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As One Door Closes	By : trudyw000 Category: +G through L > Generator Rex Views: 4178 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Author's Note : Thank you to everyone who has read this story so far, and especially for the reviews, although one has disappeared. I can't figure out how to reply directly to individual reviews so I'll just say here, thank you Lunaroki, I'm glad you're enjoying the story. I see what you mean about the summary, it had me confused to start with, I never thought of it as a spoiler, since so far as I know Circe doesn't die in canon. Still I get your point and will take it into consideration when writing summaries for future stories. If you have any other suggestions to improve my writing I would be very happy to hear them, I'm always happy to receive constructive criticism and I know that my stories may suffer from the lack of a beta reader.
Chapter Three - Escape
Three days later the pattern changed when Van Kleiss walked into Rex's vision flanked by Biowolf and Skalamander. Circe stepped quietly to one side allowing her boss easy access to the control panel and Rex hung, slumped in his restraints trying to look as pathetic as possible. To be honest that wasn't all that difficult after several days of little food and the constant drain of nanites from his system.
Van Kleiss declined to check the control panels and instead stood surveying Rex with a critical eye. Biowolf and Skalamander were joking around holding their noses and making gagging motions. Their leader simply smiled at their antics and called out "you have a point boys, hose him down!" as he left.
Rex jerked up his head in disbelief at the words only to see the two animalistic EVOs attaching hoses to the taps on each side of the laboratory and turning the faucets to full Rex found himself drenched in icy water as the two hoses were gleefully played over his body from head to foot, the hospital gown he was wearing quickly became soaked and clung indecently to his slender form.
Rex thrashed wildly within the restraints but quickly tired and just hung limply fighting back tears as he wallowed briefly in abject misery.
Once Rex stopped fighting his tormentors soon became bored and dropping the hoses Biowolf growled, "clean up this mess girl" to Circe as they too left the room, chuckling gleefully to themselves.
As soon as the door closed Circe hurried to turn off the faucets and to mop up the mess on the floor. Seeing the state that Rex was in she decided she couldn't afford to hold off any longer on her plan of escape. She moved surreptitiously over to the controls of the nanite drain machine and turned them down slightly. If Van Kleiss questioned her on the new settings she would claim that Rex needed the extra nanites to survive after his recent cold shower. If he didn't question her then she would continue to reduce the drain slightly every day to allow Rex to recover some of his strength in preparation for their escape.
Picking up the small towel which was all she had available to try to dry Rex off she moved over and started to rub him down briskly hoping to massage some warmth into his frozen limbs. Under guise of drying his hair she managed to whisper into his ear, "you should start to feel stronger over the next few days, keep up the pretence of weakness, you need time to recover sufficiently for us to get out of here."
Now that the first part of her plan was underway Circe urgently needed to find a way to communicate her plans to Providence. That night lying in the camp bed provided for her use Circe mused on what she had learned of Rex from his stories over the previous few days. While he unfailingly professed his undying love for her every time they managed to meet, after listening to the cadence of his voice every time he talked about Agent Six she began to ponder on the sheltered upbringing that Rex had received at Providence, maybe his feelings weren't as clear cut as they seemed on the surface. Reaching a decision she pulled out several sheets of smuggled paper and started on the first of two letters that she needed to write that night.
After that first time a new element was added to their daily routine as every evening Biowolf and Skalamander would come by laughing uproarously and hose Rex down in the name of hygiene.
It was two days later that Circe finally spotted an opportunity to finally put the last stage of her plan into place.
Van Kleiss had let up on the continuous EVO attacks since they had captured Rex but now he decided that he needed to keep Providence on their toes. He needed a large scale incident as a distraction, forcing Providence to pull resources from the search for Rex. He planned to target a busy business district at rush hour, striking as the drones were leaving their office jobs he intended to take a stroll among the homeward bound commuters and activate the nanites in as many of them as he possibly could in a short amount of time. Seeing her chance to get out of Pack HQ for long enough to send a message she made her suggestion.
"Rather than relying on the EVOs to spread out and cause havoc, why not situate me across town, I can call them to me and they should leave a swath of chaos and destruction across the heart of the city."
Hesitating Van Kleiss examined the suggestion and whilst he was sure that Circe was hiding some ulterior motive he agreed that the idea was a good one.
"Skalamander, you'll go with her, to make sure she comes back safely."
Circe had hoped she would be allowed to go on her own but knew that realistically that was too much to ask for. Still it could have been worse, Skalamander should be much easier to fool than Biowolf would have been. Nodding her acquiescence Circe knew better than to object.
"Good, then we leave in two hours. Biowolf, Skalamander make sure that the transports are fuelled and ready to go, Circe check on the prisoner and be sure that he will be OK unsupervised for a few hours.
Two hours later Circe was seated in the smaller cruiser beside Skalamander as he drove her to her assigned position. She felt intense guilt for the people who were going to suffer and die today in order to give her the opportunity to save Rex. Still he had given up so much in his life and if she was able to save him then she knew he would go on to save thousands more. Maybe it was a callous decision, but it was one she could live with. Shifting slightly in her seat she could feel the envelope tucked into the back of her skirt.
Arriving at their destination in a grove of trees hidden back away from the street Circe started to climb out of the vehicle only to be pulled back by Skalamander. "Not so fast girly, open the window, you can call from here."
"Look Skaly, I know I'm powerful but unless I get closer to the street with a clear line of sight to Van Kleiss's position we're not going to get half the result we should. Wait for me here." And with that she continued to climb confidently out of the vehicle as if there was no doubt in her mind that Skalamander would give in to her arguments. The lizard EVO was confused by her attitude but was so used to following orders from Van Kleiss and Biowolf that he fell back on familiar patterns and allowed her to proceed unmolested.
Moving off into the trees she looked around her for someone who could deliver the letter. Seeing two young children playing catch nearby she looked around for the adults who she expected to be close by. Spotting two young women chatting on a park bench she hurried over, pulling out the letter from her waistband as she walked.
"Please, can you post this for me, it's urgent" she spoke hurriedly, looking around furtively to ensure Skalamander hadn't followed her.
Looking alarmed at being accosted by a frantic stranger the young women gathered their things, calling their children to them they started to back away.
"Please, it's just a letter to a friend, I need help and he'd... he'd get angry if he knew I tried to contact anyone." Circe skillfully manipulated the truth, every word she spoke was true but she knew she would convey a completely different impression to her audience.
Sharing a quick glance with her friend the bolder of the two women stepped forward and reached out to take the letter from her hand.
"Thank you, so much" Circe thrust the letter at the woman and rushed off back to her position. Checking her watch she saw that it was time to do her part and calling up her nanites she felt her secondary mouth begin to extend from within her normal one and soon the tubular organ had reached it's full length and she loosed her sonic howl to attract any EVOs in the range of her voice.
After she had let out several howls and was sure that she would have been heard by the EVOs being triggered by Van Kleiss she headed back to rejoin Skalamander for the trip back to the Abysus base.
Satisfied that Noah would receive the envelope by the end of the day Circe feigned excitement as Van Kleiss switched on the large monitor on their return in order to view the news footage of the afternoons EVO incident. As she saw just how successful her ploy had been in causing the EVO herd to stampede down main street Circe had to struggle to contain her nausea and as soon as was decently possible she excused herself and returned to the lab to check on Rex.
Rex had been sleeping when she left and Circe had been glad to escape without having to answer awkward questions. Now he was awake and wanted to know where she had been.
"Sending a message for Agent Six, it tells him exactly where we are and lets him know that we plan to leave in four days time."
"In four days! Why are we waiting so long? I'm feeling much stronger, we should go now" Rex exclaimed eager to get out of the restraints. "I don't want you in danger for any longer than necessary.
"Because we need someone on the outside to help us, I think I can get us out of here but Van Kleiss will catch us pretty quickly unless we have some help getting away once we are outside." Circe explained patiently.
"I can get us away, just get us out of here and I can fly us home."
"At full strength I'm sure you could but you aren't even close to that and won't be for a long while. You're feeling good now but that's only in comparison with how you were feeling when you first woke up. In truth you're at barely 1% of your normal strength."
Rex grunted in disgust but he had to trust to Circe to take charge of their escape as he remained helpless, drained of the majority of his nanites and strapped to this cross for the last five days.
"Is there any chance of getting me off of this rig for a while, even if it's only for ten minutes, I really need to move around, " Rex was on the verge of begging.
"I'm sorry Rex, I can't, you know I can't" She knew how desperate he was, for someone so full of life and movement, to be contained in one position for this long must be murder. "Van Kleiss or one of his goons could come in at any moment, it's too risky."
Rex hung his head for a moment. "I know, I'm sorry, I'm just going stir crazy strapped up like this."
Circe stepped up to cup Rex's cheek in her hand and he closed his eyes and nuzzled into the caress. "Not much longer, just rest up and regain your strength, as long as Six gets my message he will arrange a distraction in four days time to lure Van Kleiss, Biowolf and Skalamander away. As soon as they leave I'll reverse the drain to top you up with as many nanites as possible in a short amount of time and then we leave."
"Thank you Circe" was all Rex could say but the look in his eyes said all she needed to hear.
The following days dragged by for Rex, he spent the time talking to Circe as she tried her hardest to keep his mind off of his situation. Slowly he felt his strength returning but he was careful to maintain the illusion of weakness, spending most of his time hanging in the restraints feigning unconsciousness. He portrayed his role so well that at one point Van Kleiss actually suggested Circe reduce the drain slightly so that Rex could wake up as it was no fun taunting an unconscious victim.
Finally the day of the escape dawned, Rex and Circe were on edge all morning sniping at each other as they waited anxiously for the alarm that would indicate the hoped for diversion had started.
"Are you sure Six got your message?" Rex asked for the umpteenth time.
"NO" shouted Circe in response and it was a toss up which of them looked more shocked at her outburst.
Leaning her head against his chest Circe clung to him for a few minutes and Rex had never wished so much that his hands were free so that he could wrap his arms around her and hold her tightly.
Eventually she managed to regain control of her emotions and stepped back.
"I don't know that he got my message, I can only hope that the women I gave it to were able to get it to Noah at Providence and he took it seriously and passed it to Agent Six."
"Why did you send it to Noah, why not send it straight to Six." Rex asked in confusion.
Circe settled back on her stool to explain her reasoning, "Agent Six is a well known figure, he probably gets massive amounts of mail from crackpots every day. I thought that with Noah being out of the public eye a message sent to him was more likely to be taken seriously." She stopped anxious to hear what Rex had to say, as an outsider to the politics of Providence she prayed that she hadn't misread the dynamics within the organisation.
"But Noah isn't at Providence!" Rex snapped.
"What!" it had never occurred to Circe that Noah wouldn't be at Providence and able to get the message to Six easily. "Where is he?" She asked.
"He's away at University, he comes back for holidays but he doesn't live at Providence full time anymore." Rex fell silent considering the possibilities, it might still work out, "his mail gets forwarded to him regularly, if the letter got to HQ the day after you sent it then it should have reached Noah yesterday, he would have called Six straight away, he's one of the few people who's calls Six will always accept."
Looking up he saw the dejected expression on Circe's face and once more he yearned to have his arms free to hold her and soothe away her fears. "Don't worry, I'm sure Six got the message in time."
"I can see your reasoning" Rex tried to reassure Circe "Six gets enough fan mail to sink a battleship, hell he regularly gets a dozen marriage proposals a week," Rex paused furtively before continuing, "I snuck a peek once, he even had one from a man!" He sounded shocked at the idea.
"I'm not surprised he's not bad looking, for an old guy." Circe did not mirror Rex's shock, she had led a much less sheltered life than her friend.
"But Circe, a MAN!" Rex tried to impress upon her the weirdness of the idea but she wasn't biting.
"There's nothing wrong with that Rex, some men are attracted to women, some to men and some are just attracted to the person regardless of the packaging, women are the same." Deciding to have a little fun Circe revealed a juicy tidbit guaranteed to blow Rex's mind, "how do you think Biowolf and Skalamander scratch that itch all the way out here?" She asked slyly.
Rex's jaw dropped and he just spluttered for a few minutes before he could once again form intelligible speech. "But.... What....Urggh!" The last was said with a shudder that wracked the young EVO's entire body. "Tell me you're joking," he begged.
"No, I accidentally walked in on them once," Circe gave a full body shudder of her own, "not a pretty sight I can tell you."
"But then, What about Van Kleiss?" asked Rex suddenly intrigued by the possibilities.
Circe looked uncomfortable but luckily a commotion outside the door distracted Rex before he had time to notice her unease and he slumped in his bonds as Biowolf burst through the door.
"Providence is up to something, we're going to check it out, you hold the fort here." He commanded and just as quickly as he'd arrived he was gone leaving a stunned Circe behind. Her message had gotten through, the plan was working, they were going to get out of here.
She looked across to see Rex's eyes dancing with joy, "You did it." Was all he needed to say.
Whirling to the monitors Circe pulled up a view of the loading dock and they watched breathlessly as Van Kleiss, Biowolf, Skalamander and Breach all piled into one of the cruisers and took off headed for whatever diversion Six had been able to arrange. As soon as the cruiser left the landing pad Circe ran to the drain controls and slammed them into reverse, setting them up to pump nanites into Rex as quickly as possible instead of steadily draining them away as they had been doing.
Rex's body sprang taut arching out from the upright table he had been strapped to for the last nine days, the tension singing through his sinews as the continual nanite drain which his body had begun to adjust to became a sudden influx of new nanites and his strength soared.
Circe hovered anxiously her hand splayed over the button to shut off the nanite flow if she felt that Rex was in danger. She was about to press the button when Rex slumped and gleaming eyes opened and Circe felt her breath caught in her chest at the unrelenting ecstasy in those glowing brown eyes.
"God that feels good." Rex spoke and broke the spell that had held Circe motionless, she rushed forward and started undoing the straps holding him suspended. As he stepped down and his legs held his weight for the first time in over a week he staggered slightly. Circe helped support him until she felt him standing firm, then telling him to stand still she started fumbling with something behind him.
Twisting awkwardly Rex peered over his shoulder to where he could feel something tugging at the small of his back, looking down he saw Circe gently pulling at a tube which was fed through a hole in the table and attached at the base of his spine. Realising that this was the drain that had caused him so much pain and anguish since his capture his first impulse was to grab for the tube and rip it from his body. Seeing his action Circe slapped his hand away, "leave it, the more nanites we can pump back into you before we have to disconnect it the better."
Rex wasn't happy about the idea but saw the wisdom of her words and turned his attention to scanning the lab hoping that he would not have to escape in the flimsy hospital robe he was wearing as it was becoming rather bedraggled after all this time.
As if reading his mind Circe, having pulled through sufficient tubing to give Rex some freedom of movement, moved away to a closet which had been hidden out of his line of sight, opening the door she retrieved his trademark red and orange jacket and black trousers. Practically snatching them out of her hands he started to pull on his own clothes and immediately felt his self-confidence rise as he threw aside the hated robe.
Finally ready to leave Circe shut down the console and disconnected the drain tube from Rex's back. Free of the machine at last he grabbed up Circe enfolding her into a massive hug as he swung her around in the centre of the room in sheer joy.
Laughing lightly she pushed at his shoulders to free herself and he set her back upon her feet. "Come on, we need to move."
Instantly the levity fell away and Rex moved to follow Circe out of the room. Moving carefully they negotiated the labyrinth of corridors until suddenly they passed through a large door and out into the twisted garden filled with petrified statues of EVO's drained by Van Kleiss in his unending quest to maintain his own life. Wending their way through the undergrowth they made their way to the outer edge of the garden where at her request Rex hoisted Circe quickly to the top of retaining wall. Leaping up he grasped her outstretched hand and pulled himself up beside her. Grinning at each other they felt that they were almost home free and they jumped down the other side of the wall and took off running through the wasteland that was Abysus.
Cresting a rise in the ground they saw the welcome sight of Agent Six as he stood at the open loading door of his ship beckoning them onwards. Rex felt a thrill of happiness at seeing his mentor ahead ready to whisk them away to safety. Suddenly Six began to shout at them to run, the look on his face and his gestures turned frantic and glancing over his shoulder Rex saw the reason, Van Kleiss and his henchmen must have turned back for some reason and they were hovering in their transport behind the fleeing EVO's. Rex grabbed Circe's hand and put on a burst of speed, he thought they were going to make it when he heard a gasp from Circe as she wrenched free of his grasp and fell in behind him giving him a powerful shove that carried him the last few feet into the ship. He felt her crash into him and as the ship lifted off, door closing behind them he turned to embrace her in celebration of their escape.
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