Annime: Hello!

Chiro: I wonder what the "BOOM" was.

Sprx: Annime doesn't own SRMTHFG or anything belonging to someone else.

Chapter 12

Chiro looked around to see everyone screaming in panic.

"What's going on? What was that explosion?" Chiro asked out loud. No one seemed to hear him as they continued to go rapid on the streets.

The parade had stopped in its tracks. People who were sitting on the floats had jumped off to join the crying crowd.

Chiro searched through everyone looking for the monkey team. He started to move around to find them, but stopped before he went too far. If the team were looking for him they would find him easier. Also, the mob may run him over…that wouldn't be very fun.

Chiro turned in circles trying to find anyone from the team. Finally, Antauri came into view. The teen sighed with relief and flew his hand up into the air.

"Antauri, I'm over here!" Chiro called out to the black simian. Antauri turned to where he heard Chiro's voice and smiled in relief. Chiro ran towards the second in command and smiled at him. "I was wondering when I was going to find SOMEONE!"

Antauri nodded in agreement. "Yes, but now we must find the other so we can go handle the problem."

Chiro nodded and started to help Antauri look through the crowd. Apparently Antauri was following the same idea as Chiro had.

The other hyper force members came running towards the two, scaring Chiro a little bit. He hadn't seen them and then they were suddenly there!

"Are we going to take care of the problem or what, Antauri?" Sprx asked impatiently.

Antauri nodded and then used his jet to float a little into the air. He placed his hands under Chiro's arms and started to pick him up. Chiro closed his eyes, still a little nervous of going into the air. Slowly, his feet lifted off the ground and they were in midair. Chiro kept his eyes closed until Antauri announced they were almost at their destination. Chiro peeked at the ground and regretted ever opening his eyes.

Everything under them was destroyed. Houses, cars, office buildings, and stores were all fragments of what they once were. Chiro swallowed hard as he closed his eyes tighter. The people who were there, in those buildings, could all be very hurt…or even worse. Antauri sensed Chiro's stress and sped up a bit so that they could get there faster.

"We are here, Chiro," Antauri spoke as he placed Chiro's feet onto the ground. Chiro cracked open his eyes again and found a huge crater right in front of him. His jaw dropped at the size of it.

"Oh no," the teen whispered as he took a small step forward. "Who would do something like this?"

"Skeleton King," Nova spat. "He wouldn't need a single reason to bomb some random area of the city."

Chiro's eyes glazed over. A memory of when he said something somewhat similar flashed in his mind. But, before anyone could say anything, Chiro was kicked in the back. A maniacal laugh filled the air as it echo for a moment. Chiro landed on his face. Growling, the teen shot up and turned to meet face to face with his attacker.

An orange monkey snickered as he eyed Chiro up and down. Chiro's eyes glazed over in confusion.

"Mandarin, what do u want?" hissed the boy as realization enfolded him. "Why are you here?"

The monkey team was surprised by the fact that Chiro knew who Mandarin was, but this was no time to question it.

But, Mandarin did it anyway.

"So, the hairless monkey knows who I am just by looking at me?" Mandarin chuckled. "It looks like there are still some bugs in my newest time traveling device, just like the last. How sad; I thought this would work for sure."

Chiro growled. Rage flooded over him. How could this person-simian make him so anger when this was the first time he had ever seen him? And, how did he know that this was Mandarin? Confusion mixed with his anger as he went into a defensive position.

"So, you are still confused?" Mandarin teased. "Maybe it wasn't a complete failure after all."

Chiro couldn't control his anger any longer. He launched himself at the orange monkey, causing Mandarin to become shocked. Chiro knocked Mandarin down and they went rolling. They punched and kicked until they were broken up by the monkey team. Then Nova, Sprx, and Otto attacked while Antauri and Gibson held Chiro back.

"You are not ready to fight him yet, Chiro," Gibson told the boy.

Chiro growled, still trying to get out of their grip.

"I think you forget I've fought him before." Once these words left Chiro's mouth he froze. Memories of him fighting Mandarin after he had taken down the Supreme Destructor flashed in his mind. Giving a little shutter, he took a step back.

"Chiro," Gibson said confused. "What do you mean you fought Mandarin before?"

Chiro shook his head. "N-never mind."

Antauri squeezed the teen's arm determined to get Chiro to talk to them.

"No, Chiro, tell us."

Chiro looked at Antauri. His stubborn nature was giving in under the pressure of the black simian.

"I just remembered something," Chiro answered. "No big deal." Chiro messaged his temples with his index finger and thumb. His eyes were closed so he wasn't able to see the smiles that had spread across the two simians' faces.

"What else do you remember, Chiro?" Gibson questioned.

Chiro shook his head. "All my memories are mixing together, so it's hard to tell which one was when I met you or if it was after Mandarin changed time."

Antauri turned towards the other three. They were handling Mandarin very well. The evil monkey wasn't able to get past them as Gibson and Antauri tended to Chiro.

"Chiro, you have to try," Antauri told the boy.

Chiro winced. "Antauri, it hurts to try."

"But if you let it settle while there is no organization you may never go back to normal."

Before Chiro could say anything more, Mandarin found his way through Nova, Sprx, and Otto and flew at Chiro.

Annime: This is gonna suck!

Chiro: Why?

Annime: Because right now I can't even get on my account to do ANYTHING!

Chiro: Why not?

Annime: It's an error…it kinda stinks.

Otto: Please review!