This story was inspired by the song "Everybody's Fool" by Evanescence, which is an AWESOME song BTW, and it's not something that I'd usually write, but I just HAD to! You know, just out of curiosity. Some Spova and Chinmay in here, but not too much. Hope you like it! R&R
Disclaimer: I do not own SRMTHFG, just the plot that I happen to be including them in.
Oh, and this takes place during the SK War. Just to let ya know.
A shadowy figure chuckled to himself as he took in the sights of the great battle below. Standing at his tower window, the newly reborn Skeleton King took great pleasure at the bloodshed. His dark, hollow eye sockets could still see, and what they did made the Lord of Darkness break into a crooked smile.
The setting was perfectly dramatic. The usually bright blue sky was blanketed with dark grey, almost blue-black, clouds that threatened to break open and pour rain any moment. Occasionally, a zigzag of lightning would slice through the air, bathing everything in a brilliant white light. The rumbles and clashes of thunder that followed shortly after would blend into the sounds of heavy battle below. On the charred and blood stained ground, the Hyperforce and their allies were lashing out with their weapons, they had done so for hours now, but had not even made it halfway to his fortress.
Skeleton King threw his head back and laughed at it all. It's not that his skeleton soldiers were extremely powerful, they were strong, and they simply outnumbered the Hyperforce. They also had no real emotions. Heartless and will-less beings, only driven to war by his command, they did not falter if one of their comrades was struck down; they merely stepped over the body and continued to attack their prey.
Hearing joyous snorts of laughter to his right, Skeleton King glanced downward at the mutated skeleton monkey standing beside him, viewing the battle through his good eye.
"Isn't it glorious Mandarin?" he asked
"Indeed, it is my Lord." Mandarin replied, his eyes gleaming in the dim light
"Finally, after so long, those annoying primates will be stomped out of existence and Suggazoom City will be MINE! And after I claim it, I will crush it."
"I will greatly enjoy seeing that my Lord."
"I will not stop here though. Soon after Suggazoom is rubbed out, the entire Universe shall follow."
Lightning flashed behind the menacing fortress as the air was filled with evil laughter.
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The air was heavy and humid as the storm broke above the battlefield. The rain started to pour from the heavens as Chiro charged at two skeleton soldiers.
"Lightning Kick!" The powerful kick smashed trough the weak point of the soldier's armor at the base of the spine, breaking the bones and causing the creature to become ooze once more.
"Thunder Punch!" Chiro spun in midair and aimed a blow at the base of the neck, the other weak point in the skeleton soldiers' armor. The bone crunched unpleasantly under his fist, and Chiro felt it turn to ooze, the back goo seeping through the fabric of his bright orange glove.
He landed heavily on the blackened soil, not seeing the third soldier behind him. He turned just as it brought down its sword, slashing a shallow cut across his forehead. He cried out in shock and pain as the metal sliced through his pale skin, causing warm, sticky blood to run down his face in tiny streams.
"Chiro! Why you…!" yelled an angry voice "BOOM BOOM WAKE UP!"
The golden warrior monkey slammed her fists down on the square of the creature's back, her rose colored eyes full of fire, crushing the bone and causing the skeleton to turn into black goo, staining the battle-scarred ground.
Gibson, the blue furred scientist of the team, rushed over to tend to Chiro's wound, Nova at his heels.
"I'm all right, I'm okay," Chiro reassured the two monkeys "Head wounds always bleed too – Jinmay! Look out!"
He spotted a skeleton soldier behind the pink haired robot girl, the creature's sword raised high above its head. She jumped and flipped behind it, shooting it with her eye beams as she neared the ground. It had turned to ooze before her feet touched the earth.
"Thanks!" she called, then ran over to help Neekeeta, who was facing four enemies at once.
Gibson was still fussing over Chiro and Nova had run back into the battle. The coal haired boy shooed Gibson away by pointing out that Suupa needed help, and tied his fiery orange scarf over his cut.
The boy stood up, swaying slightly, and took in the scene around him. The warm rain was coming down hard now, making it hard to see very far, but what he did almost brought him back to his knees again.
Sprx had a bloody gash on his side and a large bruise over his left eye, but was still charging at three soldiers.
"Gyro Roll!" He yelled, and knocked them down; the ooze left behind formed a giant black puddle that looked like oil before absorbing into the ground.
Neekeeta and Jinmay were fighting two new soldiers, the remains of the four they faced dissolving behind them. The light grey cat slashed at her opponent with her katana and Jinmay fired her heart cannon at hers. Jinmay's usually shiny metal surface was covered in scratches and dents and Neekeeta's fur was matted with blood from a large cut on her right arm, but the two still continued to fight.
Gibson and Suupa faded in and out of his sight, fighting a small band of five soldiers at once.
"Spin Shocker!" Gibson yelled, and Suupa fired his gun, knocking out three of them, but two remained.
The evil duo charged at the blue companions. Gibson tripped his opponent with is tail and stabbed its back with his drill, but Suupa didn't jump in time and his chest armor got cracked by the soldier. The frog fell to the ground, winded and helpless as the skeleton raised its weapon, but before it could bring it down, it was cut in two by a bright green energy saw. Otto landed next to Suupa and helped him up.
Chiro smiled, glad that they were okay, but his happiness was brief. All around him, his friends were getting hurt, protecting the universe from evil, but injuring themselves in the process.
"Why do we have to fight?" thought the boy "What did we ever do to deserve this? What did our allies ever do to deserve this? All this pain and sacrifice, it's too much! Wh-…?"
And that was the last thought that went through the boy's mind before he was struck from behind and it all went dark.
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Chiro awoke many hours later, spitting out mud. The rain had stopped, and so had the battle. The blue eyed boy sat up and gingerly touched the swollen spot at the back of his head. It was very sensitive; he pulled back his hand quickly as pain shot through his skull. As he took in his surroundings, he saw that he was alone. The battle had ended and the ground was still stained with blood and ooze. The soldiers and his friends had gone. All was silent except for rustling sounds as the wind blew small pieces of debris and papers across the compacted ground.
"Hello?" he called; a small amount of fear laced his voice.
He remembered his communicator. Chiro looked down at his chest, only to find a crushed radio device. His head injury would make it too hard to concentrate on the Power Primate; there was no way to contact the team now.
"HELLO? ANYBODY? MONKEY TEAM?" he yelled again, but it was futile. There was nobody around, nobody to hear him scream. (Or was there?)
"Hello, my hairless monkey."
Chiro whirled around, causing his vision to blur and his head to throb from moving so quickly, and found Mandarin leaning cockily against a boulder, a smirk playing at the corners of the demonic monkey's mouth.
"Mandarin!" Chiro spat.
"In the flesh!" the evil monkey said, mock bowing.
"What do you want?" asked the coal haired boy.
"Same as always," Mandarin replied "To destroy you! HAAAAHHHHHH!"
"HHRRAAHHHHH!" Chiro yelled, punching Mandarin as the evil monkey tried to slash him with his new claw. The two clashed in midair, each knocking the other down to the ground.
"You're mine now, boy!" spat the deformed skeleton monkey as he charged at the coal haired boy, his bone claw slashing at the air in a vain attempt to slit his target's throat.
"No way Mandarin!" Chiro shouted, dodging the claw just in time "We will stop you!"
"We?" Mandarin questioned mockingly "WE? Mwah-Ha-Ha-Ha! Why, my hairless monkey, don't make me laugh. The only beings I see here are you and I. You're all alone."
"No Monkey Team member is ever alone." said Chiro boldly
"Reeaallllyyy?" the orange monkey asked "Then tell me boy, when you awoke, where were your beloved teammates? Where were your allies?"
Chiro was silent, his eyes fixed coldly at his opponent. Maybe it was the concussion, but Chiro saw that the evil monkey had a point. Although he sure as hell wasn't about to admit it.
"Don't know? Well then, I will tell you. They retreated back to your beloved Super Robot with their tails between their legs." Mandarin said, laughing
"No! They would never retreat, never back down from a fight! I don't believe you!" Chiro cried angrily, shaking his head violently
"Well then, tell me, where did they go?" Mandarin inquired, smiling evilly.
"Ah... Uh..." the boy hung his head, realization setting in. They left him!
"He's right. I was alone when I woke up, I'm alone now. Where did you go Monkey Team?" he thought, hot tears welling up in his eyes "Why did you leave me?"
Mandarin smiled at the boy's tears and took advantage of Chiro's distressed state. "You see, they never really cared for you, they never really wanted you as their leader. I could tell. They were disappointed that you were the Chosen One. The idea of no longer having to put up an act was too good to pass up, so they left you for dead. ... The truth hurts, doesn't it, boy?"
Chiro's entire body seemed to sag and his shoulders shook slightly with silent sobs. "Is he right? Is what Mandarin saying true? Was it really just an act? All of it?"
Mandarin snickered. "Ha! Idiot boy!" He thought "You fell for the bait, now all my Master and I have to do is sit back and watch you fall apart."
"Face it boy," Mandarin said "You were everybody's fool."
Chiro stared at his feet, his vision blurred by his tears, in such a state of shock that the Monkey Team had left him that he didn't hear Mandarin's footsteps coming closer. He barely felt it this time when he was struck in the head again, and didn't mind it at all when the world went dark once more.
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