A/N: I wonder how many were waiting for something like this, can't have a Generator Rex story without him after all...
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Thirty years ago, the world was
forever changed and nobody knew why. Except, that's not really true,
I was there when it happened. The 'Nanite Event', the intended goal was rather simple- creating World Peace by ending disease, hunger, and death.
It would have been
the most revolutionary achievement in all of human history- who needed
gods in such a world? It wouldn't have been some flawless utopia despite what some of the others thought, but we would have been the Six Most Important People to have
ever existed.
Even with our combined genius, the Nanite Project was too complicated for any singular individual to understand. That and, urgh,
financial issues- surely real inventible World Peace would have been enough of a selling point.
But the rich & powerful only have two desires- to become even
more powerful, and to make sure
nobody else achieved the same heights as them. 'Fortunately', several such 'distinguished' individuals took interest.
It was obvious to me what their
real interest was, and I intended to take
full advantage of them. Such witless fools had no place in the perfect world we would create, they would somehow find a way to ruin
everything in the name of base greed!
I would be the savior of humanity in its entirety,
no one would get in my way... Why the reminiscing of past events, imaginary-audience-I-created-for-entertainment? Ah, yes, what poor manners of me.
For you see, I heard some
interesting news. It got me in a nostalgic mood, best to remember
why something is important before acting. Being honest, this is probably one of my most
exciting days in my entire life.
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Being the emperor of an entire nation could be boring and tiring, but it benefited me for too many reasons to give up on the role. Providence were a nuisance to deal with, but they had to 'behave' like good little hounds. The fact they couldn't just launch invasions on 'problematic' countries was one of the many perks to being a ruler.
So long as I didn't do anything
obvious, I could get away with just about anything. After all, what proof do they have that 'very dangerous EVOs' doing concerning things were actually servants of mine fulfilling missions I've given them?
I am the real hero of this story, they're the delusional bit players oblivious to their insignificance.
Still, the structure of their organization had
some merit, there was value in mimicking them to an extent. Their 'Watchdog' program had the most, in my opinion. Gathering information is extremely valuable, what was the phrase? Right- "Knowing is half the battle." My reach didn't extend past Abysus, it is the blow unseen that's most likely to land.
Within, I was too dangerous for anyone to stop- didn't mean I shouldn't pretend otherwise. When my palace was entered by an EVO that was essentially a giant eyeball covered in eyes & purple hair/fur covering her skin, Biowulf and Skalamander were on edge. Not out of fear, I had them serve as my bodyguards regularly
because of their unquestioning devotion to me.
"M-my apologies, Lord Kleiss. I know we're not supposed to disturb you, but... we found something strange, in Brockton Bay's report regarding one of their latest EVO 'incidents'. It shouldn't make sense, but it is the only explanation I find truly believable." Biowulf growled menacingly, but I held up my hand to silently order him to still.
EVOlution Events have never
particularly intrigued me, it was always about the same- more EVOs to serve me the better, but another story about some bullied girl turning into a 'maddened monster' & ripping apart her abusers got boring very quickly. Eyelytics was good at her job though, she knew better than to waste my time so I was willing to give her a chance.
"Do tell, I'm quite curious what is so fascinating." There were certainly variants of EVOlution that were attention-grabbing, I
still wasn't sure if we did something wrong when it came to genetically identical individuals or if that was a result of the Project being distorted. Ooh, and there were the cases of individuals having
fused during EVOlution...
"Going by the official report, the Hero Velocity arrived on site only a few minutes after the reported EVO Incident yet there was no Mad EVO present- given the school in question, there were multiple individuals on site who should have seen or interacted with said Mad EVO. The Wards were most likely 'getting into costume' to preserve their Human Identities, but even Glory Girl claimed there was no Mad EVO."
Hmm, that certainly
is strange- the sudden physiological changes tended to overwhelm most individuals, while it wasn't unheard of for some EVOs to be capable of overcoming the sensory overload & mental trauma caused by Turning... the imperfect Nanites shouldn't
be that easy to resist. It would make no sense for there to have been two EVOs given the obvious nature of such a report, so...
"This is something they didn't want to
look important, which means they want it overlooked. What is it that
you believe happened? I
assumed they weren't interested in being secretive for no reason." Truly, what could be so special about this Event in particular? The only other unusual case I could recall is that boy capable of endless EVOlution.
I wasn't sure of Eyelytics' biology, so I couldn't determine why it took her several seconds to finally respond. "Besides the obvious there's something special about this Incident in question, the only real explanation is that
somehow this EVO regained their sanity at an unnautrally quick rate. That alone shouldn't be worth trying to hide, the only thing that makes sense..."
Oh,
oh, huh. After all this time, has it
really been unleashed? If it was anyone else bringing this to me, I'd be much more doubtful. I shouldn't get
too carried away, but... I could feel a smile spreading across my face, light chuckling eventually erupting into laughter. I didn't care what the others thought, I've been waiting so
long for this day...
The Omega, the 'Final' Nanite,
the Administrator. Creating Nanites is
easy, Communications & AI were never my specialties. I always suspected it would exist, but I
never had a lead on its location until now... Smoothing my expression into a calmer state, I needed to know for
sure this was actually the work of the Omega.
"Continue investigation into the matter Eyelytics. Biowulf, begin preparations- that insufferable 'Anti-Providence' has its roots in that forsaken city, I've no interest in losing good soldiers because of some overblown racists with fancy guns." Eyelytics left with what I assume was a nod, while Biowulf kneels in fealty.
"I would go alone if needed, my Lord. I would let
none underestimate your greatness." While I doubted even The Six could successfully eliminate Biowulf, the retrieval of the Omega was
far too important to chance. With a simple glance, I didn't need to say anything to get a quick 'Apologies, my Lord.'
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The mere
notion of having located The Omega was enough to put me in a good mood. I would have to retrieve it
personally, what would that do to its Host? It was designed
specifically to facilitate administration of the entire Nanite Network, that was reason enough to believe things would going differently than normal.
Still, I've been
trying that whole Feng Shui thing with my garden and I could really do with a nice centerpiece to grab everyone's attention. It'd be like a trophy, proof that I Van Kleiss finally became the undeniable savior of all Humanity forevermore.
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A/N: Hey, I needed an explanation for why Van Kleiss was getting involved given Taylor isn't officially a part of Providence running around punching Villains & Mad EVOs in the face. I wouldn't say it was too 'spoilery', though I am kind of excited I can finally elaborate a bit on the Nanites.
Basically, since they were meant to be the Ultimate Healthcare solution, EVOs are the result of the Nanites
attempting to fulfill their objective- but due to things having gone wrong, they try to figure out what they're supposed to do. Basically, say they find someone with a fear of fire; the obvious objective is to treat said phobia.
Instead of just, being fire-proof or whatever, they go to the opposite extreme- 'clearly', the solution is to make Host
unafraid of fire. So long as Host's Healthcare Problem(s) are treated, that's good enough right? Also there's other wackiness that screws with things, like say the Nanites for one Host not getting the chance to help
their Host but noticing another Host needing Healthcare assistance. Surely there's no way
that could go,
right?
Regarding Eyelytics, on one hand "Ew an OC?" but on the other it kind of makes sense for me to try fleshing things out some. Basically, she's a member of Van Kleiss' version of Watchdog, and well... she has Super-Analysis powers. Admittedly, I originally developed her during a dead Mega Crossover quest involving Generator Rex, so I didn't pull her out from nowhere.
I'll try to not get carried away, but I
do got some ideas for canon Worm characters- I'm not entirely sold on it yet, but...
Regina Machina, the Machine Army are a bunch of nanomachines anyways, pretty obvious I should do something with that in a Generator Rex fusion. Really, I've got a couple ideas regarding that...
If anything in particular stands out, please just ask- it is almost 5:00 PM for me, I don't feel like being clever enough to re-read this entire thing & figure out anything else I should comment on.
