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Someday, Somewhere, Somehow, I'll Love Again

Summary:

After years of waiting in Undar, Rex finally snaps and escapes on his own. Never wanting to see his so called, "friends" again.

Meanwhile, Lucy slowly tries to recover from the pain of losing her love, with the help of her friends.

What would happen when the two past lovers reunite once again?

Well, unsurprisingly, alot happens.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Aka Rex reunites with his friends, hurting and healing along the way.

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Chapter Text

Rex quietly sighed, bored out of his mind.

After that whole Undar incident, he built his spaceship, the Rexcelirator, and started to wander around space. Alone.

 

Huh.

Isn't that ironic?

Before meeting Lucy, he started off alone. And now, after meeting Lucy, he ended up alone.

His life had quite literally come full circle.

Well, whatever.

 

It's not like he cared.

It's not like he missed them or anything.

It's not like he thought of them everytime he sees anything pink, black, spaceship, bat or pirate related or anything.

Pfft! Of course not!

Ridiculous.

...
..

 

W-well, anyways,

Life as a lone space wanderer was surprisingly boring. He would've thought he would become a galaxy-defender, archeologist, cowboy and animal trainer who goes on space adventures on a daily basis, living his past life behind and stuff, but alas. You can't always have what you want.

He once thought about time traveling to the past to cure his boredom, but eventually decided it was too dangerous. For all he knew, he could fade away from existence for doing that! And he didn't really want to get back-to-the-futured, thanks.

 

So here he was now. Wandering the galaxy all by himself, going from planet to planet in hopes for something interesting to happen.

 

But he never would've expected that something interesting was already going to happen to him sooner rather than later.

Chapter 2: Reunited and it does NOT feel good

Chapter Text

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Rex groaned tiredly.

Man Upstairs, he was so bored!

 

He gave up trying to explore other planets, there weren't any lifeforms most of the time anyways. So now, he was just aimlessly floating around space, in a fist-shaped spaceship.

If he was going to be honest, he didn't really know why he made it so big. He didn't really have anybody to share it with, causing it to further emphasize his loneliness.

But hey, atleast it looks cool.

 

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted by a continuous beeping sound.

The masterbreaker looked around, trying to identify where it was coming from, until he caught a glimpse at the fuel meter.

Oh geez.

It was below 20%. Any lower than that, and he was going to be screwed.

Immediately taking action, he set a course for the nearest planet, desperately hoping it had the right fuel, or atleast life.

Steering the Rexcelirator to the right direction, he bit his lip, quietly hoping for the best.

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Upon landing, he quickly looked around, searching for a sign of life. So far, he spotted a few cacti and some rubble, so that was good. The cacti meant that the planet was enough to sustain life, and the rubble meant that there were enough creatures living on it to produce it.

 

But.. looking at the planet even closer, was it just him, or did it look kind of familiar..?

He feels like he's seen this place before.

Was this a planet that he already visited during his space travels? But no, he would've recognized the it's exterior..

 

Suddenly, it clicked.

This was Syspocalypstar.

 

Dread filled his veins.

Out of all planets, it just had to be Syspocalypstar, hadn't it?

..The Man Upstairs must really hate him, huh?

 

The masterbreaker sighed. As much as he hated it, he had no choice. His fuel was now at around 10%, which wasn't enough to go to the next nearest planet. And it wasn't even guaranteed to have life living on it anyway.

He was just going to get fuel for his ship and leave immediately.

Easy peasy, lemon squee-

 

"Oof!"

 

Ow.

Who in the world was that-?

...

Oh, hell no.

Rex had conveniently bumped into none other than the very person who ruined his life, general Mayhem.

 

Groaning, he quickly tried to escape the general's view, but she, just as quickly, suddenly took a very tight hold of his wrist.

He glared at her, silently demanding her to let him go.

Unfortunately, she didn't seem very keen on doing that, and instead seemed more interested on introducing herself.

"Hello! I don't think I've seen you before, you must be new. I'm general Sweet Mayhem. And you are..?"

"None of your business. Now go away."

The general rolled her eyes, "Okay mr 'None of your business' what brings you here?"

"I already said it's none of your business! Now leave me alone."

"I just want to help! Geez.."

He was about to retaliate, but his more logical side told him he probably could use that help. Especially from the queen's right hand woman. So with an annoyed groan, he told her his reasons for coming here.

"Oh, well I have a friend who's an expert on spaceships. Maybe he knows where to find that fuel you need."

He paled, knowing exactly who she was talking about.

"N-no need! I don't wanna be a bother, heh.."

She raised an eyebrow, just earlier he was telling her to go away and just overall being rude, and now he suddenly doesn't want to be a bother?

"No, no, I insist!"

So before the blue clad man could protest, she quickly grabbed his arm and went over to her vehicle. Strapping him in and driving off towards her friends.

Rex sighed, defeated. And let her kidnap him in an attempt to "help" him.

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The general eventually stopped in front of a coffee shop. The very same coffee shop that Rex used to frequently go to, he noticed. He almost didn't even recognize it! Geez, what did the stupid Duplonians do to Apocalypseburg?

Mayhem grabbed his arm and led him inside, to where he saw them.

His so called, "friends."

 

He felt the familiar feelings of anger and hurt swell in his chest. But oddly enough, he couldn't help but feel.. happy upon seeing them again. It's been so long since he last saw them. Way too lon-

Wait a minute, what in the world was he talking about?

They abandoned him! He shouldn't be happy to see them! He doubted they would even feel the same way.

His thoughts were soon cut off by Mayhem, "Hey, guys!"

"Hey, Sweets"
"Hiiiii!"
"Hi, May!"
"Hey."
"Hello, laddie!"

But upon seeing the stranger beside her, their attention was quickly diverted to him.

Unikitty said, "Oooh!, who's this, May?"

"This is.. uh-"

"Rex."

All eyes fell on him.

He allowed himself a small smirk, attempting to mask his inner feelings. "The name's Rex Dangervest."

They all smiled and enthusiastically greeted him.

But Lucy was quick to go straight to the point, "So, what brings you here Rex?"

Trying to ignore his heart rapidly beating in his chest, he replied, "I uh, need help finding fuel for my spaceship-"

"SPACESHIP?"

As expected, Benny gasped and flew in front of him, "YOU HAVE A SPACESHIP? I HAVE A SPACESHIP TOO! DO YOU WANT TO SEE ME BUILD A SPACESHI-?"

The space wanderer couldn't help but chuckle, "N-no thanks. I just need to find fuel."

The astronaut deflated, "Oh, okay."

The general giggled at his attitude, "Here, let me introduce them,"

"This is Wyldstyle,"
"Hey."

"Unikitty,"
"Hiiiii!

"Benny,"
"Hey!

"Metalbeard,"
"Ahoy!"

"And Batman."

The dark knight didn't say anything, choosing instead to glare at the masterbreaker. Rex glared back.

 

Mayhem cleared her throat, "So, with all that out of the way, Benny, do you think you can help him?"

"Of course I can! I just need to look at Rex's spaceship, and I can ask the rest of my crew to help!"

She smiled, "Great!"

Rex gritted his teeth, "Yeah! Great.."

He couldn't take it anymore. Wanting an excuse to get out of there, he said, "So uh, can I like, go now? Busy man y'know, with all that um spaceship repair stuff, heh! So uh. Goodbye!"

And he quickly sprinted out the door, not caring if he got weird stares for it, only caring about getting out of there.

Going in a random alleyway, he built a motorcycle using some spare bricks and rushed towards the direction of his ship.

 

Man Upstairs, he was definitely going to take a nap when he gets home.

Chapter 3: Here's My Number, So Don't Call Me Maybe!

Chapter Text

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The sun had barely risen in the outskirts of Syspocalypstar. The sky was yet to be filled with the song of birds, and most people were still fast asleep in their warm beds.

But Rex, it seemed like, was not most people.

 

He decided to get up earlier than his usual time in order to buy essential stuff. He was beginning to run out of food and medical equipment after all. And he didn't really want to deal with all the people ogling at him curiously, as though visitors from outer space that resided in fist-shaped rockets randomly landing on their homeplanet was rare.

..Well anyways, you get the point. He honestly can't believe he's saying it, but he wasn't really in the mood for attention right now.

 

So here he was, in a random 24-hour convenience store, shopping at 4:13 in the morning.

 

The masterbreaker was just getting some instant noodles off the shelf, when a hand suddenly grabbed it before he could.

To his dismay, when he glanced at the owner of the hand, it just so happened to be one of his old best friends, Benny.

 

He resisted the urge to groan, why did he have to keep bumping into stuff he didn't want to bump into?

But instead, he gave the astronaut a strained grin and begrudgingly greeted him.

Benny smiled back, oblivious. "Oh, hey Rex!, Boy, am I glad to see you! I didn't get to ask for your number last time, so could I have your number?"

Rex raised his eyebrow, "What for?"

"So I could tell you about the crew and I's progress in finding some fuel!"

"Oh." He bit his lip, hesitantly agreeing to give the astronaut his number.

Benny beamed at him, "Thank you, Rex!"


An awkward silence then fell upon the two. With the spaceman trying, and failing to initiate some small talk. Eventually, he gave up and just said goodbye to the other man before paying for his groceries and leaving.

The masterbreaker sighed in relief. Finally, he thought that would never end! He silently walked over to the checkout counter, praying and hoping that he would never have to experience anything like that again.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lucy wistfully stared down Syspocalypstar with a sigh.

She was currently on the Statue of Un-Liberty, coffee at hand, reminiscing about a certain, special someone.

 

..It's been 5 years.

5 years since Emmet went missing.

 

She learned to accept the truth over the course of the years, but that doesn't mean it hurts any less.

She could still remember how they always you used meet up here. How was always trying to raise everybody's spirits, even when everything seemed hopeless. How everyone treated him so unkindly just because of that. How despite that, he never let it get him down. How-

 

"Hii, Wyldstyle!"

The singer yelped, startled. She turned around and was met with one of her closest friends, Unikitty.

Said friend looked sheepish, "Oops, sorry! I didn't mean to startle you."

Lucy gave the cat small smile. "No, no. It's okay, don't worry. I was just.. thinking."

Unikitty's smile faltered a little, "..It's about him, isn't it?"

Lucy's silence was all she needed to answer her question.

 

The princess gazed at the view, with a far-away look in her eyes. "..I miss him too." She said in a barely audible whisper.

"Benny does too. He was our bestfriend, so when he went missing.. it felt like.. he was taken away too soon. Like we didn't get to hang out with him more. Like it wasn't enough, y'know?"

Lucy simply stared at her, listening silently. It wasn't everyday the cat-hybrid openly showed her more vulnerable feelings, after all.

"But eventually, we realized, it's not about the 'not getting to hang out more'. It was about getting a chance to hang out at all. We didn't get to have him for long, sure, but we got to have him, and even love him. And that's all that matters."

She smiled, "I just thought you needed to hear that."

 

Lucy aggressively wiped away the tears falling from her eyes, forcing herself to not break down in public.

Finally, the singer allowed herself to genuinely smile, "Geez, Kitty, since when did you get so wise?"

The princess grinned and played along, "What d'ya mean? I've always been wise! Nobody was just there to see it!"

The two masterbuilders giggled, the atmosphere suddenly becoming less tense, and more warm and comfortable.

 

They both chatted for a while, talking about whatever simply came to mind, until their friendly chatter was suddenly interrupted by a notification noise.

The two quickly checked their phones, and found that it was coming from their shared group chat.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why Are We Still Here, Just To Suffer?


4:29 A.M

NasaNerd: GUYS!! I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET REX'S PHONE NUMBER! :DD


NasaNerd: I'VE WAITED SO LONG FOR THIS!


NyanCat: Oh yay!! :DD


NyanCat: But that's kinda gay, Ben~


NasaNerd: maybe because I AM gay, Kitty.


CottonCandyCurls: can you send his number in here, Benny? it would be useful in contacting him about our progress.


NasaNerd: sure!


Batguy: wait what do you mean OUR progress?? wasnt it just supposed to be ONLY benny helping him??


CottonCandyCurls:of course we're gonna help too, idiot. he obviously needs help and it would be rude not to do so.


Batguy: did you even SEE the way he looked at us? it looked like he HATED us and for what??


Batguy: there's something off about the guy i KNOW it


CottonCandyCurls: you ALWAYS say that!


NasaNerd:+1 505-646-3566


Batguy: so what?? you can never be too careful


NasaNerd: here's his number!


NasaNerd: oh sorry!, did I interrupt something?


CottonCandyCurls: no.


Batguy: yes

~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Lucy rolled her eyes over her ex boyfriend's response. He was even more annoying than she remembered!

How did she, or even Whatevra for that matter, even fell for him?


She sighed. It was days like these that made her miss Emmet even more.


The singer shook the thought out of her mind. Thinking about him won't bring him back.

She needed to focus on helping Rex anyways.


So with that, she took a small glance at Rex's number, and almost dropped her phone in shock.



This was Emmet's number.

Chapter 4: Poor Lucy lmao

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text


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Suddenly, it seemed like the words started to have a mind of its own. It started shaking and- was it just her, or was the whole world also shaking?

Her eyes finally caught sight of Unikitty in front of her. Since when did she get here?

The princess seemed to be in the middle of saying something, but everything seemed like it was underwater and she just couldn'tfocus-



All of a sudden, she felt something touch her shoulder.


It was, of course, none other than Unikitty. She gently instructed the singer to take deep breaths with her.



One, two, three, inhale..


One, two, three, exhale..


One, two, three, inhale..


One, two, three, exhale..


With an exhausted sigh, Lucy looked at Unikitty. Relieved and grateful to have finally managed to calmed down.

The cat-hybrid smiled softly. She may not understand the reason for her friend's panic, but ever since that incident, she promised herself that no matter what, she'll there for her friends, and to always show her love and appreciation for them. She isn't ever going to repeat that mistake again.


Once again, Lucy sighed softly. Gently picking up her phone, she decided to just be straightforward with it, and typed a message to the groupchat.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why Are We Still Here, Just To Suffer?


4:31 A.M

CottonCandyCurls: that's Emmet's phone number.

Several people are typing..

NasaNerd: WHAT

Batguy: WHAT??

Batguy: wait wait wait how are you sure that the government or something didn't just give away his phone number to a random person cause hes dead

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lucy couldn't help but flinch at the bluntness of that sentence. As much as she hated it, he's got a point.

..And here she was, getting her hopes up for no reason..


She was suddenly very acutely aware of Unikitty's intense stare at her, so she embarrassedly turned back to the conversation at hand once again.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why Are We Still Here, Just To Suffer?


4:33 A.M

NasaNerd: hey! first of all, too blunt, dude. second of all, you'll never know! maybe Rex is somehow related to Emmet?

Batguy: oh please youll just be getting your hopes up. weve already established emmet is gone. its better to just move on

NasaNerd: ...

CottonCandyCurls: as much as I hate to admit it, he's got a point, Benny. we're just gonna hurt ourselves in getting our hopes up.. i'm sure it's just somesort of coincidence.

NyanCat: Are you sure you're okay, Wyldstyle?

CottonCandyCurls: i'm fine.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And with that, Lucy turned off her phone screen and quickly stood up.

"I'm going back home."

Unikitty only blinked, a bit taken aback at the sudden exclamation. "A-are you sure? We've only just gone out, after all-"

The singer took a small glimpse at her phone, "It's 4:34 in the morning, Kitty. I'm tired."

The princess looked at her in silent understanding. "..Okay. Stay safe."

"I will. See ya later, 'gator." Lucy said, before building a car using spare bricks and quietly driving home.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Upon arriving home, she immediately went straight towards the bed, not even bothering to change clothes.

She was so tired.

The singer blinked back the tears threatening to spill out her eyes, and did so unsuccessfully.


It's been 5 years for The Man Upstairs' sake!

Why can't she still get over him..?


With a heavy sigh, she clutched a pillow to her chest and drifted off to sleep.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

...

..

.

"Mmmnnghh..."

Lucy stirred awake, eyes fluttering open as her surroundings slowly materialized around her.

Where.. was she..?

Her eyes suddenly snapped open.

Where was she?!


She immediately stood up, becoming more awake and alert. Whoever or whatever placed her here was gonna pay-

"Ah, Lucy. You're awake."

She screamed, before hurriedly turning around. Only to find..

"Vitrivius?!"


Her mouth dropped open in shock. "Wh- what are you doing here-?! I thought you were dead! ..wait.. am I dead-?!"

"No no no, relax. You're not dead, this is all just in your head."

"..What?"

"This is all just in your head." The old man repeated patiently, "A dream if you may." He continued.

The singer relaxed slightly at those words, before looking back up at her mentor- no, her father, with teary eyes. Everything that's happened all weighing down on her and successfully breaking all her walls down.

"D-dad.."

Vitrivius's visibly face softened, he smiled softly and gently opened his arms out for a hug, which Lucy gladly took. She hugged him tight as she quietly sobbed on his shoulder.


They stayed like that for a few moments longer, before Lucy hesitantly pulled away.

"Is.. there a reason why we're here..? ..Other than the obvious, that is." She asked.

"Yes, there actually is." He gently yet firmly held Lucy's shoulders and looked her in the eyes (or as best as he could, since he was.. y'know, blind).

"Listen to me carefully, Lucy. Rex.. is someone who you're not expecting. He's hurting, and he needs serious help. Help only you, and the others can provide.

Lucy's blood ran cold.

"What- what do you mean? Is there something wrong with him? What's hurting him? Why does he need help-?" She couldn't help it, a heap of questions came flowing out of her mouth before she could stop it. There was something about him that made her really worried for him.. she just doesn't know what.

Vitrivius held his hand out to shush her before speaking once again. "Unfortunately, that's not my place to tell. That's for you and the others, to find out."


And as soon as he said that, everything started to fade away. Her surroundings dematerialized in front of her as she felt her consciousness slowly return to her. And as she woke up, the old wizard said only two words.

"Good luck."

Yeah.. she felt like she was gonna need it.

Notes:

I'M SO SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO UPDATE 😭 but it's here now! And that's all that matters I think!

And yes, I headcanon that Lucy and Vitrivius have a father-daughter relationship it just makes sense 😌

Shout-out to charlieboom/Patea yanquis 5000 on Discord for helping me get motivated to write! I appreciate you ( ◜‿◝ )♡

I have a Tumblr now btw! I'm gonna post art and a bunch of other stuff there (maybe even wips of future fics) so uh if you're interested in that: AttorneyThatsAroAceIdk

Notes:

Sorry it's so short! The next chapters should be longer, hopefully :)

 

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