Second day of spring break, and so the second chapter in two days.
"There! Up ahead."
Antauri had finally spotted the right planet, having sensed Chiro's presence somewhere deep inside it.
Gibson landed the Super Robot as gently as he could, and the monkeys jumped out on to the soft ground of the new planet. The mud sank under their weight, and Sparx fell on top of Nova.
"Hey! I like this planet already!"
"Get off me, Sparx!"
The monkeys continued to trudge around a bit before Otto came upon a large tunnel.
"Hey, guys, I think you better come look at this!"
The tunnel sloped steeply downward, and it was too long and dark to see all the way down it. As the other monkeys arrived, Otto slid down a few feet into it to a small ledge.
"Should we go down it?"
Gibson was trying to judge the distance as best he could.
"I don't suppose we'll find Chiro anywhere up here, so why not? But I'm not sure how we'll get down there."
"Well, I think it's obvious."
Sparx ran forward, jumped into the tunnel, and proceded to slide all the way down it, headfirst. After a moment, the other monkeys heard a loud thump, suggesting he had landed, and his echoing voice from the bottom.
"It's okay! It's really soft down here."
The remaining four monkeys made their way down the tunnel much in the same fashion, Nova first, then Otto, and Gibson. They were surprised to see Antauri come down the same way Sparx had, headfirst. While they stood there, gaping at him, he simply dusted himself off.
"Everyone needs to have fun."
The bottom of the tunnel was another tunnel. This one was lit by torches every few feet along the walls, and they could see it was much longer than the one they had slid down. They downheartedly began to walk along the passageway, Antauri first, then Gibson, Otto, and Nova and Sparx walking together in the rear.
The walk was long, and they monkeys thoughts began to go back to their dreams. Each monkey was trying, in their own way, to sort out what their dreams meant. They still didn't know what the other monkey's dreams were, only that each one of them had had one.
When they stopped for a short rest, Otto suddenly spoke up.
"You guys all hated me."
And so it started. Every monkey shared what happened in their dream, hoping, somehow, that someone else would know what their's meant.
I think that one was a bit longer than my last chapter, but I'm not sure. R+R pleaszles...
