I don't own Astro Boy, and I never will. ;-;

Warning: swearing

Chapter 1

A young girl of 13 years looked at the obstacle with determination. The building was 10 times taller than what she was used to climbing, but she loved challenges.

She got a firm hold of the bumpy sides and started to climb her way up. She carefully placed a sneaker-clad foot on the edge of a window, being as quiet as a mouse.

The girl didn't want the cleaning robots around the corner to see her and ruin her fun.

She peered into the window; her target was inside. She whipped out her trusty telescope out of her pocket and put it to her eye, her legs wrapped around the rainwater pipe.

She watched with interest as Dr. Tenma, one of the most respected men in Metro City, discussed something (probably very important) with a bunch of other scientists. The screen that they were watching had blurry images of a blue and red gemstone and a bunch of fine print on it.

The girl frowned; the spyglass wasn't good enough, she'd have to go in and see it for herself.

Just as she was about to bust open the window, a loud voice boomed from below her.

"What in the blazes are you doing up there?! Get down from that building this instant!' yelled a security guard from below.

She grinned cheekily at him. "Why? I like it up here."

"Don't get smart with me, kid! That building is private property and I could arrest you right now for trespassing! Now come down before you kill yourself!" He commanded, narrowing his eyes.

The girl completely ignored him this time, and grabbed the bottom of the window. She pulled it up, half expecting the window to be locked. It slid up easily.

"Wow. Just my luck," she announced. "See ya!" she called to the guard, slipping inside the building and pulling it shut.

The security guard watched her disappear inside the window and steam practically came out of his ears. He gritted his teeth and went inside; he was so going to find that little troublemaker.

She poked her head up from behind the table. The girl was in what looked to be a science lab.

There were several images on a see-through screen; the red gemstone she saw earlier, the blue one, a boy with weird hair, and a bunch of other sciencey stuff.

The scientists were talking all hush-hush with Dr. Tenma, and the screen showed the boy with weird hair punching the lights out of a giant robot.

Oh, wasn't that the Peacekeeper President Stone was talking about on the news a while ago? She thought. But she had no clue who the boy was.

But, back to the screen, as the boy beat up the Peacekeeper, the screen zoomed in on the robot's chest, where the red gemstone glowed. It showed the gem crack, and then, a small, tiny piece the size of a fingernail broke off of the gem, and fell to the ground.

One of the scientists surrounding Dr. Tenma, a stout, big-nosed man froze the screen just as the piece broke off and pointed frantically at it, his eyes wide, saying things that were to quiet for the girl to understand.

Dr. Tenma stared at the screen, a mix of worry and concern on his face, and he ordered that the other scientists leave. He and the short man talked alone.

The girl blinked her eyes lazily; this was starting to get a bit boring. She shifted a bit, her legs were starting to fall asleep, and yawned loudly.

But, unfortunately, she yawned a bit too loudly.

Dr. Tenma and the short scientist snapped their heads in her direction.

She widened her eyes and sweat dropped as they speed-walked towards her. Please don't see me, please don't see me...She silently prayed, biting her chapped lower lip.

She was completely oblivious to the cowlick at the top of her head bobbing back and forth; which the two doctors could see clear as day.

The taller man leaned over the table and gave her a fierce glare. "What are you doing here?!" demanded Dr. Tenma.

"Shit," she muttered as she desperately tried to come up with an excuse.

The 13 year old smiled nervously at them. "Umm..." A lightbulb lit up above her and she pointed behind them. "LOOK BEHIND YOUU!" she screamed, hoping that they would.

Dr. Tenma raised an eyebrow. "You seriously think that I would fall for that? That's the oldest trick in the boo-" he started, but the girl was already gone.

He widened his eyes and looked under the table; he saw a glimpse of her crawling under there and then scrambling out the door like a chicken with its head cut off.

She dashed away, running as fast as her scrawny little legs could. The girl heard loud thumping behind her; the security guards were probably on her tail.

She silently urged her legs to run faster, and whipped around a corner, whamming into something solid.

The girl was knocked backwards and she fell on the floor, cursing like a sailor on the way. The person she ran into just stood there looking confused.

It was that weird boy she saw on the screen in the lab.

He walked towards her and stretched out his hand to help her up. "Hey, um, you alright?" He started.

The girl heard the running behind her and quickly got to her feet, ignoring the boy's hand and shoving him out of the way. He, taken by surprise, stumbled back, but the girl payed no attention to him. She was focused on getting the hell outta here.

The guard that saw the brat earlier that morning ran up to Dr. Tenma's supposed son.

"Hey, have you seen a kid with freckles and a baseball cap run around here by any chance?"

The black-haired boy nodded and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, went over there, I think," he shrugged.

The guard grinned through his mask and saluted his thanks.

"Dammit!" the girl said loudly as she came across a dead end.

She was just about to run in the opposite direction, but felt a rough hand yank her up.

She dangled there as the security guard held her up by the scruff of her hoodie.

Shit.

Hello everyone! This is my first Astro Boy fanfic! I hope you like it! :D It's set a year after the movie.

If this chapter is a bit confusing, leave a review or PM me and I'll clear things up for you. :)

Well, this basically the prologue or 'test chapter' to see if you guys like it.

And, yes, it does contain an Oc so if you don't like that then...ya. :P

So, leave a review and tell me what you think!