Sorry that these chapters are so long, but some of the stuff wouldn't make sense if some parts were cut. Still I hope you enjoy this chapter anyway...things are gonna get interesting.
After that day, Violet was very clingy towards Mandarin. It makes sense given what she and him have been through, yet sometimes it gets a bit much.
"Violet come on you can survive without Mandarin for a few hours." Nova said.
Violet looked towards Mandarin, almost panicked. The other kids watched as the team tried to get them downstairs so they can talk about how to save the other monkeys and what to do about the labs.
"Jeez what happened that made her so clingy?" Roland asked, crossing his arms.
"I don't know...she isn't telling me anything." Angela said, feeling lost as to why her sister is acting so weird.
"Same here, it's almost like she's keeping a secret." Maurice claimed, frowning.
Penny looked at him and grinned. That sounds exciting!
"I wanna know! I love secrets!" She said.
"I know you do, that's why no one tells you them. You blab them to other people." Roland chuckled.
"That was one time!" Penny huffed.
Kuzon tilted his head at the team, trying to make sense of Violet's recent behavior. So far though his brain came up with nothing. He tried to listen in on what was going on before a few times. However he couldn't really get anything out that made sense, so he was stuck confused and wondering what's going on.
"B-but I should be here too!" Violet exclaimed.
Chiro knelt down to her.
"I know you do, but this is a very serious discussion that only the adults can have. Don't worry we'll let you know what's going on." He said, eyeing the other kids.
Kuzon frowned a bit. What does that mean? Why shouldn't they know too? Kuzon was going to get to the bottom of this one way or another.
Violet looked up at Mandarin. She knows he couldn't go down with her because this very much involves him too it's just...
"What if something happens?" She asked softly.
Mandarin patted her head.
"Don't worry about it. It'll be fine we're just talking." He assured her.
"I know but what if Skeleton King..."
Mandarin shivered at just his name.
"As much as I don't like to think about it, we're fine. We're safe here." He said.
Violet nodded slightly, not totally convinced.
"Now go on down for a while, I'm sure you'd love to show everyone your cookie and jelly cake." Chiro said, smirking.
The kids shivered at that as Violet turned to them.
"Oh yeah! It's delicious you guys I swear!" She said as the kids darted towards the tubes.
As soon as they were gone Chiro turned towards Antauri.
"Antauri."
The silver monkey nodded and pressed a few buttons to show the Skeleton King castle.
"Okay the Sun Riders said they saw a few robot monkeys hanging around the castle through the bug bots Otto made." Chiro began as two pictures of robot monkeys popped up.
One of them was pink with black eyes and another was a pale yellow with light green eyes.
Otto looked up at Mandarin, who looked at the screen worriedly. Jinmay tilted her head and went over to Mandarin.
"What's their names?" She asked, trying to make him feel a bit better.
Mandarin gripped his knees a bit.
"Artemis and Reid."
Otto smiled as Jinmay nodded.
"They sound nice." Otto complimented.
"So they're at least patrolling the area or at least allowed outside. We still need to know when they're going to attack so that we'll be ready to help them." Chiro said as Gibson pulled out what seems to be a skinny blaster.
"We can hold them down using this with the holding gunk we have made. Once shot it hits it's target and grows large enough to keep them from moving." Gibson explained.
"How many have you made?" Antauri asked.
"Bullets or guns?"
"Both."
"We've made over seventy of the bullets and six guns. We can make more bullets but guns will take a bit longer." Gibson explained.
The team nodded as Otto hopped up next to Mandarin.
"That can work, we can have some of our allies to use them while we're fighting from high buildings." Nova suggested.
"Yes and in case they bring in heavy artillery, the robo apes will take those down." Sprx added.
"Just don't really hurt them."
The others turned to Mandarin, who quickly looked down.
"I apologize I didn't mean to-"
Otto crawled on him as Chiro smiled.
"Don't worry about it. We'll do our best to make sure they'll come here without any serious injuries." He said.
Mandarin stared at him before looking down a bit. Otto patted his face and sat on the top of his chest armor. Antauri cleared his throat, knowing the next topic on their list.
"Now...the labs." He said, sending chills up Mandarin's spine as images of the labs were brought up.
He had to look down, not wanting any terrible memories to come flooding back. Otto wrapped his arms around his neck and rested his head against his.
"We know from our experience down there that the robots were really upset that Mandarin was gone. Since they have weapons they'll most likely come and attack us." He said, eyeing Mandarin with concern.
He didn't want to talk about this when Mandarin was in this state, but they had too. Mandarin gulped, not wanting to hear any of this. Yet he had to stay and figure out some way to stop them. Otto stroked his head.
"Let me know if this gets too much for you okay?" Otto said softly.
Mandarin shakily nodded and looked back up.
"So what we need to figure out is how to get more information on them so that we can defeat them. We can probably hack into their systems but they may detect us." Chiro finished.
Mandarin nodded, they probably could. Antauri looked over at him.
"Are you comfortable sharing any information about the robots specifically? Other than they are shut down at night?" He asked.
Mandarin was silent for a moment.
"They...they were programmed to keep me there by any means necessary, even if that means they'll go to drastic measures. However they can't hurt me while I'm pregnant. They're not allowed to, but when I'm not...anyway anyway they won't be hard to fight once they get here. However they also have more bulky robots so those will be harder to fight." He explained, causing everyone to have a series of expressions.
Otto hugged him more, anger bubbling in his chest. Chiro felt extremely sorry for him and pursed his lips.
"Are you comfortable with telling us anything else?" Jinmay asked.
Mandarin quickly shook his head.
"N-Not anymore no. Ma-maybe later." He stuttered.
Chiro nodded.
"Okay so after we defeat the robots we'll need to figure out what to do with the lab itself."
"Burn it." Nova grunted.
Antauri frowned and shook his head.
"No we need to go down there and collect the DNA samples that were used to create the children. That way we can track them to see if Skeleton King did anything else to the donors."
"And the technology and information down there could be very important." Gibson brought up.
Mandarin shakily touched his stomach that took a lot out of him. Otto hesitated for a moment before kissing his cheek.
"We can go down now if you want." He offered.
Mandarin shook his head.
"No...no I'll be fine." He said.
Otto smiled a bit before resting his head against his.
"Then what will we do with it?" Jinmay asked.
"Well we could have it as another base or-" Antauri said before sensing something.
He looked at the middle of the room where the large transport tube was and went over to it.
"What is it?" Sprx asked, about to get his magnets out.
Antauri stared down at the floor before pressing a button to open the floor, showing the kids listening in. Mandarin immediately felt sick. How long were they listening in for?!
"Uh hi!" Penny greeted, giving the others a small wave.
"What are you guys doing? We told you to stay down in the underground base until we were done." Gibson said frowning.
"Violet wouldn't talk to us! We wanted to know what was going on and she refused to say anything!" Kuzon said, pointing at the purple monkey who looked away.
"I don't have to tell diddly squat" She huffed.
Maurice turned to Antauri.
"We got worried that something really bad is happening so that's why we were listening in." He explained.
Violet turned to Mandarin. She saw how scared he looked and went over to him.
"M-Mandarin?"
Roland glared and pointed at her.
"She's so clingy towards him and we don't know why! And what were you guys even talking about?! What other robot monkeys? What lab? What aren't you telling us?!" He demanded.
Penny worriedly turned to the team.
"Is it something bad?" She asked.
The team turned to each other.
Violet looked up at Mandarin.
"Should we tell them?" She softly asked.
Mandarin eyed Chiro, hinting that this may what they have to do. Chiro nodded slightly before turning towards the kids.
"No Penny it's not...all bad but there is a lot we need to talk to you about." He said.
The kids looked at each other again, unsure of what's going on. Whatever it is, it's serious. Chiro looked over at Sprx.
"Sprx could you get them some chairs? They may need to sit down for this." He said, causing Sprx to nod and go into the kitchen.
Roland watched Sprx as he went, growing nervous.
"I don't like this one bit!" He laughed nervously.
"Hey don't worry, you're not in trouble." Jinmay assured them as Sprx came back with a few chairs.
The kids looked at each other before sitting down in the chairs, wondering what they're about to say. Angela gulped, having a few suspicions.
"Does it involve what happened to Mandarin?" She asked, serious.
Chiro hesitated before nodding. Nova looked over at Penny.
"Penny do you remember asking me one night who your mommy and daddy were?" She asked.
Penny tilted her head, eyeing the ceiling.
"Hmm I think so." She said.
Maurice looked back between them.
"Wait does this have to do with us too?" He asked.
Nova nodded, causing the kids to look at each other. Mandarin gripped his knees and closed his eyes. Violet stood by and watched, nervous.
"You know who our parents are?" Angela asked, growing hopeful.
"Yeah we do but-"
"Who are they?!" Kuzon suddenly exclaimed, causing the kids to look at him funny.
"Sorry I just got excited."
"That's ok. Actually you all have one parent." Antauri began.
The monkey children got confused. If they have one parent then where's the other one? Violet bit her lip and fiddled with her tail. There was a small silence that to Mandarin felt like an eternity.
Antauri sighed heavily, it was now or never.
"Your mother was...in a terrible situation and had to leave all of you here with us. To keep you safe and did it out of love." He began.
"She did?" Penny asked, smiling a bit.
Antauri nodded, smiling at the reason why Mandarin brought them here. They may still have many hurt feelings towards him, but they still can't deny the fact that Mandarin loves these kids to death.
Violet almost laughed at that, not only because she had no idea what went down but also at the fact that their mother wasn't technically female.
Angela looked back at Mandarin, suddenly having a bad feeling about this.
"What does this have to do with Mandarin?" She asked, the answer to that question on the tip of her tongue.
Otto kept clutching to Mandarin. Roland looked back between the groups, frowning.
Chiro looked towards the team before looking back at them. There was no more hesitation, no more going back, and no more jumping around the subject.
"Well your mother is Mandarin." He stated.
"Seriously?!" Angela exclaimed as Kuzon placed his hands over his mouth, millions of emotions going through him.
Roland looked around, making sure no one was pranking him as a smile slowly grew on Penny's face. Maurice was stone still, color draining from his face. Roland then quickly got up.
"Okay wait! How?! He's a boy and boys don't have babies like girls do!" He pointed out.
"How do you know that?" Angela asked, disturbed.
"Shut up!" Roland hissed, holding out one finger to her.
He suddenly looked back at Mandarin and then the team and then Mandarin again.
"Wait...the bikini armor is starting to make sense!"
Violet fell to the ground, laughing.
"Roland trust us, he's a guy. Both on the outside and on the inside. They worked on his body so that he could get pregnant." Otto said.
"They? You mean Skeleton King? He did this?" Angela asked, suddenly growing pissed.
Chiro turned to Jinmay, knowing that this conversation is going to get much heavier.
"Get Penny into another room for a while, she doesn't need to hear this." He whispered but Penny heard it.
"Yes I do! I wanna hear too!" She protested before Jinmay led her away.
Violet calmed down and got up. Now it was her turn to explain.
"I'm not going to lie, yes. He used to work for Skeleton King and when he was transformed he modified his body so he could have us." She said.
"Wait how do you know?!" Angela demanded, getting up.
Tears welled up on Kuzon's eyes as he shook. Gibson noticed his distress and went over to him. He stroked his head and sighed. Gosh these kids have only been with them for a short amount of time and yet it still hurts so much to see any of them cry like this. He suddenly eyed Violet as she hesitated. He gave a small nod to her. Violet looked down a bit before looking back up and taking a deep breath.
"Because...because I lived there before mom brought me to you guys. I had my memories wiped so I could forget all the terrible stuff I saw for a while." She explained, looking at Kuzon, Angela, and Maurice.
"That explains your behavior." Maurice muttered finally after a moment of silence.
Violet shrugged.
"Yeah can you blame me though? I was like three or four when I was taken out of there." She said.
"There? What do you mean there?" Roland asked, crossing his arms.
Violet was hesitant, knowing that the team probably wouldn't want to drop this so suddenly. Still they have a right to know, at least that's what she thinks.
"The lab where we were born." She answered.
"We were born in a lab?!" Roland turned to the team with wide eyes.
Mandarin flinched, not opening his eyes. Violet noticed this and placed a hand on his own, now feeling guilty. Antauri really wished Violet was more delicate on the matter.
"Yes now keep in mind-"
"This is so messed up, this is so messed up!" Angela lamented, putting her hands on her forehead.
Penny peeked her head out of the room, wondering what they were talking about. Jinmay lead her back in.
"I wanna know what's going on too!" She huffed.
"I know Penny but..it's not...you'll learn what's going on when you're older." She said gently.
That's too long though! She wanted to know now! Penny pouted and crossed her arms. Why was everyone so upset anyway? They found their mommy and it was Mandarin! Someone she really really liked! She was already start making lists of fun things for them to do, which made her stop pouting.
"Look it's not all bad! Mandarin brought you here specifically to keep you away from Skeleton King. That way all of you can be safe with us." Nova explained to them, hating that these kids were put into this situation to begin with.
Roland stood still for a moment before looking down.
"What was bony butt gonna do? Turn us into some sort of army?" He scoffed, joking.
His answer was met by silence. He whipped his head up and looked towards Mandarin. So that's why he's been so jumpy around them, that's why he's acting so weird!
"Shrieking Shuggazoom he was!" He yelled, growing very angry.
Angela and Maurice felt very sick as they turned to each other, making sure neither of them were dreaming. An army? He was trying to make an entire army out of them?!
This was all going to hell very quickly.
Otto got down and went over to Roland, who was still fuming as the others tried to calm him down.
"Your mom wasn't gonna let that happen Rolly." He said, loud enough so that the others would be quiet.
Roland turned to him. Otto smiled and held him close.
"He didn't want any of you to end up like that, he hated the idea of any of you ending up there. But he couldn't get all of you here."
"They would get too suspicious." Mandarin muttered, loud enough so they could hear.
"Yeah but Roland as bad as his situation was, we're gonna make sure so that this never happens again. We'll save your other siblings, defeat Skeleton King, and then we can figure out the rest from there." Otto said, stroking his head.
Roland was silent before nodding a bit. He always hated Skeleton King but now? Oh boy was that guy gonna have a severe butt kicking from him.
Kuzon sniffled as Gibson handed him a tissue.
"You know...I always wondered who our parents were and why they...why they brought us to you guys but...and we still really consider you guys our parents too but I couldn't help but be curious...n-now that we know and the reason why...I'm just so happy." He sniffled before digging his face into the tissues.
Mandarin opened his eyes and sat up a bit more. He was happy at this news?
"You are?" Angela asked.
Kuzon nodded as Penny bounced in place.
"I knew it too." She chirped, causing Jinmay to look down at her with a confused face.
"I mean! I sorta kinda had a feeling..."
Maurice barely moved, many conflicting feelings going through him, as he stared at the ground.
"So are there more of us?" Kuzon asked, still sniffling.
Gibson nodded and paused.
"Yes but...erm...how do I say this?"
"They're brainwashed." Violet stated, causing the others to flinch.
Roland titled his head.
"What's a brainwash? Sounds icky."
"It is. It's when someone forces someone to believe in the same stuff they do, like Skeleton King is great and all that." Violet explained.
Roland frowned.
"Well he ain't. He's a poopy jerk pants." He huffed, causing Angela to snort, almost laughing.
"Is there any way to save them?" Maurice asked, looking up.
"We're working on that right now, we're just working on what to do with the labs." Chiro explained.
"Burn that place and Skeleton King with it." Roland huffed.
"We can't Roland-" Jinmay began but Angela came over to them.
"What if we just use those to unbrainwash them?" Angela asked, sitting back in her seat.
The team's hearts warmed seeing most of them get back in their seats, minus Penny and Violet. They wanted to help too. Penny looked back at Mandarin and went over to him. She sat down next to him and crossed her legs.
"We would but the robots are our biggest problem." Antauri explained.
"Robots?"
"The robots that took care of your mother." Gibson briefly explained before hearing a scoff coming from the back.
"Took care. Uh huh." Violet grumbled.
Gibson sighed.
"Violet a lot has been thrown at your siblings heads-"
"What I can't say they treated mom like crap?!" Violet snapped.
"Not right now!"
Violet grumbled but felt Mandarin pull her into his side.
"They're not ready yet. Give them time to process this." He said softly.
Violet looked up at him before resting her head against him.
"So for now we may have to use the technology we have here before deciding what to do with the labs, which may involve us fighting the robots in it." Antauri said.
Angela nodded as Roland sucked in air from his teeth. Penny was a bit confused but focused her attention on her mother.
"Sheesh oil does not come out of fur that well so that's gonna be a fun day." He sighed.
Maurice frowned as Otto chuckled.
"Yeah you're telling me."
"Why do you say that?" Maurice asked slowly, an eyebrow raised.
Roland frowned.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"It almost sounds like you're going to fight them too." Maurice said.
Sprx laughed and rolled his eyes.
"C'mon Maurice, he was just emphasizing with us. He's right it is gonna be a fun day." He said sarcastically.
Roland was quiet, looking off to the side. Sprx's laughter died down as he began to realize.
"Wait you're not thinking of actually going down there and fighting with us right?" He asked.
Roland looked at him straight in the eye and actually nodded.
"Yeah, I mean I figured that's what I was gonna do anyway so...I mean I would need armor and weapons but Otto can make them." He said, straightfaced.
Nova laughed and shook her head.
"Okay no, not happening. You're not fighting anything until you're old enough."
Roland stood up abruptly, appalled.
"What do you mean?! After everything he's done you expect me to sit by and do nothing?!" He questioned, crossing his arms.
"We're not saying that! You're still too young to even go up to level two!"
Roland clenched his fists.
"I can do level two in my sleep! I'm not gonna stay behind and not beat Skeleton king's face in!"
"Roland do not yell, besides that's our job. You're still too young to go out there and fight." Antauri said sternly.
"Angela, Kuzon, and Maurice are training at level four, will they be able to go out and fight?" Roland asked.
Antauri looked at the three.
"No," He began.
Kuzon looked down, relief filling his veins.
"even though they are training at a higher level we still don't feel they're ready to engage in real live combat yet. Like you, they're still very young." He explained.
Roland glared at him and gave out a humourless laugh.
"What am I supposed to do then? I can't just sit on my butt watching everyone go out and help. I just can't. And don't say I can help my brainwashed brothers and sisters because a healer is not what I am." Roland argued, pointing at himself.
"We get that Roland, but our answer still stands. You're too young." Chiro stated.
Roland glared at him and shook in anger before turning and storming off.
"Roland wait-!"
"Take your stupid too young rule and shove it in the toilet!" Roland snapped before going down the tubes.
The team were shocked by that. Mandarin stared at the tube he left in, emphasizing his emotions and situation. He'd probably snap at them too if he had any anger left in him.
"Wow...that was pretty harsh coming from him." Kuzon said.
"Yeah I mean he argues and loses his temper at times but I've never heard him say something like that before." Maurice said softly.
Violet shrugged.
"Not really, you should hear our arguments. He's worse."
Antauri nodded, no doubt having to stop their really heavy insulted filled arguments at times. Penny pulled in her knees.
"I don't wanna fight. I don't wanna see people get hurt." She said softly.
Mandarin looked down at her. She was so innocent and sweet.
"What was that Penny?" Nova asked.
Penny lifted her head and shook it, smiling.
"Nothing, I'm talking to myself." She chirped.
Mandarin blinked before looking back at the others. What was that about? Was she not comfortable talking about this subject?
Nova snickered at her chipper attitude. Even in a messed up situation like this one she's positive and happy.
"Okay, what do we do about Roland? You know he's gonna try and pull a stunt" She pointed out.
Antauri closed his eyes, knowing what he had to do.
"I'll go and speak to him while you continue your conversation. I know there will be a lot to talk about." He said.
The team silently agreed, knowing the kids could still have a lot of questions and there was still planning that needs to be done. Antauri went past them and went down the tube.
"Is he sure he wants to do that? I mean you know how much they argue." Sprx said.
Chiro tilted his head and crossed his arms.
"Yeah, I think he's got this. They may argue a lot but Antauri knows Roland well enough what to say to him."
Sprx wasn't sure about that but it's not like he wasn't wrong.
Angela looked back at Mandarin before looking back at the team.
"Um about us being so curious about who our parents were I'm sorry if we hurt you in any way." She said.
Otto's eyes widened a bit.
"Why would you think that?" He asked.
"Well we were kinda fixated on it without letting you know we consider you guys our parents too...we were just curious." Angela said as Kuzon nodded.
Gibson shook his head.
"No that is completely understandable you were curious about where you came from. We know you all love us." He said as Jinmay nodded.
"Yeah so it's fine."
Penny clung to Mandarin.
"Besides! We got our original mommy living with us too! So that's even better!" She said happily.
Mandarin had a small smile before Otto crawled on him.
"Yep! So it's the best of all worlds!" He cheered.
"Otto..." Mandarin grumbled.
Kuzon frowned a bit, noticing Mandarin's stomach.
"Wait is he having a baby? Is that why his stomach is...like that?" He asked.
Chiro nervously smiled and held up two fingers.
"Twins actually."
Kuzon was quiet while Penny squealed in joy.
"I am so dumb how did I not realize-!" He began.
Roland angrily stuffed his toy sword into his bag.
"Too young...pff! Too young my butt! I'll show em! I'll take Skeleton King on and make him pay for what he did to..."
Roland paused for a moment. Should he call him mom? It makes sense but at the same time it was a bit weird, since he was a guy and all. Whatever either way Skeleton King will pay for what he did to him!
"Now all I need is armor...which is where exactly?" He thought to himself as he looked around.
"Going somewhere?" A deep voice behind him asked.
Roland quickly turned towards Antauri, who stood in the doorway. Antauri looked around before going in and having the door shut behind him. Roland gritted his teeth, his plan was ruined!
"Listen I understand you're a bit upset-"
"A bit upset?!"
Antauri froze and closed his eyes, trying not to scold him for snapping at him. That won't do any good right now.
"Okay really upset but you have to understand why we cannot allow you to engage in combat." He began.
"And you need to get why I have to go! Wouldn't you want to go after the jerks that hurt your mom and other brothers and sisters you just found out you have now?" Roland angrily asked.
Antauri sighed and frowned.
"Yes I would, but I wouldn't exactly go out and fight him at your age and level of experience. I would hate to see you get hurt or worse at Skeleton king's hand." He explained, trying to get that across.
Roland clutched his bag and gritted his teeth.
"He needs to be stopped Antauri! Can't you see that I need to do this?! He deserves every bad thing that comes at him! Bone bag is a monster for hurting M-ugh-Mand-" Roland stopped himself.
Antauri stepped closer to him, his eyes now softened.
"Mom...he...I know he did some bad stuff back then and was evil...but he doesn't deserve any of this. He doesn't deserve being hurt...not when I sorta kinda grew to like him or something. I just can't do nothing about it, I can't." Roland choked, his voice wavering.
Antauri's eyes softened even more.
"I know." He said, pulling him into a hug.
Roland started crying and clutched to him. Antauri stroked the top of his head.
"Do you wish you hear something? Chiro and I had a conversation once and I mentioned something that I began realizing." Antauri began.
Roland sniffled, not replying.
"I began realizing how much you and your mother are alike. It frightened me at first with your temper and stubborn attitude. However I see now that I shouldn't have been so worried."
Roland looked up at him, wondering why.
"You are so much like your mother, you have his good heart and protective nature. And I saw that just from tonight alone...including your outbursts" Antauri said, giving Roland a small smile.
Roland's eyes spilled with tears as he dug his face into his chest. Antauri stroked his back.
"Y-you really think so?" Roland asked.
"Of course I do-"
"No I mean about him having my temper." Roland said, laughing a bit.
Antauri almost felt himself laugh.
"I know it may not seem that way, but I promise his temper was terrible. Not like Nova's but still it was pretty terrible." Antauri explained, stroking Roland's head.
Roland laughed a bit before wiping his eyes.
"I still can't stand and do nothing..remember I'm not a healer. I don't even know how to work a first aid kit." He said.
Antauri chuckled.
"That does sound like a problem we need to work on. However I think you can help your mother with emotional healing." He said.
"Huh? Emotional healing?"
Antauri pulled him back.
"Your mother has gone through some serious trauma that we are still working to remedy, however that doesn't mean you can't help with that too. Perhaps you two can watch television when you both can't sleep." He suggested.
Roland remembered that idea. He thought on it, humming a bit.
"Hmm I guess I could...I still want to kick boney butt in the teeth." Roland huffed.
"I know, let us do the kicking for you for now. You'll be able to fight alongside us one day. Just when you're older." Antauri said.
Roland grumbled but begrudgingly agreed.
"Fiine. I guess."
Antauri smiled and patted his head.
"Now I do not think we need to discuss your outbursts a while ago. I am willing to let it go this time but do not refer to shoving things into a toilet." Antauri said, causing Roland to nod and keep himself from grinning at his own joke.
"Do you want to come back up? We'll be starting dinner soon."
Roland thought for a moment but shook his head.
"Maybe later, I just got a lot to think about." He said.
Antauri nodded, understanding.
"I'll come get you when dinner's ready." He said before leaving.
Roland flopped onto his bed and sighed. Today was just a heavy and emotionally draining day. He began to think everything over as he watched his ceiling fan turn slowly. Slowly.
Ho boy, the kids now know. Wonder where that's gonna lead them? Hmm...thanks for reading!
