Gibson's POV

"Thank you, Antauri"

I stepped out of his warm presence, and mentally smacked myself. How much more stupid can I get! I finally go to talk to him, and end up sounding like a complete moron! Why didn't I just tell him and cease all this fuss!

Because I'm afraid of rejection.

The thought hit me like ice. I, Gibson, was afraid of my own emotions. I was so afraid of them; I was running from them, even if they were causing everything going wrong. It was because of my emotions that I'm afraid to tell Antauri about my emotions. Wait, back up, my bad emotions are making me afraid of the good emotions, what? It's all just too confusing. I need a quiet place to just think.

No POV

Gibson, lost deep into his own thoughts, returned to the robots shoulder. The sun was setting now, and the air was turning comfortably cool. He looked out to the shocking beauty of the Shugazoom sunset, and stared in awe at the colors the dark orange bottom surrounding a glowing half circle, and fading first to yellow, then to a slowly darkening blue. The first stars sparkle high in the sky, and the beautiful fluffy clouds were tinged with pink. The black silhouette of the city only added to its beauty. It was truly a perfect sunset.

"It's pretty, isn't it"

Gibson, startled, whipped around to come face to face with his leader, Chiro.

"Yes, I suppose it is" murmured Gibson, embarrassed to have been caught enjoying something as simple as a sunset when he had more important things to.

They sat in silence for a bit, watching as the last bit of yellow receded from the sky, leaving a beautiful deep blue, and twinkling with the glow of the stars.

"Chiro, have you ever been…never mind" Gibson said quickly.

"Ever been what Gibson? Come on, you can ask me" the teen perused, shifting so he was completely facing the blushing scientist.

"No, no, forget what I said. It's nothing important."

"If it doesn't matter, why won't you tell me?"

Gibson turned to look at the child, contemplating. He felt if he didn't tell someone, he was going to implode from emotion overload. Antauri was defiantly out of the question, as were Otto and Sprx. Nova had her own feelings to work out, so that left Chiro.

Gibson looked at Chiro solemnly. "Chiro, what I'm about to tell you, you can never repeat."

Chiro nodded, concerned about his team mate. "Of course Gibson, I won't tell a soul"

"Well, you see… I don't know how to say this… umm… I think I'm, maybe…" Gibson sighed in frustration. He was fumbling over his own thoughts, and possible outcomes flashed through his head. Would Chiro simply laugh at him for being so foolish, or would be mad at him for thinking that way about another team member? No, I'm not going to back down! Not this time. "Chiro, what I'm trying to say is, I think I'm in…l-"

Gibson went silent as the threat alert went off. Chiro immediately went into hyper mode, and he and Gibson rushed to the command center.

"Nova, what do we got?" yelled Chiro as the yellow monkey went to the control panel.

"A giant mechanical spider trashing down-town" she reported, then added, "Let's go squish a bug"

The robot was still a bit damaged from their last battle, so the team headed out on foot, hoping the foe wasn't too formidable. What they saw when they got there, nearly caused Gibson to faint.

It was a giant spider, alright, but it was a thirty foot tall black widow. The monstrous beast let out a strange sound between a high-pitched whine and a roar, and sprang at the hyper force, three foot long fangs glistening menacingly.

"Monkey Mind Scream!"

"Boom Boom Wakka!"

"Lightning Kick!"

"Magna Tingler Blast!"

"Whirling Destructo Saws!"

"Cybo Vac Drill Sucker!"

The attacks were working, and soon the giant was weak and dented.

"Double Monkey Attack!"

Gibson blushed at being in contact with Antauri, but they managed to land a solid blow on the monster, finishing the battle, or so they thought…

CRUNCH!

"ANTAURI!"