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Chapter 2
Interrogation
Third Person's Point of View
Antauri stood in front of the girl and the three simians who were provided with chairs by the team to sit on.
"So, are we clear with the rules?"
The four of them nodded.
"So then, now that we established the rules, you four are going to answer some of our questions." Gibson said. "The yellow simian should answer the questions first."
Rachelle sighed. "Why me?"
"Rachelle! Stop acting like this is a hallucination and just answer those crappy questions, you lazy bitch!" Alex yelled, ending up getting smacked by the head by Euliel.
"Mind your mouth, Alex!" Euliel said.
Alex glared at her.
"Fine." Rachelle sat up and stretched."So what do you want to ask me?"
"I think it would be better if I ask you in a separate room so you're answer won't be influenced by your friends." Gibson said.
Rachelle smirked. "So your interrogating me?"
Gibson stuttered. "I-I never said that-"
Rachelle waved her hand dismissively. "No, no. It's okay though. Now, let's already start this interrogation or whatever you call it."
She went out of the room with Gibson quickly following Alex and Euliel started glaring at each other before they resulted into another physical confrontation.
"Do they do this more often?" Nova asked Donna.
Donna shrugged. "Pretty much."
~o~o~o~o~o~
Gibson sat down at the table across from Rachelle and took our a clipboard and pen. "Now, I am going to ask you a series of questions and I want you to answer them truthfully. Is that okay with you?"
Rachelle shrugged. "Yeah, sure, whatever."
Gibson tilted his head in confusion. This girl acts so calm, almost like she is used to it. Does she even realize the seriousness which is starting to occur here?
"Alright, what is your name?"
Rachelle sighed. "Rachelle."
"Your full name please." Gibson said.
Rachelle hesitated before telling reluctantly. "Rachelle Joy Stoner."
"How old are you and when is birth date?" Gibson said as he scribbled down the necessary information. "Also, are you and your two friends always a robotic simian?"
"I'm thirteen and my birthday is on January 31." Rachelle then shook her head. "And no, we became robotic primates after we got sucked in from the portal. So, basically, we're human before."
Gibson nodded and scribbled down the information.
"So, are we done here?" Rachelle asked.
Gibson. "Yes. But although I have to escort you back to the room."
Rachelle nodded and left the room with Gibson.
~o~o~o~o~o~
As it turned out, Alex was much more stranger than Rachelle.
"So, we should start we the questioning now. What is your full name?" Gibson asked and looked up from his clipboard and noticed Alex staring at the table.
"Ahem." Gibson said, catching Alex's attention.
"Oh, what did you say?" Alex asked.
"I said: What is your full name?" Gibson rephrased it again, slightly irritated.
Alex stared at him blankly before she answered. "Maria Alexandra Anderson. But please, call me Alex."
Gibson nodded and scribbled it down and noticed once again that she was spacing out.
"Alex." Gibson said irritably. "How old are you and when was your birth date?"
Alex blinked. "I'm fourteen and my date of birth was December 28."
"You were the one who made the portal?" Gibson asked.
Alex nodded. "Yeah and it wasn't really that hard."
Gibson looked at her, stunned. "How did you do it?"
Alex smirked and showed a blueprint of the plans.
~o~o~o~o~o~
"What's taking them so long?" Sprx said irritably.
Rachelle shrugged. "Probably uttering about Science and stuff."
"Wait, she knows about Science?" Chiro asked in disbelief.
"Well, yeah. She's crazy about Science since she is able to build the Dimensional Transporter." Donna said.
Then, Gibson and Alex got back from the room where Gibson was interrogating Rachelle and her.
"What took you so long, Brain Strain?" Sprx said.
Gibson just shrugged while Alex just stared blankly at the blueprint in her hands.
"Anyways, Euliel, if that's your name, your next."
Euliel nodded and followed Gibson.
~o~o~o~o~o~
"Okay, your full name please." Gibson said.
"Euliel Mae Monteiro."
Gibson nodded. "Now then, your age and your date of birth."
Euliel looked at him suspiciously but answered. "Fourteen and December 20 was my birthday. And um, can I ask you a question?"
Gibson smiled politely. "Okay."
"Can you build a Dimensional Transporter to transport us back to Earth?" Euliel asked hopefully.
Gibson thought for a moment. "Yes. We could build one like that but it would take weeks or even months for us to build it, even with Otto's help."
"Alex build it within three days." Euliel said bluntly.
Gibson blinked. "Yes, I guess I would allow her to help us and since she is the only one with the blueprints."
Euliel smiled. "Thanks."
~o~o~o~o~o~
Donna raised an eyebrow. "So, are you going to start with the questioning or not?"
Gibson looked at her then back at the clipboard. "Alright, your full name please."
"Donna Czalea Sade." Donna said.
Gibson scribbled it down and looked at her. "Alright, your age and date of birth then."
"I'm thirteen and I was born in October 24." Donna said nonchalantly.
Gibson jotted it down. "Also, why aren't you turned into a robotic simian like the rest of your friends?"
Donna shrugged and took off her necklace that Mark gave her. "Maybe because of this necklace."
Gibson examined it. "Interesting..."
Donna was confused. "Huh? Did you find something that might have not caused my transformation?"
Gibson nodded. "Yes. It seems that there is some kind of strong force here that protects you from anything that is harmful."
Donna blinked. "Wha-"
Gibson returned the necklace to Donna. "For now, I'm not sure what it is but since you four are going to stay here for a while, I can examined it if you want."
Donna nodded and placed the necklace around her neck. "Yes. Thank you Gibson."
~o~o~o~o~o~
"Well, what do you have for us Gibson?"
Gibson looked at Antauri then back to the clipboard. "Well... three of them, those robotic monkeys, are once human but got transformed into what they are know from the portal due to some kind of force within it. Their names are rather peculiar though. The yellow one is called Rachelle, she's thirteen in human years. The silver one is Alexandra, although she prefers to be called Alex, she's fourteen in human years. The blue one is Euliel, she's fourteen in human years. Then the girl is Donna and she's thirteen."
"But how come she didn't transformed into a robotic monkey?" Sprx asked.
"Possibly because of a strong force that resides in her necklace. But I'm going to check if that theory is true." Gibson said, turning towards the surveillance footage of the room where the three robotic simian and the girl are currently waiting on while the Hyper Force discussed the problem.
"I say we build the same replica of this portal generator or something and transport them back to Earth." Otto said.
"It would take days even months to finish that, Otto!" Gibson retorted.
"Alex finished it within three days." Otto said bluntly, imitating Euliel.
Gibson sighed in frustration. "Fine. But we are going to need her help if we want to finish this since she has the blueprints."
"So, did you observe anything unusual about them?" Nova asked.
Gibson shrugged. "Well, Rachelle seems so calm that it's practically unnerving, Euliel and Donna seems to be in their usual personality but Alex... she keeps spacing off once in a while. But other than that, they seem fine."
"Well, that's good." Otto said.
"Alright team, we should go over and talk to them." Chiro said.
~o~o~o~o~o~
"Hey you guys." Nova said the moment the Hyper Force entered the room.
Alex, Euliel, Donna and Rachelle turned to them.
"About time." Rachelle said.
"Yeah. We figured that we should talk to you guys." Chiro said.
"Do we have to go through those bullshit interrogations again?" Euliel asked.
Donna smacked her head. "Euliel, mind your mouth!"
"Alright, already! Just stop hitting me!" Euliel said.
"No. We have decided what are we going to do with you four." Antauri said. "We need to find a place for your four to stay until Gibson and Otto could build the same replica of the portal generator."
Gibson then looked at Alex, who was still spacing off. "And Alex?"
Alex looked up to him. "What?"
"I was wondering if you could help me and Otto build the portal generator?" Gibson asked.
Alex thought for a minute before she broke into a smile. "Yeah. I'll help."
"Wait, what do you mean, place to stay? We need to get back home now." Donna said.
"Listen, kid, getting you guys home would take a lot of time since Otto, Brain Strain and your friend have to build that thing." Sprx explained.
"What! I have to get home now!" Donna shook her head. "No. You know what? I can get back home by myself!"
Donna then ran from the room.
"No! Wait!" Chiro exclaimed.
"Donna!" Rachelle exclaimed in shock. She ran from her area and went after Donna.
"Should we go after them?" Otto asked.
"No, lock down the Super Robot!" Chiro ordered.
"No."
Everyone turned to face Alex, who had her eyes shut close.
"What do you mean 'no'?" Nova asked.
"She has made it out of the Super Robot, along with Rachelle." Alex said, opening her eyes.
"How did you know?" Euliel asked, stunned.
Alex began to fall forwards but was caught by Euliel.
"Gotcha!" Euliel said and placed Alex down.
"So, now what?" Sprx asked.
"I'll go after them." Otto volunteered.
"Are you sure?" Chiro asked.
Otto nodded. "Yep! I promise to keep an eye on them!"
"Very well Otto, but I expect you to keep an open line of communication with the team." Antauri said.
"Sure thing!" Otto said brightly and exited the Super Robot.
~o~o~o~o~o~
"Donna!" Rachelle shouted.
Otto managed to catch up with Rachelle and the two of them kept looking for Donna until they made it to the lake, where they saw Donna standing in the middle of it, where the portal was a few hours ago.
"Donna?"
Donna just stood there, with tears in her eyes.
"Donna..." Rachelle dash into the water with Otto following her.
When Rachelle made it to her, she noticed that Donna's eyes were bloodshot. "It's not fair."
Rachelle nodded sadly. "I know. Come on, let's get out of the water."
The two trudged out from the water, with Otto waiting on the shore. The two collapsed on the ground, exhausted from running all the way to the lake. They sat up, leaning against a tree that grew adjacent to the lake.
"Are you two okay?" Otto asked, coming up the two.
"Yeah, it's just been a really long day for us." Rachelle answered then looked at Donna. "Are you gonna be okay?"
Donna smiled slightly. "Yeah. I'm just an idiot sometimes. Sorry about that Rachz and you too, Otto, right?"
Otto nodded. "Yep."
The three looked out over the lake; the sun was starting to set.
"This is a nice view you guys have here." Donna said.
"Yeah, it is, isn't it?" Otto replied.
"We'll probably never going to see them again...our family, our friends, anyone who are dear to us, right?" Rachelle asked Donna mournfully.
A single tear fell from Donna's eye. "Yeah."