Me: Welcome to Chapter Four!
Chiro: What's going to happen now?
Me: It shall be explained soon enough.
Chiro: Okay. Another question. Why haven't you updated in a while?
Me: School, home, festival, Young Americans, publishing companies, ect.
Chiro: Oh…
Me: Yup…
Chiro: Aunna doesn't own SRMTHFG!
Me: Read and Review!
Chapter Four: First Encounters
I was so tired. Nova had me do a battle practice from 10 in the morning till 6 at night. Then I had to eat dinner with the others and continue to do crazy meditation moves till 9 and then he sent me to bed. I was sore all over and I was feeling useless. How can I be a leader if I can't take a little bit of battle practice?
I groaned. I was tired but I couldn't sleep. It was frustrating! I was beat but I couldn't sleep at all!
I remembered an old lullaby and began to hum it to myself. My eyes drooped and then shut. I was asleep.
I woke to an alarm blaring. I screamed and rushed to the door, only to find it locked. I was terrified. I could hear the monkeys yelling and screaming orders and I heard Otto ask, "Where's Chiro?'
"Help!" I said. "I can't get out!" I felt a hand on my shoulder and my blood ran cold. I turned around and let out a blood curdling scream. Behind me was some sort of black and white ooze monster. It covered my mouth to muffle my screams and began to crawl out the window with me.
Before the monster could get out the window my door flew open and I saw the monkey team with their weapons. "It's a Formless!" Otto said. "And it's got Chiro!"
The 'Formless' growled and jumped out the window with me in it's grasp. I screamed but my mouth was still covered. There were five other Formless waiting. The Formless that had me handed me to another one and that one carried me to some strange ship. It put me in a strange holding tube. (The same one they put Lilo inside in 'Lilo and Stitch.')
I pounded on the glass but it wouldn't give. Then I heard the roar of engines and I saw that the ship was preparing to take off.
I became more desperate. I pounded harder on the glass, trying my best to use the moves Nova taught me to break free. No such luck. I didn't even dent the glass. I was stuck and the monkeys were no where in sight.
Wait! The monkeys! I activated the communicator they had given me the other day. "Hello?" I asked. "Is there anyone there?"
"Chiro!" it was Antauri. "Where are you?"
"I don't know!" I said. The ship took off and I screamed. "Some one help! I don't want to go into space!"
"We are coming Chiro!" Antauri said. "Just hang on!"
"Alright!" I said and deactivated the communicator and tried my best to stay calm.
The ship lurched and I slammed into one side of the container. I screamed and felt myself go closer to unconsciousness. I put my hand to the back of my head and felt something warm and sticky. I looked at my hand and saw blood.
I heard an explosion and the ship lurched again. I looked out the glass and saw three jets. It took me a minute but then I remembered that they were the monkeys jets.
Three days ago…
I was walking with Antauri as he decided to tell me about the robot's abilities. Apparently it could fly, shoot missiles, produce shields, and many more things. "It can also break into six different vehicles," Antauri said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"It can become six different devices," Antauri said. "The Foot Cruiser Six, the Foot Cruiser Five, the Fist Rocket Four, the Fist Rocket Three, the Brainscrambler Two, and the Torso Tank One,"
"Who drives what?" I asked.
"Nova and Otto are the Foot Cruisers," Antauri said. "Gibson and Sprx are the Fist Rockets, I am the Brainscrambler, and you will eventually drive the Torso Tank,"
"Do you really think I can do it?" I asked.
"Of course I do," Antauri said. "You just have to believe in yourself,"
I was thrown to the other side of the container and my communicator activated again. "Chiro!" Antauri said. "Are you alright?"
"My head's bleeding," I said.
"I told you not to shoot the ship Sprx!" Gibson said.
"Well sorry!" Sprx said. "I thought if we shot the thing out the sky it'd be easier.."
"Chiro would be further injured!" Gibson said.
"Stop it!" Chiro said. "Just stop it! I know that would have injured me worse then I am now Gibson, but Sprx is just trying to help! Can we please stop yelling at each other and get this over with!"
"Alright," Gibson said.
"You got it Kid," Sprx said.
"Sprx," Antauri said. "Can you use your magnets to get the container off of the ship?"
"Of course I can!" Sprx said. I saw a magnet come out of one of the rockets, Fist Rocket Three, and I felt the container I was in start to shake. I covered my head with my arms and waited.
I knew what Antauri was trying to get Sprx to do. He was trying to get the container with me inside so he could get me out safely. But things never go according to plan.
The glass shattered from the force and I went plunging toward the earth beneath me.
I screamed and wrapped my arms around me. This was going to hurt. I was going to die and the monkeys would have to go back to sleep.
The monkeys!
"Antauri!" I said. "Help!"
"Hang on Chiro!" Antauri said. "We're coming for you!"
I suddenly stopped falling. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in this light thing and it was lifting me toward the Brainscrambler. I felt sick to my stomach.
I fell onto a hard surface and felt a cold hand touch my face. I looked up and saw Antauri. He was honestly worried. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"I've been better," I said. "But I've been worse too,"
"Hey Antauri!" Sprx said. "Can I blast this thing out the sky now?"
Antauri sighed. "Yes Sprx," he said.
"Woo-hoo!" Sprx said. "Let's do this Brainstrain!"
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that!" Gibson said. I heard explosions and knew that the ship had been taken down.
"We must hurry!" Antauri said. "Chiro's loosing a lot of blood!"
"Try and keep Chiro conscious," Gibson said. "He might slip into a coma if you don't,"
"Alright Gibson," Antauri said. He drove the Brainscrambler back home and I felt my eyes droop. I had heard what Gibson had said but it was getting harder to stay awake.
Suddenly Antauri landed the Brainscrambler and helped me into the tube. I was close to passing out and I knew by the time we got to Med. Bay the robot would be stained red. Great, first fight and I'm injured and I didn't do the fighting!
We got to Med. Bay and Gibson automatically tried to stop my head from bleeding while Antauri bandaged my hands. Weird, I hadn't even noticed my hands were bleeding. I knew one of them was broken when Antauri grabbed some supplies for a cast. I felt pathetic. How could I lead if I couldn't even protect myself?
Gibson wrapped up my head. My eyes shut. "Chiro don't-" I heard Gibson say. But it was too late. I was fast asleep.
