CHAPTER 10: STUCK IN A NIGHTMARE
"Who's there?" Chiro asked, getting in a fighting stance.
"It's just me, Chiro."
Chiro calmed down. "Oh, it's just you, Antauri. You had me worried for a second. What's up?"
"I sensed a distress in the robot."
"You mean...An intruder? Shouldn't we tell the others?"
"No...I know who it is. But, I want you to stay here. In your condition, it could end fatal,"
"But..."
Before Chiro could argue further, Antauri used his ghost claws on him. He positioned Chiro on the bed, and then ran off to fight the intruder.
Antauri got to the main room, just before a figure went up Chiro's tube. The figure was startled seeing Antauri come down his tube, and stopped.
"Stay away from Chiro, Damon." Antauri said. He ran in front of the tube so Damon could get no further.
"Get out of my way! Antauri...was it? You do not understand. I merely need the boy for the ritual. The ritual will renew my powers. That is all I ask."
"Explain this 'ritual'."
"I gathered the materials from every element. Earth goes on the green stand, Water goes on the blue stand in a bowl, Air is contained in an orb over a white stand, and Fire is contained in an orb over a red stand. The boy will be chained to the middle of each. I will then use a chant from the book. This will remove his powers with minor distraught..."
"Distraught?"
"Well, yes...You see, by distraught I mean I have to rid him of his time..."
Antauri got what Damon was saying. His eyes grew wide. "You're not going to kill Chiro!"
Before Antauri could help it, Damon knocked him out. Damon, then, whooshed up the orange tube.
He saw Chiro asleep on the bed. Damon smiled. The alarm went off.
"What?!" He looked back at Chiro. "I need you distracted until I get rid of the pests..." He ran his hand over Chiro. Chiro started tossing and turning.
"Get away from him!" A female's voice shouted. Damon just evaded her fists. That knocked him off balance and he fell down the tube.
Sprx and Otto were waiting for him. Gibson was dragging Antauri off to med bay. Nova came down the tube.
"Magna Tingler Blast!" Sprx started. Damon was electromagnetically thrown against the wall.
Damon's eyes turned redder and he shot three fire balls at Sprx, who barely avoided them. Damon quickly shot ice/water stalagmites at Nova as his eyes turned blue. She easily passed them and ran at Damon.
"Lady Tomahawk!"
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Antauri looked around at his surroundings. It was pitch black. There was a slightly glowing green orb a few feet away. Antauri ran to it.
He felt something familiar about it. As he looked into it, his eyes grew wide.
He saw Nova. She was lashing her fists at Damon. He saw Sprx. He was about to use his 'Magna Ball Blazer'. He saw Otto. He was knocked to the other side of the room but quickly getting up to rejoin the fight. He saw Gibson. He was in med bay next to Antauri's bed, hooking wires to him.
Antauri kept staring. He saw Chiro. Chiro was in a wasted land. Which, Antauri soon realized, was Shugazoom.
"What is this...?" Antauri asked to no one in particular.
"That is your inner power, Antauri." A voice out of nowhere answered.
"Who are you? Where are you?"
"I am not to be seen. My identity is not important. I am here to answer your questions."
"My inner power...? Did you mean the Power Primate?"
"Yes."
"How can I see the others?"
"The inner power sees all who contains it."
"But...What is that I am seeing Chiro in?"
"That is his dream. Or should I say his nightmare,"
"His nightmare...?"
"Yes. Keep watching."
Antauri peered into the orb again. He saw Chiro fighting. He was fighting with the Hyperforce against Damon. They were obviously losing (from now on, the underlined italics are Chiro's dream).
"Chiro! We can't do this much longer...We need to retreat." Antauri said.
"Oh, no you don't!" Damon struck Antauri hard in the back with a flame ball. Antauri fell to the ground with a grunt.
"Antauri!" Chiro yelled.
"Chiro...It's too late. We have to leave, now." Gibson said.
Chiro bowed his head miserably. They ran. Damon shot Gibson all over with a million little ice crystals. Gibson fell.
"Chiro! We need orders! Running's not working!" Otto yelled.
Chiro nervously looked back and fourth, thinking. "I...I don't know..."
"Chiro—Ahh!" Otto was shot in the same manner as Gibson.
All that was left was Nova and Sprx. "Nova! We can't trust the kid anymore. We have to make our own plan..."
They were shot down too.
"Monkey team...I'm so sorry..." Chiro started to run again. Damon pulled back his hand, his eyes turned red.
"This is it, boy..."
The orb went fuzzy and inaudible.
"What?! What happened?!" Antauri yelled.
"It appears the Power Primate within him grows weak."
Antauri remembered now. "How do we get the Elemental Powers out of him? I mean without harming him?"
"You must enter his nightmare and find his inner power. From there, you shall find out the rest..."
Antauri burst awake.
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