"Your always messing up son. You know what that means? Don't you X." The man said in a calm voice. X shuttered and moved back. If he could just get out of here...if he could just run. This wouldn't keep happening. The man made a step towards X. He spoke again.
"So what do you have to say for yourself X?" The man said with a smile. X's face went blank with horror. X tried to look for a way to escape there was none. The room was locked and the man blocked X's path. Suddenly the man slammed his hand on the wall right next to X's face.
"You'll have to compensate. But you know that don't you." The man said as he touched X's face. X shuttered. This shouldn't be happening...normal kids don't go through this. It was like the unfortunate was hand picked by god to go through the worst. X couldn't stand it. He felt useless and used. It'd been going on since the age of 8. Being used like this...beaten...Now at the age of 16 X was burned out. What kept him going was the fact that one day things would get better. He'd grow up get out of this hell hole and actually live. Like a regular person. No torture, no worry, no being molested by some disgusting old man. Everything would be perfect. Here at this orphanage...no one wanted the kids. They only used and abused them. No one should ever have to feel like this. Sure the kids stood together sometimes but the leash they were all on was a thick one. Freedom never came their way.
No one was here to help him now. But it was just another pain filled night. X didn't struggle there was no hope. The man put his hand down X's shirt when suddenly the door busted open. X turned in looked in hope. His hope was reassured. It was the legend himself. It was Zero. Zero spoke.
"Hey old fart. Get your wrinkly hands off of him." Zero said as he came running into the room. The old man growled and ran towards Zero with a fist. Zero caught his hand and threw the old man. The old man cursed.
"X. Pack your bags. We're leaving this hell hole. Tonight." Zero said. X was still in a daze not processing what just happened. The old man got up and looked at Zero like he was a fool.
"Where are you going to go? Your worthless no one wants you. Your better off here." The man said.
"NO! Nothing is worse than here!" X said in outburst.
"You're a kid with sense X. You know there's nothing out there for you. Your worthless." The man said with a calm tone looking X in the eye. X looked down.
"Don't listen to him X. He's just playing with your mind. Your amazing. I'll show you that. But first we need to get out of here. Lets go get Axl." Zero said leading X to the door. Suddenly the old man got up grabbed Zero by the shoulder.
"You ungrateful..." But the man couldn't finish Zero had punched him in the face. The man fell to the floor.
"Scum like you shouldn't exist. Putting so many kids down in one hell hole. Ruining them before they've even lived. I'll give you 10 days to live. After that I'm coming to take your life. Consider yourself lucky." Zero said as he shut the door. X and Zero walked down the hallway.
"Zero...thank you." X said suddenly stopping. Zero shook his head.
"Don't thank me. It's the justice you've deserved this whole time. But we need to find Axl." Zero said. X followed Zero to what seemed like the garage of the place. They heard sizzling and sparks inside. But this was regular. Axl was always working on some contraption. When X and Zero entered the garage Axl stopped doing what he was doing and took off his goggles. Axl spoke.
"So I'm guessing you got him?" Axl said. Then he continued. "Judging by the accomplished look on your face and safe X."
"Yeah. Are you ready with the AXZ Mobile?" Zero asked. Axl laughed.
"That's still a stupid name...but I love it." Axl said getting down from a chair. X remained quiet. It was really happening they were breaking out of here.
"So...this is really happening." X said out loud.
"Yeah. For sure dude." Axl said.
"Did you have any doubt X. This is our time. Freedom awaits." Zero said in a jokingly intense voice. X laughed.
"Hah... wow...I feel like I didn't contribute anything."
"You will later probably." Axl answered.
"Although I have to say Zero did the most. Taking the trouble of knocking out all of the Adults so we could escape." Axl said. X looked amazed. Did he really?
"Yeah but it was a bit sad to knock out Mrs. Kellson...she's all old and all but I had to watch out for her shot gun...not a fight I'm proud of." Zero said scratching the back of his head.
"Wow..." X responded picturing the whole thing.
"Anyways...X did you get clothes and stuff yet? I got all my shit together." Axl said.
"Yeah we need to leave soon...so one of the elders don't wake up and stop us." Zero responded. X nodded. The three ran to X's room and practically through all of his much-needed stuff into a random bag and they practically ran out of the house. The AXZ mobile was a car that was red and blacked stripped in entirely. The whole thing was just super flashy...but it was something you expect out of Axl. After putting everything that they would need inside of the self made car our three teenagers were off into the night. It felt light a breath of fresh air to the three. Seeing the orphanage behind them in their tracks. Axl was the one driving. He had built the thing it only made sense he got to drive it first. Zero was in the front seat with his eyes closed. But you could tell he wasn't sleeping. The night was quiet. Where they lived it was always hot outside and their town was in the middle of some barren desert. There were wild animals and other road creatures crossing. It was quite a weird sight to see. The night-time was interesting. Suddenly the three passed a house. It looked regular but suddenly there was a horrible scream.
"Axl stop the car...did you hear that?" Zero said as he sat up. X responded before Axl could.
"I heard it." X said.
"Oh come on you guys...it was probably nothing...women let out shrieks of terror all the time." Axl said. X and Zero looked at Axl like he was slow. Axl sighed.
"Fine we'll check it out. But if we die I'm haunting you guys." Axl said as he turned around into the driveway. When they got out the car they heard another really, loud scream. The three rushed to the window and climbed in it. Upon entering the house they heard a man shouting.
"YOU WHORE." He shouted. The woman then whimpered. Zero started running up the stairs to where they sounded like they were. Axl and X followed. The more they walked up the stairs the more real it got. Soon they heard bangs and suddenly they found the door it was all coming from. Zero busted in the door. When the three looked there was a man choking a woman as she grasped for breath. Zero dashed in. He yelled out.
"Stop right there." The guy looked up at Zero surprised.
"Why the hell are there three teenagers in my house." He said as he let go of the woman's neck. She struggled to get up.
"It's called justice motherfucker and your about to get it." Zero said as he took a fighting stance. X went over to go see if the woman was alright. Axl got to a nearby telephone and tried to dial the police but then he hesitated to watch his surroundings. The perpetrator threw his punches but Zero dodged them all. He grabbed the man and threw him up against the wall. The man struggled. He spoke.
"Kid...let go."
"Never harm this woman again." Zero said. The man weakly nodded.
"Listen...do you see the concerned look for you in her eyes as I pin you up against the wall?" Zero said. The man weakly looked over at the woman. She looked like she was on the verge of tears with concern.
"Charissa...I'm sorry." He spoke out. The woman with a pained face turned away.
"Jay..." She muttered. X looked down at the woman...he'd seen the same look in his eyes that she had. He felt for her. Zero let go of the man and he dropped to the floor and passed out. The woman weakly crawled to the man and shed tears.
"Listen...you won't get hurt anymore. You need to walk out of this situation. No matter how much you love him. It's clear that this isn't the first time this has happened." X said.
"Besides lady...I'm sure you can take care of your self or find someone else besides this scum bag." Axl said. Zero nodded.
"It's not worth it." Zero said looking her in the eyes. Suddenly the woman started crying.
"I thought so much if I...If I ignored it. If I just pretended it didn't happen, everything would turn back into the glory days...I was wrong. Thank you for saving me." She said. The three smiled at seeing the woman come to her senses.
"Don't thank us. You deserved to be saved." Zero said. The woman smiled.
"Who are you kids?" She asked.
"No one. Just three runaways." Axl answered.
"Three runaways? You seem like three fighters for justice." She answered.
"Fighters for justice huh? I like the sound of that." Zero said thinking.
"Anyways...Axl did you call the police to report this? He could be violent when he wakes up." X said. Axl shook his head no.
"I was too busy watching Zero be badass." Axl said with a slightly embarrassed face.
"Your hopeless Axl...What if we had lost?" X asked.
"Well then you and I would have to jump in." Axl answered with a goofy smile.
"But anyways I've got you covered...I'll dial the number right now." Axl said as he dialed the number.
"Hello yes. What's up PoPo? Anyways...real talk a woman on 1414 kale's land was getting choked out by her husband. Come arrest that mofo. Yes she's okay and fine now. We got her. Who is we? Whelp we're nothing but Three runaways fighting for justice." Axl said the he abruptly hung up and put the phone on the hook. The woman laughed upon hearing this.
"It's nothing...it's just you three are so strange...Coming to my rescue and then making me laugh..." She started before she laughed more. X smiled. Axl spoke.
"Yeah I know we're awesome..." Axl said as he flexed his no muscle. X facepalmed. The woman laughed more.
"God...why don't you kids have your own TV show or something like that." The woman said.
"Pffft...no." Zero said letting out a chuckle.
"I just anticipated how bad that show would be..." X said.
"I'm not going to lie...I would watch something like that...Three runaway orphans kicking ass and taking names with comic relief Axl. I would so watch that."
"Lets make the idea the reality." Zero said suddenly.
"You mean we're going to make a TV show?" Axl asked confused.
"No. Let's help anyone we come across. I mean. Fight for justice. Punish all the wrong do-ers. So many people are abused like this every day. You guys know...we've all been through it during our time at that hell hole. I don't want anyone to feel the way we've felt." Zero said. X felt like he was in ressenace with what Zero was saying.
"Lets do it." X said. Zero smiled.
"Yeah lets get them sleazes." Axl said putting a fist in the air. The woman clapped.
"I'll be your first fan." She said.
"What are your names?" She said continuing.
"How are you going to ask that when you didn't introduce yourself." Zero said.
"Oh excuse my manners. My name is Charissa Stencils." She said putting her hand out for the three to shake it.
"That's more like it. My name's Axl." Axl shook her hand.
"My name's X." X said as she shook his hand.
"It's Zero." Zero said. The woman smily brightly.
"You three are just bursting with charisma...can I take a picture?" She said.
"Sure why not?" X said. The three then posed in ninja poses. She smiled as she took the picture.
"Well we had better clear out before the police come." Axl said.
"Yeah they'll want to see these so-called runaways for justice. We can't afford being question. Lets dip." Zero said.
"Want to heroically jump out the window and drive away crazy?" X asked.
"Hell yes." Both Zero and Axl answered. They did just that. With out a goodbye to the first woman that they helped. She watched them til they weren't there anymore. She got up and looked around the house. It had felt like a dream. She thought it was until the cops came and arrested her husband for questioning. She smiled. The next generation was full of hope. X , Axl and Zero rode down the street talking about their previous encounter.
"Man do you guys think it's really safe for us to keep doing this?" Axl asked.
"Hmm I'm not sure. Earlier just felt so right."
"I agree with X. I feel a uneasiness but at the same time I want to help people and kick ass before I become some boring adult with eight cats." Zero said with a sigh.
"I think we should get armed if we're going to go through with this." Axl said in a serious tone.
"Armed like how? We're not using any weapons that could kill. We want justice not slaughter." Zero said.
"Nah I don't mean guns...or maybe I do...nah..." Axl said.
"If we do this I totally want a lazer." X said.
"Lazers don't exist it's 1983 You've read too many comics." Zero said.
"I want a sword." Zero said plainly. Axl nodded his head picturing it.
"Of course the graceful dude always gets the sword...I want guns." said Axl.
"Lazaaaaaaaaaaaaar" X said with sparkles in his eyes. Suddenly Axl got an idea.
"Hey wait a sec...I know a guy we can get stuff like that from." Axl said as he stopped for a light. X and Zero looked at Axl.
"Who is it?" Zero asked.
"Some old man I met in the park one day." Axl said.
"Erm...okay? How do we get in contact with him?" X asked.
"Well you see he gave me his card and I always kept it in my backpack just in case. Plus old dude owes me some favors."Axl said.
"Dare I ask why Axl?" Zero asked.
"Well he tripped and fell in a pond and I helped him out. God. What kind of person do you think I am. Sicko." Axl said making a fake scowl.
"Alright. Gosh... I wasn't implying anything." Zero said with a chuckle.
" *COUGH* Pedobear *COUGH*" X said. Axl stopped the car and turned around to look at X in the back seat.
"One more joke and I'm going to hop back that back seat and unleash Mr. Tickle." Axl warned.
"Oh god. X shut your mouth I don't want those problems." Zero said quickly. X got confused. He made a mental note of Zero's one weakness. Tickles.
"That's more like it." Axl said cheerfully. X wondered what the Mr. Tickle was. He decided not to pry. X leaned back into his seat and thought of the night's events.
Freedom came his way. But now they'd decided to fight for other people's freedom as well. It was an interesting thought. If anyone could pull it off it was Zero. There was legends about Zero all over the orphanage and school. That he was perfect and never slept and that he was some sort of super fighting android. At this thought X looked up to the front seat to see Zero sleeping and making small little sleep noises. Axl was jamming too hard to notice X staring. So Zero wasn't secretly an android...he was sleeping. Although...X was pretty sure Androids could sleep. X shrugged it off and took it as a sign that Zero wasn't perfect. Zero was so cool though. Suddenly X's thoughts became slightly graphic and he snapped out of them. X would not admit his fanboy thoughts about Zero. So he switched his mindset.
He started thinking about tomorrow and the next day. What would come about and the things the trio would encounter. It was like the three had the perfect Attributes. Zero the strength and the bluntness. Axl the comic relief and tech smarts. X the innocence and the common sense.
What would come about of these Runaways for Justice?
To be continued.
I'm not feeling this story like I thought I would. Meh...if the second chapter doesn't come in the next couple days it won't come at all. I feel like maybe I should've used Rock, Blues and Bass for this one. Oh well too late now. Yes this story takes place in the 80s. LAUNCH OCTOPUS I HATE YOU.
I can't beat him. Ima just go try again now...
