Well, this is my last chapter written during school. I'm officially out of school for the summer! Yay for me! More free time to do whatever I want! Though tomorrow (Saturday) I'm getting up super early to the "Race for the Cure" in Detroit. It'll be cool. I'm doing the 5K walk with my bff, Katie (who's actually a year younger than me). It'll be cool. Sunday's church, so I can't sleep in then, but starting Monday I'm SLEEPING IN TO MY HEART'S DEAR CONTENT. So, expect a lot more updating. Though, first I have to come up with a plot for my next fic. But I'll share more about that in the next chapter (which may end up being the last one). For now, I shall thank those kind reviewers!
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Now, on to the story!
Chapter 7
Antauri flipped on his head light once more. "This is odd," he commented.
Around them was not the fish innards the expected, but instead, the walls were metal plated and circuitry ran this way and that.
Otto's eyes widened as he looked around. He gasped, "I was right! It was metal! Take that sparks. This is not a loch ness experience!"
Nova ran over to one of the walls inside of the stomach. She began pounding on it with her yellow fists. The large machine shook every time she hit it, but she barely made a dent.
She sat down on the floor, defeated, where the water washed her back to where Otto and Antauri stood.
"I have a feeling that brute force won't get us out of this one," Antauri remarked, looking down at her.
Nova shot a glance towards Otto, "Otto? Are you feeling okay? You look a little green."
"How can you tell?" asked Antauri.
Otto turned around," I'm just… a little sea sick."
"Eww!" yelped Nova, "well, don't get sick over here." She looked for a way away from the guys, "I'm going to see if there's a way out further back."
She worked her way to the back of the mechanical fish. She reached the back, and at the very end of the long tunnel were giant fans that looked very powerful. "Wow," she spoke into them, "good thing they're not on."
Suddenly, she felt the big machine halt. She once again fell over, landing on her hind quarters. She could no longer see Otto or Antauri, but she heard them cry out.
"Wonder what's gonna happen now," she heard Otto say.
Suddenly, Nova heard the fan blades start to spin. She felt an increasing force pushing her out of the back of the fish. As much as she wanted to escape, she couldn't' help feeling she was falling right into the hands of the enemy. She grabbed onto a metal bar right next to the fan, just as the force increased to the point at which she wouldn't have been able to stand up any longer.
She held on for dear life. She heard the yell of Antauri and Otto as they were swept out of the mouth. She waited for the fans to stop before she crept towards the mouth of the machine.
Antauri and Otto were sent spewing from the creature's mouth. They landed with a thud on the rocky ground of a dark cave.
Otto groaned as he rubbed his eyes, "Ooohhh, I feel like Jonah."
Antauri opened his eyes. "Look out!" he yelled. But he was too late.
Two large robots clasped his wrists and hoisted him off of the ground. An identical machine had done the same to Otto.
Otto activated his saws but wasn't strong enough to bend the metal robot arm and set himself free.
Antauri activated his energy claws, but for some reason, the energy didn't disintegrate the metal around his wrists. He thought about using a Monkey Mind Scream, but they were difficult to aim and near impossible to shoot backwards.
They heard an evil cackle reign from behind a corner and they watched the little brown monkey with an eyepatch walk into the room.
"Sakko." Antauri stated.
"Antauri, Otto, glad you could make it. Where is the yellow monkey?" Sakko pointed in the direction of the fish and a third robot entered its gaping mouth.
"These robot things are pretty sweet," commended Otto, admiring the craftsmanship of the robots.
"Thank you," Sakko accepted, "as it goes electronics have always been my strong point. I'm sure you, Antauri, can appreciate the new alloy I've created that is resistant to your energy attacks. No matter what move you try to use with your ghost claws, it will not be able to penetrate my alloy. It's become quite useful. It's an interesting story how I created it really. I was pondering inside of my workshop one day and…"
Suddenly a flash of yellow went shooting by them, heading down a different tunnel in the cave.
The robot came speeding out of the fish, but it hit a rock and tripped, denting in the front half of the robot. It sparked, and then went dead.
"Should've built em' with rockets so it could fly," Otto said under his breath.
Sakko growled, "Take them to the cave with the others! Then start the search for the yellow monkey," he commanded loudly.
The robots carried their two captives down a different tunnel.
"Honestly Sparks, I haven't figured what this room's purpose is," Gibson answered," I've noticed several mobile doors and sliding panels in the walls and ceiling but I have yet to discover their purpose."
The two monkeys sat alone in the quiet room, still with their abdomens tied to the large rocks. Things hadn't looked up since they had been stuck there.
"I can guess what their purpose is," Sparks added, "and it's not good."
"Well, let us hope that our friends will save us soon. No doubt they're fighting that evil Sakko to earn our freedom as we speak!"
After this optimistic speech, the two robots came down the hall carrying Antauri and Otto.
"So much for that theory, Brain-strain," remarked SPRX-77.
The robots fastened Otto and Antauri to the large spiky rocks as well. Antauri's binds, unlike the other's, secured his arms. He activated his energy claws, but he could not break himself free. "Must be that alloy," he said to himself.
"Well," said SPRX-77 after the robots departed, "this is a fix. Hey, where's Nova?"
"Around here somewhere. She ran away from the robots," Otto responded.
"The only quick one, eh?" SPRX-77 asked.
"I suppose you could say that," Antauri answered.
Gibson looked over towards Otto and Antauri. "Unfortunately Sparks and I have been unable to locate any method of escaping this predicament. The only thing I've discovered an underground river approximately a foot below our feet. Too bad, I don't think it will be able to aid our escape at all."
"One never knows, my friend," Antauri commented.
"True. Very true," Gibson replied.
Sakko strolled nonchalantly into the room. "Well, it's nice to have all of you here, excluding Nova, whom will soon be mine anyway. However, I have decided to expose my method of disposing of you all now." Sakko pushed a button on the remote he was holding.
Several panels slid back revealing many things in the room. A boulder, a mirror, a large laser, and several sharp knives.
"Eh, I guessed right," said SPRX-77.
Otto looked up at the large boulder, which looked large enough to flatten the whole room in one drop.
"Ooh, that looks painful," Otto supposed.
Sakko explained his evil plan. "When I press this button," Sakko motioned to the large red button in the middle of the remote, "the laser will shoot, bounce off that mirror," Sakko pointed to the mirror in the corner of the room, "and spread the laser beam in five directions. Guess which five?" Sakko raised an eyebrow to arouse intrigue.
"Though, just in case my laser fails, directly after the laser hits the mirror, the large, flat, three ton boulder is set to drop upon you all. And just for jolleys, in case somehow you the boulder fails to mutilate all of you, the heat-seeking knives will drop from the ceiling damaging all of your fancy metal bodies beyond repair."
Antauri struggled to free himself once again, "But, but why?"
"Come on Antauri. Isn't it obvious? With the team out of the way, no one will be able to stop my conquest of the world. I will prove to the universe that SIZE DOESN'T MATTER IN VILLAINY!"
"You express such amazing evil, Sakko. Your mind seeks nothing but power no matter what the cost. But you can still turn it around! Let us go and…" Antauri began.
"Please Antauri don't waste my time. I'd think of all people you would be above begging for mercy. Anyway evil is working very well for my right now. Anyway if you'll excuse me I have a yellow monkey to catch," Sakko and his remote exited the room, leaving the four monkeys to ponder their problems.
Antauri struggled again to get free. He could freeze everything in the air if he could just move his arms. His eyes drifted around the room and finally settled upon Gibson.
Just by looking at Gibson you could practically see the wheels turning. Antauri smiled to himself. If anyone could get them out of this mess, it would be Gibson.
Nova heard the robot enter the metal fish. She ducked behind a tooth as it entered. A small radar and a scanner popped out of the robot's chest. It scanned for 360 degrees around it.
Nova held her breath and froze. Perhaps it wouldn't see her. She was dead wrong.
She heard the scanner beep and the robot moved in her direction. She decided to attack it. She tried but to her surprise, the robot grabbed her extended arms and held them apart.
Thankfully, she was pretty low to the ground. She used her tail, and whammed the robot with all the strength she could muster (which is a lot).
The robot released her as it stumbled off-balance. She decided in this case, flight would be considered over fight. She took off traveling as fast as she could.
As she exited the giant fish, she thought she caught a quick glimpse Otto and Antaurik, caught by the robots. She felt bad for running past them, but she felt that even if she'd tried to fight and help, those robot things would win.
For now, she had to escape the impending doom and figure out how to save the team as soon as she knew what was going on.
Nova had been wandering the caves for what felt like hours, but could have been as short as ten minutes. For it's impossible to tell time in a dark cave with no light and no clock.
She had determined long ago that the robot was no longer chasing her. Now she was trying to find her way out, or at least get back to where she had started.
"Now's when I need Gibson and his computer Gizmos," she spoke to herself.
That instant, she heard a quiet humming noise. She followed the tunnel until she reached the source.
The small tunnel opened up to a large open room. The humming was coming from some large, electrical equipment. In the middle of the room was a large, boiling pool of water. Suspended over it was something white…No! It was Chiro.
She started to jump down to save him, but then a door to the room opened and Sakko stepped in.
Nova stayed hidden in the tiny tunnel which had now narrowed to only about two feet in diameter, and stood right below the roof of the cave.
"I should have known it was Sakko," she whispered.
"Ah! Where is that useless yellow monkey?" he ranted, "It has been too long. She is probably wandering the caves, lost and starving. Okay then, I shall simply take care of the team now."
"No!" Chiro yelled, "C'mon Sakko, you don't have to do this!"
"Oh, but I do! Be ready, young one, to witness the destructive end to the monkey team." Sakko brought his thumb down and pressed the large, red button.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Is that an evil cliffhanger or what? Well guess what, I already have half of the 8th (and perhaps final) chapter written. I'll probably finish/post it by Wednesdsay. Now that SCHOOL'S OUT FOR THE SUMMER AND NOW I'LL HAVE A HECK OF A LOT MORE FREE TIME! So, expect a lot more frequent updating now that I'm free! Anyway, please review! I'm shooting for 10 reviewers! Thanks!
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