Letting out a wide yawn, Sky sat up and stretched as far as she could without upsetting her wound. For a moment she gazed around the lab sleepily, her eyes drooping lazily.

"That was probably the best sleep I've ever had on a medical bed…" She thought.

Suddenly her eyes snapped open and she angrily snapped her fingers.

"Dang it! How'd Gibson get me to sleep?" She yelled.

Sky glanced at the test tubes on the near table suspiciously. As carefully as she could she got off of the table and tip-toed to the testing area. Picking up a clear tube with a brown powder she raised an eyebrow and shook it lightly. After a moment of staring at it she smelled the substance, careful not to inhale too much.

Immediately she got a strong whiff of chocolate, honey, and perhaps some spices. At the same time though her tense muscles were beginning to relax and her eyes fluttered sleepily.

"I knew it, he drugged me! Oh, he doesn't know who he's messing with…" She grabbed a few tubes that were also containing some chemicals and a few ingredients from the top shelf.

She stopped as her hand touched a piece of paper on the table. It had her name written neatly in cursive on the top of the folded paper in black ink. Sky opened it up and read the inside.

"Sky,

I know you didn't want to sleep knowing that I would be alone, and I dearly appreciate it. Your wound is healing incredibly, but I didn't want to risk you getting hurt so I went to drastic measures. I personally never like drugging anyone, but I truly care about you enough to ignore what I go against.

Hope you slept well,

Love,

Gibson.

Sky's temper simmered down immediately as she smiled at the note.

"Love, Gibson?" She whispered suspiciously.

She hugged the sheet of paper like a school girl would hug a teddy and sighed.

"He's so sweet."

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Maia stood up from her lotus position and hugged her sister lightly.

"Good to see you're up." She said quietly.

"What time is it?" Sky asked as she yawned.

"Noon." Gibson said from his chair, "How'd you sleep?" he asked.

Sky crossed her arms over her chest, "Fine, thanks to you." she hinted.

Gibson chuckled lightly and continued reading a book he had in his hand.

"Huh?" Maia asked.

"Oh, I'll explain everything… Get Nita, to your room and I'll tell all of you everything." She said.

Maia left the main room and headed toward the training room where Nova and Nita were. Sky tip-toed to Gibson's chair and looked over his shoulder.

"What cha reading?" She whispered.

"Book of poems… Nova said I would probably be interested." He replied.

"Thanks for the note, I was about to get you back before I saw it."

Gibson nodded, "I thought you would if I didn't at least explain my reason for forcing you to sleep."

Sky smiled knowingly, "I wondered about the last two lines though…"

The indigo simians face paled a bit. "Which ones?" he asked.

"'Love, Gibson.'" She said teasingly.

Before he could answer she quickly kissed him on his cheek and ran off toward the battle ship.

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"Just so you know we're leaving tomorrow." Maia said after Sky explained everything.

Nita crossed her arms and pouted, "Why? I was just getting to know Otto. And I wanted to taunt Sky and her new BF!"

Sky simply smiled, she didn't care what her sister said about her and Gibson anymore. It didn't make a difference now.

"I'd like to go around the universe again, personally. There are plenty of new planets we can visit close to Shuggazoom." She said.

"You didn't expect us to live here did you Nita?" Maia added.

Nita twiddled with her thumbs and sighed unhappily, "I really like Otto… more than a crush. It'll be harder to leave now…"

Sky started thinking the same, but quickly remembered that Maia and Antauri were separated longer than anyone could remember.

"I know… but don't you wanna hit the road for a few more years before we actually pick a place to live?" Maia asked the two of them

"And we'll visit every once and a while, you're not separated forever." She added.

Nita smiled hopefully, "Sure… but when we do decide to actually live, we're living here! No exceptions!"

"Duh!" Maia exclaimed, "I can't live forever without Antauri you know."

The three smiled happily, knowing they had everything sorted out perfectly.

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All she wanted was darkness, so a cave was suited for her. Marika picked a smallish cave in the forgotten lands where the jungle was the thickest. Although the Monkey Team and her sisters would guess she was here, she knew that her twin would ask the others to leave her to herself.

Entering the cave she took a deep breath of fresh air.

"I'm free…" she thought.

"Who goes there?" Said a voice as a figure showed up in the darkness.

Marika stood still, not being in the mood for fighting, but she didn't even flinch at the cruel voice.

"Names Marika, and you?" she said calmly.

A black and white eye showed in the darkness as a boney hand reached out to shake Marika's.

"Mandarin."

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It's short but whatever. R&R Please!!