Hello! Alright this took SO SO long to put up

Right!

I can explain, My schedule has been BUSY AS HECK!

AHH! My mind is ready to Blow... Anyway,

Yes, this is short, but its better than nothing... Right!

But, now that its Spring Break, I CAN WRITE MY HEART OUT!!!

Please Read and Review me any comments or concerns or miss-spelling or any junk like that!

~EmZ

The Cididel of Bone was gone, and so was Sprx. The team headed straight back to the Robot. Gibson was trying to pinpoint the ship, while Antauri tried to communicate with Sprx and as everyone guessed, he wasn't answering.

"Gibson, you getting anything!?" Chiro asked with worry and distress in his voice.

"No! Nothing! This is just... Preposterous! I just dont understand this, how can the Cididel just... Disappear without a trace?"

Antauri stepped over to Gibson's side, "Yes indeed, it is perplexing; but also the fact that Mandarin wants us all to fall in a so called 'Game' but leaves most of us untouched is, puzzling."

"Yea, well we're not all untouched Antauri!" Nova said fiercely as she crossed her arms and looked out the window. The sky was filled with stars, but all she saw inside was a barren, unimportant blackness. She was antagonized knowing that Sprx was not there and that the team couldn't find him. As the seconds ticked her temper boiled, and she was in no mood to control it.

Chiro could hear the pain in Nova's voice. "Nova, we'll find him. But it will take time,we-"

"Time!" She turned around to face Chiro and the other. "Yea, Time! The longer it takes to find him... The worse he might be! Who knows what Sprx's is going through now!"

There was a science. Even though Nova was angry, everyone knew she was telling the truth. Mandarin had weapons and a beastly mind on how to use them. Whatever Sprx was going through, it wasn't pleasant.

Jin-may picked up her head, "But Nova, you shouldn't think like that. We have to try to find the ship and stay positive-"

"Positive! Oh come On, Jin-may! Do you really expect me to be Positive!? That is just-"

"Nova! Calm down." Antauri stepped in and looked Nova straight in the face. " Hold in your anger for the moment, and let it out when it is appropriate. Now, help us find him."

There was another pause, everyone was still for a moment. Nova sighed, then nodded as she took another computer.

"Okay, Team." Chiro said. "Lets find them!"

In the Cididel

"Let Me GO! You stupid, gross, ugly mutations!" Sprx cried as eight Formless carried him in a dark cell chamber. He was still weak from Mandarins attack, so he was helpless.

Outside the Chamber, Mandarin was setting up the camera in the Command deck. He connected with the Robot immediately . "Hehehe" he chuckled. " This will only be too easy."

The team saw Mandarin appear on the screen out of no-where. "Hello, Hyper Force!"

"Mandarin!" Otto yelled "Hey how'd you get there so fast?"

"Otto, you really are dimwitted aren't you?"

"What's dimw-wit...ed mean?"

"I rest my case."

"Clam it Mandarin!" Nova yelled furiously as she came straight to the screen. "Where's Sprx!?"

Suddenly a loud, painful, and familiar scream came. "Funny you should mention him." Mandarin smiled.

Nova jumped back and covered her mouth. "What- what are you doing to him?" Her eyes began to tear slightly.

"Oh nothing... Yet. Lets just say that little Sprky won't have this precious magnets any-longer to protect himself."

Another painful scream. "Let him Go!" yelled Otto!

"Mandarin! I demand you release S.P.R.X77!" Chiro hollered.

"Oh you demand me to let him go, do you? Huh, you and what army?"

"Our army!" Gibson shout.

Mandarin chuckled. "You want him in one piece, then I'll tell you where we all must meet, then you all can fight for you lives! And probobly loose them."

Sprx's scream came again and echoed off of every wall. "I swear if you hurt him-"

"Oh save it Nova for battle. On Planet Mero 35 (I couldn't think of any other name... sorry hehehe) ." Mandarin then smiled again as Sprx gave his most painful scream. "I'll leave you all with that scream to cloud your minds." The scream went black.

"Gibson!" Antauri commanded "put in the coordinates. Mero 35is our destination."

"Already on it. Otto, please help me. Start preparing the Robots engines."

"Gotcha chief!"

Nova was standing in-front of the scream, her mouth opened slightly and eyes, despite her best efforts, were starting to bring up tears. "...Nova?" Chiro asked her as he put a hand on her shoulder.

"No. I I-" she pushed his hand away and ran out to the hall where the bedrooms were at. Jin-may and Chiro both saw tears fall down her cheeks, so they both followed her in pro-suit.

"Nova!" Chiro called trying to grab her arm but was too slow. Jin-may sprinted ahead and before Nova could slam the door, Jin-may caught her arm.

"Nova, come on..." she turned Novas face...

The chagrin look on her face was obvious, but what stoke out the most was Nova's eyes. Jin-may new that look only too well. She now understood completely.

"Oh... Nova..." but before Jin-may could say anything else, Nova ran back to her room and shut the door behind her.

"What happened?" asked Chiro dumbfounded.

"I understand.... God, poor Nova!"

"What?! What's wrong with her?"

Jin-may turned back to Chiro and looked into his eyes. "Chiro," she began "Nova... Is going through a lot more pain than us. A lot more..."

"Why?"

"Have you ever been in Love?"

Chiro blushed a great bright shade of red. "Umm... Ya... I... Well... I'm in love with you." Jin-may also blushed a little. "but this has nothing to do with Nova... dose it?"

"Yes Chiro it dose! It has EVERYTHING to do with Nova! ..." She sighed lightly as she took his hand. "Chiro, you and I love each-other right?" He nodded. "Well, what would you do if you knew I was in danger, in danger of loosing my life, but you couldn't get to me?" Chiro's hand squeezed Jin-mays tightly as she continued. "And worse of all, what if you never told me you loved me?"

Chiro hated even the thought of the pure torture he'd feel. Hated it. Now he understood.

"I understand now..."