Hey, Neiyoko here. Just thought I'd give a little authors note before going on with the story. I haven't been able to describe the Nu Ji's well for ya so I thought I'd give the link to my DA Archive. I'm putting up pics of the characters there from the story.
http/neiyoko. 2: Otto and Gibson
"Hello? Are you alright?" said a voice through the darkness. The light nearly blinded him when Otto finally came too. He could feel the wires connected to the back of head giving him the power he needed to move around. The Green Monkey looked around some taking in what had happened and the scene. His eyes found the one that helped him come too when he tried to look at his ship. It was a light green Nu Ji with jungle green marking on it face.
"Good! You're awake and you functioning properly!" she chirped. "My name is June. I found you here just lying around."
"I was? Where am I?" he asked plucking the wires out from his head. He was fully charged and wasn't worry about leakage.
"You're on Tranko. This here is the Banoi Jungle." June explained. She walked around gathering some things to make a little carrying case for the food she brought awhile ago. Otto quickly found the food and started to dig in with out question.
"Thanks! This stuff is great!" he smiled as he continued to eat.
"So what was that hand like ship that was with you before you crash?" she asked bring the carrier to Otto.
"That… That's Gibson! Aw man I better go fined him! He could be in worst shape than me!" he said getting worried about him. Even though Gibson sometimes hard to deal with and hard to understand, they were still teammates.
"It landed further into the Jungle. I'm not sure where though." June sighed. She wanted to him since he reminds her of a friend.
"Thanks. Why don't you come along? Knowing me, I'd get lost around here." He chuckled while scratched the back of his head.
"I'd be happy to be your guide!" she chirped.
At first, Otto had some trouble getting up but with June's help he managed to get to his feet. Picking up the carrier they both started on their way into the jungle. After awhile Otto didn't need Junes help and was walking on his own. The two started to talk about simple things like food and games to pass the time as they search. June was telling him about the games Minatrous would play with her when she spotted something fairly odd. It looked like a metal sheet imbedded into a tree. Otto quickly climbed up the tree to check it out. It was a piece from Fist Rocket 4, Gibson's ship. Leaping down from the tree Otto started calling out.
"Gibson! Gibson, where are you!" all he could hear was the birds suddenly flying out of the trees. The silence was disturbing as nothing and now one answered. He called out again. This time there was an answer but not from Gibson.
"That sounded like Gab!" June started to run to the voice.
"Gab! Where are you!" June cried out as she ran. Otto wasn't too far behind her.
"Just pass the crash site! Hurry we have a serious problem!" Gab answered sounding desperate. Not so long after that they found the wreckage. Fist Rocket 4 was split in two down the middle. Otto was in shock when he saw the cockpit just torn apart. Running out from other side of the wreckage another Nu Ji came to them. She was a Navy Blue with green marking and she seemed frantic.
The pilot is in very bad shape." She started but couldn't finish when June tried to stop Otto from go to his friend.
"Gibson!" Otto yelled leaping over the rubble. He froze when he saw how bad the scientist was.
The metal around Gibson's arm was entirely gone, leaving just the skeleton frame and loose wires open to the world. Half of his face was heavily damaged. The plates that surrounded his face were missing show the robotic skull that was under it. Fluids were leaking down his face and body. Sparks flew every time he took a breath. Otto noticed that the frames in his legs were also fractured from the fact he wasn't moving them. Than again Gibson could be out cold from the trauma he went through.
"O-Otto?" Gibson raised his head a little. His voice was weak and horse. Otto nearly broke down right there. He was hoping that his friend wasn't awake to experience all of that pain. He quickly went to his friend side.
"I'm here Gibson. Just give me some time and I'll have you walking around again…" he said choking back his tears. He quickly started to look around to see what he could salvage from the ship. Gibson watch him quietly not say a word. He often would say how difficult something was to build as Otto simply just put the pieces together. It always annoyed him how Otto was able o show off his building skills and now he was trying to use them to help him. Gibson knew the tragic truth that he wasn't going to make it if he wasn't repaired right away but Otto was not going to give into that. Gibson observed his friend and his new friends as they gathered material near Gibson.
"I need tools! I don't have the tools to weld the metal together, to mend the wires, and to stop the fluids from leaking!" he said running over to the ship.
"I could try going to our ship." June suggested.
"That will take to long…" Otto bit his bottom lip. What was he going to do? There no high tech gadgets around. Then it hit him, if he can't fix Gibson with High tech gear than he'll have to go low tech. He told the girls to collect as much wood and rock they could find. This was going to be difficult but not impossible. The girls nodded and started to gather the supplies he asked for. While they got more wood and stones, Otto had started making a hammer and a fire.
"What… Are you doing?" Gibson asked curiously.
"It's going to take awhile… But I will fix you Gibson…" Otto said making sure the hammer was steady. He started to heat the metal they had gathered to soften it up. After awhile he pulled it out and started to shape it and cut it. Otto was determined to rebuild his friend. Gibson started to feel like he was going to cry as he watched his comrade at work. He didn't know how much Otto actually cared until now. He was going to go and do what he could in order to save Gibson. The Blue Monkey was deeply touched by this act and simply let Otto do his work.
Hours went by as Otto worked hard on making spare parts for Gibson. June and Gab continued to get wood for the fire to keep it burning for Otto. After he was finished, the Green Monkey went to Gibson and started the circuit work on Gibson's arm. Gibson continued to be quiet as he watched. Otto was focused on what he was doing even if Gibson did start talking him he doubted his friend would even notice. Slowly the feeling in his arm started to return. The frame started to get it mobility back and Gibson started to feel a little bit of pain. Once Otto was satisfied, he began to place the new arm shell on. This would at least protect the circuits for the arm. After he finished with the arm, Otto started to examine Gibson's face. He needed to find where the leaks were coming from so he could stop them and patch the open area.
"Otto… This is bad, even for you… I'm sure you can see my chances for survival are-"
"Shut up Gibson…" was all Otto said. The blue ape shut his trap surprised that the mechanic said that to him.
"June is there anything we can use for leaks out here?" he asked looking the small creature.
"There's tree sap." She pointed out.
"That could work until we get him to the ship for repairs." Gab agreed.
"What are we standing around for, let's find some!" Otto said before heading over to the nearest tree. June and Gab followed to him out. Soon Otto dropped from the tree with a branch and ran to his friend. The sap was starting to get hard but would still apply easily. With out hesitation, the ape started to smear it on the tubes that had cuts and hole. Gibson no longer felt the fluid flow down his face.
"You… You did it…" Gibson looked up at Otto. "I'm no longer loosing fluids or energy…"
"We still need to get you to a place were we can repair you entirely though." He pointed out.
"Like we said, our ship isn't to far away. We just have to get there." June said.
"We better get going before those Dead Walkers come out…" Gab said with a shiver.
"Dead Walkers?" Gibson looked over to Gab.
"They're skeleton like creatures that are covered in this blackish gue. They come out mostly at night." June explained.
"Which direction is the ship?" Otto asked.
"That way, it's on the other side of the plains." Gab pointed to the north. Otto went to Gibson and helped the scientist to his feet. Gibson leaned on Otto for support while June went to his other side to help keep him steady and to prevent the frames in his legs from breaking even more. Gab led the way as they walked through the Jungle. They would stop so Gibson could rest and recover his strength before continuing on through. The sun was setting and they were loosing day light.
"We should stop… We can't keep this up through the night…" Gibson said looking to the sky.
"He's right… We should camp somewhere." Gab looked around to find shelter. Going over to large log, Gab started to investigate to see if there was anything inside.
"Its all clear, we can spend the night in here." She said getting in. Otto had Gibson go in than June before he finally went in himself. Gab snuggled up against Gibson before falling fast asleep. He had to admit, she did look cute curled up next to him. He was about to make a comment to Otto about it when he notice the green monkey looking out. He was keeping watch while the others rested. Gibson never saw this side of his friend before. It was almost scary how serious Otto was right now. Gibson put his thoughts aside and decided to rest since that was what they were supposed to do. He closed his good eye and soon was in dreamland. Ah, his dream was nice. It was just like old times where he would explain how difficult it was to build such a weapon or devise and Otto would just go ahead and do it. He missed those times where they would joke around and have a good time.
Suddenly the peaceful dream was shattered by the sounds of screams. He opened his eyes to see that he was alone in the log and that his friends were outside. Crawling to edge he was frightened to see Otto slammed into a tree by what looked to a Formless only different. Could this be those Dead Walker June and Gab were talking about?
"Arrr!" Gab leapt at the creature was swatted down by its hand. June managed to tear that same arm before being swatted down. Her body made a thud as she smacked the ground. Gab growled and sliced through its body making it scream in pain. It roared right afterwards as Otto had used his saws and managed to take off the arms. However, it wasn't defenseless yet. Turning around it used its foot and pinned Otto to the ground. The mouth opened wide showing the predator teeth in its mouth. Otto froze in fear, he never saw a Formless like this before. It was about to clamp its jaws on Otto when a burst of blue light smacked it from behind. Gibson wasn't going to sit around and do nothing even though he couldn't move. He could at least distract it while Otto got loose. The girls took this advantage to knock it off of Otto, getting up he took his saws to it. Soon it was all over and the four just looked at each other so startled they wouldn't be able to get back to sleep.
"Maybe we should keep going…" Otto suggested.
"Good thinking…" Gibson agreed. He waited until Otto came to him to help him get out. The girls came over and started to help Gibson move so they can at least get out of the Jungle. It took them all night to get out. The Dead Walkers were wandering around more than usual Gab pointed out and they had to be extra careful. It was very difficult to move around with out being noticed. Gibson would have to stop and rest and sometimes they would almost be seen by the creatures because of it. Finally, they made it out just as dawn arrived. Otto and Gibson could see the pieces from the rest of the robot just littering the area.
"Wow…" was all Otto could say.
"Look over there… It looks like Fist Rocket 3 and Foot Cruiser 6." Gibson pointed.
"Let's check it out! Maybe Nova and Sparx are there!" Otto chirped as he helped Gibson.
Meanwhile at the site, Chiro was helping Nyander and Leeta with the two monkeys. Nova felt find but Sparx was still having some trouble. He had no sense of balance and his helmet was loose. Chiro laughed at a comment Nova made when he noticed something slowly coming towards them.
"What is that?" he asked looking at the figures.
"I don't know… I'll go check it out." Nyander said.
"I'll go to." Chira started too walked to the figures.
"No, it could be dangerous. You should stay here." The yellow Nu Ji pressed.
"I'm not going to stick around and let the danger get to my wounded friends." The boy pointed out before jogging to the newcomers. His eyes lit up when he saw Otto. He's alive and well! He cried out to his monkey friend who also waved to him. He was just about to grab him when he noticed Gibson. His face went white when he saw how seriously damaged he was.
"G-Gibson…" Chiro said softly.
"Don't act like I'm dead yet… I just can't see well at the moment." He said trying to lighten up the mood. Chiro smiled with tears in his eyes before picking up the blue monkey. He carried him the rest of the way. Nova broke into tears seeing Gibson the way he was. Sparx also showed his concern by helping his friend get comfortable.
"We need to get him to the ship." Leeta said.
"That's all I've been hearing…" Gibson muttered.
"It isn't to far away from here right? So maybe we should start heading there now." Otto suggested.
"Otto is right… I'll carry Gibson while we walk there. That way we won't have to slow down." Chiro said. Everyone nodded at that.
"Maybe we should rest a little first… We were walking all night and haven't had a decent nights rest yet." Gibson said. "I know I'll be carried but the others will still be walking."
"Alright… We'll leave at noon. How does that sound?"
"Sounds good to me…" Otto said with a yawn. Chiro looked at the two new girls who had already fallen asleep near Gibson. This was going to be a long day for them.