Chapter Ten
Split up and Search
Everyone ran out of the huts, and gathered around the campfire.
"Is everyone okay?" Melodie asked.
"Where's Carbon?" Elella asked looking around.
"And Chiro?" Sprx added.
Melodie looked back at Carbon's hut, wondering worryingly. She knew something wasn't right, she could feel it. Antauri had started trying to get everyone to calm down, because the two weren't there, when Melodie intreupted.
"Antauri." He stopped talking and looked at her. He nodded giving her the chance to inscurcet. "Everyone! Calm down! I want everyone to stay here! Do not leave this spot!" the golden simian turned to Antauri. "Do you feel that?"
Antauri closed his eyes and thought. Then his eyes shot back open.
"Chiro…" He trailed off. He turned to his team. "HyperForce, stay here. I'll be right back."
The HyperForce was confused. Sprx was going to ask but Melodie and Antauri ran over to Carbon's hut before he could say anything. Melodie opened the door and walked in. The lights were on and the everything was in its place. But the only thing missing was the running feet and the laughing sounds of Carbon and Chiro. "Melodie." Antauri called.
Melodie walked out of the hut, closing the door behind her. Antauri was holding two metal things. She couldn't really see them at the angle she was at. Melodie walked closer to Antauri, staring at his hand. She finally saw what they were, the commucators Chiro and Carbon were wearing.
"Oh no. They got them." Melodie said.
"Who is they?" the silver simian asked.
"The forest." Melodie answered.
Melodie, followed by Antauri, ran back over to the rest.
"So what'd you find?" Gizmo asked.
"The forest got them." Melodie answered.
"Oh no." Seala said.
"Yes, it did."
Elella clenched her fists, so did Sprx. Nova couldn't help but notice how everyone was reacting the same. She got lost in her thoughts.
"We gotta go after them!" Elella finally said.
"We will!" Melodie said.
"We will?" Gizmo asked confused.
"But Melodie, if my calculations are correct, then the possibility of us coming back alive are-"
"I know what the risks are Seala. But I'm not going to just sit here and hope that Carbon and Chiro will come back! That's what I did when Gizmo and Elella were pulled in the forest, but not again! Now, who's going in the forest and getting Carbon and Chiro back!"
No body answered. They all were too scared of what awaited them in the forest. Even the HyperForce was.
"We're just going to sit here? Hope that their alive?" Melodie asked.
No one answered. Music starts up. Melodie starts to sing.
"We can't/We can't back down(4x)/Not right now/We can't back down/Not now/We can't back down/We can't back down/Don't close your eyes/We're all in this together/Wherever we draw the line/We're not gonna straddle across it/Or lose it/We can't back down/There's too much at stake/This is serious/Don't walk away/We can't pretend it's not happening/In our backyard/Our own home plate/We've been called out/Do you hear your name?/I'm not confused/Let's win this thing/We can't back down/There's too much at stake/Don't walk away/Don't walk away, yeah/ Don't get me wrong/I don't like confrontation/I'd rather we all just get along/Music should be undivided, united/We can't back down/There's too much at stake/This is serious/Don't walk away/We can't pretend it's not happening/In our backyard/Our own home plate/We've been called out/Do you hear your name?/I'm not confused/Let's win this thing/We can't back down/There's too much at stake/Don't walk away/Don't walk away, yeah/We got a situation that we can't ignore/'Cause ignorance is not bliss/We don't have to take this, no/With every big decision/Comes an equally important share of the risk/We gotta take this/We can't back down/There's too much at stake/This is serious/Don't walk away/We can't pretend it's not happening/In our backyard/Our own home plate/We've been called out/Do you hear your name?/I'm not confused/Let's win this thing/We can't back down/There's too much at stake/Don't walk away/Don't walk away/We can't back down/We can't back down/We can't back down/Not right now/We can't back down"
The music stops. (BTW: Melodie's song got everyone dancing with her.) Melodie climbs onto a log on the ground.
"Now, I'll ask again. Who's with me?"
"I am!" The four of them said.
The HyperForce looked at each other, then at Antauri. They smiled.
"We are!" they said.
"Antauri?" Melodie looked at him. He looked back. "Will you join us?"
"Of course I will."
Everyone cheered and yelled.
"OK! Now listen up!" Melodie yelled in attempts to silent everyone.
No one listened.
"HyperForce, stop this insist!" Antauri yelled in a demanding voice.
They stopped, but the other team did not.
"MegaForce, knock it off!" Melodie yelled. A rock came out of no where and hit Melodie in the head, which knocked off Melodie's helmet.
"Melodie, are you alright?" Antauri asked bending down to hand her helmet back and to help her up.
"Yes, I'm alright. Thank you." Melodie said taking his hand and standing up.
Antauri pulled Melodie up to fast that they almost kissed. They stood there looking in each other's eyes. After a few minutes Otto broke their moment.
"I think Antauri's in love. Ha-ha."
"Otto, shush." Nova demanded.
Antauri and Melodie blushed and she let go of his hand.
"Umm…MegaForce, stop this insist!"
And they stopped.
"How does that work?" Melodie asked herself. "Okay! Now, slip up into teams of two! You will be going with one you were hutted with! And meet back here in an hour! Seala, you and Gibson: East!"
"Right! Let's go." Seala said pulling Gibson.
"Gizmo, you Otto: West!"
"Ay-ay chief!"
"Blaze, you and Nova-"
"South? Got it covered boss." Blaze interrupted.
"And we'll take the North end." Elella said.
"Melodie?" Melodie turned to the voice of Antauri. "Where will we go?"
"We'll take the center of the forest area."
And everyone gathered up supplies and headed out for the search of the human teens.
