Tauria: Yay! I finally got this done!

Chiro: Yeah, you've been gone a while.

Tauria: Yeah, I know. But I was REALLY busy over Christmas break. There was Christmas at my dad's, Christmas at mom's, Christmas at grandma's, then Christmas at Grandma's again, because my uncle couldn't be here because his daughter (turning 21 on February 6th, the day before my 14th birthday!) had a miscarriage . . . :'( It was sad. Anyway, then on New Years I was going to publish something since that is my anniversary of being on FanFiction! And I'm still gonna do something, but it might take a while. I'll try to get it done before the end of January.

Chiro: Does it have to do with your New Years Resolution?

Tauria: . . . yeah . . .

Chiro: That you only made last night?

Tauria: So what?

Chiro: -rolls eyes- Anyway, Tauria does not own SRMT, or anything else that may belong to someone else.

Chapter Three

The next morning, Sprx awoke much earlier then usual. He had been sent to bed late last night by Antauri, and needless to say, he wasn't happy about it. The others were all sent for periodic naps too, and although none of them complained, none of them were pleased with the situation either. They wanted to find and get back to Chiro as soon as possible. He headed downstairs and ate a quick breakfast.

Antauri stepped in. "Sprx, would you mind doing us a favor? We need to know if the outside of the Super Robot still looks dormant."

Sprx nodded as he placed his plate in the sink. "I'm on it Antauri."

He stepped outside and looked at the Robot. It vines and ivy growing all over it . . . as well as some flowers he didn't recognize. Trees grow on the Robots feet, and some were so tall they stopped right under the Robot's hands. Others were enormous, growing over top of the Robots head; their vines wrapping around it as they did so. Many birds and things scuttled around in the vines, flowers, etc. He shook his head at the disrepair the Robot was in. He remembered how long it had taken to get everything off before. He chuckled, as he remembered the Kid trying to help. He turned to study the rest of the forest, and as he did, he thought he caught a flash of movement to his right. When he turned to look, he saw nothing.

He shook his head. 'I sure hope that was my over-active imagination, and not the Kid exploring the outskirts, and getting scared off . . . or worse . . . an enemy planning to attack . . .' Sprx frowned, mentally chastising himself for not thinking positive. He really needed to work on that. Turning, he headed back in, sparing one more glance over his shoulder, in case whatever was out there decided to reveal itself.

He walked over to his tube, swearing he saw something else move as he watched the Robot's foot door shut. He shrugged it off though, and then strode in the Command Center, and looked at the other monkeys that were assembled. They had gotten the robot up and running, and were now waiting for Gibson to tell them what time period they were in. "Everything looks dormant outside," he reported. "It looks like we were still asleep." He decided to refrain from mentioning the things he thought he'd seen. He wanted to be sure, so they didn't think he was crazy.

They nodded, and he took a seat. Everyone was silent, each lost in thought; the only sound in the room came from Gibson's tapping away on the keyboard, as he tried to reboot the main screen. That was the only part of the Robot that seemed to be difficult. It hadn't been like that before. Sprx shook his head. 'Of course it wasn't . . . that's because it's different now . . . something has changed. I don't know what though.'

Antauri and Otto went over to help Gibson. The main screen flicked to life. Gibson thanked them for their help and they turned to look at the date on the screen . . .

Somewhere in the Distant Future

The raven haired, sapphire eyed teen stood before a group of allies. Mobias Quint, Johnny Sunspot, Aurora Six, Super Quasar, Suppa, Kaeru (the frog team leader), Senshi (the yellow frog), Reinosha (the black frog), Pairotto (the red frog), Mekanikku (the green frog), Slingshot, Alyanna, Robo-Apes, Neekeeta . . . to name a few. Jinmay stood at Chiro's side, as he explained what had happened to the Monkey Team.

"We were studying these files," he held them up, "when I asked what we were going to do. Someone came, I never saw who, and said that we were going to do nothing. There was a flash of bright light, and then I passed out. When I came too, the monkeys were gone." Chiro met each of their eyes.

Jinmay looked at her boyfriend worriedly. It had been three days since the monkeys had disappeared, and no one knew where they could have been. Chiro had cried for hours on the first day, and the second day, he had searched as far as the scanners could reach for his precious team. Now, on the third day, he was back to focusing on the war. She hoped the Monkey Team was okay. Both because she cared about them, and because she was worried about what might happen to Chiro if they weren't.

"I stretched the scanners out as far as they could reach, but there was no sign of them. The scan is still running in the background, but for now, we have to focus on the war."

The allies nodded in understanding, although they were all concerned for both boy and team.

"Status reports?" Chiro asked.

Jinmay smiled as the allies gave him their reports. She watched him carefully. She knew how proud Antauri was of him, and she knew why. Chiro stood tall, shoulders back. He was attentive and listening; giving comments where appropriate. She could already see the wheels turning in his head. She thought to times when the war wasn't going so strong. Then, Chiro was funny, playful, and witty. It was amazing how easy he switched from normal teen, to serious leader, to excellent warrior, etc. When it was her turn to give the status report, she was so lost in thought that she didn't realize they had been calling her name for the past few minutes.

"Jinmay?" Chiro touched her shoulder. "Are you alright?"

She looked over at him. "Yes. I'm just fine." And she proceeded to give him her status report, blushing slightly from being caught staring at him.

Chiro nodded when she was done. As he pulled up the hologram of the battlefield, he looked up at them. "Alright, this is what we're going to do . . ."

Chiro: Two cliffhangers in one chapter?

Tauria: . . . yeah . . .

Chiro: WHY?

Tauria: . . . because . . . I have no idea what I'm doing. I just write, and hope it works. These stories are somewhat planned out, but I never plan them out in detail because there are things that change when I write them.

Chiro: . . .

Antauri: Please leave a reivew!