Like before, I don't own anything. I'm just a fan with a story to tell.

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Linkara sighed as he looked at his clock again, before grabbing his phone and dialing Spoony's number. "Hey Spoony, sorry to bother you, but could you teleport over here with your Insano stuff? I need some footage." he said as soon as Spoony answered the phone.

A few minutes later, Spoony had teleported to Linkara's apartment, duffel bag in one hand and a pink, bouncing spiky ball thing in the other. "Sorry for having to bring SOI, I'm babysitting him today while Insano is busy." Spoony set SOI down on the couch and began to pull out scrubs from his bag. "By the way, why didn't you ask Insano for your footage? I thought you two had a deal with each other that he'd do a few battles for you for the show?"

"Well, we did…we do…but after last week…" Linkara stopped and looked over at SOI, who looked like he was trying to look like he wasn't listening to them. "Hey SOI, 90's Kid just picked up a bunch of Sega games last weekend. Why don't you go to his room and help him play them?"

"Riki-tii!" the pink ball shrilled and bounced in the hallway towards 90's Kid's room.

Once Linkara was sure SOI was out of earshot, Linkara motioned for Spoony to follow him to his room. Spoony sat down on the bed and watched as Linkara paced back and forth, his face locked in a puzzled expression. Finally Linkara stopped and turned to look at Spoony. "Has Insano acted any…differently this past week than normal?"

"No, not that I'm aware. Of course he mainly holes up in his lab and I only see him for maybe a few minutes while he's grabbing something to eat. In fact, now that you mention it, last week after coming back from here, he did seem paler than normal and he's barely talked to me all week. And this morning, I didn't even see him. There was just a note on the table telling me to watch SOI. Usually he comes and finds me to ask me. You think something might be wrong?"

Linkara sighed and sat on the bed. "So, he didn't tell you anything? Well, he was supposed to be here an hour ago to shoot something for me. That's why I called you to come over to fill in. I thought maybe he had said something to you. It's just…ever since last week…and now with him not showing up…"

Spoony put his hand on Linkara's shoulder. "What happened last week? Obviously it was something big enough for you to worry about and for me to notice. And for you to want to tell me privately without anyone else knowing."

Linkara massaged his forehead and took a few deep breaths. "We…had a battle in the living room. I was supposed to fire at his weapon but he tripped and got shot instead and some of my stuff crashed down on him. He got a nasty cut and as I was cleaning it, Pollo came in to see what was wrong. Insano started panicking and left. He told me he would let me know that he was alright and if he'd be back today, but I haven't heard any word from him. And the fact that he hasn't even talked to you have me worried even more!"

Spoony frowned. "Now you're getting me worried about him. I'll admit it's hard to throw a blind eye to some of his experiments, but Insano's actually fun to hang around when he lets you in to his world. He's a great father and I actually consider him like a brother to me now as opposed to a few years ago when he showed up. It's kind of funny that only a few months ago, you two were hated enemies, now you two have bonded almost as well as you and I have."

"It's just everything was fine until Pollo came in and…." Linkara jumped up. "Do you think it might have something to do with Pollo!? I mean he wouldn't stop staring at him and kept shaking."

"Insano's seen Pollo countless numbers of times. Why would he freak out at Pollo now? That doesn't make sense." Spoony shook his head. "Has anything changed with Pollo since the last time Insano saw him?"

"Well, I did get through making one of Pollo's new bodies, the Hover one. I put him in it about an hour before Insano got here last week. Granted, it's not the best looking body, you know I suck at robotics unlike you, but it gets the job done and Pollo's able to move freely."

"It might have been that. Insano might have had a slight concussion and seeing Pollo move around freely when he hasn't been able to in the past might have confused him. Maybe we should check out your video feeds and Pollo's memory banks and see if we can get some more information on just how bad his fall was. And if that doesn't pan out, we can always go confront the man himself. He owes us for making us worry about him."

The two men were about to exit Linkara's room when the door was thrown open. "Uh, Spoony…dude? You're like robot just left a message saying something about some lab levels were high or something." 90's Kid looked worried and held an equally worried SOI. "Um, do you want me to watch the little guy while you go check it out?"

"Yeah, thanks Kid. It's just an alarm Insano built to warn me if one of his inventions got out of control and I needed to help him. We actually need to talk to Insano ourselves and since that alarm just sounded, that means he's home." Spoony began walking to the living room, pulling out his teleporter. "And yes, please take care of SOI while we're gone."

"Riki-riki-tii?"

Spoony patted SOI on his head. "Don't worry. I'm sure your father is fine. Just be a good boy for 90's Kid and listen to everything he says. But…that doesn't mean you two can go rampaging around Linkara's apartment. Be good."

Linkara latched on to Spoony and the two teleported to Spoony's house.

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To Be Continued...