A.I. Takuya

Chapter Eight: The Escape

By KellyQ

Mr. Minamoto stared down at the android. Takuya's eyes still lacked pupils, and his body lay limp on the table. Ellen walked up and peered over her boss' shoulder. She looked the android over. This is it? He seems nothing more than an innocent child.

"Have you cracked all the codes on the disk?" He asked, snapping Ellen out of her thoughts.

"Just one more file, and Mr. Kanbara will be taken out," Ellen informed.

"Good. Nothing personal, little android," he said, fingers running through his hair. "You must be destroyed so people will not get hurt."

Mr. Minamoto followed Ellen out of the room. The door closed, and the room was silent. A lonely tear came down Takuya's cheek as he stared at the ceiling.

"What are you doing? Trying to attract attention?" Izumi asked, watching Kouji chip at the wall with a knife. He has been chipping away at the concrete wall for the past three hours.

"What's it look like!" Kouji barked, looking over his shoulder. "I'm trying to get us out of here before my father does something and makes it look like we did something bad."

Just then, the door opened, and Kouichi walked in. Kouji first grabbed his brother and slammed him into a wall, showing anger and distrust in his dark blue eyes.

"Where's Takuya?"

"Calm down. For starters, I should explain a few things to you," Kouichi said calmly, not fazed by his brother's actions.

"Then start talking."

"I'm the one who installed the Gemine in Takuya - well, 6-2-5 is his code name," Kouichi explained.

"Wait. The little android who tried to kill us - or take Takuya - said that the Gemine makes him disobey orders ... what did he mean by that?" Izumi questioned.

"The Gemine gives androids the ability to feel human emotions," Koucihi answered.

"How would you know all that?" Kouji inquired.

"Because ... I too ... am an android ..." Kouichi informed.

"No ..." Kouji whispered, backing away. He shook his head, not wanting to believe that. "No. It can't be true ..."

"I'm afraid it is. But we don't have time to talk. Father may try and stop Takuya's father from taking over the world. He's the one who created Takuya ... but the FBI doesn't know that father is doing a little plotting of his own, and if he finds out what Takuya is capable of ... he just might use him too."

"We're almost ready to proceed," the man said, holding the tooth metal saw.

Mr. Minamoto nodded his head. The man brought the device to Takuya's chest, and the lights suddenly went out. All the computers and equipment shut down. The room was now completely dark.

"What's going on?" Mr. Minamoto barked, looking at everyone in the room.

"I ... I don't know! We lost power to all the equipment!" One of the men informed.

Mr. Minamoto growled. He ran out of the room, and the others left the android alone. It wasn't long before he saw figures standing over him. Takuya wanted to move or say something, but he couldn't.

"Takuya ... can you hear me?" Kouji murmured.

Kouichi sat Takuya and pressed against his back. Static electricity surged through Takuya's body. The first thing Takuya did was turn violently, and they both went crashing to the ground. Kouichi was pinned to the ground.

"Oh, that's a nice way to thank someone."

"You lied ..." Takuya hissed.

"Look. We don't have time for this ... do you want Kouji to be lonely or not?" Kouichi asked. Takuya stared at Kouji and saw a lot of emotions in his eyes. Takuya pulled and stood up. Kouichi did the same. "Now come on, we haven't much time to lose! I only shut down the power briefly... now follow me - I know a secret way out that not even Father or android 6-2-4 knows."

He better not be pulling a fast on us, or I'm going to rip his head off with my hands, Izumi thought dangerously, following the others.

They came to a corner wall. They blinked when they realized that it was a sewer pipe. Metal bars were fastened around it. Taking a good hold of it, Kouichi ripped it off. The lights suddenly came back on. Everyone gasped, looking around fearfully.

Kouichi growled. "Hurry ... this way!" He ordered.

They all crawled into the drain pipe one by one. Kouji was the last one in, and he turned to notice that Kouichi had put the bars back up.

"Aren't you coming with us?" Kouji asked, concern and confusion laced in his voice.

Kouichi smiled sadly at his brother. "Wish I could, but you better get going!"

Kouichi turned and ran down the hallway, leaving them alone. Izumi was the first to speak up, saying they needed to keep going.

To Continued