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Chapter 10

Secret of the Sixth Monkey

Antauri's P.O.V.

As we were watching our latest battle, I the reactions of my teammates. It showed the robot pinned to a building by an eye monster. I paused the video there and asked my teammates about it. " Now, how did we end up in this predicament?"

Gibson was the first to speak up. " My calculations were off." Then Nova spoke up next. " My reflexes were slow." Then Sparx spoke up. " My feelings exactly, we all messed up." Then Chiro spoke up as he played the video. " Now, remember how this all turned out."

Then after it showed that the eye monster was defeated, I turned the video off. Then I spoke to Chiro about my reason for showing the video. " Chiro, what I meant was to see where we were lacking and need improvement." Then Chiro spoke in his usual optimistic tone. " I think as team leader, I did pretty good."

I sighed and turned to face the team. " Okay, for those who didn't do as good, I want you to create one new move by tomorrow." Everyone nodded and left except for Jinmay who watched Chiro with a knowing look. Then she gave me an understanding look before she went to the training room where everyone but Chiro was waiting for her.

Then, when Chiro came down later, with Mandarin's glove, I told them both of our past with him. Jinmay wasn't too surprised abotut it, but Chiro was just a little shocked. Then we saw the prison we put Mandarin in and went to its location as it landed. Jinmay and Chiro took on human forms with a little difference from when we met them.

Jinmay was wearing a white dress uniform with black buttons and black boots. She also had a pink scarf around her neck and pink gloves. Chiro was wearing a white shirt with black buttons, and white pants with navy blue boots. He had an orange scarf around his neck with orange gloves and two white stripes on each side of his face below his eyes. His hair was also styled a bit differently as well. Then Jinmay and Chiro walked out, with us walking slowly behind them.

Chiro's P.O.V.

Jinmay and I were already out of the robot. We stayed in our human forms, since only the monkey team knew about us being robot monkeys and Skeleton King. Then we saw a shadow coming out of the ship. We didn't have to see the figure to know it was Mandarin.

He was orange with orange battle armor. The top of his head, arms and tail were covered in bandages. On one of his hands, he wore the other orange glove. He had broken shackles on his wrists and had black eyes with blood-red pupils that were filled with malice.

" You're the chosen one? You're just a human child!" If he knew what I was, he would treat much differently. I looked at him serious as I spoke to him. " And you're the monkey who went bad."

Mandarin then tried to attack me and I activated the shield from his glove to block his attack. " You activated my shield!? That's impossible, unless, you're learning the Power Primate!" I smirked as I replied. " I'm not just learning, I know it and so does Jinmay." Then Mandarin smiled as he replied. " Then perhaps you remember this move, Monkey Mind Scream!" Jinmay and I heard the attack in our minds, and tried to fight it, but to no avail as we blacked out.

Antauri's P.O.V.

" Mandarin!" He turned to face us as we were in the air. He already managed to catch Chiro and Jinmay off guard and knock them out. Thankfully, they were still in their human forms, so Mandarin won't do any serious harm to them. " Leave the children alone, your battle is with us."

He smirked before he replied. " No, my battle with you is over." Then red collars came over our necks and Mandarin used an attack that weakened us and he put us in a ship bound for Skeleton King. However, I noticed that he took Chiro and Jinmay into the ship that he just came out of.

Chiro's P.O.V.

As I came to and got up, I asked a question to myself. " Where are my monkeys?" Then I noticed that Jinmay and I were on the prison ship. Then the screen that Mandarin was sitting in front of showed Skeleton King. " The proper question is, where are my monkeys?"

Mandarin answered that question calmly. " On route to your ship. However, I have plans for the boy and girl. However, I'm sure that you'll be happy with the monkeys." Then he turned the screen off and lifted both of us trying to both of us with his words.

Antauri's P.O.V.

" I'm worried about Chiro, he has weaknesses that Mandarin can and will exploit." Currently we were in our holding cell, when Otto spoke to me for my concern. " But Chiro's special." Then Gibson spoke up for Chiro next. " His developmental progress has exceeded far beyond our expectations." Then Nova spoke up next. " Plus he has a good heart." Then I spoke up to that comment. " As once did Mandarin." Then Sparx eased my concerns. " Don't worry, the kids are nothing like Mandarin."

Chiro's P.O.V.

After Mandarin tried to train me, I needed to find a way to break these binds to help the monkey team. Then Skeleton King contacted Mandarin, giving me the perfect chance. " You underestimate the boy and girl. They are not humans, like you think they are."

I grabbed his glove and cut our binds. Then we transformed back into our monkey forms, shocking him. I smirked as we threw the sword at the lockdown button and escaped to rescue the monkeys. When we got there, I used the thunder punch attack to break the door. Then I decided to make a joke about it. " Anyone see any monkeys about ye' big?" Then I turned their restraints off and waited for them to respond as Jinmay came right next to me. Sparx was the first to respond.

"Great going kids!" Then Nova responded next smiling. " WE knew we could count on you!" Then Gibson spoke up next. " What she means is by calculating the odds of a rescue due to your training, statically speaking we could assume that-" Otto interrupted what he was saying to summarize what he really meant. " That we could count on you!"

Then Antauri spoke up, hesitant. " Chiro, Jinmay, I had my doubts and-" I smiled and interrupted him to tell him how I felt. " And we rather hang out with you guy, than Mandarin. It's all learn, learn with that guy." Antauri smiled at that as he replied. " Perhaps, the time has come for us to do the teaching." Jinmay smiled and told them what Mandarin found out on the ship.

He nodded and Sparx crashed the ship into the prison. He looked at us in anger. " Hyper Formless, appear!" This caused a comment from Nova as five formless with each color of a member of the Hyper Force appeared except for orange and pink. " Hyper formless? That is so messed up." I have to agree with Nova on that one. " Hyper Force go!"

As everyone went to fight the formless I gave Jinmay the glove to use. Then I activate my ghost claw and Jinmay only one of hers. Mandarin looked mad as he attacked us with his sword that I easily blocked with my ghost claws. He spoke to us thoughtful. " You're the two monkeys that I saw sleeping in that underground facility eleven years ago. Of course, the others never knew about that long forgotten facility, since it was abandoned over thirty years ago. So you can imagine my surprise at seeing it in working order and with two robot monkeys sleeping in stasis tubes that were still in working condition. What were you two doing down there anyway?"

After he said that, I suddenly saw something that I knew was a forgotten memory. I was in a lab with Jinmay where we were on a table. In front of us was a man with two different colored eyes. One was violet and the other was a light blue. He wore a dark blue robe with red outlines on the edge of his robe and his sleeves. He looked at us with kindness as I could see how much he was fighting to hold something back. Then he said something to us sadly as he placed us in the two stasis tubes. " I'm sorry that I have to do this, but I'm sending you to another place where you'll be safe from what I'll become.

However, should you choose to fight with the others, go to the underground facility and go into stasis until the time is right for your to awaken. I will admit that I do have some concerns about Mandarin, but I know that you will stop him if he does betray them. Remember what I told you and be safe my children, I only wish that your brothers and sister could be with you as well." Then he turned the stasis tubes on and the memory faded. I looked at Jinmay and she nodded that she saw the same thing that I did.

" If I knew Mandarin, I most certainly wouldn't tell you!" I attacked him with my ghost claws and he taunted me as we clashed. " I programmed the formless with every monkey move. There's no way your friends can win, or can you." I saw the monkey team on their ropes.

I smirked which surprised Mandarin as I called out my plan. For once, I'm actually glad about Antauri telling them what to do. " Monkey team, new moves go!" Otto immediately responded to that order. " Vertical Razor Chatriot!"

Then Sparx responded to the order. " Gyro Roll!" Then Nova responded next. " Knuckle Duster!"

Then Gibson responded next. " Bio Static Energy-" Then Otto interrupted him. Gibson sighed in defeat. " Oh, very well Otto. Spin Shocker!"

Then Antauri responded to the order last. " Mega Monkey Paw!" I noticed that after all of their attacks, all the formless were destroyed. I smirked and then replied to Mandarin. " Give it up Mandarin, your outnumbered!"

I noticed his ears come out of their bandages and emit a strange signal as he replied. " Am I?" Then we all went down but my systems and Jinmay's automatically came back on after a few seconds, so Mandarin didn't even notice that we were affected. " A little back door program implanted in the robot monkey operating system long ago. The big shut down I'm afraid." I turned on him and used my monkey fu attack, which knocked us out of the prison. Then I used a personal attack of mine on him. " Shadow Cyclone!"

I disappeared and I ran around him fast, attacking him as my speed increased causing him to be lifted in the air before I stopped and he fell back down, hard. " You're better than any of them out there!" I looked at him serious as I answered him. " Your wrong Mandarin! I'm the same except I have six others like me to back me up."

Mandarin then saw everyone floating above where we were standing. Antauri spoke as we both looked at him. " We reprogrammed that back door a long time ago. All you did was reboot our systems."

Everyone attacked him and then Antauri landed in front of me and used his mind attack on Mandarin. " Monkey Mind Scream!" Mandarin fell to the ground as I spoke serious. " You're going back to sleep Mandarin."

He slowly got up and spoke. " One day, you'll find out how much more you are, my secretive monkey, but for now." He used his sword to cut wat was holding me up and I fell. The monkeys flew to catch me because I was still weak from fighting with him. Mandarin used this opportunity to escape to go to Skeleton King.

A While Later...

Jinmay's P.O.V.

I was pacing back and forth across the command center, waiting for Gibson to come out of the Medical Bay. After Mandarin left, Chiro passed out from exhaustion. Now, he was in the medical bay with Gibson running some tests on him. He really needs to stop pushing himself so hard.

However, in that vision that Chiro and I had on the prison ship is troubling me. It was a past memory, that much was obvious. Who was that man, and what did he mean by saving us from what he'll become? He also mentioned having brothers and a sister, but who could they be?

He also mentioned that we could choose if we wanted to fight with them. I guess that means that we decided to if we woke up in that underground facility. The question is, who are they and why did that man look so sad? I guess that the truth behind why we were created will be revealed soon.

Then Gibson came out with Chiro leaning on his shoulder for support. I immediately came over and he explained why Chiro was leaning on him. " It's alright Jinmay, he's alright. Chiro's just exhausted from your fight with Mandarin. All he needs to do is rest."

I nodded and helped Gibson to take Chiro to his room. His room looked just like Antauri's with a few exceptions. The walls were painted more orange. However, the room still gave you a sense of calm and peace. Sometimes I wonder if Chiro and Antauri are brothers because they seem to have the same preferences. They also act the same way, but Chiro shows himself to act a different way than Antauri around everyone else for some reason. He seems to only show his true personality around me, like he's afraid to express his true feelings. I know that Antauri was able to catch a small glimpse of his true personality the day we met, but hasn't seen him act that way since.

I sometimes wonder why he does this. I don't understand why he would hide his true personality from the others? I wonder if it has anything to do with what happened when he left me, to train to control the Power Primate. That was over 30 years ago, so why should it bother him now? Unless, something happened during that time, that he's not telling me. I guess that I'll find out someday. I just hope that the others won't take it too hard when we find out, and myself as well. However, there are some secrets that are just too painful to tell and I just hope that this isn't one of them.

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