Chapter 1

War is an awful thing. But what makes it worse is when you think that you're one of the people who started it. Sprx-77 has always wondered about the war. What if he never picked up the fire of hate? What if he never turned evil? What if he never helped collect the evil essences that helped resurrect Skeleton King?

Sprx sat inside the Super Robot. He was with the rest of his family. They had already called their allies. They were already prepared for war. It was impossible to back down, especially when you happen to be one of the six heroes that were destined to protect Shuggazoom.

"This is all my fault." Sprx said. "I'm the one who helped resurrect Skeleton King. Why? Why did I ever pick up the Fire of Hate? I'm so stupid!"

"It's not your fault, Sprx." Said Chiro, "We didn't know what would happen."

"But we did!" Sprx shouted. "We did! Remember? Gibson never grabbed the Ice Crystal of Vengeance because he felt the Skeleton King inside it! I never listened to him! All I did was yell at him! I never felt it! I didn't stop! Something kept me from feeling the evil inside of the essence! I must be the worst person on the entire team. NO! THE PLANET! Maybe even the whole UNIVERSE!" Sprx ran outside of the robot to get some fresh air. He was gasping for breath and now in tears. He hated himself for what happened. Now he just yelled at Chiro, making him feel even worse.

"I'm so stupid. I c-can't believe it! This is the worst thing that could ever happen. Why didn't I listen? Why? I know we fight all the time…but for once I should have listened. I didn't. I thought he was the one to blame. Gibson never did anything. All I did was make a stupid mistake and now we're at war."

Sprx stared out at the sky. What if… he thought to himself. What if I never grabbed the Fire of Hate? What if I never turned evil? Would we have avoided the war if I never grabbed it? Maybe…

"I wish… I wish I could find out what would happen if I never grabbed the Fire of Hate. I want to know what would happen if I never turned evil!" the red monkey whispered.

Then he noticed something. There was a bright light in the sky. The wind started to blow as the flow got brighter and brighter until Sprx was blinded. He then felt his feet slip out from underneath him and everything began to spin. Something strange was going on… but what? Was his wish going to come true? He felt dizzy and passed out.

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My whole body aches. What happened? Where am I? What's going on? I hear something.

Sprx opened his eyes and saw Nova and Chiro staring down at him.

"Oh, thank goodness you're awake!" Nova was crying and she pulled Sprx into a hug.

"What's going on kid?" Sprx asked Chiro.

"You were unconscious, Sprx. For a whole day. We thought we nearly lost you after… you remember."

"Remember what?" Sprx asked the leader as he returned Nova's hug.

"What happened while we were trying to get the Fire of Hate! You were attacked from behind and your mechanical parts were broken. We were lucky that we had an expert mechanic like Otto with us to fix you."

Wait a second. My wish is coming true! Now I can finally find out what would happen if I never grabbed the fire of hate! I never turned evil! This is wonderful… But wait. Chiro said we didn't get the fire of hate. That means we're going after the soul of evil next. We have to stop Valina and Mandarin.

Sprx slowly got up. He looked at his body and realized that he was covered in burns and bruises from head to toe. His body was wrapped up in many bandages. Whatever attacked him before did a lot of damage.

"The others are already outside waiting for us, Sprx. Let's hurry and get the Soul of Evil." Chiro said. Sprx got up and was ready to fight anything for his teammates. He wasn't on the side of darkness anymore.

Sprx looked and saw Chiro shout to the others to jump into the portal to the netherworld, when the young boy was stopped by Jinmay.

"Chiro, don't go in there!" she said, "I'm scared you won't come back out."

Chiro kissed her and told her everything would be okay.

"Take care of yourself." The girl replied. The Chiro and Sprx jumped inside the pit.

On the other side, the monkeys all stepped forward, when suddenly they heard a thump. They looked behind to see that Chiro was suffering.

"The pain!" he wailed. "I can't move!" Sprx stood in shock. He wondered what was happening.

"It's this dimension!" Antauri said, "All organic life is affected by its evil!"

"That means only us Cyborgs can survive!" Sprx said aloud. Suddenly he was struck in the back by something.

"Ouch! What hit me?" but when the red monkey turned around, he was only shocked by what he saw. Gibson was standing up at the top of a ledge with his drills out. He had sharper teeth, hands that looked like claws, and eyes that felt like venom if he stared directly at you.

"You know, Sparky?" he cackled, "I've ALWAYS wanted to do that!"