5
Repressed memories
“Here we are: doctor Sigmane Freud” said Trixie. “Are you sure you’ll be okay by your own, Rex Salazar?”
Rex smiled shyly to his partner.
“No problema amiga, I’ll be back at the hotel in less than you think. Now go for the tickets to the Gala, isn’t that why we came here?”
“And for your mental sanity” reminded Trixie sternly. “But fine, I’ll see you later. And please, take care Rex, you’re my best friend and I don’t want to anything happen to you”
Rex blushed slightly at hearing this but quickly nodded and entered to the clinic of the famous unicorn psychiatrist. Only two other patients to go and he could give a significance to that strange dream… and perhaps recover part of his past. But did he really wanted it? What if he lost his memories for his own good?
In the meantime Trixie, as skilled as only herself, moved all over her contacts of Canterlot’s underworld to find the pony she was looking for: a mysterious stallion known as M.
M was famous because his ability to get authentic tickets to any event; no matter how expensive or restricted the event was; with M a pony could be sure that those were the original invitations. And in the specific case of the Great Galloping Gala, it was vital that the tickets were authentic since the event’s security was at the level that the bounty hunters called ‘Impossible’
Anyway, Trixie found the so called M in a bar of the infamous Canterlot ‘red-light district’ drinking hard alcoholic cider; and even if he already had two empty mugs and was finishing the third one, he wasn’t drunk at all. The guy himself was enormous, dressed in a long gabardine and a hat to protect his identity. The blue mare smiled and approached to his table to deposit two large bag of bits on his hooves. M examined the bags’ content and hooved Trixie two golden tickes.
Trixie nodded in silence and after order a cup of wine to herself, she went to other table. The other costumers didn’t said a word, that bar was famous for those kind of transactions.
…
Back to doctor Freud’s clinic, it was finally Rex’s turn.
“Welcome my friend, welcome” greeted the old doctor opening the door for Rex. “Now, what can I do for you, mister…?”
“Salazar, Rex Salazar, and this will be quick. I have no memories of my past and everypony says that you’re an expert to recover repressed memories. Help me doc”
“Seriously?” Asked doctor Freud raising an eyebrow
“Do I look as I am kidding?” grumped Rex annoyed. “Look, all I ask you is to help me find who I am, just use that spell you’re famous for and I won’t bother you again. It’ll make everything clear, right?”
The doctor shook his head slowly.
“This is not as simple as you think, youngster” said the doctor. “That spell is a last resource, is healthier for you to follow the full psychological treatment; depending of the patient is a slow process but is worth it. Try to understand that the mind is something very mysterious my boy, and if you buried that memories that means that something really bad happened to you; a mind doesn’t do that unless it has a powerful reason to”
“I need you to do the spell doctor” insisted Rex.
“The consequences of force a mind are very dangerous my friend. I’m a professional, I know what I’m talking about. Now, can you tell me about your dreams? It can be a good start”
Rex kicked the wall in frustration.
“My dreams have no sense. In those I see myself as a strange bipedal creature with weird clothes surrounded by similar creatures. One of them have severe deformities but I know she’s the only one I can trust between them. She approaches to me, comforts me and finally she send me away from where I was. Besides I have the urgency to watch a telenovela even if I have no idea what it is”
“Read a book perhaps?”
“No, is more like go to see a play… but in my house in my coach. Again I know it have no sense, but I try to conform with reading books for mares on their fifties or go to the theater. As I said it haves no sense, and then are those abilities I have that…”
Rex suddenly realized what he was about to reveal and muttered, even if doctor Freud seemed really interested in the last part. But the boy finally shook his head and looked at the doctor’s eyes with true fear on his.
“It doesn’t matter, I only want to give sense to all of this. Are you sure you can’t help me, doctor Freud?”
The psychiatrist sighed.
“Okay, I will, but only because you seem like a unique case. But I warn you: last time I tried to force a repressed memory to come back it was to a very powerful unicorn whose magic release almost destroy my clinic, since then I have a double-strength shield spell all over the place. Can you assure me that nothing dangerous will happen if I try?”
Rex didn’t say anything, with his powers he couldn’t make that promise but at the end he lied.
“It’s fine doctor”
Freud detected the lie but curiosity were stronger and tied Rex to the divan as a safety measure. Finally made his horn glow and…
…
Trixie entered to the clinic happily, where a kind secretary saluted her.
“Good afternoon miss, do you have an appointment or want me to set you one?”
“No, thank you. I just came here looking for a friend who I suppose is still in consult”
“I see. Please take a sit”
Trixie obeyed and took an old newspaper to entertain with the Sudoku, thinking in her friend Rex Salazar.
But then a powerful tremor shook the whole clinic. Fearing the worst, Trixie entered where the doctor were attending Rex. She heard Rex’s screams of fear and saw a white light coming from inside so she destroyed the door without hesitation.
Her friend was screaming with all he had while his machines appeared and disappeared all over his body while a white light was coming from his eyes and mouth. He fought to retrain it but he couldn’t.
“REX! REX STOP IT, PLEASE STOP!”
Rex turned to his friend and tried to say something but instead his mechanized hands took over and began to smash the floor hardly.
“I warned him” said doctor Freud, not scared but upset. “The memory I tried to recover is too well protected. At this rate he’ll…”
Enough said, Trixie teleported on top of Rex and began to shook his head trying to get him back to normal.
“Rex! For Celestia’s sake, what are you doing? Stop!”
“Trixie,… I… can’t hold it… anymore… STAY AWAY FROM ME BEFORE I HURT YOU, I. I…”
“I won’t leave you” said Trixie crying a little. “No matter what you say, I stay. Rex, you’re stronger than your powers, please react”
“I’m not worthy, LEAVE, GO AWAY!”
“NEVER!” Shouted Trixie hugging her friend. “I won’t’ leave you no matter what. You’re my best friend and friends should be together”
Rex felt how his robotic parts turned against Trixie. He screamed louder trying to resist but it was useless, he was about to kill his best friend.
“Please Trixie, I can’t contain them anymore. Go away, save yourself. It was fun to be your partner but you have to leave me now my friend”
Trixie shook her head even if the metallic whip immobilized her.
“Nothing you say will make me leave. I’ve been alone for so long until you came. I have a few friend but you’re the first I can trust plenty. The first one I can feel what the idiot of Sparkle call the Magic of Friendship. And what kind of friend leaves her friend just like that? No Rex, I won’t leave you”
“Trixie…”
Rex’s smack hands were about to smash Trixie to death, she felt it was the end but still she had something very important to do before leave. Struggling against the whip, she could approach to his friend face and kissed him deeply.
The mare’s lips and tongue pressing against him took Rex out of guard, completely freezing his entire body, including his machines. Just what he needed. With a super effort he forced his body back to normal and looked to Trixie’s eyes. She was crying between fear and happiness.
“Trixie…”
The blue mare smiled.
“I love you”
“I love you too, oh Trixie”
They kissed again, this time more calmly, gentler.
“Thank you Trixie, you made it”
“Now you know that there’s nothing that the Great and Powerful Trixie can’t do”
“What we said about speaking in third person?”
“You almost kill me with your machines, Trixie earns it”
But then the doctor coughed to call their attention.
“Did you paid in advance Rex?” Asked Trixie.
“As always”
“Good” she said before teleporting them away.
The doctor stayed where he was and sighed.
“I warned that stallion, I surely did”
His secretary approached looking at the mess.
“Shall we inform to the Royal Guard, Doctor Freud?”
“You see miss Notepad: I have no idea. He is a true mystery so nopony would believe us”
The mare wasn’t so sure about that but nodded.
…
In one of Canterlot’s aleys, mare and stallion rested against a wall tired but happy.
“So, did you get the tickets?” Asked Rex.
Trixie showed him the golden tickets.
“Eeyup, while sompeony I know was making a pointless scandal, Trixie actually did her job. Now let’s move to the hotel, we have a lot to plan before we get back to action. Luckily for us I have the perfect plan, but I need to borrow your transmitters”
“Sure”
They hugged and went back to the hotel. Perhaps Rex didn’t recovered his past but at least he got Trixie, and Trixie got Rex.