Finally got this part up

Last part of Chapter 3, enjoy

Part 6

The robot almost instantly spotted us and started shooting, so I grabbed Rhyth's arm and pulled her out of the way. We both ducked into one of the small dead end alleyways to avoid the random explosions

"What do we do? There's no way we can get past that without being shot" Rhyth sounded really worried now

"I'm thinking" I sighed, trying to think with all the explosions in the background. Then, I noticed how one of the spider bot's legs were on the rail of the random walkway that was in the middle

"That's it! If we grind fast enough on that rail, we should be able to avoid its shots and eventually get close enough to one of its legs to grind up it and tag the bot"

"I guess it's worth a shot" Rhyth sighed, but we soon had to cover ourselves when a nearby shot sent debris flying at us

"On the count of three. "One. . .two. . .three"

We both speed out of the alleyway and jumped on the walkway's rails, and slowly but surely getting up to the bot while dodging it's shots. Finally, we reached it, and I jumped onto the leg, followed by Rhyth, and tagged the bot

I landed safely, but heard Rhyth scream. I turned, and saw Rhyth sitting on the ground, her leg in a funny position

"Uh. . .Captain? We're still making adjustments to it" We picked up another conversation as I helped her up

"Shut up! I said-woah!" A part of the bot fell down right next to us, sending a cloud of dust at us. I shielded my eyes, and shielded Rhyth. As the dust started to settle, we heard another helicopter. When the dust settled enough for us to see, we saw the helicopter leaving with the bot in tow

"Hey Rhyth, you rest here. I'll take care of the Immortal's graffiti"

"N-no, it's fine" Rhyth tried to stand up without my support, but almost instantly grabbed on to me again for support "Maybe not. . ."

I carefully let her back to the ground and quickly took care of the Immortal graffiti. Then I helped her back up and we skated back to the middle part where we had split up. Everyone else was already waiting, and they all seemed pretty beat up

"What happened to you guys?" Rhyth asked as we stopped

"Rokkaku Police. What happened to you guys?" Gum raised an eyebrow

"You guys looked like you went through a war zone" Combo blinked

Rhyth and I looked at each other. Our clothes had multiple tears, our skin and clothes were caked in dust, and we both had a collection of scratches and bruises. After examining each other for a while, we both started laughing

"Let's just say we played with Hayashi's new pet giant spider bot" I grinned

"No wonder" Beat sighed

"But what happened to you, Rhyth?" Corn asked

"I think I kind of landed on my leg funny"

Corn squatted down in front of Rhyth and examined her leg "How's the pain?"

"It doesn't hurt like its broken or anything, but it still hurt kind of bad"

"Well, it should be only a dislocated limb. But, I want you to rest at the Garage while we take care of Kibogaoka Hill. Garam, stay with her"

"Gotcha" I smiled

We all went back to the Garage (since from there was the closest way to get to Rokkaku-Dai Heights), but Rhyth and I quickly made ourselves at home on Corn's couch while the others left. I had grabbed some ice cubes from the fridge and put them in a baggy, then wrapped them in a towel. It was a trick I had learned from my dad when I still lived with him when I was a lot younger

"Thanks Garam" She smiled when I gave her the ice, and put it on her knee, where the pain was probably the worst

"It's no problem" I nodded and sat down next to her

We stayed silent for bit, not really sure why, but it felt weird being alone together with a girl, and I guess she kind of felt the same being alone with a guy

"Hey Rhyth?" I finally broke the silence

"Yeah?"

"Has anyone told you that you're a really good person"

"No. . ." Rhyth sighed "Most people just find me annoying, except Yoyo. . .and you"

"I'm sure a lot more people than just Yoyo and I don't find you annoying" I smiled

"Probably, but it's hard to hope right now" Rhyth scrunched up her legs against her body, the ice still resting on her knee "With Yoyo's disappearance and stuff"

"Everyone's pretty bummed, he's a good kid. But. . .keep smiling, and I'm sure everyone will go to the ends of the Earth to find him"

"Thanks Garam" She smiled, then leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. We talked for a while after, that, about pointless stuff, idle gossip. After an hour or so, the others came back

"We're back" Gum announced

"Decided not to go the Skyscraper District without us?" I grinned as I turned to them

"That, and we got a new member" Combo shrugged

"Who--oh" I then saw the new member

Sugar

"Hey Garam" Sugar smiled

"Hey Sugar, long time, no see" I got up and hugged her "How's pops?"

Sugar looked down, and I got the message

"So, with the passing of those stupid laws. . .they" I sighed

"Yes, unfortunately. I couldn't do anything, and I wasn't able to reach you"

"It's okay Sugar" I smiled again

"You two know each other, Boogie?" Corn asked

"Boogie?" I cocked my head

"Yeah, we used to live together" Sugar turned to Corn, answering his question, before she turned back to me "Yeah, I changed my name"

"Well, whatever works for you" I grinned, then whispered "Hey S-I mean Boogie?"

"Yeah?" She whispered back

"Please promise me that we'll be friends forever. There's. . .someone I like" I would tell you who, but that'd just ruin the surprise

"There's someone I like too" I could see a slight blush on Boogie's face

"Thanks" I hugged her again, smiling

My name is Garam, and I have just avoided being stuck in a love triangle with one line missing, and that line wasn't going to be connected to me. This is my story