The choice
The sun's rays rise above the horizon. The sounds of the ship landing are heared everywhere in the city. Many citizens look to every detail at heavy equipment of gordian soldiers. Fear is scattered from the face of citizens and that is replaced by curiosity. The cold atmosphere of night is replaced by coolness of early morning. Agitation made by soldiers replaces the chaos. Many corpses of undeads stay on ground while soldiers marching trough them. Meanwhile general's ship lands.
"Shuggazoom is so busy!"
"Really Otto, they have many ships. Chiro, you talk with them?"
"A general, Ovidio led them, Gibson."
General's ship landed his motor stopping to make noise. The door is opening, and Ovidio exit, with Fulvio on his left side and two legionnaires beside. A gordian soldier approach to the general: "General?".
"Yes?"
"The situation is unchanged."
"That is suspicious… Very suspicious!", looking worried while he moving to Hyperforce.
Hyperforce and Sun Raiders are gathered without Nova.
"Hello, citizens of Shuggazoom! I'm general, Ovidio and I represent Gordian Republic."
"Hello, Ovidio! My name is Chiro and I'm the leader of Hyperforce, defender of Shuggazoom! Silver monkey is Antauri!"
"I'm glad to see you, general!"
"The blue one is, Gibson, our scientist and medic. Otto, the green monkey, our mechanic. Red monkey, Sparkx is the best our pilot. And she is, our warrior, yellow monkey, Nova. But...", Chiro looking around for a moment.
"Where is Nova?"
"I understand that you lose a member?", meanwhile Sparkx become anxious.
"We don't know where is Nova."
"You will find her, if she don't leaves the city."
Durio, approaching from general's beside: "General, Ship 52 is ready to transport prisoners!"
"Thank, Durio! Ah… Chiro! Go with your team to see if Nova is there. Durio will lead you."
The team follow Durio on to Ship 52. Ship has a big door in back. Inside are twenty prisoners: half bounded on the left wall, other half bounded on right wall. Nova hovered by formless liquid is on left wall, last from the door. Team enter in ship, looking in all direction, while a soldier use a syringe to anesthesia them.
"Where you will go them?", asked Chiro?
"We go them to Avillia-12, a planet corrupted by Skeleton King. General Flavio established a base to reconquest. He finded a way to control undeads prisoners to make hard works and asked us to transport our prisoners to him."
Gibson uses his scan on prisoners: "There are only undeads, Chiro."
"Let's go to Super Robot. Antauri?"
"I try to feel the presence of Nova, but nothing."
Hyperforce and Durio exit outside. Ship closes the door and raises above the ground.
"Sparkx? You was with Nova? Do you remember anything?"
"I remember that Nova pushed undeads to the park and fights with them meanwhile I remain with Master Offay and Olliana."
"Okay team, let's go."
In the park, many of undead corpse lying down with face to the sky. There are many gordians soldiers moving around, try to gather them. Hyperforce move slowly and each of them looking around the find a sign of Nova between corpses. Otto shows with left hand: "Look! What is that?". Then Gibson approach to that what: "It appear to be blood.".
"What? Blood?", Sparkx yell to Gibson.
"I get a sample to check if is Nova's blood."
"And that appear to be Nova's fur." Otto pick up a yellow fur tuft from ground.
"Chiro, I try to track Nova, but the tracker shows that she is not more in Shuggazoom."
"So, what happened with Nova?", Sparkx asks looking alarmed.
"We will find."
"Whatever would have happened, It's very important to continue to defend city.", Antauri tells team.

Inside of The Super Robot, in command room, are Hyperforce and Sun Raiders. Each monkey is in his seat except Gibson which is in his laboratory. Jinmay is in chair of Nova. Chiro is in front of command panel under display. Johnny stays with right hand on wall. Aurora is in seat with legs one top of another.
"I find it interesting that some foreigners came to save the city."
"It's more interesting Aurora, reasons for what they come."
"Yeah Antauri. Dark One corrupted one of their planets.", Otto begins to speak.
"Perhaps they want to stop Skeleton King as us."
"So, why they don't attack him? Gordians finished quickly undeads.", ask Quasar.
"Because, Skeleton King is more powerful than appear and general Ovidio knows that. A direct attack can trap gordians and at same time us.", Antauri tell Quasar.
Sparkx enter in laboratory: "You found something, Gibson?".
"I identified that blood is of Nova. But the amount of blood what we find, is too low to cause death."
"So, you want to say that Nova is alive?"
"Maybe. It's a possibility that Nova has been captured by undeads.", while Sparkx exit from laboratory.
Chiro looking at red simian, batting him on his shoulder: "It's okay Sparkx! We will find her.".
"It's okay kid. Perhaps, I need a little breath of fresh air. I'm going outside."
The Chiro turns head to other: "Where is the others?"
"Olliana with Master Offay are at the patrol on bridge and Quint at subway."

In the sewer is silence. Only water flowing is heard. On the old walls persists the moisture. Weak light flashing, while smell spreads in air. A rat drink from water looking at his reflection on calm water. At a moment water make small waves in the shape of circle. Waves become bigger and bigger. The rat become agitate and run. A boned hand raises from water with a pickaxes hitting the margin.

On planet Avillia-12, the silence is broken. Ship 52 landing, meanwhile soldiers take position to stop an attempt from prisoners to attack.
A fifty old soldier turn on his shield while centurion tell him:
"Decero, remain here! You give the order to shoot for machine-gunner."
"Yes, sir!", Decero tell his centurion.
"You fire only at my order!"
"Legionnaires, turn on your shield!"
Soldiers make a circle around the ship. Ship touch the ground, his motors become silence. Vibrations make the formless liquid from Nova's body fall and she gets on look.
"Deactivate the hanging system!", centurion tells pilot. Pilot press button to deactivate hanging system. He remain in his cabin. All prisoners fall on the floor of ship. The yellow simian wakes up and looking around of dark room with a hand on head: "Where I'm?".
Scipio, a twenty old soldier asks: "What's happening there? It's appear to be very noisy inside."
"Open the door! Soldiers, get ready!"
Door is open. Many of undeads fall from inside: "Boom Boom Wake Up".
"Hold, don't shoot! Centurion it's appear that this prisoners fight each others!"
"Strange… Hold your shield! Don't move!"
Nova hit one undead of his big punch and he is hitting be a shield. She hit two of them head in head.
"Lady Tomahawk" and ten of them fall creating a bunch of bones.
The rest of six try to attack her from behind, but she repels them: "Flame Fist Fury".
The yellow simian looks down, sees her wound. Because of amount of blood lost, she fall on the ground. Two soldiers approach her. Scipio remains amazed, making big eyes: "What was that?".

The sun has sunk over the line of horizon. The stars bright over the city. Sparkx walks in city, trying to relax him after all events: "Perhaps a walk will help me.". In front of subway station gathered citizens and soldiers. Red simian sees agitation around the station moving toward: "What's happening there?".

Meanwhile, in front of The Super Robot are Hyperforce and Sun Riders talking with Ovidio, Fulvio and Durio.
"That is very suspicious! Skeleton King didn't attack for a whole day, but in a hour attacked for two times."
"He can't more to attack us. Perhaps is moment to attack him!", Quasar speaks, then all of them turn head to him.
"No! Skeleton King wants that we attack him. He prepares a trap here or there, on his fortress. When I was in ship, see many troops of him retreating to fortress.", general Ovidio tell them.
"I see you attacked fortress previous night."
"Yes Chiro, I send two fighters to launch acid missile on fortress."
"So, what happening there?"
"Fortress was not affected by missile, but undeads was melted."
"That is interesting. Perhaps that undeads are make from metals or base."
"Calcium from bone? Is it a metal?"
"Yes Otto, but a organic life is not dissolved by acid so fast even is death..."
"You find your monkey?" Ovidio asks.
"No. Can you help us?", Chiro asks.
"Durio led department of search, he can help you."
"How looks Nova?"
"She has pink eye and yellow fur."
"Okay, I will send men to search her."
"Thanks you!", Chiro smiles.
"Do you know a place where she can go?"
"No. My tracker show that she I is no more in Shuggazoom."
"Perhaps, she is no more, or prisoner of skull face..."
"There are many possibilities.", Gibson speaks.
"I have a question: how came you here?", Chiro asks.
"One of our planets was corrupted by Skeleton King. I decided to come here because I was born here. Then senators assignment me an army to stop him.", Hyperforce and Solar Riders looking at Ovidio.
At device of Chiro: "Hyperforce! Here is Sparkx, at subway station Quint was found death. I come to The Super Robot. I finished!", meanwhile two medics carrying Quint on stairs.
"What?", Otto asks.
"Quint was found death in subway."
"Who killed him?"
Suddenly, the electricity in city stop.

Meanwhile, atmosphere of Avillia-12 is filled by silence. Yellow simian is awake up, bandaged on the abdomen: "Where I'm? That appears to be a medical room… Who are they?". She sees three wounded soldiers sleep. Silence of room is spoiled by device which measure pulse and tension of Nova. How you enter in room, on each side are five bed. At the end of room is a big window what lightens room. She goes to window to see what is outside, but glass is translucent.
At a moment, strong voice of a man is heard: "You, come on!". In front of door are: Decero, Scipio and two machine-gunner. Nova move to them. Decero shake his head: "Come!". Silence fills on the corridors where they are moving. Only their steps are heard. Decero and Scipio are in front of Nova, Decero on left side of her. Machine-gunners are behind of her. The walls are made of metal plates. Corridors are wide, for five men. On the ceil are two line of neons parallel with wall. Corners and joints are curved.
They stopped in front of a door. Decero ring at the door. After two seconds, the door is open and Decero tells Nova, shaken his head: "Enter!". She enter, then the others four behind her. Door is close. And the four men stay on sides of door.
A firm, but gentle voice is heard: "Please, sit down.".
Nova looks in front and sees a chair, a desk and on chair from other side see a man in gordian uniform and military decoration. She sit down on the chair, but her head touch the margin of desk. Man from other side press a button and chair of Nova get higher. He put his head on chair with bringing together his hand: "So? What is your name?".
"My name is Nova. Who are you? Where I'm?"
"My name is Flavio, general of Gordian Republic. You are on planet Avillia-12, corrupted by Skeleton King. My army tries to reconquest it. Gordian soldiers saved your life. Do you remember how you came here?"
"I don't remember very much… ", she frowns.
"I was surrounded by many undeads fighting with them until I felt a pain on left side and I fall. But then I was in Shuggazoom.". Then she begin to yell: "How I come here?".
"You see, Nova…", he put hands on desk.
"General Ovidio send an army to save Shuggazoom, but the situation was critical and he send wounded to the other planets."
"Okay, okay! My friends? I want back to the Shuggazoom.", she get out from chair, jumping.
"I don't know what happened with your friends, but I know you have two options...", then he get up from chair.
"You can go to Shuggazoom, or you can remain here and fight. If I finish here, then I get my army to Shuggazoom to stop Skeleton King. The choice is your. You know how much you can."
Silence fill the room and she thinks about her choice: "If I choose to go, then I came quick on Shuggazoom, but I don't know I can fight for much time.". She biting her lips: "If I choose to fight for him, he will came early on Shuggazoom with a army, but I don't want to abandon them.".
Decero and machine-gunners looking at her curiously. Scipio make big eyes. She looking at floor, embody the jaw. Her breaths become more heavy. Flavio do not show any signs of impatience. Nova blinks long. After a moment she raises her head: "I fight for you.". Scipio remains with mouth open.
"It's that your choice?", putting his hand on desk.
"Yes! My choice!", Nova speaks firm.