Chapter Three: Good Advice

Later that morning...

"Hey Antauri?" Sparx said entering Antauri's room. Antauri opened one eye and saw it was Sparx who had interrupted his meditation.

"Yes?" he asked.

"I was wondering...um...could you give me some advice?" Sparx asked.

"Of course, come in.." Antauri said. Sparx sat down across from Antauri. "What is it you need advice on?"

"Love," Sparx said.

"Love?" Antauri asked.

"Yeah," Sparx said.

"Alright...let's see...I do have one word of wisdom of you," Antauri cleared his throat. "Love is a fire, fan it!"

"Won't that put the fire out?" Sparx asked.

"Unh...no it will make the flames grow stronger," Antauri answered.

"So your sayin' I should fan Nova?" Sparx asked.

"No Sparx, what I'm saying is that you need to tell Nova how you feel, if she feels the same about you it will make your fire grow stronger," Antauri said.

"Yeah but I tried that...' Sparx said.

"You flat out told her?" Antauri asked.

"Well No...I..." Sparx started.

"I'm sure you'd make yourself more apparent if you tried that," Antauri said.

"Really? Well ok, thanks Antauri," Sparx said as he stood up. "Oh yeah, and where does the fan come in?"

"It doesn't. it's just part of the metaphor," Antauri said.

"Oh, ok! I get it," Sparx said. "I'll just bring one in case," he said as he exited Antauri's room.

Antauri let out a sigh and shook his head.

"Hello guys!" Nova said as she entered the room.

"Hey Gibson," Chiro said.

"'Sup Chiro, Sparx" Nova said turning around to Sparx entering the room.

"Oh, hey Gibson, you've seen Nova?" Sparx asked.

"Why?" Nova asked.

"I gotta tell her something important, ok Mr. Nosey?" Sparx told him resentfully.

"Sorry I was just askin'," Nova said as she hopped onto the couch and picked up the remote.

"I think I'll catch up on some of my favorite reality shows," she said turning the television on.

"Reality shows?" Chiro asked.

"That's what I said homey," Nova said with a smirk.

"Homey?" Chiro asked.

"That's what I said," Nova said switching between channels.

"So have you seen Nova or not Gibson?" Sparx asked again,

"Yeah, yeah she's in my lab," Nova answered.

'Why is she in your lab?" Antauri asked as he entered the room.

"Beats me," Nova said. "OOH! Survivor! Immunity time!"

"Is Gibson acting weird or is it just me?" Chiro asked Antauri.

"He seems to be acting fine from where I'm standing," Antauri said.

"Your not standing," Chiro pointed out to the floating sliver monkey.

"I see your point," Antauri said with a nod.

"YEAH! GO LADY WITH THE BIKINI YEAH KICK HIS ASS!" Nova yelled.

The two stared at Gibson completely in shock. Nova glanced over at them with a smirk on her face, "Oh this I am going to enjoy, Gibson will never hear the end of this," she thought.

Sparx slid away from the madness to Gibson's lab where he found who he thought was Nova.

"Hey Nova!" Sparx said.

Gibson gasped startled and looked up from his tinkering to see Sparx approaching him. "Oh no, not him, not now..." Gibson thought.

"Hey Nova, You tired?" Sparx asked.

"No, why?" Gibson asked.

"Because you've been running through my mind all day," Sparx said.

"Oh strike me down now," Gibson mumbled.

"What did you say?" Sparx asked.

"I said...unh...um..." Gibson stuttered.

"Oh never mind, anyways I just want to tell you..." he paused to see Gibson giving him a strange look. "Look, I just want to say...that-that," he stuttered nervously. "Thank goodness I brought this fan," Sparx thought as he started to fan himself.

Gibson rolled his eyes, "This is so sad..." he thought.

"I just want to say that...I LOVE YOU!" Sparx said.

"Oh dear..." Gibson thought.

Sparx gathered up Gibson in his arms and stared dreamingly into his eyes.

"Unh-unh...Sparx! I really think there is something you should know before you do what I think your going to do!" Gibson warned him.

Sparx hushed him, "What ever it is Nova, It can wait," he told him. Sparx began to lean in and Gibson flailed Nova's arms and legs trying to break free from Sparx's grasp. "No! No it can't!" Gibson screamed.

Sparx pressed his lips against what he thought were Nova's, and Gibson turned white. Gibson pulled Nova's head back and let out an ear piercing scream.

"Did you hear something?" Chiro asked.

Antauri perked his head up and listened, "No, why?"

"I thought I heard someone scream, must have been the wind," Chiro.

"So homies! Any one up for some dodge ball?" Nova asked as she as she threw up a dodge ball and caught it with Gibson's arm.

"Dodge Ball?" Chiro asked.

"Yeah you heard me Chiro!" Nova said with a smirk. "Come on your not sacred are you?"

"No! It's just...your not acting like yourself today..." Chiro said.

"Well come on Chiro! Let's go!" Nova said.

"Hmmm..." Antauri said as he watched Chiro and Gibson leave the room. He stood up and went off to find Otto.

Otto was sitting at his work desk humming as he worked on a new machine.

"Excuse me Otto," Antauri said as he walked up to him.

"Yeah?" Otto asked as he turned to see Antauri.

"May I see that brain switcher of yours?" Antauri asked.

"Unh, I would let you see it but it magically disappeared," Otto said.

"I beg your pardon?" Antauri asked.

Otto sighed, "I don't know what happened to it, I lost it."

"You must have just misplaced it, but the real reason I came here was to ask you whether you've seen any difference in Gibson today," Antauri said.

"Oh, no not really. He and Nova were messing with me this morning, telling me that they'd switched brains! Isn't that silly! They know my Brain Switcher doesn't work," Otto said.

"Wait, they told you that they weren't themselves?" Antauri asked.

"Yeah, Gibson said he was Nova and Nova said he was Gibson, it was a pretty good laugh...though I think they were making fun of me..." Otto said.

"Otto did it ever occur to you that they could be telling he truth?" Antauri asked.

Otto paused, "No," he answered.

"Maybe I should go check up on Nova," Antauri said.

"That's a good idea, I haven't checked on Jasmine and Tara since last night," Otto said.

to be continued...

YAY for chapter trois! I feel so sorry for Gibson, not only did he get kissed by Sparx but Nova's making him look like some kind of freak :(. Oh well :)