Robotic City, Poetic Love
Chapter 13: The Guy who Haunted Tsumeand Toboe
Blue puts down the phone and says, I send the location of the signal to the police station. The police are on their way there.Thank, Blue, for being so sensible when you come face to face with Tsume. Hige says to her.
I was not much of a cop back there, huh? Blue says.
I think you did really well, considering everything. Tsume is the guy who you believe killed your brother after all. Hige says.
You don't have to try and cheer me up, I know I mess up. If your friend didn't yell at me I would have just shoot Tsume there. Blue says.
The point is you didn't. Your brother will be proud of you. Hige says.
Thanks. Oh, I miss my brother. Blue sighs.
He must be a really good cop. I can tell from looking at you Hige says.
Thank you, Hige. Blue says. She wonders why the robots kill her brother. (Maybe I should ask Tsume about my brother laster) Blue thinks.
Kiba is out cold when he gets shaken back to conscious. The shaking is so strong Kiba can't help but to think that there is an earthquake. Slowly he opens his eyes and sees that he is in a dark cell.
Kiba then realizes there is no earthquake and he is the one who is shaking. He is shaking because there is something shaking really bad in his arms. Kiba looks down to see what is shaking so bad. Even though the prison is dark, it's bright enough to make out the colour of that something, a sandy red--the the colour of Toboe's hair.
Kiba calls to Toboe softly. Toboe is shaking very violently; and tears are falling uncontrollably in his eyes. Toboe looks so small and fragile. Kiba can't help but holds him tightly.
Toboe! Wake up! You're having nightmare again! Kiba says as he brushes Toboe's hair.
Toboe's crying is getting worse. Kiba shakes Toboe. Toboe, Toboe! Wake up! Don't be scare, I'm here. Wake up. Toboe! Slowly, Toboe opens his tears filled eyes and looks at Kiba. Kiba smiles to Toboe and whips away Toboe's tears.
Toboe stops crying, Kiba pulls Toboe close and hold the small boy tight. See, it's only bad dreams. We're alright...Well..not really alrightlooks like we're captured. Kiba says as he looks around the small dark prison they are in.
Toboe sits up and looks around. Kiba sits up next to Toboe and asks, are you okay? Are you hurt?
Toboe shakes his head. Kiba brushes Toboe's soft and smooth face. The skin is so soft and smooth it feels like silk. Kiba's hand must feels like sand paper to Toboe.
Listen, Toboe, I'm really sorry I get you into this mess. I don't know why those robots are after me. You're in trouble because of me... Kiba say. Toboe shakes his head again, this time harder, telling Kiba not to feel guilty.
Kiba pats Toboe's head gently and sighs, I hope that guy is okay, TsumeI wonder how he is doing. You think he will be okay? He was wounded really bad trying to get me away from the robots."
Kiba sits there, thinking back on all the things that happened. He took Toboe to Quatre's room to find kitty. Toboe went in the room and saw kitty there. Quatre had put some candies on the table. Kitty sneaked out of Toboe's pocket to get those candies when no one was noticing. Kiba chuckled and says to kitty, "we were so worried about you, and here you were, stealing candies from Quatre."
"Meow!" Kitty smiled to Kiba.
"Come on, let's get back to the others." Kiba said. He was ready to get out of the room when someone shot a darn at him from behind. He turned around and saw a robot walking toward him.
"Toboe! Run!" Kiba shouted. Toboe ran toward the door but another robot showed up behind the closet and grabbed Toboe.
"Toboe!" Kiba screamed and charged toward the robot. He knocked Toboe out of the robot's hand and hide Toboe behind him. The two robots walked toward them.
Kiba was feeling dizzy. The darn that speared him had some kind of sleeping medicine on it. Kiba was feeling very tired. But he had to stay awake. Toboe was with him and he needed to protect Toboe. The robots had blocked the door, so Kiba looked for another way out.
Kiba looked out of the window and saw the music hall was an irregular shaped building. It went straight down and sloped out. Kiba took a deep breath and said to Toboe, "Toboe, close your eyes."
Toboe closed his eyes and Kiba said, "Whatever you do, DO NOT open your eyes, okay?"
Toboe nodded. Kiba picked Toboe up and jumped out of the window. The two of them freefell for a couple floor until they stopped the part where the building started to spread out. Kiba held Toboe tight and ran down the part where the building sloped out. "Oh hell oh hell oh hell..." Kiba shouted.
The building was made with glasses and Kiba could see what were underneath feet. It was a giant atrium of the music hall and there were thousands of people there. At the moment, all those thousand of people looked as big as an ant. It looked as if Kiba was a 1000 ft high. Kiba just kept running and hoped that the glasses would not break.
The music hall was very tall and running down it felt forever. Kiba felt his legs cramming and the medicine for the darn was making his body very very tired. Finally, Kiba legs gave and Kiba lost his balance. He screamed as he fell forward. "NO!"
Luckily, Kiba wasn't too far away from the end of the slope at that point. He held Toboe in his arms tight and rolled off the rest of the way. The two of them fell off the slope and dropped into the music hall balcony. Kiba let out a cry of pain. He had made sure he landed on the ground first with Toboe on top of him so he could break the impact of the fall for Toboe.
Toboe got up from on top of Kiba. Kiba struggled up painfully. The robots were coming after them. Since it's the Future city, no one around them seemed to care there were two guys just dropped off from the sky. There were so many wild things happening in the city everyday, people are used to seeing weird thiings. Everyone around just went on to their business, ingoring Kiba lying on the floor.
Kiba called to them, "somebody please help us. The robots are after us!"
People continued to ignore Kiba. Kiba reached into his pocket to try and his cell phone, but his cell phone wasn't there. He had dropped his cell phone when he was running away from the robots. Kiba and Toboe saw two policemen headed toward the alley and went after them for help. But when they reached the alley, the policemen had already disappeared.
"No..." Kiba muttered. The robots were closing in on them and Kiba was getting too sleepy. He couldn't stay awake anymore. Kiba fell toward the ground. Toboe tried to catch Kiba but the tiny boy wasn't strong enough.
The robots walked up to Kiba and grabbed him when someone shot the robot. Kiba fell to the ground. He looked up and shouted, "You!"
The guy who shot the robot was the silver hair guy who was watching Kiba in the restaurant. The silver-hair guy ran to Kiba and pulled Kiba up. "Come on, there are more robots coming!" the silver hair guy shouted. Toboe started running.
The guy supported Kiba and ran. Suddenly the two flew in the air at high speed. They hit the wall with so strong impact it made them scream in pain. Kiba felt warm water splashed to him as he fell to the ground.
When Kiba crawled up and looked at himself, he saw that his shirt was stained totally red. It wasn't water that splashed him. It was blood. There was blood all over his body.
Kiba looked at the silver hair guy and saw that the guy was shot at the back. The two of them were flying cause the force of the gun was so big it sent them airborne.
Someone was laughing from not too far away. "Well, well, well, hello there, Tsume. Long time no see. I haven't seen you since when? Oh, yeah, that's right, I haven't seen you since Akira die..." That person says.
"Shut up, you stupid piece of scape metal!" The guy named Tsume said weakly.
Kiba looked up and saw a robot holding a guy that was still smoking. The robot grabbed Toboe. Kiba shouted, "Toboe!" Toboe struggled in fear as the robot walked up to Kiba, stepping on Tsume on his way. Tsume grunted in pain while the robot laughed.
"Hello there, Kiba. My name is Li and you're coming with me." The robot said as he grabbed the half conscious Kiba.
"Leave them alone!" Tsume shouted as he fired his gun at Li. Li fell to the ground. The robot laughed and stood up again.
"You're so stubborn, Tsume. You always had to play the hero, saving Akira, saving Kiba...when will you realize you are nothing but a big fat zero? You can't save anybody because you were nothing but a useless piece of gabbage."
The robot said as he shot Tsume again. Tsume screamed in pain while the force of the shot sent him flying across the alley; leaving a bloody trail on the way.
"Should I kill you, or should I blow up your legs?" Li laughed as he pointed his gun at Tsume.
"No!" Kiba jumped up with all the remaining strength that he had. He knocked the gun away from Li's hand and kicked Toboe as hard as he can. Toboe went sliding toward Tsume.
"Take Toboe and get out of here! Go! " Kiba shouted to Tsume. He then turned to Li and said, "I am the one you want, right? Just take me and leave them alone."
"How nobel of you.. I would cry, if I'm a human..." Li laughed.
"Please! Tsume. Help Toboe." Kiba shouted. Kiba couldn't stay awake anymore. He had used all his strength. Slowly he lost his consciousness.
That's all Kiba remember before waking up in the cold cell with Toboe. Kiba sighs, "Oh, who am I kidding? he is probably dead by now. There is no way he can survive, he is wounded so bad, and it's because he wanted to help me."
Toboe suddenly has an headache. Images of Tsume lying there flash in Toboe's head. Toboe holds his head and shakes it. Kiba looks at Toboe and asks, "Toboe, what's the matter? Are you okay?"
Toboe's head is hurting really bad. Imageries of bloody people keep flashing in front of his eyes. Kiba shouts, "Toboe! Toboe! What's wrong with you?"
Li walks in and smiles to the two of them, "well, I see you two had wake up already."
"What did you do to Toboe?" Kiba shouts.
"Me? I didn't do anything to him...not now, at least. Don't worry. Toboe is getting better. He is starting to remember things, are you, Toboe? Do you remember who I am yet?" Li says as he walks up to Toboe.
"I was never the one you want. You were after Toboe, weren't you?" Kiba says.
"You're so smart. Yes, Toboe is the one I wanted. I have to thank you, Kiba. You're the one who dragged Toboe out of the house so I can capture him. Toboe had been hiding in his house and office for a year. I waited so long for the chance to take Toboe here." Li says.
Toboe looks at Li. Kiba asks, "Toboe, do you know who this guy is?"
Toboe shakes his head. The robot laughs, "you still will not remember who I am, do you? Human are so sad...thinking that they can block away bad memories, living in denial...
"He said he don't know who you are." Kiba says to Li.
Li smiles, "oh but he does. Come on, Toboe. Think. Remember who I am. Seeing me must trigger some of your locked up memories, right?"
The face of Li flashes in Toboe's head. Toboe remembers seeing Li holding gun in front of Tsume. There is blood all over the floor. There are blood all over Tsume, too....and Li stands there, cover in blood and laughing
"There is no point of suppressing your memories, you know...you will remember it sooner or later." The robot says as he walks closer to the small boy. Toboe holds his head and cries. The small boy feels like his head is exploding.
"What are you doing to him?" Kiba shouts.
Toboe cries and cries. An image flashes in his head. It's Li covering in blood, holding a knife and laughing loudly. There are bloody bodies lying on the floor in front of Li. All those horrible imageries are making Toboe really, really sick. The small boy crawls to the corner of the prison and curls up into a small ball.
"Toboe? what's the matter?" Kiba says.
Toboe rocks his body back and forth like a mental patient. He keeps seeing the bloody Li in his head, again and again. Toboe also sees the bodies in front of Li are shaking lightly, reaching out for him. The imageries are so scary. Toboe doesn't want to see the bodies. He keeps trying to push the bodies away from his memories, but the imageries will not disappear in his head no matter how hard Toboe tries to block them.
Li moves closer and closer to Toboe. Kiba holds Toboe tight and yells at Li, "Get away from Toboe!"
Suddenly, a strong, crystal clear image hits Toboe's brain like a bullet train. Inside Toboe's head, Toboe sees Li covers in blood and holding a knife. There are two people lying in a pool of blood in front of Li. Li steps across the two bodies and walks to Toboe. One of the people lying on the floor cries, get away from Toboe!
Toboe remembers the voice of that person. It's his mother. The two bloody people on the floor Toboe sees in his head are his mom and dad.
Toboe's eyes fill with fear as he moves away from Li. Li laughs, you finally remember me, Toboe. Yes, it's me, the guy who stubbed your parents to death in front of you..