Being alone can be a dangerous thing, especially when he's back.

The Original

Some things should never come back.

Otto limped alone through the darkened halls of the Super Robot. He stopped several times to watch his back. Nobody else was going to after all. The others had left in pursuit of who they thought at the time was their main foe of the battle, leaving their injured teammate in what they thought was a safe haven.

Some things should never have left.

He shivered and sweat. The moment he left his pod room he had realized that somebody was fallowing him. His heart rate increased when he heard a metal that was not his own clanking toward him.

These can be the same thing sometimes.

He attempted to outrun his pursuer, but stumbled to the floor. A loud crack confirmed just how much worse he had made his injuries. He rolled carefully onto his back and faced another robot monkey.

"So, Otto, tell me." Otto felt himself back into a wall as he was spoken to.

"How long until you think our brothers will return?"

The monkey activated his sword. The blue light collided his orange fur and painted shows over his face.

"Wha… what are you doing here?" Otto asked. "Where are your bony parts?"

"Do not compare me to that impostor." Mandarin ordered. "Still, I suppose that doesn't explain why I sink as low as to look like my brothers. Our suits' life support systems are the only thing that can compensate for the injuries I gained when Skeleton King painfully removed the tools he had implanted in me." Mandarin struck his sword into the wall just inches from Otto's head. "This is your entire fault."

Otto looked at Mandarin, puzzled and frightened. "My fault? What did I do?"

"If you hadn't tried to save Chiro from being scanned by Flytor, he wouldn't have noticed that the creature's eye was the cause, and he wouldn't have destroyed it. Then, the cloning project would have continued smoothly."

"So… I saved the day? Neat!" Otto smiled for a split second until he realized the blade was moving closer and closer to his neck. "Then you can rest forever knowing that." Mandarin hissed.

Otto screeched as the blade drew closer. He closed his eyes and braced for the attack.

Suddenly, the blade stopped. Otto looked up to see Antauri knocking Mandarin out and putting his ghost claw away. "Otto, are you alright?" he asked. The others appeared with equal concern showing.

Otto just stared at them for a moment, looked over to the scar in the wall the blade had left so close to his head, and started bawling.