X
Chapter 7:
The Story Of X
Sakio drummed his fingers on his desk irritably.
"That idiot boy, how could he have let those thugs beat him up again?"
Sakio was in his office, at the top military base HQ, run by Romefeller. Standing beside him was his assistant, Maraia.
"Sir, X has come." she said rather quietly.
Sakio waved his hand as if to brush away his previous thoughts.
"Let him in."
The door opened, and a young boy, of about 7 years of age, entered. He had straight white hair, and piercing blue eyes. There were bruises all along both his arms, for disobeying the professors, Sakio thought.
"Sir, you called for me?"
"Yes, X, Lea is now 5 years old. If you would like, would you take her out for a stroll around the compound?"
X instantly brightened up. "Yes sir, I would be happy to." X turned on his heel and slammed the door behind him.
"He's practically singing, the fool. It's just too bad we have to fuse him with the robot..." Sakio said and took a cigarette out of his drawer and lit it. Maraia nodded.
"He's such a sweet child, can't you get somebody else?"
Sakio shook his head. "No, he's been made for this operation. We can't just turn him loose in the world now, he would never make it very far."
"I agree sir, but what of Lea? It's not very fair to let her befriend the boy. If she finds out what our plan is for him..."
"She won't find out. She's too young, and she probably won't even remember the boy. She can't stay with us any longer, though. I'm afraid we'll have to turn her into the orphanage along with her brother. Get her things ready."
Maraia nodded without hesitation. "Yes sir."
X sighed angrily. "Today's the day." He took one last look at his small, dark room. The walls and floor was solid concrete, with a tiny window near the ceiling. Sunlight filtered into the room. He frowned as he thought of all the hardships the people there had put him through over the past 17 years. But now that he was stronger, faster, and smarter even than the scientists, he was a real threat. Just last night Sakio had told X that all he had been training for over the 17 years of his life would be put into action. X wondered what it was Sakio would have him do.
Maraia entered the room. "X, time to go."
X turned and his gaze fell on Maraia's. Her eyes were slightly red, had she been crying?
"Maraia, what's wrong?"
Suddenly Maraia put her hands on his shoulders. "X, you must run. Run away."
"What!" X exclaimed.
"Run away. If they find you, they're going to-"
Suddenly a loud gunshot rang through the small room. Maraia gasped, and then fell onto X.
"Maraia? Maraia!" X cried out. He could smell blood. He looked up to see Maraia's killer. "S-sakio?"
X's eyes widened in terror as Sakio drew nearer.
"Why? Why Sakio? Why did you... why did you kill her!"
Sakio didn't say anything, he just grabbed X's hand and dragged him out of the room. X fought as hard as he could, but he stopped when they reached the large robot in the hangar portion of the complex.
"The robot..."
"The robot's name is X." Sakio said hastily. X blinked as he watched the robot passing by.
"X..."
The two finally reached a large compartment right underneath the cockpit. Sakio grabbed X by the scruff of the neck as the hatch door opened. He then threw him inside.
"Sakio! Wait! What are you doing!"
The hatch door slowly began to close.
"This is what you were created for, X."
"What I was created for? What do you mean! Sakio!"
The hatch closed, and for a few seconds, X was in total darkness.
"SAKIO! SAKIO!" He yelled, banging hard on the hatch door. Suddenly, a green light switched on in the small room. A strange greenish-tinged liquid began to slowly rise up in the compartment. X's yells became more frantic as he banged harder and harder on the door.
"SAKIO! SAKIO! SA-" Suddenly, wires from every direction hit X all at once. X cried out in the intense pain. The liquid's level got higher.
"Sakio... Sakio..." X cried out as he felt weaker and weaker. The liquid was now just under his chin.
I'm going to die, right here. Lea, where are you now? Sakio, why did you betray me? Why?
The liquid now filled X's lungs and he began to breathe normally again. He was now completely fused with the robot.
LEA!
Lea turned suddenly around. She was 15 years old now.
"Lea? Is something wrong?" Damon asked tentatively.
Lea shook her head. "It felt like... someone was calling me..." Damon looked at her a moment, and then slipped her hand in his.
"Are you worried about the race today?"
Lea stared at the ground. Damon nodded. "I understand. But I won't lose. You still have that pendant I gave you?"
Lea pulled the pendant out of her shirt. "Sure do."
The two were walking towards the race track. Damon was going to race that day. Lea smiled.
"I'll be rooting for you, so look for me in the sidelines."
"Will do." Damon said and smiled back.
The two finally reached the tracks. Damon headed towards the shower room to change into his suit. Lea decided to go and check on the race car, she loved it so.
It was a bright red car, and it shined like the sun. Lea smiled at the mere sight of it, when suddenly she heard voices coming from behind her. Instinctively she leaned on the car, making it look like it belonged to her. Damon's friend, Shibo, nearly jumped at the sight of Lea.
"Lea! What are you doing here? The race is about to start."
Lea glared at Shibo. He seemed to be very tense about something. Lea shrugged it off and walked towards the door. Shibo didn't notice that she had, instead of leaving, ducked behind a tower of new tires.
Shibo moved towards the car and pulled out of his pocket a pair of wire cutters. He squatted down and clipped the brake cable. Lea gasped and silently made her way toward the door.
"Damon! Don't go into the race!" Lea yelled at her oblivious brother.
"Don't be silly, Lea. Why wouldn't I go?"
The car pulled out. Lea watched helplessly as the car took a sharp turn and didn't brake. The car sped out of control until it hit the wall head on.
"DAMON!" Lea yelled and ran towards the wreck. Paramedics immediately stopped her. "No! Damon!" She forced her way through the paramedics and other racers who had stopped to take a look.
"Damon!" She breathed when she saw her brother. His head was bloody, and it appeared that he was pinned inside the car, which had sandwiched him. "Oh my God..."
Damon opened up his eyes slightly and smiled.
"Hey sis." Damon coughed up a little bit of blood. "How's it goin'?"
"Damon..." Lea said and laid her hand lightly on his face.
"It's okay... I don't feel much."
Lea looked deep into Damon's eyes.
"It's the end of the race for me..."
"No! Don't say that!" Lea exclaimed suddenly. Damon closed his eyes.
"Goodbye, Lea."
Lea gasped at the still boy in front of her.
"Damon..." She closed her eyes tightly and held Damon's head in her arms. "Don't leave me..."
TO BE CONTINUED
AN: Haha! I've always wanted to write something where everything made sense in a certain chapter... In case you haven't noticed yet, this chapter was a flashback of very key elements in this story, covering X and Lea. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders after writing this chapter; all that foreshadowing, and now I've gotten it all out of my system! Yay! Please review if you liked or disliked this chapter!
