Well, everyone but Antauri and Nova have gotten hold of Ebay. What's up with Gibson, anyway? What's he buying? R&R!

Chapter three - Gibson

Gibson sat at his giant computer like a mad scientist (Hmmm...) and searched for something to buy. Guilty Gibby - he was also wasting the sponsor money.

"Hmm... world map, compass, Bunsen burner, test tube..." Something caught Gibson's eye. "A calculator owned by Mr Hal Gibson himself?"

Gibson looked closely at the picture... yes, that was his own calculator. Bright blue with a dark blue key pad, and a few stains on it. Someone had stolen his calculator.

Gibson was confused, until he looked down at the questions people asked the seller...

(A/N: Italics is the question from buyers, bold is the answer from the seller.)

... Do you sell this to people on other planets?

No. Shuggazoom only.

'Why are there stains on it?'

Gibson must've spilt some stuff on it... I don't know, I'm not allowed in the lab.

Are you sure it was owned by Mr Hal Gibson himself?

Pretty sure. I've lived with the damn monkey for ages, I think I know what he's owned.

You're CHIRO?

Um...

Gibson was appalled. Chiro had snuck into his lab and stole his calculator?

"Looks like the only way I can get it back," the monkey though aloud, "is to win it."

Gibson placed a bid and waited.

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Gyrus Krinkle was never into internet buying. He'd never had anything to do in the asylum, apart from talk to his imaginary friends. Then an anonymous person sent him a present. A computer.

He had explored every gigabyte of his computer. He went on the internet, attempted to draw a picture of Otto on Appleworks (failed miserably!), and everything else he could do.

Everything but Ebay.

Gyrus wanted to buy something. He wanted to get a Robot Monkey collectable figurine. He wanted something that one of the Hyper Force members was selling. He saw the search engine and typed in 'Internet Buying'.

The first thing that came up was Ebay.

(A/N: I searched that in Google, but Ebay wasn't the first thing that came. Darn.)

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Gibson was still waiting. How long to go? Three hours. Enough time left, looks like there was some confronting to do.

Gibson stormed out of his lab and into Chiro's room. Chiro was, surprise surprise, on the computer.

"Chiro," said Gibson, trying to remain calm, "why are you selling my calculator on Ebay?"

Chiro grinned. "So I can get more money to buy stuff on Ebay."

Gibson struggled to hold down his fury, but he managed it in the end. "So you're telling me," he said, his voice wobbling, "that you're selling OUR things on Ebay..."

Chiro nodded.

"... so you can buy things for yourself?" Gibson finished, tapping his foot. "Completely worthless things like dictionaries, golf-bags, pottery and such?"

Chiro paused, then nodded.

Gibson was not happy. "You'd better take my calculator off that site!" he threatened.

Chiro frowned. Then he looked at the screen. "Sorry, Gibson!" said the boy, "Someone's already placed a bid on it. I can't take it off now. His name is... uh... bluescientist. You can always buy another!"

The blue monkey smiled. Bluescientist was Gibson himself - Chiro obviously didn't know that. Gibson planned to keep it that way.

"Yeah... I'll get another..." said Gibson, grinning. He walked out of the room.

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Skeleton King had been watching Chiro through a bubble thing on his staff. (He used it in the first episode... I think...)

"Ebay?" he whispered. "Internet buying... I think I might join this site."

Skeleton King pulled out a laptop, and entered the site. Then he paused. "What if..." he wondered aloud. "... what if I could... use Ebay... against Chiro? It could work..."

A small, evil grin formed on Skeleton King's face.

"A foolproof plan." he hissed. "Say good-bye... Chiro..."

Sorry for not updating this story in ages... I've been working on everything else...

Will Gibson get his calculator back?

Will Chiro get over Ebay?

What exactly is Skeleton King planning?

And what does Gyrus Krinkle have to do with all this?

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