So, hoped you liked the second chapter. It was longer than the 1st one though. Zaintar was kinda getting angry when I didn't update this earlier, so she forced me to do it today.

Zaintar: Yep, and so on to chapter 3

Me: Hey, that was so my line.

Zaintar: pouting But I never get to do it, ever.

Me: Alright sigh you may do it again if you want to.

Zaintar: ON TO CH. 3!

The next day, Zaintar went out early in the morning. She walked alone in the streets of ShuggaZoom, passing few people walking home from late night shifts, giving Zaintar odd looks. She inwardly felt like they disliked her, but then knew that they never seen her. So she kept walking. Then she walked across the bridge, looking this way and that, just to make sure nobody was following her. She made it to a tall rock and leaped to the top, and turned eastward. The dark clouds covered the morning sun. Flicking her arrow tip tail in dissapointment, she was about jump down when she heard a footstep. It seemed to echo in her mind, which really bugged her. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a tail, a black monkey's tail. Zaintar suddenly heard a giggle. She spun toward the sound. A black monkey with light purple eyes, white belly, purple feet, and black and purple wings stood there, watching her, a smile on her face. Zaintar felt as if she had seen this monkey before.

"Who on ShuggaZoom are you?" Zaintar heard herself say.

"Don't you remember me, Zaintar?" asked the monkey dismaied.

"No."

"Well then, let me refresh your memory," she said. The monkey leaped at Zaintar and tried to grab Zaintar's shoulders, but was whipped by her dragontail. The monkey flew into a rock.

"You've improved, Zaintar," the monkey said, her hands turning into purple claws.

How does she know me? Zaintar thought as she side leaped away. The monkey sucsessfully grabbed hold of Zaintar's foot. She pulled Zaintar to the earth.

"Why don't you fight back? Too scared?" The monkey teased.

"It's been a while since I fought..."

She really knows how to push my buttons.

"But, I won't dissapoint you any longer." Zaintar's hands morfed into red claws.

"Phase through Darkness!" Zaintar sliced the air. A black shadow like substance seeped through the cuts. It engulfed the monkey in a black sphere of shadows.

"Now where to jump in at," she whispered. She noticed she was spending a bit too much debating on whether or not what time to jump in at, so she decided to go with instinct and leaped in.

"Moon Slice!" Zaintar called out. Her claws turned white and she clawed the monkey's exsposed belly. She yelped out in pain. Zaintar tunred around just to make sure she didn't acciddently rip it opened, but was tackled to the ground. They punched, clawed, and screamed at each other. Soon, both had blood smeared on them and coming out of them. Zaintar didn't know how long she could take, and soon had the monkey on top of her. The monkey jammed her claws into Zaintar's shoulders. Purple electricity enveloped around Zaintar. Zaintar screamed out in pain as the electricity slowly started to fry her system. The monkey seemed to engulf the dragon's helplessness.

"Just give up Zaintar," the monkey told her. "You know it's over. We could be friends again, just give over to the darkness." Zaintar glared at her.

"Who...t-the heck are you?" She managed to rasp out.

"Still haven't figured it out yet?" When Zaintar looked at her oddly, the monkey snorted.

"Pratical," she said. Then she leaned over and whispered:

"My name is Martria." Suddenly, Zaintar was pulled to the past...

Zaintar hung her leg lazily over the edge of the river. Martria was swimming, laughing and splashing. Then she turned to Zaintar.

"C'mon Zaintar! The water's great!" Martria kicked up some water at her. Zaintar shielded herself from the upcoming water.

"Well...maybe to you it is..." Zaintar paused, then smiled wickedly, like a child did when he made a plan to steal something. When Martria wasn't looking, she climbed up on a rock, estimated when to leap in at, and jumped up, yelling:

"Cannonball!"

Splash

Both of them where laughing and splashing each other. Then the alarm went off.

Zaintar snapped out of her trance. She knew what had happened that day. Martria was still on top of her. She had to get back to the others and fast. Zaintar put her legs underneath Martria and kicked upward. That made Martria let go of her shoulders. Zaintar stood up and before Martria landed, Zaintar punched her, making her fly into a rock.

"We'll never be friends anymore," she whispered, walking away.

When Zaintar returned, the team was wide awake, except for Sprx, who was sitting groggly in his chair. The team turned to her and gasped. Blood was still seeping through her wounds, and her metal parts were charred. Silence. Chiro was the first to speak.

"What happened? It looks like you stuck you tail in an outlet and got in a fight with a tiger."

"Chiro, that definetly didn't happen," Zaintar replied hotly.

"Then what did?" Nova asked, a hint of anger in her voice.

"I'll tell you...later. Right now, I need help." She limped over to Gibson, who helped her into the lab. Zaintar painfully got up onto the table. Gibson looked her over.

"It looks like a person ripped a electric cord and forced them into your shoulders. And it also looks like you had a fight, as Chiro said, with a huge feline."

"You know, I thought he was joking, but with you saying it, it must be pretty bad."

"I'll run some test, just to make sure nothing horrible had happened." Zaintar nodded and closed her eyes.

Chiro sat back down in his chair. He turned off the vidoe game, feeling completely not in mood. Otto was still playing and gave Chiro a glare. Chiro ignored him and rubbed his temples. Sprx looked at him.

"Hey kid, what's up?" Another silence followed.

"I...don't know," Chiro finally spoke. "I...feel like...sigh...I just have so many mixed emotions."

"Like what, Chiro?" Antari asked.

"Like...mad, sad, confused..." He stopped, and shook his head.

"It's because of Zaintar, isn't it?" Nova said. Chiro nodded.

"You could say that," he replied. Otto had decided to help Gibson during their conversation and was out of the lab, holding some of Zaintar's armor.

"Um...does any body know where the paint is?" He asked. Nova pointed to the storage room.

"Otto, did you look in there?" She asked annoyed.

"Um...no," he answered.

"Then move that monkey rear-end of your's in there before I do!" Nova made a fist and shook it at him. Hastily, Otto walked fastly into the storage room. He came out with some paint cans and ran back into the lab, escaping Nova's growing anger. Sprx shook his head.

"Man, Nova control your anger. I know Otto can be a pain sometimes..."

"So can you."

"...but right now, him and Gibson are busy with Zaintar. Sometimes being as busy as they are makes you forget about things."

"You know, your right Sprx," she said. Sprx puffed out his chest.

"For once," she added, holding a giggle. Sprx drooped and glared at her. Antari had returned to his meditating when he suddenly jerked awake. Chiro, Nova, and Sprx looked in his direction.

"What's wrong?" Chiro asked, unsure whether his reply would be bad or good.

"Some new force, and I'm afraid, it has something to do with Zaintar."