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Skeleton King smiled triumphantly as his army made its way towards the city. He stood on a vast moving platform, his cape bellowed behind him in the wind. Mandarin was crouched at his feet, waiting impatiently for the battle to start. Skeleton King chuckled at his minion's skittishness.
"Calm down Mandarin, you will get your chance to fight shortly." Skeleton King ordered. "You will get to fill your blood lust soon." The orange monkey simply grunted in reply and stood on guard. Skeleton King's grin widened as he turned back towards the approaching city. As his forces made their way across the bridge, he noticed something odd.
The end of the bridge was not empty like he had expected. In fact, it was blocked off by soldiers. The Hyper Force and its allies stood defiantly at the end, blocking the Skeleton King from entering. He growled in irritation as Mandarin started yelling.
"I thought you said they wouldn't stand up to us!" Mandarin snapped, forgetting who he was talking too. "You said we would be able to walk right into the city! You said-" Skeleton King used the end of his scepter to smash it hard against Mandarin's skull. The already unstable clone wobbled for a moment, almost losing his shape entirely. He grabbed his head in pain as he finally gained control of himself and some kind of form.
"Shut, up." Skeleton King issued shortly while he got a better look at the Hyper Force. After a moment of glaring, a smile slowly spread across his face. He saw exactly what he wanted and looked down to the grumbling Mandarin. "Patience, it seems the Hyper Force is not entirely their selves right now." he chuckled a moment before continuing. "Or maybe they are too close to their true natures." He laughed manically at the pun that Mandarin didn't understand as the orange crony slowly stood up and looked towards the Monkey Team confused.
The Hyper Force stood unsure on the front lines. Everyone was looking to the monkey standing in front of them. They tried not to be unnerved by the fact that Chiro was not leading the team for once and that the silver second-in-command was no where to be seen.
Gidget had her arms crossed and an uncaring look on her face as the opposing army approached. Otto stood not far from her side, constantly giving her worried glances. Chiro was to her opposite side, looking fidgety and down-heartened. Jinmay next to him, her arms crossed in anger as she glared daggers at Skeleton King. The goofily grinning Gibson stood beside a skittish Sparx who was next to a nervous Nova. These three made up the row behind the first four. They made sure they were far enough away from the rest of the Skeleton King Resistance Force to talk without fear of being over heard. Finally Sparx voiced the question on everyone's mind.
"Um, are you sure this is the best place for us to be Gidget?" He asked nervously. She glanced back for a moment and then returned her attention to the front of her again while she answered.
"I'm positive this is the best defensive position we can have." She answered much like her posture, bored. "As the Skeleton King tries to get in, we can bottleneck his forces and pick them off one by one."
"And what if we are over whelmed?" Jinmay asked with a hint of venom in her voice. "We would have just wasted the entire fighting force of Shugazoom on a sketchy technique." Gidget blessed her with a full body turn as she shrugged indifferently and then turned back around once again.
"If we can't hold off his forces long enough for the Super Robot to be returned to working order, then we don't deserve the city." She said shortly as everyone on the team gasped. She had become so uncaring as to the destiny of the city, it was unnerving the already worried team. But Otto gasped for a different reason entirely.
"The Super Robot?" He repeated unsurely. Gidget looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, the Super-" She echoed when Otto cut her off again.
"Since when do you call him 'THE Super Robot'?" Otto asked surprised. "I've always just heard you refer to him as 'Super Robot' or 'S.R' or some other silly pet name." Gidget looked at him a moment before shrugging.
"Who cares? It's only a robot after all." She said while turning back around. That was the final flag if anyone needed it, Gidget had changed. And though it hadn't been proven if the rest of the team's change was bad, that was certainly a good indicator that Gidget's was not.
"You're a horrible person." A voice whispered in Gidget's mind. "Do you even care what happens to your friends? Your home? Your life?" It hissed at her as she subconsciously batted it away.
Shut it. She retaliated at the voice. To be honest I could care less what happened to them. Why should I?
"Why should you!" It growled at her angrily. "Maybe because they are your family. I can't even believe that you would say-" With a internal hand wipe, the voice stopped as Gidget turned her attention back to the approaching army. The team stood there with heavy hearts as they watched Skeleton King advance on their city.
Oh I am simply terrible about these cliffhangers aren't I? Well next chapter will be the start of the next episode and have some serious butt kicking in it. Oh what fun!
Any hoo, just in case you guys were wondering about the poll I've had up for the past month, I shall announce the winners! The pole was "Who is your favorite Gidget pairing?" Whether that pairing is love or friendship.
Tied for 1st was GibsonxGidget and OttoxGidget!
NovaxGidget and GenesisxGidget sisterhood was a close second,
And surprise for me, MandarinxGidget took 3rd! This was a joke people! Why in the world did you vote for this?
Well since we have a tie, I'll post a new poll of just Gibson and Otto and you guys can pick which one you like the most. Ta-ta for now!~