Finally! Here is chapter 4. I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats waiting for me to update, so here it is. I'm sooo sorry it took me so long. I've actually had it written for a few days, but softball's kept me so busy I haven't had time to write the last few lines of dialogue and post it. But, I'm finally doing so. Good news, our softball team is 6-3-1. We won the tournament over the weekend, and I've scored like 12 points all season. It's been great. Too bad there's only a few weeks left. Better for you all then, because I'll be able to update faster. I'll be sooo happy when school gets out. Anyway, enough dilly-dally time to thank the reviews "personally", to quote the SK, who is going to get his butt whooped on Sunday. (I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see why Chiro is part robot monkey.) But I'm taking too long, here's my reviewers:

A Fan of Romance: Yes! I have done it! I have achieved evilness! I shall tell everyone I know that A Fan of Romance has declared me EVIL! Mua ha ha, they will all be so jealous (actually they'll probably just stare at me funny for a while.) But thank you for the honor, and please review again, oh and enjoy!

Crystal Sapphire: Yes, evil cliffhangers. This one isn't as bad though. Too bad, I love torturing my readers. But I couldn't find a cliff-hangy way of finishing this one without going on for another 12 pages. Too bad. Enjoy and review!

Ari: yes, sometimes computers can be evil. One time I had my entire research paper finished, and when I tried to upload it from the floppy, it said it didn't exist! I had to type the last three pages all over again. Oh well, I got a 100 on the paper anyway. Glad you like my story and thanks for the review please do so again!

Kiozona.pop: Sorry it took me so long, but softball is so taxing on top of Ms. Bellet's evil homework loads. Anyway, here it finally is, enjoy!

AnimeFanGirl11: Yeah, the Antauri/Gibson argument was kind of hard to write and still stay IC, but I think I did it pretty well. Man, Antauri was awesome in sat's episode. I drew a picture of Antauri in his "Jedi outfit" today, and it's so cute! I literally paused the tape and stood their drawing it for like 15 minutes, but it looks so cute! I'm taking it to school tomorrow to show everybody (not that anyone will care) oh well! I'll shove it in their faces anyway! Review again please!

DayDreamer9: I swear to you where I stand, under threat of torture, Chiro will not die. I have made the vow that no member of the monkey team shall ever die in my fics. So let it be written, so let it be done. SPRX/Otto Abott/Costello? Can't say I've ever made that connection before, but I can so imagine them doing a "Who's on First"ish scene. That would be so funny. Thanks for reviewing!

4EverMonkeyFan: Thanks, I remember the first time I say your penname I'm like "is that me?" ha ha, thanks and thanks again. Yes, Nova is tough, I didn't think it would be to IC for her to cry in public. Maybe if Chiro died she would. You can tell in several episodes that she really cares about him. Thanks for reviewing!

Beastfire: Yes Ivy, come back before those dancers turn out to be formless clones and you get kidnapped by the SK. Not that it would be too hard for you to scare him away just by looking at him. Heh heh, heh. Oops, did I say that out loud? whistes innocently What?

Fire Bearer Kite: I love getting new reviewers. Sorry it took so long. I'm glad it kept you in suspense! Don't worry, Chiro'll pull though. Wow, I've never heard anyone say Chiro is one of their favorites before. I don't dislike him, and he's a good character with a substantial personality. Ooh, I haven't put a flamethrower in my story yet, there must be a flamethrower in all of my stories! Where to put one…where to put one… Thanks for reviewing! Now, flamethrower, flamethrower…


Otto had himself wrenched in the jaws of the giant fish. His feet were resting in the bottom of the jaw, and his hands trying to keep the roof of the mouth from crunching him. He was quickly running out of energy for he hung on to SPRX-77 with only his tail.

"Come on Sparks, wake up!" yelled Otto, "I'm not going to drop you!"

As if in response, SPRX-77 began to come to. He slowly opened his eyes and rubbed his head.

"Sparks!" Otto joyously exclaimed, "Turn your rocket pack on and give he a hand up here!"

SPRX-77 looked up and saw the fish. "You couldn't have beat the monster before I woke up," SPRX-77 sarcastically said as he turned on his rocket pack and swam until he was eye-level with Otto.

"Well," said Otto, still struggling, "I didn't want you to miss all of the action."

"Aww, you're too kind."

"Sparks, could you stop with the clever talk and help me out? I'm about to become a robot monkey sandwich."

"Otto," said SPRX-77 calmly, "turn on your saws."

"Huh?"

"Activate your saws!"

"Oh!" In a flash, Otto activated his green saws which cut the roof of the fish's mouth. It yelled and let go of Otto. SPRX-77 then hit the fish hard on the head with his magnets, without an electricity attack this time.

Otto then sent the creature running with his attack, "Scritch, scratch, Doomthrower!"

This was enough for the fish. It turned tail (literally) and swam for its life (also literally).

"Good job, Otto."

"Couldn't have done it without you Sparks. But, did you notice that?"

"Notice what?"

"Well, when I hit that thing with my attack, I saw the fish…spark. When I usually hit things, they smoke or it absorbs the attack, well…not exactly "absorb" but…"

"I think you're seeing things." SPRX-77 said, lifting an eyebrow.

"But, I…"

"Remember when you thought you saw the Loch Ness Monster in the sink in the Super Robot?"

"N-no…" Otto stammered.

"Look, let's just get out of the water and head back to camp. Who knows if there are more of those things around here?"


As afternoon turned to evening, Gibson and Antauri became less productive and Nova became more bored. Antauri and Gibson continued to suggest ideas that they would agree wouldn't work, and Nova paced back and forth. Now she wasn't only worried about Chiro, she was also worried about SPRX-77 and Otto. They had originally gone out fishing, but that was early that morning. She didn't know how far they had to go to get to the fishing lake, but she didn't think it could be so far as to take all day to get there.

"Guys," she said. Gibson and Antauri looked up. "I'm gonna go look for…" Otto and SPRX-77 walked into camp, Otto held a bucket in his hand, "Otto! Sparks! You're okay!"

"Yeah," said Otto, "Sorry we're late."

"Good grief," started Gibson, "how did you get so wet? Did Otto tip the boat?"

"More than you know," answered SPRX-77.

"Catch any fish?" asked Nova.

"A couple," replied Otto.

"But they got away," SPRX-77 finished.

"I see. Then what do you have there?" questioned Antauri.

Otto lifted up the bucket which they had conveniently found still floating at the top of the water. "We brought some berries we found. We figured Gibson could find out if Chiro can eat em'."

"Certainly." Gibson said, "Let me see them." He went into his tent and came out with a book. He quickly identified the berries. "Hijenious Brencarus: found only in heavily wooded areas, this simply, sweet berry is most commonly eaten by birds and other small wood-dwelling creatures. However, it is non toxic, and in some cases beneficial, to all mammals. In addition-"

SPRX-77 snapped the book shut in Gibson's lap. "That's all we need to know, Brain-Strain. Okay, who's going to figure out how to feed it to the kid?"

Gibson rolled his eyes, "I'll take care of it." he replied, grabbed the entire bucket from Otto and walked into Antauri's tent.

"So, what happened to you two?" Gibson heard Nova ask as he walked off.

Gibson opened the tent flap and walked in. He took some measurements of Chiro's blood pressure, heart rate, breathing, and etcetera. Nothing had changed. Chiro hadn't gotten better, but at least things hadn't gotten worse.

Gibson talked to Chiro as he took measurements, "Well, Chiro, your pulse seems satisfactory. Let me get my blood pressure equipment. Rather outdated, but you'll have to bear with me. I don't know if you can hear me, Chiro, but I'm going to talk anyway. Chiro, please do become well. I do not honestly know what the problem is. I suppose that is my fault. I should have covered my equipment better that night when it rained so it didn't get wet. Chiro, sometimes you can be um, allow me to be frank, annoying, but I promise you, you are an important member of this team. You've helped me with countless experiments and no one can master the power primate like you," Gibson paused for a second, "Well, that's all I can check for now. Get well, Chiro, get well."

Gibson then began to feed Chiro the berries.


Gibson walked out of the tent towards the rest of the monkey team. Antauri and Nova were listening intently to Otto tell the tale of what had happened to he and SPRX-77.

"So then," continued Otto, "Sparks was out cold, and I was braving the mighty fish, holding onto him with my tail. I smacked into the fish a few times, but the moment I turned my back, it clamped down on top of me. So there I stood, holding the creature's mouth open, for hours it seemed-"

"Cough! Ten! Cough! Minutes! Cough!" SPRX-77 "commented".

Nova giggled and SPRX-77's joke.

"Ahem!" Otto began again, "so it was a long ten minutes."

Nova noticed Gibson leaving Antauri's tent and turned around to see him. "So how is he?" she asked.

"His immediate state hasn't changed."

"Oh," Nova replied.

"So'd you bring any of that food back for us?" SPRX-77 asked Gibson.

"Well, no."

"What? Then what are we supposed to eat."

"Well I naturally assumed that you had already eaten."

"What do you think I am? Self-centered? Why should I eat before the kid does?"

"Oh, and you've never done anything selfish before, Sparks," Gibson replied sarcastically.

"Hey! What is that supposed to mean?"

"I think you know full well what I mean."

Otto and Nova watched the two continue to yell at each other.

"Can you believe those two?" Otto asked.

"Yeah, how immature can you get?" Nova responded.

"It's a good thing you're not in that fight," Otto commented.

"Yea- hey! What do you mean by that?" Nova asked, turning to face Otto, "You saying that I'm immature?"

"No! I'm just saying that you'd be beating them up right now," Otto explained.

"Oh, I see," Nova responded rising in tone, "I'm not immature, I'm just impulsive! That's what you're saying."

"No! Well, maybe. Hey! You're doing that right now!"

"I am not, I'm being loud, not impulsive. There's a big difference."

"Yeah, but you're quick to be loud."

"You trying to start something here, greenie?"

"Why? Are you uhhh… Gold-y?" Otto said, stumbling over his words.

Before Antauri knew what was happening, the entire group was screaming at each other. Antauri hovered over the rest of them, "Enough!" he yelled in his deep voice. The entire team looked up at him. "There is no reason for you all to be acting this way."

"But I…" SPRX-77 started.

"Not another word," Antauri said, "It may lead to another argument." Antauri hovered back to ground level. "Gibson, Otto, you go get some firewood. Nova, you and Sparks go gather some more food. I shall stay here and look after Chiro. And I don't want to hear anymore arguing. Understood?"

The team nodded their heads, and set off in their different directions. But trouble was lurking just around the corner, waiting for the proper time to strike.


Ha ha, wow, that was quite a fight scene, huh? It's an interesting story actually. I came up with the perfect reasons for them all to get mad at each other during gym class, then I went to math class to write it down on paper, and I couldn't remember any of it. Oh well, I think it turned out okay. I also hope I'm not traveling too slowly, but my original outline for the plot had it down to like, 5 chapters, so I have to add some stuff. I'd like it to be at least 8. Half way there! Please review! Thanks!

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