Chapter 4: Midnight Meetings

It was early in the morning, about seven or something. Nova was already up as where the others….except Sprx. Everyone were at their place at the table and where enjoying waffles for breakfast, a rare delight for the hyper force.

"Nova, I think it would be wisest if you go wake Sprx up now." Antauri said looking at Nova, his yellow eyes not leaving her.

"Yeah. Sure. Whatever" she said half asleep still.

I went up the red tube to come face to face with his door. I lifted a fist and banged on it. My fist collided with the metal door leaving a small dent, whoops. I hear no shouts telling me to go away and that it's too early in the morning.

Erm… try shouting…..

"Hey Sprx, hurry up, we've got waffles." Still no response.

"Come on, I know their your favourite" Silence.

"Don't make me have to come in there!" I yell.

Ok you asked for it, I push open the door to find emptiness. I gasped and run downstairs.

I got into my position, just outside Foot Cruiser Six. If I can remember correctly that was its name. The workstation of the one and only Nova. My mistress had covered me in cuts and bruises to work as a disguise. I was to turn up outside the robot, tell them I had seen the capture and tried to stop it, then lead Nova to my mistress Kokume.

"It's Sprx he's gone!" I blurt out as a jumble of mumble-like things. I have no idea what that was. The team all look at me like o0. I explain again but slower.

There was a jumble of chatter as we talked over each other. All saying what we should do.

"Gibson, maybe you could run a scan for Sprx." Antauri seemed he was only one not panicking.

"Yes, I'll get my scanner."

A few minutes later

"Well I've checked all the boundaries. He's not in Shugazoom; it's a possibility that he's outside of the city. But my scanner's range does not reach that far."

One word came to mind: Damn.

"Wait a minute; I'm picking up the signals of a robot monkey outside the robot!" Gibson tells us. My brain jumps to action as I run to my yellow tube, go down it and push open the door leading from the foot cruiser to the outside world.

I looked at the monkey at my feet. I would know him anywhere. He looks up at me; his beady red eyes look so lifeless.

The others rush beside me and like me just stare at the robot monkey.

"Midnight…..your supposed to be dead." I stutter. Although looking at his state he looks pretty much dead.

"Nova you know him?" Chiro asks me. I start to shake, I can't control it. My eyes feel heavy and I fall to the floor.

I wearily open an eye. The memory of what had happened before came rushing back. My sight become clearer and I see Gibson and Otto standing around him that dreaded monkey.

Chiro and Antauri enter the medical bay. They notice me awake and come to see me.

"That monkey, how do you know him?" Antauri asks. Hi to you to then.

"It's nothing….honestly." They can't know anything about Midnight. They would cast me aside for sure.

"I have a name you know" huffed a familiar voice. It was him, sat up in the bed.

"It's Midnight, thought you'd remember that….Nova" he said ignoring everyone in the room except me.

I remember how I could forget.

I looked more closely at him, his cuts where bandaged up. The others are silent. They never new Midnight, this is all new for them.

"I was trying to save your friend ya know." He says. The team all shift their attention to Midnight.

"I saw his capturer running off with him, I tried to defend him but she got away, leaving me in a state as you can see" his deep raspy voice boomed.

"I don't trust him." Otto decided. He pulled out his saws, ready to defend. Midnight growled and pulled out some black claws, like Antauri's. I knew this would end in trouble; Midnight is a warrior, killing anything that gets in his way.

I jump into the middle of the fray.

"Stop! Otto, Midnight is a friend. I trust him." I stare into his black eyes. Otto puts away his saws; equally Midnight puts away his claws.

Everyone just stares at me. This is it, I have to save Sprx and Midnight's going to help me.

"Midnight I'm going to find Sprx, tell me where you had the attack." Everyone gasps.

"Nova remembers there is no 'I' in team." Gibson scalds.

"I know, but Midnight is the only one who's seen him, and this is personal now." I say, wow that came out of my mouth?

"But Nova…." Otto protests. Antauri who as always is as cool as cucumber just sighs.

"Nova I believe going alone will cause more trouble than good."

"Stow it Antauri." I snap at him.

"Although the decision lies with you Chiro." Poor kid. I look at him, into his baby blue eyes. I soundlessly plead with him. He sighs.

"Okay. Just contact us if anything goes wrong." I smile, he understands me.

"You'll leave first thing tomorrow." He finishes.