MQB: I'm so, so, so sorry, Otto, I didn't know Haya would do such a thing to you. (Bandaging up his wounds while smiling nervously)

Otto: It's ok (dully)

Sprx: (trying hard not to laugh but a little giggle escaped his mouth)

Haya: I wouldn't be laughing, Sprx. This could be you in a later chapter.

Sprx: (stops laughing)

MQB: Anyway, thanks for the reviews everyone and don't worry, I'll update my other story, Colors of Emotion, real soon.

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Chapter Seven

Sleepless Night

"Blast that stupid monkey, getting my fur all wet and tangle" Haya whispered, while trying to groom out her fur and mane.

Haya wasn't in a good mood to enjoy seeing Sprx spitting and coughing to get the bad taste of soap out of his mouth.

"What was that all about" Sprx shouted.

"Uh . . . let's just say Clueless and I had a little "talk" and now, if I were you I wouldn't go down to the Command Center" she said.

Haya sat there, grinning while Sprx flew down his red tube to the command only to come again a few minutes later and storm over to Otto's room.

"OTTO, WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU DO TO THE COMMAND CENTER" Sprx shouted, while banging his fist on the door.

When Sprx didn't get a respond he started hitting the door even louder.

"OTTO!" He shouted, "OPEN THIS DOOR"

"NO!" Otto shouted from the inside. "I'M NOT COMING OUT AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME"

"YES, I CAN AND YOU KNOW!" Sprx shouted as he continues to bang on the door.

"I told you I was going to bed so you have to watch the little devil" Otto said.

"Otto, get out of that room right now"

Otto started to hum. "La la la la not listening" he said.

"I'm counting to three"

Haya rolled her eyes as Sprx begins the countdown. "One . . . "

"Still not listening" Otto said.

"Two" he said, releasing one of his magnets.

(This should be interesting) Haya thought still grooming herself.

"Two and a half" Sprx said, powering up.

"Still, still not listening"

"Dammit, Otto, quit acting like a child"

"Oh, look who's talking, Mr. Leaves Me with the Devil"

"THREE" Sprx shouted and tore the metal door off the room and tossed it carelessly to no place in particular.

Sprx stormed into the green monkey's room and stormed right up to his face. "HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MIND!" He shouted. "What the hell did you do to the command center"

"Stop yelling in my face, Sprx" Otto shouted back. "This wouldn't have happened if you didn't abandon your responsibility"

"Don't you blame on me, you empty minded fool" Sprx shouted, "What in the world compelled you to smash the main computer into pieces"

"He read Nova's diary when I wasn't looking" Haya said, when she popped her little head into the room.

"You little liar" Otto said, growling.

"You read Nova's diary!" Sprx shouted.

"Only a page but it got ruin" Otto said, "a very awful page"

"What do you mean "ruin it"' Sprx asked, shaking his fist.

The two monkeys turned their head over to the little cub as she grins and held up the wet yellow book that had drops of water mixed with the black ink dripping and making a small black puddle on the floor.

"Well, it doesn't look that bad" Otto said.

The book tore in half and fell to the floor showing the smeared watery pages. "Boy, you guys are so much in trouble" Haya said.

Sprx started to laugh which stunned both Otto and Haya and cause Otto to take a few steps back away from him. Sprx started to laugh harder and harder to the point he was clutching onto his stomach.

"Did we miss something here" Haya asked.

"Sprx" Otto called out to him. "Are you alright"

"Otto, shut up and just laugh with me for a minute, ok" Sprx said.

The red monkey started to laugh again til Otto nervously joined in with the laugher. After a minute, Otto clear his throat, "Sprx, why are we laughing"

Sprx took a deep breath, "because when Nova sees what happened to her diary she's going to blame us and we're as good as dead" Sprx said, and started laughing again even harder.

(He finally lost it) Haya thought.

"Then why are you laughing" Otto asked.

Otto suddenly found himself choking when Sprx grabbed him by the neck with his metal arms. "Because I'm about to kill the monkey who'd ruin my chances with Nova" Sprx shouted, strangling him with all his strength.

Otto punch Sprx in the face to release himself from the red monkey's grip and gasp for air. He looked over at Sprx in disbelief, "I can't believe you try to choke me to death" he said.

Sprx got up from the floor and wipe the drops of blood away from his nose, "I can't believe you gave me a bloody nose"

They stared at each for a moment and started to laugh again as if nothing had happened.

(This is new) Haya thought.

"Man, I still can't believe you tried to strangle me, Sprx, that is so unlike you" Otto said, laughing. "What in the world were you thinking"

"I don't know, Otto, it just seems like a good idea" Sprx said, laughing.

Otto's mood suddenly darkens from this whole day of stress and violence. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT" Otto shouted at tackle Sprx to the ground.

"Son of a B-" Sprx was hit in the mouth before he couldn't finish his sentence.

Haya watches as Sprx blocked Otto with his hand to prevent him from biting him again. Otto made a low scream when he was kicked in the stomach and was head butted right on the forehead. Something crack and there was a sound of metal being twisted and someone shouted for their mommy. Haya flinched when she heard another awkward cracking noise and never in her days of life seen a spine bend that way. Haya decided to leave after Otto started to use some of his tools and invention from all over his room as a weapon and went down to the command center to find something to do. She exited the tube and started to grin evilly again.

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After twenty painful minutes, Otto and Sprx sat a few meters away from each other to rest from exhaustion and the fight. They stare at each other with great bitterness til Sprx finally frowns and press his cold metal arm against his black, pulsing eye. "Otto, why are we fighting"

"Because we both like Nova and we just wanted to see what was in that diary and not to mention the great amount of stress Haya gave us." Otto said, hissing from his bruises and swollen cheek.

"That's just it, Otto, we use to get along til Haya came into our lives" Sprx said, "if anyone is to be blame, it's her"

"And what are we going to do about that," He asked, "One wrong move and the deal is off and all this would be for nothing"

Sprx started to think then got an idea, "I have a plan that just might help us with our little Haya problem"

"And how are we going to do that"

Sprx smirks and painfully picked himself off the floor, "follow me to Gibson's lab" he said, walking out of the room while saying the word "ow" over and over again. Otto picked himself up literally hearing all his bones and metal part cracking and followed Sprx to the lab.

When Otto finally made it to the lab, Sprx was tossing things all over the floor without even thinking what Gibson would do when he returns home.

"Sprx, what are you doing"

"I'm trying to find something" Sprx said, looking at a bottle with the word "Rare" on it and toss it over his shoulder. The bottle smashed into little pieces as the liquid spread across the floor.

"Gibson is going to kill you when he sees this"

"Well right now, I don't care what Gibson thinks for all I care he can-Hey, I found it" Sprx said, grabbing a small bottle and smile.

"What is it?"

"Sleeping pills" He said, smiling while showing Otto the bottle.

Otto gasped and this time it wasn't from his injuries, "Sprx, Haya is not that evil to put her to sleep"

"I'm not taking about the "Big sleep," idiot" Sprx said, "what I mean, we'll just slip some of these little pills into Haya's next meal and bam, she'll be out for days"

"Why for days"

"Well, that's what it said on the bottle" Sprx said, "Sleeping Pills: Maximum Strength. Two pills will let you sleep for a minimum of three days"

"Wow, I would like to know why Gibson is keeping this kind of bottle in his lab" Otto wondered. "But I don't know, Sprx, don't you think this is kind of . . . harsh"

"Otto, I'm not going to let a baby tiger control us for the next six days. WE are the babysitters, and WE make the decisions, not HER"

Otto turned around and left the lab, "I think I'll make some hot chocolate, nobody can't resist a fresh cup of hot chocolate" he said.

They flew down the tube to what was left of the command center and sneaked over to the damage kitchen.

"Remember, Otto, we don't want her to get suspicions" Sprx whispered.

"Right" Otto said.

They took two steps into the kitchen over to jump when they heard a familiar voice.

"What are you two doing" Haya asked.

The two monkeys lost all their color in their face and smiled. "Nothing, little Haya, nothing at all" Sprx said, putting a smile on his bruised, scratched up face.

Haya raised an eyebrow. "O...k" she said, feeling a little uneasy. "Well, I'm getting sleepy so where do I sleep for tonight"

"Nonsense, you can't go to sleep now" Otto said, "I was going to make fresh hot chocolate"

"It is going to be watery and crappy like that milkshake" Haya asked.

"Nope, and I'll even put in those little marshmallows" Otto said.

Haya noticed Sprx was hiding something behind his back but said nothing about it. "Ok, then"

Otto beamed, showing his smile that had a few teeth missing. "Well, it's my way to say sorry for that little fight of ours during bath time"

"Yeah, but don't think that's going to change my mind about the little discovery I found if you know what I mean, tick tock" Haya said.

Otto started to sweat and knew they were going to pay dearly for having connection to Bronze's Grandfather. He snapped out of his thoughts when Sprx elbows him on his side with made Otto tears up from the pain of the large bruise that was on that spot.

"Quit this conversation and make your hot chocolate, OTTO" Sprx said.

"Yeah, I'm going to make my hot chocolate" Otto said, walking across the damage kitchen and started taking out the things he needed to make the special drink. Sprx continues to smile at the little tiger which was creeping her out but she didn't take her site off from Sprx's arm. He was holding something, she knew that very well, but the question is: what?

Ten minutes went by and Haya's nose could smell the sweet scent of chocolate in the air and noticed something wrong with her babysitters.

"Shouldn't you go treat your wounds instead of making hot chocolate" Haya asked.

"We're fine" Sprx said, holding the bottle close to his chest and having his back turned away from the tiger.

"Are you sure because with wounds like the ones you two have could be very, very, very, (Otto and Sprx flinch in pain) very (flinch), very (flinch) painful" she said.

"Will you stop saying that" Sprx said, hoping to get an apology but Haya didn't say anything. Sprx wipes away his tears, his whole body hurt like hell and he never thought Otto of all monkeys could cause so much damage. "Are you almost done" He whispered.

"Don't rush me, in order to make the most perfect hot chocolate, you have to be patient."

"I don't have patience right now" Sprx said.

Otto sighed and poured the chocolate mixture into the three mugs that were set on the counter. He grabbed a small bag of marshmallows and sprinkle a few in the mugs. "All set" He said.

"Good" Sprx said, untwisting the bottle and dump a few of the sleeping pills into his hand but made sure Haya didn't see him. "Once she is fast asleep, we'll go bac to the Med. Bay, treat our wounds and have a feast with bottles of aspirins" He whispered.

Otto raised an eyebrow, "are you sure you're okay"

"Just peachy" Sprx said, crushing the pills into a powdery substance and sprinkled it into one of the mugs and mixed it.

Haya was sitting where the table use to be at and whole when Sprx and Otto approached her with their big (not to mention creepy in Haya's opinion) smiles. They sat down on the floor away well and handed her the "tainted" mug. Haya started at it for a minute.

"What's wrong with my cooking this time" Otto asked, hoping she wouldn't do the same trick like she did with the Spaghetti and meatball dish.

Haya started at the mug, some of the white powered didn't mix in like the rest of it. "Nothing" she said, "But can I please have a few more marshmallows" she asked, very politely even though being nice was making her sick.

Otto was stunned, "um, ok" he said, painfully getting up again and walked over to fetch the bag. Haya stared at Sprx who was still giving her that creepy smile.

"You got red on your white fur" Haya said, pointing at his stomach.

Sprx thought she was talking about blood so Sprx looked down at his chest. Haya quickly switches her mug with Otto's and smile when Sprx looks up at her again and Otto sitting down again with the bag of marshmallows. Otto put a few more marshmallows in Haya's mug. "There you go"

"Thank you, Clue- . . . um . . . I mean Otto" Haya said, then started drinking the hot chocolate.

Sprx grinned from the fact that his plan is working as he and Otto started drinking their hot chocolate as well. The two monkeys kept a close eye on the tiger as she drank every single drop of hot chocolate and let out a small burp. "Well, I do have to say that was better then that water crap you called a milkshake" she said.

Few minutes past and Sprx noticed there weren't any signs of Haya getting sleeping as she sat there still smiling at him. "Aren't you getting sleepy, Haya" Sprx asked.

"Not really, in fact, I feel wide awake now" she said.

A few more minutes went by.

"Feeling sleepy yet" Sprx asked.

"No" Haya said, then grinned. "And you know why . . . " Otto fell back, hitting his head on the broken table with a clang and was fast asleep. "Because I switch my mug with Otto's when you weren't looking"

Sprx was stunned and looked over at Otto and realized he was out cold in a peaceful sleep in fact. He turned his head over to Haya was just grooming her fur. "Are you a curse" Sprx asked.

"No, but you really underestimate me sometimes" Haya said, "honestly, S.P.R.X-77, you're saying I'm evil yet here you are trying to drug me with what it looks like sleeping pills"

Sprx just sat there not knowing if he should A) make up an excuse for his behavior and try to get Haya to go to bed. B) have a total breakdown from the stress Haya was giving him or C) or totally mad and mail the cub to another planet in the smallest box he could find. He'll save C for last, B will probably happen when he is alone so A was his only option.

"Now, now Haya, no need to release your claws on me" Sprx said.

"Actually I was thinking of something worse that involved a rope, a brick and taking a walk to the nearest, deepest lake" Haya said, grinning from the wonderful image.

"Good, how about we make a deal" Sprx said.

"I love making deals" Haya said.

"Ok, here's my deal, you Letter Friend told me you like a bed time story so why don't I tell you a story and when I'm done you go right to sleep." he said, grinning.

Haya stared at him and his creepy grin, "you should really check on that black eye of yours. I don't think it's supposed to pulse like that"

"DO YOU WANT A BED TIME STORY OR NOT!"

"Ok, but where am I going to sleep at and I want a room that is nice, peaceful and very quiet." she said.

"Nice, peaceful and quiet, ok, Haya, I know the perfect room."

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Sprx knew Antauri would a little annoyed if he found out he let Haya sleep in his room but it was nice, peaceful and quiet. Besides there was no way Sprx was going to let Haya sleep in his room, Otto's room is a mess, Nova's room was a big no-no, and Chiro and Gibson would kill him if anything happens to their stuff. Sprx open the hatch to Antauri's room and Haya ran inside and looked around.

"Nice room, too bad there's not that much to break around here" She said then jumped onto the bed. She wondered if the one called Antauri has a diary somewhere but she'll look for it later. Sprx walked while dragging Otto by the legs. Otto was definitely out cold by the way he was leaving a trail of drool behind him. He carelessly dropped Otto in the middle of the room and walked over to the bed. "Comfy" he asked, rather rudely.

Haya circled around the bed a few times before lying down in the middle. "Ok, on with the story"

"Ok, once upon time there was this red and rather handsome monkey who wanted to get the love of his life a birthday present. So he made a deal with a weird teenager that has a letter for a name and found himself in hell because he had to babysit the devil's spawn. But-"

"Boring" Haya said, "tell me another story like tell me about one of your hero missions"

"Cookies" Otto said, talking in his sleep.

"Weird" Sprx said, then went back to his story, "Ok, there was this time when the team and I traveled into the future where Robo Apes rule the city."

(Robo Apes) Haya thought, she remembers Bronze telling her about them.

"It started out like a normal day in space when we were attack by the old bone bag. Anyway, we landed what we thought was Suggazoom only to find ourselves in a different place that had big statues of us and we were greeted by giant Robo Apes and-"

(So they encounter those Robo Apes who took Bronze's grandfather hostage. I wonder why Clueless didn't tell me this)

Forty minutes later . . .

Sprx yawned, "as so after saving the Robo apes, they took the creepy robot guy's head and took off back to their home. The End" He said, "Now, good-night"

"That was a great story and all but I'm not sleepy so tell me another one" Haya asked.

"Hey, we made a deal now go to sleep"

"I want another story or you'll find yourself torn to shreds" Haya threatened.

Sprx was very tire and shamefully grew very jealous of Otto being fast asleep and who was now snoring. "FINE, one more story and that's it"

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Six stories, two cups of coffee later . . .

Sprx looked at the clock on Antauri's wall. It was already 3:00 in the morning and Haya was still wide away.

"Tell me another story" Haya said, "I'm still not sleeping"

Sprx could barley keep his eyes open, "can you please go to sleep" he begged.

"One more story and I will" Haya said.

Sprx sighed, "Ok" he yawned and wiped away the tears in his eyes. "There was this time when we were on Ranger 7 to gather up fuel for the robot . . . (yawns) . . . when all . . . of a sudden . . . Chiro . . . found . . . this-"

Sprx fell back and was out cold. Haya stared at him for a minute as Sprx started to snore.

She grinned, jumped off the bed and ran out of the room. She returned later with a black marker in her mouth. She grabbed the marker with her paw and took off the cap with her mouth.

"Black and permanent " She whispered to herself and giggled. (Now which face should I doodle first)

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Chapter Eight: From Bad to Worse: As if dealing with Haya was bad enough some mysterious girl shows up looking for a certain someone.

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