Chapter Nine: The Split

"There's too many of them," Nova said as she and the rest of the hyper force were slowly getting cornered in.

"You failed to mention that there are different kinds of Valencia, Kirei," Chiro said.

"I'm sorry...I forgot?" Kirei said with a nervous smile.

"A lot of good that's gonna do us," Sparx said.

"What are we gonna do?" Otto asked.

"I dunno..." Kirei said.

All of a sudden there was a screech from above and the flying eagle Valencia came pouring down.

"Birds too?" Chiro asked.

"I didn't know they could that I swear!" Kirei said.

"Take them prisoner," one of he lioness Valencia ordered.

"Not on my watch! Monkey Mind Scream!" Antauri said as he and Gibson ran up from the hill. The attack hit the Valencia doing no damage what so ever. They looked at each other then laughed.

"What? Impossible," Gibson said confused.

"Get them!" one of the Valencia said. Two of the lionesses ran towards Gibson and Antauri but instead of tackling them to the ground ran right through them.

"Huh?" Kirei asked. The others tried attacking also but failed. "That's it! Antauri! Your attack must have interfered with there signal from the castle! They can't hurt us anymore!"

"Way to go Antauri!" Nova said.

"You sure?" Otto asked nervously.

"Yeah, see," Kirei said as she walked up to one and waved her hand right through it.

"Kewl," Chiro said.

The Valencia started to flee realizing they had failed there mission but some of the flying ones remained circling them from above.

"What about them!" Sparx asked pointing up to them.

"I don't know...I've never fought those kind..." Kirei said. They let out a loud screech and swooped down over them. Kirei was knocked over and landed flat on her face.

"I think that answers your question Sparx," Gibson said as he ducked. One of the birds latched onto Chiro and began to pull him off of the ground.

"Hey! No way I'm not getting captured!" Chiro said as he tried pulling on the bird's legs.

"Don't worry I've got it!" Nova said as she attacked the bird causing it to injury one of it's wings, it yelped in pain and but continued to fly off with Chiro.

"Ki-ya!" Kirei said as she jumped into the air and rolled her self into a ball. She rammed the Valencia in the side trying to get it to free Chiro but it just shoot her to the ground with it's powerful wing. Kirei fell onto the ground below with a thud throwing dirt in the air. "Ow..." she whimpered.

Both Sparx and Otto flew up into the air with there rocket packs and went after the Valencia. The other two Valencia flew up behind them and began pecking at them.

"Ah! Make it stop!" Otto said.

"Get off of me you stupid bird!" Sparx said as he tried to get the bird away from him.

"You guys aren't helping!" Nova yelled. "Ow..." she said realizing she'd been scratched on her shoulder by the Valencia's talon.

"Are you alright?" Antauri asked Kirei. Kirei rolled on her back and looked up at him.

"Yeah, I think so, since when do you have a twin?" Kirei asked him woozily.

"I don't..." Antauri said.

"Where'd they go I can't see them!" Otto said.

"They must have taken Chiro back to the Princesses Castle," Gibson said.

"Yeah they sure did!" Kirei said.

"Then we have to go save him," Antauri said.

"No!" Kirei said.

"What?" the hyper force asked shocked.

"We have to find the Queen!" Kirei said.

"Kirei, we will find the Queen, but we have to save Chiro first. And what about your sister?" Antauri asked.

Kirei went silent for a while, "I really want to save my sister and Chiro too, but the planet's in danger...Cielle said if she got captured to go find her myself."

"But that's not what you did the first time," Nova said.

"I know! And now I see that I've done the wrong thing," Kirei said.

"I know! Why don't we split up?" Otto suggested.

"What? We can't!" Sparx said.

"Sure we can! You and Otto and Nova can come with me and Gibson and Antauri can go after Chiro and Cielley," Kirei said.

"Hmmm...Sounds reasonable," Gibson said. "Yes! I finally get to get away from her!" he thought.

"Alright, then it's settled," Antauri said.

"Alright!" Otto said.

"You guys be safe," Nova told Antauri and Gibson.

"Yeah don't get yourselves killed, especially you Antauri," Sparx said.

To be continued...

Snowkat: So Chiro got captured whatcha think of that L'arcey?

L'arc en Ciel7: Don't call me that...and I think that's horrible, aw, poor Chiro-chan :(

Snowkat: Since when are you a Chiro fan-girl?

L'arc en Ciel7: Unh...since...now...

Snowkat: Ok...whatever...