Chapter Twenty-Four

India

"But then I could hurt her again Melodie! That's what I mean! She gets hurt and heals, then gets hurt again because of me! It's always me!"

Sprx sat on the ground and put his head on his knees, holding his head down.

"No it's not Sprx." A voice said.

Sprx looked up and…could see a pair of pink eyes, weakness and pain going through them.

"Nova!" Sprx shot up to his feet.

"Hi." Her voice coming out weak and tired.

Sprx hugged Nova gently.

"I was so worried about you."

"I could tell."

"I thought I lost you again, but this time forever."

"I'm all right Sprx. Just a bad side wound. Nothing that bad."

Sprx let go, looking at the wound.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive. I'll be fine after a good night sleep. And seriously? I don't get hurt because of you. You are actually the one who saves me."

"What do you mean? Everytime you get hurt, I'm there causing it."

"Nope. All of those are accidents, not your fault…they're no one's fault."

"But-"

"Oh be quiet and get over it."

They started walking back to the hotel for a night's sleep.

"So…where'd you two go after the restaurant?" Gizmo asked, after a long silence.

"Us? Well, I was just taking a walk when Nova comes running down the street, getting me to stop." Sprx started.

"And then we started walking down the street together, when I saw this cart with all these crazy hats and sunglasses on it."

"I got a camera."

"He took crazy pictures of me and him."

"Aw…you two are so cute." Gizmo said.

"Yeah…and then Nova heard this music in the park and pulled me over. And we started listening to the music together."

"And then Sprx ran off to—Where did you run off to?"

"Oh…I…uh…saw this cart going by the concert and went to get this for you." Sprx said holding out the golden rose charm.

"Oh Sprx. It's beautiful."

"I got it for you. For the charm bracelet I got you last summer."

Nova held out the wrist with the bracelet on it and Sprx clipped the charm on a loop.

"Thank you. I love it."

"I thought you might."

Then for the rest of the way, Sprx and Nova held hands. After everyone had gone to sleep, girls in one room and boys in another, there was light screaming from two individuals in each room. They were tossing and turning, screaming lightly. Chiro and Carbon were having the same dream, but in different points of view.

"Chiro? Where are you?" Carbon called.

The area was dusty and sandy and hot. Carbon was walking, wearing a hat.

"I'm over…here." Chiro called back, weak from whatever happened to him.

"Where? I can't see you!"

"I'm over here!"

"Chiro! Chiro, keep talking! I'll follow your voice!"

"Here!"

"I see you!" Carbon ran over to Chiro, who was in pretty bad shape. "I got'cha."

"My leg. I think it's broken."

"No worries. I'll just—Hey! My communicator's gone!"

"Mine too. Let's head for the Robots…over there."

"Right. Come on. Up you go." Carbon helped Chiro up and walk toward the Robots.

When they were a few feet in front of them, there was a loud alarm.

"What is that?" Chiro asked.

"It sounds like an-"

Then the Robots exploded, sending the two far away. Everything just faded, like an old movie film burning on scene, as the two woke up screaming from their nightmares.

"Carbon!" Melodie shouted in the girls' room.

"Chiro?" Antauri in the boys' room.

"Are you okay?" They both asked the one teen in their room.

"I thought I heard a scream from the other room." The teen answered.

Everyone ran out of their rooms and into the hallway, only to bump into their "other selves". Chiro and Carbon sat up, rubbing their heads, then they stood up and looked at each other.

"Hey. Are you okay? Yeah why? I heard you scream." Then they noticed them talking at the same time. "That's creepy. Stop it! Quit it! Stop repeating everything I say!" Then they both growled.

"Wow…it's the kid in stereo." Sprx joked.

"Yeah. Nice impression kiddette."

"I'm not trying to do it…I guess Chiro and I really are siblings."

"Yeah, really. We said the same exact thing."

Carbon smiled, then frowned.

"Are you sure you're okay Chiro?" Carbon asked.

"Yeah…I sort of had a nightmare."

Then Carbon popped up.

"What was it about?" Carbon asked.

"Well, you were there. We were stranded on this desert plain."

"And it was really hot and sandy and dusty. And the teams weren't there, you broke your leg?"

"Yeah…and you came and helped me out and—"

"And you suggested going to Robots and searching for the teams? And when we were a few feet away—"

"A loud alarm went off and the Robots exploded!" The two finished.

Carbon and Chiro had a weird feeling about this.

"How did you know about my nightmare?" Chiro asked.

"Because I had the same exact one! Oh wow…this is weird." Carbon answered.

"You two had the same nightmare? Is that even possible?" Nova asked.

"Yes…I believe Seala called it-"

"Twin psychicablity." Seala said, finishing Melodie's sentence. "When twins are together for a long enough time, they will start to have the same dreams, thoughts, and sometimes even sights."

"Whoa…wait. So Carbon and I…we could've just been connected through our brain?" Chiro asked.

"More like brain patterns." Carbon said. Everyone, the HF, gave her a confused look. "Hey, Melodie and I are the only two on my team who actually listen to Seala's lectures!" Carbon snapped.

"Hey, I do too…when I'm around." Jin said.

Carbon smiled nervously.

"Wait…so our brain patterns connected us…to have the same exact dream?" Chiro asked, still confused on the whole concept.

"Yeah. I think I read in a magazine once, that twins can have same feelings as well, or tell if there's something wrong with the one of them. Like, if you were stranded on a desert and something was wrong, like your leg was broken, I would feel it. Well…actually, now that I mention it, I did feel you hurt."

"Weird. Well, at least we got a connection."

"Yes…but the dreams may get weirder and harder to take in." Seala said.

"Seala and Gizmo get the same thing because they're twins too." Carbon explained after a minute.

"They're twins? But how?" Chiro asked.

"They were born on the same day, year, and month, duh! How do you think we're twins?"

"I get that. I meant, how did you know?"

"Oh…well, Seala and Gizmo found it out when they wanted to know when their birthdays were."

"Which is?" Antauri asked.

"February 15th. We don't need a year." Seala said.

"Yeah. The year's pretty bad."

"But the funny thing is…we were born in the year of the monkey." Seala giggled.

"Yeah. And we are monkeys."

"The year of the monkey? What? Okay, now you're making things up." Sprx said.

"No way. It's the Chinese Zodiac symbol. Each year is a different animal." Seala started.

"Yeah. There's monkey, of course, and dragon, ram, boar, rabbit, dog, horse, snake, rat, ox, tiger, and rooster. Only twelve signs in the whole chart." Gizmo added.

"We'll explain more in China."

"Aren't we going there next Seala?"

"Yes, we are. Oh Melodie! You are gonna love this stop!" Seala said excited.

"I hope so."