Search of the Antiquorum (Astro boy X reader)

Ready as I'll ever be

You sat in the living room with the iron cylinder in your hands. Everyone stood around you, awaiting for the next clue leading to the Antiquorum. You unscrewed the lid of the cylinder and took out a worn document. You then opened it and read over the contents.

"In a stream of stars, your desire awaits. Your next destination is in a place where time has no end nor beginning. The sands of time that is ever flowing." You read out. You then scrunched up your face in confusion. "A place where time has no end nor beginning? What kind of place is that?" You asked yourself. You then looked up at the others. "Any ideas?" Everyone looked at each other and shrugged. You sighed and looked down at the document. You then heard the door open and turned to see Plue and Astro walk through it. The two waved to you and Astro grinned.

"Hey guys!" Astro with his usual gusto. You turned towards him and smiled.

"Hey, Astro. Good to see that you're all charged up." Astro nodded and walked over to you.

"So, what does the document say?" Plue questioned as he climbed onto your shoulders. You held the document up to him. Plue took the document and read over it. "Huh, this sands of time reference seems interesting." Veronica raised her eyebrow at Plue.

"And what do you mean by that exactly?" She questioned. Plue held the document and gestured to the text.

"Sands of time. The document could be referring to an hourglass or something." Plue told.

"An hourglass? But those things are rare treasures. Where would we go to find an hourglass?" You questioned. Plue shrugged and looked down at the document.

"This document IS over a thousand years old. Hmm." Plue began to hum in thought. Veronica thought about Plue's inquiry and looked up.

"I think Plue may be right. But if we're going to go and find an hourglass, I'd suggest the first planet, planet Earth." Veronica told. Your eyes widened slightly.

"Earth!? But...I doubt we'd find an hourglass there. I mean, wouldn't it have been wiped clean of all of its ancient treasures?" You questioned. Veronica clicked her tongue at you as she waved her finger.

"Tsk tsk tsk Y/N. I'm honestly surprised at how naive you are. As you know, Earth has become a barren wasteland with poisonous air. Due to this, certain areas have become limited for searches. There are still lots of treasures that have yet to be claimed. Astro is a fine example of this." Veronica explained as she gestured to Astro who blinked at her. "You managed to obtain one of Earth's greatest treasures, and that alone proves that there must be other treasures out there." You frowned and put your hand to your chin in thought.

"Hmm, I guess you're right. Okay, we'll try out Earth." You said. Everyone grinned and nodded. Reno then turned towards Astro and nudged him in the side.

"Hey, you excited for going back to your home planet?" A sour look crossed Astro's face as he thought of planet Earth, his birthplace and the planet of his past. Reno noticed Astro's sour expression and raised his eyebrow at him. "Astro? What's wrong?" Astro shook his head and forced out a smile.

"I-It's nothing. Let's just go." Astro mumbled as he walked past a confused Reno. You turned towards Zack.

"How long do you think it'll take for us to reach Earth?" You questioned. Zack made his way over to the pilot's seat and looked at the solar system radar.

"Hmm, well we're currently in the north western solar system so it would take about...three days to reach the centre solar system and about five hours to reach Earth." Zack told. You nodded and folded the document.

"Okay, then we can probably make a stop at Planet Reanus for fuel and other supplies." Zack nodded and sat down in the driver's seat.

"Yeah, let's get going." You then walked over to the couch and sat down. Astro walked over to you and sat down next to you. You glanced over at him and smiled.

"Hey, Astro. How are you feeling about our next destination? Who knows, we might be able to uncover some things about you." You told. Astro clenched his fists and frowned. You noticed this and cocked your head to the side in confusion. "Astro? What's wrong?" Astro glanced at you and sighed.

"Well, to be honest, I'm not really looking forward to returning back to Earth..." Astro admitted. Your eyes widened in surprise.

"What? But I thought that you wanted to get your memories back." You said.

"I-I do! It's just that... I dunno why but..." Astro pressed his lips into a thin line as he glanced around at the others. He then grabbed hold of your hand and bolted out of the room. You cried out in surprise while everyone else turned towards the two of you in confusion. They then shrugged and went back to what they were doing before.

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The moment the two of you were alone, Astro turned around and hugged you tightly. Your eyes widened as you froze. You then felt Astro begin to shake and frowned. You then slowly wrapped your arms around Astro.

"Astro?" You questioned. Astro began to breath heavily and sniffled.

"I-I'm terrified of that planet, Y/N. I don't know why, but whenever that planet comes into my mind I...feel so helpless and scared. To be honest, every night I've had nightmares of that place." Astro admitted. You frowned even more at this statement and took Astro's hands into yours.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Astro nodded and the two of you walked towards your room and sat down on your bed. Astro held his hands together and bit the inside of his artificial gum.

"Whenever I have these dreams, I see fire. And death. Lots of it. I...I see so many humans dying. Robots and humans fighting. And I'm always standing in the centre of it all. The dreams would always end with a beam of some sorts being fired at me. I know that it's only a dream, but they always feel so...real." Astro told. You nodded in understanding and looked down at the ground.

"Astro, you say that you have the same dream over and over again, right?" Astro nodded. You glanced up at him and bit your lip. "What if...those dreams were really snippets of your memory?" Astro gave you a confused look as you said this.

"How can you tell?" You looked forwards and sighed.

"I can tell because your dreams sound like an event that has actually happened. You see, Astro, a very long time ago, one thousand years ago to be exact, a war broke out between robots and humans. Now, this hadn't been the first time it had happened, but this war was different from the others. The robots, they completely annihilated the humans. Half of the race was wiped out. It's unknown how this war ended but ever since that war, robots with kokoro were immediately shut down for centuries. They were only reinstated fifty years ago under the condition that they have no super human strength." You explained. You then turned towards Astro. "Astro, I think you were apart of that war." Astro's eyes widened at this.

"B-but I'd never hurt a human! N-not unless I had to!" Astro cried. You rested your hand on his knee.

"I know that! I never said that you were fighting against the humans. But...I think that you may have been apart of it in someway. When we found you in that old laboratory, you were shut away inside some kind of container. You seemed to be pretty important, Astro." You told. Astro frowned and looked down at your hand on his knee.

"Then, if I was so important, why was I shut away? Why don't I have any of my memories? Who...exactly am I?" Astro questioned. You frowned sadly at him.

"I'm sorry, Astro. I can't answer those questions for you. Only you can answer those when you get your memories back." Astro sighed and rested his hand over yours.

"I know. It's just scary knowing that you were once apart of something big and life changing. Hopefully by finding the Antiquorum, I'll finally learn more about myself." Astro wished. You nodded and gave him a warm smile. Astro returned your smile slightly. He then stood up and breathed in. "Welp, let's get back to the others." He said as he pulled you up. You nodded and followed Astro out of the room and back into the living room. Everyone turned towards the two of you and smiled.

"Ready to take off?" Zack questioned. Astro smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm ready as I'll ever be." Astro told. Everyone grinned and nodded.

"Then let's make our way to Earth!" Zack exclaimed as everyone cheered.