It was evening, almost 8:30 at night, and several members of the hyper force had gone to bed, including Sprx, Nova, and Chiro. Otto was in the main room, fixing some wires he had removed a piece of wall metal to get to. Antauri was meditating, seemingly unaware of anything going on around him.
Otto looked at Antauri. "Seen Gibson anywhere?"
Antauri did not reply.
Otto shrugged, and left the room yawning, he was heading off to bed as well. "Night", he called to the second-in-command, who still remained silent.
Gibson was in his lab, growing more frustrated by the minute, as he tried to finish off several experiments. Finally, he dropped them to the counter, sighing and covering his face with his hands.
Antauri, who had finished meditating, entered the lab, looking casual. "It's late Gibson, you ought to get yourself to bed, and you look as if you haven't been sleeping much lately. Is anything wrong?"
Gibson did not look up. "It's really nothing Antauri, don't worry about it". In truth, he was aching to tell the black monkey the truth. "Well… I guess something's just bothering me, that's all, I can handle it. It's just something I have to stop thinking about, that's all." Gibson then had a flashback; to a dream he had a few nights before.
Antauri was sitting in the main room with Gibson, and he had a smile on his face. Gibson was just standing there, watching him. "Antauri? Can I tell you something?" The black monley nodded, and then reached out to touch Gibson's face…. And he awoke, sweating, his heart racing. Gibson continued to breathe hard for a few minutes, trying to understand the dream, and what it meant, and trying to ignore the feelings it awoke inside him.
Gibson sighed, remembering that night vividly. Something he didn't understand was starting to rise within him, a kind of obsession with the black monkey. He kept trying to ignore it, although it was getting harder and harder as time went on.
He turned to Antauri, gathering up his courage.
This story is going to be at least two chapters long, please review! Also, you may throw eggs if you so desire. This is my first / fic, tell me what you think!