Note: You reviewer people gave me the idea for this chapter. I had a different idea, but I thought this was more interesting.

Chapter 8: Trust

"I knew we shouldn't have let him go on his own,"

It was around 10:30 and Antauri wasn't back.

"Well, he insisted he wanted to fight her himself." Chiro stated. "Come on"

"Where are we going?" asked Otto.

"To find Antauri," he answered.

They left the Super Robot in search of their friend.

Antauri darted from rooftop to rooftop in search of his prey. He had seen a few people but for some reason they didn't interest him. He wasn't really hungry. He was in more of a 'kill for fun' mood. He watched someone walk by. He was considering attacking that person when a sudden noise startled him. Antauri crept over to the other side of the building and looked down. He saw the monkey team wandering around the streets. Unlike the people he'd seen before, they DID interest him. When they passed, he crawled cautiously down the wall. He started following them, remembering to stay hidden in the shadows. As he slinked behind them, he was considering whom to target.

"What was that?" Otto questioned.

"What was what?" Nova asked.

"I thought I just saw something run by really fast."

"It was probably just a rat."

Otto did see something. But it wasn't a rat. The hyperforce stopped.

"Okay, it is way too quite." Chiro said noticing the strange silence.

Antauri crouched down low, waiting for the right moment to strike. Chiro just happened to be in the perfect position. Antauri hit hard and fast. He pinned him down giving him a malicious smile. Just as he raised his claw to rip Chiro into shreads, Sparx tackled him. Sparx had him down but the demon hastily kicked him off. The team circled the demon, activating their weapons. He gave them all a threatening look. The hyperforce was about to attack…

"Wait! Stop!" Gibson said.

"What? Why? It attacked Chiro." Nova reasoned.

"I don't think it's an IT. I think its Antauri."

The team gave him weird looks.

"Just look at him and tell me you don't see a resemblance."

"Well, he does have the same eyes," said Otto.

"Yeah, and…Wait! Why would Antauri attack Chiro?" Sparx asked.

Before Gibson could answer, Antauri pounced on Chiro again. This time, instead of attempting to claw him, he was going to suffocate him. He held him down by his neck and slowly pressed harder and harder, crushing his windpipe. The hyperforce tried desperately to get the demon off of Chiro but he wouldn't let go. Finally, Sparx was able shock him off. As a result, Antauri attacked him. Nova head butted the demon, slamming him into a wall. The team charged their attacks aiming directly at Antauri. They cornered him. The team fired but when the smoke from their attacks cleared, he was gone. The hyperforce looked around mystified, but decided not to find out if he would return. Even though Antauri would never try to kill one of his teammates, they were fairly certain it was him. It didn't make sense. They all thought the same thing.

Why would he do this?


When morning came, Antauri found himself on a roof. His head really hurt. He shakily got up and flew back to the Super Robot. When he entered, the hyperforce greeted him with distrustful glares. He didn't understand what was going on.

"Hello, Antauri," Nova said coldly.

Her voice reminded him of Krystal. He shuddered.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"Don't play innocent with us," said Sparx.

Antauri looked at them blankly.

"You tried to kill Chiro!" Otto stated.

He stood there astonished.

I attempted to kill Chiro?

"It wasn't me. I mean it was me, but…you don't understand,"

"We understand fine. It's you that we don't understand." Sparx said. "How could you do that?"

"Sparx listen to me. I didn't know what I was doing. I wasn't in control of my body."

"Oh yeah, then who was?"

He paused.

Sparx shook his head. "You're not who we thought you were."

"We can't trust you anymore." Gibson affirmed.

Antauri took a deep breath. He knew what that meant. "Fine. I'll go. I don't blame you for not trusting me. Just let me say one last thing to Chiro."

"All right," Gibson said.

He walked over to Chiro.

"I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. Whatever I did to you, I didn't mean it," he said solemnly.

Chiro didn't say anything, just looked at him.

Antauri sighed and opened the door.

"Goodbye," he whispered just before leaving.

Note: The cool thing about this story is that the chapters always turn out different than I intend them to be. Poor Antauri. R&R please.