Mandarin stirred from his blow against the wall, sitting up slightly he watched as Adeline attacked his former king. He was filled with pride towards the strength of his niece but his pride was shattered by sadness as she fell into his Pit

He rushed up as his brother Antauri yelled out in sadness, "No!" For once in Mandarins life he felt sorry for his brother; he took a moment to think of what to do next but felt stupid, as if the choice wasn't' obvious…He immediately ran towards Skeleton King who was in his way, but he avoided him with ease as he jumped and did a flip over is head. When he landed on the ground he just continued to run and dove straight into the pit…

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The monkey team watched in sadness as Adeline fell into the pit and sunk like a brick…but was overtook by amazement, admiration and still hug disbelief as Mandarin ran and jumped into the pit after her.

"What is he doing!" Sprx yelled still confused at why Mandarin is helping; he already assumed that Adeline was lost forever

"Is he on our side?" Otto asked confused

Antauri wasn't paying attention to their petty conversation; he turned to Skeleton King in a depressed state of rage.

Skeleton King laughed at Antauri's face and the rest of the team had turned in rage also, "I see that the girl had some value to you filthy primates…pity….she had some value to me also…" he gave an evil laugh at what exactly her value was worth and would be used for.

This was the last straw; Antauri released his rage on Skeleton King while the others, even though they also wanted to beat the crap out of him, were entranced by Antauri's anger and power.

"CLAW DISRUPTOR!" he screamed hitting Skeleton King so hard that he was thrown clear across the room. There was a cloud of dust around where he landed. Antauri simply stood there breathing heavily, gritting his teeth. There was silence from the cloud until a green shot of energy shot out of the cloud. Antauri missed it by inches, the cloud cleared to reveal him standing and pointing his staff at the black monkey.

The rest of the monkey team joined in fighting with all their might through many sad emotions; unfortunately the negative emotions were their downfall as they were all clouded by it. They all got knocked back one by one.

Skeleton King used his powers to levitate Antauri and slowly bring him towards him, "You fools! Don't you see! You've lost! She's gone forever and there's nothing you can do about it!"

All the monkey's were saddened; Nova started to cry as the boys looked at SK in rage, but they saw that even Antauri shed a single tear for his late daughter…

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As he dived into the pit he was overcome by black darkness; he tried to concentrate on his goal as it got colder and colder. He could feel his body changing in someway; it felt like it was getting smaller. He was reaching in every direction looking for anything when he felt her hand. He grabbed it and pulled her in close; she was freezing. He swam and swam against the strong force of the Ooze but felt it getting warmer and warmer as they got closer and closer to the surface. He was exhausted but didn't give up as he reached up grabbing the side of the pit and pulling themselves out of it…

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They were scattered around the room where they had been thrown against the wall, but I didn't take a genius to see that two people were climbing out of the pit.

"Look!" Nova yelled as she watched a changed Mandarin pulled Adeline out of the pit…both gasping for breath. He was back in his original body that he had before Skeleton King changed him

Skeleton King looked infuriated, "IMPOSSIBLE!" he yelled as he threw Antauri aside, rushing towards them.

Nova then came out of no where hitting the side of his head and attacking him; they knew she had been holding back rage for sleeping with her niece….

As Nova attacked and attacked; SK was weakening with every blow; meanwhile the boys were trying to help Adeline, who was gasping for breath and shivering. They pulled her away from the pit, leaving Mandarin passed out beside the pit

Gibson checked her windpipe to make sure she wasn't choking, and she wasn't.

Adeline opened her eyes and sat up steadily as her Uncles looked at her with extreme happiness that she was alive. She however still had her eyes on the situation, "Where's Dad and Nova!" she asked

They all looked over to see Skeleton King retreating from his ship as Antauri and Nova stood there looking enraged at him. Apparently they teamed up and used both of their rage to defeat him. Gibson saw that he was leaving and that Antauri was still crying a couple tears, "Antauri! She's ok!"

He looked over and saw that she was sitting up covered in Ooze but fine none the less; he ran over to her and she took him into a giant hug, which he returned with love. He said in her ear, "Don't ever scare me like that again!"

She smiled and started to cry a little, "I promise…"

They would have stayed there forever if it wasn't for the fact that the ship had started to fall apart

Sprx gave an obvious statement, "Lets' get otta here!"

They got up to leave but Adeline gasped and stopped, "Wait! I can't leave him!"

They all stopped as Adeline ran back; they saw he bend down and pick Mandarin up

"WHAT! ADIE ARE YOU CRAZY! That's Mandarin!" Sprx said

"I don't care! I don't care who he is or what he's done! He's my Uncle! I have to help him!" she yelled as she ran past them holding an unconscious Mandarin like a helpless child.

They all followed her back to robot; she had known where it was because while she was under his spell she was watching there every move from her room.

They got back to the robot and they all went to their posts, leaving Adeline and an unconscious Mandarin in her arms…