Hey! I really hate that I'm between computers right now. It's really frustrating. Anyway putting all my personal stuff aside, let's talk about Astro! :D He's pretty awesome. I was at Borders today, and I saw his anime novel! Crazy right! I asked my mom to buy it and she looked at me all serious and said; "Is it your birthday?" I was just like, WHAT! That was the first time I've actually seen the book in person so I wanted it soooooo bad. But no. I'll get it some how. But now I sadly state I don't own Astro Boy. :( If I did though... The things that could happen. XD Anyway, ON WITH THE STORY!

Chapter 13

Astro's Shattered Looking Glass

Astro's POV

I woke up at the Ministry, but I didn't really know why. Dad almost never brought me here. Normally it was because it was my birthday or something really big was going on. But dad wasn't anywhere in sight. Just the big nosed doctor... Dr. O'Shay I think it was... He and Astrid were looking me over closely. "Ever heard of a personal space bubble? Cause your seriously violating it..." Dr. O'Shay stepped back but Astrid didn't.

"Astro?" She asked, concern written all over her face.

"Who the heck is Astro?" I asked confused. She stepped back almost tripping over her feet.

"Toby..."

"That's the one!" I said smiling. Astrid was staring at me like I had completely lost it, yet she seemed sad about it. "Are you OK, Astrid?" I asked sitting up. My feet were dangling over the table now, but she hadn't answered my question. "Astrid?" She smiled but it didn't reach her eyes.

"Yeah. I'm fine." She stated. "Come on. I want to show you something." She grabbed my hand, and dragged me out of the room.

"What is this thing you want to show me?" I questioned.

"Something cool." She said as though that answered all my questions.

"Seriously what is it? It's not my birthday..." She laughed.

"You'll see. By the way, I know it's not your birthday. What kind of friend would I be, if I didn't remember my best friend's special day?" I had no good answer to that question. "That's what I thought Mr. Smarty Pants. Now zip it. You'll ruin all my fun." I didn't say anything even though there were a million questions going through my head. We stopped dragging me in front of some random person's house. We must have run a really long distance because I couldn't see the Ministry.

"Where are we? Dad never stopped here..." I swear she rolled her eyes at me.

"This is were I've been living since the accident..." Wait what? She was in an accident? And I didn't know about it? When did that happen?

"What are you talking about? I never heard you were in an accident. What happened. Are you OK?" I asked getting worried. But the weird thing was, is that she looked perfectly fine. Not a scratch or scar on her that I can see.

"Well I was, Toby. I died in that accident. Remember when I left Metro City, to go home and see my parents in Staropia? Well about a week later a freak explosion blew up the whole city. No one who was in the city at the time survived." I wanted to scream. "No one knows exactly what happened, but all I know for sure is that it was obviously planned by some one. I think it might have been Drake, but I haven't really proved it yet..." She sighed, but if I was her, I wouldn't have needed proof. I would have knocked on his door, and set his house on fire. Because he killed the only girl I've ever had a crush on.

"But, if you died, then how are you still here? And how are you staying so calm?" She rolled her eyes at me. Like we've been through this conversation before.

"I'm a robot now, Toby. Dr. O'Shay built me. He built your sister too, now that I think about it..." I took a step back shocked.

"I don't have a sister. I'm an only child." All of a sudden a girl started crying.

"I was going to," She seemed to be getting louder. "surprise you... To try and be funny, and you say your an only child like I'm not even here! Your the most selfish, cold-hearted, bully of a brother I've ever met!" The girl looked almost like me in every way except she was shorter then me and of course, she was a girl. She looked at me with tears in her eyes and ran away as fast as she could into the house.

"Was that my supposed sister?" Astrid nodded. I looked down at my boots. I felt kinda bad, but I didn't know her, because apparently she knew me.

"ZORAN! COME BACK! I HAVE TO TELL YOU A SECRET!" Astrid yelled in the direction the girl had fled to. Her head appeared out of an upstairs window.

"Is it a really good one Star?" Astrid responded immediately and without any hesitation. Totally different then how she was talking to me right now.

"Yeah. Now come down here so I can tell it to you." Astrid dug around in a pocket I hadn't noticed before and pulled out a candy bar. "I have chocolate!" The girl was next to me and Astrid within what seemed like seconds. Astrid handed the girl the candy bar and whispered in her ear. The girl gasped and looked at me. She whispered back and Astrid nodded.

The girl looked at me and shook her head. "You can fix it right?" Astrid shrugged. "Well I hope it's not permanent. That would mean over time for you."

"That is so true. I never even thought about that! Hm. Well shows how crazy this has been! Well I'll see you in a few minutes. K? Then we'll finish our conversation." The little girl nodded and skipped back into the house obviously feeling better.

"What was that all about?" Astrid looked back at me like I was crazy.

"What was what about? Are you feeling OK?" She grabbed my hand and pulled me into the house with her. "I'll take you to your room. I'll be down the hall if you need me. If I'm not there, I'm at the Ministry. If you have any further questions please ask Zoran." She pushed me into a room with a big window with a place to sit. There was a computer, but it looked like it had never been turned on. The bed was a tangle of sheets on both the floor and on the bed. Astrid had closed the door on her way out. I looked around to find pictures of with with other people I didn't know. The one that really caught my eye though was one of me and Astrid flying. It looked like I had rockets for feet, but that wasn't physically possible for a human, was it? I opened the window and climbed out onto the roof. It was a really nice view for a house so far out.

"This used to be your favorite spot to think about stuff. You would always come up here before you did anything important. Like I remember you used to love to just sit here for hours on end. We never thought to look here, so you could just sit and they never noticed. Your record was five and a half hours." I turned around to see the girl that Astrid said was my sister. "What did he do to you Astro?" I looked at her confused.

"I don't know anyone named Astro. I'm Toby. Ever heard of me?" She nodded.

"Yep. Astro told me about you. You died in either an explosion or a car crash with an explosion. Either way you died. Dr. Tenma went crazy and built Astro. You're a robot. I can prove it too." She scooted closer to me and lifted up my shirt. I was about to object when she pushed the right spot on my chest. A door I hadn't noticed before opened to reveal a tiny spinning blue sphere. "That is your power source. It's called the 'blue core'. Me and Star have one too. Originally there was only one, but Dr. O'Shay figured out how to split it into three. You aren't Toby anymore, Astro. Let it go." She left leaving me starring at the blue sphere she had called a core. If I'm not Toby, then how do I know they aren't kidding about me be Astro?

Don't you just love my cliff-hangers? (I know I don't. If you do like cliff-hangers, please let me know. Because we might need to have a nice long conversation about how awesome they are.) I know I don't like being nagged to get off of MY computer... But hey, it is what it is. But seriously how did that happen? There are like two other working computers. Is mine the fastest or something? Well all of my ranting aside, please review, because it helps with the writing process. :) I like reviews. But you probably already knew that. :P If you have any ideas for my story, maybe bringing in a character or something... Please let me know! Because I want to know. :) I'll update as soon as I can! Wow... I seriously wrote a LONG conclusion to this chapter. O.o Sorry if you actually read all of that... -Star Saturday