Disclaimer: I do NOT own SRMTHFG! I only own my oc's Azalea and Ivan, which I created myself.


Chapter 13: Questions that Need Answers

A day later Azalea and the team went into the healing chambers to check on Ivan. She saw that he was still fast asleep on the operation table with a pillow underneath his head and a warm blanket covering him. She thought that he looked like he was having a peaceful sleep. Azalea noticed that there were some white bandages that were wrapped around his head. He hasn't woken up ever since they've arrived back on Shuggazoom. So far they haven't been having any attacks from the Skeleton King lately, which was good for them. Now all of them can focus on other important matters that they need to attend to.

"So Ivan is a really big fan of the Hyper Force Team?" Sparx asked.

"Yeah," Azalea replied. "So when he wakes up be prepared to have him go through one of his 'fan' moments that can be a bit scary at times."

"Oh, I see," said Chiro. She could tell that he wasn't too fond of what she said, but tried to say it in the nicest way possible. "I hope he isn't too bad. People like that are a bit weird."

"He's not that bad once he gets used to you guys, but at first, yeah, he'll probably flip getting to meet his idols in person." Azalea made her ways towards the door. "Let me know when he wakes up and I'll be outside if any of you need me." With that she made her way out of the healing chambers to the outside of the robot.

A few hours passed by in the blink of an eye. Azalea spent that time outside, sitting atop of the Super Robot's shoulders with her legs hanging over the edge. She was reflecting at all that had happened to her and Ivan since they've been on Shuggazoom. She was pondering over all of the questions that she still had since day one of being taken here by the Skeleton King. Azalea thought that if she thought over it long enough then maybe those questions would give her answers within time…but they haven't. She would ask some of the monkeys, but she felt a little embarrassed to ask her questions in front of everybody and didn't want to ask Chiro either. At this point if she didn't ask then she would never be able to get the answers she needs to some of her questions. There were some questions that should be asked while with others they should be revealed within time.

Azalea was broken out of her thoughts when she heard someone greet her from behind. She didn't know that somebody was with her. Her heart gave a sudden leap from her chest and she felt her upper body jump. She relaxed when she saw that it was just Chiro. Azalea took in a deep breath to calm herself down. She felt like hitting him.

"Don't scare me like that!"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to. I was just wondering if you were alright. You've been up here all day and you didn't even come back inside for some coffee this morning." He knew that whenever she didn't have coffee there was something up with her. Azalea looked back at the scenery of the city from up high on the robot and replied,

"Well…I was just thinking about everything that had happened to me since I've been here. I've been having a lot of questions ever since." Chiro took a seat next to her and also gazed upon the city.

"What is it that you want to know?"

"Why was I even taken here in the first place? I know the Skeleton King took me here because he wanted me to work for him to kill you guys, but I don't understand why he chose me? Wouldn't it just be easier for him to take a fourteen year old girl from this world instead? I just don't understand why he would want to go through all of that just for me."

"That's something that none of us know except for the Skeleton King Azalea. We all know that there must be some reason why you and Ivan were taken here, but I think it's just one of those questions where time would reveal itself to us." Azalea chuckled.

"Yeah, I guess so. I've also been wondering, why are those so many bad guys who want to take over Shuggazoom so badly? Surly there must be other planets that are better for them to take over."

"It's because Shuggazoom was once corrupt place where evil inhabited at one point. Centuries ago there was a terrible war between the living and the dead. It was more of a massacre then a war. Two million were murdered and buried beneath the surface of the entire planet. The Skeleton King wishes to resurrect the dead and take over this world to rule, killing every human on this planet in the process; possibly even the galaxy."

"I never knew that Shuggazoom had such a cruel history to it. I always thought that the main reason why he wanted to take over this world was because this planet is more vulnerable to attacks since you and the monkey team are the only ones that are protecting it."

"It could be that too," Chiro said. "But it's mostly because there's a lot of people buried here and the Skeleton King wants to bring the dead back to life so that he can rule over them." Azalea nodded her head.

"Oh, okay, I see. Thank you for answering that for me. I've been thinking about that for a long time, as well as a bunch of other things. What about you Chiro? Do you have any family members or siblings?"

"The monkey team is my family."

"No, I mean, people that your blood related to?"

He went silent and the atmosphere around him changed. He stood up and said grimly,

"We should get back inside. It's starting to get dark." Azalea noticed this too, having him pointing it out and went back inside of the Super Robot with him. She asked herself,

Did I just ask something I shouldn't have?

Back inside of the robot Azalea and Chiro saw that Ivan was wide awake. They were all gathered in the main controls room of the Super Robot and her little bro grew fascinated with the robot monkeys. He was petting them and told them how adorable and awesome they all were, even though he couldn't understand what they were saying. The minute that the two of them came into the room Ivan looked in their direction and his expression lit up when he saw his sister.

"Azalea!" He ran up to her and gave her a big warm hug. Azalea embraced him back. "I missed you so much! Have you broken free yet from the Skeleton King?"

"Not completely even though I wish I did." They broke apart and Ivan was so thrilled to see his favorite TV show characters in real life. He turned towards Chiro.

"You're Chiro, the leader of the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! I've watched all of the episodes of you guys multiple times!" He had no idea what Ivan meant by "watching all of the episodes" but nervously scratched the back of his head and smiled.

"That's good. So I'm popular where you guys come from?"

"Yeah! I've dreamed of one day meeting you all in person. Now it's come true!" Ivan continued to ramble on about all of their adventures that he's seen in the TV show and named off every one of the monkeys, their personalities, weapons and abilities. They were daunted at how much he knew about all of them. It was scary. Azalea sweat dropped, covered his mouth and said calmly,

"Okay, Ivan deep breaths. You're starting to scare everyone now."

"Where does this kid learn all of this stuff about us from?" Nova asked.

"It's rather disturbing," Gibson added grimly.

"Looks like we're famous, even galaxies away from Shuggazoom," said Otto. Ivan pushed Azalea's hand away from his mouth and blurted out,

"Hey Chiro, there's one thing that I don't know about you."

"Wonder what they could be."

"What's your past like before the monkey team?"

The room echoed silence and nobody said a word, just like what happened to Azalea when she asked that question. She knew that this could not be good. Chiro looked away for a few seconds and once he regained himself he forced a smile and replied,

"I'll tell you later." So far today this has been the second time he's been acting like that when somebody asks that question. Azalea thought that it was rude because when she first met the team he kept on accusing her about purposely hiding secrets from him, but in reality it was him who was actually keeping the secrets. They already knew all about her and Ivan, but she never thought about learning more about him, the leader of the group. Looks like she wasn't the only one who had some skeletons in her closet. It came her that maybe he had a really hard past if he was that opposed to talking about it. Chiro changed the subject.

"How about we can give you the grand tour of the Super Robot Ivan. Maybe we can even play some video games together down at the Shuggazoom arcade." Ivan knew that he was dodging that question once again, but he thought it was best if he went along with it. He nodded his head and said that he would like that. With that being said Chiro and her brother went around the Super Robot, talking to one another cheerfully once again.

Azalea just stood where she was and had a flashback to the time where she was still working for the Skeleton King. She went into one of the private rooms in the Citadel of Bone that she couldn't enter, but did it anyway. When she did walk in she saw that it was a small room littered with robot toys and action figures that a little boy would play with. Some of them were broken and rusty, telling her that time was wearing away at them. There was a mannequin wearing a gray uniform on it with a matching cap on its head. In the corner were a few framed pictures that were covered in dust and appeared as if they haven't been touched in ages. One of them was a picture of a small boy wearing the uniform on the mannequin, but the face of the picture was ripped off, so she didn't know who it was. Azalea had a feeling that they were past memories of Chiro, but there was one thing that still didn't make sense.

Why did the Skeleton King have them?


As you may have guessed by now I will put in my version of Chiro's past in future chapters of this story. But first they need to deal with the Skeleton King. XD Once again thanks for reading this. Your support and reviews is what keeps me motivated to write more chapters and update. :)