Sparks and Jinmay both stared in shock at the monkey pinning Mandarin to the ground. Sparks was the first to break out of his shock as he quickly stepped in front of the two younger monkeys.
"Let him go Vallina." he growled. "He has nothing to do with this."
"I disagree simian." Vallina replied swinging her tail and smashing it into Mandarin's side, causing the orange monkey to grunt in pain. "If he was sent here then obviously my master wants to be rid of him."
Sparks growled before glancing back at Jinmay and Chiro. Jinmay stared back at him with worried eyes as she held Chiro's limp body close to her.
"Rum and get Chiro out of here." he said, motioning her to the trees behind them. "I'll keep her distracted and try and help Mandarin."
Before Jinmay could reply Sparks quickly ran towards the other two monkeys, activating his magnets. Vallina's eyes briefly widened in surprise before jumping away from an electro-vibra force that was aimed at her head. Upon reaching Mandarin he helped the other monkey up as they both turned to the skull witch. Vallina glared at them before looking at Jinmay and Chiro who were almost to the trees. Letting out a growl she raised her right hand as a black energy enveloped it. Sparks and Mandarin both watched in horror as formless animals appeared around the two young monkeys.
"Don't think for a second that I'm going to let any of you escape so easily." Vallina growled.
A small buzz caught Sparks's attention, causing him to look at the band on his wrist. The button had a small glow to it that was gradually fading. Confusion ran through his mind before remembering what Otto and Gibson said about the machine needing to recharge. He looked back at Jinmay and Chiro and saw that Jinmay's band had the same glow but she hadn't noticed as the formless started to close in on her and Chiro.
"Jinmay! Activate your band, now!"
Jinmay briefly looked at him before quickly hitting the button on her band. Almost instantly a portal appeared underneath her and Chiro, causing the two of them to fall into it. Before the formless could follow, the portal closed, causing them to smash into each other with enough force to return them back to goo.
A scream of rage caused the two remaining monkeys to look at Vallina.
"Fine." she growled as she glared at them. "If I can't make them suffer then you two will just have to suffer in their place."
Both Mandarin and Sparks raised and created their respective shields as Vallina shot dark energy at them. Sparks quickly created another electro-vibra force and shot it at her. Blinded by her rage, Vallina didn't see the attack until it was too late to dodge, rendering her unconscious. Sparks and Mandarin both took the chance to escape before she awoke again.
The two gasped for breath as they returned to the remains of Mandarin's tree house. After glancing back to where they had entered from to see that nothing had followed them Mandarin slowly turned to look at the red monkey.
"Why didn't you escape along with Chiro and Jinmay?"
Sparks took a couple more deep breaths before turning to Mandarin.
"The machine that the bands are connected to has a recharge time and can only open one portal, not multiple." Sparks answered. "Because me and Jinmay were in two different places it was better for us to use her band and get both kids out of here. When we found Chiro the machine hadn't finished charging so I had to buy more time. And don't think for a second that we were going to abandon you, especially after finding out what really happened during that battle."
Mandarin just looked at him before shaking his head in exasperation.
"Glad to see that you're still as stubborn as ever."
Sparks gave him a small grin.
"We should get as much distance between us and Vallina while we have a chance." Mandarin said. "From what you've said about the machine needing to recharge we will need to buy as much time as we can."
Sparks nodded as he followed Mandarin deeper into the jungle.