Sorry it's taking longer to update, graduation is June 7th and I've been busy with people and getting ready. It may take me longer to update when I get a full time job and go to college like our very own MQB. I feel you. I hope this chapter turns out.
Ch 2: Encounter
Everything seemed to go in slow motion as the team unhooked themselves from their seats and made for the exit. Adrenaline coursing through bodies over the situation. The two captives kicked their feet in hopes to somehow manage to free themselves from the creatures grasp. Its hand clasped tighter with every breath they took or tried to scream for help. With the last mighty squeeze, the girls fell unconscious, unaware that they were closer to death.
"No," Chiro yelled, hand extended to the creature that was about to devour them. Time seemed to fast forward, but the team was still too far away to intervene. Inch by inch, but at the last possible second the red beast let out a piercing cry as a flash of red appeared and just as quickly disappeared. The hand holding the oblivious teens was severed from its wrist, blood lightly dripping from it. "What in Shuggazoom…" Chiro stopped as did the team.
"If we don't catch them they could suffer severe injury or death." Gibson explained as they started their jetpacks.
"We're not gonna make it!" Nova said, with some panic in her tone.
Just then, a silver streak streaked passed them in the same direction. "What was that?" Otto asked and none of the others could answer, they only could hope whatever it was, was friendly. Just what they needed, an enemy that could zip by them and lay them with heavy damage when it couldn't be seen. And as they realized it was closer than they were to the monster reaching with it's other hand to catch the girls with a snarl, the girls disappeared, leaving only the unattached hand behind.
The Hyperforce landed back on their feet, "Where'd they go?" Sprx asked, snapping his head back and forth.
"Hopefully somewhere safe," Chiro replied, "but first things first, we fight this bug beast."
"Sounds great, maybe the chicks will dig me after this," the red monkey winked at Nova, who rolled her eyes with her arms crossed.
"Whatever," she sighed then put up her fists, ready for battle. The team was now surrounding the invader with an intention to win and discover who was behind the attack. Its eyes were dark black, like bottomless pits and burning mad from the loss of its hand. It gave a shrieking battle cry as the Hyperforce activated their weapons and snarled ferociously with a sense of hate and vengeance. Then Antauri was able to get a better look at the hand lying on the ground. He realized it had been cut by some kind of blade. The arms wrist began to get all bubbly and began forming what appeared to be another hand. A spike grew on each elbow to nearly ten feet in length. Another row was forming down its back, on its spine, two more on each of its four knees. Even spikes formed on its knuckles. Things were starting to get scary. Faces changed from confidence to "uh oh" in a matter of seconds as the beast underwent a sudden, unknown transformation.
"I think we're in trouble!" Sprx said taking a step back. It knelt down with its legs bent and hands resting on the ground as if taking a charging pose. A deadly smile exposed its teeth. A low growl seemed to startle it as it looked around cautiously then charged.
"Flame…" Nova shouted, but was thrown back before she could even start.
"Nova," the team yelled but unable to assist her because the beast came at them quickly and Nova was flying toward a building wall, unconscious. Again, just before impact, something silver flashed and disappeared with her in hand.
Where she appeared she was able to weakly open her pink eyes as someone set her down gently on a wall and vanished. She blinked twice and looked around to see that the two girls that were captives were beside her, eyes still closed and breathing at a steady pace. Nova realized that something was on their side, though it seemed wary to show itself. Then as soon as she thought of this, Gibson appeared beside her groaning and rubbing his throbbing head. "Ow," he groaned. Nova then was able to catch a glimpse of what had saved her, the girls and the scientist, though it was a blurry form. She noticed its body was silver and red eyes and that it had a tail.
"Gibson, are you alright?"
"I'll live," he replied then opened his eyes to see that he was with Nova and the two female citizens. "How'd we get here?"
"I think whatever saved us is on our side," the yellow monkey answered. "I caught a glimpse of it when it put you down; it was silver with red eyes and a tail." But before she could go on, a few of those smaller red bugs were crawling in front of them. Now that they were closer you could see them more clearly. Dark black eyes, with four long slender legs, two large hands and to their surprise, no mouth. Its chest was full of muscle that shown that it was a strong creature indeed. Nova and Gibson tried to move, but the best they could do was squirm as they came closer. "I can't move."
"That makes two of us," Gibson said, trying to back away more to the wall they were leaning against. The enemy was closer now and seemed to be hungry for whatever reason they were here to attack. How they fed was a different idea that crossed both simians' minds when they thought more about it. The leader of the small group of aliens reached for the blue monkey and grabbed his ankle and there was a low growl that troubled it and released what it grasped. Everything and everyone there were looking for the source of the growl that sounded like some sort of predator that was trying to startle some prey.
"I hear it, but I don't see it!" Nova said and the leader regained its composure and figured it was nothing and resumed with its attempts to capture or kill the monkey's that were unable to defend themselves. Grabbing again, this time for an unconscious girl. "Leave her alone!" Nova demanded, but it just ignored her.
However, the bug was pulled away by an unseen force that drug it and threw it in a wall in the opposite direction and splattered as if it were a bug on a windshield. Its companions turned from the site of its fallen comrade to the monkeys, who were also confused, this time there was a growl that was a little louder than the first, which only seemed to angry them. "Show yourself!" one of the bugs demanded telepathically so all around would hear. This caught Nova and Gibson off guard. It's not everyday you meet some bug alien that can speak telepathically.
"Very well," a soft, playful female voice said from in between the pursued and the pursuers. A white figure started to appear with its back toward those cornered. It was a robotic monkey. "Ok, you caught me!" she raised her hands in defense.
"You couldn't have been the one growling!" the bug from before hissed.
"Oh, yeah, I growl all the time, grrrrr," she said playfully and a smile creased her lips.
"Well you too will pay with your life."
"Are you sure about that?"
"One hundred percent," it and its friends came closer.
The white monkey only waited, folding her arms crossed in front of her. "You can take them if you want!" She sighed to herself.
Before any one could ask questions, the enemy was crushed to no more remaining. "Well done."
"Thanks," another voice replied, but it was male this time. A second figure appeared beside the first, but it was bigger. It was also white and was confirmed that what appeared was a tiger. However, other than black stripes, they were blue. He seemed majestic mysterious by his soft coat as were his blue eyes when he looked at who they had just rescued. The white monkey turned to them, arms still crossed.
"You ok?" she asked, concerned for their wellbeing. Her eyes were a beautiful green and the had some symbol on the left side of her chest which was the same color as her eyes. She scanned to make sure there was no scratch on any of them; however, she found a small one on Gibson's ankle. Kneeling down in front of him, she placed her hand over the tiny non-life threatening wound and took her hand away, showing nothing there. "Couldn't have something that small get infected now, could we?" the white monkey's face had a smile on it.
"Thanks," Gibson said, finding words.
"No prob," she stood up and looked at her friend. "You're friends', as well as ours, is probably having a hard time trying to bring that thing down." The then looked back at them and held out her hand to help them stand.
Meanwhile, the team was having a hard time with this beast, even without the help of Nova and Gibson. "This thing is tough," Otto said, standing back on his feet after he encountered the concrete.
"But we have to be tougher," Chiro said.
"Magno-tingler blast," Sprx released his attack as it threw it off with ease.
"We have to find its weakness," Antauri said as he was now dodging its attack.
"Antauri!" Nova's voice sounded.
The group looked over to see Nova, Gibson and two others, including the two unconscious girls on a tigers back. "Nova! Gibson!" the team was relieved to know where they were. When they were in a larger group, everyone looked at the two new arrivals.
Sprx, on the other hand, went on with his thing. "Hello, Miss…"
"You should be more concerned about this battle and less about girls at the moment," she then smirked, "Sprx." She and her companion disappeared.
"I guess even visitors know your intentions," Nova smirked.
The beast struggled as if fighting air, when the two reappeared where they were only seconds earlier. It then charged at them only to stop in its tracks as a hole appeared in it torso, giving out a cry as pain coursed through its body. A silver flash made its way to the group and appeared by the two visitors. "Its weak spot is the torso, like most bugs," another male voice told its companions. He also was a robotic monkey. A silver body with red eyes and a friendly expression on his face. He too had a symbol on his chest in the same location as his white friend and the same color as his eyes.
"You heard him," Antauri said, "aim for the torso." With that the Hyperforce charged their attacks and released. The bug cried as multiple waves of energy channeled to it and destroyed it without a single piece of it left.
Fineto (sp?). Ok, finished. I hope this chapter was better; honestly, I like this story better than the one I did first. Let me know what you think. Tootles.
