Chapter 8

Pit of Doom

General P.O.V.

Luna sighed as she walked around the city on a relaxing walk. Or at least, it would have been a relaxing walk if the formless didn't show up. Everywhere she turned there was formless attacking somewhere. It was starting to get annoying.

She eventually got tired of trying to avoid the formless on the ground and got on the roof of one of the buildings. She then watched below and saw Chiro and the monkey team taking out the formless. However, the monkey team kept taking out the formless that Chiro was trying to take out. She noticed that Chiro was starting to get annoyed.

His temper eventually got the best of him when they got the formless on the roof next to her. She saw that he hurt Sparx's feelings when he told him that he would just walk. She jumped onto the roof when they left as Chiro was muttering about needing a rocket pack, catching Chiro off guard.

"You know that you hurt his feelings, Chiro" Luna said.

Chiro sighed.

"I didn't mean to" Chiro said. "I'm just annoyed that I was basically useless today. Every time I tried to help they did the job for me."

Luna sighed as they walked down the stairs together.

"Tell them that then" Luna suggested. "Let them know how you feel. They'll understand. I just think that they were trying to help. They weren't trying to hurt your feelings."

Then Luna grinned.

"Besides, they may finally get you a rocket pack" Luna said, still grinning.

Chiro blushed.

"You heard that?" Chiro asked.

Luna nodded.

"Kind of hard not to hear" Luna said. "I was on the roof next to you."

Chiro shook his head at her.

"You and your love of rooftops" Chiro said. "I still don't understand why you like them so much."

Luna shrugged.

"It's really the only quiet place in the city" Luna said. "Besides, it's easier to avoid formless when you're up there then on the ground."

"True" Chiro replied. "Still doesn't mean that I don't find it strange."

Luna and Chiro laughed at that. Then they noticed a strange elevator. People got in and then the elevator disappeared. Then it reappeared and formless came out of it. Chiro turned to Luna.

"Luna, I want you to go find somewhere to hide" Chiro said. "I'm going to investigate this. If I'm not back in an hour or two, tell the monkey team what's going on. Even though you can't understand them, they'll know what to do. Just stay out of sight if something happens."

Luna nodded and left the building to go and hide behind a dumpster in an alleyway. She waited there for two hours before she saw the monkey team. They were near the current location of the elevator. They watched the elevator take two people before it disappeared. Luna then walked over to them with a worried look and they noticed her.

"Luna, what's wrong?" Nova asked. "Where's Chiro?"

Luna shook her head.

"I don't know" Luna answered. "We were together earlier when we noticed that elevator. Chiro said he was going to investigate it and told me to hide. He said if he didn't come back in an hour then tell you what's going on. He told me to stay out of sight if something happens."

The monkey team nodded. Antauri put a hand on her shoulder in a calming gesture.

"Thank you for telling us, Luna" Antauri said. "We received a message through the Power Primate from Chiro. We'll find him, but keep out of sight like Chiro told you until we get back."

Luna nodded and then went back behind the dumpster. Then she waited for a long time until she saw the Super Robot take off in the distance to somewhere outside the city. She sighed and kept watch on all the formless that were in the city. She stayed there until morning when she saw the Robot come back with something in its hands. The Super Robot placed it down and teared open the front and she saw Chiro with the monkey team and the citizens. She smiled and sighed in relief.

They soon got rid of the formless with no problem. Then the elevator popped up again and everyone but Chiro and the monkey team ran away from it. Then the elevator turned into a monster. They were having trouble with the monster because of its ability to teleport.

Nova had a door fall on top of her. Otto had green energy balls hit him and then fall on him. The other monkeys had rocks fall on top of them. Chiro got on the monster and started pressing buttons while he was on it. Luna narrowed her eyes and disappeared from sight.

Nova and Otto got free and looked over at Chiro, who was dangling from the monster.

"Get the others!" Chiro ordered before he pressed another button and they disappeared again.

"What is that thing?" Otto asked, moving a rock.

Antauri finally managed to get out from under the rocks.

"Apparently, some kind of teleportation creature" Antauri said.

Then Gibson used his drill to get himself free and took out his scanner.

"According to my calculations, the interdimensional matrix at the heart of the teleporter could be disrupted by a strong magnetic field" Gibson said.

Then Sparx came out of the rocks with his magnets activated.

"I can make one of those" Sparx said.

"Unfortunately, we need a way to put them inside that thing's energy field" Gibson said, looking at his device.

Then Chiro and the monster reappeared again. The monster got him off and him and was trying to eat his but he held the doors open. Then they disappeared again.

"It's time we gave each other a hand" Antauri said, getting up.

Then they reappeared and Nova grabbed Chiro by her tail and pulled him out with the help of Otto. While the monster was distracted by this, Antauri and Sparx came behind it with Sparx's magnet activated as well as Antauri's ghost claws.

"Hey elevator monster!" Sparx called. "Teleport this!"

The monster turned around and got a taste of Sparx's magnets. It reacted violently to it and was destroyed.

"Ding!" Otto said, smiling.

From on a rooftop, Elena watched with a smile on her face.

"Guess they didn't need my help this time, after all" Elena said. "Chiro had grown into a strong leader. It looks like I don't have to worry about him anymore. He can take care of himself just fine."

She then put her hood up and at them with a small smile.

"Now I can make my final preparations" Elena said. "The last things that need to be taken care of before I reveal that I've been in front of them this whole time."

She looked back at her friends one last time before she disappeared.

Luna then came out of the alleyway and ran up to Chiro.

"Thank goodness you're alright" Luna said, hugging Chiro.

Chiro smiled slightly.

"I'm sorry I worried you, Luna" Chiro said. "I'm just glad that you stayed hidden."

Luna nodded and let go.

"I'm just glad that you made it back safely" Luna said. "I'm pretty sure that the mayor will want to thank you for helping the city."

Chiro nodded and watched as she walked away. Later, the mayor had made a statue of them and a key to the city and had even said they could take the elevator to the roof for the celebration. Chiro looked at the team and then at the mayor.

"I think that we'll just take the stairs" Chiro said.

Then Sparx turned to Chiro.

"We don't do stairs, kid" Sparx said.

They gave him a rocket pack and went up to the roof where the celebration began.


After the celebrations were over, only the mayor stayed on the roof. He was waiting for someone and knew that they would be arriving soon. He turned around and saw Luna walking up to him.

"I'm sorry for making you stay longer, Mayor" Luna said.

The mayor just shook his head.

"It's no problem, Luna" The Mayor said. "I already finished the work that I needed to today. Besides, what you're here to discuss has to be important to call me out here like this."

Luna sighed and nodded.

"I've decided to finally make my move" Luna said. "After seeing how much Chiro has improved, I'm convinced that I don't have to worry about him anymore. He's grown into a strong person who never gives up on his friends."

The mayor smiled at that.

"Yes, he has grown these past few months" The mayor said.

Luna nodded with a soft smile.

"It's because of this that I believe that the time for me to reunite with my friends has come" Luna said. "I believe you know exactly what that means."

The Mayor nodded in understanding of what that meant.

"You want me to pull you out of school, don't you?" The mayor asked.

Luna nodded.

"Yes" Luna answered. "After all, I never really needed to go to school in the first place. It was just a way of being able to stay undercover for as long as I deemed necessary. The time for my life as Luna is over and it's time for me to start being myself again."

The Mayor nodded in understanding.

I expected as much" The mayor said. "I'll begin the process right away, my old friend."

Luna nodded.

"Good" Luna replied. "I'm counting on you."