This was originally a separate one-shot story I had on the site, but since I felt like it would be better to update this fanfic, I decide to instead put it up as a chapter for this one (since it is after all SRMTHFG mini stories).

Anyway, this little piece actually takes place after the end of the final season and a sort of glimpse into the future (of course, this one focuses mostly on a certain Red Monkey. If people end up liking this mini-story, I might do more post-series one-shots in this fanfic on Chiro, Jinmay, and the Monkey Team). Be warned though, it might be a bit cheesy! :D

"Promises"

Everything that day was going perfect for the Red Monkey until a little while earlier.

The said monkey gave a heavy sigh (this seem to be the hundredth one in just less than fifteen minutes, but hey, he didn't really keep count; that was Brainstrain's job, being the expert on numbers and all). Of course, you didn't need to be a genius to know that he was bored out of his mind... especially since he was stuck with the worst job possible.

Yet another sigh escaped from his mouth while one of his paws supported his face as he leaned the side of his head against it. When he started to feel uncomfortable, he shifted his weight somewhat in his respectful bubble chair that, at first glance, could easily camouflage the simian.

As he did, he gave one glance to what was by his feet. Then again, he thought that he really didn't need to; the young human toddler sitting there hadn't left her spot at all. Her tiny hands tried latch onto the end of the robot monkey's metal tail that swung back and forth a little like a pendulum in a grandfather clock. A couple times, she had managed to grasp it, and the Red Monkey didn't mind it so much as long as she didn't tug hard on it or anything.

The toddler did have a name: May, a practically shortened name of the mother who conceived her with the famous leader of the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go (which would explain the bit of jet black hair that was starting to grow upon her head).

The Kid's... well, kid coming into the picture would make plenty of sense since the whole big war on Shuggazoom ended just ten years earlier (maybe considering this fact, since Chiro wasn't really a kid anymore, it would probably be less awkward if he didn't call the current adult "Kid" anymore, but that name still sort of stuck).

After the ol' Bag of Bones's defeat, peace had returned to the city, much to the relief of the heroes. Over time, criminal activity had lowered now that Shuggazoom didn't need to worry about anymore giant monster attacks or invasions from outer space. It seem to be everything just returning to normal, yet sometimes often dull days where no so much as a small alarm blared when there was a sign of danger. After another few years, the Kid and his girlfriend found it about time to start settling down and even starting raising a family. Then after that, the little kid in front of him came along - flesh and all - adding yet another addition to their large, yet weird family.

He was confused by this until recently; you know how the Kid and Jinmay could even have a baby to begin with. Brainstrain explained how it was able to happen... and by the end of it, Sprx almost regretted hearing the complex explanation.

Even though now the two adult humans had to deal with responsibility; that didn't mean that they wouldn't still assist the Monkeys in case of any real danger coming along to rear it's usually ugly head.

And now here he was; babysitti-er, watching the little kid while the Silver Monkey was currently discussing something in private to the two adults (he had a fairly good idea of what it was).

But even now, the same thought was going through his head the entire time: Why on Shuggazoom did it have to be HIM?

Don't get him wrong, it's not so much that he doesn't like kids, but the fact that he doesn't know how to handle them, let alone a toddler. He started to get suspicions that Antauri purposely chose him for mostly that reason in order to help him get a better understanding of babies.

He was almost wishing that he was listening to one of Gibson's lectures. Almost.

"Still can't believe they dumped this gig on me," Sprx mumbled to no one really (he was simply just tired of the silence). He extended his arms in an exaggerated manner. "Stuck here bored out of my mind like there's no tomorrow..."

The toddler's soft green eyes looked up at him curiously. Noticing this, the Red Monkey locked his charcoal eyes with hers as he continued: "Course, it's not like you can understand me. As Brainstrain usually says: "too young and underdeveloped to be capable of speaking, blah, blah, blah"..."

May cooed in delight as if amused by the robot monkey's mock attempt at Gibson's voice.

This in turn actually causes Sprx to smirk a bit. "Think that's funny, huh? Brainstrain doesn't. He can't stand it." Still though... he found it weird that he was even talking to the toddler who likely didn't understand a single word he just said. But at this point, he really didn't care... just as long as no one walked in on him. He would never hear the end of it.

He glanced back at the elevators for a moment to be sure that they were alone. They were. Phew.

Sprx looked back down at the human child as she grabbed the end of her feet and started rocking back and forth on her fanny, giggling a bit. After a bit more of silence: "Antauri thinks that you're going to grow up into our next Chosen One." May lost her hold on her feet and fell back. "Yeah, I can't believe it either. He thinks that you have the Power Primate in you like the Kid."

This was all very true. Antauri had explained that, while remote, the Power Primate resided inside the little kid. He said that it'll become more obvious when she grew older.

"Antauri said he wants to prepare you or something when you're big enough," stated Sprx, watching as May tried to sit herself up. "The Kid won't be able to be leader of the team forever, you know, and we'll need a replacement. He wants us to give you a head start on training when you're a little older so you can control your powers." He paused, then gave a small chuckle as a thought came to him. "But you'll probably end up regretting it though; the Kid sure did."

May finally got herself to sit up and crawled back to where Sprx's tail was and tried to entertain herself again.

The Red Monkey said nothing for a while. Watching the innocent toddler, he sort of felt sorry for her. She would likely have to go through the same hardships that the Kid had gone through during his first few years as leader. He was forced to confront his fears and face dangerous opponents, even by himself that even the monkeys had doubted Chiro could overcome them. There have really been numerous close calls where the team thought they had lost the Kid, always feeling afraid for him; even more so during the final confrontation between him and Skeleton King in the War Between the Living and the Dead.

... That Sprx had started basically.

Shuddering a little at the reminder of the incident with the Fire of Hate, he forced himself to try not to think about it. The others, especially Nova, had insisted that it was none of his fault, but that pang of guilt always remained there... constantly poking at him like a stick.

His thoughts were interrupted suddenly as May pulled his tail rather roughly. This in turn caused him to screech a bit and jump, forcing May to release her grip and fall forward crumsily.

"Hey, hey, watch it! What are you trying to do, little kid-?" Sprx broke off his sentence when he noticed that the toddler's eyes were starting to become all misty. Feeling the worst of what was to come, he flinched. "Oh, please tell me you're not-,"

A wail suddenly came from May's mouth, startling the robot monkey again. He had even bumped his head right into the top of his chair. Boy, that hurt.

While trying to keep himself steady in between the slight ache in his head and May's crying, he tried not to panic. What was he supposed to do? The team's best pilot had no knowledge of smoothing a toddler!

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't cry! I'm sorry about the whole tail thing, okay?"

The apologize seem to fall on deaf ears as May continued to bawl, tears pouring down her chubby cheeks, which then dropped onto her pink romper, leaving darkened strains.

Sprx never felt more helpless in his life. Here before was one of the guys who helped defeat Skeleton King, and he couldn't even stop a toddler from crying. He practically raced through his thoughts for some memory of how the Kid and Jinmay handle this in a similar situation...

He then got an idea... but he didn't like it. Not one bit. He would have to do something a little humilating...

The Red Monkey soon decided his decision of whether or not to do it, groaning. He could not believe he was going to do this (he was so glad no one else was there). Swallowing his pride, he came up to May and lifted her up carefully into his metal arms, making sure to hold her in the matter that her parents do whenever they're carrying her around.

"Hey, it's okay, little kid," Sprx said, trying to sound as gentle as possible. When the crying didn't cease, he then remembered one more thing from his memories and slowly started to rock her a bit. "See? It's okay now. I'm sorry, really. Just stop crying already; you're getting tears all over me."

Much to his relief, May's crying slowly started to stop with accompanying sniffles as she did. She looked up at Sprx, her eyes still sparkling with incoming tears that didn't yet fall.

Despite everything, the Red Monkey couldn't help but smile a bit. "There; all better now? Because you're kind of heavy. What's the Kid been feeding-?"

He didn't expect the toddler's next move. Cooing, the green-eyed infant extended her short arms out, just barely able to reach his face and touch one of the robot monkey's eye glasses with her tiny hands. When realizing that she was (hopefully) not going to cause any harm this time, he relaxed a bit as he allowed the toddler to do so. Soon enough, a smile spread across her young face, her green eyes expressing her mood.

Sprx's smile just widened a tiny bit. This little kid was full of surprises; just like her own parents. Maybe, just maybe she'll be ready for her own trials when she becomes the eventual leader of the Hyper Force. Of course, like Chiro, she won't ever be completely alone during those times. That was a promise.

"Sprx?"

The Red Monkey nearly dropped the human toddler out of shock, but thankfully didn't drop May. He looked around and saw a familar adult male who looked like he was in his mid twenties.

"Hey, Kid," the Red Monkey greeted, trying to move his head away from May a little to make the sight look less embarrassing. "The whole thing over with already?"

Chiro nodded, looking relatively calm despite what the Silver Monkey had been discussing with him and his wife. "Yeah. We came to check up on you and May. Did she behave?"

"Oh, sure," assured Sprx as he handed the toddler to the adult human. "I was... uh, just ready to go give her to you when you showed up."

The human smirked a tiny bit that made it suggest that he could see through the robot monkey. "Is that so?"

"What's with that tone?"

"Nothing, don't worry about it. We're going to actually stop by Mr. Gackslapper's for lunch. You want to join us?"

"Eh, maybe later, Kid. I got stuff to do-,"

"Really? Because since the others are busy besides Jinmay and me, Nova will be the only one coming along."

Sprx backtracked immediately at that. A moment or two later: "I guess I could put it off to later."

The twenty-five year old chuckled. "That's what I thought."

Following the humans out, the Red Monkey had no idea that two certain green and blue robot monkeys had been hiding from behind one of the other chairs, trying to keep their snickers quiet.

And that's it! I hope you liked it. Personally, it's kind of hard for me to write about Sprx while trying to keep him in character as possible, so I hope I did him pretty well.

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