Thanks to Shadowblades and FireNovaLover for the reviews. I really can't say much to what's been going on with Antauri but his time is close to the end. He will not 'die' but he woln't be around for much longer.

CH9

She ran as fast and as hard as she could but she seemed to be running in circles. She growled slightly as she passed by a tree that she would of sworn she'd seen a thousand times already that day. She needed to find him and quick! Who knows what could of happened to him.

'How do you wish to die?' the voice came flooding through his head as the creature before him stared at the monkey. 'I don't plan to!' Antauri answered back through his mind. A grin and small laugh came from the creature before him. 'Then I'll pick for you'

As the team were coming in for a landing in the forest 3 huge birds appeared before them. "Leave or be killed!" A voice said from out of nowhere. Paying no head to the voice the team kept to their plan until the birds began attacking them. Chiro, Gibson, and Sprx dodged to the right while Otto and Jin-may dodged to the left. A loud noise erupted from the birds as they each prepared for attack. Each member of the team was hit by a blast and their jetpacks were instantly shut off. They began falling down towards different areas of the gigantic island.

The blade came closer towards his neck but stopped at his throat. 'I will slit your throat but first you will be tortured till you beg and scream for me to end your life. But then again maybe I'll just torture you till you have no blood left. Decisions, decisions...' Antauri had finally opened both eyes but pain was clearly written in them. "D-Do what y-y-you must but I w-warn you now. They will stop you." He said in a shaky voice.

The creature grinned 'Still brave even in death, a true worrier. To bad I have to kill you'

Antauri looked at the creature no fear evident in his eyes. "I will never give up even in death!" he yelled while looking directly into his captors eyes. The words of the monkey seemed to make the creature grin. 'Good never give up it only makes me happier to see my prey struggle for it's pathetic life.' the blade was drawn to his right shoulder and forcefully brought down. Try as he did he couldn't hold back the scream of pain.

She ran and ran and ran but it seemed to her that she was going nowhere. That's when she heard it. Another scream from him. But this time it was louder which meant he was close to her. She picked up the pace and kept running for everything she was worth. As she was running she heard even more screams and each time they sounded louder and more painful. After a few minutes more of running and she finally found him. But the sight of the blade and cuts across his body made her become paralyzed in fear.

Her eyes widened in fear and she took sharp intake of breath. This made the creature as well as Antauri look over to her. "N-Nova run!" Antauri managed to get out but it was to late. The creature had already appeared behind her and held her arm so she couldn't be free. "Nova!" he screeched while pulling against his bindings trying to be free. Nova didn't move for a few moments but then began struggling for her freedom. "Let me go!" she yelled while pulling against him. 'What is this? More prey? Wonderful! How do you wish to die?' "I'm not gonna die!" She activated one of her fist and slammed it into her captors gut. She hadn't noticed all the strength she put into her attack and she sent him flying. He went flying through as many as 3 trees, but she was to preoccupied with Antauri's predicament then to notice how far she sent him.

Antauri couldn't believe what she had done but never the less he was happy she was here and unharmed. "Nova.." He gave her a weak smile while she ran to him. "Antauri!!" She gave him a hug even though he was tied to the tree. She pulled away after a minute a small blush upon her face. She looked at the vines that were wrapped around his body and also looked at the numerous cuts across his form. "What happened to you Antauri?" She said more so then asked while pulling at the vines. Antauri sighed and gave small thought of answering her question. "Just that monster, I'm just glad you're unharmed." Nova shot him a quick grin and gave one last hard tug against one vine around his left arm. The vine snapped and Antauri activated his claw.

Nova looked at him "Do you want help?" Antauri shook his head "No thank you Nova I can do it" he stated while cutting the vine around his neck. After it snapped he took a sharp intake of breath. "Much better" he said with a small smile. After cutting a few more vines his eyes widened and both hands shot up to his head and he let out an extremely loud scream. Nova broke the last vines that were holding his feet and stomach and pulled him away from the tree and into her lap. He shook violently and screamed every now and then. Nova had a look of worry across her face and she was running her hand through his fur on his head gently. "It's okay Antauri I'm here.." she repeated to him over and over.