Chapter 16 Do you fear me?
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Kaneda is guessing each
turn. But he knows where Tetsuo is going. He ends up at the same
place. A fence, a manhole, and Tetsuo on the other side walking
twards desolate ground. " Tetsuo!" Kaneda shouts.
" Get your crazy ass back here!! They have the authority to
shoot you!!" He shouts, glancing at a sign.
Tetsuo walks on, his power swirling around him.
" NUMBER 41 had entered the premisis!!" Shouts MIss
Gena. Tetsuo blows a layer off the gorund, revealing a cellar
like door, which he enters.
" The underground personel will stop him!" The old man
says. " God..help us...he's after Akira.." Miss Gena
whispers. " HA!" The old man does not beleive it.
" TETSUO IS HERE!" Chiyoko shrieks at the colonel.
" What?" He asks. " It's true..." Masuru
says. " Wha---?" The colonel is dazed. " How can
that be?"
Tetsuo leaves behind blood stained chambers and enters the
coldest part of the underground complex. He can see his breath.
The blood that splattered on him seemed to stand still and
slightly freeze. He finds a huge metal device and a label. It
reads ' AKIRA'. " So...this.." He whispers. AKIRAAA
" This is where your at.." He opens the door with
realative ease, thanks to his power. The door swings open, about
8 feet out and 5 feet thick. Steam rolls out. "
Wha?..." Tetsuo steps back. Inside in a standing position is
a boy. The boy slowly opens his eyes and stummbles out of the
chamber. Aqwardly, he looks up at Tetsuo. He has deep brown eyes
and dark black hair in a cereal bowl kind of hair cut. "
Are..you AKira?" Tetsuo asks, shocked by what he sees is
just a mere child. The child nods and looks around at his
souroundings as if he never saw them before. Tetsuo gently grabs
his hand. " I'll get you out of here just come with
me..." Tetsuo says. They start to leave.
" THE PERSONAL FAILED???" The old man shouts. " We
must use the satelite...." He says. " And destroy AKIRA
and Tetsuo...." He types in something on the control pad.
" but..." Miss Gena starts but stops. she knew it must
be done. Tetsuo and Akira reach the surface. Tetsuo stops and
looks back. Akira is lagging behind, shielding his eyes with his
hand. " Wah--? You must have been in there for a long
time...." Tetsuo says. " christ you must have-"
Tetsuo stops and notices the ground rising by his and around his
feet. " WHAT THE--------AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" He
screams.
A beam shoots down and narely misses him, taking his left arm.
"AHH!!!!! A satelite?" He flies upwards, into space.
" Not destroyed...." Colenel shows up. "
WHAT????" The old man shouts.
" What the hell is going on??" Kaneda murmers. Tetsuo
stummbles over the craft and destroys it with a blast. The force
from the explosion forces him to tellaport back to AKIRA. "
Let's......go...." He grits his teeth and grabs AKIRA's
hand.They tellaport and are gone.
" 41 dissapeared !!" Miss Gena shouts. "
My....god......he has Akira......" The old man falls to his
knees.
Tetsuo and Akira tellaport
to a nearby junk yard, sitting on a pile of junk Tetsuo holds his
bloody stub where his arm used to be. " Arg...." He
stands up and holds out his stub over the junk pile. Akira
watches him. He seems to be intrigued by his new friend, or at
least he thinks. " Ahhhh!" Tetsuo screams. Small peices
from the junk pile fly up so his stub and begin to connect
themselves to his nerves, his veins, his muscles, his bone and
his tissue. They line up to form an arm. It took less than a
minute. Tetsuo smirks at his accomplishment. "
There..." He twitches his fingers and picks up a peice of
metal and throws it clear across the junk yard. " I'd say
that will do..what do you think?" He smirks at Akira. AKira
plays with some scrap metal. Tetsuo rumages through the yard a
bit and finds a red like cloth. He spins it around him and
creates a cape. He covers his left arm with it. "Hey
..AKira..let's go.." He wipes the sweat off his face and
starts to walk away. Akira quickly runs up to him and grabs his
arm in a child like manner. Tetsuo smiles and they tellaport off
again.
" I don't know what the hell just happened here..but I
better get back and inform everybody...now.." Kaneda hops on
his bike and zooms off.
" Magumi....is she awake yet?" Kay asks Keisuke walking
in Tetsuo's room where Keisuke is watching Magumi on his bed.
" Nah....She's been out for an hour about.." Keisuke
says. " She probably won't wake up for another two
hours...." Kay estimates. " God Damn that whore at the
bar! I should go down there and..and...do something!!"
Keisuke shouts. " Just stay here and watch Magumi. That's
what she would want." Kay says. " No, she would want
Tesuo." Keisuke murmers. Kay rolls her eyes. "
Keisuke..." She leaves the room. " Do you want anything
to eat?" Kay pops her head back in. " Nah, it's
alright." Keisuke shakes his head. " Ok.." She
leaves and closes the door behind her. Kaneda burst through the
door. " They shot a Tetsuo with a satelite! Then when he
came back down from space and disapeared and he had this kid with
him and and and..." Kaneda goes on at the top of his lungs,
spazzing out. " KAneda??! Calm down!" Kay says. "
I can't calm down! I saw Tesuo get a kid from underground, get
his fucking arm blown off, and dissapear!!!!" Kaneda throws
his arms up.
" What? What are you talking about? Tetsuo got his arm blown
off??? A kid?? What??" Kay says. Kaneda slows his breathing
and tells the story slower and attempts to stay calm. " You
think he was Akira?" Kay asks. " I would think
so..." Kaneda shakes his head. " This is fuckn'
crazy." Kaneda says. " Maybe I should just move in with
you.." Kaneda says. Kay pauses for a moment and imagines
life with Kaneda. " Uh..I don't know about that Kaneda..but
I know we need some sleep.." Kay says. "
Oh..ok...." Kaneda murmers and they walk in the bedroom for
the night.
---------2AM-------- Tetsuo's room
Keisuke is fast asleep on
the end of the bed. " Mmm..." Magumi stirs. "
Ah.." She puts her hand up to her face and jolts awake.
" Wha....? mmmm..my head." Magumi rolls on her side.
" Ug..what the hell happened and why am I so tired?
danm....." Magumi murmers. " Tetsuo!" She thinks.
She sits up to see Keisuke sleeping. " Keisuke..?" She
thinks. She lays back on the pillow and closes her eyes. Just a
she is about to close her eyes a hand caresess her cheek gently.
She jolts up. " Tetsuo?!" She asks. Tetsuo is standing
next to her with his cape flowing over his left arm, he smiles
gently. " Tetsuo where were you!? What happened?"
Magumi says. " Why are you wearing a cape?" She asks.
Tetsuo's face has specks of dried blood on it. Tetsuo looks
slightly serious. " Remember you said you'd stay with
me.?" He starts. He extends his left arm to her. " Take
my hand Magumi.." Tetsuo whispers holding out his robotic
hand. Magumi gives a slight gasp. She trembles. " Do you
fear me? You're trembling..it's all right....you don't need to be
frightned.." Tetsuo says. Magumi takes his hand slowly.
Tetsuo never expected her to take his hand. Magumi stands up and
falls into his arms. " Tetsuo!...Tetsuo.. Don't go away!
Don't ever.." Magumi whispers. Tetsuo is shocked. He holds
her tightly. "Magumi..." He whispers. Magumi looks into
his eyes. " I won't." Tetsuo says. Magumi kisses him
passionatly.
They continue untill Akira presents himself from the dark corner
of the room. Tetsuo feels his presense and breaks the kiss. He
turns his head. " Oh..yeah..this is Akira." Tetsuo
says. " A-AKira? Thee Akira??" Magumi says, blushing
from the fact he was watching them kiss. " Yes.."
Tetsuo holds her. Keisuke wakes up suddenly.
" WHAT THE....TETSUO??" Keisuke shouts. " I still
don't feel good.. " Magumi says. " What happened to me
anyways?" She asks. " The bitch at the bar drugged you
and HOLY SHIT LOOKS AT YOUR ARM!!! TETSUUO!!!" He shrieks
suddenly. " Oh?" Tetsuo asks. " She drugged
you?" He asks angrily. " Drugged me?" Magumi asks.
" Who is the kid??" Keisuke by now, is worked up.
Magumi falls into Tetsuo for support. " Than I don't think
it's completely out of my system.." She says closing her
eyes. " Magumi?" Tetsuo asks. AKira watches Keisuke
dance around in suprise with his big brown eyes, which makes
Keisuke even more nervous.
" AHH!!! what is going on?" He chokes nervously
To be continued.....
Tetsuo just isn't Tetsuo without the robotic arm right? It might change..might not...never know...Expect more action soon! You're going "Enough with the romance already let's get on with the acctttiiiiooonn!!!"...well ok it's comming just hold on. ^.^ Thanks for reviewing! ^.^ P:
Next chapter:
Chapter 17: The hunt for Akira!
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