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The monster alarm was nothing new. A heard of a few hundred formless? No problem for the Hyperforce.
"Monkey Mind Scream!"
"Tornado Kablasto!"
"Lady Tomahawk!"
The fury of the attacks rang out through the streets of Shugazoom. The formless lay in splattered puddles down the road and on nearby buildings.
"What were those formless after?" Chiro, the leader of the monkey team, scanned the area.
"Over there!" Nova pointed in the direction of a dark figure huddled on the ground. The Hyperforce rushed over.
"My scans indicate life readings, though... very weak." Gibson quickly analyzed the mysterious being. His typical seriousness lingered in his voice.
"Wait..." Antauri stepped closer. Placing his two mechanical hands and, rolling the being over onto its back. The whole team jumped back in surprise.
"N-no way!" Otto was the first to speak, followed by Sprx.
"This! This isn't real!" Chiro recomposed himself as best he could, looking over at the silver monkey next to him.
"Antauri? What do you make of this?" Antauri snapped out of his momentary stupor.
"I'm... not sure... I don't sense anything..." The cloaked figure stirred, causing every monkey to turn defensive in reaction.
"Ugh..." Slowly and painfully lifting his body up into a kneeling position. Catching his breathe. Lifting his head up, analyzing each monkey.
"My... My m-monkeys?" Gibson turned to Chiro, fear and sadness plagued his features.
"Chiro, what do we do about this?" Chiro examined each one of his teammates before replying.
"This feels to good to be true... what's your story Alchemist? What happened to Skeleton King?" Tone suggesting a sense of confidence, and accusation. Weakly gasping for air, the alchemist replied.
"I-I'm... not sure..." The silver simian looked at the robed man before him, confusion etched across his face.
"As Skeleton... King... I was... regenerating my... my formless army." Pausing briefly to inhale a few strained breathes. "Suddenly... I was struck... by a blinding light... Next... thing I know... I'm being attacked... by that of which I created." The alchemist hung his head.
"well... nothin' new there." Sprx shrugged off his sarcasm, a defense mechanism he often used as a crutch to hide behind. This earned him a stern look from Antauri that told him that this was not the situation for that.
"Well, do we trust him or what?" Otto asked with sad eyes that stayed glued to his creator.
"I would advise extreme caution, but ultimately... the decision lies with you Chiro." Antauri's wise words were always recognized. Chiro sighed before answering .
"As suspicious as all of this feels, we can't just leave him either. He stays within our sites at all times. We rotate in groups of two." Receiving mixed reactions from his team members. Happy, skeptical, confused, shocked, hope, he took most notice to Nova's demeanor. Her arms were folded, eyes deflective. She hadn't desired to participate in the conversation either. Normally voicing her opinions without concern.
Gibson and Sprx reluctantly grabbed an arm to the man that made them who they are. Activating their rocket packs, and taking to the air. It took only a few mere moments before the large, squared shape of the Super Robot came into view. Landing gently and entering using the foot entrance. The red and blue monkeys rushed the injured Alchemist to the med bay immediately, having passed out upon entering the robot, Gibson began his work without hesitation. They laid him down on the long, metallic table. Gibson began clicking the keyboard, punching commands and results into his computers system. There were so many questions each team member had, but all were to on edge to ask them. Otto stood close to the alchemist, hopeful. Antuari continued to carry himself with the utmost caution, Sprx appeared skeptical, but was also considering the best. Their leader, was concerned. Concerned for his team, that they would be devastated if this were a trick. He knew how much this would mean to them.
Then there's Nova. She had been unusually quiet and distant since they found the alchemist. Only him and Antauri seem to have taken notice though. Everyone else had become to preoccupied with the situation at hand. The teenage boy looked down at the second in command. Antauri gave him a small nod, already knowing what was on the boy's mind. Chiro turned around and met Nova who only stood at the door to the med bay, looking away. Leaning down to touch her shoulder. Her head jolted in response. Chiro ushered her out to the main room.
"Nova, are you ok?" The worry was evident in his voice. Nova continued to avoid his gaze, and folded her arms again.
"I don't trust him. I think this is a bad idea Chiro." She looked up at him for the first time, sadness was apparent.
"I think we're all pretty skeptical of this whole thing Nova. But we're going to keep a close on eye him. If this is a trick, Skeleton King won't get the better of us." Chiro did his best to look, and sound, confident. Even though he was doubting himself. The yellow monkey sighed.
" All right then... I'll trust you Chiro." They each gave a small smile, not wanting to know what may happen in the future.
They returned stealthily to the med bay, just in time to hear Gibson's explanations of his findings.
"He is very weak, but should survive... I didn't find anything unusual in my scans either. Perhaps... this could be the real alchemist?" He wore a touch of sad hope to him. Everyone wanted to believe that this was the real alchemist, but so much just didn't make sense. To much had happened. Not enough explained.
The alchemist lay sleeping on the table, Chiro assigned each monkey a group to be on watch duty.
"All right, Otto, you're with me and we'll take first watch. Sprx, Gibson, you two take second. Antauri and Nova will take third. We switch in three hour intervals. Everyone understand?" They all solemnly nodded in agreement before seperating to their duties.
Minutes turned into hours, and soon it would be third shift. The alchemist hadn't stirred since passing out when he first arrived at the robot. Nova was in her room, her punching bag lay on the floor. Having been beaten off its hook. A knock at the door brought her back from her thoughts.
"Nova? I'd like to have a word with you." No one ever dared to tell Antauri no, and Nova wasn't about to start now. Sighing quietly.
"door's open." The woosh of air separated the door, and the silver simian stepped into the room.
"I sensed some... distress. Care to talk about it?" Her back was to him, and her arms were crossed. An open book and some pencils lay in front of her.
"No, not really." Stepping in closer so that he was standing right next to her. Placing one hand on her shoulder.
"This is affecting all of us in different ways. Sometimes it helps just to let it out. And I'm always here to listen." She turned slightly towards him.
"I know, and don't get me wrong Antauri, I appreciate that... but I don't think just talking about it is going to fix anything.
"You never know until you try." They shared a small smile at that.
"Antauri, Nova? Yous two 'bout ready for your shift?" Sprx's voice echoed over the intercom. Antauri was quick to reply.
"Yes, we will be there momentarily." Tuning his attention back to his female companion.
"Well, why don't we head out then?" Removing his hand from her shoulder before spinning around and walking away. She closely followed suit to her superior.
Going to be attempting a chapter fic, woo!
I've yet to finish one! Woo!
I'm not sure when updates will come out or anything, so please be patient.
Hope it's not to short or boring or anything either... I'm not exactly a good writer ^.^'
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