The Struggling Life: The Had Life

Chapter 3: Search and… Oww!

Antauri's Point of View (After Lunch):

"So everyone is set on the plan then?" I asked my team once more. "We go into the sewers and look for the girl in a black robe with purple-hazel eyes. Gibson is also bringing along his tracker in case it picks up something that we may not." My team nodded and we activated our rocket packs and got to the nearest entrance to the sewers.

Once we got inside of the sewers, I felt the other half of my team squirm and complain of the muck and grime down here, jumping up ten feet in the air just to get out of it. Gibson and I remained calm as we moved threw the sewers and soon the others did as well. We walked threw many tunnels before we easily knew that we had gotten lost or whatever we were looking for was not going to be seen by our own eyes.

"Maybe the Power Primate might help us find them?" Nova suggested. I nodded and let myself float in midair, meditating. I followed this power source, but when I tried to get beyond something there was some kind of large barrier that was blocking my way of finding our chosen one.

"It is no use; the Power Primate is being blocked by something, some kind of magic, old magic by how powerful it is." I told my team. "Gibson, is there anything coming up on your tracker?" He looked over the small machine in his hands and fiddled around with it a bit before he nodded.

"Yes, there is a different kind of magnetic field here." He point at a wall in front of him. "Hmm, strange, these walls have places that have been worn down, due to usage. One spot more heavily used then the other." He then reached his hand up on the wall and tried tapping one spot twice and then the other one once and a hidden door opened before them, but in its place behind it was another door.

"Great all that effort and we have to get threw another door." Sprx snapped.

"I'll take it down." Nova said, transforming her hands into her larger fists and walked toward the door.

"Nova wait-" Gibson tried to tell her before she swung at the door, but she swung and her fist hit nothing, so she flew threw the door.

"Did she get eaten?" Otto asked.

"No Otto, she's just on the other side of this door. As I tried to tell Nova before she swung her fist at the door, this door is a hologram. Its just a picture of another door as to fool others from here that there is no way forth, that they have to get through a single door at a time, give up and wonder off, then the door before it re-sets itself." Gibson explained before we saw Nova stick her head back threw the door to us.

"Hey guys, you have got to see this." She then pulled her head back threw to the other side and we followed her. Inside we saw this large chamber with tall stone pillars, torches were lit on the sides of the walls, giving some light, but it was still dime, the fire was also not normal, it was a bright blue.

"Let's keep moving team." I told them. We walked forward into the dark chamber. It was long, but it seamed easy enough to maneuver through. We walked for a long time down this path, but finally we reached the center, and that was when Gibson's tracker was going off.

"What do you got Brain Strain?" Sprx asked Gibson, he scowled at him before turning to his tracker.

"It seams we have a door such we had in the beginning. The one where you tape certain places" He said.

"Well hurry up and get us inside!" Nova said to him. "I want to see our leader already, even if it does mean that we have to fight her." The team and I nodded and Gibson tried his luck again at opening the door. Gibson knocked a different pattern then the last one, and that was much longer too. Soon enough though, he got the door open and we slowly walked in.

Inside we found that the walls were lit with more of the blue fire we saw outside, it made the walls look a deep blue in color. The small room was covered with clothes, food, water bottles and some medicine in a pile on the table. We turned around the corner and kept quiet; we saw the three of them.

The girl was fast asleep, still hidden under her robe and was laid on a hammock made of a thick white material. Her younger brothers were off to the side, playing with toys that they had in their hands. The smaller one who we believe to be the youngest had brown-black hair, in his hands seamed to be a mechanics learner's kit. He seamed to be trying to build a ship with his kit. We looked over at the other brother who was nearly another year older then the other one with red-brown hair and were playing with a plane. The two of them were in normal clothes, jeans and a red shirt on the taller one and a green shirt on the shorter one.

I saw Otto lean around us to get a better look at them when he fell on his face. The girl still slept, but the boys looked at us. They both had eyes filled with fear. "Calm now you two," I said to them. "We mean you no harm, may we talk?" The younger one hid behind his older brother and the two of them glared at us wearyingly. Their eyes both glowed; this must be the power that Martha was speaking of. I could see the air moving around the older boy's hands and he seamed to be about to attack when I tried to calm them again. "Boys, listen, Martha sent us! She's your friend, is she not?" The boys stood back surprised and looked at each other.

"You know Martha?" The younger one asked us. I nodded along with the rest of my team.

"She's the one who told us where to find you once we told her we wanted to thank your sister and help all of you. We're sorry for invading your home, but we promise we mean you all no harm, and if we all get out of this alive, Martha has invited us for dinner and a cleaning at her home." Gibson said. The two of them looked at each other before the older one walked over to the girl and shook her awake.

"Sissy, Martha sent monkeys to find us." The boy said. The girl sat up in the blink of an eye and looked over at us. Her eyes were wary of us, but when she saw me, she had a look of question in her eyes.

"You're the monkey that was at the robot." She said. "How did you find us?"

"How would you like to talk at Martha's place before we start swapping stories here kid?" Sprx said.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"What we mean is that we wish for you to live with us after we get the robot fixed up and running again. We would love to have you live with us and if you wished of it, become your guardians. We could sigh off on most things for you, but we would check with you for anything about yourself and your brothers. And this way, the people of Shuggazoom will maybe look to you more as a savoir then a creation for their greed." Gibson said to her.

"Savior?" She questioned.

"Yes, by awakening us, you have been given even more power then you had within yourself before, it is best known as the Power Primate, It, along with the power you have now, would make you very powerful, that is, as soon as we know what that other power is." I explained to her. "You are our leader, destined to be our leader for a long time. We've waited for you, Chosen One."

"Sissy!" One of the girl's younger brother called to her. She turned to the red-haired boy and looked at him. "They're the monkeys from the story! They're the Hyper Force! It has to be them; they act just like they did in the stories!"

"You must forgive my brothers," she said to us. "I've told my brothers all their lives about a team of robot monkeys such as yourselves and they must have mistaken you for them."

"But Sissy!" The youngest one said. "They looked just like you told us and they said they were waiting for their Chosen One, you! It's them!"

"That's enough Robby, Spencer. Not another word of this, understand?" The girl said harshly.

"Yes Sissy." They both replied sadly.

"You know kid," Sprx said. "They're right about us being the Hyper Force."

"Really?" She questioned us sarcastically. "Then prove it." She stood back with her brothers and gave us space to do what ever we planned.

"What kind of proof do you want to see?" I asked her.

"Don't know." She replied, shrugging. "Anything that proves you're them I guess."

"What? So being robot monkeys isn't proof enough for you?" Sprx asked.

The girl shook her head. "I learned a long time ago that you should never let facts lead you life, you need proof too. I learned that lesson the hard way when we had to go into hiding. Prove to me that you're them, and then we'll discuses other matters."

"Oh, oh, oh! Me, me, me!" The youngest one, Robby said. "They should do part of the story that Sissy told us last month! You know Spencer, before the orange monkey was thinking evil things and before he started planning too!"

"Oh yeah!" The older brother, Spencer said. "The black monkey used his really cool power of the Power Primate to kill all the fire that lit up the room so that their enemy had to face the team in the dark. And when it was all over, he re-lit the lights so the team could take away their enemy."

"As you wish then." I said. I focused myself in a meditation stance and floated in the midair before I used my Power Primate to cut off the lights.

"Whoa!" I heard Robby, the youngest boy say. His brother followed suit in speaking his surprise, and after a few moments later, I let the fire return to the room and opened my eyes. The girl was in front of me with her brothers no longer at her side. She screamed and looked around frantically for them, until she saw them, hanging from the wall, being held up by Otto and Sprx. She sighed when she saw them and hurried over to them. Otto and Sprx lowered the boys into the girl's arms and they shouted in joy.

"That was awesome!" Spencer, the older boy said. "Can we do it again Sissy?"

"Not now you two, I have to discuses things with them, you two can go play though if you want." The two boys pouted at their sister but obeyed and went back to their games.

"We'll play with the kids." Sprx said.

"Yeah, its not like you need to talk to all of us, we'll keep them company!" Otto said. He and Sprx ran off to be with the kids and started being a little rougher with each other. They swung off the walls with the boys in hand. The girl smiled at hearing her brothers' laughter before turning back to us.

"So what is it that you would exactly like to talk about, there is something that you wanted of my family?" She questioned us. She certainly didn't waist any time asking questions.

"These matters would be best talked about within the safe confinements of Martha's home, she's expecting us all." I told her. "She has a homemade dinner waiting for us, along with new clothes and a bath for you and your brothers."

"I don't know, I don't think I can risk the safety of my brothers like that." The girl said.

"They will be safe, as shall you as long as you're with us. We will not let anything or anyone hurt the three of you." I told her. She seamed hesitant on it. Her brothers, Otto and Sprx looked up from their games they were playing to look at the girl.

She then sighed and looked back at us, her eyes, they were bright as I had seen them the last time, but this time, they weren't frightened, so I got to see the pure color of the middle of her eyes. "Alright, should we grab our things?" She asked. Her brothers cheered and ran to grab their things with the help of Sprx and Otto.

"I think its best if you do grab everything, for I don't believe that we'll be coming back here later on." Gibson said to her. She nodded and Nova walked over with her to grab anything she wanted to take with her, which I had to admit, was not much. The girl didn't bother to grab any other the clothes that were left in the bags for her. She did grab a small pack that was in the back of the room, what was contained in it was a mystery to me.

"You're not going to take the clothes with you?" Nova asked her.

The girl shook her head. "Martha will have more for me, besides, all of those clothes are torn beyond repair from the exploring I've done and people I've come to face with that have shot at me, or attacked me. All I have, want, and need is all in this pack on my back."

"Very well then." I said. I turned to the younger boys and saw them standing next to Otto and Sprx, bags on their backs as well. "Are you boys packed?" They nodded their heads and move into their sister's sides. "Then let us move out." We walked out of the hidden room and into the chambers. The girl kept the boys near her, as long as they were in sight. When they went behind pillars of any kind when they wanted to play hide and seek, she quickly told them to stay in her line of sight or else they wouldn't be able to play until tomorrow with Otto and Sprx. The boys quickly obeyed her without question at the thought of losing their newest friends and stayed in her sights.

We soon passed threw the trick door that separated the main sewer from the chambers. Once we made it threw, we walked threw many passages and ended up at the nearest entrance to the sewer that was the nearest to Martha's house. We walked up from the entrance of the sewers and headed up to Martha's house, where the boys ran up to her door and knocked loudly. Footsteps echoed on the other side of the door and Martha slowly opened the door and then opened it fully when she saw it was us.

"You're all okay!" She exclaimed, hugging the two boys and then hugging the girl. "Oh I'm so happy you three are alright! Come in, come it! Dinner is waiting on the table as soon as you wash your hands." The boys ran past her legs and into her home, searching for the bathroom to wash up and then eat. "The bathroom is on the first door on your left." She said to them. They ran in quickly and Martha hugged the girl once again. "It's so good to see you so well, lets get cleaned up and then we can eat, and that includes you too Hyper Force." My team grinned at her remark and hurried to the bathroom where we quickly washed up and then hurried into the dinning room where Martha had us all sit down to eat.

The girl set up her brothers' dishes and then made her own. My team and I then made our own dishes after them and Martha went last, making sure everyone had something or a large portion of something. After everyone was situated, we all dug into our food, and me being the only vegetarian at the large salad I had along with soup. Everyone, including the children, ate as quickly as they could as if the food would be taken away from their plates at any time.

When the kids finished their meal, the boys went up to a bath tub Martha had set up for the two of them, grabbing new clothes for them that she had bought. While they were in the bath tub, Martha sent the girl into her personal bathroom so that she could take a shower. Handing her new clothes, she was hesitant on changing, but Martha insisted, pushing her into the bathroom.

We saw nothing of the boys or their sister for nearly half of an hour before we saw the door to Martha's bathroom open. When we saw the door open, the girl came out, but she was no longer wearing her dark black robe, which was draped over her arm. When she cleared of the steam that was flying out of the bathroom, we saw the girl in long sleeved violet shirt, three necklaces hanging in front of the 'v' shape front of the shirt. One was a black dragon with red eyes, another was a lightning bolt, and the last was a locket, a golden one, they all hung around her neck. On her wrist was a set of metal bracelets that looked quite old, but still looked nice on her wrist that would jingle with the movement of her wrist. She also wore dark blue jeans that showed up well against her pale skin. Her feet were bare, I noticed as she walked over to us. Her hair was extremely long; it was a light brownish tan in color. Her eyes seamed brighter now too.

"You look better kid." Sprx said to her. The girl blushed and turned her head away. Nova hit him on the back of the head and he yelped. The girl looked over at them.

"Shut up Sprx, she doesn't need to hear you lame act, besides, she looks really nice." The girl blushed again but this time she didn't shy away as much. I watched her giggle at the display of my two teammates love/hate relationship when Sprx argued back that he wasn't making a joke and Nova didn't believe him.

"Well then, why don't we get down to business now, shall we?" Gibson asked, grabbing all our attentions. The girl sat down on a red chair that was in the corner of Martha's living room. The rest of us sat on the black couch across form her.

"So what is it that you wanted of my family?" The girl asked.

I cleared my throat and she looked over at me. "Since you have awakened us, you are destined to help us defeat a great evil as our leader. We also understand your situation with your brothers and yourself with no home and in need of many things, which is why we wish to give you a proposition. You and you brothers are welcome to stay with us, if you join our team and become our leader in due time."

"You're not going to force my brothers to fight, are you?" She asked.

"Of course not." Nova told her. "Not now anyway, or you either. You need some training as well to master the other set of powers you have along with some skills to protect yourself incase something happens to your powers, which is what you'll be doing in my class, learning to fight."

"As for your brothers, they will be spending more time studying and practicing with all of us, even you, being already I believe mastered your powers you had before you met us. When you deem them ready to try out in the field, we'll take them out, but not until we have your word. You are guardian to them, and we'll be guardian to you all until reach the age where you can be sighed off as your brothers' guardian, but we will do nothing of the sort dangerous with them without your permission." Gibson told her.

"And we'll be able to keep them company when you're busy with someone, we'll teach them to build things, fly, beat a bad guy to a bloody pulp, sciency stuff, and use their powers, which I think you already do for them." Otto said.

"All ya gotta do kid is say 'yes'," Sprx said. "But the end decision is all yours." The girl looked down at her hands, deep in thought.

"The decision is not only mine," She said. "It is also my brothers. They have to have a say in it too. I'll wait to see what they think of this, and if they both wish to go, then we'll move in with you to your demands."

"'Demand' is a little harsh, don't you think?" Gibson asked the girl. "I think we would all prefer the term 'compromise'."

"No, I believe demand is a fitting word." She said, grinning at us evilly. Most of the team burst out laughing as Gibson looked at her strangely before letting his head fall in defeat.

"Sissy!" The two boys called. Robby and Spencer ran up to their sister and jumped up onto her lap. The boys were both wearing dark blue jeans and long sleeve shirts; Robby's was a pine green where Spencer's was a fire red. Both had a necklace like that of their sister's, Spencer's looked to resemble a tornado while Robby's looked like a tree and rock. What do these necklaces mean, do they represent then type of power these children have?

"Calm down you two, I need to ask you two something." The girl told her brothers. They immediately quieted down and looked up at their sister. "The monkeys have asked us to come live with them, in return they become our guardians and teach us many things, including how to use all our power and learn how to fight, science and other subjects, and even the things you love, flying and building. I want to hear what you two want before we chose what we're going to do. What do you two think of this?"

"I think its great Sissy!" Spencer said. "I wanted stay with them and you and Robby! And this way I can learn to fly like Sprx and he can play with me!"

"Yeah, I want to stay with them too!" Robby said. "I want to play and learn how to build with Otto!"

"Okay you two, why don't you ask them then?" The girl said. They nodded and jumped out of their sister's lap and ran over in front of us on the couch.

"May we please stay with you?" They asked. The team and I looked happily at them before we all nodded. The two boys cheered and ran to hug their sister and them themselves before they finally hugged the life out of us.

"Okay you two, enough of that, gather your things and say your good-byes to Martha." The girl said. "Its best we get going."

"Awe, Sissy!" The two of them cried.

"Can't we stay a little longer?" Robby asked.

"We have to get going you two or else we'll be stuck here in the dark and it will be hard to go home." She told them.

"Will we ever come back?" Spencer asked.

"That's only if Martha says so." Was her reply. The boys ran up to Martha who was standing at the top of the stairs. The smile on her face looked to reflect the greatest happiness the woman has ever felt in her life. The boys, I could see, were begging if they could come back again soon and I could see that she would not mind if they came and stayed with her forever.

"Let's go team, we have to get these three settled in, and the tomorrow, we have shopping to do for the robot and these three." I called. The girl and her brothers said their good–byes to Martha and my team as well before we set out during the sunset.

"Why must we go shopping tomorrow?" The girl asked.

"We need to get essential things that you and you brothers need, along with things you may want to have so that you have something to do in your free time." Gibson said.

"Hey Kid, that reminds me." Sprx said to her. "What's your name? You never did tell us that." The girl looked away from us, stopping dead in her tracks. We stopped and waited for her, but she did not move from her spot. Her two brothers hurried to her side and tried to pull her along, but she didn't respond.

"Are you okay?" Nova asked her. The girl looked at Nova and cried a few tears. She shook her head and turned back to us.

"I'm sorry, my name brings up some past memories that I'd rather avoid for the time being until I feel more comfortable and until I feel like I can open up and trust others again. For now, just call me 'Kid' like you have been doing or 'girl' will work too. I'll respond to either." She said. Pain was evident in her eyes, deep sorrow came from her past, and it seams as if she still had not let it go.

"We can understand this." I told her. "And your wish can be granted. For now, you shall be known as that you wished, but in time, we wish to hear your name ourselves."

"Yeah, but even when I do know that name, I'll still probably call you Kid." Sprx said. We all laughed at that. The girl wiped away her tears and smiled at us all. We returned to the robot soon after and let the children set up their rooms for now as they liked and went to sleep.

Witch's Note:

Awe! Don't you just hate that? No one is going to know who this girl's name is for a while, that's for sure! Take a guess people. Its fun to see what you guys think! How long do you think it will be before they know her name? Only time will tell! Next chapter will be up soon!

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Question of the Chapter: It may be an obvious question, but what do you think is the element that each child possesses?

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