Wow! The monkeys have actually agreed to use heroin for good reasons! What is really amazing is the fact that Antauri has agreed to it, especially when they could've used salt...
By the way, there is swearing in this chapter. No flames for it, I have warned you.
R&R!
DISCLAIMER: I, unfortunately, do not own the Hyper Force but I do own... ah... some other arrivals...
Chapter six - Simon
Nova crashed into Gibson's lab, holding about fifteen pens.
"Nova!" scolded Gibson. "We told you to get... you know what, not pens!"
"I did." she said, winking. She handed a pen to Gibson, who studied it closely. Then he nodded, for the heroin was hidden inside the pen.
"Where did you get this?" he asked.
"You don't want to know." said Nova, shaking her head solemnly.
Sparx was still tied up, and the gag wasn't on him. "You're not gonna give that to me!" he yelled. "I'll get addicted! It could be... dangerous!"
Antauri nodded. "I'm sorry, but I must agree with Sparx." he said. "We have to test in on... something else. We have to make sure it's perfectly safe." Antauri went to face Nova, then spotted something unconscious in the corner of the room.
"Tell me, Nova," said Antauri, frowning. "Who is that?" He pointed in the direction of the figure, which lay on the floor near Gibson's lab table.
Nova glared at the figure. "This freak, I caught him following me back to the Super Robot." she said angrily. "And he tried to fight me. But I punched him in the stomach. And guess what I found in his pocket?"
Nova grabbed an empty beaker from Gibson's table, pulled something from the man's pocket and thrust it into the beaker.
It was a worm.
Gibson stared, wide-eyed, at the worm. "He was trying to put that in your brain!" he gasped. "You could've been... taken!" Carefully, Gibson carried the beaker over to a faucet and filled it to the brim with water. The worm wriggled around.
"Otto, Nova!" he ordered. "Get a notepad and paper! Write down any changes you see!"
Nova and Otto instantly obeyed. Antauri stepped closer to the beaker and looked inside.
"Antauri!" whinged Otto. "Get your fat head out of the way!"
Antauri looked at the green monkey. "Otto, a rude attitude will get us nowhere!" But our wise monkey stepped out of the way.
Nothing happened at first. But soon, long flexible tentacles formed out of the worm's sides, and small spikes poked out through the thin layer of skin on its back.
Otto, curiosity ruling in his mind, put his finger in the beaker.
"No!" cried Gibson. "Otto!"
The worm bared sharp rows of teeth, and bit Otto's finger. Otto cried out in pain, and pulled his finger out of the beaker.
"Otto, why did you do that!" scolded Gibson. "It could be venomous!"
"I don't know." mumbled Otto sheepishly. Then he sat down on the floor, and looked at the small dent in his finger.
Meanwhile, nobody noticed the unconscious figure was stirring.
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It was night. Stars began to shine out from behind clouds, and the sun disappeared over the horizon.
Three people sat outside the Super Robot - the woman and one of the men from chapter two, and Chiro.
"That little yellow bitch monkey kidnapped Simon!" cursed the woman.
"I told him!" muttered the man. "I told him not to follow her, and that she would be taken soon! But he couldn't wait, could he?"
"So impatient!" said Chiro under his breath.
"Shut up, boy!" snapped the woman. "You've got a lot to learn in the ways of the worm!"
"Ways of the worm..." hissed Chiro. "What a load of crap..."
They all took a mouthful of water from their drink bottles.
"I hope they try attacking Simon with their normal weapons." said Chiro. "Then they'll realise what they're up against..."
The three started to laugh. Their cackles echoed through the night.
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The stirring figure (who was, in fact, Simon) sat up slowly, rubbing his head. Nova had given him one hell of a punch, which seemed to disturb the worm in the man's brain, although it seemed to be all right now.
Simon looked around the room. He saw Sparx tied to a chair, who he noted had already been 'taken' by a worm. He saw Otto and Nova writing things down in a notebook, Gibson staring at something in beaker and Antauri standing a little further away from the rest.
Simon chose his victim.
He felt around in his pocket for the worm, then silently cursed to himself. The worm was gone. Then he saw it floating in the water-filled beaker on the desk.
Simon looked around the room for something - anything to serve as a distraction for the monkeys. He looked at the floor, and saw a group of empty conical flasks on the floor. He looked at the walls, and saw an air vent.
The man picked up a conical flask and threw it at the air vent. The vent fell inwards with a bang, turning all the monkeys' heads away from the worm.
"What was that?" whispered Gibson.
Antauri frowned. He brought out his ghost claws and crept towards the air vent. He cried out in pain as he stepped on one of the the broken pieces of the conical flask.
All the monkeys rushed to Antauri's aid, leaving the worm unattended. Simon took his chance. He jumped up, sprinted to the worm and pulled it out of the beaker.
Otto spun around. "Guys!" he cried. "This man is MOVING!"
Everyone turned around and saw Simon. But Simon didn't care - he had the worm now. He leapt on Otto and tried to unscrew the metal cap on Otto's ear. Antauri, ignoring the cut in his foot, jumped up and attacked Simon with full force.
Simon fell to the floor.
Otto looked extremely bewildered. "I... I was going to become... one of them..." he mumbled.
"We won't let them attack us." said Antauri, looking at the body on the floor. Then Antauri fell backwards as Simon twitched, jumped up and grabbed Antauri's foot.
"CYCLO-CHOPPING DOOM SPIN!" yelled Otto, thrusting his saws towards Simon. They seemed to bounce off the man, leaving him with no injury.
Nova's metal fists emerge and slammed a punch, making contact with Simon's shoulder. Simon completely ignored her.
Gibson grabbed one of the heroin-filled pens, opened the end and held the open end of the pen under Simon's nose. Simon, who hadn't noticed, breathed in some of the heroin.
The man shuddered. He stopped pulling at Antauri's foot, and with a long sigh, he fell to the floor. He didn't get up.
Antauri pulled his foot from Simon's grasp. "Be wary, Monkey Team." he whispered. "This could be a trap."
They waited for something - anything to happen. For a short while... nothing. Then suddenly, Nova spotted something.
"Antauri!" she cried. "Look!"
She pointed to Simon's ear. There was something slimy wriggling out of it. It was a worm - just like the one which he had pulled out of the beaker. It had been dried out, and it had come out of hiding to search for some water.
Antauri picked up the worm and grabbed the pen from Gibson's hand. He tipped some of the heroin on to the worm, and the worm sizzled in his palm. It went a dirty shade of white, before stiffening and dying.
Antauri flicked the worm away in disgust, and tipped the rest of the heroin onto the other worm, which lay in Simon's hand. This worm also sizzled, turned white and died.
"Yuck." muttered Gibson. "To believe that such a disgusting creature has thrived in this universe..."
"I find it sickening too, Gibson." Antauri replied. "But I have a feeling... this will be nothing compared to... the queen."
Silence fell over the team, until Gibson spoke.
"Is the said queen the same one you told me that Chiro and Sparx were discussing, soon after Sparx had been... um..." Gibson paused, thinking of the correct word.
"Infected would be a good word to use." suggested Nova.
"Ah... infected..." said Gibson, nodding. "I guess that word would be appropriate."
Sparx glared at Antauri and Nova. "You..." he hissed. "You were in there?"
Antauri nodded. "There is no point denying you were infected." he said. "Nova and I heard you talking about it."
"You'll never find the queen!" the red monkey spat. "Never!"
Otto suddenly grabbed Antauri's shoulder. Antauri turned around, and Otto looked very scared. "That man!" he whispered, pointing to the unconscious body of Simon on the floor. "He's waking up!"
This was true. Simon's eyes were slowly opening, and he was surveying the room in confusion.
"W... Where am I?" he asked bluntly.
"You are in the laboratory," said Gibson, "of the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force. You have been infected by a small parasitic species of platyhelminth, which resided inside your head and controlled your brain activity. You may not remember many recent events, but if you do, please tell me who could've infected you."
Simon stared blankly at Gibson. "What the hell are you going on about?" he asked, his eyebrows raised.
Antauri stepped forward. "Sir," he asked. "What is the last thing you remember?"
Simon took a breath. "I was walking to a milk bar..." he began, "... and I was walking past an alleyway when a man and a woman jumped out of the alleyway and grabbed both my arms. They pulled me into the alleyway and... pulled out a wriggling thing..."
"A worm!" breathed Nova.
"They put it on the side of my head," the man continued, "And I don't remember anything else. I woke up here."
All the monkeys looked at each other. It looked like they could trust this man.
"What's your name?" asked Nova.
"Simon!" the man replied irritably. "Will someone, apart from the blue monkey, tell me what the hell happened to me?"
Antauri sighed. "A worm was put in your ear." he said. "It's a parasitic worm. It went into your brain... and it controlled your consciousness. It needs water to live, so we dried you out. The worm crawled out of your ear, and we killed it."
Simon looked at the monkeys blankly.
Sparx was angry. "You stupid man!" he cried. "You idiotic bastard! Don't you dare say where the queen is, or I will kill you!"
Antauri breathed heavily. "Gibson, Otto, try and get information out of Sparx." he said.
Otto and Gibson nodded quickly.
Antauri turned to Nova. "Please, hand me the heroin pens." he said. "We're going to find the queen."
Nova nodded in determination. "And kill her."
Wow... that was my longest chapter I've ever written! (massages fingers)
Antauri: I have a lot of appearances!
Chiro: And I have hardly any!
Me: Don't worry... your time will come... MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!
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