Chapter 10: Two Amazing Turns and Great Discoveries Abound-Part 2
"Is.....be all....."
"...a bum....ine."
"Hey! .....waking..!"
Sprx groaned as he come back to the waking world. What had happened? The last he could remember was--!
"NOVA!! AH!" He grasped his head in pain as it throbbed from his sudden jolt up.
"Careful you dunderhead! I just fixed that nasty bump on your head and now you're working to undo all of my work!" Even Sprx, as much as his head hurt, could recognize Gibson's voice reprimanding from his left. He turned to him.
"Nova!" He said, careful of his head this time, "Where is she?! What happened?!"
"She was taken by the flying creature, Sprx. There was nothing we could do."
"What do you mean 'nothing we could do?!"
"Well," Gibson interjected, "It's not like we could stop the creature with these getting in the way." Sprx followed where the blue simian shoved his thumb and gaped.
"Uhhh....Why are there monkeys bowing down in front of me and holding my game piece to my face?"
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"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"HEY!! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TAKING ME?!! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOW—OOPPHH!!"
Nova rubbed her now sore head from being dropped unceremoniously onto a hard, stickly surface. She growled underneath her breath and turned to the flying animal, intent on giving it a piece of her mind.
"HEY! WHAT'S THE BIG….idea…." Her words died on her lips until she clamped her mouth shut mutely, staring at the huge creature in wonder.
It was about 7 stories tall standing on its back feet. Its head was as round as a bowling ball and its beak extended so long it could practically reach any animal hidden within a small, narrow space. Its eyes were a jet black back with an emerald shard-like pupil that stared down at her with an undeniable hunger. Golden yellow extended from its head and beak, to its neck, down its chest, all over the inside of his wings, and onto its belly, with coffee brown on its back and back wings. Continuing to look down she noticed an unappealing color scheme develop as emerald lined its sharp talons.
Any words left in Nova's throat died as she set her face in worrying determination.
"Oh this isn't good." She took a fighting stance as the creature roared and dove for attack.
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Indeed there were three brown~furred monkeys, kneeling before him, and all Sprx could do was stare at his now living red elephant piece. It trumpeted and moved its head at him and he numbly held his hands out to take it.
"Apparently these monkeys are the result of your roll, Sprx. They were out of control until Chiro found that turning his vocalizer off and told them in native tongue who rolled them."
"Yeah," Chiro said, backing Gibson's claim, "looks like I'm their translator now. Oh and they say they're sorry for jumping repeatedly on your head after colliding with you." He couldn't hold back the snigger at the mental images of the three treating Sprx's head like a balloon house.
"Not funny." Quickly coming back to the situation, he started moving to leave. "Nova! We have to save her!"
"And we will, Sprx," Antauri assured, "once we come up with a plan."
"Ooo ooo ooo! Why not use your monkeys Sprx! I bet they could help!" Otto had grown attached quite quickly to the furry little devils, now swinging from the ceiling with them and Chiro; they had left their "master's" side once he accepted his elephant. They were swift to add to Otto's pleas with screeches of their own. Gibson covered his ears at the annoying sound.
"What on Shuggazoom are they saying?!"
"They wanna help their...," Chiro made a face, "master get his mate back from the flyer." Otto laughed at that.
Sprx, who was finding their chattering equally as annoying, finally gave them the ok and they cheered.
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"BOOM BOOM WAKA!"
Cracks tore through the ground below, only for the flyer to ascend to the sky and avoid the attack altogether and dive after its meal.
"Darn it!" Nova ran through the forest, using the trees as a cover. She had given the thing a good punch in the neak when it had dived to eat her in its nest, leaving it dazed and allowing Nova the chance to jet away. The creature only roared and flew after, and with one good swipe of its talons, skewered hdr jet pack and forcing her to crash land. Nothing she attacked him with seemed to be working now as it kept using the sky to dodge her every move. Not only that, but it was apparently strong enough to tear through the forest and make clearings where it continuously pecked and dove after her.
Continuing to run, she brought a hand up to her earpiece, only hoping that communication through teammates still worked.
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"HELLO?!! SPRX! OTTO! ANTUARI! GIBSON! CHIRO! ANYBODY!!"
"Nova!" Relief flooded the red monkey's voice at the radio comm. "Where are you? Are you alright?! Did that flying lizard hurt you?!"
"LADY TOMAHAWK!- OH YEAH I'M FINE! SAVE FOR THE MONSTER TRYING TO EAT ME HERE!!! AHH!"
The sound of trees tearing and screeching on the comm. sent everyone's nerves on edge.
"CAN I PLEASE GET SOME BACK UP HERE?!!"
Everyone would be relieved if she didn't sound so intimadating. The brown simians were currently hiding behind their master in fear of the voice that seem to come from the very walls.
"Yeah I know she scares me too."
"I HEARD THAT SPRX!" More destruction, "AND EVEN THOUGH I'M HAPPY I CAN DO THAT TO YOU, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE SOME HELP!"
"I've got her location, she's not too far from here."
"Good work Gibson! Ok monkey team, mobilize!"
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"OH COME ON! DO YOU REALLY WANNA EAT ME THAT BADLY?! WHY NOT GO AFTER GIBSON, HE'S THE ONE THAT ROLLED YOU!"
"RRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!"
"OH CRUD!" Jumping Nova just avoided the dactyle's beak. That did leave an opportunity to punch it once again in the face, this time near the eye, and took off back into the jungle.
"HA! TAKE THAT, WIERDO! WAHHH" Suddenly she found herself falling, only to have her quick reflexes latch onto a piece of rock. Realizing she accidenlty jumped from a tree to a canyon, she cursed to herself at the fact that now she was vulnerable to the Ptero-dactyle's advances. She desperately tried to climb back up to take cover, only to see the creature loom over her, a predatory~smirk of voctory in its eyes as its prey was now helpless to it.
"Oh man! I'm gonna wind up as this things lunch!"
"Not if I got anything to say about it!" And to her surprise, Nova saw Fist Rocket 4, Gibson's rocket, and the brain scrambler, Antauri's rocket, shooting at the creature. Soon the others came into view, fighting to keep Nova from the things beak.
"Alright! You guys made it!"
"What you thought we wouldn't?" Came a cocky voice as a red magnet came to her level from Sprx's ship. She happily let herself get magnatized and lifted near the rocket's hatch.
"I don't think I've ever been so happy to see you guys!"
"Same can be said from us Nova." Chiro called from his tank.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
All turned to see the pissed off Ptero-dactyle diving for Sprx's ship, intending to claim its long-overdue meal. Nova, needing to use her hands to undue the latch and make sure the wind wouldn't blow her off, was defenseless. Everyone called her name worringly, thinking she would be done for; she, thinking the same, closed her eyes and gripped to the ship tightly, waiting for doom. But it never came.
"Huh?" She opened her eyes and gasped in slight horror and surprise to see the monster not chewing on her, but instead on Sprx's own magnet, which he, using the ship's manuverability, shoved in its mouth. After tearing precious components and wires, the dactyle spit it out in disgust. Nova just sat there on the hull, dumbstruck.
"Open....the hatch..."
Sprx pained request woke her from her stupor, and had her quickly doing as told, only to be surprised again at seeing three brown blurrs jumping out and latching themselves onto their foe, screeching and scratching, and then some.
"What the!"
"We'll tell ya later, now climb in." She quickly did so, closing the hatch behid her.
The monster continued to fight with the monkies currently attacking it, able to shake one off, having it land in the forest below, and quickly doing the same with the other two. The brown simians, now realizing they were no match for the creature, whimpered and ran farther into the forest, hoping to save their own skins.
"Yeah..." Sprx stated weakly, "Some help they were."
"They gave Nova time to escape, that's all we asked of them."
"Yeah yeah I know Antauri."
The battle raged on, but in the end the monkey team claimed victory as soon, the dactyle realized that no amount of food was worth the trouble it was being given and so flew off in search of other morsels to pray upon...
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Once Gibson had tended to Sprx's wound and reattached his fixed magnet, Nova walked over to him. Everyone else had left the room at the look she gave them, leaving just her and the red monkey alone.
"Sprx…" Nova began, sitting next to him, "What you did… I mean.. giving up one of your magnets.. just to save me.. well. . . I know how much you treasure 'em an' all…so.. just… thanks."
She blushed lightly and looked down. Sprx went from surprised to a soft smile.
"Hey," he spoke softly, using his good hand to cup her chin and make her look into his eyes, her blush deepening as he did so, "my magnets are one thing. You, on the other hand, are on a whole 'other level. You mean a lot to me Nova—more than anything in the world, and I'd do anything to keep you safe from harm."
Her eyes were misty as her face spoke awe and Nova gave him a fierce hug. When she pulled back, their faces were only inches apart. If you listened closely, you could here both monkeys' hearts beating erratically at the closeness. They slowly got closer… until their lips met, both sets filled with loving emotions for each other.
Sprx was so happy, he nearly jumped through the roof, feeling he could skyrocket from here to space and back in under two seconds flat; Nova felt like all was right in the world and that nothing could tear them apart.
Their kiss went by in what felt like eternity, which was actually only several heavenly seconds, went by before they broke apart; they looked lovingly into each other's eyes, unknowing of the eyes peeking at them from around the corner.
"Ha!" Chiro whispered victoriously, "You owe me five bucks Otto!"
"Monkey-doodle."
Three monkey team members were currently standing on top of one another in order to stay behind the wall-so as not to be in the doorway. Chiro, being the only full-fledge monkey, was on the bottom, grinning from ear to ear at winning his and Otto's bet; the green simian being at top. He'd usually be the bottom since he was the strongest of the monkeys', but with Chiro being a taller and heavier monkey, the weight would probably throw him off balance and reveal their hiding place.
Chiro bet the two would get together after Nova was put in danger for the first time while his fellow monkey bet that they'd get together once everything was back to normal and this madness was over.
"Otto, watch your language. I seriously doubt Sprx nor Nova would appreciate our eavesdropping on their conversation." Gibson spoke quietly. He was balancing himself on Chiro's shoulders, trying to be the group's conscious, albeit he himself was still watching the two lovebirds.
"It's not eavesdropping if you're actually watching the people instead of just listening to them." His leader said defensively, still whispering. "… It's spying. Besides, you're spying too, so don't try any guilty talk."
"What are you three doing?" Said a voice suddenly.
This, of coarse, startled the three monkeys and, with a loud screech, each fell over on top of each other.
Turning their heads, Chiro, Otto, and Gibson spotted Antauri giving them a 'what are you doing on the floor' look.
"Antauri!" They shouted.
"What… are you three… doing here?!" A voice hissed dangerously. Looking at each other nervously. With a big gulp, the spying monkeys turned to see their worst nightmare. . .
a very pissed off yellow monkey giving them the 'you're sooo gonna die' glare, Sprx coming to stand next to her with a 'I feel sooo sorry for you guys; I'll be sure to come to your funeral' look, yet his eyes seemed to hold an equally pissed off look.
"Uhh… Oh he-hey there Nova? How, hehe, ho-ho-how you doing?" She continued to glare. "Doing fine I see. Well, not that we know we'll be on our way right guys?" The mechanic and scientist nodded furiously.
Nova continued to glare.
"RRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN!!!" Otto shouted as all three bolted down the hallway, Antauri barely getting out of the way in time.
"GET BACK HERE!!!"
They ran into the main room and split up; Chiro going left, Gibson and Otto going right.
Chiro jumped up onto the Super Robot's pipes, swinging and jumping in order to escape Nova's fury—and her fists.
"GET BACK HERE YOU OVERGROWN FURRBALL!!! HOW DARE YOU SPY ON US WHEN WE'RE HAVING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION!!!!"
"I'm sorry! I promise I'll never do it again!!"
"DARN RIGHT YOU'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN—'CAUSE YOU WON'T LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO TRY IT AGAIN!!"
"AHHHHH!!!!!"
While Nova was chasing and threatening her leader, Sprx had Gibson and Otto backed into a corner.
"Nn-Now Sprx, think of your condition." Gibson stuttered desperately.
"Oh, my condition's fine. Yours, however, is going to look grim very soon."
"Now wait." Otto said, trying to find any excuse, "You didn't seem to be this mad earlier. And how are you going to hurt us when one of your arms is messed up?!"
"Well, let's see. I've waited forever for that one perfect moment and when I finally have it right there in front of me, you three had to spoil Nova's mood, which, in-turn, spoiled mine. Basically, you ruined what I've been hoping for since the first day I saw her. As for my injury," the red monkey then activated his good arm's magnet before continuing, "You're right about that, Otto; my arm is messed up." The blue and green simian let out another huge gulp, Sprx getting ever closer.
"My kick-butt skills and my other arm, however, are at their peak!" With that, he advanced.
Not a few moments later, you could hear loud monkey chatter followed by more yelling and cursing, which could've only meant one thing:
Nova had caught up with Chiro.
A/N: OH MAN I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T HATE ME FOR BEING SO LATE IN UPDATING! I honestly don't know when I'll update again. I guess it's whenever I get into the mood or feel inspiration for this, but like I have said, I will NOT let this story die nor give up on it! Surprisingly, I got things done faster when I was school, but I guess I should thank my classes for being so boring (all except for 2nd period Art Appreciation, lol). But, just to let you guys know, again I say I don't know when I'll update next, mainly due to TF:2 coming out and sparking my TF obssession all over again. But until then I hope you guys like this. I for one love how I tried to end it on a funny note, 'cause you know they'd react similar to that if they were inturrupted in their first romantic moment, lmao. And I know the fighting again seems rushed, but honestly, I suck at writing fight scenes, so sorry for that; my bad! R&R you guys!