It was only a few hours after Chrio defeated Mandarin, and the team was waiting quietly outside the Med-bay while Otto and Gibson were fixing the broken shields for Sparx's eyes. Then the black eyed trio exited the lab with a shaken but repaired red monkey.

"Sparx" said Nova as she jumped to hug him.

"How is your vision, Sparx?" Asked Antauri.

"It's alright" he replied "Gibson said it was just the rocket crash that broke my eye shields"

"Indeed" Gibson added "the blindness was a result of nothing more than Mandarin's sorcery."

"It was a pretty easy fix if I do say so myself" announced Otto with pride.

Chrio smiled at the green mechanic. However, there was a question he had been waiting to ask since Mandarin's attack.
"Speaking of the attack,Otto, I've been meaning to ask. Why are you afraid of clams with feet?" he asked curiously.

Everything was suddenly tense. As much as Otto was expecting this question, it still made him cringe at the thought of explaining the memory. He sat in the nearest chair and pulled his knees to his chest. He stared to rub his ankles nervously as he slowly got lost in the memory.

Antauri signed "Otto's phobia has more depth to it than you think, Chiro. The source of his fear is something that happened to him long before you discovered the Super Robot."

"He doesn't like to talk about it," said Nova as she rubbed Otto's back soothingly "and neither do we"

"So if you don't mind waiting for that answer, kid" Sparx started

"Tell him" Otto interrupted "I can take it, but I don't wanna tell the story myself."

"Otto, if you don't want me to-"

"Chiro I said it's fine" Otto said in a manner that wasn't normal for him. It caught everyone off guard.

"If's that's what you want Otto" Gibson cleared his throat "it all started a long ago..."
(Flashback)
Manderin was still the leader of the Hyperforce and everyone was still pretty young almost like children where Mandarin was like the older brother. Shuggazoom was having a heat wave so the team decided to play in the creek. Gibson and Nova were playing Marco Polo, Antauri was just letting himself drift on his back with his face sticking out, and Otto was ready to go under the water to look for cool stuff at the creek's floor. But before he did Mandarin stopped him.

"Otto,did you remember to fill your air supply before you go treasure hunting?" that was when Otto realized he forgot

"well no, but come on, Mandarin" the young monkey begin to whine "I'll only be down there for a few minutes PLEEEEASE!"

"Fine," Mandarin rolled his eyes"you can play in the water all you want, but don't stay under the water for too long."

"Thanks,Mandarin. Hey Sparx, ya wanna join me?" Otto called out.

Little Sparx just shook his head quickly and curled himself into a ball. He was still afraid of water so he asked Mandarin to stay with him for company.

"Just go play, Otto" Mandarin ordered as walked back to comfort Sparx.

Otto just nodded and dove into the a few minutes of searching,he found nothing more than a pretty shell, an old coin, and a few old pieces of jewelry. He swam over to pick up something made of silver when all of a sudden
SNAP
Otto called out in pain. He turned around to find both his legs trapped in a giant clam from the ankle down.
The small monkey tried to pull himself free, but nothing worked. All he could keep pulling on his feet, but he started to panic as his air supply was quickly getting dangerously low. He searched for an opening for his tiny foot to slip out of but the clam was sealed shut. He was terrified with everything that was happening, he was scared of losing his feet, running out of air, never seeing his brothers again. These thoughts and several more filled his head provoking his fear. Suddenly he stopped pulling and everything started to go black.