CHAPTER 11: DISAPOINTMENT
"Face it, Damon, you're going down!" Sprx lashed out at Damon. He missed and Damon flung Sprx at Nova. They were thrown hard against the other side of the robot.
"Vertical Razor Chariot!" Otto zoomed at Damon on his saws. Damon ran out of the way and Otto passed him.
"You missed me, monkey." Damon scoffed. Otto kept going and went up the wall. He made a door-like shape and came back down, faced Damon, and grinned. The wall slammed down on Damon from behind.
"Did I?" Otto mocked, then turned to the others who came up hugged him.
"Good job, Otto!" Nova cheered.
Sprx turned and went to get Damon. "Yeah, well, let's figure out what to do with him."
Otto looked a little dismayed from Sprx's lack of approvement. Nova noticed this and, while Sprx had his back turned, pecked Otto on his cheek. He blushed.
"It's okay Otto." She whispered.
Sprx turned around with half of Damon's body on him.
"Are you guys gonna help me, or am I going to half to bring this all the way to Gibson myself?"
They ran over to help him. Nova grabbed his legs and Otto grabbed his other arm. Sprx looked over at Otto who was still kind of blushing.
"What's with you?" Sprx asked.
"Huh? Uh...Nothing. Let's get him to Gibson." Otto said hurriedly. They half carried half drug Damon's body to med bay.
They arrived just in time to see Antauri burst awake.
"Great, you're finally awake!" Gibson specified.
"What's wrong Antauri?" Nova asked noticing Antauri's worried expression.
"I know a way to get the Elemental Powers out of Chiro." Antauri said. Everybody gasped.
"How?" Gibson asked.
When I was knocked out I saw my inner power, otherwise known as the Power Primate. This...thing...told me I had to enter Chiro's nightmare and get to his Power Primate..."
"Then what?" Sprx asked.
"She said that I would know what to do from there."
"That doesn't help very much..." Sprx whined.
"How are you going to enter his nightmare, Antauri?" Otto asked.
"I..." Antauri stopped once he realized he had no idea. "Maybe I can use my ghost claws to enter his self-conscience,"
"That may work...Let's try it." Gibson said.
They went to Chiro's room and saw Chiro on the bed—still asleep.
"Wow, he's a heavy sleeper." Otto said.
"No, I put him to a deep slumber with my ghost claws. He should be out for about another hour. That's all the time I have to find his inner power and do whatever I need to do." Antauri answered.
He put his ghost claws up to Chiro's head. As soon as he touched, he was fell unconscious.
"Should we do something?" Nova asked.
"All we can do now is wait and hope." Gibson answered.
"Gibson...How much time did Chiro have to, uh, live before we got the Elemental Powers out of him?" Sprx asked.
Gibson's eyes widened as he remembered this. "According to my calculations...Only about...An hour."
They gasped.
"So Antauri not only has an hour to get to Chiro's inner power before Chiro wakes up, he has to get there or Chiro...Dies..." Otto realized.
"All we can do for now is wait."
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Antauri found himself in a fiery wasteland. He saw Chiro being lifted down to...Their teammates. He didn't know what to do, so he hid behind a piece of scrap metal.
Antauri saw Chiro run over to...him...
He barely heard any of the conversation. But he did hear himself saying:
"You...ran..."
"I'm so sorry Antauri!-" That's all he could hear.
Antauri watched as Chiro walked to Nova.
"Y-you're going t-to be okay." Chiro said.
"...None of us are. You didn't help us..."
Antauri watched in awe as his brothers disowned Chiro on their dying words. As Chiro sobbed more and more to each teammate he went to. As Chiro begged for forgiveness.
"...You abandoned your hope for your team..." Antauri heard Sprx say.
"...You hurt us so bad..." Otto gasped.
"...Why didn't you trust us Chiro?" Gibson asked.
Antauri watched as Chiro just stood there, tears flowing too much, hugging Gibson, and believing every word his teammates said.
"I think you have suffered enough. Let me spare you the rest..." Damon said. He started to bring down a sword of fire down on Chiro...
...Antauri rushed forward from behind the scrap metal and blocked the attack. Damon was so surprised he fell back. Antauri looked behind him at Chiro who was really surprised.
"Antauri...? But I...I saw you...You were..." He shook his head.
Antauri bent down next to him and hugged him.
"Its okay, Chiro. This is only a nightmare. None of this is real, besides me."
Chiro looked at him confused. "If this is a nightmare...Then how are you real?"
"I entered your self-conscious with my ghost claws. I know how to get the Elemental Powers out of you, but we only have one hour. I need your help to find your Power Primate. Will you help me?"
Chiro cracked the thinnest of smiles in realization. "Yes."
"Let's go."
I finally did it! Yay! And, yes, there was a little Ottova in there. I'm sorry it took me so long, but I've been busy. And I warn you, there is more Ottova to come next chapter...R & R!