Meeting the Locals

A/N: Chappie 3 is here! Wheeee!

The Hyperforce had been searching for a few hours, and succeeded only in getting themselves lost, as Gibson's positioning system wasn't working.

"Great," Sprx griped. "Just great. We just HAD to let that little pain stay with us. We should just leave her here."

"Sprx," Gibson began. "If we find her, we may find the Super Robot."

"I've said it before, I'll say it again: Sprx, you ARE the dumb monkey," Nova said.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

Before anyone could stop them, Sprx and Nova began arguing. As they argued, a few of the native animals came over. They looked like…monkeys. The three of them were female, and they came over to Sprx.

"Oooh, a red one," one said.

"He's pretty cute," said another.

"Hey, what's your name?" the third one asked.

Nova could feel the old green monster of jealousy coming out.

"Who are you?" she asked bitterly.

"Who are you, blondie?" one of them asked quite rudely.

"You did NOT just call me 'blondie'!"

"Uh…I think I did!"

Nova snapped at that moment and her temper was reaching critical level. She came at these monkeys, about ready to explode. Antauri came over to her just in time to calm her down.

"Calm down, Nova. Don't lose your temper here. These monkeys did nothing to us."

"But she called me blondie!"

"That's still no reason to show your anger."

Nova realized that he was right and sighed in defeat. But these monkeys would pay in some way, shape of form…she'd make sure of that.

Chiro decided that they should ask around for any clues.

"Have you seen a meerkat come by here? She's about this big with black and blue fur and hair, and blue eyes."

"No, we haven't."

"What about a Super Robot?"

"A supa whatta?"

"It's big and metal."

"No, we haven't seen that either."

"Well, what planet is this?"

"Tserof-7."

The team had found out only one thing…the name of the planet. They kept searching through the woods that covered the planet.

At this time, Frus was explaining everything he knew about Tserof-7 to Ivy. Ivy was trying to listen, but kept getting distracted.

"Are you even listening?" he asked.

"Hey, gimmie a break here!" she responded. "Some people say I have ADHD, which is Attention Deficit Hyp- Dude, I'm hungry."

This required an explanation as well, except for the "hungry" part. Luckily for Ivy, she had an emergency stash of sugar with her. She kept that in part of her hair, along with her inhaler and cell phone, which needed to be recharged. She began gorging herself on sugar, noticed Frus watching her, and offered him some.

"Ah, why not?" Frus asked. "It couldn't hurt to try a little."

He tried some and became just slightly hyper.

"Dude, you guys are really out of the loop on this planet!" Ivy noticed.

As Frus laughed about this comment, some others that were indigenous to the place, and they recognized Frus.

"Well, well, well…if it ain't Frus the Fruitcake!" some porcupine mocked.

Frus groaned in annoyance. He was hoping to go at least one day without getting picked on by these guys. So much for that! Then, the porcupine noticed Ivy.

"I see you've got a little girlfriend."

"She's kinda cute," said a squirrel that hung out with the porcupine, coming over to Ivy. "Why don't you ditch the loser and go for a real guy? I'm available."

"And desperate, I'm guessing," retaliated Ivy.

"Ooooh…she's a feisty one, too!"

Frus was getting pretty angry. He was seriously considering summoning some speconfor, an unbreakable, fireproof, and rustproof metal that could be found only on Tserof-7, and taking these guys down. However, before he could get to it, he noticed Ivy hovering and advancing on them. She telekinetically threw both into the trunk of the nearest tree, scaring both out of their miniscule minds.

"C'mon! You want some of this? HUH? Do ya? Didn't think so!" she yelled after them.

"Nice," Frus said admiringly.

"So, what's their problem with you, anyway?"

"They just refer to me as a freak because I can control metal."

"Really? How 'bout some gold?"

"That takes too much time and energy. But things like steel and iron are easy. I think I've mastered those."

"Cool. I can control fire and water, myself."

As they explained the finer points of their powers and backgrounds, Skeleton King was in his Citadel of Bone. With him was a dragon, one with dark orange scales and black and red eyes.

"Did you get rid of those disgusting primates?" the overlord asked.

"Yes, my lord. I knocked them out of commission, so they won't be bothering us anymore. I believe the crash eliminated them, their boy, and their little pet."

"Good."

Skeleton King grinned, knowing that his dictatorship over Shuggazoom would soon begin.

Beastfire: Well, that's chapter 3! Next time, the Hyperforce finds Ivy and meets Frus.

Ivy: Good…I have a little score to settle with Sprx.

Beastfire: Why?

Ivy: Why not?

Frus: Why'd you have to have me get picked on in front of Ivy?

Beastfire: Well, I felt I needed to embarrass you somehow.

Frus: But-

Beastfire: NO BUTS! MY WORD HERE IS LAW! (Ivy and Frus look at each other and smirk)

Ivy and Frus: (get fire and some steel weapons ready) UPRISING! (attack Beastfire)

Beastfire: Ow! Hey! What are you two doing? (all get into a dust ball fight) Please review! Ow, not the face! MOMMY!