The Second Attack

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For the remainder of the day, Chiro slept peacefully dreaming out his two new friends. No longer did he even think about what had happened earlier.

The morning swooped by and the other Orphans came back from school. They all secretly sighed in relief when they saw Chiro looking way better than this morning, but paid no further attention.

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"What?!" Nova yelled out almost in tears.

Gibson and Antauri nodded grimly.

Nova quivered a little before sitting back down on the floor; puzzled.

"Is, is he going to be okay?" Otto asked as he tried to process what had happened to their soon-to-be-leader.

"I do believe so. I forced all the substances out of him, so he should be back to normal by tomorrow. But this was surely no accident."

"If he's in danger, why are we still letting him stay out there by himself? We can at least keep a close eye on him or take him back here!" Sprx shouted with fear and anger.

"We have yet to gain his trust."

"But he knows you and Gibson!"

"On the contrary Sprx, I only got to speak to the boy for at least a minute. And last time I checked, meeting someone for only a minute still makes them a stranger." Gibson replied.

"And even if I asked him to come back to the robot with me, he wouldn't feel at all comfortable around us. He needs to get used to us being monkeys and not humans." Antauri inputted and crossed his arms.

Sprx looked down in dismay, but he knew that Antauri was right.

"Did you ever find out what that substance was?" Nova asked changing the argument.

"No, but I have processed it. Now we just have to wait for the computer to identify it."

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Chiro began to stir awake again to hear the voices of many around him.

They all suddenly fell silent as Chiro looked up to see Jacky and Matt. They were staring right at him and if Chiro didn't see how worried they were, he would have jumped up and ran.

"You alright Chiro?" Chiro went into shock.

'What's going on here? Did I die and come back or something?' He asked himself.

"Don't worry. I'm not here to beat you up or anything." Matt began. "Jacky here said that you got blamed for some prank he did and you weren't looking so well."

Chiro slowly came to reality and realized that they were concerned for him. He smiled. "Ya, I'm fine thanks to my friends Antauri and Gibson."

They both looked at him weirdly. "Who's Antauri? Who's Gibson?"

Chiro knew that he couldn't tell anyone about Antauri nor Gibson, so he made something up.

"Oh, he's just a friend I meant the other day. He gave me some medicine that worked wonders."

"Well, at least someone's looking out for you kid; I better go." Matt finished before leaving the Orphanage. Jacky just smiled and went to his bed.

The orphans then began talking immediately after and the other orphans seemed to gain respect for Chiro; and he liked it.

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"Are your plans going accordingly?" A dark evil voice asked his minion who was covered in a worn-down black cloak.

The minion looked up at her master with her red eye blaring bright. "Oh yes, they are." She laughed as she slowly disappeared out of sight.

Skeleton King smiled at this and watched from his staff.

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Everyone had been carrying on their conversations when they suddenly saw the nurse and headmaster enter the room.

They didn't even look up nor even acknowledge the kids presence. All they did was take of their coats and enter the nurse's room.

Everyone shivered at the sight and laid back down on their beds before falling asleep.

Chiro had stayed awake for a while and thought he could hear dark voices coming out of the nurse's office. But he really couldn't say that he did as he always feared that place and always heard strange things like that. However, today was different. Something inside of him kept telling him to get away from there and find the monkeys. Despite this feeling, he remained where he was and soon, fell fast asleep.

The morning soon came and everyone, including Chiro, woke up from his alarm clock.

They all got dressed and ran out the door.

Chiro was the last one out, but Jacky stayed home.

Chiro bolted to school as he feared that he was going to be late. Unknown to him though, a red agile monkey was following him; making sure no harm came to the boy.

Chiro ran into the school gates only to freeze where he was at once he saw BT and Glenny walking up to him.

He looked left and right to try and find a place that he could hide, but it was too late.

"Hey Chiro! We were worried about you!"

Chiro looked at them weirdly.

"Ya, we even called the cops and asked if they could go searching for you when you disappeared in the Savage Lands! But look at you; you're here as if that little adventure never happened!" Glenny informed Chiro.

"You're one brave kid, but don't going pulling any more stunts like that, okay?" BT ordered in a rather caring way.

"We'll give you a break today, but tomorrow, everything will be back to normal; see you around Chango!" Glenny finished before walking off with BT. Chiro stood staring after them with a pale face.

'I don't know if I should be glad or terrified!' He said to himself before hearing the bell ring.

"AH!" He yelled before running to his first class.

Sprx watched the teen confusingly and wondered if those kids Chiro was talking to were a threat or not. But seeing them walk away without hurting Chiro, he decided it was too soon to tell. So he waited as the school day went on.

Chiro's day kept on getting better and better, but when lunch came, he wasn't so sure. He entered the cafeteria to see everyone huddled around a new kid.

He had silky black hair that looked as if it had a lot of gel in it that matched perfectly with his black piercing eyes. Chiro stumbled back at the sight as he felt a shiver crawl up his spine. He didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling about the new kid.

His head slowly turned and looked at Chiro right in the eyes.

Not knowing what that meant or why he looked at him like that, he quickly got up and ran outside to the little swing set.

'Why did he look right at me?' He asked himself as he continued to breathe heavily and began to feel faint.

Sprx quickly jumped to a tree that was closer to see if he was alright.

Chiro remained there for the rest of the lunch period, with his crystal blue eyes darkening.

Sprx began to worry and immediately contacted the rest of the team.

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"So he hasn't responded or moved ever since he ran out?" Antauri asked after listening to what had happened.

"Correct, he seems to be in some sort of trace or something like that; his eyes seemed to fade to a darker color too. What should I do?"

There was a silence before Antauri spoke again. "If he really is in a trace, then you'll have to confront him when everyone else goes to class as he won't even hear the bell. Do what ever it takes to get him back besides hurting him. Gibson and I will be there shortly."

"Alright, Sprx out." He concluded and was about to jump down when the doors behind Chiro suddenly open.

He quickly hid before he saw a kid about Chiro's age walk up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Hey, you alright……" He began to ask as Chiro slowly turned around and froze looking into the other's darkening black eyes.

The bell rang and they could hear the running footsteps of the students in the building. When the new kid was sure that everyone was in their classes, he chuckled and placed a hand on Chiro's head with a wicked smile.

Chiro tried to move, but found it impossible to. It was as if his will was fading and someone else was trying to gain control over him. This feeling wasn't pleasant and silent tears began to fall.

"Wh, what are you doing……." Chiro asked in a low and fading voice as he felt himself coming to and going into darkness.

Sprx immediately knew that the boy next to Chiro wasn't human and jumped out of the tree.

"Magno-Bolt Beam Splitter!" Sprx attacked as the boy looked in Sprx's direction only to drop Chiro and fly back wards and hit the school building.

Chiro slowly fell to the ground, half conscious as Sprx landed next to him.

"Hey kid! You okay?" He asked.

Chiro weakly looked up and to his surprise, saw another monkey hovering over him. Except this one was red with hands as magnets and comforting black eyes; not like that new kid's piercing eyes.

Chiro smiled. Sprx sighed in relief before noticing the boy tense up. "Don't worry; I'm a close friend of Antauri and Gibson."

Chiro relaxed at the names and Sprx smiled back before looking back at the boy who attacked Chiro.

He didn't look like the same boy that they saw. No, he had black spots all over his skin and his black eyes seemed to have an evil red dot in the middle. He slowly began to get back up, laughing the whole way.

"Who are you and who sent you!" Sprx yelled. But it was obvious who sent him; Sprx just didn't want to believe it.

He laughed a few more times before a demonic voice filled the air. "I'm the boy's worst nightmare!" He screamed before rushing towards Chiro.

Sprx got into fighting position. "Magno Tinger Blast!"

The blast hit the target and he froze in mid air. Trash cans and garbage began to pile up on him until they couldn't even see him anymore.

Sprx lowered his weapons and smirked in victory. He turned to Chiro only to see the boy with his eyes forcefully shut and trembling all over.

Sprx quickly sat next to him and tried to shake him back to his senses. "What's wrong Chiro?! Come on, speak to me!" he cried urgently.

Laughing was his only answer as he heard a big explosion coming from behind him.

"That's impossible!" Sprx yelled as he saw the formless boy free. Sprx stood up again and raised his magnets in defense as the enemy raised one of his hands out in front of him.

Chiro cried out in pain before he began trembling even more.

"Stop it! What are you doing to him?!"

The dark figure looked at Sprx. "He wants him, he demands him to be ours." He said before laughing again.

Sprx knew what that meant from experience; and he wished he'd acted sooner. The Skeleton King was trying to take control over Chiro so he could have him on their side. That's what he probably tried with that shot the nurse gave him too.

"Well you can tell your boss he can't have him!" Sprx began before once again raising his magnets up. "Electro-Vibra-Forks!" He performed as the energy from his magnets left to try and hit the evil boy.

But when the boy formed his hand that was out in front of him into a fist, Chiro yelled out louder.

"If you attack me, I can assure you that the boy will suffer more before quickly becoming one of my master's minions!" He croaked.

Sprx closed his eyes forcefully before stopping the attack.

His arms dangled at his side with a huge revengeful frown on his face.

The monster laughed as he slowly began to make his way forward again when there was a slash and the boy turned into a black puddle.

Sprx quickly opened his eyes to see Antauri with his light blue ghost claws and Gibson right behind him with his drills ready.

Sprx smiled. "Finally you guys show up!"

Antauri and Gibson ignored Sprx and landed before running over to Chiro.

"Chiro, you alright?" Antauri asked in a caring voice.

Chiro opened his brightening eyes in relief to hear his voice. "An, Antauri? Gibson?" He asked as he saw his two friends.

"We're here for you." Gibson reassured.

"Are you hurt?"

Chiro felt himself in control of himself once more and began to slowly get up. "No, I don't think so." He began as he leaned his back against the worn down swing set behind him. He then gazed to see the black puddle and looked at it weirdly. "What was he? What happened?"

Antauri looked at Gibson before looking back up to Chiro. "You were attached again by someone who wanted to hurt you, but another one of my friends here saved you."

Chiro looked at the red monkey who was now polishing his magnets.

Antauri cleared his throat to get Sprx's attention.

"Oh ya. – I'm SPRX-77, but you can call me Sprx."

Chiro smiled at the name. "Nice to meet you Sprx. I'm-"

"Ya, I know who you are, and it's nice to finally meet you Chiro." Sprx said as he untransformed his hands.

Chiro looked at him weirdly before feeling himself become weary, but he didn't want to fall asleep yet.

"What did you do to your hands?" Chiro asked.

"What do you mean, turning them into magnets?" Chiro nodded. "Well, everyone on our team can do it."

Antauri looked at Sprx in warning as if not to tell him too much; but Sprx continued anyway.

"Gibson has theses drills that have different substances in them. Antauri has these ghost claws that can tear through anything. Nova has these HUGE man hands that look like they're just bigger, but they're deadly! And Otto has these saws that can slice through everything!"

Chiro looked at him weirdly again. "Are Nova and Otto your friends as well Antauri?"

"Yes, as Sprx mentioned before, we are a team." Antauri replied.

"So there are only five of you?" All of the monkeys nodded. "But there was another tube, aren't there supposed to be six then?"

The monkeys gave each other uneasy glances. Chiro noticed immediately. "Sorry if I said something that upset you guys."

"No, it's fine. – You deserve the right to know." Antauri began. "We used to have a leader, but he somewhat, disappeared."

"If your leader is gone, then who is the new one?" Chiro asked.

All the monkeys shifted uncomfortably. They all new Chiro wasn't ready to know, so Antauri though of another way to say it.

"We're currently looking for a new one. – However, we don't choose him; he is already chosen for us. It's our job to find him so we may be a whole team again."

"What does your team do?"

Antauri sighed. He knew that he couldn't keep that information from him, especially since he kept on getting attacked. "We were designed to fight off a force of evil."

"What evil?" Chiro asked as he thought about his television heroes, the Sun Riders.

"An evil like the one you meant today but the leader, the master mind behind all attacks that will occur on Shugazoom; that kid was no ordinary kid as you might have figured out."

Chiro nodded in understanding. He found it hard to keep his eyes opened, and the monkeys noticed this immediately.

"You can go a head and sleep; the next time you wake up, you'll be back in the orphanage." Antauri reassured Chiro as the boy fell fast asleep.

The monkeys all grabbed a hold of him and took off to the dreaded Orphanage.

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