This is my 1st story.. so I hope you guys enjoy it! I had these ideas running around in my head so I wanted to get them out there!
Nova walked up to the shoulder of the Super Robot. The sound of each step she took came one after the other as she got to the edge, overlooking the city.
It had been 17 days since the war between the Living and Dead had begun. It was quiet. She just wanted a moment to relax. Any time you were able to get a second to yourself of was like a small blessing. Outside was the best option. The super robot was anything but quiet right now. With all their allies inside, it was like a mad house.
Nova inhaled a deep breathe, which she quickly regret. She began to cough. The raspy taste and feeling that came from the air overtook her taste buds. The site of the Shuggazoom wasn't that which they had seen just weeks ago. Wasn't at all soothing or relaxing. The thick dark smoke that hung over the city like a black blanket. No light able to peer through. The black stains of ooze that were smeared throughout the streets from all the formless, and the broken buildings that had fallen into each other made Nova shuddered.
Although they has seen no action from Skeleton King for the last couple of days, they needed to keep on their toes. You never know what could happen or when he would attack.
"Does something trouble you?" A voice came. Nova's head shot to the Robot's right shoulder, where it had come from. She hadn't seen this certain someone for a couple of days now, 3 days to be exact. Everyone was always to themselves planning on new strategies or move sets or just by themselves, wanting to be alone.
"Antauri..." She smiled, walking up to him. He was above the ground, hovering in his meditating position, as always. Legs crossed, hands placed gently on his lap. She sat down next to the silver monkey.
"Are you alright?" He asked again. Nova just sat there in silence, staring down at their once beautiful city. She didn't know how to answer such a question. How was she? She didn't know anymore.
"City looks bad..." She replied. Antauri nodded.
"Indeed it does. It's the Shuggazoom I always feared to see." Nova looked up at him. Pretty surprised. His eyes were still closed. She had never thought much of their mysterious second in command. He never showed too much emotion, especially negativity. He never commented on situations no matter how bad they were. Unlike her brothers, especially Sprx, who always seemed to make things worse.
"Yeah..."
The two sat in silence for a while. The environment had seemed so tense for the last couple of days nobody, not even the always cheery Otto, was able to crack smile. She wished upon anything that something could happen to break the serious mood of things. To make them smile.
She had been wanting to get a moment alone with Antauri for a while. She needed a way to relieve herself. The violence of punching a bag, the wall, formless or even Sprx, wasn't enough to calm her anger or feelings anymore. She wanted to learn a new way of handling things. And the only other way she had seen how, was the way she saw Antauri do it.
"Can I ask you something?" The yellow monkey whispered. A little hesitant at first, she didn't think he had heard her.
"Of course." He looked down at her.
There was small silence between them for a moment. She finally spoke.
"Meditating... Is it teachable to someone else?" She looked up to him.
"Of course. Why do you ask?"
"I don't know..." He cocked an eye at her response.
"I figured I should try it." She finally admitted. "Things just aren't the same anymore.. I feel like I need to relieve myself. Somehow! Teach me!" She smiled at him.
"Alright." He said closing his eyes once more.
"Close your eyes. Block everything around you. Concentrate-" The instructions were simple. Right?
"-sit straight, using little effort. Relax everything." He continued.
Nova did as she was told. She sat straight up following the commands of the silver simian. She gently closed her eyes and tilted her head downwards, something she always saw him do. Peeking from her right eye she looked up at him. He was still in his same pose.
"Now what?" She asked.
"Relax your body, let it rest. Look for any part that isn't relaxed, feel for it, and relax it."
Nova again did as she was told.
"Now focus on nothing. Don't pay attention to your thoughts. They will eventually go awa-"
She inhaled and exhaled a few times. Taking long breathes in and letting them out slowly. Soon she found herself not listening to Antauri at all. She lost track of everything around her. She could hear nothing. Antauri smiled as he saw she wasn't reacting to anything he said. Which meant she was getting there.
It was outstanding to him that she was in this kind of state. He had tried to teach Gibson, Chiro, Sprx and even Otto at one point to do this. Gibson saw no interest in it, Sprx was quickly annoyed, Chiro gave up to easily and Otto just couldn't sit still.
Without question he returned to his own meditating.
The rays of sunlight miraculously peered through the dark smoke. The beams touched the two monkeys, warming patches of their fur where the sun hit. It had seemed like forever since the last time the sun had seen Shuggazoom.
Antauri opened his eyes. He could see the sun setting. It was at this time that Nova finally reacted. Her eyes fluttered open. She looked straight into the sunlight.
"H-how long..was I- did I do it?" She questioned as the last of the suns light made her yellow fur shimmer in a golden color. Nova could feel herself at ease and calm. Her limbs were still relaxed. She wasn't slumped over but the effort to sit in a straight posture wasn't much.
Antauri smiled as he still hovered above the ground. "It hasn't been long. An hour at most." Nova's eyes opened wide.
"I did it!" She shot up with a smile. "I did it!" Antauri landed on the ground slowly.
"I'm glad. Did you like it?"
"Like it!? I loved it!"
"I feel so... so different... Ya know what I mean?" She looked down at her hands. The sun reflected off her metal fingers and palms. Her eyes glistened.
Antauri nodded and was thrown back as Nova hugged him.
"Thank you Antauri. We definitely need to do that more often."
Antauri smiled her and returned the hug. Everything going on with the war left little time to bond with the team. He was happy that Nova had decided to do this. Especially because he felt alone most of the time.
Nova thought of how frightening it was to think that maybe someone might not make it through the war. That maybe this would be the last time she would do this with Antauri.. That maybe at the end of the war, one of her teammates would be alone.
They broke the hug and both turned to see the sun shine it's last rays as it sunk.
At least, the sunlight peering through Shuggazoom's dark skies gave them hope.
I hope you guys enjoyed it! Let me know what you think.. should I continue? I plan on updating every day for the next 6 days... because there are 6 more stories!
