Ha, there, got this one out much sooner. Anyway, this is the continuation from I, Chiro, as I'm sure you could guess. I hope you enjoy, but I don't know if you do unless you leave a review (nudge nudge wink wink). Without further ado, I present to you, I, Chosen:


Skeleton King laughed "you always were the most clever of the monkeys, but your weakness is obvious" Chiro found himself floating uncomfortably close to the Skeleton King, quickly realizing the evil king's plan he called warning to his mentor. The invisible hands around his throat stabbed into his throat and Chiro cried out in pain, which immediately lured Antauri out of hiding, much to his student' dismay.

Whatever rescue attempt the black monkey had planned, never went into action as the Skeleton King wasted no time in levitating his opponent to his other side, and all it seemed was lost.


Chiro's Point of View


"All life is but a tragic mistake Antauri, one that I, we, shall soon remedy" The Skeleton King proclaimed, malice filling his deep voice. In the middle of his little speech, Antauri fell unconscious, likely from lack of air, and Chiro felt himself going down the same path. Black spots crept towards the center of his vision, leaving only a tunnel of light, and then their progress halted. The grip of the invisible hands around his throat loosened, and then released him as light exploded across his vision. The Skeleton King screamed in agony as he fell over the side of the dias.

Chiro looked at his mentor in wonder, "How did you do that? the Power Primate's gone." he asked.

"Is it really gone?" Antauri asked, turning to his student, and perhaps if he had instead looked behind himself, Antauri would have lived. But as it was, in the height of their victory, Antauri was struck down by the cowardly orange monkey. Chiro stared, frozen in horror, Antauri lay prone upon the cold stone like a broken winged bird upon an altar, his mentor, who was always so strong and sure, lay fragile and broken.

"You always were my inferior Antauri, more suited for philosophy, than battle." Mandarin spat at his brother's fallen body, a smug smile on his face, certain that Chiro was still no threat.

However, he underestimated the boy, and with a cry of rage, Chiro kicked one of his gauntlets from his hand and placed it securely upon his own. Activating it, Chiro noticed that unlike every other time he had wielded one of Mandarin's weapons, he was now in possession of the sword. It fit though, he was not in the mood to be on the defensive, this was a battle he would not loose, and Mandarin would not survive.

The combatants lept at each other with cries of equal rage, at the last instant before they would have collided, Chiro ducked under Mandarin and arched his back so the monkey's path was aimed towards the Dark One's egg, and with a single swipe, separated the evil monkey's arm from his body. Gravity again began to affect the wounded monkey and he fell into the pit with a cry of pain and fear of the unknown, a final death cry. And then he was gone.

With a sense of finality, Chiro tossed the gauntlet after him, certain that Mandarin was no more. The sound of struggling hydraulics met his ears, and with a shocked expression, Chiro looked back to find Antauri sitting up. "Chiro, the egg...must be...sealed," Antauri warned, and after his message was delivered his struggling ceased, and he fell back onto the ground.

Before the boy could rush to his mentor's side, a purple beam shot passed him, his battle honed instincts allowing him to dodge it, if only by inches,but the explosion that resulted forced him over the edge of the platform, he managed to catch himself with one hand and dangled over the edge as he saw what had caused the explosion. The Skeleton King hovering above the lip of the pit, his eyes glowing with barely restrained power. since when could he fly? a small voice at the back of Chiro's mind wondered quietly, the boy payed no attention to the whisper, to caught up with the overwhelming terror that the dark king inspired when he spoke.

"I. Awaken: let the world shudder before its master" The Skeleton King spoke in a terrible voice, made only more terrifying as Chiro realized that this was not the Skeleton King, but the Dark One itself. It stared him down, but its attention was captured by Antauri as he reemerged from unconsciousness, making small groans as he struggled to regain his feet. Skeleton King drifted closer to his mentor, and opened its mouth to roar at the fallen primate, who could do nothing to defend himself.

NO.

The Power Primate rushed through his body, and every cell in his body burned with its power, Chiro pulled himself back onto the circle of stone and leapt forward to stand over Antauri. "Get away from him" he ordered, unspoken threats of violence clear within his voice.

The Dark One sent a blast of energy at him through the Skeleton King's mouth, and though he could stand for a few seconds, the force of it soon knocked the boy off of his feet and sent him careening back to the edge of the pit. Weakness claimed his limbs and he found himself unable to sit up, he had failed, but not just himself, "Antauri, I failed you," he said sadly. His mentor did not reply, snarling at the Dark King who still hovered over him.

Skeleton King turned to face him,"You failed your world." he corrected, and charged another blast, one that would surely send him falling into the open mouth of the puppet master that lay beneath the swirling purple energy field. But the ray never left, as a wall of dull metal landed upon the string that connected the Dark King to his master. Shuddering and smoking, the Super Robot stood over the fallen king.

Chiro's family emerged from the gaping hole in the Super Robot's chest, Otto confidently shouting "Hang on, Chiro!"

"Monkey team!" the boy exclaimed, relief filling his voice, "Antauri's hurt, we've gotta help him."

A red blast suddenly interrupted the monkey's formation, and his family fell and the Skeleton King rose again.

"I. Will. Be. FREE!" he declared. A purple tentacle sprung from the pit and dragged the abandoned robot to the ground, of its weight suddenly ending up on the ground spread cracks through the shell of the Dark One's egg.

"Its breaking out!" Sparx cried in alarm.

Chiro and the rest of the monkey team stared in horror at the emerging Dark One, not noticing that Antauri wasn't beside them. A sudden swell of the Power Primate rushed through Chiro, and he whipped around, only to find Antauri levitating towards the edge of the platform. "NO!" he pleaded with the monkey, but his mentor was already falling, down, down, to his tomb.

Chiro rushed to the edge of the dias, watching as Antauri fell into the egg, and did not surface.

Time itself ground to a halt, his heartbeat pounded slowly in his ears, and somewhere in the back of his mind, a traitorous voice whispered that he should have known that a sacrifice would have to be made. It should have been me his heart cried in agony. A ball of light suddenly arched from the pit, and slammed into his chest, Chiro screamed as searing heat filled his body and the green light of the Power Primate filled him. A monkey's cry and the roar of the Power Primate joined his scream as the Power Primate, filled with Antauri's energy, merged with him, filling his very soul, and changing his body. And Chiro, as he was, knew no more...


I am the Chosen One. I hold in my hands the light of the universe, The Power Primate burns through my veins. You will fall, for I am the Guardian of this realm...

And you are nothing...

With a rage filled scream, The Chosen one fulfilled his destiny...