The Struggling Life: The Hard Life

Chapter 1: The Runaways?

Third Person Point of View:

It was a quiet night in the city of Shuggazoom. The lights were dim as the people of the city retired to their homes for a restful sleep they all wanted, that is all but one woman. She stood at the back door of her home on the edge of Shuggazoom, four bags in her hands. She looked around in the dark for something, but what?

It was then that she heard a rustle in the bushes next to her. Her face never changed a fraction of an inch as a young girl of about fifteen appeared from the bushes with a knife in her hands. Her appearance was not noticeable in the dark, but the woman knew exactly what she was wearing. In her mind, she saw the girl in her onyx black robe that help her hide in the dark, hiding her face and everything else. She had only seen the girl once, when it wasn't dark at sunset, for an emergency on the girl's behalf, but never had she seen beyond that dark robe that hide the girl's true identity, one that could not be found by the citizens of Shuggazoom.

"I have the food and clothes for you right here." The woman said, her voice was motherly and filled with concern. "Along with a couple bags of food, it should last you for the next few days or so."

"Thank you Martha." The girl said, her voice reminded Martha of bells, sweet and jingly, but laced within was relief and much sadness, which troubled Martha so. The girl took the bags from Martha and stood back from her.

"Why don't you and your brothers come by here some time to get clean up a bit and have a home cooked meal?" Martha asked her. "I'd be happy to cook for you three."

"That's very generous of you Martha," The girl said. "But it's too risky; it pains me to think of what would happen if we were to be caught. I'm sorry, but I can't accept. I can't risk being caught or else my brothers will die without anyone to help them get food and other things, and if they get caught, I would have nothing left to live for." Martha sighed.

"I understand that, and I know how you feel, what if you come at the night? Its close to winter now, and night will be coming sooner, you could come at the evening and have a good meal along with a bath and a good night's rest, and I'll wake you up before dawn so you can gather anything you need and get your brothers back to your hideout before anyone wakes up." Martha suggested. The girl turned away from her and started to walk off.

"I'll think about it and ask my brothers, but I make no guaranties that we'll come." Martha blinked and the girl was gone. She looked everywhere, but there was no sign of her. Martha sighed and turned back to her empty house she had to herself and walked in, closing the door behind her.

"You've been helping them." Martha gasped and turned to see her sister, standing behind her who was supposed to be asleep. She was the head of the orphanage, leading the investigation that were after the three runaway children that had gone into hiding over a few years ago. Not many people followed her anymore because of how long its been since anyone has seen the children, the two younger ones had been no more then infants, and their older sister had been ten at the time when they disappeared. But now, it's possible others will begin to follow her again if this new found information is brought to others.

"I thought you were asleep." Martha growled. She knew that her sister was only after the knowledge that the girl wielded within her mind, and the power that came with it. The girl was powerful, as was her brothers, which is why the city is still searching for them, even after all these years.

"Were you helping her?" Her sister asked. "If you know about her, we can bring her to the light again and use her to-"

"Bring her to the light? Use her? Never! That poor girl has probably gone and left this place years ago, with everyone after her and her brothers! I was giving clothes and food to a homeless young woman that lives in the alleys if that's what you wanted to know so badly! I don't care if you are my sister, I will stop you if you get much more into my life then you should be. Get out of my house and don't you ever come back without a good reason!"

Martha's sister snorted and turned for the door. "I'll leave now," The sister said with her back turned to Martha. "But be warned my sister, if you are helping those brats, you'll be in for the fight of your life, and I'll be back, I'll be back for them." Martha's sister opened the door to harsh wind that was now blowing outside and walked out there, slamming the door behind her. Martha sighed deeply and fell to her knees.

I hope there alright, those poor kids. She thought.

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After the girl had left the backyard of the home to her friend Martha, the girl sped to get back to her brothers as fast as she could. She had seen the woman, that evil woman, looking at her threw the glass doors of Martha's home. The woman who would stop at nothing to get her hands on her and her brothers. Their power, it was something that no one should have to run away from, but her and her brothers did, or else it would be used to hurt others, or for greed.

Putting the thought in the back of her head, the girl ran off to the large pipe line that led into the sewer. Once she was inside, the girl ran into the back of the sewer, up to a dead end on a wall. She placed her hand up to it and felt the sides of the door in front of her. She knocked on the door in a special way and the door opened before her. Before her was another wall. With not a hesitant thought in her mind, she walked into the wall, passing through it. Beyond the two fake walls, there was a long dark hallway, with only a small light at the end.

The girl hurried threw the corridor and press a specific stone in the wall next to a dead fire light on the wall, the door behind her closed that led back into the sewer. The girl slowed her pace to a walk and soon passed threw the corridor and was met with another wall. She knocked on this door with a different rhythm and the door opened to a small room.

In the room were bags of food, water and clothes. The walls were lit by blue flames that burned brightly on sticks that hug in metal holders. Over to the side of the room was an old, large hammock that hung from the ceiling. Two young boys sat on the other end of the room, playing with each other. When they noticed the girl in the room with them, bags in her hands, they ran to her shouting cries of joy.

"Sissy! You're home!" Shouted the smaller of the two boys. He had dark brown, almost black hair that covered most of his eyes, which was a bright hazel. He seamed to be about the age of four or five. He jumped up and down with not a care in the world now that his sister was here.

"What did you get us this time?" The older of the two brothers asked. His hair was a reddish brown in color that also hung in front of his eyes. His eyes were the same as his younger brother's, but his hazel was not as bright as his, this boy's eyes were a dark hazel, almost like a beautiful gray. He was possibly about the age of five or six; he appeared to be only about year older then his younger brother.

"Well boys, why don't we take a look and see what we find?" The sister asked the two of them. The two boys cheered in joy and raced to pull the bags from there sister's hands and opened them. Their sister giggled as she watched their faces light up like they had been when they were extremely young, before any of this happened. When their mother was still alive and their father, other brother and sister had not been taken. It brought on a wave of sadness upon the sister and she reached past the hood of her robe to feel the locket she still hanging from around her neck since that day, the one that ended in fire and fear.

"Sissy! Come see what we got!" Shouted the younger of the two boys. The sister released her locket from her fingers and she walked toward her two brothers who sat on the ground digging threw the four bags of goodies that their sister had brought.

"I found a plane Sissy!" The older boy shouted. He then ran around with it in his hand, flying it around like it could really fly. "I'm gonna fly one of these planes someday, just like the red monkey!"

"I found a mechanic's kit Sissy! Now I can learn to be mechanic, just like green monkey from the story!" The younger of the brothers shouted. The girl smiled and used her fingers to move the hair out of his eyes.

"Those are both wonderful dreams." There sister told them. "And I promise you, one day, they'll come true, and I'll help you both in anyway I can." The girl's two brother's cried for joy and went back to playing with there new toys. The girl grabbed the other bags and started to unravel the contents. Mostly food and water, some clothes for the boys and herself. She felt around threw the bags again until she saw something fall out of it, a piece of paper. The girl looked at it strangely, before picking it up and opening it. She opened it and noticed the map that showed an area to the west of Shuggazoom, on its outskirts. With it also came a letter, from the woman, Martha.

My dear girl,

I know that most of your time you spend looking for things for your little brothers, and I believe I have found something that might be of use to you. On this map, is an area where there is lots of wild fruit growing, along with a large robot that has been abandoned for many years. You might find some useful supplies there for you and the boys. No one ever leaves the city, unless it's on a ship out of the atmosphere, so you should be safe. I hope this helps you, and good luck. I'll see you at our second meeting place a few days from now, my sister is getting close to finding out so be careful.

Martha

It surly sounded interesting to the sister, the robot might have some things for her brothers and she could gather some fresh berries for a few snacks and what not for the boys. It's certainly something to be looking into.

"Sissy? What's that?" The older of the two brothers asked. They both approached their sister and looked at the paper in her hands.

"This is a map of the area to the west of the city. I'm going to be going there tomorrow to get some things for you guys." She told them.

"Like what Sissy?" The youngest one asked.

"I don't know yet, I have to go there and see what I find." She said to him. "And it's getting late now. It's time for the both of you to get to bed."

"Aww!" They both cried.

"But Sissy, you just got home!"

"Can't we stay up a little longer?"

"No buts boys, off to bed. And if you keep whining like this, I won't have enough time to tell you a story about the six monkeys." The two boys looked at each other before they rushed to get to their bed, the hammock. Their sister crawled in with them and lay between them and they curled into her sides. "Now who remembers where we left off in the story?"

"Oh, I do!" The younger brother shouted. "The orange monkey was thinking about being evil and was going to tell his team about his ideas so that they could be treated like kings and queen."

"Don't you mean kings and queens?" She asked him.

"Sorta," The older brother said. "But there's only one girl, but she doesn't like to be treated like one, she has to be all like a guy because she lives with five guys!"

"That's right." She said happily. "You two are getting smarter by the day. Now lets get on with the story, okay?"

The orange monkey mumbled to himself about his plans for the city when it was under his team's rule. But it was then that he was interrupted from his thoughts when his team walked up to him, as he had asked of them.

"You wished to see us?" The black monkey asked his leader, the orange monkey nodded his head.

"We are going to rule this city!" The orange monkey shouted. "These fools that need our protection should be on their hands and knees, treating us like kings and queens, and that is exactly what we will have of them. We will finally receive everything that we should be getting for being the protectors of Shuggazoom."

"But that's insane!" Snapped the yellow monkey, the only girl on the team. "We're supposed to protect they city of Shuggazoom so that they won't be servants to anyone. You're turning into what we've been fighting this whole time!"

"She's right." The red one said. "You've gone off the deep end this time."

"We won't follow you on this path you have placed yourself on." The black one said.

"Yeah, we only want to help people, not have them serve us." The green one said.

"We could never think to do that to others." The blue one said. The orange monkey looked at his team with eyes filled with hate, they had betrayed him.

"Fine then, I will rule the city on my own." He said. "You all had better stay out of my way." He then went to walk off, but he was stopped by the black monkey.

"We can't let you get away with this, we'll stop you." He told him. The orange monkey laughed before activating his shield and sword and swinging it at the black monkey. He swiftly dodged it and the team of monkeys attacked their once good leader. Fur flew as the monkeys went into a full out brawl. It lasted for hours, not one side giving, even if it was a five against one fight.

Finally thought, the once proud leader fell; his once trustworthy team came to his side and tied his hands, feet and tail up and carried him to a ship that was prepared to take him into space and place him into a deep sleep for a long time.

"I'll never forget this betrayal my siblings, I will get revenge on you and make you regret the day you defied me." The team watched from a distance as their old leader was blasted off into space and they turned their backs from the launch site and headed for their tubes.

"Its time my friends, for our deep sleep. The Chosen One who is to help us defeat the darkness that is upon us will come and awaken us from our slumber. Until then, sleep well my friends." The black one said. Then the hibernation process began, and all the monkeys fell into a deep slumber.

Its been many years since anyone had seen the Super Robot Monkey Team, but at times, some people can believe that its better this way. As long as they sleep, it means the universe is safe, that no evil is coming to destroy the universe. But yet, the monkey team still waits, in their dreams, they wait for the Chosen One to awaken them, the one who is said to help the bring the long awaited peace to the universe once and for all.

"The end." The older sister whispered. She looked down at her brothers. The older one was fast asleep, while the younger one looked up at his sister with sleepy eyes.

"The end?" The little boy yawned. "But you told us stories about the team of monkeys forever, what stories will you tell us now?"

"Don't worry, the next time I tell you two a story, its going to be a brand new one, one that I think you'll enjoy." The little boy smiled at his sister before he snuggled into her side and fell into a deep slumber.

The girl leaned back in the hammock and looked up at the ceiling. Honestly, I can't wait to see that robot tomorrow, and what secrets it holds. It was her last thought before she fell asleep along with her brothers.

Witch's Note:

Hi People! This is my brand new story for Super Robot Monkey Team! I hope you guys like it, more information about these characters will be show in future chapters.

Question of the Chapter: What do you think the kids' names are?

My Answer to the Question: I'm not telling! A couple will be reviled soon, but one you'll have to wait on for a long while now.

Please review! I don't get many reviews!

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