Destiny: I am so happy to start a new story!
Chiro: What is this one about?
Destiny: You'll find out soon.
Chiro: Should I be worried?
Destiny: Nah, not right now anyways. Now I have a question. What would happen if Chiro never met the Monkey Team?
Chiro: Where are you going with this?
Otto: But, Chiro already knows us.
Destiny: Exactly.
Otto: Huh?
Destiny: Just read the story! The story is the only thing of mine. I may add some OCs later on, besides the teachers and a few friends, but I'm not sure yet.
Chapter 1: Doesn't Seem Right
The faint sound or sirens and flashing lights radiated across a dark city filled with activity. The smell of grease and gasoline drifted past the area. The city was lying in the middle of a large lake on tall, man made pillars. Surrounding that were thousands of miles of waste land. The city was the only 'safe' place on the planet.
A lone teen with charcoal black hair and illuminating blue eyes hat reflected the moonlight walked through the cold night. His hands were buried in a black jacket. He kept to the shadows. It was dangerous at this time of night; there were thugs, bandits, gangs, monsters, you name it. Sure, that can happen during the day too, but at night… you're better off staying inside.
As he walked past a worn down building with crumbling brick, broken windows, and peeling paint that said 'Shuggazoom City Orphanage' in faded letters, his eyes narrowed.
He ran past the broken down orphanage and down a few blocks and alleys to an abandoned factory. He calmly walked past all the large machinery and up a hidden, rusty metal staircase to a metal door that led to the second story of the building. Inside by the door was a light switch that he flashed on. It was a very large, singular room with faded brown colored walls and blue carpet. Along the three walls that the door wasn't on were square windows that viewed part of the city. There was old bed along the right corner of the room with a thin blue blanket, a small fridge, a box for a nightstand, some comics, a very small kitchen and bathroom off to the far left side along the same wall as the door, and a small TV. The rest of his things were in a locked trunk.
The teen fell back into his, surprisingly soft, mattress and turned on a small TV and watched The Sun Riders.
Despite being 15, he acted like an adult in many ways. He had no family or guardians to live with so he had to take care of himself. He had to admit, it was extremely hard, but somehow he made it through.
He eventually fell asleep.
Through a blurry haze of blackness, the boy could make out a tall figure laughing menacingly. All he could make out were cold, red eyes and a bone like staff.
"Who's there," the boy called out.
The figure only laughed before replying, "Your worst nightmare…"
Chiro backed off, trying to run away, but the figure was all around him.
Just then, he attacked.
The boy woke up with a gasp. A small, black alarm cloak was sounding, showing '7:00'.
The boy got up and went through his morning routine; attempting to brush his shiny, charcoal hair, eating a breakfast of cold cereal and an apple, and preparing for school. He had everything ready by the door; his black jacket, white tennis shoes, and a black and orange backpack.
By 7:35, he was out of the house and down the same trail he took last night; this time, towards a building called West Shuggazoom High school. It was a new, cream colored building with silver doors and letters.
He ran to his locker and stuffed his backpack in after taking his school supplies out. He looked both ways to see no one, and then quickly set the first two numbers of his locker combo. He then ran to his first class; Science.
It was now 7:45.
"Thank you for helping me set up like always, Chiro," the Science teacher, Mr. Warren, said, smiling at the boy. Both were alone in a large science room.
The boy, Chiro, was considered a geek by many. He enjoyed learning, got good grades, and was an overall good student. Plus, he was a target of bullying, one of the reasons he was here early. The teachers never knew and the students never told. Chiro never fought back, taking the punches and the pain. Chiro was tough, strong, and brave.
Soon it was the middle of the day; lunchtime.
During lunch, everyone sat outside on the grassy campus field in the back of the school, usually sitting with their friends.
Chiro sat with two friends under the shade of a large tree.
One was a female with short dark hair in a white headband and shiny grey eyes. She wore a light, white long sleeve shirt with a hood, dark blue bell bottom jeans, and black, high heeled boots. She wore a silver necklace around her neck and very light eye makeup and lip gloss.
Another was a male with blonde hair, freckles, and hazel eyes. He wore simply a large green shirt and baggy jeans along with tennis shoes and a shark tooth necklace.
"So Chiro," the female asked, "What are you going to do this weekend?"
Chiro sighed, "The same old business, Tamera. So, did you find a place to stay yet?"
"Nope." Tamera laid back. "It's okay though. I'm used to it. Plus, I can handle myself."
"You sure," the other boy asked, "'Cause I'm sure you could stay at my place or Cheerio's."
"It's Chiro," he growled before muttering, "Gabby."
Tamera giggled.
"It's Gabe, not Gabby."
"Okay, Gabrielle," Tamera said, joining in.
"Not you too," he exclaimed.
Chiro tried to calm him down by changing the subject. "So what do you guys want to do on Saturday?"
Gabe smirked. "How about going to the beach?"
Chiro and Tamera's heads spun around at that moment. "NO!"
One of the things that made their friendship strong was they shared some likes and dislikes. For instance, both Chiro and Tamera were afraid of swimming.
"Fine, then what are we going to do? Ma and Pa's Arcade is out of the picture because they're, you know, evil and look up to some creature that doesn't exist. The holographic ice cream is definitely out because just one drop of water electrocutes you. The beach is out because you two are chickens…"
Tamera hit Gabe on the head for the two them.
"OW!" Gabe rubbed his head. "Anyways, what can we do?
Tamera laid back again while counting on her fingers, "We can go shopping, go to Mr. Gagslapper's, skateboard, roller skate, visit the library, the observatory, the movies, fly a kite, play videogames at somebody's house—"
"Wait," Chiro interrupted, "None of us have videogames."
Both boys looked at Tamera.
"I scored a deal on some systems and games. I need help fixing some of the broken ones, but I have one up and running."
Both boys grinned.
Tamera continued her list. "We could always visit the Zone of Wasted Years in the outskirts."
"N-No way," Gabe stuttered, "My parents would kill me!"
At that moment, Chiro spotted two bullies walking up to them; BT and Glenny.
"Hey, if it isn't the freaks," BT announced.
"Who're you calling freaks, Carrot top," Tamera shouted.
This resulted in a punch in the face by Glenny. Tamera was knocked back into the tree. Her head hung down. "Heh, I thought boys weren't supposed to hit girls." She was still conscious, but extremely pale. She put her right hand on a bruised cheek that was hidden by her short hair.
Gabe had already run away, hoping to find help.
The bullies turned to Chiro, who was trying to help Tamera up. They cracked their knuckles and beat Chiro up far worse then they did Tamera.
Chiro stood in front of Tamera. "Leave us alone!"
"Now why would we do that," BT asked, grinning. He threw a punch at Chiro, but he dodged. Glenny tried kicking Tamera, but she pushed him into BT, growling, "Back off!"
BT, however, pushed Glenny back, thinking he did that on purpose. Soon, they began fighting each other. Both Chiro and Tamera looked at each other, and slowly walked off. When they were several feet off, they ran back into the school.
BT finally noticed they were gone and yelled, "You let them get away!" He knocked Glenny in the head.
"Sorry, BT."
"We'll just get them after school."
The school bell rang and everyone walked to their next class. Chiro and Tamera shared the same classes. Gabe was in only three out of the seven; science, math, and music. The others were art, gym, English, and language.
Tamera walked next to Chiro in the hall, hugging her stuff and staring at Chiro with concern as they went to art class. "Chiro," she asked, "Why don't you stand up to them?"
Chiro didn't respond.
"Come on," Tamera urged, "Why don't you fight back?"
Chiro seemed to wince, confusing Tamera.
"I don't know," was Chiro's reply.
Soon, it was Gym class. Everyone was outside on a track surrounding a football field and wore white t-shirts and blue shorts with a white lining.
Tamera kept looking at Chiro with concern as she stretched.
The teacher, Mr. Feldwin blew his whistle. "Okay class," he roared, gathering their attention, "Since you're all done warming up, we are going to play soccer."
A lot of boys in the class cheered while most others groaned. BT and Glenny were in the same Gym class as Chiro and Tamera and ended up on the opposite teams.
Mr. Feldwin blew his whistle, and the game started.
Tamera had the ball and ran towards the goal. BT and some others were close behind. She looked to see if anyone was open, and found Chiro waving his hands. She kicked the ball towards him, but Glenny ran into Chiro, stealing the ball and knocking him down hard into the mud. Tamera ran over to help him up.
"Are you okay," Tamera asked as Chiro groaned.
"It's okay Tamer—AH!" Chiro collapsed back to the ground, cringing.
"Foul," the teacher called out.
"But Mr. Feldwin," Glenny whined, "It was an accident!"
The teacher let it go and turned to Chiro. Behind him, BT and Glenny gave high fives.
"Tamera, can you take Chiro to the nurse," he asked, "You two are dismissed from class."
Tamera nodded and carried him off.
Eventually, the school day finally ended, and all the students walked off. The three friends walked next to each other. Luckily, BT and Glenny had ended up getting in trouble and had to stay in detention after being seen hurting Gabe.
"Some way to start the weekend," Gabe complained.
"I agree," Chiro groaned, rubbing his arm, "Those two are the worst!"
Tamera put her hands behind her head, "At least it's over for now, and when you two feel better, we can hang out."
Chiro and Gabe nodded.
They came to a tall, red apartment building and Gabe walked in. They all waved goodbye. As Chiro and Tamera left, they could swear they could hear yelling.
Eventually, the two came to a crossroad in the alley way. One led to Chiro's factory and one led to a hidden alley were another abandoned building was. Both went down the opposite roads, after saying goodbye.
Chiro turned on the TV again and it showed his favorite TV series again; The Sun Riders. He then grabbed a Coke from the fridge and fell back into his bed. However, he didn't pay attention to the TV at all.
"Something doesn't seem right," he thought, "When Tamera asked why I didn't fight, I felt, I dunno, a… a spark? What was that all about?"
Eventually, Chiro fell asleep with the TV on.
And cut! That's a wrap people! I hope you liked the first chapter! Who was yelling? What was that spark? You'll find that out later. So how was it? This is my first attempt at a regular fanfiction and one that involves SRMTHFG. Was it good, bad, lame? Any suggestions? I'll change it if I have to, but is it good enough? Man I'm always nervous when I make a new story…
Gabe: Can I do it?
Destiny: Fine.
Gabe: Please Read and Review!