Note: In this chapter you get something about why Krystal hates Antauri, but you don't really get any details.
Chapter 9: Aftereffect
Antauri walked silently through the woods, head down. When he felt he was deep enough into the woods, he stopped. He sat against a tree and started banging his head against it continuously, hoping he'd pass out. He didn't, instead it started raining. He went to an open area and laid down. He was cold, he was wet, but he didn't care. He closed his eyes. Krystal appeared and sat next to him. Antauri knew she was there but he didn't do anything except hold his breath.
"Go ahead, Krystal. Kill me. I won't stop you." he said eyes still closed.
"I'm not here to kill you,"
"Then why are you here?" he opened his eyes.
"Bored, I guess. You know, you're the only one left. Everyone else I've ever known, loved, or cared about the slightest bit, died."
"Must be hard."
"Yeah, it is. And It's your fault they're dead."
"I know, but I didn't do it on purpose. You won't believe me and you know I would never mean to do something like that"
"Even if you didn't kill them on purpose, I still won't forgive you." Krystal got up to leave. "Oh, before I forget, here." She tossed him a small object. Antauri examined it. It was a shiny black stone. He turned it over and realizing what it was, hastily dropped it. He backed away fearfully, but it was too late. A white aura from the stone wrapped around him and entered his mouth. His red eyes glowed white and his breath turned cold. His eyes glazed over and he fell, but Krystal caught him before he hit the ground. She picked him up and carried him even deeper into the woods.
Sparx and Gibson were in the main room.
"This doesn't make any sense, he wouldn't just turn on us," Sparx said. He saw Gibson thinking. "What's with you?"
"Do you remember what Antauri said when he wanted to kill himself?"
"Yeah. He said 'I can't take it anymore'."
"No, before that."
"She's driving me insane?"
"Right, and who was he talking about?"
"Krystal."
"Precisely"
"Okay, where are you going with this?"
"She has something against Antauri and you and I both know what she is capable of. I believe she might have something to do with this."
"Hey where are you going?" Sparx called as Gibson started to leave.
"We need answers and we need to find Krystal."
"What about the others?"
"No time. Let's go."
"I can't believe I just let him go like that. What was I thinking?" Chiro asked himself. Nova answered.
"You didn't know what to think. None of us did."
"I know Antauri would never betray us, but it just seemed so believable."
"It's easy to jump to conclusions, but the fact that he attacked you makes it hard for us to trust him."
Just then Otto walked by.
"Hey, Otto," Nova called.
"Yeah?"
"Come here for a second,"
He strolled over to them
"What's up, guys?"
"Chiro and I were talking about the incident last night and-"
"Oh yeah, about that. I'm supposed to tell you guys something."
"Well what is it?" they asked in unison.
"Sparx and Gibson left to find Antauri. They think Krystal might be behind what happened."
"They do?"
"Yeah. They figure if they find Krystal, they'll find Antauri. I'm going to help them search."
"Wait, we're coming too."
Note: I just realized that I completely left Otto out for the 'demon meets hyperforce' thingy, so I put him in here to make up for it, or something. Truthfully, I have no idea what I was writing for the last parts. I was just typing stuff.