Monkey Doodle

Chapter 11

Rated T for language, violence, gore

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC's, Koneko and Groman are not OC's, they are canon characters that belong to Ciro Nieli just like everything else on "SRMTHFG!" but they aren't named in the show so I gave them names for the story.

Again, if I misspelled any names please let me know. I can't find anything online that says how some of the names of some people and places on the show are supposed to be spelled but I'll be happy to make corrections as needed.

"Talking"

'Thought'

"Singing/ recordings,"

"Speaking with the Power Primate,"

:Comm. links.:

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{Mantodon language}

While the battle raged outside, Koneko and Eclipse were huddled together in the healers' hut with their mothers and all the healers who were tending to any injured that were brought in.

The two children shivered in fear of the noise and the fighting going on outside. Artemis saw this and called them over "Kids, come here,"

Eclipse saw her mother was reaching out to her and went over to where she was checking Mandarin's bandages to make sure the poultice Surji had slipped underneath when they changed the wraps was working.

Koneko looked at her then over at his mother, who was bandaging a Kathurian that had gotten hit in the head by a Mantodon claw while the beast was in the throes of death.

Artemis looked over at Surji, asking permission, which the mother feline gave with a nod. The Purple monkey smiled at Koneko "Come on, Koneko, you too,"

The little white kitten scurried over for a much needed hug. Artemis smiled and rubbed their backs, speaking reassuringly "It's okay, everything is going to be alright,"

Just then, a set of Mantodon claws came down through the ceiling, slowly carving the roof away. Artemis shoved the children towards the exit before helping Surji and the other healers pull the injured out of the way of falling debris.

Eclipse looked back and saw her mother pulling her father to the side just before a large chunk of the ceiling landed on the mat he had been lying on. "MAMA! DADDY!"

Artemis looked over and saw her daughter trying to get to her while being held back by Koneko. She dragged Mandarin under a sturdy looking table just as more bits of the roof came raining down. "Eclipse, get out of here! Take Koneko with you and run!"

Surji crawled under another table, dragging Antauri with her since he couldn't move and everyone else had already left the building which left only him for her to worry about. "Koneko, get the girl out of here. I promise we will find you both as soon as we can,"

Eclipse looked at her parents with tears in her eyes "Mama…" she closed her eyes and let Koneko drag her outside.

Once they were outside they ran as fast as they could, but one of the Mantodons spotted them and followed the two tiny children.

Thinking fast, the two lead the monster bug to one of their traps. Carefully stepping on the branches laid across the pit they made it safely to the other side while the much heavier Mantodon fell through and impaled itself on the sharp spikes they had planted at the bottom.

The two cheered and slapped a quick high-five but their excitement was short lived when another Mantodon cornered them. The little kids backed against the side of the closest building and clung to each other, screaming in fear.

Otto jumped between them and the Mantodon holding a Gatling gun he had made out of bamboo that had been filled with rocks and some Gibson's gunpowder. "Leave them alone, you bugs!" he shot at it until it disappeared.

Eclipse hugged him, glad to see him, and he lifted her onto his back before lifting Koneko up with his tail and holding him with it.

Just when it looked like they were pulling ahead in the fight, more Mantodons came swooping down and fired energy beams at the Kathurians below, sending them scattering like… well, insects.

Sparx rushed one with his spear but it knocked him into the perimeter wall, causing it to break apart and partially bury him in bits of wood.

The Mantodon slowly advanced towards the fallen red monkey, but Nova saw him go down and was rushing over to help him. "Sparx!"

She jumped high above the Mantodon and slashed at the small of its back furiously until there was nothing left of it.

Sparx came to just in time to see her land in front of him in a defensive position, ready to fight any other Mantodons that came close. "Jeez, does a monkey have to get killed to get some attention around here?"

Nova smiled at him "No, he just has to ask," she held up her claws and leapt back into the fray while Sparx picked himself out of the debris and joined in moments later.

The second wave of Mantodons came swooping down to drive the Kathurians back towards the heart of the village where they could pen them in like lambs for slaughter.

Joke was on them, the Kathurians kept running until they lured the Mantodons within range of the cannons Gibson's team was manning.

The blue scientist lit the fuse with a small lighter in his tail—thankfully that still worked, at least—and shouted "FIRE IN THE HOLE!"

The Kathurians and the monkeys all hit the dirt and scrambled across the ground as the cannons went off and sent wooden projectiles that were filled with blasting powder at the Mantodons.

The makeshift missiles had smaller fuses on the ends of them which were lit by the fire of the initial launch and when those burnt out it set off the blasting powder, causing the missiles to explode and send wooden shrapnel flying. The Mantodons were shredded by the flying shrapnel and disappeared.

Standing next to a small hut that was near the healers' hut was Po, ready to release the boulders they had riddled with spikes and loaded into the hut to be rolled downhill to the Mantodons once the lever was pulled.

He didn't see the Queen creep up behind him and knock him away from the lever and on the ground, hard. {You insignificant old furball! You DARE challenge ME?!} The Mantodon leader stalked towards Po.

Unseen by anyone else, Surji and Artemis carried Mandarin and Antauri out of the hole in the wall that was made by the Mantodon that tried to pry the ceiling off to get to them.

Antauri saw that the boulders hadn't been released and tried to use his telekinesis to pull the lever down, but he only had enough strength left to make the blasted thing twitch!

Seeing what his brother was trying to do, Mandarin added his own power and the lever slid down, as did the grate that held the spiked covered spheres at bay.

They rolled down the hill, crushing and impaling anything that got in their way until all of the Mantodons were gone, except for one; The Queen, who stood over Po.

She looked around and saw that she stood alone against an entire village of angry Kathurian warriors and the outsiders that had taught them to fight again. She cried out for her swarm to come to her aide but none came; she had used her entire hive to attack the Kathurians and the outsiders helping them and now they were all gone.

With a shriek of rage, she fired an energy blast at Chiro. He held up his shield to take the hit but it shattered in his hand and he was thrown back.

He was about to get up and charge the Mantodon Queen with his spear when a metal sword with a green stone set into the hilt was planted in the ground next to him. He looked up and saw that it was Tikudo who thrust his sword into the ground for him to use against the Mantodon Queen.

Chiro smiled his thanks, took the sword and again he charged the Mantodon Queen.

Screaming outrage, she thrashed at him desperately as he jumped up, using the Queen's own legs as a springboard to get him higher and, channeling the Power Primate through the sword to make it stronger, drove both the spear and the sword into the Mantodon Queen's chest, spraying dark purple blood everywhere.

The Queen roared her death cry as her exoskeleton dissolved and released all of the captured energy in her body.

It took them several minutes for them to come to the conclusion "We actually did it!" but once they did they all started cheering. People were hugging and a few of them had tears of joy streaming from their eyes. A couple of them even formed a mosh pit and were throwing Sparx and Gibson in the air.

While everyone was celebrating, the lights in all the huts started to flicker on. When everyone saw this they cheered even louder.

"Well, from the looks of things with the Mantodons gone all of the energy they had taken is going back to where it was before,"

"Really?" Sparx looked down at his hands and focused "Come on, Come on…" His hands slowly shifted until they became his magnets. "Yes!"

The others tested their weapons out and were pleased that theirs worked as well. Artemis helped Mandrin hobble over to where the others were while Surji carried Antauri in her arms like a toddler. The silver monkey stirred in the Kathurian healer's arms until his eyes flickered on to glow dimly.

"Hey, he's waking up!" Chiro and the rest of the Hyperforce monkeys went over to see for themselves. "Hey, Antauri how do you feel?"

Antauri slowly reached up and rubbed his eyes tiredly. "I've been better, but I'll survive," he started to climb down to stand on his own but Gibson stopped him.

"Easy, Antauri, you're still not fully recovered yet,"

The older male Kathurian that tried to throw them out before came up to Forge. "Hello, um… Forge, Right?"

Forge looked at him skeptically "Yes, that's me, but I'm afraid I haven't gotten your name yet,"

He put a paw on his chest "Forgive me, I am Groman, I'm sorry for how I treated you and your comrades before,"

Forge smiled "I understand, there was once a time we would have done the same in your position,"

Groman smiled back "Those daggers you held earlier, may I see one?"

Hesitating, Forge took out one of his daggers and handed it to the Kathurian hilt first.

Groman looked it over expertly "It sure is a beautiful blade, how were you able to temper with the coloring like this?" he indicated the slight green coloring of the metal.

Forge smiled like a parent whose kid had gotten recognition for something great. "Thank you, I used a trick I learned from my mentor,"

Groman turned the blade around in his paw and handed it back to him hilt first. "You are a talented metalworker. I happen to be the village's Blacksmith; perhaps you could teach me a few of your tricks of the trade?"

Forge took it and bowed "I would be honored. My equipment is in the ship if you would allow me to go get it,"

Groman patted him on the shoulder "Allow me to accompany you, I can help retrieve it and I am rather curious what an alien ship looks like,"

The two smiled at each other and scurried off in the direction of the Technosimian's ship.

Chiro gave Tikudo his sword back "Thanks for letting me use your sword, Tikudo. But why did you give it to me and not try to kill the Queen yourself?"

Tikudo wiped the gore off the blade with his fingers before placing the sword back in its scabbard on his back. "It was you who helped us regain our courage and made us warriors again. You had earned the right to strike the final blow,"

Chiro smiled up at him but the smile fell a moment later. "I guess this means you guys no longer need us,"

Nikita came up and pulled him into a hug "You are welcome to stay if you want,"

Chiro looked up at her "Thanks Nikita, but as nice as that sounds we still need to get back to our primary mission, the one we were on before we came here,"

Otto trotted up with Eclipse and Koneko at his heels—the little white kitten seemed to have introduced some of the other Kathurian children to the monkeys as there were more kittens around his age running around the green monkey trying to grab his tail. "Yeah, we still gotta fix up the Robot and the Technosimians' ship too,"

The young female Kathurian looked sad her new friend was leaving "You're leaving?"

Chiro nodded sadly "Yeah, when we came here we weren't just trying to save one planet, we were trying to save the entire cosmos from a great evil. Now we need to go back out there and find him before he destroys the cosmos,"

Po limped up to them and nodded "We understand, Chiro. Since you helped us allow us to help you,"

"Really, you would do that?"

Tikudo nodded in agreement "We might not know much about building and fixing machines but we will do what we can, just tell us what to do,"

Chiro nodded "How about we all get some rest first? It's been a long night for everyone,"

No one argued, all the Kathurians went to their homes while Chiro and the monkey team slept in the torn up shell of the healer's hut after they moved the worst of the debris off of enough mats for them to sleep on.

Surji looked at them all "I'm sorry about the mess. You are welcome to stay the night in our home if you wish,"

Artemis politely waved her off. "Oh no, this is fine. We've actually stayed in worse, believe it or not, and we hate to impose,"

Surji nodded and left after making sure everyone was alright.

Everyone promptly collapsed as soon as she was gone if they hadn't already; Eclipse was curled up between her parents who were sleeping in a lover's embrace, Nova, Dyna, Forge and Sparx were all sleeping on their backs and Otto was lying face down on the mat and snoring loudly while Gibson curled up on his side with his fist partially in his mouth.

Chiro lied down on his side on a mat holding Antauri in his arms like he was a plushie. Antauri craned his neck to look up at the boy and, not wanting to wake the others, he spoke to Chiro with the Bond they had through the Power Primate "Chiro, I'll be fine, you don't have to watch over me when you should be resting,"

Still not fully understanding how the Bond worked, Chiro tentatively sent back "There are only a few hours left until daylight. Why should I bother going to sleep if I'm just going to have to wake up again after a while?"

Antauri reached up and ruffled Chiro's hair "All the more reason to rest while you can," Chiro was still hesitant and Antauri could guess why "Do not worry about the nightmares, Chiro. I'm here;I will help you with them,"

Chiro was nearing the point where he couldn't stay awake any longer. As his eyelids fluttered closed he hugged Antauri "Goodnight, Dad,"

Antauri hugged him back "Goodnight, Chiro. Rest well, my son," The two of them joined their comrades in sleep at the same time.

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Two days later

Chiro looked up at the Super Robot, now fully repaired. "There you go, Robot, good as new,"

Antauri hiked up the ridge to stand next to Chiro. "All systems are fully functional, including mine,"

Chiro smiled at him "Good to see you're back on your feet, Antauri,"

Gibson walked up to stand on Chiro's other side with Sparx a few steps behind him. "Yes but I have made a startling discovery. I examined the Mantadon's secretions and found they were once ordinary insects,"

Sparx saw a bug land on Gibson's head "You mean like the one on your head?"

Gibson looked up to see a bug that looked just like the Mantadons, only it was about the size of a very large grasshopper, had landed on his head. He jumped around trying to swat the bug. "AHH! I despise bugs!"

While Gibson was in hysterics, Antauri took it upon himself to explain what Gibson had told him while he was recovering from his system shutdown "Gibson found trace particles consistent with the Skeleton King Worm. He was the cause of the mutation that gave the Mantodons their size and ferocity,"

The others came up to join to join them "He's everywhere, he's not just destroying the cosmos, he's corrupting it,"

Chiro clenched his fist "Wherever we find Skeleton King, we'll beat him,"

They all nodded their agreement and went back to the Kathurian village to say goodbye.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXAt the Kathurian village

Nova and Dyna each shook hands with Tikudo while the taller male Kathurian smiled at them. "Nova, Dyna I will miss you,"

Nova smiled up at him "I'll miss you too,"

Dyna smiled up at him with her hands behind her back "Me too,"

She pulled a device that looked like a small laptop with a collapsible radio antenna attached to it. "Here, this is a long range communicator. You can use it to call us if you need to," she opened it up and showed him how to use it. "Just press this button and say who you want to call. Our comm. frequencies are already programmed into it so if you guys ever need anything…"

Tikudo took it and nodded. "Thank you, you have already done so much for us,"

The two female monkeys smiled and went back to where the others were waiting and waved to him one last time.

Dyna was muttering under her breath in a sing-song voice. "I got his number… I got his number…"

Sparx rolled his eyes "Oh for crying outloud!" both girls smacked him across the head with their tails, not even looking at him.

Mandarin stiffly walked out of the healer's hut with Artemis walking next to him in case he fell. He looked up at Surji when they passed her. "Thank you, Surji, for everything. I don't think I've ever healed this fast before in my life,"

Surji smiled "Your welcome, but the herbs I gave you only helped your body's natural healing process,"

"What was in that poultice anyway?"

"Well, let's see," Surji named off the ingredients "There was Vervain to help you rest while you healed, Yarrow to stem the bleeding, Catnip for pain relief and to keep insects away from the wound…"

"Whoa wait, catnip?" he looked around and saw a few Kathurians were sniffing the air and looking at him feverishly, a few of them gave aroused mewls. "Oh crap…" he slowly backed away before taking off as fast as he could run with stitches still in his chest in the direction of the Robot with several felines hot on his heels.

Sparx was laughing at his brother "Run, Mandarin, run!"

Nova looked over at Sparx "Uh Sparx, didn't Surji give you the same poultice when that fence came down on you?"

Sparx thought about it and realized he did have the same scent on him Mandarin did. "Uh… Hey, Mandarin, wait up!" he took off at a full sprint in the same direction Mandarin had gone with a few more Kathurians on his case.

While they ran through the bamboo jungle to lose their pursuers, Otto and Eclipse were saying goodbye to Koneko; Eclipse hugged him while he hugged back and Otto petted the white kitten's head, making him purr.

Thinking he'd leave his new little friend something to remember him by, Otto removed the metal cover over the tip of his tail and gave it to Koneko, who danced around holding the metal disc over his head, mewling with joy that he finally caught the shiny object he had been chasing since the monkeys arrived.

Chuckling at the cuteness, Otto picked him up "Ah, little guy…" he nuzzled him before setting him down so he could go show his mother his new shiny.

Surji was talking to Antauri, who looked up at her even though she knelt down on one knee to be closer to his level "Thank you for all your help, Surji. It was very gracious of you to treat us when so many in your village blamed us for all the trouble that had befallen them,"

Surji shook her head sadly "The Mantodons would have attacked our village regardless, they have been doing so every other night. The Mantodons just wanted an excuse to use excessive force and some of the villagers wanted someone to blame and we have all become wary of outsiders in our time under siege,"

The Kathurian healer smiled down at him "But that is all past now. If you monkeys are ever near Kathuri again don't be strangers. And I overheard Dyna give Tikudo a devise so we can communicate so if it isn't too much trouble…"

She let her question trail off but Antauri caught on and smiled "I'll be sure to call you around the time my twins are due, if that is what you wish,"

Surji nodded "Thank you, for everything,"

"Likewise,"

After almost all of the goodbyes were said, Chiro and the monkeys decided it was time for them to go. A few Kathurians escorted them, Nikita among them for she did not want to have to say goodbye until she absolutely had to.

At the foot of the Robot, Nikita said goodbye to each of the monkeys and the Technosimians, who went to their ship after saying their own goodbyes. When she got to Chiro, she reached up and removed a pendant from her neck. It was a small figurine of that statue in the village. "May Grupo be with you on your journey," she placed the pendant around his neck.

Chiro held the pendant in his hand for a moment and smiled up at her "Thank you, Nikita"

Nikita was confused, what had she done that he would be thanking her for? "For what?"

Chiro looked around at everyone gathered around them "For reminding us what really matters,"

Chiro and the Hyperforce monkeys boarded the Super Robot through the hatch in its foot and, once they made sure all of the Kathurians were clear, took off into the air to fly alongside the Technosimian's ship as the two vessels gained altitude until they breached the upper atmosphere and set course back on the trail of the Skeleton King Worm.

AN: Well, that's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long, now that Spring is springing up I might be busy for a while but I'll try to update when I can.

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