Robotic City, Poetic Love
Chapter 12: Desperately Seeking Kiba
The ambulance arrives at the hospital and the paramedic takes Tsume into the emergency room at once. Mr. Takuya runs in and says, "I come as soon as I got the message that Kiba and Toboe gone missing. Any news on where they are yet?"
Omi shakes his head, "We won't know anything until we talk to the guy in the ER."
"Sorry I let this happen. I should have been more careful." Hige says.
"Don't say things like that now. The important thing is getting Kiba and Toboe back." Mr. Takuya says.
Everyone stands outside in the ER waiting impatiently. "All this waiting is driving me crazy." Quatre says worried.
The doctor comes out and says, "there are a lot of broken bones, bruises and cuts. But he is going to make it. We are giving him some blood now."
"How come you're so quick? There are a whole bunch of broken bones and bruises and cuts on that guy's body." Aya asks the doctor.
"Well, someone had set his broken bones back in place and feed him antibiotic. He is pretty much all wrapped up. To tell you the truth, we just cleaned him up and give him some blood." The doctor says.
"I didn't see the paramedic do anything." Aya says.
"The paramedic said that someone fixed the guy up really well, so there is nothing they need to do. They just take the guy here." Heroo says.
"Whoever fixed him up is very good, the best actually. The guy is in very bad shape. Its amazing that someone can actually set his bones back." The doctor says.
"Is he up yet, can we talk to him? We need to ask him where my boys are. My boys maybe in danger and he is the only one who can help us." Kiba's father asks the doctor.
"I don't think you should bother him." The doctor says.
"Please, we need to talk to him." Quatre says.
"Okay, you can try. Don't talk too long though. He need to rest." The doctor says.
"Thank you, doctor." Omi runs toward the room while the others follow.
Don't get your hopes up. He has a concussion; I don't know how awake he is. He might not be able to answer your question at all."
Omi gets into Tsume's room and Tsume opens his eyes to look at them. The silver hair guy tries to pull off his oxygen mask but he is too weak to do so. Omi pulls off the mask for him.
"What did you do to Kiba and Toboe?" Blue asks Tsume.
"I didn't do anything…" Tsume says weakly.
"Don't lie to us. We saw you chasing them on the security camera. What did you do to them?" Blue says.
"I didn't do anything." Tsume says again.
"Then where did Toboe and Kiba go?" Blue asks.
"The robot took them. They saved me before the robots took them away." Tsume says.
"Not that again." Blue mutters frustrated.
"What?" Aya asks.
"Tsume here keep telling people that some robots suddenly go crazy and killed his partner." Blue says.
"It did happened!" Tsume says.
"Take his jacket and other belongs to the police station." Blue says to the police officer next to her. The office starts gathering Tsume's stuff.
Blue then turns to Tsume and says, "you're charged with the crime of killing your partner Akira. We'll take you to prison when the doctor says you are will enough."
Tsume holds onto his jacket and shouts, "I didn't kill my partner!" He is shouting so hard he starts coughing blood.
"Then why did you run away before the trial?" Blue says.
"I did it because no one will believe me! You said so yourself. You got all the evidences that are pointing to me! I have to go and find the robot that killed my partner and show you people I didn't do it!" Tusme says.
"Don't lie! we all know you did it! You killed my brother!" Blue screams and tries to hit Tsume. Hige as he holds onto Blue.
"You killed my brother. I hate you." Blue screams madly.
"You're Akira's sister." Tsume says.
"Yeah! I join the police force and spent last two years trying to hunt you down! and now I found you! You lying murderer!" Blue screams.
"I told you! I didn't murder your brother! He is my best friend! We're like brothers! I'm not lying." Tusme screams.
"Stop yelling!" Omi screams on top of his lung.
Blue and Tsume stop yelling. Omi says, "I just want to know where Toboe and Kiba are…"
Tsume and Blue both open their mouth and try to say something when they suddenly stop. The two of them just stand there and stare at Tsume's bed. The others in the room are all staring at Tsume's bed too. Right on top of the bed, Tsume's jacket is crawling.
The jacket is moving across the bed by itself.
"What the hell?" Hige says.
"Tell me my jacket isn't moving..." Tsume mutters
"Your jacket IS moving." Hige says to Tsume.
"Good, for a second there I thought I hit my head too hard and I'm seeing things..." Tsume says. Hige picks up his jacket but there is nothing underneath.
"Haunted jacket?" Youji asks.
"Don't say that!" Omi shouts.
The jacket suddenly starts shaking in Hige's hand. Hige screams and throws the jacket away. The jacket hits the floor and squeals.
"Okay, my jacket just SQUEALED." Tsume says.
The jacket moves across the room and heads toward Omi. Omi screams and runs as the jacket chases after him.
"Omi!" Ken and Youji run toward the jacket. Suddenly, the jacket turns around and runs toward Ken and Youji. Ken and Youji screams.
"Oh, for cry out loud. Can you guys just stop screaming? It's just a stupid jacket!" Aya says and picks up the jacket. Suddenly, a burr of light shoots out from the jacket and hits Aya in the head.
It's so fast and Aya didn't expect that will happen. He falls backward and land on the floor with his feet in the air. "Bang!!!" a loud thud echoes Tsume's room.
The burr of light shoots toward Quatre.
"Quatre!" Trowa screams. The burr of light hits Quatre in the chest and makes Quatre falls to the ground.
Trowa runs toward Quartre and shouts, "Quatre!!! are you alright?"
"It's alright, guys. It's just kitty." Quatre says. Toboe's kitty is on Quatre's chest, biting on Quatre's sleeve. Trowa blinks.
"Kitty must have recognizes Omi-chan's voice and try to get to Omi-chan." Quatre says.
"We're all freaked out by a cat???" Tsume shouts.
"Man, you should have seen your face." Hige says to Tsume.
"You're the one who screamed your lung out." Tsume says.
"How did Toboe's cat get into your pocket?" Hige asks.
"Now I remember, the boy shoves his cat into my pocket before I fainted." Tsume says.
"Now you remember. You couldn't have remembered it a second ago, before it scares the living daylight out of us!!!" Hige says.
"I'm sorry, it's hard for me to remember anything when I loose like a gazillion pint of my blood and was beaten down to almost zero life points in mortal combat." Tsume says.
"Meow!" The kitty says as she jumps back onto Tsume's jacket and stands on there.
"Aya, are you okay?" Omi asks Aya, who is sitting on the floor.
Aya stands up and grunts, "What do you think? I just got knock over by a pint size cat right in front of everyone. Of course I'm not okay. I'm humiliated. This is pointless. We've wasted enough time. Tsume, you said the robots took Kiba and Toboe away. Do you know where the robots take them?"
"Meow!!!"
"No, I don't. Those robots are impossible to find. I have been looking for them since my partner died, but I can't find them at all. That's why I'm following that guy in the first place. I spotted the robots following that guy around..." Tsume says.
"Why will they want to kidnap Kiba?" Takuya asks.
"I don't know. All I know is they showed up right after that guy arrived at the city." Tusme says.
"Kiba..where are you?" the father says worried.
"Meow!"
"I tried to help him but the robot is too strong. Kiba let himself be captured so I won't be hurt. He wants me to take the boy to a safe place." Tsume says.
Omi shouts, "Toboe! What happened to him?"
"I tried to take him away but he won't go. He set my bones and gave me the anbiotic and then pushed me me underneath the ground. Then he went after Kiba. I tried to get out and stop him but I was too weak. I drunk the antibotic and fainted." Tsume says.
"Toboe..." Quatre cries. Trowa holds Quatre tight.
"Meow!!! Meow!!!!!"
"I'm sorry. It's all my fault. If I ain't so useless... I was supposed to look after the boy." Tsume says.
"You don't expect us to believe your crazy story, right? phantom robots going on killing spree. You killed Toboe and Kiba! You hide their bodies somewhere!" Blue shouts.
"He maybe telling the truth, Blue." Omi says.
"How can you be on his side, he is a killer! He is lying to all of you!!!" Blue shouts.
"What he says makes senses. The ER doctor did say the person who treated Tsume is the best. Toboe is the best." Omi says.
"Meow…"
"How can you fall for his lies!" Blue shouts.
"Slap out of it! Blaming innocent people cannot bring your brother back! Look at him! You think Kiba can do that much damage on him? You think any human can do that much damage on him?" Aya shouts. Blue cries.
"Aya! Stop yelling at her!" Hige says.
"I know this must be really hard for you, Blue. You devoted everything to catch me and end up like this. But you have to trust me. The robots did killed your brother. You can take my stuff and lock me away, but you're not seving justice." Tsume says.
"Meow…"
Blue takes a deep breath and says, "you can have your stuff back. I'm a cop. I will do what a cop should do. I'm gonna help these people find Kiba and Toboe. I want to see those robots who kill my brother."
Tsume nods, "thank you, Blue."
"So now where do we start? We don't know where the robots are and we don't know why the robots kidnapped Kiba. There is nothing to work on." Blue says.
Kiba's father sighs, "please, give me a sigh...help me find my son..."
"I can use a drink..." Tsume says.
"You're not supposed to drink in the hospital, you know." Hige says.
Tsume reaches to his jacket pocket to gets a small bottle of whiskey that he carries around. Toboe's kitty, who is sitting on the jacket, grumbles at Tsume. "Meow meow meow!!!!'
Kitty tries to scratches Tsume. "That's MY jacket, cat." Tsume says to Toboe's kitty. He tries to push the kitty away but the kitty screeches at him.
"What's wrong, kitty? Why are you so grumpy?" Quatre asks. The cat pulls on Quatre's sleeves with it's mouth, trying to get Quatre closer to her.
"What's the matter, kitty?" Quatre says as he gets closer to her.
"Looks like she is trying to get our attention. She didn't stop calling us the whole night." Toboe says.
Trowa looks at the cat. "Why did your friend stuff his cat into this guy's jacket anyway? The cat looks smart enough to run away by itself." He asks Quatre.
Aya looks at the jacket and says, "we didn't even notice the cat is there until Omi said something. It didn't move until it hears Omi's voice. Maybe that other boy puts something inside that jacket and he asked the cat to watch it until it hears us?"
Everyone looks at the jacket. Aya says to the two genki, "get that jacket."
"Come on, kitty. Come here and leave the man's jacket alone." Omi picks up the kitty while Quatre takes the jacket from it. Quatre gives the jacket to Tsume.
Tsume pours out everything in the jacket pocket and starts looking. He soon finds a small metallic thingy that looks like a cell phone and says, "this thing isn't mine. What is it?"
"That's Toboe's tracker for his kitty." Hige says.
Omi looks at the kitty and says, "kitty tracer is gone! Toboe must have taken it!"
Hige turns on the tracer and says, "it's working! It is picking up the signal of the tracer!"
"Finally! Come on! Let's go!" Aya shouts. Omi runs out of the room with everyone following him.
"Stay here and wait for us to call. Maybe Kiba escaped and someone should be here in case Kiba comes back." Youji says to Takuya.
Takuya nods and says, "becareful, you guys."
Hige and Blue get on Kiba's car and puts the tracker on the car receiver. "Follow the signal." Hige says to the car. The car starts and drives away.
"Come on, follow me!" Hige shouts. All the cars follow him as they head toward the place where Toboe's signal comes from.
"Toboe-chan, wait for us, we're coming." Omi mutters.
TBC…..