Time Chains
Chapter 3
"He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times." -Johann von Schiller
Disclaimer: As you all know, I make no money from this story, nor do I own the monkeys or Chiro. Venus, however, is mine
School had finally ended. Other than the test, Which Chiro tried not to remember, his day had been exceptional. As usual, groups of kids had gathered around in patches walking this way and that until disappearing onto other streets. Chiro silently whistled, the feeling of content-ness returning. He wished her could feel this way forever. The longer he walked, the more Chiro thought about Shuggazoom when it wasn't being attacked by formless or monsters of any kind. Just the way it was now.
The hotel Chiro had passed a few minutes before, and in about another minute he would be at the arcade. He turned up the corner and walked on a sloping hill until he saw the glossy glass with the aqua frosted letters saying, "ARCADE." Flashing lights showed through the open door while a cold breeze from inside nipped Chiro down his spine.
But unlike the usual crystal clear view of inside, someone was in the way. Chiro walked up ever so closer, only to get a glimpse of the person's copper hair and raggedy messenger bag. Simply, it was just Venus. She was sitting with her back against the side of the glass and one foot leaning back on it. She was reading a magazine. Nothing special here, Chiro thought. Chiro looked her over again. She looked perfectly normal, except for the magazine.
On its cover where strange illustrations of strange electronics that would cause Otto to go out of his shell to see. Necklaces and books also littered the cover, while accompanied by the most weird characters and complex symbols. Venus looked up from her reading to face Chiro. She gave a small smile and said, "Hey," before walking off, the magazine practically pressed to her face with feverish reading.
Chiro stood on the sidewalk rather stupidly before going on, heading for home again. Must be the language they speak where she's from, Chiro told himself. It was perfectly normal to see someone in Shuggazoom reading and understanding a different language, right? As all these thoughts ran into Chiro at once, he suddenly came back to his body as he crashed softly into the robot's gigantic metal foot. Time to face the lions.
Author's Notes: Well, very short chapter. Because this is so short, chapter 4 will be up in less than a week. Hopfully.