AN: Hey guys, second chapter, let me know if there's anything I should change or look out for in future chapters, other than that, thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.

CHAPTER 2

"OH MY GOD!" Both Stella and Zach were momentarily broken out of their states of astonishment, to look over at Laleh, who looked just about ready to simultaneously pass out and explode. They followed her line of sight to the boy and small… monkeys? that Stella had spotted just a second ago. Apparently Zach had not spotted them, at first having only been looking at where the portal had been, as he too seemed suddenly floored.

Before either of them could say anything else however, Laleh shot forward over the rocky floor and then seemed to almost freeze in place the second she got within a few feet of the monkeys. "IT'S THE HYPERFORCE!" She screamed in a rather… disturbing manner that made everyone in the room cringe.

"Uh… hi." Said Chiro, waving a little bit at the girl, trying his best not to ask her right out why she was acting in such a way.

She suddenly moved again and scooped up Sprx, who immediately started struggling against her surprisingly strong grip; "Hey let me go!" He cried out as she hugged him for a moment.

She quickly set him down, giggling, "Sorry, you guys are just soooo cute! I always wanted to do that!"

Zach slowly made his way over, still in a state of shock, staring at his surroundings, everything seeming to be made of gray rock, with Stella quickly overtaking him.

Sprx meanwhile, glared at Laleh, who seemed utterly oblivious, "What the Shuggazoom is your problem!?"

Gibson shook his head, ignoring Sprx's anger, "I think the more important question here is, who you three are?"

Antauri nodded in his usual sage like manner, "As is the question of where did you come from, and how you know of us."

"Holy shit." Zach whispered as he finally stood in front of them, scarcely believing his eyes. These were characters from his childhood, from a show he could barely remember, and now they were standing right in front of him, in real life, reality. Well, unless that lightning had actually hit him, and this was all some hallucination brought on by the massive amount of electricity coursing through his brain.

Otto looked up at the dark skinned boy in confusion, "Why would you say holy sheet?"

Nova glanced over, "Maybe it's part of his religion Otto, and that's not the point right now."

Stella nodded as she nudged aside a still star struck Laleh, "Yeah, the point is where the hell are we and what's going on?!" She looked about the room quickly, it looked almost like a cave of some sort, "And what the hell are you guys?!"

Laleh quickly turned to the other girl, glaring at her, "I was just talking about them a few minutes ago! They're the Hyperforce, didn't you pay any attention?!"

"Wait what?" Stella was now more confused, because if what Laleh was saying to her was true… than things made even less sense. "No, that… that's fucking impossible."

Chiro tried to take charge, "Antauri and Gibson are right, you need to tell us who you guys are."

Stella turned to Chiro, obviously still on edge, "Why the hell should I listen to some kid wearing a stupid outfit and face makeup?!"

Chiro looked offended and was about to snap back when Sprx spoke up, "Kid? You can't be more than like, three years older than him at best."

Laleh looked ready to tackle Stella for slights against her childhood, while Stella herself looked about ready to tear her hair out over the insanity of the situation. Zach, meanwhile, stood dumbfounded and mostly silent.

Antauri suddenly spoke up, his deep voice cutting through the arguing and tension in the air, "Everyone, we gain nothing by arguing like this." Everyone fell silent for a few moments.

Chiro quickly collected himself, nodding, "Yeah, we all just need to take a breath, and start over." He paused for a moment, to allow everyone the chance to do just that, before speaking up again. "My name is Chiro, and we're the Hyperforce, we defend the galaxy from those that wish to harm it."

"I know who you are!" Exclaimed Laleh quite happily, "And that's Antauri, Otto, Sprx, Nova, and Gibson!" She quickly listed off the members, pointing at each of them with a giant grin on her face.

"Great." Sprx mumbled, "We've got Krinkle 2.0 on our hands, don't we?"

Either Laleh didn't hear, or ignored him, as she seemed ready to continue before Gibson interrupted by clearing his throat, "And what would your name be, young lady?"

"I'm Laleh! It's just… SUPER awesome to meet you guys! Like you have no idea!" She bounced up and down as she said this, like an over-caffeinated child.

As the team looked between themselves, a little worried about the state of the girl, Stella reached over and flicked Laleh on the head, "Quit it. You're embarrassing me and Zach, and we barely even know you."

Laleh glared back at her, "Hey! Excuse me for being excited about meeting childhood heroes!"

Stella rolled her eyes and turned back to the team, "I'm Stella." She chewed her lip for a moment, "So… you guys are like… robotic monkeys?"

Otto nodded with a smile, "Well, we're actually cyborgs except for Antauri, but robot monkey has more of a ring to it."

She shook her head, "This is so weird." She whispered as she massaged her forehead.

Everyone's eyes fell on Zach, the boy taking a few moments to register the fact, still somewhat lost in a haze. "Oh! Sorry, um, I'm Zach…" He looked around one last time, "Yeah, uh, this is really weird, I did not expect to be spending my afternoon like this. So this is like... the bad guy's lair, right? What did you say his name was again?" He looked over at Laleh.

"Skeleton King, duh, I just told you a couple minutes ago." She seemed exasperated by him forgetting.

Chiro was surprised, how did they not know who Skeleton King is? He guessed they must not be from Shuggazoom; which made some sense, their clothes looked a bit off. "Uh… where are you guys from?"

"Boston." Answered Stella

"Earth!" Was Laleh's response.

"Uh… yeah I guess Earth." Zach said last.

Stella paused for a second before nodding, "Oh, yeah, uh…" She looked out a nearby window, "We're kind of in space aren't we…" She paused again, "Wait what?!" She dashed over to the window, staring out of it.

Zach followed a bit slower, but was indeed amazed by the field of stars before him, "Holy…" Laleh was quick to follow, and the three of them stood there for a few moments, totally silent, until Chiro chuckled a little.

"First time off your planet huh? Yeah, I still remember my first time looking out at all that." Hard to believe that was almost three years ago now.

Before any of them could respond, Gibson began to speak, "So, Skeleton King's transporter must have malfunctioned, somehow opening a portal wherever you three were, and dropping you off here. Strange that it would malfunction is such a way, but that's not what matters right now."

Nova nodded, a determined look on her face, "Yeah, what matters is tracking down Skeleton King and stopping him."

Otto looked over at her, a bit worried, "What? I thought it would be that we have to get these guys home."

The yellow monkey seemed somewhat surprised, "Uh, hello?! There's kind of a war going on! We don't have time to make detours! I've never even heard of 'Earth'."

Antauri frowned at Nova, but sighed, "I am afraid that I too, have never heard of it. But Nova, we cannot just neglect our other duties and abandon them."

The three of them had turned back by now, having heard the conversation, "Whatever." Laleh shrugged, "This is like a dream, so I don't care if I go home."

Zach stared at her, "Are you nuts?" He chuckled a bit, "No, wait, sorry, I shouldn't ask questions I already know the answer to."

Laleh glared at him as Stella spoke up, "Where is 'here', anyway? I thought it was a cave but… we're in space."

"An asteroid, Skeleton King was using it as one of his bases, although from what we can tell it was a minor one." Gibson answered, before sighing, "We should have known that it wouldn't actually be him here, he wouldn't take such a risk."

Otto shook his head, "Well we had to check it out anyway, don't feel so bad!"

"So, what do you think we should do with 'em kid?" Sprx suddenly asked Chiro, pointing at the three.

Stella seemed offended, from the look on her face, "How about you ask us? Seeing as we're right here."

Sprx merely rolled his eyes at the girl, while Chiro spoke up before anything else could be said to raise tensions, "Well, we can't leave them here, and we were heading back to Shuggazoom anyway; why not take them with us and see from there."

"Oh my god! I get to go to Shuggazoom too?! And on the Robot?!" Laleh whispered in an almost reverent tone, "This is totally the best day ever!"

"How do you know about us anyway, if you aren't from Shuggazoom?" Asked Nova, growing increasingly worried, along with the rest of the team, that Sprx had been right with his comment.

"Oh, I'm a huge fan!" Exclaimed Laleh, giggling, and partially confirming the team's fear.

"Yes, well, you and your friends should follow us, regardless." Gibson said, trying to smile.

"We're… not friends." Stella said, clearly trying to separate herself from the creepiness that was Laleh at the moment.

"We barely know her." Zach added.

Laleh ignored their comments, and happily followed the team as they left the room, Zach and Stella behind her.

The silence was somewhat eerie as they trundled through the now empty asteroid, so Chiro decided he might as well start a conversation, "So um… what's your home planet like?"

Laleh shrugged, "Not that great."

Zach and Stella both struggled with the question, "Uh… never been off of it, so not much to compare it too I guess?" Zach finally settled on as an appropriate response.

"I mean… it's habitable, obviously. I don't know how else you'd describe it. It varies a lot." Stella had no idea what Shuggazoom was like, so that seemed just as appropriate as Zach's.

Gibson was the quickest to latch on to this line of questioning, "Well, do you know what the galactic coordinates of it? That would obviously be the first step to getting you home."

Stella and Zach stared at each other, starting to realize the gravity of their situation. How were they supposed to say that not only did they not know, the might not even be in the right universe?

"I don't know." Said Laleh, "But I do know our rough location, we live in the Orion arm of the Milky Way galaxy! That probably won't be super helpful though."

Gibson sighed a tad, "Yes, I'm afraid I'm not familiar with those names. I take it your planet hasn't started using the galactic standard names for locations yet?"

"What are those?" Asked Laleh, as both Stella and Zach began to get nervous; having Laleh clumsily spell out the situation probably wouldn't be great.

"How do you not know what galactic standards are? I mean, to have heard of us and not-" Gibson was cut off as Laleh suddenly bolted ahead.

"I can see it! The entrance to the robot!" The girl exclaimed.

Stella and Zach watched the team run ahead to stop Laleh, themselves stopping to look at each other.

"So..." Stella said, "We're kinda fucked aren't we?"

Zach stayed silent for a moment before nodding, "Pretty much."

Stella sighed as she continued on ahead, "Knew I shouldn't have picked you as my project partner."