Me: Welcome to Chapter Four!

Otto: Gotta find Chiro, gotta find Chiro! (Slaps himself.)

Antauri: Calm down Otto! (Antauri's eye begins to twitch uncontrollably.)

Sprx: Maybe both of you should see Gibson…

Me: That's a good idea Sprx! (I usher them to Gibson as Nova comes in.) Would you two do the honors?

Nova: Sure. Aunna does not own SRMTHFG! If she did we would know how the war turned out.

Sprx: But she does own The Blood Gang and Shackles and Chains.

Sprx and Nova: Read and Review!

Chapter Four: Shackles and Chains

Three days later…

I sat there in Command Center, struggling to hold back my rage and frustration for once. I could sense a disturbance in the Power Primate again. I knew that they were hurting Chiro, I could hear it in his voice whenever they called, but I could do nothing about it.

Sometimes I hear Otto cry in the middle of the night. It was quite normal by now but it rips my heart to pieces. I was the one who predicted danger and I should have been able to stop it. "Antauri…" I heard a voice say.

I turn around and see a distressed, yet happy, Otto. "What is happening Otto?" I asked. "Did we get a phone call about when they were going to return Chiro?" We had paid the demands yesterday and still no sign of our leader.

"No," Otto said. "Some people are outside. They say that they can help," I sighed. We had been getting that same report every time. Sure, the information was helpful but it never really got us closer to Chiro.

"Let's see what they say," I said. Otto and I walked out and saw a group of men all dressed in the same color of clothing. "Who are you?" I asked.

"We are Shackles and Chains," the tallest man said. "My name is Konkrete. We can help you guys out,"

"How do you plan to do that?" I asked. Konkrete was new, but I could sense that he told the truth.

"We're planning a raid for tomorrow," Konkrete said. "A raid on The Blood Gang. When we raid them we can whisk Chiro away,"

"Why do you wanna help us?" Otto asked.

"Because Chiro has saved Shuggazoom so many times," Konkrete said. "It's the least we could do. Plus he's a member of Shackles and Chains. No way we going to let a couple of idiots keep one of our own,"

"Wait!" I said. "Chiro is a member of Shackles and Chains?"

"Of course he is!" Konkrete shouted. "He joined us shortly after running away!" Then he turned and faced a short, chubby man. "Didn't Chiro's mom use crack Whacker?" Konkrete asked.

"She did not," the one called Whacker said. "She was a big time heroin user," I slapped my hand over my mouth and Otto looked like he was going to faint.

"So Chiro ran away," Konkrete continued. "He stayed wit our old friend Leo. Was a good kid too. Always went out of his way to help someone else."

"Did Chiro have a knick name?" Otto asked.

"Of course he did!" Konkrete shouted. "We called him Runaway Love. Mainly because he ran from home and help nearly everyone on the street. Didn't he save you from overdosin' Angel?"

"Yeah," a small, redheaded boy said. "Couldn't believe he did though…"

"Why didn't Chiro stay with you?" I asked.

"Sunny sent him away," Whacker said. "We just figured out Sunny was working for The Blood Gang too. We wanted to see if Runaway Love, I mean Chiro, would help us out sometimes. Rescuing him is the least would could do for a fellow brother!"

Otto and I smiled at each other. We were going to get Chiro back!

The next night…

I stood by Antauri and Kutter, another member of Shackles and Chains, impatiently. Tonight was the night. Tonight we were going to save Chiro! "Calm down Otto," Antauri said.

"I can't!" I shouted. "We're going to save Chiro!"

Antauri chuckled. I knew he was impatient too. His tail has just moving in every direction. I knew he was excited. He looked at Chiro like he was his own child. "Guys," Kutter said.

"Yes Kutter?" Antauri asked.

"Prepare to run," Kutter said. We knew what that meant. We were about to invade The Blood Gang. We were about to fight. We were about to save Chiro and take some bad guys to jail on the way.

"NOW!" Kutter yelled. We jumped to our feet and ran for the opening. It was a hole in the ground but we weren't afraid. Chiro was down there. Getting him out was all that mattered.

When we got inside gunfire started. Antauri and I activated our weapons and prepared for attack. "No!" Kutter whispered harshly. "The gunfire is above ground. They'll be to busy to attack us. But keep your saws out Otto. We might need them later,"

Antauri deactivated his claws. I kept my saws out. The ground shook above us. Nova, I thought. She must have used Boom Boom Wake Up.

We moved forward. The underground chamber got to dark for Kutter to see so Antauri activated his flashlight. The chamber was flooded with light and we saw another tunnel up ahead. We all shrugged and went in.

We searched for hours with no success. My hope was slowly diminishing. There was no sign of Chiro. What if we were too late.

Then there was a noise. We all stopped moving and listened. The noise became a groan. "Chiro!" Antauri whispered loudly.

The groan stopped. "An-Antauri," we heard a voice stutter. "Is th-that you?"

We turned around. There, in a dirty, little cell, lay Chiro. His face was cut and bloody, his hair was plastered to his head, and his eyes had lost their luster. His clothes were now rags that barely covered him. I could see a bone sticking through his skin.

My heart sank. Chiro, my leader and my big brother, was beaten and sad. My sorrow turned to anger. I wanted to join Sprx, Gibson, and Nova. I wanted to slice those morons to shreds. They would pay for what they did with blood.

"Yeah!" a male voice shouted. We turned. There was a fat man with a gun.

"Run," Chiro whispered. I could hear the fear in his voice. This was probably one the men who did this to him.

"No," I whispered back and leapt into action. "Whirling distructo saws!" Many saws come out my hands and the man avoided them all but one. It caught him on the arm and he howled with pain. That only encouraged me. "Scritch scratch doom thrower!" My saws rubbed together and sent out green sparks. It hit the man hard and he pulled out a gun.

"Put it down!" Kutter yelled but to no success. The man pulled the trigger and Chiro let out a scream of pain. The man had shot him in the leg. Before I could react Antauri shouted, "Monkey mind scream!"

The horrible noise made the man faint and I cut opened the bars holding my leader prisoner. As soon as they were open Kutter went in and picked him up. Chiro let out a loud moan and I felt horrible. I had let this happen to my leader.

The sound of footsteps became heard and we ran, much to Chiro's displeasure. We couldn't fight again. Chiro needed to get out soon or he would die. I could smell the blood and I fought the urge to throw up.

"Otto!" I heard a voice shout. "Antauri! Kutter! Where are you?"

"Were over here Gibson!" I shouted. A moment later Gibson came into view. His hands flew to his face and muffled a scream. He looked at Chiro and silently gave us the sign that the exit was to our left.

All of us ran out and met a group of men. Antauri and I activated our weapons but Gibson gave us a look. We figured out they were Shackles and Chains and deactivated iur weapons.

Konkrete came over and looked at Chiro. "Poor Runaway Love," He muttered and took Chiro out of Kutter's arms. We evacuated the battle ground and went back to the Super Robot. It was now a race against time for our leader.