--Disclaimer: I don't own AKIRA or its characters/gangs/locations. I only own Kiba and her 'friends'. So don't flame me, or I'll report you.--

AN: Tetsuo and Kaneda fight. Also…someone gets killed by the little outburst Tet started to have in chapter 7, it continues on here too…So that's the only warning. Oh yeah, Tetsuo's language is bad again. But that is no surprise.

Tetsuo Take Ato Niban Kikai

Part 8: The Escape PART 1

…Had Tetsuo's full power finally been awakened?
Fully awake or not, Zenchi wasn't taking any chances with Tetsuo using anymore of his power.
Rushing to the nearby closet, he yanked the door open and scurried inside to grab something…anything he could stop Tetsuo with.

"Stop stalling! Just tell me the god-damn fucking truth!" Tetsuo barked, gradually loosing his temper and intensifying the amount of power he was using.
The walls started to crumble apart as did the ceiling above, the room shaking violently as Tetsuo just stood there and threw his 'little bitch-fit' in the center of all the chaos and destruction he was gradually causing.
The glass in the windows began to warp inwards slightly as if they where being sucked into the room, the cracks almost touching one another.
Once that glass smashed, it would fly at great speed into the room, jamming itself in to whatever stood in its way.
An event that would ensure death if one piece where to stray too close to the head or vital organs.
Kiba, sensing danger, grabbed Kaneda and hauled him out of the room followed by Kai grabbing hold of Kei and also fleeing the room.
Zenchi ran back out of the closet with nothing in his hands, obviously unsuccessful in finding anything to stop Tetsuo killing anyone.

"Number 41! I can't tell you anything about Akira because I already told you, I don't know who he is!!" Zenchi snapped in a slightly worried tone; his angered subject not even reacting to the obvious fear in the scientists' voice.
Tetsuo just stood there and gave the scientist a piercing death stare, the 'mysterious wind' blowing gently through his long raven coloured hair.
As for the area surrounding him, it was being wrecked by the powerful gales of 'telekinetic wind' which Tetsuo was using. Even Zenchi had to cover his eyes every now and then because the gales where that strong.

Meanwhile, outside Kiba and the others where stood one room down from Tetsuo's, pressed against the walls as they awaited the psychics' wrath to ease away.

"Wait a minute…where did that scientist go??" Kaneda asked, finally realizing that there was someone else in the room with them.
Kiba looked around the corridor but couldn't see Zenchi anywhere.

"Shit! You don't think he's still in the room do you!?" Kai suggested, sounding a little nerve wrecked.

"We can't go back to get him if that's the case, it's too dangerous!" Kei answered.
Even outside the corridor they could hear Tetsuo shouting at Zenchi…along with the cracking and crumbling from the room, the wind only being faintly heard.

"Number 41, I can't tell you anything…but I am sure someone else can tell you!" Zenchi explained.

"You just don't get it, do you??" Tetsuo growled as he intensified the power he was using, the walls finally started to crumble down under this immense use of power.
The glass also gave way, shattering into hundreds of pieces before being sucked into the room at great speed.
Zenchi was too slow to move out of the way of the glass shards, and got impaled by multiple pieces.
Even in the corridor; they could hear the sound of the glass finally smashing and Zenchi's death-scream.

"Uh…he was in there alright." Kaneda answered in a disturbed tone.
The gang all turned to face Tetsuo's room, which was slightly down the corridor, to see glass shards lying just a little bit out of the door smothered in blood.
They could also hear the sound of footsteps crushing the glass, getting closer to them.

"Shit…I wasn't expecting that to happen…" Tetsuo chuckled as he stepped out of the door and brushed off some dust on his shoulders.
The entire building stopped shaking and everything went quiet.

"Tetsuo you---!!!" Kaneda growled, before being held back by Kiba.
He tried to speak again, but Kiba just shook her head at him before indicating that Kaneda should listen.
But there was nothing to listen out for, everything was silent.
Even Tetsuo was stood there listening.

"I don't like the feel of this…" Kiba blurted out.

"They don't know what I just did; but they'll have it all on their fucking CCTV cameras. If we don't get out of here soon then we'll have to face the wrath of old skin-head, he was mad at me for taking some sedatives…but KILLING someone? He'll have my head for sure." Tetsuo chuckled, almost sounding sarcastic about the whole thing.
Kaneda wasn't so happy about the 20 year olds care-free attitude.

"If we get busted because of you and your god-damn fucking---rotten attitude…I swear I will kick the shit out of you!" Kaneda barked, shaking a fist in Tetsuo's direction.
Instead of cowering and feeling intimidated by the situation, the 20 year old simply laughed it off and turned his attention to Kiba.

"If they catch you guys here you'll be in serious trouble…Getting out of here while you still can is the best option you have." Tetsuo suggested before ripping his shirt clean off, followed by the 'restraining straps' on his arms.

"…if they caught me with blood on my shirt they would set off an alarm, before declaring me defiant…which would be a problem for you guys if you want to escape." Tetsuo chuckled as he tossed the shirt in his wrecked room.

"Tetsuo!!!" Kaneda growled, still shaking a fist in the 20 year olds direction.

"Hmph…you're making it VERY difficult for me to believe you where my 'best friend'. Now stop moaning and get the fuck out of here while you still can." Tetsuo huffed before using his powers to clear the corridor of glass, Kiba rushing to his side before placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Tetsuo, we came to help you escape!" Kiba answered.

"Yeah! We came to help you, not to end up having you help us! Now come on!" Kai added from a safe distance.

"Listen, if we don't get moving now they might catch us all…then we'd be in real trouble." Kei blurted out, noticing the eerie atmosphere becoming more intense.
That silence was unsettling.

"…I can't leave yet…" Tetsuo answered in a mellow tone, obviously still slightly hung-over by the sedation he got earlier.

"W-what!?" Kai coughed, falling over afterwards as the two girls stood there in silence at Tetsuo's answer.

"Kiba, I can't leave yet…something just doesn't feel…right…" Tetsuo answered, sounding a little unsure himself as to why he didn't want to leave.
Kaneda pushed his way forwards again and whacked Tetsuo on the head with his fist, now fed up with him and his sour attitude.

"Tetsuo, you're still a fucking whiney little bitch! Just shut up and come with us!" he growled.
Tetsuo, retaliating Kaneda's bossy behavior, turned around and swung his fist into the gang leaders' gut.

"Don't you tell me what to do, loser!" Tetsuo hissed.

"Both of you; calm down!" Kiba pleaded as Kaneda regained his posture and whacked Tetsuo in the face with his fist, followed up by a sharp whack from Kaneda's knee to the 20 year olds gut as he stumbled from the impact of the fist hitting his face.
Tetsuo fell to his knees, clenching his stomach in pain and making slight gagging sounds, before beginning to retch uncontrollably.

"Kaneda, look what you've done now!" Kai whined, kneeling down to aid Tetsuo back up to his feet but to no avail.
The 20 year old just stumbled back down onto the floor, clasping his chest lightly as he eased his breathing pattern.

"Tet, you're such a drama-queen." Kaneda chuckled.

"Ghg…you little shit!" Tetsuo hissed as he finally got back up, rubbing his sore head.

"Don't try turning on me again, Tet. Otherwise I'll do worse than beat your ass." Kaneda chuckled.
Tetsuo's eyes widened after hearing Kaneda say the last few words of his sentence, the words sounding exactly the same as the ones Derby said.
With those horrific memories quickly returning to Tetsuo of what Derby did to him several days ago, he stumbled over and cowered beside the doorway of his room.
Kaneda and the others stood there looking totally baffled at Tetsuo's reaction, expecting him to lash out at Kaneda with insults and a few punches, but instead getting a cowering little child who looked at everything in terror.

"Tetsuo?" Kiba questioned as she knelt beside the 20 year old, placing a hand on his shoulder.
She got no response.

"Shit…he's entered shock." said a familiar voice from behind the group.
Everyone turned around to see Kyubi, in human form, carrying what looked like a case of medicine in one hand.

"Shock? What the hell!?" Kaneda questioned; Kyubi rolling his eyes as a response.

"He means 'Physiological collapse' shock." Kei answered.
Kaneda still sat there looking like an idiot, with a confused Kai beside him.
Kyubi strolled past the group and knelt in front of Tetsuo, setting the medicine box beside Kiba, before he waved a hand directly in front of Tetsuo's face.

"He's well out of it. What happened?" Kyubi asked, turning his attention to Kiba.

"…when you left, Tetsuo let his anger run out of control…that scientist that was with us? Well…" Kiba began.

"…that scientist guy isn't going to be with anyone now. Tet killed him." Kai blurted out.

"Is that why he entered shock? This seems more emotional than physical." Kyubi questioned as he examined Tetsuo.
It was a well known fact that Kyubi was into medicine and 'magical cures' since he was the young shaman of his people, the successor for the elder shaman.
But when his tribe was scattered, his future as a shaman vanished with them.

"Well, when Kaneda got into a little scrap with Tet he started to get angry again…then Kaneda threatened to do worse than beat him if he tried to fight again. Then…well…this happened." Kiba explained.

"What I don't get is…what the hell could cause Tet to get like this, he never used to be like this 5 years ago." Kaneda whined.

"Shock is a state of physiological collapse; marked by a weak pulse, coldness, sweating, and irregular breathing and poor responsive behavior. That is resulting from, for example, blood loss, heart failure, allergic reaction, or emotional trauma." Kyubi explained.

"Kai; didn't you say Tetsuo had a seizure when he got arrested by the military a week and a bit ago?" Kaneda asked, just as Tetsuo suddenly awakened from his little 'trance'.

"I think the shock is brought on by emotions; the seizures are probably connected to something else." Kyubi answered.

"Hey look, the little drama-queen has awakened from her slumber!" Kaneda teased.

"…you guys are still here?" Tetsuo cried out, getting to his feet.

"We're not going without you, so of course we're still here." Kiba huffed.

"…well, if that's the case…I guess you want me to wipe out some of the security systems?" Tetsuo chuckled.

"Wait! No Tet---!" Kaneda began, but got cut off by the sounds of the security cameras exploding.
Soon after, Tetsuo chuckled and got to his feet.

"Moron! They'll detect us now for sure!! What gave you the idea that we wanted you to wipe out their security!?" Kaneda barked.

"Oh, you want me to trash the security doors now? Sure!" Tetsuo mocked.

"Wait!!" Kei cried out, followed by Kai waving his arms about as if trying to say 'stop' to Tetsuo.
But before they knew it, Tetsuo had used his powers AGAIN to cause all the security doors to jam in place.
Good thing too, an alarm sounded shortly after Tetsuo used his powers for the second time."Crap! Is that an alarm!?" Tetsuo hissed, looking both left and right for any potential threats.

"You set it off Tet! Fix it!" Kaneda barked.

"You fix it dumb-ass!" Tetsuo growled, shaking a fist in the gang leaders' direction.

"Will both of you just shut the fuck up!? This rescue mission will plummet if you keep that up!" Kiba huffed, slapping Kaneda across the face and giving Tetsuo the same treatment.

"Ready of not; you are coming with us Tet!" Kyubi barked before grabbing the medicine box and heading down the corridor, followed by Kei and Kai.
Kiba whacked Kaneda on the back to make sure he got the picture that it was time to leave, before waving Tetsuo over to her.

"Don't use your powers unless our lives are at risk, understand?" Kiba muttered to him.

"Eh…sure; whatever." Tetsuo shrugged, sounding a little bored now that Kaneda had left.
Kiba grasped Tetsuo's metal arm and tugged him along and down the corridor, pursuing Kyubi and the others in the attempt to escape.
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Meanwhile, in the Colonels office…

"Sir, the Professor gave me the mental assessment documents of Number 41 for you to see; along with the 'Akira Godhood Theory' document he wrote." A rookie doctor announced as he handed two folders over to the Colonel, who was sat in a thinking pose in his chair.
He received the folders and was about to look in the mental assessment document, but the same alarm from downstairs sounded.
And, without warning, a security soldier scurries into the room in a panic.

"Colonel, sir! Subject Number 41 has escaped with some terrorist suspects! He is using his powers without cause!" the soldier announced.

"What!?" The Colonel boomed as he got out of his seat.

"Number 41, sir! He has wiped out all our security doors and cameras for floors 14, 13 and 12! We need a structured order sir!" the soldier announced.
The Colonel, growling under his breath, dismissed the doctor and approached the soldier.

"How did this happen!?" the Colonel barked.

"W-we don't know sir!!" the soldier answered, cowering slightly.

"What are you doing to bring him back!?" the Colonel boomed.

"W-we have no orders sir! Number 41 took out Zenchi and the General! We need your orders sir!" the soldier answered.
The Colonel, trying his best to contain his anger, walked behind the soldier and rubbed his head.

"So Number 41really has got something to hide from us." he thought.

"S-sir?" the soldier asked nervously, awaiting some form of order from the Colonel.

"First of all, soldier, lure him to floor 11 and corner him. But do not aggravate him to use his powers; just try to keep him confined but calm." The Colonel began, sounding slightly irritated.

"And bring me the Barbiturate Gun. If you keep him calm long enough we may be able to tempt him into surrendering without hassle, but if he is hyperactive or aggressive we will have no choice but to knock him out. Understand!?" the Colonel explained.

"Y-yes sir!!" the soldier answered, standing very stern but still sounding nervous as hell.

"We may only get one chance at this! Don't mess it up!!" the Colonel boomed as the soldier was dismissed from the room.
The Colonel approached a doorway which would lead him to the 'security camera' station for all the test subjects, obviously all the monitors showed static images right now, but if he rewound the tapes he would see how the subjects where until Tetsuo escaped.
Numbers 45 to 62 where all fine but then again; they where all little kids and wouldn't dream of escaping.
Number 43 and 44 seemed restless but remained in their rooms, with their doctors.
Number 42 had broken his door down and escaped as well, obviously attracted to the noises he heard outside.

"Derby and his rebellion…Tetsuo and his odd silence, and the terrorist suspects suddenly wanting him…is there a connection in all this?" the Colonel thought as he replayed the tape of Tetsuo killing Zenchi, and Derby braking out of his room.

END OF CHAPTER 8.

AN: …review? Please? Sorry to those who expected Tetsuo to act friendly towards Kaneda, his memories still have not fully returned to him…so it's only natural for him to be aggressive to someone who's treating him like shit. Lol.

Teaser for next chapter

"What made you think you could escape, number 41!?"

"The fact you treat me like a number and not like an individual was enough for me to take out half your security, it was EASY."

"Couldn't have been easy if you're still here, now where are your friends!?"

"Up your ass, you stupid fuck. I'm not saying anything. And I only stayed behind because you still have my drugs; and I know I can't live without them. If I wasn't so dependant on this shit I would have escaped ages ago."