Chapter 21
Akari didn't get back into the city until it was the middle of the night. She had very little strength, and the distance between the island and the city was very far. Coincidentally, she rowed the boat to the port, the exact spot where her brothers and friends died. She hopped off the boat, and dangled her legs over the side of the dock, looking into the darkness of the night, thinking about what had happened to her over the course of 3 days…
She got sick and collapsed…
She found a man in a mask who stole her brother's microbots…
She was involved in a car chase…
She was kidnapped during the car chase…
Her brothers and friends died…
She found out that Callaghan manipulated her family's lives…
And she became an only child…
"All in 3 days… Why did this have to happen to me?! Of all people, why me?! I've already suffered enough over the course of 14 years, and I didn't even know it, but know I have to live the rest of my life like this…and there isn't anything I can do," Akari cried.
She sobbed and curled herself into a ball on the dock, replaying every horrible moment in her life. The worst memory of them all however, was when she lost just about everyone she was close to.
People keep saying they're not really gone…as long as we remember them…
"But I don't want to just remember them! I want to be in their arms and hear their voices… but I can't do that because it's ALL CALLAGHAN'S FAULT!" Akari screamed into the distance.
"Are you ok?" a woman asked from behind her. Akari turned to see a young woman, maybe a year or so older than her with platinum-blonde hair and pale skin, walking up behind her, and she wasn't alone. She had a younger girl with her, maybe 2 years younger than herself behind her with red hair and fair skin.
"No," Akari mumbled.
"What's wrong?" the red-head asked.
"Everything! Just about everything I cared about is lost, and I discovered my family wasn't the way it was supposed to be," Akari replied. Then she began to sob, "How do you keep going…when the worst thing has already happened?"
"Would you like to talk about it?" the blonde asked.
"I guess… maybe getting it off my chest will make me feel better," Akari admitted. The 2 girls approached her and sat facing her on the dock.
"I'm Elsa, and this is my younger sister Anna," the blonde greeted.
"I'm Akari," Akari replied.
"Start whenever you're ready to Akari," Anna said.
Akari sighed sadly, "Ok. Well, a few days ago I was kidnapped. I had no idea why, but a masked man grabbed me while my friends, brothers, and I were in a car chase trying to get away from him. He made me watch the car go into the port, and now everyone that I cared about except my Aunt is dead. They drowned, right here."
"Akari, I'm so sorry!" Elsa exclaimed, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't apologize, it wasn't your fault. I've had a really rough life, and this just added onto it," Akari muttered.
"What do you mean by rough life?" Anna asked.
"Well, that's a long story, but I guess I could explain it, because I have no intention to go back home right now. What about you? Aren't your parents worried about you?" Akari asked.
"We're runaways. We don't have a family, unless you count our bunch of runaways a family," Elsa explained.
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, my life has been so rough because 2 months ago, I discovered my parents, weren't really my parents. My twin brother and I had been stolen from the hospital the day we were born, and they took us in," Akari explained.
"Did they ever find out who took you from the hospital?" Elsa asked.
"No, but I found out a few days ago, but that's something I'll explain in a minute. Anyway, I started going to SFIT, and I met someone who reminded me greatly of my twin," Akari continued.
"You go to SFIT?" Anna asked, amazed.
"Yeah, I'm a prodigy. Graduated high school at 13," Akari stated.
"That's so cool!" Anna exclaimed.
"I know. After I got to know this boy, his name was Tadashi, he and I became best friends and we formed a close bond, because he told me that his brother and sister had been stolen from the hospital the day they were born. We didn't know it at the time, but my twin-Hiro-and I were his brother and sister, and we thought that our names were a coincidence. Until one day when Tadashi wanted me to test out his new invention. It was a robot, he was a healthcare companion, and his name was Baymax. He scanned us and told us we were siblings, and 3 weeks later, we got the test results back from a genetic test we took, and his results were true," Akari explained.
"Wow. I understand what you mean now by a rough life," Elsa stated.
"It gets worse though, sadly. My brothers and I were involved in the fire at SFIT a month ago," Akari said sadly.
"The one where the professor died?" Anna asked.
"Yeah, that one," Akari stated bitterly, and continued, "We all survived, and then our family relationship was revealed a week later, and he had been living with our Aunt Cass ever since. A few days ago, I got really sick, and I collapsed in my lab, and I was sent home. When I woke up, I was completely well again, and Baymax took care of me. This is where things start to get weird…"
"What do you mean?" Elsa asked.
"Well you see… ever since the night of the fire at SFIT, I've been getting visions. These visions show me the future, or an important event that happened differently from what actually happened. I never knew why I had these visions, but I always wondered what they meant," Akari explained.
"Do you know what they mean now?" Anna asked.
"Yes I do, but I wish I didn't. Anyway, I had a vision to look under my bed, and when I did, I found a piece of my brother's showcase project, and Baymax and I decided to follow it. It led us to a warehouse in the heart of San Fransokyo that I had seen in a vision. We went inside, and I discovered that a masked man was mass-producing my brother's invention. We were chased around the warehouse, and we jumped out a window to escape him, because the door had been locked," Akari explained.
"Did you get hurt?" Elsa asked, concerned.
"No, I was fine. But we ran back home, and I had a vision explaining to me that the fire hadn't been an accident. Someone set it, and it had killed the professor," Akari stated.
"Oh no…" Anna gasped.
"Yeah, so I decided to go after the masked man with Baymax, and he found us, so we ran…and I caught up with my brothers and friends, who were trying to find me," Akari sighed.
"Is this where the car chase starts?" Anna asked.
"Y-Yeah… we drove as fast as we could through the city, but the masked man still was on our tail. I was leaning against the side door, and he opened it, and I nearly fell out, if it hadn't been for Baymax grabbing my wrist. But the masked man wrapped my brother's invention around me, and he took me away from the car. That was the last time I ever saw any of my friends or family in that car…" Akari stammered.
"Oh my gosh, Akari!" Anna exclaimed, and she gave her a big hug.
"Thanks Anna, I needed that," Akari smiled slightly.
"You looked like you did," Anna smiled.
"A-After the car plunged into the port, he took me to the island that way," Akari stated, pointing to the abandoned island on the other side, "And he revealed himself to me."
"Who was it?" Elsa asked.
"It was Professor Callaghan, the professor who supposedly died at the showcase. He faked his death so he could get revenge on someone. But the worst part, is that he told me that he was the one who separated Hiro and I from our family in the hospital. It's because of him, I barely know my older brother and my Aunt, and it's because of him that I never met my parents."
"Whoa… that must've been really intense," Anna said, shocked.
"It really was. It was too much for me to handle, and I spent 2 days on that island alone, and he told me I was never going to go back to the city, because I ruined his plans," Akari explained.
"You poor thing," Elsa said sympathetically.
"I don't want to seem selfish but yeah. Then a group of colorful people in armor landed on the island, and they chased him away, but they didn't find me, and when they left, they looked all depressed," Akari stated.
"Colorful people in armor?" Anna asked.
"Yeah…" Akari trailed off.
"Elsa, doesn't that match the description of the new superheroes?" Anna asked.
"Yeah, it does," Elsa said in realization.
"Superheroes?" Akari asked.
"Yeah! They saved Krei, and a girl who was lost to a portal 4 months ago. And they put the masked man-now revealed as the professor-in jail," Anna explained.
"So Callaghan's been arrested?" Akari asked.
"Yep," Elsa replied.
"Good. I hope he gets what he deserves," Akari mumbled.
"We do too," Anna smiled, "Do you have anywhere to stay tonight?"
"No, not really. I was planning going back home tomorrow, since it's pretty late now," Akari answered.
"Elsa, can we ask Lanie to let her stay with us tonight?" Anna asked.
"Who's Lanie?" Akari asked.
"She's the leader of our group of runaways. I guess we could ask her, Anna," Elsa stated.
"Yes!" Anna cheered, and jumped in the air, "Come on guys, let's go!"
She ran off, but not too far, just out of earshot, "Is she always like this?"
"You have no idea…" Elsa laughed.
Akari followed them to a warehouse-thankfully, nowhere near where she found the warehouse full of microbots-and the group of runaways accepted her, and let her stay as long as she wanted.
But now, she just wanted to sleep.
Another chapter complete! She's finally free! I have an idea for the remaining chapters... Unfortunately, there are only a few more to go until the end.
If you guys could leave me ideas for plots that include Akari for other stories, I would appreciate it. I REALLY don't want to leave Akari yet, she's my favorite OC.
Follow and Review! See you in the next chapter!
~Krypie
