Alright, so, the first chapter was a bit scarier than my old Chapter one. Well, I wanted something different for the story…so, here we go. ON TO CHAPTER TWO!!!
Chapter 2: Even Antauri needs help sometimes….
Chiro had just entered the main room when Otto came zooming by, carrying something large underneath his arms. The boy stared confusingly after him as he dashed into med bay where Nova and Sprx were at. The teenager shrugged and went back to the game. He would sit here and wait for Otto to be done.
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Nova saw Otto enter in with a big huge grin on his face. He was carrying something covered in a tarp and his tail was bleeding. She was going to ask something when Sprx sat straight up and glared at the green monkey.
"What took you so long, Otto?" he asked angrily. Otto continued to grin and set the tarp down. He began to search through it with such eagerness that the two other monkeys thought that he would rip the tarp to pieces. The mechanic pulled out an arm that had the magnet activated already and he skipped over to the red pilot.
"Here we go!" he said cheerfully. He grabbed a wrench and began to work on putting on the arm. As soon as he had got it out, he got it on and Sprx began to flex it and try it out. He went to Nova and did the same thing. When Otto finished, the two thanked him and left, overwhelmed that they could get out of that place. Otto finished putting away all his items and the blueprint before following his fellow teammates out into the main room. He noticed Chiro get up and motion him to finish the game. He went over to him and grabbed his controller.
While the two played, the other four monkeys sat in their chairs and watched them. Just when Otto had killed Chiro's character, Sprx's voice made him jump.
"What the heck is all over this arm!?" he shouted. "It's all sticky and wet. It feels like my arm was in something's mouth!!" Everyone looked at it and saw the shiny substance that covered it. The slimy saliva then reminded Otto of the thing he had seen in the store. He got up and began to wave his arms up and down.
"IWENTTOHACKMAN'SSTOREANDIGOTTHEMARMSFORYOUGUYSANDTHENIWENTINTO THISROOMANDHACKMANLEFTANOTETHATTOLDMEABOUTTHEARMSANDHEALSOSAID THATTHEREWASSOMEWEIRDCREATUREINTHEREANDHETOLDMETONOTFREAKOUTANDTHENTHETHINGATTACKEDMEANDIT'SSTILLTHERE! IATTACKEDITWITHSPRX'SNEWARM
ANDTHENIKNCOCKEDITOUTBUTIDON'TKNOWIFIKILLEDITANDIREALLYHYPERANDWANTADRINKOFSOMETHING!!!!" he exclaimed. He began to pant because he wasted his breath in his hyper speech. The rest of the team looked oddly at Otto as though they had just experienced another Gibson dumb moment that one time when they lived their fear. Sprx shook his head.
"Easy, Otto," he told him. Otto stopped waving his arms and stared at the red monkey with attention. "Now, I want you to say that again nice and slowly, alright?" Otto nodded furiously. He retold the team in the slowest way he could muster and explained the creature he had seen in the room. Gibson stopped him at that.
"I don't recall any other monkeys or anything else that was like us in any of the Alchemist's previous archives," he said. "If he did, then either the document was lost, stolen, or even deleted for protective purposes." Antauri nodded.
"It appears we have a mission, team," the silver monkey said. "To bring whatever Otto saw back to the Super Robot to see what we are really dealing with. Maybe this beast knows more about things than we do." The team nodded there heads, all except for Sprx, who waved his hands in his face and shook his head.
"Nuh-uh, no WAY am I fighting with this new arm when I just got it replaced," he told them. Nova snorted and grabbed Sprx's arm, dragging him to the tube.
"C'mon you sissy," she said. The others followed, but Antauri stayed behind for a moment. He was thinking about what was going to take place, what would be in store for them when they get there, or what the outcomes of this would be. Maybe this new creature was what had disturbed the Power Primate a couple of hours ago.
"Yo, Antauri!" Chiro's voice interrupted his thoughts. "Are you coming?" Antauri shook his head to clear it and went down the tube to rejoin his teammates.
Deep down, though, he felt that this capturing would bring out something very horrifying.
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The team made it to the door of the old hardware store. Non of them touched the door, because they weren't about ready to go in. But, finally Nova broke through them and pushed the door opened.
"Scaredy cats," escaped her lips as she stepped inside the empty store. The other followed, with Otto leading them to the back of the store. He showed them the door but didn't go in. The others stared at this door as well. None of them said anything. They, except for Otto, felt a strange aurora coming from it. It seemed to wrap around the team members like heavy coils.
They all were seeing some weird memory. There was the monkey team, but, instead of Chiro, it was Mandarin in his robotic monkey form and Antauri was black instead of silver. The leader of the Hyperforce seemed to be yelling at this other monkey, but, they noticed it was no monkey they had ever seen before. It was a little taller then themselves, with a white body and a black chest. The clawed hands were clenched at its sides as it took the words in. Its silver eyes were narrowed and glaring at this so-called "leader". The tail flicked dangerously back and forth, even hinting more that it was angry. The team couldn't make out the words of what the previous leader was saying, but they knew it wasn't good. Then, the mysterious monkey's eyes lost their pupils and the eyes turned to slits.
Suddenly, a loud voice shook their souls. It began to speak in an unknown language to them, well, to the past team. They stepped back terrified as this monkey released its anger out on them. Then, it turned on its heel and walked to the tube. Before it left, it looked over its shoulder at the team.
"You'll regret ever accusing me for telling a lie," the monkey said. "I'll come back, and show you that I was telling the truth." Then, the memory faded and they were standing back in the room once more, still staring at Otto. Antauri went in front of them and closed his eyes. He silently opened the door and floated in. The others were about to go in with him, but he motioned them not to. They nodded, but were a bit hesitant as the silver monkey shut the door behind himself.
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Antauri returned back to standing. He looked around the room with his blue eyes, but, he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. He cautiously stepped towards the table where the lamp didn't work and papers and pens were covering the wooden surface. A little curious, he brushed the pens and paper off and was now staring at deep gouges and scratches all over the table's once smooth surface. They read only one word, which, when he read them, sent shivers down his spine.
Zaintar. All over the scarred surface of the wooden material, this word screamed up at Antauri. The word somewhere in his mind rang a little bell, as though he had heard it before in a distant memory. He couldn't put his finger on it. He wondered of how this creature Otto had talked about knew of this name. Maybe Zaintar was the name of this scary beast that lurked somewhere in this darkened and mold covered room that it called home. Antauri activated his ghost claws when he heard a scrape from behind him.
"Zaintar, if that is your name, listen to me," he told the darkness. Somewhere on the wall, the creature froze and looked to where the name had come from. "I am Antauri, second in command of the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce. I am not here to hurt you, just to talk." He strained to hear if the thing would make any noise that signified that it was here. The creature stood completely motionless, still confused at the silver monkey.
"Antauri," the beast growled. Antauri spun to his name and saw the animal on the wall, staring at the monkey with a sadden expression. The silver monkey stood still in a battle stance, showing the beast his claws. The beast slowly crawled off the wall and when it stood, it stood a little hunched, the claws almost touching the ground. The silver eyes dug deep into the monkey's mind, flicking through past memories and nightmares that he had. Suddenly, the eyes turned narrow once more and an unearthly roar tore through the room.
A memory that was to be forgotten in Antauri's mind it found in its.
It charged Antauri and rammed him into the wall. Antauri struggled with the beast as it tried to rip at his robotic body. He, instinctively, ranked his magenta claw across the mysterious monkey's face. It howled in pain and dropped Antauri, rubbing its face tenderly. It then turned to Antauri with hatred in its eyes and launched at him and tackled him to the floor. Suddenly, the floor beneath them gave way and the two tumbled into the darkness.
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The rest of the monkey team heard the splintering of wood and the shouts of Antauri. Knowing something bad had happened, Chiro kicked down the door. It shattered to pieces as the force rippled through the old material. The boy ran in, followed closely by the other monkeys. Before anyone knew it, they fell down the hole that was now there.
The team seemed to fall forever till a hard surface stopped Chiro. He was about to get up when the others came flying down and landed on top of the leader. The team was dazed for a moment, but then Chiro pushed his members off of him and looked around. Sprx rubbed his head and looked around also.
"Hey, haven't we been here before?" he asked. The team followed the red pilot's gaze and sure enough, they were back in the room where the Secret Society had gathered and how Valina and Mandarin had gotten back the evil lord Skeleton King's skull. Chiro remembered how the two people, the ones that he had trusted, were the leaders of the whole thing. Gibson took out a scanner that searched the whole room. The mechanism picked up two blinking lights; one green and another red.
"I've targeted Antauri and the creature Otto told us about," he said, turning to where the signals were stronger. "They seem to be coming from this room here." He walked towards an opening in the wall and slipped in. One by one, the others followed him, unaware a black shadow that followed them too.
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Antauri ducked as a blood red claw swung right where his head was before. The creature hissed angrily at the silver monkey and swung faster at him. Antauri dodged and ducked out of the way, while sending out his own attacks. But, to his dismay, it blocked it and attacked even harder than the last time. Antauri leaned out of the way of another attack. Unfortunately, he misjudged and was hit with the beast's other hand. He flew into the stone wall behind him. He slid to the cold floor. He tried to get up, but his energy was almost gone.
The creature stood in front of the fallen monkey and raised a claw to finish him, when a lightning bolt hit it. It roared in pain and stumbled away from Antauri's fallen form. The silver monkey smiled weakly at his team mates as they came to him. They surrounded him like a sort of barrier. Sprx looked down at the silver monkey and chuckled.
"Even you need help sometimes, Antauri," he said, turning his attention back to the monkey-like creature. It had recovered from Chiro's attack and was hissing and growling up a storm. Otto attacked it first.
"Swirling Destructor Saws!" he called. The saws launched at the creature and hit it. The thing flew into the wall opposite of the team. Otto was going to attack again when a bright light of beam hit the green monkey and threw him into the wall. He hit it hard and fell to the ground, not moving and knocked out. Gibson went next, aiming his drills at the beast.
"Spin Shocker!" he shouted out the attack. The mysterious monkey waited till the bolts were closer and opened its claws and took in the attack into a silver sphere that began to form in its hand. Then, it shot it back out at the scientist. He was knocked off his feet and he hit Otto and the two both fell to the floor again. Sprx looked to his buddies and then he turned and glared angrily at the creature.
"Now you're in for it, you freak!" he shouted. He pointed his magnets at the animal. "Magno Tingler Blast!" A ball of electric energy flew at the creature, but, it leaped in the air and put out a leg. The creature swung its leg and kicked Sprx across the head. He flipped and fell to the floor, his eyes swirled and stars swirling around his head. He recovered and saw the beast standing above of him.
"You dare call me a freak?" it snarled. Before it could do anything else, Nova's fist hit it in the side of the face, making it fly away from Sprx. She went after the beast with fire glowing in her eyes.
"I hope you like getting a little hot," she told it and her eyes went from pink to red and she lunged with her fist out. "Flame Fist Fury!" A stream of flame shot out of her fist and hit the creature dead on. The flames engulfed the beast. It howled in pain and fell to its knees. Nova was thinking it was all over, when suddenly, the flames turned from yellow to dark gray in seconds. The thing got up and looked right at Nova.
The once controlled flames of Nova shot out at her and wrapped hot tentacles around her yellow fur. She screamed and tried to escape the grasp of the flame, but, she couldn't. Chiro took action and leaped up.
"Lightning kick!" he called. The attack sliced through the tendrils and Nova dropped to the floor, her fur ruffled and a bit burned. Chiro suddenly felt a hand grab his ankle and he was sent flying through the air. He hit a pillar and it broke to pieces. He rubbed his head and was on his knees when he saw the legs of the creature in front of him. He looked up and saw a dark ball form in the opened claw of the enemy. Chiro watched in horror as the blast became bigger and dangerous.
Suddenly, the eyes of the opponent went wide and the blast dissipated into a black mist. The arms went limp to its sides and the tail drooped. Before Chiro said anything, the creature was released and a familiar face was behind it. The limp body fell to the floor with a loud thud, the blank eyes showing the surprise that it experienced. Antauri had ghosted his claw into the back of the beast head and knocked it out before it was too late. He smiled at Chiro, who smiled back. The silver monkey helped the boy up. The others had recovered and joined the two. They stared down at the limp body of the creature. Antauri looked at Gibson, who was examining the body safely.
"I can't determine what it really is until we can bring it back to the Super Robot," he told them. Chiro nodded and picked up the unconscious body. He was about to walk out of the room when something launched out at him and knocked the body out of his arms. The team turned to where the figure landed and saw who it was.
Mandarin.