little, and badly. Only Rex stayed awake, watching for his wife. Next morning, at seven o’clock, Twilight entered back at her room, and couldn’t help but smile seeing at Rex, who had finally fell asleep around three a.m. and had stayed aside his wife. The lavender alicorn took a blanket, and placed over Rex, leaving the room. “How are they?” asked Beverly. Twilight smiled at her. “Good. Trixie looks much better, and Rex have just fell asleep. She’ll be able to move for today.” The group from Providence sighed in relief. Around nine thirty, the rest of the Bearers of Harmony came in, and asked for Trixie’s condition. And, as the guests, they felt really relieved that Trixie was out of danger. “So tell me, how Rex was doing all this time?” asked Twilight. Circe just cleaned a small tear from her left eye. “He wasn’t being himself. He did saved the world, and cured all the EVOs, but after that, he went down. He barely ate, barely spoke…” “I tried to invite him to hang out with us, but he refused every time.” sighed Noah. “But he was like dead in life. I’ve never seen someone as depressed before.” “It was really hard to see how the cheerful, and energetic Rex, became the shadow of who he was. But, as much as we tried to help, no one understood what was really going on. Not even him.” The Elements looked to each other, and sighed in silence. Maybe it wasn’t as bad as Trixie’s case, but still very sad. Suddenly, they heard a scream from Twilight’s room, followed by a white light. Twilight gasped, and teleported in. Inside the room, Trixie was glowing, with strange limbs growing out of her body, to instantly disappeared, and then, reappear again. The limbs went from  extra hooves, to claws, or even extra eyes. Trixie was crying in fear, trying her best to control her body, but all this was new for her. As for Rex, he was desperately trying to approach Trixie, but also her magic was out of control, and she was shooting random magic beams, making Rex go backwards every time. “I’M SORRY REX, I CAN’T CONTROL IT!” apologized Trixie.  “I’ll help you, don’t worry. I promised I won’t allow you to become an EVO, and I’ll keep my promise!” said Rex, activating the Block-part. Twilight was just frozen. “Nanites? DID YOU INJECTED HER WITH NANITES, REX SALAZAR?” Rex ignored her, and jumped toward Trixie. One more time, Trixie’s out-of-control magic impacted several times, but Rex was able to approach, thanks to his Omega Nanite, and finally embraced Trixie. “You are not becoming an EVO. You are NOT becoming an EVO!” shouted Rex, kissing his mare. … Downstairs, the group were still waiting in silence. The girls didn’t know what was going on, but, Rex’s friends did know, and they didn’t like the situation at all. It was when, suddenly, a large white alicorn materialized in. “Princess Celestia!” gasped Rarity. “What are you doing here?” The Monarch of the Sun looked upstairs, frowning. “I feel a weird energy coming from there. I must investigate!” Said that, she teleported to Twilight’s room as well. … “Rex!” gasped Trixie, as she felt the mutation going backwards. “It’s working! It’s working!” “It’s not over yet!” shouted Rex. The boy was struggling against Trixie’s incoming mutation. At this point, he knew it was inevitable, she would become an EVO. But he had to make sure that she lost her mind, totally, or partially like Breach. No, he wouldn’t let Trixie to become a monster. Rex kissed his wife, trying to redirect her Nanites, through his lips, and the two hooves around Trixie’s waist. He had to hurry, without César’s equipment, or the Meta-Nanites, he wouldn’t be able to do anything if Trixie become a dangerous EVO. Slowly, he separated from his wife, and looked at her. She was the same Trixie of always, except for… Trixie looked at Rex. “Is it over? is Trixie an EVO, now?” Rex smiled slightly. “How many times do I have to tell you? Stop speaking in third person, it is irritating.” “Sorry, did I turned into an EVO?” Twilight raised an eyebrow. “So that’s what happens when you mix our magic with human technology. Wow, this is just, wow.” Trixie looked at the alicorn with fear in her eyes. “You’re scaring me. How bad it is? How bad is my mutation?!” Luckily, Celestia was a bit more informative when she teleported in. “Twilight Sparkle!” she called. The entire group turned to the white alicorn. “WHY ON EQUESTRIA DID YOU TURNED THE WANTED CRIMINAL, BEATRIX LULAMOON, INTO AN ALICORN?” Trixie’s eyes widened. “A mirror. A mirror for the Great and Powerful Trixie!” Speechless, Twilight gave her what she asked for. Trixie grabbed it, with her magic, and looked at her new wings. “Okay, this is certainly unexpected.” “I am waiting!” insisted Celestia, angrily. “I had nothing to do with this, promise!” said Twilight defensively. Rex just smiled weakly to the Princess. “And, technically, Trixie is not an alicorn. It’s an EVO who looks like an alicorn. Totally different stuff!” It was when Celestia noticed he was there. “You? What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be in your world and…” she couldn’t continue, so, Celestia took a deep breath, and looked sternly at the trio. “Okay, you three are going to explain me what is going on in here. NOW!” Half an hour later, Celestia was aware of everything. Rex told her the whole tale all over again, but this time, Trixie joined in to add a few things from her point of view. Of how Twilight have captured her first, and, instead of throwing her to a dungeon, she sent her to Rex’ world. But right before she disappeared, she managed to steal the page that had the spell to come back home. At the end, the Princess made an understanding nod. “Okay, so, let me see if I get this right, this new alicorn is the result of mixing our medical spells, with that highly-dangerous human technology called Nanites.” Twilight nodded, and Celestia shook her head in disappointment. “Twilight, I believe I taught you better than that. What were you thinking when you used that spells, with that things inside Miss Lulamoon’s system?!” “I wouldn’t do it, if I knew. Rex just told me that he had to use an emergency medical procedure with Trixie. I had no idea he would use the Nanites, especially since he knew what those things are capable of.” “I was desperate, okay?” said Rex. “There was no time!” Celestia nodded, staring at the couple. “Now I wonder, what should I do with you?” “Princess, I know Trixie have been a big headache all this time.” said Twilight. “But, she did it because you took away her special somepony. Rex Salazar was her first true friend. We pushed her to do all this, to become that reckless criminal just to be executed, because she lost her will to live. Sorry, but, I felt I was doing the right thing when I helped her. please, Princess Celestia, do not punish her for taking her beloved back. She had enough for those months she was alone.” “Not to mention, I wouldn’t recommend them to go back to our world.” added Noah. “Not after the disaster they left behind.” The Princess looked at her student, then, back to the couple, and nodded. “Okay, I do realize that I was being unfair when I took you two apart. I did it because Rex had a duty back where he came from, but, as far as I know, you have defeated the Consortium, and cured all the EVOS, right Rex Salazar?” “Except for Trixie, and Van Kleiss, and a few others.” mumbled the boy. The Princess, then, nodded sadly. “Okay then. If that’s the case, you can stay in Equestria.” “For real?” asked Rex. The white alicorn nodded, slowly. “On one condition.” “And, what would that be?” asked Trixie confusedly. “From now on, I want you two to quit that dreadful lifestyle you’ve been having too far. Beatrix Lulamoon, it wasn’t your destiny to become a Princess, but, giving your current condition, we have no other choice. Tomorrow afternoon, I’ll announce your ascension to the rest of Equestria.” Trixie raised an eyebrow. “Seriously? Me, a wanted criminal, suddenly crowned a Princess? Sorry, but, that sounds like an awful idea. Being a Princess would mean that I should play by the rules, and that doesn’t suit Trixie. What about…?” Princess Celestia shook her head. “During your career as a bounty hunter, you’ve proved to have great skill for offensive, and illusion magic. Twilight Sparkle is quite skillful with illusion, but, in combat, not that much. Besides, your partner Rex can be useful for Equestria in a future. Your choices are, accept the Royal Status, or face the consequences for your little performance in Providence Headquarters.” The two bounty hunters exchanged a worried look, but, in the end, they sighed, resigned to their fate. “Fine, Trixie understands.” said the blue mare. “I’m glad you do.” smiled Celestia. “Yeah, give the potential menace a position where you can watch her. It’s one of the oldest tricks in the book.” Sighed Trixie, rolling her eyes. Celestia raised an eyebrow. “You’re smarter than I thought. Yes, pretty much that.” Rex giggled. “At least it’s better than going back to Providence. We accept.” Celestia then, looked at Rex’s friends. “What about you, my little ponies? Do you want to stay, or are you going back to your own world?” Noah shrugged. “Nah, I’m going back to Providence. I have my own responsibilities, after all. Maybe I don’t fully agree with what they did to Rex, and Trixie, but it is my place.” Circe smiled. “We know that Rex’s its fine, that’s enough for me.” Beverly sighed. “Yes, I must check how my sister is doing. Knowing her, and Six, they’re fine. But, yeah, they shouldn’t show up around Providence for a while.” Rex looked at his friends, and smiled warmly to them. Activating his Smack-hands, he embraced them all in a tight group hug. “Good by guys. I’ll never forget you.” “We won’t forget you, Rex.” Said Circe sadly. “You take care, Rex.” Recommended Noah, and then, he turned to Trixie. “And you, do not push yourself that hard again. I don’t know how Rex will do if something happens to you.” Trixie giggled. “No promises, but Trixie would try.” They smiled, and, in the end, between Celestia and Twilight made a portal to send them back home. Trixie wanted to help, but Twilight looked sternly at her, giving Trixie no choice to sit and watch. At least everything was fine now. A week later: Ponies all over Equestria have reunited in Canterlot, ready to celebrate the ascension of the newest Princess. There were several rumors about her mysterious origin, of how she started as a traveling magician, and turned into a feared and respected bounty hunter. How did Celestia allowed her to become a Princess on the first place? There was a lot speculation. Finally, the group of the four current Princesses showed up, leaded by Celestia, who announced: “Thank you for coming, my little ponies. I know this is sudden, and I must say Beatrix Lulamoon have met several mistakes on the past, but, she also have some merits on her own. She have achieved great things all by herself, and later, at the side of an equally especial companion, and I’m convince that, together, they’ll do great things for Equestria. Now, let me introduce you to, Princess Beatrix Lulamoon!” A bunch of guards walked in, followed by a group of trumpeters, who played a slow march to welcome the newest alicorn, along with her personal knight, and Prince Consort. But, instead, who appeared was a servant, running to the Princesses. “I’m terribly sorry, your Majesties, but her new Highness Trixie have declared that she’s sorry, but she’ll arrive a little late to her own crowning. She have some unfinished business in Appleloosa, apparently a group of bandits are causing trouble, and Major Braeburn have offered a juicy reward to the one who stops them.” Celesita made a face-hoof. This is just great, when Trixie come back, she was going to pay for this. Cadence and Luna just exchanged a confused look, who would arrive late to her own crowning just for something like that. Only Twilight was laughing happily. “What do you expect? Is just Trixie being Trixie!”