Tauria: Well, I know that the last chapter is pretty short compared to my others, and I was going to combine it with chapter seven, but I didn't. Anyway, this one is longer. :DD


Chapter Nine

It had been a month or so since Chiro's friends had begun training. He stood on the shoulder of the Robot that evening, watching the sun set. He still wasn't sure if he had made the right decision in joining the monkey team.

He sighed, and heard the door open. It was Antauri. "Hello," the black monkey said softly.

"Hi, Antauri," Chiro said, still watching the sunset.

"I have something important to tell you."

Chiro tore his eyes away from the sunset to look at his mentor.

"You . . .are the Chosen One."

"You mean . . . I'm the one who is supposed to end Skeleton King . . .for good?"

"Yes."

Chiro bit his lip and turned back to the sunset. Antauri knew that he had probably chosen a bad time to tell the boy, but he had to be told because Antauri sensed that something bad was going to happen.

"May I take a walk . . .to think this over?"

Antauri nodded.

Chiro left the Robot.


He did not come back for a while, and as Antauri was meditating he sensed a great disturbance in the Power Primate.

He hurried downstairs. "Chiro is in trouble Monkey Team!"

"Oh no!" Otto covered his mouth with his hands.

Sprx scowled. "Where is he?"

"We gotta help him!" Nova said.

"Indeed." Gibson nodded, beginning to work on the computer to locate Chiro.

Antauri tried to locate Chiro with his mind, but was blocked by the Skeleton King. "I cannot get to him."

"I've found him on radar. He is deep within the Savage Lands in the Zone of Wasted Years."

"How did he get there! He was only going for a walk!" Antauri said.

"I believe that he was captured considering I am picking up another human bio sign. I believe it may be the witch he mentioned before."

They nodded.

"Let's go rescue him!" Otto said determinedly.

"Monkeys, mobilize!" Antauri said.


They went to the Savage Lands. They used Gibson's scanner to find Chiro. They reached an old temple. They entered it and were met by a bunch of very ugly, very vicious Formless. Their attacks did almost nothing against them. The Formless shot some green webs at them and trapped them.

They were carried to a desert like place at the top of the temple where a witch seemed to be summoning something in front of a giant crowd of people. Chiro was tied in between to poles on a platform below the witch. He was struggling to get free.

"Chiro!" The monkey team cried.

Chiro looked at them. They were tied upside down on a long pole. They were then set aside. Chiro continued to struggle to get free, but he struggled harder now.

"Chiro! You are the Chosen One. You have great power within u! Use it! Break free! Stop her!" Antauri yelled.

Chiro heard him. He closed his eyes and concentrated. He felt his inner primate grow, and surround him as a giant gorilla. It broke his bonds. He turned to the witch and knocked her aside. He rescued the team.

The witch screamed in rage and attacked him by spitting bats. The bats surrounded him and bit at his form.

He waved his arm as if to wave them away, and when that failed, he said, "Monkey Mind Scream!"

And so the battle went. The monkey team won, and went back to the Robot.

"What was going on? The witch looked like she was summoning something big." Nova said.

"She was. The Dark One Worm. It is a powerful Dark One that corrupts life. The only thing that the Worm needed was the sacrifice of a pure soul. I was chosen to be that sacrifice."

The monkeys shared worried glances.

"I have a feeling that it has to do with what you told me, Antauri. About how I'm the Chosen One? Well, I think that they knew that too, and although I don't believe it, you guys do, and now I'm the center of some war. You guys, the good guys, wanna keep me safe, and they wanna kill me."

Antauri nodded. "Yes. That is the way the war works, sadly."

Chiro nodded. "Well, I'm ready."


Tauria: Well, I hope you enjoyed that chapter! Please leave a review!