Chapter two! And it's still from Antauri's POV. Yeah, there'll be psychoness. Also, I'd like to thank my reviewers for liking my story and stuff. bows Thank you, thank you. And thanks to you, I decided to do more! At first, I wasn't completely sure if I should even post the story because in the first chapter, I already used up most of my ideas in about one or two days. --;; At least I didn't get a cramp from typing so much. And the fic is pretty fun to write so far.
Once again, thanks. ;)
"What's wrong, Otto," I asked the downtrodden green monkey in a soft and gentle voice as I placed my left hand on his right shoulder.
"I-it's… Just leave me alone." Otto cried out while nudging my hand away. We watch as he slowly struggled to stand up, his head still hanging low. Suddenly, he raised a fist, and the fist converted into a green razor saw. "Th-this isn't real. None of it is! It's all just a dream. I would kill all of you, then I would wake up as if all this never happened! Sprx would never kill somebody, no matter what. Mandarin would still be alive, and everything would be just fine."
He raised his head, revealing a malevolent look on his face and blood red eyes. He glared at me maliciously and shouted out, "and I'll start by destroying you!" He charged towards me with blazing speed, but I dodged to my right, just barely avoiding the razor-sharp blade.
"What the hell's bugging him," Nova asked, shocked and in anger from Otto's sudden change in mood. "He just went and started going psycho on us!"
I turned my head towards Nova and said, "Nova, Sprx's weird behavior started all this, and we've got to end it. But first…" Then we both hear a grinding sound, and simultaneously jumped over a green blur dashing at us. When we landed on the hard floor, knees to the floor, I continued. "We've got to stop him first."
Nova crossed her arms and replied, "I've practically broken his arm last time! Do I have to do it again? I mean, he's our friend." Her arms uncrossed as she gave a worried look. Then the green blur came for us again. "Look out," the yellow monkey warned as she converted her right arm into a giant, golden fist. Nova put the fist in front of her like a shield, and Otto's razor saw cut a deep scratch on the fist's metallic surface. A few seconds later, the screeching howl of the razor stopped suddenly.
Otto, with shock in his eyes, struggles to remove the blade from the back of Nova's hand. When he finally took it out, her hand started bleeding. I walked up to Nova, crouched down to her level, and examined the deep wound on her hand. "Nova, does this hurt," I interrogated as I gently touched the scratch, which made Nova wince a bit.
Nova nodded and admitted that it hurts pretty badly. "But it's as long as we're okay. Right?" The yellow monkey grinned happily, and I replied by giving her a tiny smile. She giggled and said, "C'mon! Crack up a big ol' smile for once in your life." Then she stretched out the sides of my mouth with her fingers, making a cheesy-looking smile. Everybody else laughed at this, especially Otto. So I joined the crowd by giving a smile and laughing with the others.
The seemingly endless laughter stopped shortly after Sprx entered the room. "Sorry to interrupt you guys, but…"
Otto had a worried look on his face. "But what…?"
Sprx gave an exasperated sigh and replied, "Never mind. I'm going out."
"But--"
"Just shut up!" The red monkey converted both of his hands into red magnets, created a large ball of electric energy about twice my size, and threw it onto Otto. The impact caused Otto's body to throw itself back hard against the wall, leaving a big dent. Otto slid down the wall to the floor, with blood trailing off his back onto the wall.
"Otto," I shouted in surprise as I turned to face Sprx. "Sprx, you bastard! He cared for you as a friend, and what do you do? You kill him! How do you live with yourself for killing a fellow partner and best friend! What do you have to say about this?" My eyes flared a magenta-red hue as my anger burned inside as my hands transformed to long, shining claws.
Sprx gave me a smirk and laughed. I felt confused as to why. When he stopped suddenly, he walked out of the room. I looked over to Otto, my eyes back to their normal color, he said wearily, "A-Antauri… You… don't need to… worry… I'm… fine. Just…" Otto stood up, supported by his hand holding onto the wall, and continued, "A small scratch." I walked up to him and noticed a large wound on his back, still wet with thick blood.
"No, you're not okay," Nova shouted as she ran up to us. She grabbed Otto by the collar with one hand, and set back her other fist. "You had us all worried, you fucked-up bastard!" She punches Otto in the face while she clutched onto his collar tighter. "First Sprx, now you! You're both psychos!" She dropped the beaten green monkey to the floor and ran out of the room.
After a short while, Chiro said he had to go home because of the time and left. We said our good-byes, and he left. As I helped support Otto walk back to our sleeping quarters, Gibson placed his arm behind Otto's back, and we walked out of the room together.
When we reached the room with our sleeping quarters, Gibson and me gently placed Otto onto his quarters. Gibson he turned away from me, and he asked, "Antauri, may I speak to you?" Hearing this, I walked up to Gibson. "Obviously, something's wrong with Sprx, yet my tracking device didn't detect him anywhere near Skeleton King. Although, I still think he's working with someone else. As in, someone who wants to destroy us. Tests must be taken first thing tomorrow."
Following along his words, I nodded, actually unsure about the idea.
… Is there really anything I have to say? --;; DPObsessee, you're right about Antauri being slightly OoC. He is really calm during situations, but at least I got that part sort of right. Note, sort of.