CHAPTER 25: The deal
" How can you even stand me?..." Tetsuo murmers to himself, trying to wipe the flowing tears off his face. Some of his tears plip onto Magumi's. " What do you mean how can I stand you?" She murmers quietly, almost un-elegible. Her eyes are tiny slits of black in her head, with tears starting to well up in them. Tetsuo quickly tries to hide the facts that he was crying by turning away, but he fails horribly. " Tetsuo...why are you crying?.." She asks him. " I'll always stay with you...remember?" She asks opening up her eyes slowly. Magumi slowly lifts herself up and holds Tetsuo gently around his neck. Tetsuo hopes his eyes look clear and turns back and embraces her. " I've made a mess, you've got to admit that.." Tetsuo says. Magumi dosen't answer. " I don't think it's your fault even if you did it..I don't know how to explain it..." Magumi says. Tetsuo shakes his head. " It is my fault.." Tetsuo says. " I can control my powers now.." He murmers. Magumi suddenly looks up. " You can control them now? When?" She blurts out. " Recently..I sopose.." Tetsuo says " I'll show you.." Tetsuo stands up in front of her. " Hang on.." He stares at her and concentrates. Magumi begins to rise off the bed, floating in mid air. " HUH?! WHOA!!!" She freaks. " ARE YOU DOING THIS?! WHOA!!!!" She tries to swim through the air, but dosen't go anywhere. Tetsuo smirks. " See?" He asks. " Yeah..good physical..solid point, Tetsuo." She laughs. " This is incredible!" She says, smiling. " Really? You think..?" Tetsuo asks, sarcasticly. Magumi gives him the ' hey you're the one who started this' look. Tetsuo sweatdrops. " Don't look at me that way!" He laughs. Magumi laughs. The tension in the air is much, much thinner now.
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" Kaneda? Are you awake now?" asks Kay, looking a bit worried. Kaneda slowly shakes his head and sits up. They're back in his house. " So...have you seen Tetsuo?" Asks Kaneda. " What?" Kay asks, in disbeleif. The man must have suffered a head injury to be asking about Tetsuo. Kay shakes her head. " The last I saw him was before he left." She says, patting Kaneda's cheek. Kaneda smiles gently. " Thank you, Kay." He murmers. Kay is a bit suprised by his remark. She kisses Kaneda quickly and smiles. Kaneda gets to his feet and hugs Kay tightly. " I haft to stop Tetsuo. " He brings up suddenly. " Before he causes more destruction." He murmers. Kay looks suprised by the sudden remark. " I'm going to help you.." She murmers. Kaneda nods and embraces her.
After Magumi and Tetsuo finish fooling around, they walk around Tetsuo's giant empire. " This is up pretty high..and look at the city! Wadda mess!" Magumi murmers. Tetsuo starts to feel guilty for what he did. " I need to fix this problem in my brain.." Tetsuo murmers. " If only there was a way I could.." He sighs. Magumi pats his back. " Tetsuo..I'll stick by you no matter what happens." She smiles loyaly. Tetsuo nods. " Thank you." And embraces her.
" Old man..." The
Colonel has returned to his base, holding his bandaged shoulder.
The old man spins around quickly, his cigerette dropping out of
his mouth and it rolls across the floor. The Colonel grabs the
old man by his lab coat and lifts his off his chair. "
Listen...uh.I'm sorry ...please put me down!" The old man
murmers. " LIsten..." The Colonel pants heavily. "
You haft to find a way to return Tetsuo to normal..got
that?" The colonel asks angrily. " You haft to find a
way to return his brain to normal..the way it was before he was
on the medication and before you screwed with his head.."
The Colonel's breath reaks of blood and a little alcohol."
But w-why?" The old man twists his next away from the
Colonel's deadly stare. " Because if you don't the world
will persih, understand?!" The Colonel's grip weakens a bit.
" And if you don't do this, I will kill you before the world
ends." The Colonel staggers; and drops the Old Man on the
floor. He takes a few steps back and pauses to catch his breath.
" Remember...I'll Tetsuo you want to help him...and you'll
take care of the rest.." The Colonel staggers into the dark
shadows. The Old Man's heart rate is estatic and his breathing is
heavy. His glasses are slumped down on his nose.
" I'll be watching......." The Colonel's eyes disappear
into the darkness and he is gone. The old man sighs. " I
better get planning to save this boy....and this world.."
The old man starts his work, checking Tetsuo's charts, his
plexus* of blood vessels, everything he knew about Tetsuo.
Night quickly falls and not much progress is made since the last nine hours, ever since Magumi had awoken. It's late at night and Tetsuo and Magumi sit up in his large stone room. " We'll find away." Tetsuo suddenly brings up. " We'll find a way to get through this." He takes her hand gently. Magumi sighs and cuddles up close to him. " Of course we will, we're Tetsuo and Magumi!! Duh!" She laughs. Tetsuo smiles. " Sure.." Soon they fall asleep in the cool night air. Akira is close by in the next room. Tetsuo figures Akira can take care of himself for the night without someone finding him in this place.
The Colonel staggers to the
top of the building, staggering. His wounded arm has bled through
the bandages and is dripping slowly down his arm in thick
streams. " I found him...." The Colonel whispers to
himself. He slowly walks twards the large rock establishment. He
finds his way inside and passes by Akira's room. " I can't
help you know, child." The Colonel says. " I haft to
get to Tetsuo first." He thinks to himself. " But he'll
destroy me as soon as he sees me, I'm sure he dosen't remember me
helping out his friends back there in that parking lot..."
The Colonel thinks. " Oh well..I haft to try...for the
Earth's sake..." The Colonel passes by Tetsuo's room and
backs up, he peeks through the red hanging curtain that was
Tetsuo's cape. " That girl is here..I'll talk to her first
so Tetsuo won't destroy me....I hope she remembers who I
am.." The Colonel sneaks slowly into their room.
" Hey..." He whispers very low. " Wake up.."
He pokes her shoulder. Magumi opens her eyes and is about to
shout out something, but she recognizes him and stops. "
What are you doing here?" She whispers. " I need to
talk to Tetsuo but I didn't want him to destroy me." The
Colonel says. " It's about his condition...I talked
to the old man at the base and convinced him to give
Tetsuo surgery in order to fix his head." The Colonel
continues. " So, I need Tetsuo to
come...tommorow..aug.." The colonel wavers for a second and
than stands still. " What's wrong?" Magumi suddenly
gasps. She spots his bloody arm. " Your arm...uh.."
Magumi gets up to help him but the Colonel backs away. " I'm
sorry. I must go I'm watching over the children.." He
murmers. Magumi's eyes widen. " The children? You mean you
have them?" She remembers their little mutated bodies and
old looking faces. " Remember to tell Tetsuo that ...he must
come tommorow ok?" The Colonel asks. Magumi nods. Tetsuo
stirs and sits up staring into the eyes of the Colonel. "
Who..are you and what are you doing to her?!" Tetsuo
grumpily rubs his temple. The Colonel sighs. " You haft to
come back to the base tommorow to get surgery to fix your
head.." The Colonel says. Tetsuo's head jerks up. " And
why should I trust you?" He asks. " Because.."
Magumi starts; " He's the one that saved us in the parking
lot when you were out.." She says sitting back on the bed.
The Colonel nods. " We can save humanity, Tetsuo. Please.
It's up to you." The colonel leaves. Tetsuo dosen't stop
him. Tetsuo stares at Magumi. There is a long pause. " What
should I do..? What should I do Magumi?...What..?"
To be continued......
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