Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of srmthfg. I only own Elana( Kataru) and other future OC characters that I decide to put in.

Chapter 1

Arrival in the Savage Lands

Elana's P.O.V.

Everyone sat in the chairs after we landed to discuss things and another chair opened up for me to sit in. Jinmay was sitting with Nova, but she seemed to notice my behavior has changed recently. Before she could say anything though, Chiro started to speak. " So Elana, what direction do you think that we should go?"

I got on my side to avoid any discomfort while talking to them." I saw Mandarin in a temple five days from here. We won't be able to go any further with the robot because of how dense the jungle is, so we'll have to go on foot from here on." Everyone nodded, then left to get their stuff as Jinmay stayed behind. She came over to me as I lay on my side trying to get some sleep and asked me a question, very worried about me.

" Are you sure that you're well enough to do this, Elana? It's only been over a week since we rescued you and you've been really tired lately. You need to rest, Gibson can take care of you." I smiled gently at her concern as I answered her." Thank you for your concern Jinmay, but I'm fine and Gibson will be by me to make sure that nothing bad happens to me." She nodded her consent to my answer before asking another question." By the way Elana, which command do you want to be? Antauri and Nova have wondered about this for a while and want to know your answer."

I smiled at Jinmay when she mentioned Antauri. After I joined the team officially, Nova and Antauri have tried to figure out what command I should be." To be honest Jinmay, I believe that it should be up to them to decide because I don't want to mess up anything that has already been decided and I'll be happy with whatever command they decide to put me in." She nodded and went up to tell Antauri as Gibson came back down and came up to me. He did some tests and when he was done he looked at me serious before he spoke to me.

" It looks like you have a few more days before it's over. I know that I can't stop you from going, so I'll stay near you to make sure that you don't overwork yourself. Also, I told Antauri that you haven't recovered from your injuries completely, so I'm staying by your side to make sure that you don't push yourself too hard. So, in a sense I told him the truth, but only part of it." I smiled and nodded at Gibson before I spoke." Thank you Gibson, for doing that. I really didn't want for Antauri to get suspicious about my recent behavior, but Jinmay was worried and I hope that the others don't get too suspicious. I think I'll tell before we reach the temple, when we make camp for the night, alone or with Chiro and you'll be with me."

Gibson nodded at me and then looked worried as he saw me visibly flinch in pain. Once it was over and I smiled at him he realized what it was and came to help me up. Then Chiro and Jinmay came down as they turned to Gibson serious." So Gibson, do you detect any troubles on the way there?" Gibson nodded and put the information on the screen for everyone to see as he explained." There are many hostile life forms around the temple, and there are probably many traps around as well. Since you know the area very well Elana, I think that you should guide us there safely and when I tell you to rest for the night, I want you to take us to a safe place that's close by. Since Elana, you haven't fully recovered from your injuries, I'll stay by you side to make sure that you don't push yourself anymore than you have to."

They nodded as Antauri, Nova, and Sparx came down into the room. Then they came up to me and Antauri spoke first." After much discussion, we have finally come to a decision. We have decided to make you fifth in command, Elana." I looked at them confused before Nova explained.

" You see, since I already chose Sparx as fourth in command, and we have yet to decide on the other commands yet. So we decided to let the final decision to be up to Sparx." I looked at Sparx confused before he explained." I was already trying to decide who was going to be fifth in command and I couldn't think of anyone that could do a better job than you. I know that you're still trying to get used to being on a team, but I think that this will help you with that issue and besides, you're way more fun to hang out with than Gibson. The blue monkey glared at Sparx while Otto came into the room ready to go. We left the robot on foot with me leading the team with Gibson right next to me, with Sparx and Nova behind us. Then Chiro and Jinmay were behind them with Antauri and Otto bringing up the rear.

I know that we should probably rest after the first set of traps in these jungles. The vision that I had over a week ago had two hooded figures near the sleeping Mandarin in his stasis tube. They talked about getting revenge on me for what happened to them 12 years ago by using him. It seems that I was right about not completely wiping out the Galatic Circle back then, but I had hoped that I was wrong. Now I know that we will definitely need Master Xan's help after all and I just hope that he's recovered enough to come out of hiding to help us rescue Mandarin, but I should probably contact him tonight with the Power Primate, just in case.

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