A quick sketch of @brickowskibois “Transfem Rocket AU” & “Rex Squad AU”
When I saw Transfem Rocket, I just had 2 draw her, she looked so beautiful! I also drew her wearing her Rex Squad Vest because I figured she just likes wearing it.
Rocket is wearing a new outfit showing it off catwalk style 2 Alt Rex, Rem & the Raptors, everyone is enjoying it & cheering her.
Note: THIS IS NOT CANON!!! I'd just always wondered how it would go if the Rex Squad had to deal with what happened to canon Rex in the Lego movie 2 with their own Rex. Well, now we all know, it's this:
No one knew at what time Rex had slipped away.
With all the revelry it was hard to blame them, but of course blaming themselves was just what they did.
The squad had spent the whole day celebrating their shared birthday, and the festivities had lasted long into the night. Good food, sightseeing, basking in their accomplishments, games, desserts, drinking, gifts of weapons and maps and tools... they all were kept busy. It was possible they'd assumed Rex had gone to the bathroom and it had gone long. Their communicators never gave them any indication that something was wrong. But how could it have detected... that? How could any of them have known?
How could they have known that Skywalker would wander into a storage room to get more plates, only to find Rex collapsed on the ground, sobbing quietly, one of his legs missing?
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Rem and Rocket burst into the room mere moments after Skywalker gave her distress call, frantically scanning the room... It didn't take them long to find what they were looking for.
Rem gave a sharp cry and clapped his hands to his mouth, Rocket teetered dangerously and had to lean against one of the shelves for support.
Rex was laying on the ground in front of them, propped up against Skywalker's body as she curled around him, stroking her snout that rest on his singular thigh, staring blankly at his semi-transparent hand as it moved over her.
His entire left leg was missing. The place where his body continued at his waist was strangely blurred, as if his body were turning into a still fog at the line where his body disappeared.
"... Rex..." Rem whispered, tears welling up in his eyes.
Rex barely seemed able to acknowledge they were there, despondent eyes flicking over both of them before landing on his fading right hand as it lay on Skywalker again.
He wasn't crying anymore, though his eyes were still red... His expression looked so empty.
Rem and Rocket slowly crouched in front of man and raptor, their eyes also locked on his hand. To their horror, as they watched, it faded away completely, the invisibility spreading from his fingertips and over his palm. Rex slowly lifted the blurry stump of his arm, turning it this way and that, as if examining it would make his hand reappear.
"What's happening, Rex??" Rem suddenly cried, making Rex jump, shaking him out of his daze.
Rex's wide eyes landed on Rem, the tears streaming down his cheeks as he desperately waited for an answer, then over to Rocket, pale and trembling and frightened in a way Rex had never seen him before.
"... I'm sorry," was all Rex could manage, before his tears began again in earnest.
All at once Rex was sobbing, hunched over Skywalker, using his arms to hide his face. "I-I'm sorry...!! I d... I didn't want you to see this...!!!"
"Rex, please, stop hiding...!" Rocket choked out, reaching over and grabbing his arms. Rex froze, trembling, but didn't fight Rocket as he gently lowered them. He couldn't bring himself to look up at their heartbreaking expressions.
"... Rex..." Rocket said in a quiet, broken voice, stroking his cheek with a hand. "... Talk to us. What's happening...? And why? Please Rex, we want to help you..."
Rem nodded silently, not trusting himself to speak through his tears.
Rex swallowed hard, trying to regain control of his voice.
"... I... I thought... I thought I'd escaped. I thought I... I thought we had... m-made something new." Rem and Rocket stayed silent, waiting for him to elaborate. Rex stared at his arm as more of it began to fade, panic creeping into his voice. "... Time... isn't a straight line. Rocket is proof of that. I... I thought Rem and I were safe. That he... That he wouldn't have to become me for me to... to continue to... to exist." Rex's face crumpled with despair again, and he barely got his words out through his sobs. "I-I.... I thought... w-we would be okay...!!"
Realization quickly turned to horror on Rem and Rocket's faces, Rem turning away to hide another sob.
This was all his fault...!!
Rex looked up at his anguished sound, eyes wide with regret. "Rem, no, please--" He reached out with the hand he still had, and Rem quickly reached out to take it, squeezing him desperately. "Rem, I never wanted you to become me. If you did, I... I would have lost you forever. You wouldn't be Rem anymore... And you would have to go back like I did, and... and I'd... I'd never see you again." He squeezed Rem's hand, trembling from the effort of holding back his tears. "I knew... That it was possible that I could disappear. But... I didn't care...! I still don't care!!! Rem, all I wanted was you...!!! I couldn't give you up for my own sake!!!"
Rem shook his head, taking Rex's hand in both of his and holding it to his lips. "Rex... But n-now I'm losing you...! D-did you think about how I'd feel?? This... This isn't fair, Rex...!!"
Rex gave a watery laugh, turning away and watching the last of his upper arm disappear, before closing his eyes. "... I guess... this is my last dick move, huh...? Had to... make you both cry one last time."
Rocket shook his head, leaning over Skywalker to grab Rex by the shoulders. "Rex, don't you talk like that, we can still fix this...! You're not gone yet, we can... we can transport your brain into a computer!! And then we can build you a robot body, and it'll be like you never left us!!! We can still--"
Rex silenced him with a look, Rocket's words dying in his throat. And suddenly he couldn't breathe, his breaths coming as desperate, shallow gasps as tears streamed down his cheeks. "... You... You can't leave us, Rex...! It's still too soon...!!"
"No, this... This was always my time limit." Rex pulled his hand free from Rem's, and now they could see that one has begun to fade as well. "Nothing we could have done would have stopped this. If the flow of time decided it wanted me gone... Then there's nothing we can do."
"That's bullshit!!" Rem snapped, making Rex give a start. Before Rex could comment on his foul mouth, Rem went on. "You said it yourself, time isn't a line! So it isn't a loop either! I... I shouldn't have to go back to keep you!! That...! That doesn't make sense!!! You changed history by coming back for me! You never had someone go back for you!! So why...?! This is all bullshit!! I...!!" Rem buried his hands in his hair, giving an anguished wail. "This isn't fair!!!"
Rex squeezed his eyes shut, unable to bear the pain of Rem's despair. "I... I know... I know!! But... All this time I thought... I thought we were safe, I... I'm so sorry...!" Rex stared at his hand again, his frustration making it tremble slightly. "I guess it... It was too much to ask that I be allowed to live without fear with you two... All I wanted was... was to be happy with you."
Skywalker pulled her head aside, and like she'd suspected, Rem and Rocket instantly moved forward, throwing their arms around their co-captain, their partner... Their Rex.
Rex clung to Rem desperately with his one remaining arm, eyes wide as he stared off into the distance. "... I... I'm so scared. I don't know what's going to happen to me. Or to any of you. I... I'm scared...!"
Rem nodded in understanding, giving a hiccuping sob as he nuzzled into Rex's hair. "I know... I am too...!"
Rocket buried his fingers in Rex's shirt, shaking slightly. "... F-for all we know... M... Maybe this isn't the end, maybe... Maybe you're just... being sent s-somewhere else...!" Rocket gave a juddering exhale, hiding his face in Rex's neck. "... Promise me... Promise me you'll come find us... Promise me you'll try to come back...!"
"I promise Rocket..." Rex whispered, feeling the pressure ease as his other arm disappeared completely, no longer able to hold them. "I promise that as long as I have breath in my body I'll be on my way back to you."
Rocket nodded slightly, leaning back, letting his arms go slack. "... Good. We'll be waiting for you."
"We'll be looking for you, too...!" Rem promised, giving Rex a squeeze. "We're not powerless here, we... We won't stop looking for you, alive or dead!!"
Rex gave a watery laugh, turning to kiss the top of Rem's head. "Is that a threat...??"
"It's a promise!!" Rem yelled into his shoulder, squeezing him tightly.
Rex saw the toe of his boot starting to vanish as well, and he had to close his eyes at the sight. "... I promise too. I promise... I'll always... always be yours..no matter what."
Rem took Rex's face gently in his hands, leaning in to kiss him.
It hurt.
When Rem leaned back Rocket was instantly there to take his place, his hand on Rex's cheek guiding their lips together, for one last bit of tender contact.
He'd never felt this much pain before.
"Lay me back," Rex said quietly, closing his eyes.
Rocket nodded, guiding him to lay down beside Skywalker as his leg disappeared completely, and the blur began to spread up his torso. The large raptor have a sad croon as her own tears fell, gently nosing Rex's cheek, making him give a chuckle that sounded more like a sob.
"Sky... You tell the other raptors how much I love them. You guys... were the family I never had. You guys take care of each other," he said in a watery voice, giving her a wobbly smile.
[We will...] Skywalker said softly, closing her eyes as she curled around him.
Rocket and Rem leaned over Rex, eyes locked on his face, not letting themselves look down at the nothingness as it consumed his body.
"I love you, Rex," Rem said quietly.
"I love you too. So much," Rocket echoed. "And we'll see you later, okay...? I promise you that we'll see each other again."
Rex nodded, swallowing hard as he felt that terrifying nothing envelop his chest.
What would happen after this? Where would they go? What would any of them do???
"I don't... I don't wanna go," Rex muttered, wide eyes locking on the ceiling. "There's... There's so much I haven't done, I... I'll miss you all too much...!"
"Which is why you gotta come back, okay?" Rem choked out. "You gotta come back, so we can do it all...!!"
"Yeah. Yeah, okay," Rex whispered, closing his eyes. It was happening so fast now, his neck was gone, he couldn't feel it, he was...
His eyes locked on Rem and Rocket's faces, tracing over them desperately, burning them into his mind. "... I love you."
"We love you too," Rem said in a voice barely more than a breath.
"Always will, you jackass," Rocket whispered, giving him a wobbly smile.
Rex nodded slightly, relief crossing his expression.
They loved him.
Everything would be okay.
They loved him...
He closed his eyes, sighing out one final breath...
