Allie: Well, well, well, looks like we got a little worrywart over here.
Antauri: *Still sitting in the corner in shame, now dressed in cloths*
Chiro: You can't blame him for being worried. He's been a monkey his whole life, and now he is suddenly human. That's pretty big stuff.
Allie: I suppose your right. But hey, guess what Antauri.
Antauri: …What?
Allie: You're finally taller then Chiro ^_^
Antauri: *Instantly perks up*
Chiro: *Gasps* you're right! … Awe man! Now I'm the smallest again!
Allie: Hehe, poor little hero.
Chiro sat in the control room, on his round orange chair, in deep thought. How could he have let this happen? He should have stopped Mandarin when he had the chance!
Chiro sighed, and ran his hand through his hair.
Chiro's attention turned to the colorful tubes behind him just in time to see Antauri appear from his tube, now fully dressed… sort of.
"Antauri… what are you wearing?" Chiro asked.
"Cloths." Antauri said in a soft tone, trying to fix his collar.
Chiro blinked and slowly chuckled. "He… Ha-ha… Hahahaha!" Chiro clutched his stomach and pointed at Antauri, who looked embarrassed.
Antauri had a long sleeve black shirt that buttoned up, though he had some of the buttons the wrong way. He was also wearing long black pants that were too big for him, and he had to keep pulling them up. His socks were both different colors and the inside of his pant pockets were sticking out.
"Did I do this wrong?" he asked, tilting his head.
"A bit, yeah." Chiro nodded, rising from his chair to help his confused second in command. "Here, let me help. You button these like this." Chiro un-buttoned the first three and re-buttoned them at the right spot to show Antauri how.
"There, see." Chiro looked up towards Antauri to see large green eyes staring down at him in wonder.
"What?" Chiro asked, flinching at the intense stare.
"It's just… I'm so use to looking up at you." Antauri chuckled softly. "To look down at you now… you just… seem so small."
Chiro flinched and chuckled nervously. "Now you know how I feel."
Antauri nodded and looked down at his shirt to finish the buttons.
"What's with the socks?" Chiro asked?
"I thought all humans wore them like this." Antauri blinked, glancing at Chiro and quickly looking back down at the buttons on his shirt.
"I guess some people sure, but you usually wear the same color. Oh well though. It's a good thing there was a store so close to us, but we might want to think about getting you some smaller pants… or at least a belt." Chiro nodded.
Antauri looked down at his pants and nodded.
"Did someone say belt?"
Chiro and Antauri looked towards the orange tube to see a smiling Jinmay holding up some plastic bags full of all sorts of cloths.
"I wasn't sure what everyone's size would be, so I just picked randomly. Here Antauri, I think you could use this." Jinmay smiled, passing Antauri a white belt.
Antauri caught the long leather belt and stared at it, confused.
"It goes around your waist, to keep your pants up." Chiro announced.
"Oh… right." Antauri nodded, wrapping the belt around his waist… he paused again.
Chiro sighed. "That end goes through the metal square." He started.
Antauri followed the instructions and looked at Chiro again. "Then you… huh, here like this. You put that through one of the holes, it depends on how tight you want it though. No, not like that, that would suffocate you if you got it too tight." Chiro said.
"So… it's not supposed to be tight?" Antauri asked.
"Well no, it is suppose to be tight."
"But too tight will cause me pain?"
"Precisely."
"…"
Chiro sighed. "Okay, you just… um… tight but not too tight, like… just tight enough to keep your pants up." Chiro fumbled to get the right explanation out.
"Your not making much sense Chiro." Jinmay pointed out.
Chiro groaned. "Okay fine. Think "secure" okay. The belt needs to feel secure."
Antauri nodded and fixed his belt to his liking.
Once Antauri's belt was nice and secure he smiled.
Chiro rolled his eyes. Antauri was supposed to be the calm and wise one. Wait till Sprx and Otto wake up.
"Has anyone else woke up yet?' Jinmay asked?
"No, not yet." Chiro said.
"Shall we check on them?" Antauri asked.
"Um… yeah sure." Chiro nodded, slowly approaching the med bay and peeking in. His eyes widened.
"Chiro, what's wrong?" Antauri asked, looking over Chiro's head to get a better look.
A man around Antauri age was sitting up and staring at the wall in front of him, rubbing the sand out of his light blue eyes. He had bright blue hair that was flat in the front, but slightly stuck up in the back. His bangs were brushed neatly to the side.
"S-Someone's awake?" Jinmay asked, cowering behind the two boys.
"Counting by the hair, I am assuming Gibson." Chiro said softly.
Antauri nodded in agreement.
"Well… one of us have to go talk to him before he… you… looks down." Everyone sweat dropped.
"Your right Jinmay." Chiro nodded. "I'll go." Chiro opened the door and walked in. He slowly approached the table with caution. "Uh… G-Gibson?" Chiro asked, hoping his guess was correct.
The boy blinked and looked over towards Chiro. "Ah Chiro, good morning. May I ask why I am in the med bay?" Gibson asked, still rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Oh that… um… well, you see Gibson, funny story actually. Trust me, someday… someday, we are all gonna laugh about this. So until that day comes you have to promise me… you wont freak out."
"Freak out about what?" Gibson asked.
"Just promise me!' Chiro yelled quickly.
"O-Okay… I promise." Gibson nodded.
Chiro sighed a bit. "Okay good… So um… we were fighting Mandarin yesterday." Chiro started.
"I yes, it's all coming back."
"And the monkey team and your were hit by Mandarin's gun."
Gibson nodded.
"So Jinmay and me, brought you all here… and stayed with you the whole night… but… when Jinmay and me woke up… uh well… you were all… different."
"Different?" Gibson asked.
"Y-Yeah…. Different… like, whole body different. Or you know… different species, different." Chiro's body was stiff and his voice sounded choked as he said this.
Gibson stared at Chiro for a long time, before finally looking down at his hands. His eyes widened. He quickly looked over his whole body, his mouth opening to scream.
"Please don't freak out!" Chiro begged, holding his hands out.
Gibson froze, his mouth gapping open, the promise now becoming clear. "I… I'm not freaking out." Gibson squeaked. "I'm perfectly calm, hehe. I mean, it's not like this goes against every law of science. Hehe, he-he." Gibson chuckled, his body shacking.
"Y-Yeah." Chiro said, rubbing his head. "That beam had magical qualities inside of it… it must of changed you all human… oh speaking of which, don't get up." Chiro said quickly.
"Why?" Gibson asked suspiciously.
"Uh… you don't… have any cloths on." Chiro answered.
Gibson blinked and looked down at the blanket that covered his body. The blood rushed to his face and he quickly covered his upper body.
"Okay he's good!" Chiro called out.
Jinmay sighed with relief and trudged into the room, Antauri right behind her.
"Who are you?" Gibson asked.
"Oh, right. Gibson, Antauri, Antauri, Gibson." Chiro grinned.
Gibson blinked. "Your Antauri?"
"Yes my friend." Antauri nodded. "We have all been effected my Mandarin's power."
"I see." Gibson nodded. Gibson looked at Antauri's cloths. "…Can I have some cloths too?"
Chiro laughed and Jinmay held up the bag full of cloths. "Oh yes, and since you like science, I got you a lab coat!" Jinmay smiled holding up the long white lab coat.
Gibson's eyes beamed. "Thank you very much Jinmay." Gibson smiled taking the bag from. Gibson rose from the table, the blanket fully around him. "I'll be heading to my room, I shall return momentarily when I am… decent.' Gibson blushed a bit and fled the room.
Jinmay chuckled and Chiro smiled. Antauri seemed to be in deep thought.
Without the team's robotic abilities, how could they protect the city? They couldn't just leave the job to Chiro and Jinmay. He had to find a way to fix this, hopefully that guns effects was only temporary.
-10 minutes later-
Jinmay and Chiro paused from their conversation to turn towards the tubes, where Gibson had just arrived. He had long black pants on, a short sleeve blue shirt, and his lab coat on.
He smiled. "Thank you for the cloths Jinmay." He said, handing her the bag.
"No problem Gibson." She smiled.
"You dress better then Antauri, I had to help him." Chiro chuckled, causing his second in command's face to heat up with embarrassment.
Gibson smirked slightly, placing his hand on his hips. "Well, I am the smartest of the team."
Chiro sweat dropped. "Yes you are." He nodded.
Chiro jumped when he heard a scream come from the Med-bay.
"Oh dear!" Jinmay gasped.
"Someone is awake?" Chiro gasped, running towards the Med-bay with Antauri and Gibson right behind him. Chiro swung the door open and screamed.
"Ahh!" He yelped falling backwards, covering his eyes. "Cover yourself with the blankets stupid!' He yelled at the form who was standing up.
Antauri flinched and quickly exited the room. Gibson covered his eyes.
"Um uh… p-please put the blanket back on and we can explain the situation." He stuttered.
"Explain it! How in the world am I human! My tail is gone, and all my fur is gone except for the hair on my head!"
"T-That's definitely Sprx." Chiro said sitting up.
"Chiro!" Sprx gasped, noticing him. "Who are these guys? What's going on!" Sprx demanded.
"Cover yourself with the blanket and we will explain!" Chiro and Jinmay snapped together.
Sprx flinched and looked down at himself. He blushed and quickly scrambled for his blanket. "O-Okay, done." He said.
Gibson sighed and un-covered his eyes. "About time Sparky."
"Hey! Don't call me tha- Wait a minute… Gibson?" Sprx's eyes widened in realization.
Gibson nodded.
"W-Wha-?"
"Just sit down and we will explain everything." Gibson sighed.
Sprx was too confused to argue, and decided to just do as he was told. After sitting back down on the table, he looked at the team with wide eyes.
Chiro sighed, and for the third time, began to explain the events that had happened within the past 24 hours.
Allie: DONE! MWAHAHAHAHAA!"
Chiro: Allie… you worry me sometimes
Gibson: That was so embarrassing.
Antauri and Sprx: Agreed.
Allie: Please review! :D
