It was Friday afternoon, two days after the mission to retrieve the fourth Meta Nanite. Holiday had been working on repairing Rex's power suit glad that the damage wasn't as severe as they first thought. It should be finished before they had to drop Rex off for his visit with Caesar.

Six was concerned for the safety of everyone. Black Knight, might have caught a glimpse of Rex's face, when his cowl started to melt. He and his siblings were on their guard waiting for an imminent attack. In fact, everyone at Hope was. The facility was aware of the fact they had four Meta Nanites. Once they figured out where the fifth one was they would bring it to the facility, then the task of destroying them would begin. Having such dangerous tech around everyone down to the lowest lab tech was carrying some sort of protection.

The Gears were anxious. School would be starting a week from Monday. It would be difficult if not impossible to carry out their mission if stuck in a classroom for eight hours. They had hooked the scanner directly into Hope's satellite system scanning the entire planet over and over. That Meta Nanite had to be somewhere!

Beverly was typing code furiously as she watched her split screens. She was keeping one eye on the scanner and the other on Providence. She was trying to find out if Rex's identity had been exposed however her hacking skills weren't helping her as much. She wasn't sure if it was an updated system or if she was too distracted to figure it out. "I can't call myself a hacker if I can't find a way to balance two different programs at once. How's the search going? Has something changed?"

"Nothing yet, the scanner hasn't lit up," Annie replied.

"I'm wondering if we need to recalibrate the scanner. It keeps zeroing in on the Hope Base. I think it might be having trouble differentiating from the Meta Nanites we have and the one still out there," Claire stated. She was already tinkering with the scanner trying to do just that.

"I don't get it, Jacob's scanner has worked fine up to this point. The guy is a genius when it comes to engineering. Why would it start malfunctioning now?" Noah asked the group. The others shrugged not having an answer for him.

While the others threw out some ideas about fixing the scanner one member was being quiet. Rex was sitting down on the couch with a faraway look on his face. He had his hands clasped together with his head resting on them. He was deep in thought. He could hear the whispers of the Meta Nanites talking in the back of his mind. Their words were confusing him. "Mechanical is here already. Why are we not merged with Control Unit? We seek to be united!"

"Mechanical is here already? What does that mean? Could it be that…?" Rex started to whisper to himself when he felt someone sit down next to him. He glanced up to see Circe looking at him with a worried expression.

"Rex are you okay? Something seems to be bothering you. We'll find the last Meta Nanite I promise. Once we have all five we can destroy them freeing your brother from his bargain. It's going to be okay, you'll see."

He squeezed her hand letting Circe know everything was fine. "I'm okay, you don't need to worry about me. I think this nightmare will be over sooner then you think." Circe looked at him confused as Rex stood up. The elevator doors opened as Holiday and Six walked into the base. "I'm glad you're here. I think I know where the fifth Meta Nanite is."

"You do? That's fantastic Rex, where is it?" Holiday asked excitedly.

Rex opened his mouth to reply when an explosion rocked the base. Fires erupted as the building shook itself. Several lights blew out. Pieces of the base started to collapse. The computer sputtered then went down. Everyone screamed as Rex plastered his hands on the wall. His technopathy went throughout the building assessing the damage. What he discovered wasn't good. "The building is under attack! Providence is bearing down on us. Most of our defenses were taking out by a missile strike. Secondary systems are coming online now. We need to get out of here before the elevator shuts down."

"Understood. This Agent Six addressing all personal. We're under siege by Providence. They are here to steal the Meta Nanites. We can't allow them to achieve this objective. Initiate Battle Plan 1. I repeat Battle Plan 1." Battle Plan 1 was serious. It authorized the use of lethal force.

More explosions rocked the building as the Pawns marched into the building shooting lethal weapons. They met with a stiff wall of resistant. Bobo was leading the field agents with a heavy duty Broiler type weapon. "You think you robots can storm my house without getting into trouble? Think again. Activate security protocol Bobo's Party House!"

Out of the walls popped out lasers, buzz saws, flamethrowers. Spikes shot of the floor impaling some of the Pawns. With a battle cry Bobo charged forward blasting away. Throughout the building Dos, Trey, IV, and Five were using the traps to help them take out the robotic army.

In the Petting Zoo Dr. Rhodes was in the fight of her life against Elite Pawns. These were more durable, faster, and stronger. They fired lethal rounds at the scientist as she returned fire. The EVOs in the Zoo let out cries of fury as they went after the enemy. They wanted payback for all the pain that the collars had done to them.

A giant frog EVO hopped on top of two Pawns crushing them beneath its weight. It spat its long tongue out whipping it around flinging the Pawns into the wall. It groaned letting out a croak as bullets tore through its skin.

Three giant moths started scattering dust from their wings on their foe clogging up their circuits. A flying fish tore the head off another. Two mutated deer with sharp teeth and giant antlers protected Rhodes when the Pawns aimed for her heart and head. "Thanks Bucky. You monsters have a lot of nerve coming in here to hurt my friends!"

"You're quips mean nothing to us. Our objective is to destroy Hope and retrieve the Meta Nanites. Eliminating personal achieves that," one Pawn responded tossing an incendiary device. The device exploded setting the whole Petting Zoo on fire. Dr. Rhodes was blown clear across the habitat slamming into a wall crumbling under a ton of rubble. Seeing that the human was dead they moved on to the rest of the base. The Elites didn't notice Rhodes being dug out by the EVOs and taken to safety.

The engineer staff lab resembled the aftermath of bombing. Jacob had been trying to control the base's outside defenses. He had fired an electromagnetic pulse to take out Providence's attack ships, but they were shielded. He was reduced to using cannon fire. He lined up another jump jet in his crosshairs firing. The jet didn't have time to react as it was blown to pieces. The man tried to ignore the feeling he might have just killed someone praying to God that robots were manning the ships.

A scream filled the room. Jacob turned around in time to see several of his friends be struck down by Black Knight's cannon. The woman's indigo eyes were glowing as she grinned manically. "I haven't had this much fun in ages! Tell me where the Meta Nanites are now!"

"I'll never give a mad woman like you them!" Jacob responded. He grabbed his blaster from off the table firing at her. Black Knight side stepped the attack forming her whip slapping the weapon away. Jacob drew back his fist to punch her when she formed her sword. She stabbed him in the side twisting the blade as the energy sword dug into his side.

Black Knight looked at the man on the floor in front of her before kicking him in the head. She pulled out a device from her belt looking at it for a few minutes. "The Meta Nanites are in a vault just down the corridor from here. Destroy this room and set up the charges. You five, come with me. We're going to get those Meta Nanites."

They found the vault room in lock down mode behind titanium gates. Lasers cannons fired at her trying to take the group out. The Elite Pawns activated a series of force shields that blocked the attack. One member slipped by towards the wall pulling out wires and tearing apart the connections. The cannons stopped, but the door refused to budge. Coming to far Black Knight blasted the through the doors entering the smoke filled rooms.

Standing protectively in front of the vault with grim expressions of their faces were the Gears along with Six and Holiday. They narrowed their eyes on the intruder's weapons out and in fighting stances. "How dare you attack our base and try to kill our friends and family. If you think we're going to let you take those Meta Nanites you're gravely mistaken," Holiday hissed.

"I take what I want Holiday you know that. I should have realized it sooner who was getting in my way. My mistake was underestimating you fools. It won't happen again. I'm taking back what's mine along with Rex. After all, it is his scheduled visit with Caesar."

Generator's eyes narrowed. "I'm not about to let you use me as leverage against my brother. You're going to have to come and get me," the teen growled. He formed his Blast Castor going after Black Knight. The evil lady attacked with her whip. Another explosion as Generator formed his Rex Ride. He drove at her with his battering room, but she dodged out of the way.

Six and Holiday were on her in seconds. Forming an X, Six used the magnetic feature to hurl broken pieces of equipment at her. She jumped up towards the ceiling grabbing a light. She swung around onto a robot arm coming after him. Six dodged out of the way as Holiday fired her weapon. Black Knight formed her cannon firing back as Six deflected the laser with his sword. The two mercenaries went after one another with killer intent.

Siren and Cricket worked back to back against one Elite Pawn. The Pawn fired a collar gun trying to take them out, but the girls dodged. Cricket used his her legs to do a spin kick followed up by a cross. The Pawn twisted to the right as Siren fired a sonic blast. The new shielding protected the robot as it lined up a shot. Siren back bended then flipped to safety as a collar with a muzzle was sent her way. She slashed down then flung out her weapon. The Elite grabbed it pulling her towards him firing the collar gun. It snapped in place shocking her.

"Time to get rid of you," the Pawn whispered upping the voltage. He didn't even blink as Cricket came after him. Soon both girls were screaming as the collars zapped them. Their bodies couldn't take much more of this as they fell to the ground twitching and dying.

Another Elite was going after Tuck and Skywwd. The two friends had combined their talents going high and low after their attacker. Tuck ignored the pain as his body armor started to fail. The nanites were having difficulty staying together for some reason. "We've got to end this fast! Take that robot out now!"

"Don't have to tell me twice," Skywwd snarled slashing with his tentacles. He chased after the Elite forgetting his training. The Elite did a split kick striking both of them in the neck. Firing a different type of gun the two found themselves stuck to the wall in braces. Tuck started screaming as his caught on fire and Skywwd found himself being squeezed to death.

Chaos and App were going after the Elites with everything they had. None of their tricks were working as their weapons were sent flying. Their martial arts weren't having any effect. Both girls were soon defeated as the Pawn shot them with knock out gas.

Spyder interface failed her as she tried to protect the vault with Wingman. Their power suits had taken a beating as they fought the Elites. Spyder had tried to hack the Pawns only to be locked out. Wingman drove his knife into the robots legs trying to cut them down, but received a punch to the gut for his trouble.

"We…can't…let…them get those Meta Nanites!" Wingman barked. He shot out his grappling lines charging them with his protective field. The Pawns dodged them and Spyder's rocket boot kick. Spyder twisted around clawing at them only to get shot out in the shoulder. Wingman stood in front of the vault refusing to budge.

The Elites gave him a beating. Wingman's suit was overloaded as he crumbled. They tore off the vault door securing the Meta Nanites. They turned to see Black Knight inject Six and Holiday with a poison. The two adults were on the floor losing consciousness. Generator, in fury attacked them only to end up unconscious by an EMP wave. She tried to collar him only for it to fall off useless. Growling she threw him over her shoulder. "Let's go, we got what we came for. Set this building to explode a minute after we leave," she commanded. She was smirking as they left the building. She secured her prize as they flew towards the Consortium Base anticipating her soon to be god like powers.

Consciousness slowly returned to Rex. He could hear people talking around him. His skin prickled as he felt something scan him. He smelled the faint scent of blood and ozone around him. When he breathed in the air tasted recycled. His eyes tried to open up, but he felt weak and tired. Something sharp stabbed him in the gut. His nanites responded to the threat pushing it out and healing the wound. Finally he was able to wake up.

Rex's head rolled to the side a bit as his eyes started to focus. A harsh light was shining in his face, but was quickly removed. He blinked a few times before he could finally make out where he was. He was in the Nanite Team's lab restrained on an upright gurney. His power suit was deactivated leaving him in his civilian clothes. An IV drip was attached to his hand feeding him something that was keeping his body weak. Standing in front of him looking at him with confusion was the Nanite Team except for Caesar. Black Knight was also there flocked by a few Elite Pawns looking at him with dark curiosity.

"Ah so your finally awake. I was beginning to wonder if the special cocktail we devised had put you into a coma. You're certainly a surprising individual Rex. I have to admit I'm impressed by the control you have over your nanites."

Van Kliess was muttering to himself as he stared at the nanite sample they had taken. "Giant robots and power suits, sounds like a kids cartoon yes? Oh my special nanites, nice then anything I've ever seen."

"Van Kliess focus now! Do you have an explanation about Rex's powers or not? Every test we've run indicates his nanites aren't active, yet I witnessed him using his builds against me!"

Van Kliess straightened up bowing slightly to the woman. He brushed his long bangs out of his face. "I apologize my lady. We all assumed that Rex's nanites had turned off after the Event and needed to be switch on. The opposite is true, his nanites are on and somehow he's able to turn them off so to speak. He literally controls the operational status of his nanites something no one else can do. He in a sense; is both an EVO and normal at the same time, choosing what he wants to be."

Both Rylander and Meechum were also speechless as they looked their equipment readouts. Meechum waved a wand of some kind over the teen tapping a few keys on it. "His nanite program has completely changed from what it once was. They've incorporated a secondary program into their system's matrix with no conflicts. Dare I say, his nanites are further developed then when he was originally infused with them."

"You're not imagining it. Even without the incorporation of the Omega inside him his nanite network has created a perfect symbiosis with perfect human to machine interface. Even with our prep work I doubt the nanite network with the Consortium is this stable. I don't know if it could be replicated to ensure a safe transfer of power from the Meta Nanites."

"You better figure it out fast. The Consortium will be here any minute and I promised them all five Meta Nanites when they arrived," Black Knight warned. The doors to the lab opened an in walked Caesar, pulling on his vest. "Listen, I'm sorry to have to leave you in a lurch, but I've got to go pick up Rex and I'll be right ba… What the heck? Rex?!"

"Caesar, I'd say it was good to see you, but under the circumstances I'd be lying," Rex moaned. His head as pounding as he weakly struggled to get out of the restraints. He saw his brother rush over to him checking him over. He never saw Caesar look that angry or frightened before.

"What the heck is going on Black Knight?! Why do you have my brother strapped to the gurney under heavy anesthesia? What the, have you guys been poking and prodding him with instruments?! I demand an explanation right now!"

Black Knight snapped her fingers. One of the Elite Pawns separated the brothers holding Caesar's arms behind him. She glared at him. "Don't get in my face Salazar. If you want to know the truth ask you brother. After all he's been lying to you for months now."

"Rex, what is she talking about? Mijo, please talk to me." Rex looked away from him trying to form words, but his mouth wasn't working. Getting impatient Black Knight responded for him.

"Your brother's an EVO Caesar, not just any EVO. He's Generator: Leader of the Gears and has been responsible for stealing all the Meta Nanites. I retrieved them along with your brother after I went to Hope's base."

Caesar looked at his brother incredulous. "Is that true baby brother? You lied to me?" Rex didn't answer verbally, instead he partially morphed his hand before returning it to normal. Confusion was written all over the elder Hispanic's face. "I don't understand Rex. Why did you lie about being an EVO? Why dress up and play hero?"

Rex's nanites were starting to counter act the sedative so he managed to focus a bit more. He licked his lips moisturizing them before answering. "Why? Because I wanted a normal life. If Providence knew what I could do; cure EVOs and build machines, I would have been locked up or turned into a weapon for their use. How could I trust you with my secret knowing your rather control EVOs then let them be? Have you seen the damage your collars cause? As much as I love being normal my sense of duty wouldn't let me just sit around doing nothing."

"But how have you kept your secret for so long? I don't understand how you managed to hide your powers and fool sensors."

"Sheer willpower and intense training. You can look for a scientific explanation, but that's the only one that exists."

Black Knight marched over grabbing the teen's face making him look at her. "Enough, our sensors indicated that there were five Meta Nanites at Hope. My Pawns tore that place apart from top to bottom. I only found four so where's the fifth? Where are you hiding it?!"

"Its closer than you think Ms. Black Knight. Of course the shimmering lights and talking to machines oh what a delight. Removing it will be messy. No we don't want to kill the child that might destroy the nanite. Maybe if we ask nicely it will come out?" Van Kliess muttered clicking his fingers together. Everyone looked at him confused wondering what he was going on about now.

"He means the fifth Meta Nanite is in me," Rex whispered. "I suspected the truth for a day now. My earliest memory is waking up in a crater with EVOs coming after me. I always thought the light that saved me was blue, but now I see it was purple. The infusion of the Meta Nanite scared them off and saved my life. It's because of the Meta Nanite that I can hear them, know their pain and desires. The Meta Nanites are desperate to join. They need one another like a family."

"I think the anesthesia is getting to you little brother. I may have programmed the nanites with adaptive AI, but they're not alive."

"Depends on your definition of life. I know they're alive and that they don't want to merge with the Consortium."

"Well it's not up to you is it child? Since we can't tear it out of you we will just put you in the cyclotron. The machine will pull it right out of you and merge it with the others. Prep him for the procedure. I have to go prepare for our guests," Black Knight said turning away. Caesar pulled himself free grabbing her arm. She turned around forming her sword. "Don't push me Salazar. You knew what you were getting into when you made this deal."

"The procedure wasn't designed for pulling nanites out of people. The process might harm Rex permanently!"

"Then I'm sure you'll make sure it doesn't now won't you? Don't look so upset Salazar. As soon as the Consortium have what they want you can take your brother and go wherever you want. The Hayashi's won't be able to stop you now that they're permanently out of the picture."

"What did you do?" Caesar asked fearfully.

"Got rid of the problem. I thought that's what you wanted." Caesar took a step back clutching his chest. His face was white as sheet and the others looked sick as they realized what she must mean. A strange laugh caused them to turn to look at Rex.

The teen's eyes were glowing white and his inflections changed when he spoke. "Overconfident and a braggart still Blake? Your desire for destruction is only matched by your delusional beliefs of superiority. It's the reason you go overboard with your kills. You lack true skill, which is why it was so easy to defeat you with just one hand."

"Rex? Is that you?"

"No…it can't be! You're dead! How is it possible you live on in this brat?" Black Knight snarled, her cannon formed pointing it straight at the teen's throat. The teen didn't even look frightened. He actually seemed bored.

"Still can't control your impulses. I was the most dangerous person on the planet. I killed dictators, rescued innocent hostages and hunted down rapists and serial killers. I trained the greatest mercenaries in the world. I was able to hold off my EVO instincts for five years until my grandson almost sacrificed himself for me. If I was able to transform my body into plant life you think I couldn't leave a part of myself inside the one I chose to be the next One?" One challenged her.

"This is impossible, its rogue programming. Data left over from a transfer," Caesar whispered.

"I don't care what it is, I'm more worthy than any of your students. I'm going to be a god!"

One laughed before rocking the gurney backwards. He then pitched forward striking down Black Knight. He spun around as the Elite Pawns tried to restrain him using the sharp blades they carried to release his restraints. Flipping over the Pawns he went after Rylander punching him in the arms and stomach locking up the chi paths along with the limbs. He swung himself around his IV drip catching Meechum in the back. Flipping the pole over he kicked off the bag and legs. Spinning it around him deflected VK's metal gauntlet slamming the pole into his foot then the other end in his face. With a twist and twirl the EVO scientists found himself plastered to the ceiling. One turned to face Caesar, his eyes frowning. Black Knight had recovered smiling evilly as Caesar was held in the clutches of an Elite Pawn holding a syringe full air. Inject that in him and he die instantly.

"I would give up now. You could properly live with Salazar's blood on your hands, but I doubt Rex could. Oh and you might want to think about this. I blew up the Hope base with your precious children inside. With them gone Rex has no one except his brother. So, are you going to give up or fight to the end?"

One/Rex surrendered allowing himself to be cuffed by the Elite. Black Knight strode over to him before smacking him in the face. "Have I finally proved myself to you pathetic old man?"

With blood dripping down his face One stared back at her with pity. "Being ruthless doesn't make you dangerous just reckless. My children are better than you for the same reason I'm able to protect my grandson. They all have the capacity to care and love another, that's how I transferred my knowledge and skills into him. He and they have faith in the possibility of humanity's growth. They fight not for themselves, but others. You say you've killed them, but I know in my soul they are alive. When I can no longer protect Rex, they will."

"Enough! Take him to the cyclotron!"

As they started to march out One stopped. "Last words please?" He looked at Caesar with both pity and disgust. "Young man, I've seen the world through my grandson's eyes. I know what kind of person he is and his hopes for the person you could be. My words are the same ones I gave Blake long ago. Those who disregard the rules are trash, but those who abandon their family and comrades are worse than trash. I think about that as you watch the world loses its last hope." The glowing white light vanished replaced by brown ones.

"Rex, are you okay?" Caesar asked. His brother jerked away saying nothing. Caesar followed into the cyclotron extraction and insertion room. The other members of the Nanite team were finishing the prep work. He ignored the arguing going on between Black Knight or the fuss being made by the others. All he saw as he strapped his brother looking at him with pure hatred. Caesar's heart was heavy and breaking as he closed the pod door. Refusing to look back he headed to the lab. "It will be over soon. The truth will be revealed and this nightmare will end. I only wish it hadn't cost so many lives to do this," he whispered.

The procedure began as the cyclotron started spinning. Rex could hear the Meta Nanites as they started to merge together. He sensed their joy of being reunited, but something was wrong. They were hesitant to complete the merger, to share their power equally among the Consortium. "What's wrong? If you don't want to merge you don't have to. In fact I beg you not to merge!"

"Where is the Control Unit? We seek the Control Unit. We can't complete the merge without the Control Unit." All five of them warned. In Rex's mind he saw the world of the nanites. He could see the five of them clashing against one another unable to hook. A strong force was trying to force them together, but an equally powerful force was trying to separate them.

"We can't complete the merge. Why are they trying to force it?"

"I don't understand you. What are you talking about? What Control Unit?!" he shouted. He didn't know that the Nanite Team was listening as he talked from their stations up above. They were all slightly confused by what the boy was saying, though three of them strongly suspected what was going on.

"The procedure is taking longer the expected. The clock pieces spin trying to complete the circle. Why doesn't it work? Why is the power not being shared? Is Rex asking them to not merge?"

"It's not Rex, he's talking to them, but he's got no control over them. If this process isn't complete soon the Meta Nanites might be damaged," Caesar remarked.

"The power levels to the cyclotron are spiking. The Consortium members are starting to receive the power of a Meta Nanite, but not all of them. I can't figure out what is going on."

Rylander frowned something caught his attention. He rushed over to a security camera. "Um, did anyone ask for regular troops to come here?" The others looked at him confused. That's when all hell broke loose. The power to the cyclotron was cut causing an explosion. Power went out throughout out the building as the backup generators sputtered to life. Security was down as the Pawns were engaged by regular troops. As the scientists pulled themselves off the floor Caesar rushed over to the consul screaming for his brother. Not getting a response he rushed out of the lab heading for the extraction room.

In the extraction room all the pods were smoking and have crushed. The teen hero had collapsed to the floor weak. He took in several deep breaths trying to clear his lungs. His eyes were watering from the smoke. He struggled to sit upright. That's when he heard the other pods whoosh open.

The members of the Consortium had been transformed into robot like EVOs. Their color schemes told him what Meta Nanite they had gotten. Black Knight had obviously gotten the mechanical one as she created larger, stronger, and more deadly builds. Hayden-Scott was an orange monster manipulating the mass around him changing the shape and size of the pod around him. Xanubian was a green humanoid robot who was rewinding time around himself. Riddick, in his white form was using gravity to fling scrap metal into the air. Roswell was red and blue manifesting energy around him to produce different elemental attacks.

"Well this is a setback. Only a fifth of the power promised. What did you do you brat?" Roswell demanded angrily. He fired a stream of fire followed by a bolt of lightning at the teen. Rex's eyes dimly glowed white as he managed to roll out of the way. He nearly fell off the walkway, but pulled himself back up.

"I…didn't…do anything. You're missing a piece to the puzzle. A control unit of sorts," Rex whispered. The walkway around him started to change and stretch folding over him. He formed his BFS to slice himself free. He felt himself get picked up and thrown in the ceiling as he fell the process was repeated. A cannon blast struck him in the side injuring him greatly.

Rex formed his Block Party and Punk Busters trying to stand strong. He could sense his brother struggling to get into the room. He kicked Roswell in the chest pushing him back. He blocked Black Knight's attack. When he felt himself getting lifted up he switched to Boogie Pack to fly free. He felt himself being thrown back in time so he switched to the Sky Slider trying to break free. His build was taken away from him as he was blasted through a wall.

Blood was dripping from a large gash on his forehead and he was cradling his right arm close to his chest. When he tried to stand he let out a groan. His ankle hurt. His nanites were working overtime to fix the damage, but for right now he was a sitting duck. As the five of them surrounded him he tried again to tell them what happened. "It wasn't me, something messed with the power flow causing the machine to malfunction. Besides, you're missing a piece. I can't help it if you don't have your full power."

"It doesn't matter if you're telling the truth or not. We need someone to practice our powers out on. In fact, I want to try something new," Black Knight chuckled. Rex watched horrified as they merged into a giant robot. The robot lifted him into the air starting squeeze him to do death. "I'm going to enjoy ending your life. Some number One huh? Where is he now to protect you?"

"My grandfather's greatest power wasn't his physical strength, but his strength in friends!" Rex snarled. Unknown to the five of them an energy net was dropped on top of them. The net instantly started to drain their power as Rex fell to the ground only to be rescued by White Knight.

"You okay kid? You look like you ran the gauntlet," White Knight asked as he turned to look at his troops. Providence was back under his control. The regular agents were firing their weapons at the giant robot. The Keep was trying to pull it into the air only for the net to snap. The robot launched deadly laser blasts teleporting out of the way of the attacks. As they fought it seemed the robot was losing power as they reverted to normal.

"So, you've come to stop us White Knight? You're a little late for that!" Black Knight snarled.

"The services of Providence are no longer required. As of this moment you're all fired!" Hayden-Scott bellowed. He reached out crushing some of the tanks. Xanubian was using his time powers to turn attacks back on the troops. Roswell's energy manipulation was causing things to blow up or melt. Ice also formed forcing the Keep to retreat. Lastly Riddick was about to use gravity to crush them when sonic attack caused all them to fall over for a few seconds. The members of the Consortium looked up surprised to see who was hovering in the air near them.

"Leave my son alone you monsters!" Holiday shouted firing a Broiler at the group. Six didn't bother saying anything as he jumped off his hoverboard along with his siblings intent on striking down the Consortium only to be repulsed by a massive gravity/energy/ bullet ridden cyclone. The Gears were also flung in different directions when they tried to do an aerial attack caused by mass manipulation of their rides and time rewinding a bit.

This wasn't a fight they could win at this time. Six gave the order. "We got what we came for, we'll deal with them later. Let's go!" Both Providence and Hope retreated leaving the Consortium with the win of the battle, but not the war.

They retreated to a partly destroyed Hope. Black Knight had done her best to destroy the base entirely. White Knight's team had done their best to make the base operational. He had wanted to return to Providence, but the Hayashi's overruled him saying that it didn't have the right equipment for treating their son.

Rex was in a lot of pain after being anesthetized for so long then having a Meta Nanite ripped out of him. Coupled with his injuries from the beat down they were amazed he was still standing. Luckily the auxiliary base hadn't suffered much damage so they could use that to keep track of the Consortium movements while Rex healed in the med bay.

It was late Sunday night by the time he was healed enough to leave the bay. Rex entered the room a bit worse for wear. He was greeted by his friends and family. He noticed White Knight off to the side giving him strange looks while having a conversation with Captain Callan.

Rex walked over and held out a hand to the man. "I want to thank you for helping to save my life back there. I know it couldn't have been easy for you."

"I owed your father a favor for all the help he'd given us. I'm still a little sore about what you and your punk friends put us through."

"Don't be like that White Knight. Rex and his Gears saved our lives more times than I can count. Personally I think your powers are pretty cool. I want to thank you for what you did that time at the chemical plant," Callan said taking the teen's hand and shaking it.

"Warm fuzziness all around won't help us defeat the Consortium. While you've been recovering they've been on a rampage. In the last day and half they've managed to steal billions of dollars, destroyed property and have basically tried to take over the world. There not going to give up until the world bows to them."

Beverly brought up the video footage of the police trying to stop the Consortium and failing miserably. Claire and Holiday were going over sensor readings trying to figure out a weakness, but they weren't finding any. Meanwhile Annie was reviewing the information on the Consortium Base with the Backups. Noah was talking with The Six trying to come up with a strategy to beat them.

Rex's eyes narrowed as he held Circe's hands. "They're not going to stop until the world is their own. We have to stop them before they gain the Meta Nanites full power."

Circe looked at him skeptically. "You're saying this isn't their full power?" Rex shook his head explaining that they only got a fifth of the power they expected. They were also not immortal like they hoped for. "I see, so that means they're going to return to the Consortium Base to try the procedure again. Still, won't the results be the same? You said they were missing a piece of the puzzle, a control unit correct?"

Rex nodded. "I'm not entirely certain what that is, but I have a pretty strong hunch. Something tells me my brother and the other nanite experts are running out of time."

"Who cares about them? I mean besides Rylander and Meechum, do you really want to risk your life for your brother and Van Kliess?" Noah asked his friend. Then he rolled his eyes answering his own question. "Of course you do, your hero complex won't let you do otherwise. Alright I'm in and so is everyone else. How exactly do you want to handle this one Rex?"

"Excuse me, but I think I need to say something before this madness gets any further," White Knight interjected. Six interrupted his friend clearing his throat a bit before speaking. "White, you have to trust us."

"I'd like to Six, really, but someone's got to be realistic. None of us were able to stand up to the Consortium before so why should this time be different? I have Providence back under my control, but Black Knight has an army of collared EVOs to server her along with thousands of Pawns. The Consortium Base is heavily fortified and they're super strong and dangerous. Even our combined forces aren't enough to tackle so many opponents at once. Without an army of our own we're not going to get even close the base let alone inside to steal back those Meta Nanites!"

"Then we'll just speed dial our army right now chump," Bobo remarked. He twirled around his laser pistols before putting them in their holsters giving the guy a strange look. "What? You didn't wonder how our base survived being blown to bits or how we managed to get around so fast. We've got a hidden ace. Yo Circe, call her."

"Already on it," Circe said dialing a number on her phone. "It's time, bring everyone into the base. See you in a few." Giant red portals started popping up all over the base. Out of them walked members of Green Fist, the rest of the engineers from the hidden village, even Surge and a few of his EVOs from Aquina that could survive on land. Security footage showed multiple EVOs settling into the Petting Zoo. Humans in a variety of uniforms from different countries also appeared. The last one to step out of a portal was Breach smiling. "Good job Breach."

"Anything for my best friend in the whole world. Hi Rex, nice to see you're okay. Why does the robot man look so flabbergasted?" Breach asked curiously.

Callan blinked a few times before blurting out, "Don't you work for Van Kliess? What are you doing helping out Hope? I'm so confused."

Circe smiled her eyes twinkling as she answered his question. "Breach has been working for us for a while now. When she escaped from the Assault on Abysus we asked her to go into hiding. For the past few weeks she's been secretly collecting EVOs from the wild along with our allies keeping them safe in her pocket dimension deploying them where and when they need to be. It was because of her quick actions sending the bombs into outer space that our base survived destruction."

"I would do anything for my best friends. I've tried portaling into the Consortium Base, Rex's brother has a scattering field keeping me from getting inside. If you can disable it, I could get you in no problem."

"That will be one of our priorities. Dad, I'm sure you have a plan so why don't you share it with everyone assembled." Six nodded activating the holo displays all over the base. The PA system crackled to life as everyone stood at attention as he spoke to them.

"Greetings allies old and new. As you know the Consortium has obtain the Meta Nanites and are trying to take over the world. Right now they only have a fifth of the power they wish. In order to gain the full power they plan on repeating a dangerous procedure in their base mostly likely early tomorrow. We can't allow this to occur. You will divide into different groups, each with their own objectives."

"Serge will lead the EVO army against their collared brethren with Green Fist aiding him. Your objective is simple. Free any collared EVOs, if they refuse to help us, then knock them out. Both Providence and Hope agents will battle the Pawn army. They are battle droid robots programmed to never give up and will kill you given the chance. Fight with everything you have because they won't hold back. The remainder of the human troops will help the Engineers take out the bases defensive systems. No heroics, if your life is in danger protect it first before proceeding with your mission."

Holiday took over for her husband holding onto his arm. Fierce determination in her eyes. "Once inside the building The Six and The Gears will complete the mission. My sister, her friends Claire, Annie, and Noah will secure the nanite team to prevent their interference with the mission. The Six and their students, including my husband, Bobo, and I will take on the Consortium. We'll get those Meta Nanites out of them before they have a chance to blink."

"I hate to rain down on a wonderfully violent plan, but aren't you overlooking a key detail love. Even if we get the Meta Nanites out of them how do we destroy them? They're not listening to anyone."

"Five is right. Not even the Consortium can fully control them. What makes you think anyone of us can make them work for us? We don't have the control unit," IV pointed out darkly.

"That's why I'm going to put them inside of me," Rex whispered. Everyone looked at him in surprise and worry. "It has to be me. I'm the first EVO, the most complete. If anyone has a chance of controlling the Meta Nanites long enough to shut them down it has to be me."

"Rex, no the Dominion Code was designed to turn a person into a god. If they don't fry your mind you could lose touch with your humanity. The power could make you a threat and we'd have to kill you. Please don't do this," Circe begged him. His friends all voiced similar concern, but Rex formed his Smack Hands clapping them together silencing them.

"I understand the risks more than anyone in this building could understand. I've touched the Meta Nanites consciousness. I know how dangerous they can be, what I'm risking, but we don't have a choice. The world is more important than any single life including my own. We became the Gears to help those who couldn't help themselves. This is my chance to make up for my family's mistakes. I have to do this no matter what." The look in his eyes was deadly serious. He wasn't going to back out of this. Reluctantly they had to agree with his wishes.

They planned to attack the base at sunrise tomorrow right before the Consortium tried the procedure again. Everyone was preparing for battle including Rex. He was willing to try something new if it meant getting inside the base. But first there was something he had to do. He found his parents in the lab prepping their gear. They looked up at him. For several seconds he didn't say anything.

Suddenly the family fell into a big group hug with them all crying. "Whatever happens tomorrow, if I live or die, I want you two to know something. You're the best parents I could ever ask for. I love you two."

"We love you to Rex. You're the best son we could have hoped for," Holiday whispered stroking his hair. She kissed him gently on the forehead.

"No matter what happens we'll always be a family. I promise you Rex," Six whispered hugging him tightly. Nothing more was said as the family just held together tightly knowing this could be their last night with one another

Early the next morning the Consortium had gathered in their base. They were still on a high from their recent terror inspiring attack on the world. They liked having their power, but it wasn't enough. They wanted everything that had been promised to them. They were demanding the Nanite Team finish what they started.

"How long until the machine is ready for the procedure?" Black Knight demanded angrily. She was twitching with excitement at the thought of finally becoming a goddess. She was very sore about the fact The Six were still alive. She wanted to eliminate them personally.

"We should be ready to try the procedure again in about ten minutes. We're running a few final tests to ensure nothing goes wrong this time," Meechum responded dully. He hated to be rushed.

"Nothing better go wrong this time. I don't enjoy being a mechanical EVO. I want my old body back," Hayden-Scott said.

"Who cares about how you look? We're about to become immortal so you'll have all the time in the world to change your appearance back to your ugly mug," Roswell pointed out.

"Can you two please stop fighting for the next ten minutes?" Riddick asked. He looked at Xanubian who gave him a carefree shrug. It didn't matter to him if those guys fought. All he cared about was getting more power.

"I assume you've managed to solve the issues from the previous procedure correct? Was your little brother telling the truth about a piece missing? You haven't been lying to me now have you Caesar?" Black Knight demanded with her weapons trained on him.

"I wouldn't lie to you Black Knight. The missing piece has been resolved. You have nothing to worry about this time I promise," Caesar replied.

"All of you just need to sit back and relax. Try to smile if you can," Rylander laughed earning a glare. "Or not, it's up to you."

"Oh look at that we have guests for tea. Should I pull out the fine china?" Van Kliess asked. Everyone looked up at him as he brought up a security footage. Standing on a hill overlooking the base was the entire alliance prepared to fight. "Looks like young Rex is leading the charge. He seems pretty focused."

"Your little brother is very tenacious Salazar, but it won't do him any good. I don't see any reason we should get involved in this. Release our EVO army and activate the defense system. I'll activate my Elite Pawns. You four just finish your jobs!"

Outside Rex stared down as the doors to the base opened up and out poured hundreds of collared EVOs. From different parts of the base weapons emerged as a whole battalion of Black Pawns appeared on foot, hoverboards, and drone ships. Behind him everyone tensed in anticipation.

He activate the power suit tapping into its full power for his newest build. Light emanated from his body as he transformed into a giant robot. Holding up a fist he fired a powerful energy blast into the center of the enemy forces. He nodded to Serge who shouted, "Charge!" The alliance surged forward as the final battle began.

Serge fired an echolocation blast twirling around his coral staff. With a battle cry he jumped into battle bringing his weapon down on the neck of his foe denting the device. He wrapped his eel like appendages underneath the EVO's neck ignoring the pain as the beast tried to eat him ripped the device off. He used his powers to commune with the creature telling it they were friends and to help the others. The beast nodded rushing off to aid them. One EVO freed, hundreds to go.

Valentina was in her element as she windmill kicked a charging two headed bull. She rolled to the side using her whip to redirect the beast. Next she flipped over three stork EVOs. Using the back of one she tossed out several flower bundles in a circle. With a crack of the whip the bundles exploded knocking out several EVOs. Landing on the ground she found herself against a giant gorilla EVO trying to kill her. She got knocked back several feet her shoulder screaming in pain as it nearly wrenched out of her socket. Out of nowhere her partners appeared tossing bolas tying up the EVO. The two of them tended to the injury as they continued to fight.

All around them it was a menagerie of chaos and confusion. EVO vs. EVO doing whatever it took to survive their fight. Teeth clashed, plant pods exploded, and shouts of victory were heard as more EVOs were freed from their collars. The battle was dragging on as the fight between EVOs crossed paths with the Elite Pawns and the troops.

On the ground Callan led the agents shouting out orders as he tore the head off another Pawn before busting the legs off another. A Hope agent dived in front of him to protect him from a fatal shot managing to take the hit in a less vital spot. Turning around Callan fired his laser cannon blowing the robots up. "Time to turn you into scrap metal you stupid robots."

In the skies above White Knight personally manned the Keep's weapon system. He had locked onto another drone ship firing the beam of deadly energy beam. The drone ship blew up as he fired at another drone. The Keep's alarms started blaring as they took some well-placed shots from the Pawns on hoverboards. "Can't you do anything about the smaller targets? I can't fire get a good lock on them.

"We're using the smaller cannons, but they're very fast and agile. We're wasting ammo, more than anything!" an agent shouted.

"I'm not going to let a punch of robots beat me! Think of something fast!" White Knight shouted. He turned his attention back to the main screen. Five Elite Pawns were making their way to the Keep when they were blasted to smithereens. Two of the drones that had been trying to take out the Keep's rotors crumbled to dust in seconds. "What in the world just happened?"

The answer to his question flew in front of him giving him a salute. Generator, in his full robot form, had taken out the two attack drones while his friends had managed to destroy the other Elites. The teen reverted his human form flying away on his Boogie Pack using his Bad Axes to cut through the skies to reach the base. "I guess the kid isn't so bad after all.

On top of the base The Six and Gears worked to protect Jacob and the other engineers as they worked their magic. The security system was unlike anything they had ever encountered before. Sections of the room would super heat or freeze at different intervals. Trap doors opened and the weapons firing were high grade. Six, Holiday, and Bobo found themselves fighting in triangle formation as they protected Jacob.

"Bobo hasn't had this much fun in a long time! This party is off the hook."

"Less chatter, more attacking! How much longer until the entire system is shut down?" Holiday asked as she hurled an explosive disk inside a cannon that popped up a few feet in front of her.

"My team is working as fast as we can. This is unlike anything we've encountered before. Cut one section out another takes over for it. I need more time to ahhhhh!" he was being zapped by the wires as Six pulled him free.

"We're out of time. We need to take out the system now! Dos, can you and the others create an opening for us while taking out the scrambler field?" Six asked in com link.

"I thought you never ask brother. It would be an honor," Dos said. He had just pulled his cane out of a cannon as it exploded. Using his hidden blade he deflected a beam from another as Siren used her powers to blow another away. "Siren we need to create an opening. Focus your powers on a single spot until you break through!"

Siren nodded concentrating on the X her mentor had cut into the roof. Adjusting her frequency she started screaming away. The metal started to buckle a tiny bit, but refused to break. She was forced to give up in order to conserve her strength as the other appeared on the scenes. "I couldn't break through. Can you handle it?"

"Nothing stops Trey from breaking through. Let's bust us a hole Skywwd." The duo started smacking the metal creating a larger dent, but it still refused to open. They were forced back as coils sprouted out holding them tight. IV and Tuck moved in slipping their bandages into pulling as hard as they could. A small hole was opening up as Five and Cricket finished the job tearing the panel off.

"Six get over here we're in!" Five shouted as they all dropped in. Elite Pawns were charging down the corridor towards them when Chaos dropped in. She rolled a small tube towards them setting it off. The electromagnetic bomb friend their circuits as App and Spyder interfaced with the building taking out the internal security. Wingman, Generator and his family dropped in.

"I just finished talking with the engineers. They managed to finish off the outer defense systems, but they can't cut the power to the procedure room. They also warned us in about three minutes they'll be ready to use it again," Wingman warned them.

"They what are we standing around here for? Let's kick their butts already. Come on, we got a date with some nanite geeks," Spyder stated. The four friends wished the others good luck as they rushed off.

"We'll handled the Consortium, you need to reprogram the machine to accept you as the host for the Meta Nanites. Think you can get to its core and reroute the power to the central pod?" Six asked. Generator nodded before he headed to the lower levels to tinker with the machine. As he did that The Six and their students headed to the extraction room to weaken the Consortium.

In the control room the Nanite Team was working on the final preparations. In a few minutes it would be over. Caesar's heart was pounding in his chest as the blood rushed to his ears. This had to work! "Is everything set?"

"All systems operational. Pods primed and charged," Meechum said.

"Meta Nanites locked on and ready for extraction," Rylander added.

"Hosts prepared for reinfusion. Calibrating for additional mutations," Van Kliess remarked.

"Then we're ready to begin. Alright I'm starting the process ahhhhhh!" Caesar found his hands wrapped together by a cable as he was pulled from his seat. A stun gun blast frightened the others as they looked up to see the four Gears. For the first time they spoke with their own voices so everyone knew who they were.

"Sorry to interrupt your little science project, but if you think you're going to give the Consortium their full power then you've lost all common sense," Spyder said. She enjoyed the widening of Caesar's eyes as he recognized her voice.

"The same goes for you Van Kliess. I know your faking most of your trouble, but I'm not about to let you get what you want," Wingman challenged him.

"Oh really, whose going to stop me if I do try? You?" Van Kliess asked innocently. The man ripped his collar off as it had been damaged in the previous fight. He shot out his gold arm which was intercepted by Wingman's knife. The two of them began to scuffle in the corner.

Meechum and Rylander looked nervously at the two girlfriends as they approached. Meechum held up his hands taking a step back, "Girls, you really don't have to do this. If you give us a chance to explain you'll see that everything will be alright."

The two looked at one another before laughing. "Yeah that's not going to fly with us," App said. She darted forward hooking her foot around the man tripping him. As he fell she grabbed his arm spinning him around. With a flick of her wrist she nailed him in the chin followed up by her other hand pulling the guy downward. Bringing her knee up into his chest she managed to flip him over her body into a chair where she pulled out a pair of handcuffs locking him into place.

Chaos mirrored Rylander's moves as he tried to get around her. She blocked his path. She reached into her pouch tossing a sticky bomb. Rylander found himself staring at his glued together hands before he was tasered. He lit up like a Christmas tree. He fell on her causing her Taser to go flying. Seeing the incoming projectile Wingman forced Van Kliess to roll over him. The Taser struck his gold hand causing him to also light up before collapsing to the ground.

Spyder struck Caesar in the side with her foot. As he stumbled she twisted around doing another kick, followed up by a palm strike to the chin and cross to the shoulder. Grabbing his head she butted it before shoving him into a chair holding a tonfa at his throat. "You are going to help us Caesar of so help me I'm going to crush your manhood."

"Hey, there's no need for threats! If you give me a chance to explain you understand…"

"Understand that you betrayed your family and the world? Yeah right. I can't believe I thought you were handsome."

"You thought I was handsome? Oh never mind, Beverly please listen to me. I am helping my brother out, just give me a chance to explain!" he said grabbing her arms. She scanned him with her sensors picking up the fact that his biorhythms indicated he was telling the truth. Biting her lip she hauled the guy up and over to the consul. "Start working Caesar. Don't make me regret this."

In the extraction room The Six fought the Consortium. Each of them were in a private skirmish with their own enemy. They arrived in the room right before they got into the pods. Angered they were being interrupted once more the Consortium was going for the kill.

Cricket jumped out the way grasping the wall with her legs and her mentor in her arms. They were fighting against Roswell. The man was using the energy in the room to shoot fireballs at them. "I'm going to enjoy frying me up some southern fry chicken!" Cricket jumped again as Five let loose a rip from her guitar.

Roswell was pushed back by the force of the music. Not happy he used the energy around him he started to shoot ice, lighting, and fire at them. Cricket landed on the ground blocking Five with her body. The armor on her body was keeping her safe for the most part, but she couldn't handle the pain forever.

"Love! Oh you just made me angry you bloke!" Five snarled at Roswell. She slid under Cricket's legs whipping her guitar around trying to bludgeon Roswell. The man blasted it with ice causing it to shatter. Pissed off she came after him driving her foot into his fist. He reached out to burn her, but she was already moving out of the way. She cartwheeled then pushed off against the pod striking him in the chest. Ignoring the electricity crackling off his body she continually pounded him all over. With a burst of energy he flung her into the base of the pod nearly cracking her skull open.

"Time to put you down little lady; this time for good," Roswell said, flames shooting up in his hands. He took a few steps closer to her when someone jumped on his back scratching and biting him. "Hey ow! What the hey stop ow! Get off me you varmint!"

"Leave my Mom alone you cowboy wannabe!" Cricket snarled. She held on as he tried to buck her off using her clawed feet and hands to dig under his robotic skin. Pulling her head back she whacked him hard causing him to get dizzy. Five finished the job using the broken remains of the guitar to stab him. Both ladies tossed him into the pod where he was automatically restrained followed by a gassing curtsey of App, who had dumped some anesthesia into the air tubes.

"Nice work love and by the way, thanks for calling me mom. I think you're a rocking daughter too," Five said affectionately hugging her.

IV and Tuck were duking it out with Hayden-Scott. The man kept crunching up the walkway altering its matter. IV grunted jumping off the walkway using his bandages to swing up and around smacking him in the backside. Hayden-Scott started glowing as he prepared to fire an anti-matter blast when Tuck wrapped himself all over the man. "Big mistake brat," the man said detonating the blast.

Tuck was on the ground smoking, his bandaged body badly damaged. The body armor had saved his life keeping him from getting the full impact. He narrowed his red eyes shakily getting to his feet forming sharp blades with his arms.

"You really think you can take me you brat?" Hayden-Scott scoffed. He fired more anti-matter blasts which Tuck cut through. IV lashed out with his bandages wrapping them around his foes right arm and left leg pulling them tight with all his might. There was a loud snap as the limbs broke. Tuck shot his bandages out wrapping them around the EVO's neck cutting off his air supply.

Hayden-Scott twisted around trying to alter the bandages mass only for IV to drive his elbows into his eyes braining him. Both of mummies hurled the EVO into the capsule trapping him inside. They grinned at each other at a job well done.

Riddick was getting his ass handed to him by Trey and Skywwd. He thought if he increased the gravity around Trey and decreased it around Skywwd he could beat them. Skywwd used his lightened situation to his advantage moving with ease as he lashed out with his tentacles. He blasted ink cloud shapes at Riddick as Trey bowled him over. The increased gravity made him super heavy nearly crushing the man as he passed out in his tube.

Xanubian thought he had the advantage over Dos and Siren. He would rewind and fast forward time around the two of them. At first their timing was off and they kept crashing into one another. After the third time Siren used her sensors to analyze the attack. After a few seconds she whispered into Dos's ear. "After using his powers, there's a two second delay before he can use them again. If we can land a hit during that delay he's out of the game."

"Understood. Distract him, I'll take him out," Dos commanded. Siren brushed past her mentor elongating her second mouth. Adjusting her power she used her sonic blast. The attack bounced off the walls echoing loudly. The silent man brought his hands up to his head trying to block the sound as Siren got in close using her hooked hands to slash his chest. She got her rope dart to tie him up when he rewound time causing her to go back to the start of the attack. That was the chance Dos was waiting for. He blasted him with the laser in his cane causing man to wind up in the pod. Siren whipped her rope dart around digging into his skin under he fell unconscious from blood loss. They slammed the pod closed.

Black Knight was losing her cool. She was determined to kill Six and Holiday. She let loose an energy swipe at Bobo who ducked firing his lasers. She responded with her own cannon disintegrating his weapons. The EVO chimp frowned as he came after with his bare knuckles. He was going to bowl into her when she kicked him into the doors. "Stupid monkey. Killing him won't bring me any satisfaction."

"As if we'll give you a chance to kill any of us!" Holiday shouted. She fired her two blasters charging forward. She back bent as Black Knight tried to hit her with her clubbed whip. Holiday did the splits still firing. Black Knight fired her cannon only for Six to whip his wife out of the way and slash with his katanas. The blast was deflected.

"Why won't you die?!" Black Knight snarled forming enhanced sword. She slashed down missing Six by inches, but destroying the section of walkway. Spinning around she unleashed more energy as he jumped and dodged about slicing his way through it. Holiday tackled the woman to ground striking her with her fists. Black Knight shoved her off firing but Holiday rolled to the left kicking her in the face. Six landed on Black Knight's shoulders crushing her. Slamming his blades down he destroyed her builds. She twisted to get at him, but it over. With a quick hand dart he did a nerve pinch causing her fall asleep as he shoved her into her pod.

"They're all in the pods out cold. Where are you son?" Six asked in is comlink. He got his response when Generator flew up from down below. He had used his technopathy to rewire the machine. Removing his cowl he looked at his parents

"Everything's ready, I just need to get into the central pod. Let's hope this works," he whispered. He entered the pod as the girls and Caesar activated the machine. There was a rush of power as the Consortium tried to hold onto their Meta Nanites, but Rex's voice was stronger. He called out to them. "Come to me. Please merge with me."

"The Control Unit! At last we are one! We are united in our purpose!" The Meta Nanites were in bliss as they entered Rex's body. He felt alive as they joined with him synching up with his Omega. His network was charged as he burst out pod floating in the air in blue green light. Power coursed through his body connecting him with everything on the planet. He was a god.

The Consortium members shouted in anger. Rex turned to them zapping them with his energy control causing them to weaken. A flick of a wrist as their pods were wrenched free. He altered their mass turning the pods into a giant jail cell where mechanical restraints appeared on them. A wave of his hand caused time to reverse returning them to normal.

The doors to the room opened as the Gears led in their prisoners. They had all taken off their cowls. Beverly looked at him before turning to Caesar unlocking his handcuffs. "So you were telling the truth."

Caesar nodded his head looking at his brother. "Mammy and Pappy designed a failsafe into the Meta Nanites. They were never meant to work with anyone except you Rex. There wasn't time to infuse you with them six years ago. The Consortium was on their way to claim them and Black Knight was going to secure them. I had to cause the explosion. I'm sorry."

"You're forgiven," Rex said. "Breach, I need you." Breach popped up next to Van Kliess freeing him. He looked up at the teen puzzled. "I like to make you a deal Van Kliess. You, the Pack, and EVOs not interested in a cure. You rule them in Abysus which is in Breach's pocket dimension. You never attempted to return to Earth and we won't bother you."

"Why should I agree to this?"

"There may come a time when a foil like you is needed. Besides, if you don't I can just force you into being normal and lock you up for all eternity."

"Touché. Very well then I accept." A blue light glowed through his body making it impossible for him to return to Earth without permission. With a final wave Breach took her leave with all the EVOs who wanted to go.

After they left Rex looked at his parents. "There's something I need to do first. I'll be back in a few minutes I promise." Not waiting for a response he flew up into the sky as they all evacuated the base wondering what was going on.

Floating above the Earth Rex used the powers of the Meta Nanites to connect with every nanite network on the planet. He sent out worldwide cure wave all over the planet transforming everyone back to normal. Some people glowed orange instead of blue for a few seconds as the EVO Gears realized what it meant. Once he was done he connected with the Meta Nanites again.

"Do you have the power to bring back two dead souls for a time?"

"Only for a few minutes. Do you wish us to do so?"

"Yes." Rex watched in his little sphere as two forms took shape. Tears where streaming down his face as Rafael and Violeta Salazar formed in front him. "Mammy, Pappy, Es bueno ver a usted. Aunque no puedo recordar que me he perdido."

"Oh Rex, we've missed you to," Violeta said. She and her husband hugged him tightly whispering loving thoughts in his ears.

"We're so proud of you son. What you accomplish is nothing short of amazing."

"I only have a few minutes. I just wanted to see you for once. I need to know. Do you approve of my adoptive parents? What should I do about Caesar?"

"Oh Rex, who do you think guided you to finding them? We've been watching out for you this whole time. The Hayashi's are so lucky to have you as their son. We'd never pick a family that wouldn't love you as much as we did," Violeta said softly.

"As for your brother, Caesar means well. He's always cared about family he's just forgotten that family is more then blood relations. Make him part of your new one and he'll be okay. Tell him we said hi and approve," Rafiel said.

Both Salazar's started to fade away, but before they did they kissed the teen on his forehead restoring his memory. "Recuerde que siempre te amará." Rex watched them go. Turning his attention back to the Earth he flew down towards the base giving the Meta Nanites their final instructions. Deactivate for good

Everyone was waiting for him as he stopped glowing coming to rest between his parents arms. Lifting his head up to look at his brother, he whispered, "Mammy and Pappy say hi."

Everyone started to cheer that they had finally won the battle. The couples spun each other around kissing. Even Beverly gave Caesar a big kiss on the lips startling him. The EVO members of the Gears used their new control to switch off their power so they could shout in glee with becoming almost normal. Rex broke free from his parents walking over to his brother. Caesar was trying not to cry.

"I'm so sorry Mijo. I thought I was doing the right thing. I should have trusted you with the truth about why I made that deal. I thought if I could use the Consortium's resources I could get my hands on the Meta Nanites and put them in you so this whole disaster could be undone. I was reckless with your life. I apologize. I was wrong about some many things. I know now Mammy and Pappy would love your adoptive parents."

"Caesar, you're not going to lose me now or ever. We've said it from the start, you can be part of this family. My parents can adopt you as well if you want. There are laws that allow it."

"Maybe they won't have to. I do plan on making him part of the family in a few years," Beverly joked earning a look from her sister. "Either way welcome to the family Caesar."

"Can you believe these past few months? Senior year is going to be a cakewalk compared to this!" Noah laughed.

"Are we going to stop being Gears now that the Consortium has been dealt with?" Annie asked.

"Maybe or maybe not," Claire said. The others all laughed in joy wondering what the future did hold.

About a month later everything had finally settled down. Providence and Hope were still in operation monitoring nanite activity trying to make them work as originally intended. Rylander and Meechum had returned to their families as Caesar moved into the attic of the Hayashi home. The other numbers had officially adopted their kids and were working on humanitarian missions. With senior year in session the Gears had less time for missions, but they hadn't given up the hero work. Being normal was overrated and besides there would always be someone who needed help. As the kids rode their rides through town watched by their family and friends they all wondered what the future would bring.