Riley, Frank and Denis skated to the bar on their boards. "Asselyum, let's go skate!" Denis shouted from outside.
"Maybe they didn't hear you." Frank said and Riley walked inside.

Sirens were ringing inside and everyone was running here and there, as if the place was on fire. Riley saw Asselyum talking to Axel and walked towards her.

"Asselyum, what's happening?"
"The X-DROIDs are coming." She seemed in a hurry. She was putting on her boots.
"X-DROIDs?"
"They are the monsters that I have to defeat."

Denis and Frank stood at the door and peeped inside.
"Asselyum, let's go." Axel picked up his toolkit and she got up.

Riley pulled her arm.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Saving you." She replied.
She pulled her arm back, "Don't interfere if you don't know a thing."
"How am I supposed to know something when you didn't tell it to me? Hey!" She moved towards the basement and he followed her.

Jimmy was putting on his VR glasses and Lupin was on his computer.
"Are you even listening to me?" Riley said as they both reached the basement with Axel. Lupin and Jimmy stared at them.

"Asselyum! Asselyum-- Listen to me--"
"What more do you want? All you do is whine. I told you what I'm here for. This is why I exist and now you're just in the way."
Riley looked into her eyes, "Is that really you, Asselyum?"

She smirked, "You're an idiot to expect from a robot what you do from a human."
"We both know that this excuse makes no sense. If you can feel hurt, you would know what hurts people."
"You are hurt? How do you feel now?"
"I don't."
Her eyebrows relaxed.

"I thought we were friends. I should've known-- Being nice does you no good!" He ran out of the basement and Asselyum went after him.
"Asselyum!" Jimmy shouted, "Dammit, why now?!" He punched the bars.

"Lupin?" Axel turned towards Lupin who was typing something, "Do you have a plan?"
Lupin shook his head.
"Oh man.We're all gonna die."

"Let's go." Riley said to Denis and Frank as he reached the door and got on his board.
"What happened?" Denis asked but Riley just skated away. Asselyum pushed Denis and got on his board.

"I'm borrowing this!" She shouted and went ahead. Riley clenched his teeth.
"Riley!" Asselyum shouted from behind. He went downhill and his speed increased till the time he reached the bottom.

But a pebble struck the tires and he fell flat with a scraped elbow and waist. Asselyum reached him as he lay on the ground. He was looking at the sky.

"Skateboarding has taught me how to fall. But I didn't know you could fall this way too."
"Are you going to cry now?" She asked.
"You can probably see right through me..." He smiled, "Why did you do this, Asselyum?"

"It was necessary. You need to move away from me."
"Is this a game to you? You can come close or push me away whenever you want?"
"I won't come close again."
"You don't decide that." Asselyum was quiet, "You know, I'll admit it. My mistake," He got up.

"I trusted you too easily. I'm sorry."
"You're the one who is hurt-- Why are you apologising?"
"Because you aren't apologising for hurting me."
Asselyum looked at her feet.
"But I'm not like you." He got on his board and she looked at him.

"Once I make friends, I never abandon them. Even if it kills me."
"You're an idiot."
"No, I'm just lonely." He skated away.

Asselyum suddenly heard a loud noise and turned back. She saw a huge water tornado, rise up and fall and ran towards it. Lucifer was still standing at the top of the tower, with an entire storm surrounding the bridge. People were sitting and watching from their cars.

Gotham created a whirlpool in the water which reached him but the wind protected Lucifer. The water rose up like dragons and attacked Lucifer in all directions, but the wind rotated around him like a shield and repelled all the water, which fell on the cars as huge splashes. Lucifer was unusually calm while fighting with her.

MiK and Norman were fighting Allianz and Delete on the bridge while Valorie and Giles hid beneath the bridge with his runblaster, waiting for the right moment.

The bridge was slowly breaking down. Soon, a huge group of about fifty boys came on their skateboards, led by Riley. They helped everyone out of their cars and took them to the other side of the bridge.

Soon, Lucifer noticed something. There were glass shards inside the water. He smirked, "Dirty move."
She smiled back at him, "Don't you like it that way?"
He rose his hands and a blue crown appeared on his head. The circumference of the tornado increased and went inside the east waters.
"You made me do it so don't cry."
The entire water body rose up in the air. Gotham smiled, "So naive."

This incident appeared everywhere on the news.

"A supernatural incident appears near the Manhatten bridge."
The experts were giving their views on the topic and it was already a trending topic on every social media platform. Lupin tried his best to cover this incident but it was futile. The sites began crashing because of the hype people had created around this.

Evelyn was sitting inside the orphanage, watching television with other children who were having their lunch. He watched the news and saw Riley on TV. Asselyum soon reached there too, she helped MiK and Norman fight Delete and Allianz, "Is dad there too?" He mumbled.

He picked up his board and ran outside the orphanage, towards the Manhatten bridge.

Slaine sat on a sofa, reading a few papers he had borrowed from a library.

"You love reading, don't you?" Dexter said as he sat beside him. Slaine quickly closed the paper, "Not really, I was just bored."
"I'm bored too." Dexter said, "What do you want to do?"

"I want you to leave Ben."
"You brought it up again? I told you we won't kill him."
"Let him go. You have me now--"
"I'm not doing that."
"Why?"
"Because I still don't trust you enough to let Ben go."

"What will I have to do make you trust me?"

Dexter smirked and took the papers away from Slaine. He kept them aside on the table and leaned towards Slaine. Slaine smiled nervously as he pressed his hands on his chest, gently pushing it away but Dexter seemed stronger. He pressed his hands on Slaine's face.

"I-I'm a minor, haha--"
"I know that." He looked into his eyes and moved his fingers down his neck.
'I'm scared.'

"For this world, I'm dead. I left behind my luxurious house and my way of living just to make this work. Can't you leave behind your ego?"
Finally, Slaine slapped Dexter.
'Sorry, Jimmy. I'm not as good as you.'

Dexter laughed, "Wow! Even the teenage you rejected me, Benjamin."
'Benjamin?'
"It was a joke. I just wanted to see your reaction. I won't push a child. Anyways, dinner is ready. You should eat something."

Dexter left the room, leaving Slaine in a heap of thoughts.

"I'll have to use plan B now." He removed his hoodie.

-To be continued 

Slaine Benjamin
5500 Rebellion