Chapter Thirteen

And…Whoo-hoo!

Half way up the hill, Oliver heard a sad tune, he followed it up the hill and to a small roof covered plat-form. Gizmo was sitting on the ground of it, playing a guitar and humming.

"Nice song you're playing there."

Gizmo jumped at the voice.

"What do you want?" She hissed.

"I wanted to say I'm sorry…I shouldn't have asked about him. And I'm really sorry for whatever else you're mad at me for. Please, forgive me?"

Gizmo thought for a second.

"Fine." She said, continuing on her guitar.

"Good." Oliver sat down next to her. "What you playing there?"

"A song I'm making up."

"Can I hear it?"

Gizmo shot up.

"Uh…sure."

"What's it about?"

"Otto. And how I feel."

"Are you sure you'll be okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I'll be okay."

Gizmo started to play her guitar, Oliver picked up the lyric sheet and read along. (.com/watch?v=-OodbKRHfts)

G: There's a gold frame/That sits by the window/And my heart breaks/A little more each time I try/To picture the memory insideO: There's an old book/That's too hard to read it/But if you look/You'll see how you look through my eyesBoth: By now one more chapter's gone by/And I know/(Chorus) It's time to move on/Even though I'm not ready/I've got to be strong/And trust where you're heading/And even though it's not easy (It's not easy)/I know the right/Kind of love (End)/Is the love that let's go, go G: There's an old dance/That we've done forever/You give me your hand/But let me decide when to reach/You always let me be me/But now's my time to take chances/And find my own wings/And whatever happens/I know you'll be waiting for meBoth: (Chorus)/Doesn't wanna miss the future/By staying in the past/It will always hold on/But never hold you back/And even though it's not easy (It's not easy)/I know the right kind of love/Is the love that lets go, go (It's time to move on)/With the love that let's go

After the song ended, Gizmo and Oliver starred into each others eyes. They leaned in for a kiss, but then some thing stopped them.

"Hey Gizmo! Come on, it's lunch time!" Elella shouted.

Gizmo leaned back, away from Oliver. They stood up.

"Coming!" She starred at Oliver with soft eyes. "We better go."

"That was a nice song, and you have a beautiful voice."

"Thanks, so do you."

"Do you really miss him?"

"Who? Otto? No."

"You sure don't act that way."

"Well, he's always here."

Then Oliver spotted the jade ring Gizmo wore on her left hand.

"Hey, I have a ring just like that." Oliver said holding Gizmo's hand up to his face to get a better look.

"Otto gave it to me. It's got an in-graving on the inside." Gizmo pulled off the ring and read the inside. "Gizmo X Otto. 4Ever Love."

"I wonder if I have one too." Oliver dug in his pocket and pulled out a jade ring.

"May I see?" Oliver handed the ring to Gizmo, who held it up and saw something. "Otto X Gizmo. 4Ever Love. Ah! It's the same!"

Oliver sat down on the plat-form again, holding his head. Gizmo bent down in front of him.

"Are you okay?"

"I don't too good. A little dizzy."

Then Oliver fell backward.

"Oliver! Oh no. Seala! Seala, hurry!"

Inside the kitchen…

"Seala! Seala, hurry!"

"Gizmo?" Melodie asked.

Seala opened the door and looked up the hill.

"Something's going on up there! Gibson, grab my bag!"

"But-"

"Oliver's the one's that hurt…hurry!"

Gibson ran into the living room and Seala ran outside and up the hill. When Seala got to the top, Oliver was glowing.

"Seala, what's going on?"

"I'm not sure. Gibson! Hurry with my bag!"

Gibson got to the top of the hill, everyone else behind him, and saw the same as the girls. Gizmo was sitting next to Oliver, fiddling with his hair.

"Will he be okay?"

"I'm not sure Gizmo. Gibson, my bag?"

"Right here."

Seala grabbed her bag and dug around in it for a minute.

"Seala?" Seala looked at her sister. "It is Otto. He has the jade ring, with the same in-graving."

Seala fell quiet, so did everyone else. Seala dropped her bag on the ground.

"So it is him. Did he hurt you?"

"No…he would never do that to me." Gizmo was still fiddling with Oliver's hair.

After a few minutes, the glowing stopped and Oliver had changed. His dark brown hair was now green, his clothes had changed into a light green sweatshirt, white jeans, white and green finger-less gloves, and white and green sneakers.

"Oh my. It is him." Seala said.

Gizmo jumped up and started jumping around.

"Ah! He's back! He's back! You were right Seala, he did come back! Ah!"

After a second, there was a light groaning. Oliver started to sit up, in pain from his headache.

"What happened?" It was Otto's voice. Otto looked up. "Hey, how'd I get here?" Then he saw the others. "Why are you all starring at me like that?"

"Otto! Ah!" Gizmo shouted hugging him making him fall backward.

"Gizmo? What's going on? Where are we?"

They sat up.

"We're in Martinique. Do you remember anything?" Gizmo asked.

"Uh…my head. It's all a big blur."

Gibson sat down next to Otto and put a hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Mandra turned you evil."

"What? Aw, man! Don't tell me I hurt you guys!"

"You did. But not any more." Gizmo said.

"I'm glad you're back." Gibson added.

Otto smiled, and tried to stand up, but only to fall back down.

"You should take it easy for a minute Otto. You had a hard time the past few days." Antauri said.

"Right Antauri. Oh man, my head feels like I got ran over by a-"

"Steam roller?" Gizmo asked.

"Yeah. How'd you know?"

"That's how my heart felt the past few days."

"I'm sorry. You know I never want to hurt any of you, especially you Gizmo."

"We know. You just sit here for a bit. We'll go have lunch." Melodie said winking at Gizmo.

"What'cha eating?"

"Spaghetti." Gizmo answered.

"I'm coming!" Otto tried to stand up again, but fell back down. "Or…maybe I'm not."

"Come here. I'll help ya. Oooo….wait a second! I got a great idea!"

"What?" Elella asked.

"We can have a picnic! Right here!"

"That's a great idea Gizmo. You stay here with Otto and we'll go get the picnic basket." Carbon said pulling everyone down the hill.

Half way down the hill, Chiro pulled back on his sister's arm.

"Carbon, we don't know if Otto is good yet. We shouldn't have left those two up there by themselves."

"If Otto was still evil, don't you think he would've attacked as soon as he woke up? And Otto would have been talking to us, plus his eyes would be red, not the brown color they are now."

"Okay, you got me there."

Then they all walked into the kitchen.

Up on the hill…

Gizmo was sitting next to Otto.

"So, what exactly happened?" Otto asked.

"Nothing. I don't want to talk about it."

"Okay. Hmmm…Can I ask one thing?"

"Sure."

"How did I get here?"

"I'm not sure how you got to Martinique, but you thought your name was Oliver."

"Oliver?"

"Yeah, I thought it was cute. But you kept talking Otto, I mean you. I got mad and came up here to play a song I made about you. Then Oliver came up and talked for a bit, then we sang the song and we almost kissed."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"No, I would've liked that…since it was from you."

"Hmmm…I guess I must've made you upset while I was gone, huh?"

"A little."

"How much is a little?"

"Enough to cry for a whole four hours."

"Oh." Otto started to get angry.

"Otto? Are you okay?"

"No, I'm not! Stupid Mandra mad me hurt you, all of you and now-Ugh!"

"It's okay. We'll be alright now that you're back."

"But it's not alright! I hurt my family, my friends. What did she do that? What did we ever do?"

"That was the same question I asked after you left. Felt angry, but not with you, with Mandra and Mandarin. They didn't only hurt us, they hurt you too."

"Okay, we got lunch!" Chiro shouted coming up the hill.

The two that were left there didn't seem happy to have lunch there like they usually do.

"You two okay?" Carbon asked.

Otto stood up and walked over to the other side of the hill top.

"Is he okay?"

"He's mad at the two for turning him evil."

"Aw, poor Otto. Did you talk to him?"

"Yeah, I said we'd be alright since he's back, but he started…yelling."

"Yelling? I've never know Otto to yell before. Well, I mean be mad enough to yell." Chiro said.

"Yeah, me neither." Gizmo agreed hugging her knees.

"He'll be fine. Come on, you must be hungry." Carbon said.

"A little. Hey, where'd he go?"

The two teens looked at where Otto was standing and he was gone. Gizmo stood up and walked over to where Otto was standing. She looked down the hill and saw him laying there.

"Otto!" She ran down the hill and landed on her knees. "Otto? Wake up! This is no time for sleeping!"

Otto groaned awake again.

"What just happened?"

"Don't scare me like that!"

"Gizmo, what's wrong with me?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I feel sorta…weak."

"Just sit tight. I'll get Seala."

Gizmo started to run up the hill, when Otto grabbed her hand.

"I can't stop my hand Gizmo."

"That's because I control your every move."

Gizmo looked at the source of the voice and saw "Mandarin!"

"Yes, and now you will be destroyed by your boyfriend."

Otto slammed Gizmo to the ground and he stood up.

"I'm sorry Gizmo! I can't stop myself!"

Top of the hill…

The others were sitting around, waiting for Gizmo and Otto to come back up when they heard screaming at the bottom. Chiro and Carbon ran to see what was going on. When they did, they saw Otto and Gizmo fighting.

"What the heck is he doing?" Carbon asked.

"I don't know, but we're going to stop him. Teams-"

"Team-Uh?"

Then both teens talked in unison.

"Team! We need to help Gizmo! Monkeys Mobilize!" Then Chiro and Carbon changed into their team uniforms.

Everyone raced down the hill and started to attack Otto while Seala and Melodie helped Gizmo.

"Are you okay Gizmo?" Melodie asked.

"I'm fine. Ah! No!" Gizmo jumped in front of Otto, protecting him.

"Gizmo! What are you doing?"

"Otto's not the problem! Mandarin, over there!" Gizmo said protecting herself from attacks from Otto.

"Team! Get Mandarin! Gizmo's got it over here!" Carbon ordered.

The team attacked Mandarin, trying to get the remote controlling Otto.

"Otto! Fight it!" Gizmo shouted.

"I-I can't!"

"Try! Please!"

Otto tried so hard, but couldn't and ended up trying slice Gizmo. Gizmo dodged, by got hit in the arm.

"Gizmo! No!"

"I'm fine! Keep trying!"

Otto kept trying as he fought Gizmo. (There was a song playing in the background. This is the link: .com/watch?v=Xet8TS-_SPw ) When the song ended, Gizmo kissed Otto. But Otto, Mandarin still having control, hit Gizmo in the back with one of his saws. Gizmo tried to hold on, while Carbon smashed the remote Mandarin had, making Otto have control again. He changed his hands back and Gizmo fell to the ground.

"No…Gizmo." Otto turned toward Mandarin, anger in his eyes.

"Oh boy. Otto's mad now." Carbon said.

"What? Oh man. Team! Fall back!" Chiro ordered.

Everyone raced back to Gizmo and Otto. Otto was about to jump Mandarin when Antauri, Sprx, Gibson, and Chiro held him down. Mandarin got away.

"Otto, stand down!" Chiro ordered.

"I've had it with him!"

"I got that Otto! Let him go for now! That's an order!" Chiro shouted.

Otto stopped struggling and the four let go. Otto stood up and walked over to Gizmo.

"Will she be okay?"

"I think so. Carbon, could you go get my bag. Get the berries."

"Right away Seala." Carbon said running up the hill.

"Melodie, do you want to heal her?"

Melodie nodded and kneeled next to Gizmo.

"Seala, help me turn her over."

Seala and Melodie turned Gizmo over and changed Gizmo back to her original form and so did Melodie. Seala stood back and pulled Otto back a bit.

Flower, gleam and glowLet your power shineMake the clock reverseBring back what once was mineHeal what has been hurtChange the fates' designSave what has been lostBring back what once was mineWhat once was mine

After Melodie was done singing, Gizmo's wound still hadn't disappeared.

"What? She shouldn't have the wound anymore." Melodie said.

"Maybe you didn't sing it right." Chiro said.

"No, I always sing it the same."

"Melodie, remember? You can't sing it twice in one day." Blaze said.

"That's right. I forgot."

That's when Carbon ran back down with Seala's bag.

"You tried singing?" Carbon asked.

"Yes."

"Here. Try this. Seala made it whenever you need it."

"That's right. The healing potion. I forgot about that!"

Melodie took a small blue vial from Carbon's hand and opened it. Melodie poured it on Gizmo's cut and, in a blink of an eye, the cut was gone. Melodie turned Gizmo back over, and she started to wake up slowly, and weakly.

"Gizmo!" Otto hugged Gizmo.

"Oh, Otto?"

"Yeah, yeah…it's me."

Gizmo sat up and the two starred at each other.

"Ah! You're okay!" Gizmo shouted.

"I'm okay? You're okay. I'm so sorry."

Gizmo pushed away with a confused look on her face.

"What are you talking about?"

"About hurting you."

"You didn't really have a chose because Mandarin was controlling you. Ow, my arm."

"Let me get that." Seala said starting to patch up the cut.

"Thanks sis."

Otto stood up and started to walk up the hill when someone caught his arm. He turned around and saw Gibson.

"Otto, where are you going?"

"Just on a walk."

"May I join you?"

Otto looked surprise, then smiled.

"Sure."

Then the two walked away, letting Chiro know first.