AI. Takuya

Chapter Seven: Getting close to the real Truth

By KellyQ

Takuya took the opportunity to jump toward the little android. They both went crashing down to the ground rolling three feet away. 6-2-5 managed to get on top of 6-2-4, pinning him down.

"I want some answers about the Gemine!"

"Haven't you figured it out? No? You disobey orders."

"You mean to hurt innocent people ..." Takuya figured out, something in his chest started to act up. By this point, Kouji had regained consciousness. He sat up and looked over to see what was going on. "You'll have to kill me first if you're going to hurt them!"

Right then, car headlights came toward the house. They all turned to see that it was three black cars. Tension spiked up when the cars Stopped. A man stepped out and Kouji paled with complete fear in his eyes. A moment later another figure stepped out of the car and Kouji's eyes changed from fear to shock. Standing there were his father and twin brother.

Takuya observed the whole thing. "Are you the one who's been giving the orders to make me kill these innocent people?" He got off his brother.

Mr. Minamoto raised a questioning eye brow. He shook his head and smiled to Takuya. "No I'm not, 6-2-5."

6-2-4 freed his hand and managed to point his gun at his brother. Takuya looked down to see that the gun was at his chest. His eyes widened, before 6-2-5 could move out of the way, his brother pulled the trigger sending a blast at Takuya. The taller android's eyes slowly faded and became dull. His body became limp, changing back. Shinya pushed his brother off, got to his feet and took off running.

"Takuya!"

All of the orphans ran over to the fallen robot. Tommy was crying hard, clinging to Izumi. She held him gently, and whispered to him.

"Takuya?" Mr. Minamoto asked. He stepped up, but Kouji stopped him when he got up and stood in front of the unconscious robot. "Is that his name?" All Kouji did was glare at his father with mild hate. "I suppose I owe you all an explanation. 6-2-, I mean Takuya, needs to come back to our lab, so we can take a look at him...see if he's still in proper functioning order."

"Why should we trust you?" Junpei ask coldly, glaring at the man.

"Because," he explained looking very annoyed. Kouichi managed to get behind his brother and scooped Takuya in his arms. "I've been studying Androids for a ....very long time. I know them inside and out and my fellow workers can help your friend recover, while I explain everything."

Junpei opened his mouth to protest, but Kouji beat him to it.

"Fine. We'll come ... but if you're lying-"

"I'm not lying Kouji ... I will explain everything at the lab."

The orphans all looked at each other and nodded in unison. Mr. Minamoto gave them a smile, motioning for Kouji and his friennds to load in the cars. Kouji gave his brother a glare as he got into the back seat, and looked Takuya over. He seems okay. I just hope he doesn't plan on doing anything to hurt Takuya, Kouji thought looking at the rearview mirror to see his other friends piling into the black car.

"Sir," the man said into the phone. "Mr. Minamoto has 6-2-5 -"

"What about the orphan kids and 6-2-4?" Kanbara inquired.

"He took them, and 6-2-4 has managed to get away."

"This is better than I thought," Mr. Kanbara mumbled.

"Sir?"

"Have 6-2-5 follow the car with the same mission but make sure that he cannot be seen. Got that?"

"Yeah, I got it."

The sound of rumbling came to Takuya's ears, and he opened his eyes. Takuya felt very weak and confused. His thought was interrupted by feeling finger tips brush against his. Turning his head slightly, Takuya saw that it was Kouji. They stared at each other, and laced their fingers together. It wasn't long before they came a warehouse building. The big garage doors opened and the two black cars descending down. Kouji started to feel uneasy. He unconsciously tightened his grip on Takuya's hand.

Coming to a stop, they looked around to see that they were in a underground parking structure. Kouji straighten up and looked ahead to see a door that led inside the warehouse. The doors to the back seat opened, and the two men who sat on either side of Kouji and Takuya, pulled them apart. The two boys stared at each other for a moment. Takuya tried to grab Kouji's wrist, but he was to far away.

"No! Don't separate us!" Takuya tried to fight out of the man's arms. "I don't want him to be lonely!"

He lifted his foot and slammed his heal on the man's foot. Takuya pulled free and ran to the other side of the car. Kouichi took hold of Takuya's wrist and pulled him back. The brown-haired teen turned to face Kouji's brother.

"Let go! Kouji needs me!" Takuya demanded. He yanked out of Kouichi's hold an ran to Kouji. Takuya pulled Kouji out of the man's grasp and pulled him close. "Are you alright?" Kouji nodded, blushing.

Mr. Minamoto motioned the men point their guns. Takuya to tremble slightly and he slowly moved his arms away. Just as his arms were a few inches away, one of the men grabbed Kouji by his hair and pulled back, pointing a gun to his head. Kouichi laced his arm around Takuya's neck and lifted the back of his shirt and pushed against his back. Static electricity surged through Takuya's body and his hair frizzed. Pain flashed across Takuya's face, and he went limp. His eyes were still open, but they lacked of pupils.

Kouji watched with horror and confusion. He started to struggle. "You ... you lied to us! And where are my friends?"

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about them," Mr. Minamoto said, walking toward the door with Kouichi following close behind, caring Takuya. "You'll see them soon enough."

"I can't believe he tricked us like that!" Junpei hissed.

After they were separated from Kouji and Takuya, Mr. Minamoto had his men put the rest of the group in a cell.

"Izumi, I wanna go home," Tomoki said in a small voice.

The blonde-haired girl wrapped her arms around the frightened child. "Poor thing. Those men must've -"

Before she could finish reassuring Tomoki, the door and Kouji was shoved in. The door slammed closed before he had a chance to turn and yell at them.

"Kouji! Are you all right? Where's Takuya?" Izumi asked in a rush.

Kouji pulled out his pocket knife, he turned and started to chip away at the side of the door, a determined look in his eyes.

To be continued ...