A/N Is anyone even reading this story?

Chapter Two: It's Okay

Chiro smirked as he turned to see that the others had finished fighting. "Alright, that's all of them, let's go team." The others nodded and took off. Chiro was about to follow when he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He turned to look at the alley to his left; he noticed someone quickly duck away from the entrance and take off into the alley. "Hey, wait!" Chiro quickly ran in after the person, making his way through the alley as quickly as he could. He soon heard voices and started following them, he sped up when he heard screaming. He soon reached a dead end where he saw none other than Lilly sitting in the corner of the alley. Standing in front of her was Mandarin, who didn't seem to notice Chiro was there. "Well, girl, it seems I have beaten you once again." Lilly backed into the corner as the villain advanced on her, that's when she noticed Chiro who smiled at her when he noticed she had seen him. He then looked back at Mandarin and raised his hand to attack the monkey. "Chiro spearo!" The lightning bolt hit Mandarin and knocked the villain to the ground. Mandarin growled as he stood up and turned to face Chiro. "You, what are you doing here!" Chiro smirked as he crossed his arms. "Well, if you didn't want me here maybe you shouldn't have attacked someone so close to where I was."

Mandarin growled again as he raced towards the teen. Chiro easily dodged the attack and kicked at his opponent. Mandarin ducked and tried to hit the teen again, Chiro caught the monkey's wrist and threw him into the wall. Mandarin fell to the ground and growled as he stood up; he glared darkly at Chiro and raced forward again. He slashed at Chiro's face, knocking the boy to the ground. Chiro stood up and held his hand up as Mandarin raced at him again. "Monkey fu!" The energy attack knocked Mandarin into the wall again and Chiro quickly followed up with a kick, Mandarin tumbled over towards the entrance of the alley. Chiro raced forward and pulled his hand back to hit the villain as he stood up. "Thunder punch!" He hit Mandarin who was knocked back again and growled as he stood up, he raced and slashed at the teen again but Chiro pulled back, the attack just barely missing him. "Lightning kick!" He kicked mandarin sending the villain flying into a wall across from that section of the alley. Mandarin growled as he stood up again and glared back at the girl who was still sitting in the corner.

"It seems you are luckier than I thought, but I will return." And with that Mandarin took off. Chiro started to run after him as he called out. "Hey, get back here!" He tried to chase the villain but quickly lost him. He went back to the dead end from before but found that Lilly was gone. "Huh, where'd she go?" He looked around for a minute before he sighed and turned to leave. That's when he noticed Nova standing there giving him a curious look. "Oh, hey, Nova!" Nova stared at him a moment before shaking her head and crossing her arms. "Chiro, what are you doing here? I thought we were leaving." Chiro looked back at the empty alley before turning back to respond. "I thought I saw something and found Mandarin attacking this girl but they're both gone now..." Nova gave him a suspicious look but just shook her head. "Well, if they're both gone now then you have no reason to stay here. Let's go back to the robot and we can talk about what happened, okay?" Chiro sighed and nodded.

Later at the super robot, Chiro was explaining exactly what happened to Nova. "And that's what happened." Nova nodded as she thought about what Chiro had said when Sprx suddenly spoke up. "Hey, was that the same girl that you saw yesterday?" Chiro and Nova stared at the pilot before Chiro finally said something. "When did you get here?" Sprx stared at him before shaking his head. "I was here the whole time, you just didn't see me. So, was that the same girl you saw yesterday?" Chiro nodded slightly to himself before answering the question. "Yeah, I think she said her name was Lilly." Nova gave him a curious look as she asked. "Why is this girl in the city anyway?" Chiro shrugged slightly as he responded. "I'm not sure; I don't think she even knows how she got here. I asked her but she said she wasn't sure." It was quiet for a moment before Sprx spoke up again. "So, how long has this girl been here anyway?" Chiro frowned as he remembered what she had told him. "She said she had been here for about a week." The other two looked shocked as no one spoke for a minute until Nova finally asked. "How come we didn't pick her up on the scanner if she's been here for over a week?"

Chiro just shrugged as he replied. "I don't know, I looked for her on the scanner most of yesterday and didn't even find a trace of her, I looked around the park where I saw her before and she wasn't there either. In fact, all of her stuff was gone, so I figured she came back and got it but I scanned the park and it didn't pick up a thing." It was quiet as the three thought about what was going on. Nova suddenly realized something about what he said. "Wait, she was here for the week Skeleton King wasn't doing anything?" Chiro nodded and started to leave the room. "Yeah, I have to go. I just remembered something I needed to do." Nova sighed but nodded as the Hyper Force leader left the room. Sprx soon spoke up, catching Nova's attention. "So, you didn't see that girl either?" Nova gave him a confused look as she nodded slightly. "You didn't see her?" He shook his head and looked in the direction Chiro had gone in. "Nope, the kid said she probably left before I could see her. Isn't it ironic that she took off right before either of us could see her?" Nova nodded as they thought about what Chiro had told them. "I wonder why she hasn't shown up on the radar if she's been here so long."

Sprx shrugged as he seemed to be thinking for a moment. "I don't know, but do you think anyone else has seen her?" Nova shrugged and started to leave the room. "I don't know but we could ask around." Sprx nodded but grabbed her arm to stop her from going. "What are we gonna do if no one else has seen her?" Nova gave him a confused look for a moment before she answered. "I guess we'll see if we can find her." Sprx frowned as he added. "And what if we can't?" Nova frowned as well as she replied. "Sprx, what are you saying?" Sprx sighed as he shook his head. "I'm just wondering what that would mean, this girl could be someone who crashed here, she could be working for Skeleton King for all we know, and what if she isn't even real; what are we going to do?" Nova sighs and shakes her head. "I don't know Sprx, we'll figure something out I guess." Sprx sighed as his head fell; Nova gave him a sad look and pulled him into a hug. "Don't worry, Sprx, we'll think of something, I promise." The two stood there for a moment before they pulled apart and left to talk to some of their allies.

Elsewhere, Chiro had gone to try and talk to his mentor about the strange dream he had that morning. He soon found Antauri in his room meditating. "Antauri, can I talk to you?" The silver Monkey turned to face the teen and nodded slightly. "Of course you can." Chiro smiled and walked in the room, now standing in front of his mentor. "I had this weird dream this morning and I was hoping you might know what it was about." Antauri nodded slightly as he replied. "I can help, but you are the only one who can say for sure what your dream means." Chiro nodded slightly as he sat down on the floor. "Okay, well, I was in this strange place, I could hardly see anything due to the fog but I soon heard a voice and I followed it to this old abandoned playground where this girl I met recently was swinging, she was also singing this song I'd never heard before and staring at the ground with this blank look on her face. I went and tried to ask if she was okay but she just kept singing like she hadn't even heard me so I shook her a little and she finally seemed to notice me. I asked her if she was okay again and she said she was lost and she thought she was going crazy. I asked her why she thought she was going crazy but she said she couldn't tell me and left then I left too and soon woke up. So, what do you think it means?"

Antauri seemed to think for a moment before replying. "It could mean you're worried about this girl, who is she?" Chiro frowned as he thought about it. "Her name's Lilly, she did seem kind of lost when I met her and she was kind of quiet, maybe I am just worried about her." Antauri nodded slightly. "Only you can say for sure if that's the case but it seems quite likely." Chiro nodded and smiled slightly. "Okay, thanks, Antauri." The silver monkey smiled as the teen stood up. "You are welcome, is there anything else you need?" Chiro shook his head as he started to leave the room. "No, I think I'm gonna go and try to find Lilly, later!" And with that Chiro ran off. Antauri simply closed his eyes and returned to his meditating however someone soon walked in the room. "Antauri, was Chiro in here?" He opened his eyes to see Nova and Sprx standing in the door way and nodded. "Yes, is there something you needed?" Nova nodded but Sprx was the one to speak up. "Yeah, we were wondering if Chiro said anything to you about this girl he met recently. I think he said her name was Lilly." Antauri nodded and Nova and Sprx looked at each other for a second before turning back to face the silver monkey.

Nova frowned as she spoke up. "What did he tell you?" Antauri gave her a slightly curious look before replying. "He told me he had a dream about her and he seems to be worried about this girl, why do you ask?" Nova and Sprx both looked worried as Sprx answered the question. "Because, we've talked to the rest of the team and all of our allies and no one has seen this girl except Chiro." Sprx sighed as he stopped and Nova continued for him. "Chiro said she's been here for at least a week, she disappeared before either of us could see her, and she hasn't shown up on the radar. We aren't really sure what's going on but... it's like she doesn't even exist I mean he said Mandarin saw her but he was gone before I got there so..." She trailed off and Sprx picked up for her. "We're worried something bad might be going on." Antauri nodded as he thought for a moment. "I will see if I can find out what's going on but for now we should concentrate on stopping the skeleton King." Nova and Sprx nodded and then left the room.

Elsewhere, a girl known as Marla was in a dark room somewhere in the Skeleton King's castle. She was packing some bags as a new face walked in the room. He had short blonde hair and ice blue eyes; he wore a white tee-shirt, a black leather jacket, black jeans, and motorcycle boots. He smirked as Marla turned around finally noticing he was in the room. She smiled as she continued packing. "Why, hello, Ace, I was wondering when you'd get here." Ace smirked and shrugged slightly. "Eh, I was trying to avoid helping you pack I suppose." Marla crossed her arms as she glared at him. "Oh, so you were being lazy then." Ace continued to smile as he seemed unfazed by her glare. "No, I just figured you could do it better by yourself." Marla smiled at this as she continued packing. "You're right, I probably can do it better by myself, now start helping." Ace sighed but smiled and started helping her pack. "So, are you gonna help another villain conquer the universe you're going to or are you just going to get what you need and leave?" Marla shrugged as she examined a book for a moment.

"I'll probably have to get what I need and leave but if it takes awhile I might give the villain some advice, it depends really." She frowned and shook her head as she set the book on a counter nearby and continued packing. Ace gave her a curious look as he nodded. "Okay, so why aren't you packing the book?" She frowned at his question but didn't stop packing. "I only need the maps; the book is rather useless at this point. It would be safer to leave it here with you." Ace nodded and they continued packing. Once they were finished Marla put her backpack on and placed the shoulder strap for her duffle bag over her head and on the opposite side the bag was on. She then started pulling out random objects and setting up for some kind of ritual. Once this was complete she turned to Ace and smiled. "Well, I have to go now, I'll see you soon." Ace nodded and pulled her into a kiss. They soon pulled apart and Ace smirked. "Remember, I'm cooler than any guy you'll meet in whatever world you visit. You have no reason to cheat on me." Marla smirked at this and stepped back a bit. "But of course, if that weren't true we wouldn't be married. Later." Ace nodded slightly and said goodbye. Marla then started to recite a chant in a strange language before she was surrounded by a soft light. There was a flash and she was gone. Ace just smirked and left the room. "I'll see you soon, Marla."

Elsewhere, Lilly was walking around the park as Magic followed along. It appeared to be late but neither seemed to care. "I wonder why that jerk wants me so much. I mean, it's not like I can do anything worth mentioning, well at least nothing that would be useful to villains. I don't get it, it's not like I have any info, and I'm not really sure where I am." She sighed as she stopped walking and pulled an apple out of her backpack. She ate slowly and once she was done she tossed the core in a nearby trash can. She then pulled out some food for Magic and watched as the cat ate. "I still have no proof that I'm not crazy and knowing what that jerk looks like doesn't help. Maybe I am crazy, do you think I'm crazy, Magic?" The cat looked up from her food and seemed to smile and shake her head. Lilly smiled for a second before realizing she was talking to a cat and sighed. "I need to find proof; maybe I can find a phone and call one of my friends... wait that might not work either." She sighed and decided to sleep there for the night.

Lilly's P.O.V.

I looked around as I found myself standing in a black void; I wondered how I had gotten there but soon forgot that when I saw a white light and knew exactly what was going on. I knew I was dreaming as I had been having dreams like this almost every night since I had ended up in this strange world. I once again tried to get closer to the light and was surprised when I actually did get a little closer but that didn't change the fact that I still wasn't anywhere near the light. I sighed as I sat down and examined my location, that's when a strange woman appeared before me. She had light blonde, near white, hair and bright blue eyes. She wore a simple white dress, white ballet shoes, and a sky blue chocker with a star charm on it; I noticed her skin was incredibly pale and a soft light blue glow surrounded her. She smiled and waved slightly to me. "Hello, Lilly, it is so nice to see you." My eyes went wide; she had the most beautiful voice I had ever heard. "Hi... Who are you?" She simply continued to smile as she answered my question. "My name is Malak."

I nodded in awe and she simply smiled at me as if this happened all the time. "Why are you here?" She turned to look at the white light and I hesitantly did the same. "Do you see that light?" I nodded and she continued. "I know you have been trying to reach it since you got here." I turned to her in amazement. "You do!" She laughed slightly as she nodded and continued with what she was saying. "You need to reach that light; once you do you will be able to discover what is going on and why you have been taken here." I nodded as I turned back to the light. "But how do I reach it? I've tried and tried and I've only barely gotten any closer." She smiled as we both turned to look at the other. "Simply running to the light will not get you any closer; you must believe in order to reach it." I nodded once again as she slowly faded away. I stood and closed my eyes as I took a deep breath. "I believe, I believe, I believe." I then opened my eyes and started running again, I got slightly closer once more but little changed.

Once I knew I couldn't get any closer I sat down again and wondered what I was doing wrong. "Maybe I need to believe in specific things to get closer but what do I need to believe?" I sighed as I laid down and closed my eyes in thought. After several minutes I had gotten no closer and had a feeling I wasn't going to figure it out anytime soon when I suddenly heard birds chirping and opened my eyes to find that I was awake. I sighed as I stood up and got some food. I ate my breakfast as I waited for Magic to wake up. "I need to reach that light in order to find out why this is happening but... maybe I need to believe this is actually happening before I can get any closer. If that's the case then I need to find proof that I'm not insane before I can really find out why I'm here." I noticed Magic was awake and staring at me. I gave her some food before standing up. "We're going to find proof that I'm not crazy no matter what!"