Who History Forgot (Astro Boy x Reader) UNDER EDITING

Auview Settlement: Reno and Abby

(Yes, the photo is one that I took in a field near my house around 6 am. It is meant to represent what I think Auview would look like. Also, I'm sorry that I haven't made an update in a couple weeks, I've really been trying to finish this book.)

The soft hum of the bike engine sung out into the cool early morning air. Below us a soft blanket of fog rested over the ground, hiding the view of the morning dew that had been left behind. We had driven the trailer straight through the night, stopping just once. We were now many miles away from Metro City to the northwest, only about 15 miles from the settlement of Auview.

I smiled as the small town came into view, seeing a few early risers out in the crisp weather. I'd sorely missed bright mornings like these, where you can just see the first fiery rays of the sun emerge from behind the hills. Of course, the beauty of this place was only helped by its disconnection with technology.

While Auview as a whole was not against tech the people here were very wary of advancing. This wasn't to say they didn't have their own scientists and inventions, they merely seemed to be based on local resources instead of grandiose projects. One of these aforementioned scientists was a young man I knew very well, a man named Reno. It had been a fairly long time since I had last seen him, although I wished the visit was under happier circumstances.

The bike touched down at the edge of town, about a block's length from the nearest house. I rode the machine as quietly as possible as a polite gesture to not wake the residents when I passed. Our ride stopped at the end of a dirt road cul-de-sac, in front of a two-story cottage-façade house. It was clear that the place was loved, as its new coat of paint had nearly dried, and the yard was green, beautiful tiger lilies in bloom scattered across it.

I pulled the bike into the dirt drive and shut off the engine, it's constant hum now leaving the street totally quiet, save for the early morning birds. My heart was in awe of the beauty of the place, a soft melancholy hidden in the cool air. I took a deep breath, reveling in the feeling before placing a hand on Sam's shoulder and gently shaking him. 

"Rise and Shine sleeping beauty." I said, a smile in my tone. The boy was squished down quite far in the side car of the bike, his face just under the metal lip on the side. He woke slowly, bumping his head on the metal as he struggled to sit up. I laughed slightly. Sam pouted at me. 

"Cmon' it was a little funny." I smiled. 

Sam straightened up in the seat and attempted to flatten the hair on the back of his head. 

"Uh huh, sure. You try sleeping in a side car sometime, see how easy it is." Sam shot back. 

"Hmm, I would've but I was the one driving the bike. Would you have rather driven through the night?" I asked in an innocent tone. 

Sam quickly shook his head. "No, no. That's fine, I'll stay in the side car."

"That's what I thought." 

The blond hopped out of the seat, his feet reaching the ground before standing. After a good stretch and a yawn, he looked at me. 

"Where are we now?" He asked. 

I clicked my tongue. "Auview settlement, outside the city. I thought you knew that already."

"Oh." He said. "I didn't realize we were there already, I thought this was a stop on the way." 

I explained that we hadn't stopped sooner for safety reasons. With no official government anywhere outside settlements there was always a great possibility of danger. We didn't want anything to happen to our 'precious cargo' after all. 

"Sooo... what now?" Sam rocked on his heels. 

I had moved to the back of the trailer while he asked me this. "Now we head inside and talk to my friends about our 'situation'. I'm hoping that they'll be okay with helping us with this." With my hands in work gloves, I unhooked the trailer from the bike and removed the chains from each side.