Chapter 4: Training Begins
(Discialmer!)
Chiro was eating breakfast with his parents and brother.
"Where were you last night?" asked Howard, "Were you with friends? Do you have friends?"
Chiro didn't answer.
"Why are you always ignoring…." Asked Howard.
"This is the problem Howard," said Leslie, "You ask him a million questions before he can even answer the first one."
"That's because he acts like a ghost," said Howard, "And he needs to communicate with family."
He was waiting for an answer.
"SPEAK!" he shouted as he hit the table.
"Howard!" said Leslie, "Chiro, let's start this over. Can you at least tell us one thing you did last night?"
"Well mom, Jinmay and I discovered a giant robot in the city," said Chiro, "It had five monkeys and they just dubbed me their leader."
"Cool," said Tommy.
"You know what?" asked Leslie, "This might make a good novel!"
She went upstairs and got her pen and paper.
Later that day, Chiro went back to the giant robot.
"You've returned," said Antauri.
"Of course I did," said Chiro, "I just needed to get away from family. So, what do we got?"
Antauri showed Chiro a room where they transform.
"This is where we become a fighting force for good," said Antauri, "Whoever holds the coin holds the abilities of the power primate and is granted powerful armor."
"Armor?" asked Chiro, "So when do I get it?"
"It is held within the coin," said Antauri, "Hold the coin in front of you, and slowly you shall become the warrior you were chosen to be."
Chiro held out the coin.
Nothing happened.
"Did it work?" asked Chiro.
"Not quite…" said Gibson, "How is Chiro supposed to face The Skeleton King's army without his armor?"
"There is something we can do to prepare him," said Antauri, "Follow me."
He was taken into a virtual room.
"This area has been used by us to train for any upcoming battles with evil forces," said Antauri, "Perhaps it is best if we train you without the armor first, then you may be able to transform."
"Ok," said Chiro, "But super strength and agility might not be enough."
"There's more that the coin gave you Chiro," said Antauri, "Sparx, activate the training ground."
"Got it boss," said Sparx.
He pressed a button and a group of strange creatures.
"These creatures before you are the army used by the Skeleton King," said Antauri, "They are known as the formless."
"They're scary looking," said Jinmay, "I hope he'll be ok."
"Of course he will, its just a hologram," said Sparx.
One of them attempted to attack Chiro and he dodged.
"Those things look like they can pack a punch!" said Chiro.
Another one punched Chiro hard.
"Ow," he said.
"This is why you must transform into your armor Chiro," said Gibson, "Consider yourself lucky the coin grants you accelerated endurance."
"Well, let's go," said Chiro.
For the next few days Chiro had been training with the monkeys.
It was tough, but fun for him nonetheless.
One day he punched one of the formless and his hand had thunder on it.
"Whoa," said Chiro.
Antauri smiled knowing Chiro was making progress.
He could also make lightning come out of his legs while doing a kick, and throw lightning spears.
Jinmay was amazed at what she saw.
"Wow," said Jinmay.
"How can you be smiling at a time like this," said Gibson, "Chiro still hasn't transformed yet!"
"Patience Gibson," said Antauri
After 2-3 days of training each, Chiro tried transforming, but it didn't work.
Meanwhile reports were flooding in about a masked murderer (Who was Mandarin)
People were starting to get worried about what was going on.
Howard was doing his usual work at the lab.
"Nothing exciting ever happens here," he said to himself.
"Professor Logan," said one his co-workers, "You might wanna take a look at this."
"What is it?" asked Howard.
The co-worker brought in a box and opned it.
Inside was a mysterious purple orb.
"This could change what we know about science," he said.
"No," said Howard, "This could change… the world."
Chiro was sitting at the top of the robot.
"Hey slugger," said Jinmay.
"Hi," said Chiro.
"You looked really cool back there," said Jinmay, "It looks like that coin did more than I thought it did."
Chiro looked down at the city.
"I'm starting to think the coin made a mistake," he said, "If I have these powers, but can't transform, then what good am I?"
"The Power Primate is never wrong Chiro," said Antauri, "If you were not worthy you would not be able to use the gifts you were given."
"But I still can't transform," said Chiro.
"That will come in time," said Antauri, "I'm not sure when or how, but one day you will have the armor unlocked."
"But why did it choose me?" asked Chiro, "I'm, just… an average kid."
"Chiro, you were born for this," said Antauri.
Chiro was doing another training drill.
"So what's the deal with the super robot?" asked Chiro, "Is it like your home base or something?"
"There's much more to it than that," said Nova, "It also dual fuctions as a fighting machine. It can split into 6 separate parts and fight as one!"
"Sweet," said Chiro.
Jinmay was watching Chiro train.
"I know you can do it Chiro," she said.
"You sure have hope for the boy don't you Ms. Jinmay?" asked Gibson.
"Yeah," said Jinmay.
A formless hit Chiro so hard he hit the wall. Jinmay fell off the platform and onto the ground.
The formless went after her.
"Jinmay!" shouted Chiro.
He went over to protect her.
Jinmay closed her eyes in horror thinking she was going to be hurt.
A light started to glow.
Jinmay opened her eyes and saw Chiro in a new costume which was bound to be his armor.
"What?" asked Chiro.
Gibson couldn't believe his eyes.
"Great Einstein's ghost," he said.
"Why's everyone looking at me?" asked Chiro.
Jinmay showed Chiro a mirror.
"Whoa!" said Chiro, "Ok now that's awesome!"
He continued fighting the formless in his armor.
"Thunder Punch!" he said, "Lightning Kick! Chiro Spearo!"
He took out the rest of the formless with no sweat.
"Woo!" said Chiro, "Alright what's next? Target practice? Dodging excercies?"
Jinmay had stars in her eyes.
Chiro then powered down.
"Whatever you have in store for me, I'm ready for it!" said Chiro, "Hit me up with whatever you got!"
Nova laughed.
"You certainly are fired up," said Nova.
"Go home for now Chiro," said Antauri, "Training is over for today."
"But I transformed," said Chiro.
"Yes, however we don't want to overwork you," said Antauri.
"What about you guys?" asked Jinmay, "Don't you get armor?"
"Well….." said Otto, "We did have armor, but it was destroyed during that battle we had all those years ago during the stone age."
"Oh man," said Chiro.
"However I am working on a machine that will hopefully bring our armor back and we'll be back in action," said Gibson, "Until then we're just ordinary monkeys."
"Ordinary monkeys don't come in different colors buddy," said Otto.
"Nor do they work with machines Otto," said Gibson.
"Moving on…. You've made some very serious progress Chiro," said Antauri.
Chiro smiled.
Mandarin was walking into a jewelry store.
"Gems," said Mandarin.
He went inside and cut in front of other customers.
"Gems," said Mandarin, "Now."
"Yes sir," said the clerk.
He brought in the best gems in the store.
"There's one in particular that I want," said Mandarin, "It gives the holder unlimited power."
"Sir I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about," said the clerk.
Mandarin got irritated and grabbed him by the collar.
"Give me the gem, or die!" said Mandarin.
The clerk managed to press a security button and cops showed up.
"Put the man down," said one of them.
Mandarin stared at one of the cops and his gun exploded.
"We're gonna need some backup!" said another one.
"So am I," said Mandarin, "Its been so long since I was able to call upon my servants!"
He summoned a group of formless and ordered them to attack.
He later left with some stolen gems.