Robotic City, Poetic Love
Chapter 15: Falling into the Traps…
"How far is Kiba away from us?" Aya asks as he makes his way through the building.
"He is right over there, inside that room." Hige says after he checks the tracker Toboe left them.
"Something isn't right. This is too quiet. Why aren't there anyone guarding here?" Ken asks.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Youji mutters.
"Heads Up!" Trowa shouts. A bunch of laser guns shoot at them from the ceiling. All the guys jump away and start running.
Aya runs around a corner when he suddenly realizes the laser is forcing them that way. "It's a trap!" Aya shouts.
But it's too late. The floor opens and Aya falls right into the trap with Hige and Blue. They drop into a room and land painfully on the floor. Aya looks up and sees the opening above them closing.
"Get up, you two!" Aya shouts. Hige struggles up while Aya picks Blue up.
"Throw her!" Aya shouts to Hige. Hige and Aya throw Blue up to the opening. The room is deep but Aya and Hige are strong. They manage to throw Blue to the opening where Blue grabs onto the edge.
"Get out! Hurry!" Hige shouts. The opening is closing in on Blue.
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Blue slips out of the opening right before it sealed. The room is now pitch black. Hige mutters, "I hate dark."
"Do you hear something?" Aya asks. There is a rushing sound surrounding them.
"What's that?" Hige asks.
"Water…" Aya says. Water pours down on them and start filling up the room.
At the other part of the building, Trowa, Wufei, Youji and Ken are running away from the laser when they run right into a group of robots. "Oh no!" Trowa shouts.
The robots grabs Trowa and Wufei. The two of them shoot at the other robots while shouting to Youji and Ken, "get out of here, quick!"
Ken and Youji shoot at the robots, trying to save the two boys. But there are too many robots and it's hopeless. "Go! We'll be fine! Get out of here!" Trowa shouts.
Youji and Ken run around the corner and reach a dead end. They turn around and see a wall goes up behind them. Like Aya and Hige they're locked up in a room. The ceiling starts to move and it's doming down on Youji and Ken's head.
"We're gonna get crush to death…" Ken shouts.
Youji cocks his gun and start shooting at the wall. Ken says, "the wall is too thick. There is no use shooting at it!"
Suddenly, one of the shot dents the wall. Youji shouts, "There's a nick! Shot at there!"
Ken cocks his gun and starts shooting at the wall, too. The wall starts to fall apart slowly. The ceiling keeps falling while Youji and Ken keep shooting.
The robots throw Wufei and Trowa into a cell and lock them up there. The boy look around the cell and see someone bleeding on the ground. "Kiba!" Wufei shouts as he remembers who the guy is.
Trowa checks Kiba and says, "he is stubbed in the stomach. He is really weak, but he is still breathing."
"Kiba! Wake up!" Wufei shouts. Kiba isn't responding at all.
"Kiba, you have to stay awake. Toboe needs you." Wufei says.
Kiba opens his eyes and says, "Toboe…"
"Yes! Toboe! He needs you. You can't leave Toboe." Wufei says.
"It's hard to breathe in here. The air is getting thin." Trowa says.
"It's a vacuum in here; they're trying to suffocate us!" Wufei shouts.
Outside the building, Omi says impatiently, "where is the police? They should be here already?"
Quatre says, "Wufei and the others are in trouble in there. I can sense it."
All of a sudden, something very heavy lands on top of Heroo's car. The car shakes violently and the ceiling of the car caved in over Quatre and Omi's head. The two of them scream as the roof of the car almost hit them from above.
An iron fist pounds right through the car roof and pulls it opens. Heroo looks up and sees that the fist belongs to a giant robot and the robot is trying to grabs Omi and Quatre. Heroo shoots the robot's arm with his gun.
The arm lands in front of Omi and Quatre, making the two boys scream again. More robots run toward the car. Heroo shouts, "get out of here!"
The robots are closing in on Heroo's car. Quatre and Omi climb out through the car window and starts running away from the car. Heroo and Duo jump out of the car and start running too. Someone shouts to the boys, "Get down!"
Heroo and Duo look up and see Tsume standing there, holding a gun to Heroo's car. Heroo speeds up and jump toward Omi. Duo follows Heroo and does the same to Quatre.
The two petite boy fall to the ground as Heroo and Duo land on their back. Heroo and Duo cover the two blonde's heads as Tsume shoot the oil tank of Heroo's car. The car explode into a giant flame.
Heroo and the other boys are far away enough to be safe from the explosion, but the robots are not. All the robots are blow airborne.
"Nice gun." Heroo says to Tsume. The Japanese boy gets up on his feet and then help Quatre up.
"You like the gun, kid?" Tsume gives Heroo the gun.
"Thank you for saving us." Duo and Omi says to Tsume as they get up and dust themselves off.
"Don't mention it. Sorry about the car." Tsume says.
"It's okay, I hate that car anyway." Heroo says as he looks at Tsume gun.
"Where are the others?" Tsume asks.
"They are all dying inside. I can sense they need our help." Quatre says.
"But it's so big inside. We won't even know where to start to look." Duo says.
"Someone is coming." Omi says as he looks at the entrance of the building. A figure is running out from the entrance.
"It's the detective that was with Hige." Duo says.
"Blue?" Tsume looks at the door and sees Blue running out of the building. A whole bunch of robots are chasing after Blue. Heroo points the gun at one of the robots and shoot at it. The bullet hits the robot between the eyes.
"The power on this gun is awesome!" Heroo exclaims.
The robot falls backward and hits the other robots. They all fall backward like bowling pins. Heroo shoots one of the robots at the waist, making the robot explode. The explosion hits the other robots and all the robots become one giant explosion.
Blue screams as the explosion sends her flying in the air. Duo runs and catches her. "Got you!" Duo says as Blue falls into her arm.
"Nice shooting." Omi says to Heroo.
"Those robots' design are so common. You can tell where their weak points are just by looking at it." Heroo sniffs.
"My hero." Duo says as he puts Blue down. Heroo gives the gun back to Tsume.
Tsume blinks at Heroo and says, "tell you what, why don't you hold onto the gun? It looks like the gun is better off with you than me."
"Thanks." Heroo says to Tsume. The Japanese boy then turns to Blue and asks, "where are the others?"
"There are traps inside! Lots of traps! All the others are all falling into the traps! I only escaped because Aya and Hige got me out. Where are my backup?" Blue asks.
"The polices are not gonna come. Your superior, Jean Pierre, is the one who set me up for your brother's murder; evidences and all. He is working for that on, we're running out of time...take us to the others." Tsume says.
"Go, I will cover you." Heroo says to the girl. Blue runs back with Heroo at her heels. Heroo shoots down all the robots that are in their way. Finally they arrive at the hall way where the laser attacked Aya and the others earlier.
"The place is empty, where are the robots that are suppose to be guarding the hallway?" Tsume asks.
"Hmm…Heroo shoots them all?" Omi says. There are a trail of robots wreckage behind them. The Japanese shooter shrugs.
"They don't need robots. This whole place is wired. The laser will pick up your movement and shoot you the moment you walk over there; and if the laser doesn't get you, the traps will." Blue says.
"Then how are we gonna get through?" Tsume asks.
Heroo shots the wall and says, "Omi."
Omi pulls out the wire on the wall and says, "very advanced system with double back up circuits, the security codes are unbreakable. One hundred percent hecker-proofed system. But we aren't just heckers, we're the ultimate heckers."
"Take the main control, I will cut the back up circuits." Heroo says to Omi as the two of them take out their palm tops.
"Hello, Puffy. It's time to work. Come on." Omi says to his computer. He unplugs the wire form the wall and replugs it into his "Puffy". Heroo plugs another wire into his computer, too.
"come on…you know you can do it…don't be slow now. I don't want to look bad in front of Heroo. He is almost done. We have to show him we're as good as him too!" Omi says to his computer as he pressing the buttons on it, trying to break the security code.
"Come on, Puffy! It's only a simple security system!!! You need to do better than this! You're totally embarrassing me in front of my buddies!!!" Omi shouts.
"Omi, Heroo, Hurry up! They're not gonna make it if you don't do it soon!" Quatre screams as he hold his uchuu no kokoro. The telepath can sense everyone one is dying and the pain is too strong and too scary.
"Got it! W00t!" Omi and Heroo shout as the computer of the security system shut down.
"Ph33r u5!!!" Heroo and Omi high five each other.
"My Hero..." Duo smiles and says, "Come on! We need to go find the others."
"Aya and Hige is over there!" Blue shouts and run toward the corner where the floored opened before.
Aya hasn't been breathing for a while now. The water had filled the room that Aya and Hige are in, and Aya can't hold on to his breath anymore. He is floating in the icy cold water, in complete darkness. He can't believe it's gonna end like this. "Ayami...I am not going to be able to save you...I'm sorry." Aya calls to his sister.
Aya doesn't really mind dying. All he worries about is his sister. Who is going to help Ayami if he dies? Will the Shark cut his sister heart open and uses her as some lab rats? Aya can't stand that thought. "Ayami, I failed you…" Aya thinks sadly.
Suddenly, he sees light shows up on top of his head.
"Light..." Aya shouts. He swims up, trying to get to where the light is. But he is too weak and too tired. He lost too much air to do anything. He swallows a mouth of water and water forces down his lung painfully. It hurts so much it feels like someone ripped his chest open. Aya can't hold on anymore. He closes his eyes and let himself sink to the bottom.
Aya is for sure that he is gonna die when someone jumps down the water and pulls him up to the top of the water. "Aya-kun!" Someone shouts. It's the voice of Omi. Omi is the one who jumps down to the water and pulls him up.
"Aya-kun, holds on." Omi shouts as he pulls Aya out of the water. The young boy pulls opens Aya's shirt opens and pulls the water out of Aya. Aya coughs and coughs, but he can't get water into his lung. Suddenly, Aya feels Omi's lips pressing down on his lips. Omi is giving him CPR.
Nothing ever feel so good. Aya can breath again. Omi holds Aya tight and says to him, "it's okay now, you're okay now..." Aya opens his eyes and sees Blue holding Hige, who seems to be okay too.
Quatre looks up and says, "I hear gun shot!"
"Form where?" Tsume asks the boy.
"Over there." Quatre runs toward where he hears the gunshot.
"Go, we'll be fine." Blue says. Tsume, Heroo and Duo run after Quatre.
"How did you get through the laser?" Aya asks Omi.
"Oh, Puffy disabled the security system for us..." Omi says.
"Who is Puffy?" Aya looks at Omi.
Hige says to Aya, "Puffy is Omi's palm top. That boy has a thing about naming his computers…"
"I call my computer Ninja Jin. Is there a problem?" Heroo asks Hige. Hige looks Heroo, who is death-glaring him right now.
Hige gulps and says, "no, nothing. Naming your computer is awesome."
Aya struggles up and says to Omi, "let's go find your little friend."
"Toboe!" Omi shouts. The boy helps Aya up.
The ceiling over Ken and Youji's heads is getting lower and lower. They keep shooting at the wall. The wall finally gives but only a small hole is there. Ken looks at the hole and says, "it's too small for us to get through!"
"No, it's too small for me, but not for you! You can make it, go!" Youji shouts.
"But..." Ken says.
"No but! go! The ceiling is coming down!" Youji picks Ken up and squeezes Ken out through the hole.
"Youji! No!" Ken screams.
"Don't be sad, love, don't ever be sad." Youji says.
"I can't live without you, Youji!" Ken cries.
"I love you, boy." Youji says as the ceiling starts squeezing him to the floor. Suddenly, the ceiling stops. it slowly goes up and the walls open again.
"Ken!" shouts Quatre runs up to Ken.
"Get him out of there!" Ken screams to Quatre. The ceiling is raising gradually but Ken is too frantic to wait for it to go up. Tsume arrives and sees Quatre helping Ken pulls Youji out from under the ceiling.
"Youji...Youji..." Ken is crying frantically as he scrambles into Youji's arms. Youji holds Ken tight and kisses him.
"Shu...shu...it's okay. It's okay now. I'm okay..." Youji says softly, trying to calm the crying teenager down.
"I was watching you die...I rather die with you..." Ken cries madly. The emotions of Ken is so strong it makes Quatre holds his space heart and knees down to the ground.
"Youji! Ken!" Heroo and Duo arrive and say.
"Come on, the robots take Wufei and Trowa to the prison at the end of the hall." Youji says to the others before heading toward the prison.
"Wufei…Trowa…" Quatre says.
Duo smiles to Quatre and says, "don't worry. They will be fine. They won't die that easily…"
Quatre nods. Duo takes Quatre's hand and leads him toward the cell.
TBC…..