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“You’re acting so crabby tonight.” Zoran said to Atlas as the Ferris Wheel reached the top. “I sure picked the wrong day to go with you didn’t I? You act as if I’m a virus on your back.”

Atlas snorted. “That’s so unfair Zoran! I’m kept very busy by the Doctor, by school, I don’t try to avoid you on purpose. In fact where do you spend most of your time? Giggling about boys with your friends at the mall so cut me a little slack?” Atlas sat back against his seat and frowned. “She does have a point there Astro. I can tell you don’t spend a lot of time with her like you should.”

A few cars behind, Reno was holding Abby closely. “Why of all the boys you’ve probably met why would you chose me? I mean look at me, I’m not the most rounded off guy you’d know. I probably have less class than a summer school.”

“You really short yourself don’t you?” Abby replied. “I know plenty of Princesses who excel at class and really blow it, I mean bottom of the bucket ignorance and stupidity hidden by perfect words and neatly tailored suits. Not a single one could fix a toaster.”

Reno smiled. “Wow! I’ve been selected because of a toaster!”

“The position you would fill will be a difficult challenge for you Reno but the benefits of having someone so gifted in our country in robotics will pay giant dividends years from now. What Prince do you know could get their clothes full of grease and want to work with robots whos jobs are too nasty to think about?”

Just then the Ferris wheel started up only to shut down with a loud thump. Down below, Astro grabbed a megaphone. “Ladies and gentlemen, forgive the inconvenience but our ride has suffered a slight technical problem. Rest assured we will get this taken care off as quickly as we can. In the meantime…enjoy the sights and sounds of the amusement park at night and please…no funny stuff in the cars?”

Reno relaxed as he looked down over the park. “This has the makings of a conspiracy. I think Astro and the other kids are trying to make me say yes.”

“If they are, then I think you should follow your heart.” Abby said as she rubbed his hand. “Please Reno…I know you.”

Reno smiled. “You and just about everyone else.”

Just then a knock on the side of the wheel car and a toothy grin made Abby jump. “Astro!”

Atlas held Zoran in his arms. “Wow…how ironic we meet huh egghead?”



Reno groaned. “I should have known. You’ve been bothering me the whole night and you said you didn’t want to!”

“What?” Zoran replied. “He’s been with me the whole time Reno…hi Abby!”

Abby waved back. “So you dragged your brother here?”

“Not voluntarily…I was hypnotized.”

Zoran bonked Atlas on the head. “Say that again and I’ll hypnotize you real good!”

“Hey! The night’s young Sis! Let’s leave these two alone and get some ice cream.”

Atlas flew off leaving Reno to hug Abby as she started to shiver. “I should have brought a jacket.”

“I’m fine.” Abby said smiling.

“Abby…I guess I’d keep hesitating if I thought….if I thought I’d never see…if I changed too much…”

Abby closed in and gave Reno a kiss on the cheek. “You change? I doubt it. If I gave you a workshop you wouldn’t end up trashing? I’d be very worried.”

Reno thought for a moment. “I won’t put it off another minute….my answer is yes.”

Abby reached out and hugged Reno as the Ferris Wheel started up again. Their joy was registered in the warm giddiness of Astro’s dancing feet down below.

Meanwhile, Atlas was gorging himself on a large hot fudge Sunday, the first time he’d ever decided to try ice cream…or what seemed like it to his sister as she licked the syrup off a 3 stacker cone.

“Hungry Astro?” She wondered.

“Are you kidding?! This is awesome!” Atlas finally found out what Astro meant by being a ice cream kick freak. He reached over the counter and poured more syrup and nuts atop his melting mound of chocolate. “You’re not too excited?”

Zoran pursed her lips. “You could at least take your time and not look like a big pig. You have syrup dripping off your chin!”

Atlas moved away from Zoran’s attempt to clean him. “Can’t you see I’m savoring this?! Aw heck, let me power shovel this and we’ll hit some more rides!”


Astro felt satisfied that he’d accomplished his wants and was walking around the park content to leave Reno and Abby alone for a while. He stopped to pull a baseball cap lower over his face as Atlas and Zoran ran past him towards another wild rollercoaster ride…”They’re having fun.” He thought to himself as he found a place to sit and save his power battery. He was looking down at his boots and missed the two men who passed him by. Two men he would have known that were up to obviously no good.

“So the boss thinks that Princess came here?” Asked the shorter of the two men.

“Yeah….that’s what he told me.” The larger white hair and bearded man wearing a pair of John Lennon glasses replied. “She’s hanging around with some kid from the Science Ministry. The boss says the rock she has on her is a fortune in diamond.”

This is so good! It could of been a real episode. I think the part where Atlas is eating the ice cream like a pig is so funny!

i havn't read it yet, but i will i like readng storyies when i've got noting to do thats when i'm calm and not in a ADHD hyper mood i act like a emo

“Yeah….that’s what he told me.” The larger white hair and bearded man wearing a pair of John Lennon glasses replied. “She’s hanging around with some kid from the Science Ministry. The boss says the rock she has on her that’s worth a fortune. But since he’s in jail we’re working on a contract to hand it over to some foreign guy.”

“You know what this Ministry brainiac looks like?” His partner asked as he used a one eye spy glass to sweep around the park.

“He’s got spiky hair. Here’s his picture though.” The two men looked at the Polaroid and matches faces as they walked around. They didn’t notice Atlas as he behind them after Zoran to find another ride.

‘The tilt a whirl! We haven’t tried that!” Zoran yelled as she bounded over the line rope and dropped her ticket onto the operator’s head.

“Wait up! “Shoot she’s so fast, I’m already a quarter into my back-up power cell, when does this girl get tired?!” Atlas thought as he buckled himself against the padded rest next to Zoran. “You’re crazy…no wonder your brother’s so ditsy.”

“Huh?” Zoran looked at Atlas. “My brother?”

“Uh…..just commenting on how you drive me nuts sometimes!” Atlas said waving his hands as the ride started. “What does this thing do anyways?”

Zoran gave him a toothy grin. “You’ll find out.”

Meanwhile, Abby and Reno were sitting outside a soda fountain shop sharing a big multi-swirl ice cream shake.

Zoran chuckled. “And I thought with all the flying you do, this wouldn’t make you dizzy.”

“I don’t fly in circles all day sis!” Atlas sighed. “God of robots give her a short circuit, she’s trying to kill me!”

Atlas saw something out of the corner of an eye that made him turn his head. He though he knew the face of the kid being pushed into a blind corner but he certainly knew the face of the tall stocky man doing the brute pushing. “Stay here ok Sis? I thought I just saw Reno walking around.”

“Don’t take it as an excuse to ditch me Astro! There’s more rides to go on you know!”

“I wouldn’t dream of it!” Atlas replied. “Yeah right, say that again Atlas as if you really mean it.”

Reno didn’t see the two goons till the taller one shoved the ice cream cone into Reno’s chest and all but threw him into the blind ally while his shorter accomplice wrapped an arm around Abby’s throat and flash a knife. “Don’t do anything stupid Princess and we’ll finish this business with no problems.”

“Abby!” Reno snarled as he pushed back against the tall goon. “Get out of my way or so help me you big stupid pile of….”

Reno’s head violently snapped sideways as the butt of a pistol crashed into his cheek. Another hard hit sent him spinning into a trashcan and falling into a heap on the ground!”

“RENO!” Abby screamed as she twisted her body and broke the hold the smaller thug had on her and slammed her fist into his neck. She kicked him away and broke towards her fallen boyfriend only to get caught by the larger goon and have a rag thrown over her face.

“A little chloroform should fix you.” The bruit snarled as he fought with the struggling Princess.

Then came a tap on the back. “Hey…you shouldn’t treat a girl like that.”

The goon felt himself lifted off the ground and tossed through the air into a pile of wooden boxes.

Abby was feeling dizzy when she fell onto Astro’s shoulders…or so she thought it was Astro. “Uh….Astro…thank you….”

“Uh….yeah…Maybe you shouldn’t be so easy to grab don’t you think?” Atlas said as he grabbed Abby by the hand and pulled her over to Reno. “Sit down and catch your breath.” He told her as he bent over Reno.

“This is what you get when you try to be a hero fleshy.”

“EEEEEEEEEE!!” The sound of Zoran’s screaming made Atlas turn and jump up with his fist clenched. “Ugh! I TOLD YOU TO STAY IN THE RIDE ZORAN!”

“Duh! LIKE I LISTEN TO YOU HALF THE TIME RIGHT?!” Zoran screamed back as the short goon pushed his pistol to her head.

“I got armor piercing bullets Astro so if you don’t want her chips and wires all over the place I suggest you sit still and shut up.”

Atlas was boiling. “Oh…you’re expecting me to behave myself?” Atlas looked around. “Look here idiot. If you drop her on the ground and just walk away…I won’t snap you in half like a twig.”

The goon laughed…till he watched Atlas snatch up the man’s larger partner, sucker punch him in the stomach and throw him roughly against a wall. “Now…did that impress you?”

The goon pushed Zoran away…”You’re not supposed to do that! You’re not supposed to hurt humans!”

“Oh yeah?” Atlas said smirking. “And who made up that dumb rule?” He started stomping towards the shivering goon. “ You have a gun and in my rules, a dumb pink colored fleshy human waving a gun is about as stupid a thing in need of a boot planting as any dumb human on the planet!”

The goons ploy worked. His large partner had just enough strength left to chuck a C shaped metal foil into Atlas’s neck. The next thing the angry boy bot saw….was nothing.

Astro was board silly sitting all alone at the top of the ferris wheel until he saw the gathering crowd down below parting for an ambulance near one of the bumper car rides. He pushed his way through the looky loo gatherers until he saw an EMT placing an ice pack over Reno’s bruised forhead.

“Reno!” Astro yelled as he crawled up to his injured friend. “What happened? Where’s Abby?”

“You always ask the simple questions?” Reno said weakly. “I thought you kept those goons off of her?”

Astro thought. “Atlas…boy are they in trouble.”

“Uh…they slipped out, sprayed mace, nasty stuff on the lips.”

Reno frowned. “Well don’t sit there dorking out, go after them! Ouch! I think I got a concussion, a contusion or some stupid thing.”

“Did you see my sister?” Astro asked. He stood up and pushed his way back through the crowd yelling for Zoran.

“Ugh….they must have taken her too. I don’t know what’s worse…Zoran screaming or Atlas breaking bones…I gotta find those idiots before they end up in knots.”

Skunk’s old hide out
West of Metro City

Abby sat bound and gagged in a corner of the small shack cursing and trying to stomp her feet while a young man dressed in a grey suit stood dangling the sacred stone of Toron from his fingers. His wild dreadlock tailored hair told her the obvious…

“Kamar….you scoundrel, I knew you would try getting the stone again. You didn’t learn from your first mistake, did you!”

“Nice to see you again Abby. You’ve switched boyfriends again? How nice.” Just for fun he smacked a haymaker club off Atlas’s cheek. “A poor choice though, a stupid robot. Long time Astro.”

“Not long enough.” Atlas snarled. “Dumb idiot, I really need to teach him how to put some fear into you dumb fleshy’s so you’ll behave!”

“What?” Kamar said. “I don’t think so. See I was fortunate to find out the plans to this submission ring that was made specially for you. Not to mention the fact that while you’ve been sleeping, I did a few modifications and wired you to some explosives.”

Atlas started thrashing about on the table. “I wouldn’t waste my time Astro, you’re not going anywhere….yet.”

Kamar over to Abby. “Now…we can put an end to all this foolishness Abby if….if you will publicly admit that you love me and that you will betrove yourself to me on your 18th birthday.”

Atlas snapped. “No! Abby! Don’t listen to that fork tongued jerk!”

Kamar clicked a switch and Atlas writhed in pain. “I didn’t ask for opinions. Abby, if you don’t do it I’ll flip this other little switch and you can watch your friend’s electronic guts go flying through the roof.”

Atlas forced himself to roll over. “Abby…if you do it, if you say yes to that creep he’ll take your country, he’ll strip it blind then he’ll kill you….don’t worry about me, I’m all bolts and screws and cheep parts.” Atlas rolled back onto his back. “Ok, this is where the boy-scout comes in…where are you Goody Boots.”

Kamar stomped over to Atlas dragging Abby by her hair. “Nice words but all for nothing!” He ripped Abby’s gag off. “Say it! Say it Abby or your friend here is a scrap pile!”

“Knock, knock…”

The knocking at the door made everyone pause.

“Knock, knock….Domino’s Pizza!.....”

Kamar pulled a pistol from his waist band. “What kind of stupidity is this?”

“Calm down dude.” The short goon said shrugging. “I ordered a pizza.”

“You did what?! You stupid idiot!”

Kamar was too slow to stop the stunted goon’s opening of the door. He quickly tried to close it as a foot kicked it back open.”Oops! I’m at the wrong address! I meant to deliver a butt kicking sandwitch!” Astro snatched the shortie by his jacket and threw him into a tree. “Well…shouldn’t let a good thing spoil should I?”

By the time Astro turned around, Abby and her captors were out the back door and running through the woods towards a pre-positioned get-a-way car. He found Atlas lying on the floor trying to free himself from a pair of magnetic bondings.

Astro snapped them apart and grasped Atlas by the shoulders. “Are you alright?”



“Oh yeah.” Atlas snorted. “A bomb in my chest but thanks for being so concerned.”

Astro pulled Atlas’s chest plate open and came face to face with the plastic explosive and the twisted mess of wires stacked on top of it. He tried to put his hands inside only to have Atlas slap them off. “What are you doing?! Go do that gushy hero stuff humans go gaga for, I’ll handle this.”

“You can’t even see what you’re doing!”

Atlas snatched Astro by an ear. “Shut up and save the Princess or so help me I’ll pound you till this bomb goes off.”

Astro smirked and stood up. “Look for the red wire. It’s always the red one you know.”

“Shut…..up…..and fly you stupid…..DORK!” Atlas screamed and sent Astro flying through the roof. “The red one? Now why don’t I feel comfortable with that old human TV myth?”

Abby was screaming and punching the big goon as Kamar stuffed the sacred stone of Toron into his pocket. “Shut her up!”

The big goon was about to throw a punch when a rush of wind blew past his face and sucked him out of the back seat of the car.

“What the?!” Kamar snorted as he looked back to find….nothing. His henchman was gone, Abby was gone, even the felt cover of the back seat was gone! But the sudden way his face smooshed into the front window glass told him that his pain in the neck, wasn’t gone.

Astro picked the car up by its front bumper and spun it on his hand. “You ok Abby?”

“You were a little late.” She replied giggling.

Astro looked up seeing Kamar scrunched up by the centrifugal force, dropped the car and threw him onto the hood. “Surprise! Didn’t know I was a good magician huh?”

Astro threw the stone of Toron back to Abby then tied the young man up and hung him upside down from a tree branch. “Inspector Towashi and the police will be here soon. Don’t worry about Reno, he’s got a very hard head.”

“Thank you again as always.” Abby said as she kissed Astro’s cheek.





“giggles” “I’ll never wash my face again.” Astro said smiling before he jumped up and flew off back to where Atlas was laying. As he came to rest on the ground a few feet from the shack, Astro was thrown off his feet by a powerful explosion.

“ATLAS!” Astro screamed as he ran to the flaming remains of the blown apart shack and kicked and threw debris over his head. “ATLAS! ATLAS!”

The sound of coughing and the sight of a stumbling Atlas pulling himself from a bush brought relief. Astro ran over and held the red bot as he pulled off his remaining charred disguise. “You ok? What happened?”

Atlas looked at Astro. “Uh….I tried to cut the yellow wire and threw the bomb out the door when it exploded.”

“I told you it was the red wire!” Astro snorted.

“I cut the red wire and it started the bomb timer!”

“Well I’m never perfect!” Astro yelled into Atlas’s ear. The next thing that no one ever saw was the dust cloud, fists, trees and kicking feet that flew down a dirt slope and splashed into a thick pool of mud.

The laughter could have been heard all over Japan.

Epilogue
Doctor O’Shay’s suite
The next week

Atlas sat smugly in the welcomed hot bubbling water of O’Shay’s hot-tub. He smirked at Astro as he kneeled down dressed in a 3 piece black suit and handed Atlas a tall glass of Vanilla shake.

“Is that to your liking Sir?” Astro asked with a serious look.

“Will you stop that already?” Atlas asked as he took a sip. ”Well…looks like we got what we both wanted.”

Astro smiled. “Yup. Reno’s happy, Abby’s giddy and Zoran’s blissfully tolerable.” He said as he sat behind Atlas and started scrubbing his back. “You know what? You and I make an awesome team. You really aren’t as bad as you think.”

Atlas smirked back. “I hope you’re not assuming that because I helped you that I would change my toon? Expect me to be twice the pain in your pointy head…especially if you try telling Zoran she can’t take me out on a date.”

Astro laughed. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“You better not…now be a good butler and wash my feet.”


THE END

That was a very good ending, I found it very funny.
but now my eyes hurt.

Very good!

Atlas's attitude is funny.

Atlas's attitude is funny.

He's all Goofus and Gallant goolashed, he hates Astro's love and respect for humans but he craves Astro's companionship because he's all alone. He dislikes humans with a pasion yet all humans who are firefighters he worships. He curses humans for all the ills of the world, he'll save them one minute then ruefully blast them for the "stupidity" that allowed them to get into trouble.

In the end between him and Astro it's a tollerable relationship but you'll never get Atlas to answer a dinner invite if the good Doctor O'shay values his fragile house settings, things won't stay quite for 5 minutes before the two boys are clobbering each other.