Specter had been planning this scheme since he was captured and imprisoned, a plot that would drown out the ape catcher's influence in his life... permanently. It was beyond the albino's mind originally to strike down his foes, as doing something of the sort would give way to his human emotions. He attempted to do the opposite by turning them into servants but Jake came along and ruined that. Jake of all people, the side kick, the begrudged lover boy of some old man's daughter had defeated him and stopped his plot to blow up the earth. Unacceptable.

"If I am to ever win, these people must be removed. Otherwise, I will always be the loser." He stated to himself aloud, sitting in his hover chair that he rebuilt some time ago, red and blue just like his first chair was. Resting against the back board of his throne, he rested a cheek on his knuckles. He had yet to break the monkeys out of the park, as doing so would send a signal flare that would have every ape catcher on his tracks. Not that he probably didn't already have someone looking for him. Clearing his throat he leaned forward, draping his arms over his knees, causing the bang of his hair to droop down for a second, letting his other eye be visible for a few moments. "Stealth is on my side, I'd best begin work." He commented, before guiding his throne over to a terminal workstation...

Spike and Jake were still not speaking, even now, in the same room with each other, they refused to even give one another a glance. Natalie sat next to Jake now, being his girlfriend even if he was a little younger than she was. She could feel the tension between the two, like a bungee cord having been stretched out to its near breaking point, requiring only pressure to snap -and she felt like that pressure.

"I wonder why the Professor called us here," Spike asked, breaking the silence. Being in the waiting lounge of the Professor's lab, waiting. None of them were given any details about being asked to come, just the request itself over the phone this morning. When the doors finally did hiss and parted from each other allowing the old man dressed in white and green to step out of his lab, Ozel frowned and bowed his head; "The reason I brought you all here today is because I got reports that Specter escaped again the other night." Every last one of the others groaned in frustration. "How did he escape from a government prison?" Jake asked frantically in disbelief. "They tried to run a diagnostic test with a confiscated peak point helmet, he used it to summon robots that broke him out." Natalie could feel her eyes about to water, not this again. Specter was dangerous, more so considering his last plan was purely with lethal intention. What would he do next? Another bomb?

"I'm not going to get involved this time." Ozel explained, looking disappointed in himself for this resolution that he had to keep. "I would recommend you do so too." Spike stood up, clenching his fist in anger, "and what if Specter does something horrible?" The professor turned to the red and yellow haired boy and shrugged, "The government did this, they can take care of it." The three young adults all wanted to protest against the idea of not getting involved, but they did see that the Professor was right in a way. The Professor had stopped all simian research, discarded the helmets, and has been focusing primarily on time travel ever since, the Government could have avoided trying to copy Ozel's research, but instead they allowed their worst enemy to escape. "You're right... We shouldn't clean up this mess, we didn't make it." Jake replied, hoping that Natalie and even Spike would agree. "I suppose," replied Spike while Natalie just simply nodded.

The Professor wiped some sweat off of his brow, a forced smile spreading on his lips, "Care to come see the Time Machine Mark 2?"

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Sorry for the late chapter, never intended for it to take this long but due to a large amount of RP's I had going I just needed a break; now I feel the urge to write again and what better than to continue my sequel to Ape Escape 4: Monkey Madness that also fills the holes left by Operation: Raid. Read and Review and expect a new chapter soon!