Chapter 15: Another Joins the Fight

Antauri awoke in the med lab unclear of what had happened. He didn't know about his head injury, but he did feel something in the back of his head. He tried getting up but that just made him dizzy so he fell back down. Gibson saw this.

"Take it easy Antauri, I don't want you getting hurt again."

Antauri sat up very slowly and succeeded without falling down. "Why am I in the medical lab?"

"You injured the back of your head along with receiving several minor cuts," Gibson answered trying to make it sound not as bad as it actually was. Antauri moved his hand over his bandaged wound. As soon as he touched it, everything came flooding back. He had a vague but clear enough memory of what happened. With his memory came a strange urge to kill anything that moved. Of course that was the demon. He gave Gibson one of his I'm-going-to-kill-you looks. (He has a few of those now)

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Gibson asked a little weirded out.

It looked like Antauri was about to lunge at him but he suddenly snapped back "No reason," he quickly responded, realizing what he almost did. Gibson eyed him suspiciously. "Antauri, there's something else besides your…time limit. Isn't there?"

He thought for a moment and then nodded.

Gibson sat next to him "Mind telling me what that is?"

Antauri paused as if gathering his thoughts and decided to tell him. He told Gibson everything, the curse, the demon, the killing, the dark spirits, everything.

"Wow, I can understand why you would be reluctant to tell anyone. I just wish you had told me this sooner."

"At times I do too," his voice was barely over a whisper. He got a surging headache, but did his best to ignore it.

"I owe you my thanks for saving me, Gibson. Nova as well," Antauri said while briskly exiting the medical lab.

"Don't thank us just yet, Antauri," he said quietly once Antauri was gone.

Krystal tapped her fingers on the desk and sighed impatiently. "God, she takes forever." Just then someone called. She answered."Hello,"

"Hey Krystal,"

"Finally,"

"Well excuse me for doing you a favor,"

"So did you find it?" Krystal asked ignoring the sarcastic remark.

"Uh, it is white right?"

"Yeah,"

"Oh cool, than I found it,"

"You sure?"

"Yeah and it's got your last name on it,"

"All right, start heading back,"

"Got it" she said then hung up.

Krystal was talking to her friend, Alexa. Alexa was the same age as Krystal and almost as devious. Alexa was a little bit taller than Krystal, had dark blue eyes, and black hair that was about an inch below her shoulders. She didn't have anything against the monkey team but was helping Krystal anyway. She was sent to retrieve a valuable artifact in Krystal's family. Since Krystal was the only one in her family alive, she would have to keep it. Plus, she found it could possibly have some important use to her in the future.

By this time, everyone in the Super Robot was awake. Antauri thanked Nova for helping him and went straight to his room. He seemed fine but in reality he wasn't, not even he knew that. As soon as he stepped in he looked directly at the chains and the blood on the wall. Normally just the scent of blood, whether it was his own or not, would set him off. This time there was no reaction. He went over to the wall and mentally traced back to when he obtained the wound. Antauri was trying to get a more clear memory of what occurred. He abruptly stopped and recoiled from the wall, feeling a rush of pain in his side. Antauri slid to the floor. He could see a faint reflection of himself on the cuffs of the shackles. His eyes were no longer a demonic red. They were dull and dark now. He knew what that meant but it was only a sign reminding him of how much time he had left. Antauri got what he came for, a clearer memory. Now quite sure of the situation, he had an idea as to what the cure was and where to find it. He hoped it was the right remedy and if it were, the question would still remain. Could he get to it in time?

Note: Yeah it's short, I know. I'm saving the interesting stuff for the next chapters. This was kind of a build up. Tomorrow starts Spring Break! But I've been a little slow lately so we'll see how this affects new chapters. R&R plz and thank you.