Comic Story
Panel 1
They told me he was just a prototype, a simple creature designed for companionship. But Bunbun was always more than that; he was my friend.
Panel 2
Sometimes, when he thought I wasn't looking, he would practice. The jumps were impossible, defying gravity in a way that was both beautiful and terrifying.
Panel 3
I always worried someone would find out what he could do. I just never imagined they would be considered heroes for doing it.
Panel 4
Agent Kaine: 'We are simply reuniting with our lost property, a creature of immense value and importance.' He added, 'For its own safety, of course.'
Panel 5
Bunbun suddenly tensed in my arms, his ears flat against his head. He knew before I did; he could feel them coming for him.
Panel 6
There was no time for a plan, only instinct. 'Go, Bunbun, go high!'
Panel 7
They were relentless, their drones cutting through the alleyways like hungry predators. We were just trying to disappear in a city that never sleeps.
Panel 8
Felix (yelling into comms): 'I'm cutting the power grid to the market district!' Kaine (over drone speaker): 'Clever boy. But you can't outrun progress.'
Panel 9
We made it to the rooftops, thinking we had a chance. But he was already there, waiting for us at the end of the world.
Panel 10
Kaine: 'Did you really think he was just a pet, Felix? He isn't designed to jump; he's designed to release kinetic energy.'
Panel 11
Kaine continued, 'That jump is a trigger for a weapon. He's not your friend; he's my product.'
Panel 12
In that moment, I saw the truth. It didn't matter what he was made for; what mattered was what he chose to be.
Panel 13
He wasn't a weapon. He was a hero.
Panel 14
He didn't need to land. The shockwave was enough.
Panel 15
In the chaos that followed, we slipped away. We were no longer a boy and his pet, but fugitives.
Panel 16
Aegis lost their weapon that night, and I lost my old life. But we found something more important: we found our freedom, together.