Behind the Reflection Chapter 8
I do not own Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! or any of its characters
*This story is AU and Selene is an OC
Skeleton King's minions filled Chiro's mind with nightmares, the young boy began to stir and mumbled something in his sleep. His nightmare was different from all the others this time, he dreamt of a woman's voice and the familiar laughter of the Skeleton King. He was frozen in a void.
"Chiro! Chiro where are you? Chiro!" the woman's voice cried out.
"What? Who are you?" he asked.
"Chiro! Save yourself, run away from this place!"
"Who are you? What are we doing here?" he questioned. "How do you know me?"
"There's no time Chiro! Run away while you can before he comes!"
"Who?"
"Me you little fool!" another's voiced boomed in the void.
Chiro knew that voice all too well, his worst enemy and literal nightmare. Skeleton King's figure appeared out of the darkness. Chiro's face filled with anger as he stared up at the evil creature.
"Skeleton King what do you want his time?"
"To torture you with the past you don't remember," Skeleton King said as he let out a dark chuckle. "No need to worry though all will be revealed soon enough."
"What are you talking about?"
"You'll see," Skeleton King stated as he snapped his fingers.
Chiro found himself changed into his Hyper Mode and his environment became a strange looking cave. He looked around confused as to where he was… he wandered around calling out to anybody but no one answered. He failed to see the creatures following him as he walked through the cave.
"Where am I?" he asked himself.
He then saw a reddish light appearing from an opening in the cave, he ran towards it in a hurry. He wanted to get out of here. What he saw next horrified him, there were statues of the Monkey Team and there was a large door with a skeleton's face on it.
"Why does this feel so familiar?"
He tried to open the door and that when the figures started to attack him; he jumped back away from the door.
"Chiro you shall meet your end real soon," a dark voice said.
"Who are you?"
"I am your worst nightmare! I am your destruction!" the voiced yelled.
Suddenly the creatures wrapped themselves around Chiro and slowly he was being devoured by the darkness. He screamed as loud as he could and hoped that someone would come to help him but nothing happened. He was trapped and he could see the light disappearing, he let out another scream. He could feel something shaking him.
Chiro's screams filled the air and woke up the Monkey Team who were still sleeping on his bed. All the robotic monkeys were trying to get Chiro to wake up by shaking him.
"Wake up Chiro! Wake up!" Antauri exclaimed.
"Kid it's okay you're safe!" Sprx called out.
"Chiro it's just a nightmare!" Gibson said.
Chiro's blue eyes opened and he quickly sat up from his pillow, he was breathing heavily and he felt his entire body. He wanted to be sure that all of him was still intact, sweat covered his face. He calmed himself down and he saw the entire team's attention was on him.
"Chiro are you alright?" Antauri asked.
"Yeah… just a nightmare right?"
"The way you were screaming made it seem like it was real though," Nova answered with concern.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Otto asked.
"I… I don't know," Chiro replied honestly. "This one… was different from the others.
"How?" Antauri questioned.
Chiro didn't have time to answer as the sounds of an alarm filled the Super Robot, everyone quickly got to their feet and Chiro changed into Hyper Mode. They ran to the central control room where a picture of the Super Robot's layout was on the screen. There were black triangles moving along the shape of the giant robot.
"Something's breached the Super Robot's security system!" Gibson gasped.
Just then the sounds of creepy laughter entered the room; the creatures from Chiro's dream were now with them. The whole team went into their defensive stances.
"We've never fought against entities like this before," Gibson stated.
"I have… in my nightmares," Chiro replied.
"Let's take them down!" Nova exclaimed.
Nova threw a punch at the creatures only to be electrocuted; she let out a cry of pain.
"Nova!" Sprx called out.
"Don't let them touch you; they can't be defeated like that. Use your energy attacks!" Chiro said as he charged up his attack. "Chiro Spearo!"
"Scritch-Scratch Doom Thrower!" Otto shouted as he let out his attack.
Gibson tried to hit the creatures only to hit the chairs, once he saw them being repaired by themselves he felt that something was off.
"There's something wrong here!" he exclaimed.
"I sense it too Gibson!" Antauri responded. "Monkey Mind Scream!"
After several more attacks from the Hyperforce they thought that they were finished with the enemy. However, that was not the case as the environment started to warp. Chiro felt the same evil presence he did whenever he had his nightmares, fear swept him. He walked to the wall and tried to punch it, his suspicions were confirmed to be true once the wall only warped like a ripple.
"Wait a minute! I know what's going on here!" he stated. "This is a dream! We're still asleep everyone!"
Familiar laughs were heard and Chiro felt his heart stop. The very being that haunted his dreams was now forming in front of them. The Skeleton King.
"Or a nightmare!" the Skeleton King suggested.
"Skeleton King! You're gone!" Chiro exclaimed. "This has to be a bad dream!"
"No you are the dream and I am the dreamer!" the evil being responded.
Just then the Hyperforce was pulled into the Skeleton King realm by him. Sprx, Gibson and Otto were trapped together while Chiro, Antauri and Nova were stuck as one. They could felt themselves being pulled apart and separated into different areas of the same place. Chiro, Antauri and Nova felt themselves land on a rough surface. Chiro rubbed his head a little before taking a look at where they were. Antauri and Nova followed suit and what they saw shocked them.
They were in some sort of barren wasteland. There was nothing but dirt, rocks and a large statue of the Super Robot standing. The whole scenery was covered in light brown, red, white and pink colors.
"This place looks so familiar," Nova said.
"And yet so different," Chiro replied.
"This is only a mental projection you two," Antauri stated.
The cries of a creature hit their ears and they turned around, a creature that resembled a large centipede with a brain like head came running toward them.
"Is that a mental projection too?" Chiro asked sarcastically to Antauri.
The centipede like creature spit acid at them but they managed to dodge it. Chiro jumped into the air and started to punch it with all his might but it had no effect on it. It tried to attack again only for Nova to try.
"Lady Tomahawk!" she cried as she hit the wall of rocks.
They came tumbling down and hit the creature; they all let out a sigh of relief only for that to be ruined by the movement of the rocks. The creature popped out and they screamed in fear. They ran toward in another direction hoping to get away from the monster. Unfortunately the path only led them to a cliff and they turned around to face the monster. The creature stood up and was about to attack them again but something strange happened. A huge bolt of fire came down from the sky and hit the creature directly. They looked at the sky and saw a tall figure come down, it was a man! He wore dark blue robe with maroon patterns on the edge of the sleeves and waist. He had a gray complexion, his eyes were mismatched and his hair and beard was black.
"Stand back!" he called out to them.
He landed in front of them and the creature was about to attack him out of anger. The man charged up his own attack and it electrocuted the monster head on. The creature became the size of an insect and run away once he saw how tall his prey had gotten.
"Thank you for your help," Chiro said.
The figure then turned around and Chiro could feel his heart warm up. The man had a gentle smile on his face and he was looking directly at Chiro. The child felt his soul become lighter and for some reason he felt like he could trust this strange person who stood before him. It was strange… he felt as if he knew this person. But his memories were faded.
"Do we know you?" Nova asked. "You look familiar."
Chiro was glad to hear Nova felt that same thing as he did but he didn't bother to say anything since it didn't seem like an appropriate time. He was happy to be reassured he wasn't crazy though.
"I am a friend," the man said. "A friend you will need if you wish to escape from the Dreamlands."
"Dreamlands?" Antauri questioned.
"While your bodies sleep your minds are trapped here. This is the realm of what has come before," he said.
"Can you help us find our friends? We got separated when we got stuck here," Nova stated.
"I can but the way is long and will be difficult," he answered. "Come along."
He turned around and started to float toward another direction, the others followed him. Just when they had gotten far enough from where they were the man stopped suddenly.
"Is something wrong?" Nova asked.
"No nothing is wrong," he replied. "If we are going to continue with this journey I want something in return."
"What is it that you want?" Antauri questioned.
Then man's face turned to the side and got a good look of them. A small smile spread across his face as he spotted Chiro standing behind him.
"The boy must walk beside me throughout the entire way there."
Their faces were filled with confusion at the man's request but nonetheless the favor didn't seem to be as bad as it could have been. Chiro nodded to both his team members and walked to the man. Once he stood to the side the man placed a hand over his shoulders. His smile was still there.
"You've become such a fine boy," the man said.
"I have?" Chiro asked.
"Yes, every child should grow up to be as strong as you young one. You have such great potential."
The man started to float again with his arm around Chiro. The boy turned around to look at Antauri and Nova. He mouthed that he didn't understand what the man was talking about. They just shrugged their arms and Chiro turned back around to face the front. He noticed that he didn't mind the man having his arm around his shoulder. It was comforting and felt vaguely familiar… like from an old memory.
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