Hey guys sorry for the wait summer homework :P plus writer's block. I know I said this would be the last chapter, but it'll be too long if I do. Look on the bright side, you guys get ONE MORE CHAPTER (YAAAAAAAAAAAY!) (CLAPPING). With that said enjoy the second last chapter and please leave a review :)
I DO NOT OWN SUPER ROBOT MONKEY TEAM HYPERFORCE GO!
The Monkey Team was waiting for Sparx to arrive so they could finale leave the Savage Lands. Everyone was just sitting on rocks while Gibson treated Chiro's injuries. Just as he finished with the bandages, Sparx flew through the trees with a crying Antauri in his arms. Antauri wasn't crying as hard as he was before, but he just wouldn't calm down for the red simian that saved him. When he arrived the others turned to him quickly when they heard soft crying in a small distance.
"Sparx! Are you two alright?" Nova asked standing up from her seat
"Yeah, the little guy just won't stop fussing." Sparx walked up to them as Antauri stressfully tried to reach the wounded leader
"But why would Antauri be afraid of us?" Otto asked curiously
"He must still be frightened by all of our panicking earlier" Gibson deduced
"Yeah, he didn't seem recognize me when I first found him" Chiro added
"In that case I know the only thing that'll calm him down" Sparx said walking over to Chiro with a still fussing baby "I'm sorry to ask this, Kid, but do you think you can hold him with that arm?"
"I'm not sure." Chiro looked down at his new cast "Gibson?"
"Hmmm as long as you can put all his weight onto your good arm, you should be fine. Besides if it'll calm Antauri down it might be the best thing to do" that was Sparx's que to hand the frantic little simian over to Chiro. Chiro worked carefully to balance Antauri on his one arm while putting the hand of his bad arm on his head for support. Then he smiled as he lightly bounced the crying child and spoke soothing words to him.
"Hey Antauri. It's alright, I'm right here. Shhhhh... It's alright. Don't cry, I know the bad monkey scared you but he's gone now. We're gonna be okay now." He said with a caring quiet voice as he rubbed Antauri's back. Antauri cooed in content after a little bit. The remaining monkeys watched with a combination of being surprised and impressed, they had no idea Chiro was so amazing with children.
"Chiro.." Nova said with wide eyes "That was..."
"Amazing!" Otto praised
"Truly impressive" said Gibson "Where did you ever learn such phenomenal caregiving abilities?"
"Well, before I joined the Hyperforce, I used to play in Shuggazoom's park all the time. Every now and then some parents I knew would ask me to watch over their little kids while they were on the phone or did work. I picked up a few pointers the more I did it." he explained as Antauri hugged Chiro's neck
"Well that babysitting definitely paid off for ya, kid" said Sparx as he patted Chiro on the shoulder "you did a lot better with him than I did"
"Ah don't feel bad, Sparx. Antauri didn't seem to trust me at first either. We just need to get him to like you guys." Chiro turned him around to face the other monkeys
"See them? They're the Monkey Team, they're not going to hurt you. They're our friends" Antauri looked at the four colorful monkeys smiling and surrounding him, then he looked up nervously at Chiro whimpering.
"Don't worry, none of them are like that bad old monkey from earlier, they all just want to care for you like I do." Chiro rubbed his little head but Antauri was still nervous about these new big simians. What if they were anything like that mean loud monkey who wanted to take his nice, funny protector away from him?
"Hey Antauri look over here." Otto got close and covered Antauri's eyes with his own hands.
"Uh-oh where's Antauri?" Otto said playfully
"There he is!" Otto pulled his hands away surprising the child "Where's Antauri?" he repeated the action "There he is!" he smiled. Antauri giggled hysterically and began to clap and bounce causing Chiro to feel pain in his arm
"Ow Ow. Nova could you take him ow please?" he hissed as Nova took him from Chiro's lap.
"Nice job, Otto." Nova complimented "(gasp) Now wet me get a good wook at you. Aren't you just you adorable?" Nova began to fawn over Antauri. "You saved the day, didn't you our wittle hero?" she cooed as she nuzzled his nose and tickled his chin. Antauri giggled and grabbed Nova's finger to stick it in his mouth. Apparently, he was really enjoying this new found attention
"Speaking of that, how the heck was he able to save us?" Sparx wondered out loud
"Yeah, shouldn't he be too young to do a monkey mind scream?" Chiro asked
"I might have an idea" Gibson pondered "Despite his current age and mental state, I believe he still has the abilities bestowed upon him by the Power Primate" he said as he gently stroked Antauri's face as he started to talk in baby babbles again
"You know, I think you're right Gibson. With everything that's happened over the last few days, I haven't noticed it until now, but I can sense the Power Primate inside of him. It's faint but it's there." Chiro said
"Precisely. Infants with powers such as Antauri's tend to have strange bits of power surges that appear at random. It is completely out their control."
"I guess that makes sense." Nova said as she pet him on the head.
"So the question is how do change him back to normal?" asked Sparx
"When we returned to the rocket I found the shattered pieces of the laser. Perhaps Otto and I can repair it." Gibson said he held out the pieces of the damaged gun
"Aw what's the rush? Maybe we can raise him a little while. Yeah it's hard work but it could be fun." Otto smiled
"Otto, leaving him in this state would be extremely foolish." Gibson answered
"Come on how bad could it be?" Otto shrugged
"Otto, think about it" said Nova "Mandarin said this was all part of a plan from Skeleton King. If we don't cure him, we're either just playing into his plan or they're gonna come after him" she looked down at the happy child in her arms
"Also the only one of us with any experience caring for a child is Chiro and all with all due respect, Chiro, you're too young to care for a child this small" Gibson said. The young boy just nodded in understanding
"On top of that we live inside a battle machine, and we can't baby-proof Shuggazoom's only means of defense." Sparx added
"I'd hate to admit this, but it is most inevitable for us to completely protect him from our adversaries. No matter what we do, our efforts are doomed to fail eventually" Gibson finished
Otto thought about everything he heard, looked at Antauri and sighed "I guess you guys are right. It would be a bad idea to keep him like this" he gave Antauri his own tail to play with.
"Yeah.. The only thing we can do for Antauri is change him back to normal." Chiro said with a leader like tone. All of a sudden they heard a loud roar in the distance that started everyone
"Maybe we should get out of here first" Nova said awkwardly. Everyone nodded as they ran onto the ship while Otto helped Chiro limp up every step. The rocket flew off towing the Brain Scrambler and they all made it home safely
(FIVE HOURS LATER BACK IN SHUGGAZOOM)
Sparx and Otto quickly repaired the Brain Scrambler and reattached it to the Super Robot. The young leader was getting some well needed rest and washed up. Nova bought some baby supplies for Antauri and fed him while Gibson was examining the playful yet bashful child. He needed to study over him in order to learn how he could reverse the laser's affect. Once everyone was done with their jobs, Gibson told everyone to take care of Antauri while he and Otto worked on repairing the gun.
That left Sparx, Nova, and Chiro to watch over the little bundle of joy for another half hour. Nova helped Chiro sit down as Sparx used his tail to make Nova's stuffed frog dance for Antauri. The black little cyborg giggled happily. He then crawled over to the doll, took it from Sparx's tail and began teething on its soft, fuzzy arm.
"See, Sparx? I told you he would warm up to you." Chiro smiled
"Hey, you know? He is kind of cute when he's not crying so much." Sparx said as he picked up Antauri and hugged him as he continued to play with his frog
"Um, Sparx?" Nova said bashfully
"Yeah?"
"I meant to say this earlier, but... good job today."
"What do you mean? All I did was fly off with him and hide."
"Yeah but you stayed calm and thought fast when we were all panicking." Chiro complimented "You really did save him from Mandarin, Sparx. You did awesome today." he smiled with a thumb's up
The red simian blushed in modesty "Ah come on, any of us would have done the same thing."
"Saving Antauri wasn't nothing, if you didn't do that, we'd all be with Skeleton King right" Nova said as she took Antauri from him. He was just so happy he was clearly in his own little world "and we couldn't wet that bad old man get this cutie, now could we?" she cooed as she hugged the baby monkey close. Just then Gibson and Otto came out of the lab and called the others into the lab.
"Gibson, did you and Otto fix the laser?" Chiro asked eagerly while Sparx helped him walk
"Well we have good news and bad news. The bad news is-" Gibson began
"The bad news is that if we use the laser on Antauri, it's gonna hurt him, a lot." Otto interrupted. They others just gulped
"(Clears throat) Thank you Otto." Gibson said sarcastically "The good news is we were able to modify its affect into a gaseous form. All we need to do is lightly spray him, and he should back to his normal age in the morning." he said as he held up a spay bottle filled with purple gas
"Okay, what are we waiting for? Let's do it." Sparx said as Nova put the little primate down on the med-bay bed, but he was still too focused with chewing on his little friend. Everyone stood back as Gibson sprayed Antauri with his home-made concoction. When Antauri inhaled the fumes, he began to let out some very cute sneezes.
"Awwwwww that's so cute" Otto gushed over this. Suddenly Antauri let out a small yawn and began to curl up into a ball while holding the frog
"Don't worry, it's merely a side effect of the antidote, he won't be able to wake up until he's at his proper age once more. He will quite literally age over night." Gibson said as he pulled a blanket over the sleeping infant. "We'll just leave him in here and explain everything to him in the morning. " Gibson gestured everyone out after they all said goodnight to Antauri.
"So he'll be his back to his normal age in the morning?" Nova asked curiously
"Precisely, all we can do for now is rest and he'll be cured by sunrise" Gibson answered as they all walked out of the lab. However, Chiro just stood there leaning on the wall and stared at Antauri
"You coming, Kid?" asked Sparx from the doorway when everyone was gone
"Actually.. I think I want to stay in here tonight." Chiro said awkwardly
"You don't want to leave him alone?" he asked. Chiro just shook his head. Sparx said goodnight and left the two young boys alone. Chiro limped over to Antauri's bed. He picked him up and kissed him on the head. Then he lightly hugged him close to his chest,
"I love you, Antauri" he whispered in his ear. Luckily it didn't seem to wake him up. However, Antauri seemed to hug him in his sleep and nuzzled into his chest. He then did something that completely took Chiro by surprise.
"Chi..ro" he said in a high pitched baby like voice in his sleep. This caused the blue eyed boy to tear up and bite his lip. He laid the happy child down, wiped his own face and laid down the other bed right next to Antauri. He couldn't lay down facing the infant due to the pain in his arm. So turned around and fell asleep with a smile of relief. He had kept his promise to Antauri and the Hyperforce.
And that was Chapter 6. OOOH boy was this a long one I'm sorry if this was a long one but I wanted to make sure it was done well. Even then I don't know how well I did with this one. It's mostly exposition and how I resolved the story, so yeah one more chapter maybe two but that's gonna be a while. sorry I have homework and still some writer's block. Also about my in- character thing I'm aware Nova's a little OOC but I figured I could get away with that, tell if that's a problem or not. You know if you're not dead from Antauri's cuteness at this point in the story, LOL Hope you enjoyed God Bless and please leave a review. I DO NOT OWN SUPER ROBOT MONKEY TEAM HYPERFORCE GO!