Jealousy?
Sprx awoke late the next morning with a slight hunger telling him to get something to eat. He, after what seemed like a never ending hike, made it down to the kitchen. He picked up some bread mumbled a morning to anyone listening and shoved the bread in the toaster. The monkeys sitting at the table had almost finished their breakfast when the last member of their team busted in. Chiro proudly held up something in his hands for all to see. It seemed to be a t shirt.
"Hey team! Check this out!" he cried as all eyes turned onto his shirt. A collective gasp sounded. On it was the white monkey for the previous day. Under his picture was some writing:
We love Shirogane!
Sprx huffed and crossed his arms,
"That jerk helps us out once and he's already a national hero!" He cried,
"I bet that whole be-as-unfriendly-as-possible was just a gimmick!"
"I don't know Sprx" Said Otto taking the shirt from Chiro's grasp.
"He took on all those monsters by himself! I don't think it's a gimmick"
"Besides he did save Nova from becoming stone." Added a rational Gibson. Nova sighed dreamily.
"He's wonderful!" murmured Nova her eyes filled with little heats. She took the shirt from Otto and hugged it.
"He's my hero!" She said nuzzling the white monkey's picture.
"The guy saves you and you fall head over heels. What is up with the world today?" Midnight quizzed before leaving the kitchen.
Please! Not you to Novs! Sprx thought desperately. He realized what she'd just said then and snapped.
"Say what! The freak saves you one time and you fall for him instantly! I don't believe it!" Sprx fumed.
"Believe it Sparky. I mean he's obviously a good guy! He had a sword and armour, like those knights you get in fairy tales. And as you know knights are always good" Nova concluded. Sprx growled angrily and his left eye started twitching uncontrollably. It was then Chiro realized Antauri still hadn't come out of his room.
A few hours later Chiro was walking to his room when he noticed something strange. Antauri's room door was locked. Antauri Never locked his room door.
"Antauri? You there?" Chiro asked worrying if something had happed to his second in command. He heard the shuffle of feet before the door opened.
"Ah! The bat leaves his cave!" Midnight chuckled walking past Chiro and Antauri. Both scowled at the black and blue monkey.
"Chiro I must warn you I'm very busy so if you don't mind" He motioned to shut the door.
"Wait!" Chiro put his foot in the door so it couldn't close.
"What are you doing in there?" Chiro asked.
"It doesn't concern you! Now could you please leave me in peace?" Antauri asked calmly.
"Then why is it so important!" Chiro yelled.
"I cannot tell you but I can assure you it is very important and I must focus, now please leave me!" Antauri countered a little sharply.
Then Antauri done something very unAntauriish. He shut the door in Chiro's face. Chiro readied a Chiro Spearo, he was incredibly worried about his father-figure now and he was going to find out one way or another what was going on. Then he felt a tug at his sleeve. He looked and Nova was standing by his side.
"What's going on? We could hear you from downstairs!" Nova told him. Chiro sighed and explained all that had happed. Nova took her own go at the black monkey.
"Please Antauri, let us help you!" Antauri let out a heavy sigh,
"Sorry Nova this is something I must do alone!"
"But…"
"I said No!" Both Chiro and Nova shared a shocked look at the black monkey's outburst.
"Just go away!" He finished. Nova felt the fire inside her being feed and her anger raged.
"What's so important that you have to shout at your family?" She shouted. That seemed to get his attention and the door slowly slid open. The black monkey though hadn't come to the door.
"Nova I think I'd better go" Chiro told the golden monkey.
"Fine" She huffed before storming off.
Antauri was sitting on a purple pillow with some sort of scented stick in front of him. It gave of the faint smell of lavender. All around the room little candles were alight. Antauri sat legs crossed and with his eyes closed.
"The safety of the universe" Antauri replied calmly.
"Huh?" Chiro asked slightly confused by his mentor's actions.
"The answer to Nova's question"
"What?!" Chiro asked in disbelief.
"Antauri we beat the Skeleton King remember! That isn't about to change overnight!"
Antauri's gaze lowered to the floor and shook his head.
"You are right Chiro but I sense that soon we will have to face an enemy we will not be able to defeat alone! I have a feeling that white monkey we met might have something to do with it….." Antauri trailed of through loss of words. Both monkey and boy pondered on the matter.
"So you think we need help from that white monkey again" Chiro was corrected with a nod.
"To defeat some super powerful enemy!" He added for clarification. Both were silent.
"But how will we find him again?" the boy asked. A heavy silence once again filled the room. Time seemed to drag by before the robot's alarm filled their ears. They both ran to the main room.
"What's going on?" The boy leader asked his chief of science. Gibson brought up a picture of the creature on the main computer's screen. A collective gasp of horror filled the room.
The creature looked like a giant mutated bat. It had two long pointed ears which bared a resemblance to a cat. It had a long snake-like body, two arms with long sharp claws and sturdy legs holding it up. It had a small tail which flicked upwards and two long fangs sticking from the side of its mouth. The most frightening part of it though was the long black leathery wings with the sun's rays shining through them.
"And what's worse, the creature is increasing in size and power constantly! Pretty soon we won't be able to stop it!" Gibson informed the others.
"Monkey team mobilize!" Chiro thrust his fist into the air. The members ran to their coloured tubes.
As soon as they came face to face with the bat creature they new it wasn't going to be easy. Antauri attracted the monster's attention with a Monkey Mind Scream and as it turned around Gibson and Otto charged. They attacked with everything they had but the monster brought its foot down and held them still. Seeing his team-mates in trouble Chiro flew at it with a lightning kick. His attack was cut short when the monster fired goo from its mouth at Chiro. The force pushed him back before he crashed into the wall. The goo solidified and stuck to the wall.
"Chiro!" Nova cried as she ran to her leader's aid. The monster noticed her and fired. Nova noticed too late to do anything.
"Magno Tingler Blast!" Sprx fired at the goo and fried it. He looked over at Nova and gave her a warm smile which she returned. They both ran over to Chiro.
Meanwhile, Antauri was clawing at the creature who just shook him off screeching blue murder. The team watched in horror as Midnight was swiped of his feet, being held by the creature's hand without any sign's of letting go. Midnight struggled for air as the monster's grip became tighter. Antauri struggled to his feet ready to attack. A long heartless chuckle stopped him though.
"Skeleton King" he snarled. From head to toe there stood a projection of the Skeleton King.
"Yes Antauri I have returned. I suggest you stay were you are unless you want your fellow team mate crushed." With these words the creature's hold on Midnight became tighter still. Midnight cried in agony and breathing became hard for him.
"Midnight!" the team cried. They knew his stubborn nature would never let him cry for help unless he was in serious pain.
"Poor little Midnight. Soon he will be destroyed by my power!" Skeleton King gloated.
"Not if I have any say in this!" a white blur shouted as he sliced the monster's hand off. He caught the black and blue monkey from the remains. In a flash of movement Shirogane had placed Midnight on the floor, slashed the monster in the chest and jumped to safety crushing close to the floor. The monster howled before blowing up. Everyone watched in awe as Shirogane stood to his full height.
"I suppose I owe you a thank you" Huffed a moody Midnight. Shirogane and Midnight stared at each other before Shirogane, like before, began walking off.
Suddenly, The Skeleton King's cackling began once more as he reappeared.
"Foolish little monkeys! Did you really believe you could defeat me that easily?" Thousands of Formless oozed up from the remains of the bat creature. They encircled the monkey team pushing them of the side of the building. The monkey team activated their jet packs watching Shirogane fall closer and closer to his death.
"You really need a jet pack" Otto called plunging after him and extending a hand.
"No I don't!" He called back before being swiped up by a white and gold object. To the monkey's shock they watched as he rode up to them on a hover cycle.
It was white with gold swirls of colour. The two seats inside were a white-ish leather. A visor came down to protect Shirogane's eyes. Sprx whistled in awe,
"Nice"
"Yeah" agreed Otto.
"Can I have a go?!" he asked with enthusiasm.
"No" Shirogane before flying up to the top of the building again, the others followed suit.
When they reached the top they saw Shirogane make a group of formless ooze with his sword.
"Wow…" Otto muttered "that was easy!" Before he allowed his eyes to wander back to Shirogane's bike.
"Yes…To easy" Antauri mused. And as he said it two shrieks filled the sky.
"You just had to say it!" Sprx frowned at his brother-like figure.
Two dragons flew past them. One was gold and the other silver, they had bone twisted all around their body. One had a crusher one the end of its tail and the other had a drill. They began smashing buildings and terrorising people.
"They are two big for us to handle ourselves!" Antauri told his team mates.
"To the super robot!" The boy leader shouted.
They activated the robot and charged it up. The dragon with the crusher tail swung at the robot leaving a rather big dent. The robot flew a little out of control for a while but Sprx managed to right them. They began firing at the dragons. But the bone stopped them from getting any major damage. They let out a glass-breaking shriek.
"Great all we did was make them mad!" grumbled Chiro, as one of the dragons launched it's self at the robot. The robot moved letting the dragon glide past them. They didn't see however the other sneak up behind them. It pounced using every part of its body to pin down the robot. The other came over its tail drill whirring. The first moved so the robot was held still but there was enough room to sill piece the robot.
"Uh oh" Chiro sweated as the drill got closer and closer to his compartment. There was an awful sound as the tail connected with the robot's metal.
Alarms sounded all through the robot and lights flashed on and off. The drill was cutting through important cables and fuel pipes on its way down.
"We've got to do something" shouted Nova
"Yeah we can't just let these things turn us into shish kebabs! We need a plan." called Sprx over the sound of everything going on. Antauri reached for the eye laser lever but withdrew his hand quickly as it sparked and fizzed.
"The robot's shutting down!" cried Gibson as the light's switched off. As the drill go close to Chiro they all braced for the worst.
Suddenly they heard explosions and when they looked they saw the dragons growling angrily and something. Then a jet flew over them and blasted the dragons again. The jet slowly began to change shape into a robot similar to that of the frog force. It was silver with gold swirls placed variously across it. Now having a new target the dragons leapt at it. Just as the dragons were about to hit it the robot brought out a sword.
"Blaztron Slash!" A voice from inside the robot shouted as it sliced through the dragons. All was quite as they watched them stagger around a bit before collapsing.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as the new robot helped the monkey team's robot up. Suddenly Shirogane's face appeared on their screens.
"Whoa! This is your robot?" Otto asked looking at the robot in a love struck way. Otto started to rant about all the great things Shirogane's robot had. Chiro smiled and put out the robot's hand
"Thanks for the help back there! Couldn't have done it without…." He stopped when the screens went blank and Shirogane's robot blasted off. Without even uttering a goodbye.
"Man that arrogant jerk!" Sprx crossed his arms as he watched Shirogane's robot disappear into space.