Search of the Antiquorum (Astro boy X reader)

House of horrors

You jumped off the ship once you landed on the star. This star was more like a planet to be honest. Although it looked almost as dead as earth, you could still breath in it. You raised an eyebrow and looked up at Zack.

"Hey Zack, are you sure that this is a star? Looks more like a planet to me." You told. Zack nodded.

"Yeah, its an artificially made one." Zack told as he glanced up at the old building which had black clouds over it. He then gulped and turned around. "W-well good luck in getting some gas. I'll be waiting on the ship." Zack told as he ran past Astro who had jumped down and looked around with a big grin.

"Woah, this place looks cool!" Astro exclaimed. You grinned at him and nodded.

"Yeah! Actually I need you to keep an eye on the ship while Veronica and I check the building out." You told while Veronica gave you a bewildered look and began complaining about going with you. Astro frowned at what you said and pouted.

"What!? But I want to go too!" Astro complained. You shook your head.

"It shouldn't take us too long. You wait here with Plue and Zack. Veronica and I will go and sort things out with whoever stays here." You told. Astro sighed and reluctantly agreed. You smiled and turned towards Veronica. "Okay, let's get going." Veronica mumbled under her breath as the two of you made your way towards the old two story house which had rotting floorboards.

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You and Veronica slowly entered the house and looked around in the entrance. Veronica then huffed and blew some of her hair out of her face.

"Kind of hard to believe that this place is a gas station. Are you sure that Zack didn't get the place confused with something else?" Veronica questioned. You shrugged and took a step into the house.

"Who knows." Suddenly, the door slammed shut behind the two of you, making the two of you freeze. The two of you began to shake as the two of you slowly turned around to face the door. Both you and Veronica then rushed over to the door and jiggled the door knob. This house was obviously based off a model from over 1000 years ago. You growled in frustration when it wouldn't open and sighed. "It's locked." Veronica's eyes widened.

"What!? Then how are we going to get out!?" Veronica cried. You shrugged and turned around and walked down the entrance hall.

"We'll just have to find another exit. In the meantime let's find some fuel. Or at least the person who owns this place." You told. Veronica sighed and walked closely behind you.

"Seriously, why couldn't we just take Astro with us? He would have been a big help you know." You ignored Veronica's comment and continued down the hallway. You saw that the hallway lead into a lounge room and you walked in and looked around. Everything looked so old. The roofs contained chandeliers and the furniture looked like something from the 18th century. Veronica walked into the room and eyed all the furniture.

"Where's the person who lives here?" You questioned as you looked around. Veronica shrugged and eyed the furniture.

"Hmm I'm not too sure but this furniture looks pretty old." You nodded. The lights above you then flickered on and off. You looked up and frowned.

"Looks like somebody didn't pay the electricity bill..." You muttered. Veronica stood up and frowned.

"This is seriously getting weird, we should get out of here." Veronica said. You frowned at her.

"No, we need to find some fuel. Come on, let's have a look in the other rooms." You told as you walked towards the kitchen. Veronica rolled her eyes.