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Chapter 16: To the Citadel of Bone!

Before Chiro and Gibson left for the Citadel of Bone, they had Ivan and Jinmay stay on Shuggazoom while they went out to face the Skeleton King themselves. Not only that but it would be too risky to bring the two of them along since they needed to sneak in without getting caught. If they did then disaster would strike them. They said their goodbyes to Jinmay and Ivan before Chiro and Gibson both went into their individual cockpits and flew off to their destination.

"Gibson," Chiro began. "Do you have any idea how we can get into the Citadel of Bone successfully?"

"Hmm…well, the only thing I can think of is that we somehow jump into the Citadel of Bone without getting caught while I turn on the auto-pilot on the Super Robot. That would distract the Skeleton King and give us enough time before he notices our presence."

"Then we'll go with that then. Hyper Force Go!" Gibson thought it was a bit awkward to say that since he was the only monkey with him. They then could faintly see the flying space fortress in the distance. It was now time to put that plan into action!

Inside of the Citadel of Bone, located in the Skeleton King's throne room, the king was sitting in his throne with his magic staff in his right hand with Azalea standing in front of him with her Sword of Destruction sheathed at her side. She slightly bowed to him.

"It's good to be back Master."

"Yes, glad to have you back too Azalea. So did you destroy Chiro as planned?"

"Of course, I used my powers to have the Super Robot fall right on top of him. He certainly couldn't have survived that."

"Good. Everything is falling into place. The monkey team won't last long without a leader and with that they shall be filled with darkness and work for me!" The Skeleton King let out a sinister laugh and Azalea giggled along. He arose from his throne and with his staff in hand created more formless from the pit of ooze, so that there was enough of his minions to start filling up the entire room. He wanted to make enough so that he can start taking over Shuggazoom now that the monkey team was in his control and Chiro was destroyed.

"That reminds me," she began. "How is Mandarin 'taking care' of the monkeys so far?"

"You can say that they are making themselves rather comfortable. Their all having a nice family reunion."

"Awe, that's sweet."

At that moment TV monster alerted the Skeleton King of their enemies' presence. He looked on the screen to see that the Super Robot was coming straight for them. They were shooting homecoming missiles at the fortress. The entire Citadel of Bone shook with every blow that they took, having the Skeleton King almost lose his balance. He pounded his scepter on the floor and yelled,

"Blasted! Their still alive?! I thought that you said you exterminated the boy!"

"I did. It's probably that blue monkey that Mandarin didn't get to capture last time. Or it could be that Jinmay girl too." The Skeleton King sat back down in his seat.

"No matter. Once they come I'll finish them off once and for all. Once they do if you see them Azalea I want you to kill them on the spot! Except for the blue monkey. I want him alive and captured with the others." She bowed to him, putting her right arm across her chest.

"Of course my lord." She then left the throne room and went on her way to patrol around the fortress.

On the outside of the fortress Gibson turned on the auto pilot switch of the Super Robot before the monkey and Chiro managed to jump on top of the Citadel of Bone, while they saw their robot fly away in the distance. The Skeleton King must've noticed because he made his fortress go in after the Super Robot as fast as he could, making sure that they didn't get away from him. That's when they knew that their plan was going smoothly so far. Gibson used his hand drills to dig a deep hole through the Citadel of Bone and with that they made their way inside.

After the two of them have gotten through to the inside Chiro had to help Gibson by pulling him out of the walls because soon after the flying space ship regenerated itself. They found it fascinating how the Citadel of Bone could do that so quickly and pull itself together. They pushed the thought aside and crouched down on the floor when they saw what was ahead of them.

Beneath them were columns and rows of hallways and entrances that the formless were neatly marching through, one by one. There were also some giant skeleton like dogs that appeared as if they had two arms and hands attached to its back. Some spider creatures were also seen. Chiro was overwhelmed by how many of them there were. If they were found out by the Skeleton King that they were there then they would get annihilated for sure. There was no way that the two of them could fight them all off. Chiro then laid on his back after taking in the sights and said,

"How are we going to get passed all of them let alone find the others?"

"I'm not too sure," Gibson replied. "But it's best to be careful. You can always use the Power Primate that Antauri taught you to use to find the team, but at the same time you might alert the Skeleton King of your presence here." Chiro thought hard about it. The Citadel of Bone was so big that there was no way that they could just wing it by traveling around blindly. Either option has its weaknesses.

"I'll try using the Power Primate." He sat cross legged with his hands at his side in meditation. He closed his eyes and focused intently on where he could find his team in this evil and corrupted place. Chiro had a thin green energy covering him, like the green florescence was consuming his entire being while bringing himself to an empty minded state. Through his meditation he unconsciously traveled through the hallways of the Citadel of Bone, until he could see where his friends were being held captive by Mandarin.

While he was doing this the formless stopped their march from below and were on guard from feeling the Power Primate being used in the area. Gibson saw this and began feeling the adrenalin pulsing through them, hoping that they wouldn't figure out where they were. Fortunately nothing happened and once Chiro was done he opened his eyes and stood up on his feet. That's where the formless and other creatures down there continued on their way like before, until they couldn't see any more in sight.

"I know where they are now," he said. "Let's go."

The two of them paused and surveyed the area to make sure that the Skeleton King's minions were gone for good. When they saw that they weren't anywhere in sight, they jumped down the ledge they were on and to the rounded shaped cavern. From there, there were multiple entrances/exits surrounding them. Gibson thought that any one of them could lead them to the team, but since Chiro said he knew where he was going the blue monkey followed the boy into one of the hallways and rushed on through it.

When they made it to one of the rooms, they quickly pushed their backs against the walls because they saw that giant robotic daddy long leg spiders were scanning around the area with their beady red eyes. They knew that the Skeleton King must know or have some kind of idea that Chiro was inside of the fortress. The robotic spiders passed by them and once they were out of sight they continued on forward and went into another room.

Little did they know that when they walked into the room, they were surprised to see that the room was covered with toys that littered everywhere on the floor, especially Chiro. The toys looked like ones that a small boy would play with, being that of toy robots and ones of other different kinds. They were covered in dust and the metal parts of the toys were rusted. Right in the middle of the room was a mannequin wearing a blueish gray school uniform with a cap on its head.

"This is an interesting room," Gibson said. "What is the Skeleton King doing with all of these old toys and uniform?" Chiro's eyes were widened for a second when they first entered the room. All of these toys felt familiar to him and…that uniform. He didn't want to be reminded of the times that he went through that took place so long ago. His tone was grim sounding.

"I don't understand why the Skeleton King has them either."

"Do you know anything about these toys and uniform Chiro?"

"Yeah, they're from a long time ago." They stared at the scene for a few moments longer, burning the memory into their brains. "We need to find the others soon Gibson before the Skeleton King captures the Super Robot and knows for certain that we're not in there." The blue monkey agreed and with that they got out of that room and continued to push forward.

At the throne room of the Citadel of Bone the Skeleton King finally got the Super Robot into his possession. He had his bony fortress secure it tightly into the fortress to make sure that it wouldn't get away from him. He let out a malicious evil laugh and said,

"Now that I got you now, it's time to come out boy. I'll end this quickly." He had his formless get onto the robot to pry open the torso of the Super Robot, where he knew that Chiro usually pilots in. The Skeleton King peaked inside of the torso when his formless were finished tearing it open to see that nobody was in there. He had his formless check the other cockpits of the robot as well, but he couldn't find anybody. It dawned on him that they must've put it on auto-pilot to distract him while they go rummaging around his fortress, trying to free the monkeys and destroying him in the process. He grew enraged being taken as a fool by Chiro and his monkey friends.

"They think they can make a fool out of me now don't they? It'll end the same Chiro. You will still die by my hands and be no more. Until then I'll wait for you."

Eventually Gibson and Chiro came into a fork in the path that they were going on. There were two different hallways that they had to go in through now. The leader thought if they could split up and do their parts then it would be quicker to go separately.

"You take the left Gibson and I'll take the right. That path should lead you to the others, but be careful." The blue monkey nodded.

"On it!" They both separated from one another and Chiro knew what he was going to do next.

To defeat the Skeleton King once and for all.

A little while later Chiro came to another opening in a room. He knew that he was getting closer to the Skeleton King. He could feel his evil presence getting stronger with each step that he took. Unfortunately he was stopped when he saw Azalea blocking his way. She stood there right in front of the door leading to the Skeleton King. She had her Sword of Destruction sheathed at her side and her cunning green eyes stared right through him.

"Nice to meet you again monkey boy. Please tell me how you weren't crushed from that Super Robot of yours." He ignored the question.

"Azalea! Get out of the way! I don't want to fight you, but if you don't move then you'll give me no choice!" In a way Chiro still had a grudge against her for harming his friends and almost killing him. If he was going to fight her then he'll throw all of his anger and hatred at her. He tapered his eyes at her.

"I said get out of the way."

"Try and make me," she taunted. Azalea was the first one to attack by having a beam of black energy coming from the palms of her hands at him. Chiro dodged out of the way of it and rushed up to her, using one of his Thunder Kick moves on her. He did it pretty fast so that it took Azalea off guard and she was kicked down on the ground. Chiro was going to go in for another assault by following up with his Thunder Punch, but Azalea stumbled onto her feet just in time to move her head to the side and had her fist covered in darkness before punching him in the abdomen. He collapsed onto the ground, clutching the spot where she punched him. The darkness in the process of her punch burned a small hole through his uniform. Azalea got cocky and didn't bother to finish him off, leaving herself wide open to any numerous moves that Chiro could do on her.

"You're not that strong," she mocked. She kicked him in the same spot where she punched, lowering himself to the ground in pain. "I don't see why you're the 'chosen one'. Pretty stupid sounding if you ask me."

While she was left wide open and wasn't expecting another assault from him, he yelled out,

"Monkey Mind Scream!" A green energy from the Power Primate came out of his mouth and in a few seconds Azalea fell down on the ground and laid there unconscious. Chiro took in a few deep breathes and regained himself, waiting for the pain in his chest to settle down before heading on his way to the Skeleton King's throne room.

When Chiro arrived at inside of the throne room, there he saw the Skeleton King standing in front of him. He was anticipating his arrival and was eager to encounter the boy face to face. Chiro stayed strong and assertively looked at the Skeleton King, on guard for any of his attacks that might come his way.

"Hello Chiro. I've been waiting for you."