Note: Um, longest chapter so far. I made up the disease. At least I hope I did. Anyway, check it out.

Chapter 5: Disease

Time passed and Antauri remained lifeless on the head of the Super Robot. Krystal continued to watch him. Although Antauri seemed dead, he wasn't, not quite. His mind was still active. Something was happening to his body. Krystal had apparently given him something else, a disease. Something called White Death. White Death was a very rare fatal illness. If someone had this, they'd have light flashes, shock waves, high fever, sore muscles and they'd vomit blood. She made it so that his demon would stay dormant while he was sick because even in demon form, Antauri wouldn't be able to kill anyone.

The monkey team had just about finished locking up.

"We haven't seen 'you know who' all day and we have no idea where he is" stated Nova.

"Hey what's that?" Otto asked pointing to an object on one of the security camera screens.

"Hmm, that wasn't there before" Gibson zoomed in on it. "OH MY GOD!"

Sparx and Chiro came running in "What, what is it?"

"Look"

"Is that Antauri?" Sparx asked.

Gibson nodded.

They all rushed out the door. Seeing the team coming to Antauri's rescue, Krystal left out of sight. Chiro landed next to Antauri and shook him. Nothing happened.

"Uh oh"

"What?" they asked nervously.

"He doesn't have a pulse." There was an awkward silence.

"So he's…dead?" Otto asked.

Krystal snapped her fingers and Antauri's heartbeat came back. He tried to open his eyes but to no avail. He wanted to let them know he was alive so he did the only thing he could think of to do. He moved his tail as much as he could. Nova noticed this.

"Hey, his tail moved"

Chiro checked his pulse again and sure enough he was alive.

"I think he's sick" Chiro said noticing Antauri had a fever.

He brought him inside.

"Bring him to my lab so we can examine him" said Gibson.

Chiro nodded and placed Antauri on the examination table.

"Is he gonna be okay?"

"It's too soon to tell" Gibson replied.

"Well do you need any help?

"No, but I'll let you know if I do"

"Alright" Chiro shrugged and went to go find the others.

While Gibson tried to figure out what was wrong with Antauri, Chiro and the rest of the team waited for him to come back with the results, some more patiently than others.

"Quit pacing" Nova said.

"Sorry" Chiro mumbled.

Chiro stopped pacing and sat down, but he started tapping his fingers.

"That's not much better," Nova said getting a little annoyed.

"Well, what do you want me to do?"

"I don't know, just stop fidgeting."

"Sorry your majesty" he said sarcastically.

Gibson came in.

"So…"Chiro said motioning for Gibson to tell them what happened.

"Oh, well, he has a rare disease known as White Death."

"Never heard of it" Otto interrupted.

"Let me finish. As I was saying, this disease has rather severe symptoms and often leads to death. No one in Shuggazoom or any particularly nearby planet has ever had White Death."

"Is it contagious?" Sparx asked.

"No"

"Is Antauri okay?" Nova questioned.

"Sort of"

"What do you mean sort of?" inquired Otto.

"I'll show you what I mean, but not now, in the morning. Right now he needs to sleep. In fact we should all get some sleep" Gibson stated.

The team replied with all rights and okays and left to their rooms.

When Antauri woke up he was a little confused. The last thing he remembered was being on top of the Super Robot but now he was in his room, in his bed. He tried to get up, but soon realized that was a bad idea. It hurt to move, to speak, and sometimes even breathe. Gibson came in to see if he was awake when he saw him, he walked over to him.

"How are you feeling, Antauri?" asked Gibson.

"I'm alright, what happened?" he asked weakly.

"Try not to speak. You've got White Death."

He gave him a 'what's that' look.

"It's a rare and fatal disease," he answered.

When he said that, the first thing that popped in Antauri's mind was Krystal.

Suddenly all he saw was a blinding white light. He started blinking repeatedly like a camera flash had just gone off. The light faded after a few seconds.

"You just had a light flash" Gibson said "You'll probably get a lot of those. Everyone else wants to see how you're doing, are you up to seeing them?"

He nodded.

Gibson motioned for the rest of the team to come in.

"Hey Antauri," Chiro waved.

"For having a fatal disease he looks pretty good" Sparx said.

"He already has light flashes, sore muscles and a high fever. It's only a matter of time until he gets shock waves and starts vomiting blood."

"Whoa, is he okay?" Nova asked.

Gibson sighed "It's a shock wave"

Antauri had his eyes closed tight and was gripping the side of the bed. Shock waves are temporary waves of pain that pass through someone's body. (I made that up too.)

"Hmm"

"What?" Chiro questioned.

"White Death is spreading through him faster than I suspected."

"Which means?"

Antauri's eyes popped open. He had a sick look on his face.

"He's gonna barf!" Sparx yelled.

They barely caught it in time.

"Ugh, I'm sorry but that is gross" Nova said turning away. She ended up having to hold a bucket type thing while he threw up in it. "Is he done yet?" (I'm laughing on the inside)

"He's done" Gibson replied snickering at Nova's reaction.

"Here you take it, Otto." She said.

"I don't want it"

"Must I do everything?" Gibson took the bucket and dumped it. He came back. "Better?"

"Much" Sparx answered.

Chiro looked at Antauri, he looked miserable. "We should leave him alone. He needs to rest," Chiro said.

"Okay, get better soon Antauri" they said and left so he could rest. After a few minutes he fell asleep, but something startled him. He heard a noise coming from the corner. Everything turned pitch-black. He felt something approach him. When he looked up, he saw dozens of red eyes similar to his own glaring at him. Those eyes belonged to dark spirits. Truthfully, he was scared. He was defenseless he couldn't do anything to protect himself. The sinister spirits lunged at him.

All of a sudden, they were gone. They disappeared. The room, everything turned back to normal. Antauri knew it had to be part of Krystal's plan to torment him. But one thing about it perplexed him, would it work? After all she did almost kill him.