As Chiro gripped the paper in front of him, his hands shook softly. "It's… it's... It's Jinmay!"
"Chiro what are you babbling on about now? Get out of there you are running out of time."
"No… it can't be, not Jinmay too... You didn't create her as well?"
"So you know one of my robotic experiments? That's excellent Chiro, but where are the other four?!"
"I…" As Chiro stumbled on his words, he slammed the lid shut on the case. Backing up, his mind was all over the place, as he turned on his heels sharpish. "Those pods Maezono… were they all filled with robots?" Chiro questioned again, as his mind buzzed with questions like a pinball machine.
"Of course Chiro, don't be so stupid! Did you actually receive an education? You know I studied, designed and created the finest robotic inventions on Shugazoom! What do you expect to be in them? Chocolate? The pods allowed the robots to remain in stasis whilst I worked on their programming. Now stop asking stupid questions and get out of there before that bomb goes off!"
"Fine, I'm going." Chiro growled into the communicator, as he headed for the door. Within a few feet of being at the blasted doorway, Chiro was blinded as the area lit up in flames.
"I don't think so."
Instinctively dropping to the floor; Chiro barely rolled out the way in time, as the flames pounced on his last position.
Sitting up, Chiro attempted to gauge the other's position. Detecting no life signal, he scanned the room quickly before seeing two bright mint green eyes shining at him from the shadows of the opposite corner of the room. A faint energy signal emerged soon after, that only confused Chiro at first.
"Whose there?" Chiro called as he kicked up off the floor. Landing on his feet, he placed the case down. Stepping back, he took up a fighting stance. His hands ready to attack.
"The entrance just lit up!" Otto exclaimed as the trio powered down their jet packs. Unlike Chiro they opted to not take the stairs, as they were now at the entrance of the laboratory too.
As Antauri held his hand out in front of the two other primates, they both stopped instantly. As they neared the room they could begin to hear voices ahead.
Nova's bright pink eyes sparkled, when she heard one voice. She would never mistake that voice, not in a million years! "Hey that sounds like…" Nova exclaimed, as she suddenly took off sprinting forward.
As Chiro became rapidly aware of the approaching company, he mentally cursed. He didn't want to confront the monkeys, not now. Though his thoughts were quickly shook back on track when the eerie silence in the room was broken. As the room began to fill with the sound of solid footsteps, the other being finally came into the light.
The guy rivalled the height and lean stature of Chiro himself, though this new person looked to be in much better condition, by being a healthier weight. As his features became more visible, Chiro felt a strong sense of familiarity with what he saw. The seemingly older teen's mint green eyes were beneath a distinctive mop of navy blue hair which ended with black tipped ends. His rounded face seemed also oddly familiar, as Chiro's eyes suddenly widened in both surprise and recognition. This guy looked like a male version of Jinmay, like a brother would. If this guy was a robot too, it would explain the lack of a life signal too!
"I suggest you tell me what you got there kid?"
'They even sound slightly similar!' Chiro thought astonished, as he grinned to himself. "And why would I do that?" Chiro challenged, as he carefully leant into his stance further, in order to pick the case up.
"Because if you had half a brain cell you would know to not mess me about. An attack level of 2.5 is not impressive."
As Chiro cocked his head on one side, a small smirk grew on his face. "So you've analysed me already? Impressive!" Chiro toyed, 'The tiny level obviously has nothing to do with the fact I'm hiding my power signal.' Chiro thought to himself, as he noted the annoyance on the other's stern features. "So remind me again, who are you?"
"You're dealing with Tanmay little kid, and you won't get away from stealing from my home."
'Oh what are the chances of their names being similar? And why has Maezono gone silent?' Chiro thought silently, "So do you know what is inside this case then?" Chiro asked curiously, as the other's features suddenly changed.
"Well… not exactly, but you got it from here, so I want it back." Tanmay said as he uncrossed his arms. Pointing his finger he aimed at Chiro. "2.5, I don't have time for this." He said as a purple beam shot from his finger tip.
As Chiro waited for the attack to come as close as possible, Chiro grinned as he deflected the attack with the back of his hand. As the attack ricocheted into the ceiling, he left his opponent both shocked and stunned.
"Wait that's not right." Tanmay stated.
"Too right!" Chiro teased as he made a charge for the doorway. "Well, finders keepers. See ya!"
"Hey that sounds like!"
Chiro skidded to a halt at that voice. He knew that was Nova without even looking. As he saw a glimpse of yellow fur charging right towards him, he realised his options were very limited now.
"Oh no you don't" Tanmay shouted as he fired another blast at Chiro's fleeing back.
Turning his head, Chiro realised he was too late to dodge this beam. His lack of attention had caused him to remain still for too long as the blast, seconds later, crashed directly into his back. As Chiro was sent hurtling forward, he subsequently smashed straight into the approaching Nova at high speed, as he took her out too.
Like skittles in a bowling alley, Chiro and Nova crashed into the far wall in a crumpled heap; as the attacking robot appeared in the now non-existent doorway.
As Antauri stood stunned at the turn of events, he watched, horrified at Chiro and Nova crashing into the wall past him. As he began to mentally process the magnitude of the situation, he barely noticed Otto.
Without an order to do so, Otto leapt straight into a revenge counter attack. Activating his neon green energy saws, he soon curled up into a ball and spun at his enemy, announcing his attack as he did. "Psycho Chopping Doom Spin!"
Fixed on the spot still, Antauri was completely lost for words. Chiro was definitely not in their uniform anymore, now wearing black, he fitted all of the current wanted adverts for all of the crimes they had been chasing up…
As Otto neared his target, Tanmay jumped in the air as a jump spin hook kick smacked into the back of the monkey's head; sending him crashing off course.
"Dammit all to hell Chiro! I did not ask for you to get into any fluffy family reunions, get out of there now! The only reason you continue to breathe is because I need your assistance."
"The case, now!" Tanmay's angry tone growled through the corridor. As he was on the approach and attack again.
"Chiro, you okay?" Nova asked as she grabbed the boy into a strong hug, noticing the approaching opponent.
As Chiro came too quickly he soon realised he seemed to be the centre of attention. Something he wasn't relishing. As he ignored Maezono's threats completely, he focused on Tanmay, as he prepared to counter attack himself.
Nose diving into the ground the green mechanic groaned loudly. "Antauri, could you lend a hand for a minute?" He pleaded as Antauri still seemed to be unresponsive and fixated still.
'Chiro could not be behind all of these recent crimes! It was a coincidence surely? Well he's got the talent and ability, but Chiro would never…' As realisation smacked Antauri in the face, the sterling primate finally sprang into action as he bared his teeth. "Chiro!" he growled angrily.
Hearing Antauri snap, was enough to make the boy want to run for the hills! As Tanmay fired another blast Chiro countered it with a monkey fu of his own, pushing both the attacking Antauri and Tanmay into the laboratory room.
As Chiro broke away from Nova completely, he ran for the stairs. Barely making it up one flight Chiro was forced to sloppily dodge a pair of purple ghost claws that looked ready to slice him into thousands of tiny pieces. As Chiro continued to try his luck, he barely made two more steps until he was slammed into the wall, purple claws holding his shirt collar. As he was caught by the scruff of the neck by the silver simian.