The Inevitable: Friends of Revenge

By: Atomic Kokoro

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Sequel to "The Inevitable". Astro's killers break free from prison, and everyone, both friend and foe, ban together to take down the wanted criminals and return a little peace to the heart.

Before You Read

I finished writing my most popular story that actually isn't The Inevitable, but rather a Dragonball Z fanfiction called A Losing Battle. Check it out if you like Dragonball Z. It is actually quite popular, oddly enough. It's more popular than Karma, but more people write and read Dragonball Z, so, yeah.

Anyways, on with the story.

Chapter 3

Course Collision

The two teens glanced around, hoping no one would spot them. They sprinted across the tarmac. Reno hadn't felt this much adrenaline before. It seemed to have been building greater and greater as they approached the airliner.

"Hey, you!" a voice called out, sounding more frightened than frightening. Reno and Atlas stopped abruptly and turned to the voice of which belonged to a young rookie police officer. "What are you two doing here?"

Reno was frozen but Atlas found it appropriate to speak the truth. "Just the usual; hijacking a plane to save the world." With that, Atlas grabbed Reno's arm and sprinted faster than Reno's legs could carry him.

Reno struggled to keep up while Atlas ignored the empty threats and pleas to stop from the officers. "O'Sheay...will freak...when he finds out...what I've done," Reno hissed between gasps for air.

"O'Sheay won't know what we've done," Atlas said. "The attacks around the world is all over TV. This won't be shown."

"All over the world?" Reno repeated, feeling uneasy all of a sudden.

Atlas smirked but said nothing. However, the smirk disappeared when a shot drove past his head. Reno yelped. His arm slipped through Atlas's clutches. Atlas spun around to check on the human but found no reason to when Reno grasped Atlas's hand at the last second.

The boys finally made it, under fire, to the plane. The steps were already down, so they sprinted up the stairs and entered the plane. Reno released Atlas's hand and bolted down to the cockpit. Atlas removed the steps and closed the door, just as the plane lifted off the ground.

Atlas trotted down to the cockpit where Reno was piloting the plane. The teenage robot took a seat beside Reno and sighed. Reno finished entering the coordinates for Tokyo and leaned back, panting. "That was intense," he said between breaths.

Atlas nodded. "Yeah."

A moment of silence between them passed. "I'm going into the back," Reno announced finally. "You coming?"

Atlas nodded again. "Yeah," he said once more.

The two left the cockpit. Reno examined the cabin, surprised by it's rather small size. It could carry only twelve people; a private jet, no doubt. "Oops," he whispered under his breath. If they recognized him and Atlas, they would be so screwed.

…

Abbie sighed. "How much farther?" she half-whined, half-asked.

Ken smirked. "A long way, Princess." Abbie gave a huff of impatience.

To their surprise, a rather nice-looking limo pulled up beside them. Ken was sure it was foreign by the design of the limo. Abbie and Ken exchanged unsure looks, wondering why this person had pulled up. The sound of the automatic window scrolling down attracted their attention.

The duo gasped in horror.

…

Reno eased himself into a seat and leaned back, still drained from the escape. He flinched and grasped his arm. Atlas eyed the boy carefully. He couldn't see why Reno was acting this way. Reno pulled his hand away from his arm and glanced at it.

Atlas peered over Reno's shoulder to make sure he was okay. However, he wasn't. There was a thick line of blood smeared across his palm. "Why didn't you tell me you were injured?" Atlas demanded.

Reno flinched from the sudden and loud voice. "Ah...uh..." Reno stuttered. "I didn't want to...worry you?"

Atlas scoffed. "Like I'd be worried," he chuckled. "You're pretty funny."

Reno just played along. "I'll be fine. Don't worry."

"Like I said," Atlas began. "I don't worry."

He disappeared into the back, leaving Reno in the seats alone who was trying to keep blood from spilling onto the leather seats.

…

"Please?" she asked. Pluto was staring at Zoran, thinking over the plan.

"I think Reno and Atlas can take care of themselves," he repeated.

Zoran sighed. "I know, but their my brothers, too. I'm not gonna let them die like...like..." She couldn't bare to say his name. It was too much to think about. "Atlas and Reno are going to Tokyo. I know it!"

"This doesn't sound like them, though," Epsilon mused. "I mean, yes, Reno is a bit of fighter and Atlas can get...carried away, but to tackle someone so big? They know their limits."

Alejo and Ambercrombie, who actually wanted take care of things in Metro City like they always had, had been dragged along because Reno and Atlas had been missing. They also found Ken was nowhere to be found. It was assumed he ran off on his own to find them, which was another "out-of-character" thing for them to acknowledged.

"So, what are we going to do?" Denku asked, obviously uncertain about chasing after Astro's two brothers.

Zoran pounded her fist into her hand. "Obvious. We go after them. We go to Tokyo."

"We don't stand a chance against those guys. If they beat Astro, how are we going to do that?" Ambercrombie whimpered.

Alejo agreed. "There's far more of them now. Perhaps more than us!"

Zoran growled and stomped a foot on the ground. "Atlas and Reno don't jump in to something without a plan. We do the thing Astro didn't have time to do; find their weakness!" When she got no response, she continued. "Haven't you heard the saying, 'Hito seikō shibashiba mi-kata'? 'Those who try often succeed'. We may not succeed-heck we could die-but it's better to die trying than to die on our knees. What would Astro do?"

Everyone responded to that. Zoran smiled, finally grasping everyone's attention. "So, who's with me?"

…

"Zade?" Abbie squeaked, stepping back.

Zade leaned forward and rested his arms on the vehicle. "I mean no harm, Princess. Not now," he assured.

Ken balled his fists. "Yeah? Why should we trust you? You kidnapped Reno and threatened to kill him if we didn't give you the Scale of Torhan. You were even going to kill me!"

Zade chuckled. "I decided to set that aside. If those robots destroy Mayora, I won't have a Kingdom to rule over once I get the Scale."

Abbie thought about his words. "Are you saying your going to try to stop Itami and Kousen? You're going to help us?"

Zade shrugged. "In short...yes. Now, get in the car," he said, opening the door. "Unless you want to walk all the way there with no food yet lots of money. What's the use of money if you can't spend it?"

Ken and Abbie looked at each other. "What other choice do we have?" Ken whispered.

"I don't know," replied Abbie. "I still don't trust him."

Ken agreed. "But there's nothing else we can do. Reno and Atlas will be there soon and they'll need our help if they end up facing against Itami and Kousen."

Abbie bit her lip, then looked at Zade. The way his expression was, annoyed with a bit of impatience, he almost looked like Atlas. "Alright," Abbie said. "We accept."

The two entered enemy territory (aka the limo) and sat down. Zade turned to face his driver. "Tokyo, asap," he ordered. The driver tilted his hat and drove forward. Zade turned back to Ken and Abbie. "I hope you know, I'm not doing this for you or the kid and his idiot robot friend. I'm doing this for myself."

Then Zade looked out the window, lost in thought. Abbie tried desperately not to smile.

…

Atlas wrapped the cloth around Reno's bleeding arm. It wasn't a good injury. It was the same arm Atlas had been holding onto while they were running.

"I though you said you didn't worry," Reno joked.

Atlas scoffed. "I don't want you bleeding to death; I need you if my plan is going to work."

"Plan? What plan?"

Atlas thought about speaking. He opened his mouth to reply when the plane shook. Atlas grasped a chair to regain his balance. "What going on?"

Reno stood and sprinted to the cockpit. He looked around. "Damn!" he cursed. "We're under fire!"

"Under fire? By who?" Atlas yelled back.

Reno jumped into the seat. "I don't know yet," he replied. He did come quick calculating in his mind and nodded. "I think I can get us out of this mess. Good thing we chose a small plane!"

Atlas agreed.

Reno grasped the handle with all his might and deactivated the autopilot. He pulled on the controls and the plane dove up. He looked at the handles, hoping to see buttons. None. "Couldn't steal a fighter plane," he muttered to himself.

He steered the plane down, causing Atlas to fly back into the cabin. He spun the plane around and hoped he had lost them. He couldn't see where or who was attacking them. Reno was pretty sure he lost them.

He sighed and pressed his head against the controls.

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion and Reno felt himself fly out of his seat and onto the ground. Even then, he could feel himself still getting tossed around. He finally got to his feet and stared out the front.

Reno screamed.

He stumbled into the back, hoping to see Atlas. Atlas was lying face first in the isle, his feet kicked up to a chair to the side. "We need to get out!" Reno yelled. "We're going to crash into a building!"

Atlas's eyes shot open. It was a race against time. He fought against gravity and rushed over to Reno, who was staring through the open cockpit door and watching the building get larger and larger. Ten seconds.

The robotic teen wrapped one arm around Reno's waist and struggled to the door. He kicked it off the plane and pushed Reno out. Reno free-fell down towards the pavement. Atlas jumped out after Reno.

The plane crashed into the building and exploded.

The boys protected themselves from the flying debris as they fell to the ground faster and faster. Atlas reached out a hand to Reno who willingly took it. Atlas activated his rockets just before they hit the ground. Reno could feel the pavement brush against his other arm.

Reno hadn't been able to fly. No, not since...that day. A mix of emotions overtook him and he burst into laughter and tears at the same time. Atlas laughed at Reno's reaction before blinking in realization.

Who could blame the kid?

…

Itami watched the plane crash into the remains of a building. "It's seems we have some...visitors..."