Note: Second chapter. Sorry if Antauri or anyone gets OoC. This first part is while he's unconscious. Just so you know, the sun sets around 7:00 for this story.

Chapter 2: It begins

What happened?

A voice answers, "You have been cursed"

Cursed?

Yes, you were given the demon's curse. By day you are normal, for the most part, but by night you are a demon.

What? Who gave me this curse?

That, you will find out on your own. There is more to this curse than just being a demon but there is only so much I can tell you and some things it would be better you found out yourself.


Antauri groaned as he slowly woke up, his body was sore all over. He lifted himself up and looked at his reflection in a puddle. As soon as he saw himself he gasped. His eyes had turned a blood red and he looked demoniac, but not so much as to being completely obvious. He stared in disbelief.

"This can't be me," he said to himself.

I've got to get back to the Super Robot, but I can't let them see me like this.


"Forget what I said, we should go find him," Nova said after waiting what seemed like an hour.

At that moment the door opened.

"Or not" she finished.

In the doorway was a black shadow, which soon revealed to be Antauri. He walked, almost glided, past them as if they weren't even there.

"Hey, where've you been?" asked Otto

No answer. Antauri kept his head down all the way to his room. He didn't want them to see his eyes.

"Nice to see you too," Otto mumbled.

"Well, that was weird," said Sparx.

"No kidding," agreed Nova.

Antauri tried to meditate but to no avail. He couldn't stop thinking about what the voice had told him. He looked anxiously at the clock.

6:37 PM

"Something is obviously wrong," Gibson said.

"Okay, should we do something about it?" Nova asked

"I guess so," answered Chiro.

"Maybe someone should go talk to him," suggested Sparx

"I don't really think we should do anything right now," commented Otto, "he looked like he wanted to be alone,"

"True," agreed Gibson.

"Okay, so we're just going to leave him alone?" Chiro asked.

"For now" Gibson replied simply.

"Alright," Chiro said satisfied.

They all thought Antauri would be okay and he'd be able to handle whatever it was himself. Boy, were they wrong.

Antauri lay there on his back and every so often glanced at the clock. He didn't know exactly what was going to happen, but he figured he should stay away from the team. He didn't want them getting hurt. After all, he's supposed to be a demon.

6:49 PM

Why would someone curse me? Who would curse me?

He sat up and sighed, falling back down. He slowly turned his head over to look out the window, then the clock. The sun was setting and only a few minutes had passed. He sprawled out on the bed. (Let's just pretend they have beds instead of capsule things) He was anxious and scared at the same time.

"What am I supposed to do, just wait and let it happen? I don't even know if this curse is real," He could see his eyes reflecting off the window. "It sure seems real,"

6:58 PM

He closed his eyes. There was nothing he could do now except wait.

Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick.

The sound of the clock echoed through his mind. Then, it happened.

He sprang up, eyes wide. He wore a look of pure terror. He started shaking uncontrollably. Every part of him that used to be white turned black. His tail was sharp as a dagger. Pain flowed through his body, it was unbearable. He tried to make as little sound as possible. An incredibly sharp pain struck his chest and again he couldn't breathe. But this time the pain didn't go away and it took longer for him to start breathing again. He doubled over, shut his eyes tight and clenched his teeth. He started getting dizzy, but stayed conscious. Antauri rolled off the bed and hit the ground headfirst…hard. He rolled on his side and held his knees to his chest, shaking violently. He just wanted it to be over, be unconscious, anything. Anything that would take the pain away.

He got his wish. His look of fear, pain, and agony turned into an evil mischievous look. He soon lost control and the demon inside took over.

The rest of the monkey team was just hanging out. I only mean that literally for Otto who was hanging from the ceiling watching Sparx, Nova, and Chiro playing a video game. Gibson was working on an experiment as usual.

Thud

That caused Chiro to press the wrong button on his controller. "What was that?"

"Huh? Oh, I don't know," Sparx answered trying to concentrate on the game. "Maybe Antauri was levitating something and missed."

"He doesn't miss, are you sure he's going to be okay?" Chiro asked.

"If you're so worried about him why don't you go see how he's doing yourself?" Nova suggested.

"Uh…no" Chiro answered a little too quickly.

"What, afraid he'll bite your head off?" Nova laughed.

"…"

"Don't worry kid, what happened earlier was just a one time thing, I'm sure he'll be fine in the morning," Sparx said getting back to the game. "Besides, Antauri's the type you don't need to worry about."

Chiro still had a bad feeling, but he wasn't the only one worried. Gibson was also getting the feeling that something was wrong. Well, they're both right.

Note: I put Antauri through a lot in this chapter. It makes me feel mean. Well, I'm not trying to be mean, the story just makes me seem that way. Antauri won't die, I promise. In fact, I don't think any of the hyperforce is going to die. Hard to believe Antauri's my favorite monkey, huh? Anyway, please review.