Obliterate

Yes, indeed, I hath killed Jinmay! Sorry for Jinmay fans! She was weak, and must be eliminated. For now.

And here's a twist! In the chapter! Chapter Ten! Of Obliterate!

Oh, just read.

Chapter Ten: I'm Sorry for Not Telling You the Truth

The human citizens of Shuggazoom City all emerged from the ruins, all thinking the same thought. This may be the end, but it was also a beginning.

They would rebuild Shuggazoom City, to more than its former glory, and await the return of the Hyperforce. The old man had taught them that.

Then, with the Super Robot standing tall above the city, they went to work.

Chiro wandered aimlessly through the woods, somehow ending back up at the came just as Antauri asked, "Where's Chiro?"

"I'm here," he muttered slowly, sitting down on the ground a ways away from the fire the team had made. He was once again wearing a black cloak, the hood up and barely covering his eyes.

No one mention the parts of his outburst they had heard. They all sat there, in silence, all lost in their own thoughts.

"So..." Nova asked carefully. "Did you check up on Jinmay?"

Chiro's gaze became dark, and Nova visibly flinched. "She won't be joining us for the big fight," was all Chiro said and did.

Gibson looked at him. "What do you mean by that?" he inquired.

"What do you think?" Chiro snapped. "She's dead, Gibson. Dead. And it's all my fault."

Antauri was next to him now, his metallic hand on the boy's shoulder. "Would she really want this? She wouldn't want you to blame yourself, or anything of the sort. All we have is each other, and we need to stick together."

Chiro looked up, and pulled the hood off, staring Antauri in the eye. His own blue eyes pierced through the simian's soul, and he almost backed away.

Not yet.

"This is my fight now, Antauri," Chiro said, quietly, the wind picking up around the camp. "This is personal now. The Obliteration killed Jinmay. It killed her. That won't go without revenge."

"Why do you always assume something is your fight?" The soft voice of Otto brought everyone's attention. The green monkey continued. "Jinmay was our friend too. This is all our fight, Chiro. We're the Hyperforce. Or have you forgotten?"

Chiro seemed to glare, then he looked down. No one could see the expression on his face. Antauri leaned down. "Chiro?"

Then, after what seemed like an eternity, Chiro finally moved.

A nod.

"I guess I have," he whispered.

The old man looked at the giant robot, a smile on his face.

"There you go, you magnificent machine," he said quietly. The Robot's outer shell gleamed in the sun, and it looked down at him. "I have done all I can for you and Shuggazoom. Go. Find them. Help them."

The Super Robot was silent for a minute, before arching its arms above his head, and the jets began to fire up. The Super Robot was propelling into space, the interior filled with a beeping sound as the scanners began to find its friends...

The old man's smile broadened, and then he frowned. He looked to direction of the Zone of Wasted Years, and in the direction he knew was the circle of stones he knew had the portal to the netherworld.

The boy would go there, most likely.

Chiro had left again, in the direction he had came out of the woods. That was two hours ago. Where was he?

Antauri concentrated on the Power Primate to try and find him. To his surprise, he didn't sense Chiro anywhere on the planet. Even with Chiro masking his energy, he should've felt...something. But he felt nothing.

Just emptiness. Everywhere.

He hated it.

But someone else hated it more.

Then, Sparx spoke. "Hey, where's Otto?"

Chiro, wearing a black cloak and hidden in shadow, looked back in the direction he had come. He saw the black smoke rising up from the clearing the team was at, even at night.

Sighing, he continued walking. Without looking back, he felt a rumble behind him.

The short figure next to him gazed back as well. "We need to help them!" he said.

"No," Chiro said, shaking his head. "I need to show you something, because if I don't show someone, you won't ever trust me again. Then you'll wish I was dead." He chuckled at that. Oh, damn irony.

He payed the explosion no attention as the shadows swallowed them up, and their forms seemed to vanish like they were blown away in the wind...

"What happened?" Antauri asked, helping Nova off the ground.

Gibson coughed, trying to clear his lungs. "I-I don't know! The ship—the battery—it just blew up!!"

"It's that ghost thing again," Sparx growled. "Chiro knew it was coming and he left!"

"Where is Otto?" Nova asked, coughing violently.

Gibson looked around, wiping soot off his face. "I...I'm not sure..."

"Otto!!" Sparx yelled, cupping his hands around his mouth.

Antauri closed his eyes and concentrated once more. "I sense...Otto is not in this dimension..."

"Where is he?" Nova asked.

Antauri blinked. "He's in the spirit realm."

"Did he...die?" Nova asked fearfully.

Antauri looked at her, sorrow in his eyes. "I don't know."

"Whoa..." Otto whispered, looking around. "Where are we?"

Chiro chuckled at his friend's astonishment. He then grinned sadly, and looked around. Otto noticed his forlorn gaze, and met his friend's eyes. "Chiro?"

Chiro wiped his face with his sleeve, getting rid of the tears. "Otto, know that everything I've done was with good intentions," he said softly. "I never meant to hurt anyone, kill anyone, but hard as I try, nothing can hide the truth."

"Truth?" Otto echoed. He felt this was bad.

"Otto...I don't really know how to put this... You may not believe me, but... This realm is my home, now."

"I...don't...understand..." Otto cocked his head.

Chiro kneeled down to him. "I mastered the Power Primate. I can do what no other master can. I knew something like this would happen, and no matter what, I had to protect you guys.

"But the power came at a price. A really, really steep price. One I had to pay for the better."

"W-What price?" Otto asked, scared.

Chiro let out a shaky breath. "My life."

"W-What? I...I-I'm confused."

Chiro closed his eyes. "Otto, the power...the Power Primate...it killed me."

And Otto fainted. Chiro's words came back to him.

Then you'll wish I was dead...

That's the twist!

I'm not gonna kill him at the end. I've got a whole better idea. But, yeah, Chiro died from the energy of the true Power Primate invading his body and consuming it. It didn't do it in a bad way. It's hard to understand. If you don't understand, PM me.