*gasp* I updated! ... Not much else to say. ;D
First Impressions
Chiro freaked out to say the least.
He was minding his own business, quietly exploring the internal of the structure that he had come across during his stroll in the outskirts. He figured that there were some useful junk inside, hence why he even took the chance of going inside the seemingly abandoned contraption.
Well, he had assumed it was abandoned right before he discovered them.
He had never seen such weird looking robots in his entire youthful life – and Shuggazoom was home to the variety of technology that made life simpler and easy for everyone.
No, these were different. Upon closer examination, he came to realize that they actually looked like monkeys, which made them all the more alien. He almost wished that the barrier separating him from the colorful robot monkeys wasn't there any longer so he could scoop them all up and take them away from this dreary place. He could fix them up himself, show them off to his classmates at school, and maybe even get a science fair ribbon for best project of all time.
That or sell their parts off for some decent food and clothes.
His growing anticipation started to become unbearable. He wanted to find a way to open up these tubes as soon as possible.
He didn't have to search far. His blue eyes fell on a switch on the floor in the next room that was covered in cobwebs. He couldn't quite place it, but somehow a feeling in his gut coaxed him to go ahead and pull it. His conscious begged to differ, warning him that he may end up doing something really stupid and would totally regret it later.
But like the cat, the curiosity got the better of him.
One crazy light show and a faint attack later, he found himself standing as still as a statue for when he returned to the other room and realized that the robot monkeys had gotten out of the glass tubes on their own.
And were now talking to him.
"Um, are you all right?"
Chiro tensed as the yellow robot monkey took a step forward. He reacted by backing up, but met with the metal wall behind him. He had nowhere to run.
"Hey, don't worry." A smoothing female voice once again came out of the yellow's one mouth. "We're not going to—"
That was when Chiro screamed.
This was sort of unexpected from him, but that was the only way he knew how to react at that moment with everything going all freaky around him. He even managed to startle the five robot monkeys, who all jumped back.
After a minute, his scream subsided to shaky breaths.
But the robot monkeys didn't dare make a move until they were sure he wouldn't shriek again. Then the black robot monkey decided to give it go at speaking to the human.
"You have naught to fear from us," the black one said in a deep, yet calm tone. "We hope we did not cause you too much anxiety."
"You… talk…" Chiro gasped.
The black robot monkey continued on, "It seems that we have yet to properly introduce ourselves to you. We are the Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force—"
"GO!" added the green monkey enthusiastically, making Chiro jump. "Pretty neat of a name, huh?"
The blue robot monkey groaned, slapping a metal paw to his forehead. "Otto, must you always do that insufferable outburst whenever we familiarize ourselves with a stranger?"
"Aw, but that's my favorite part!"
Now more confused than afraid, Chiro risked uttering, "I'm sorry, but… I've never heard of that name before."
"Which is to be expected," said the black robot monkey, surprisingly not looking insulted. "We have been deactivated for quite some time."
The red robot monkey crossed his arms. "That is until someone woke us up."
Remembering back to the switch he had pulled, the human threw his hands up in the air. "I didn't mean it! I'm sorry! I-I… I was just curious when I pulled it! Honest!"
Every one of the robots' orbs was on him.
"You say that you are one who reactivated us?" the black robot monkey asked in interest.
Chiro swallowed a lump down his throat. "If you mean that switch I pulled in other room, I guess so."
"Hold on." The red one had put a metal finger up in the air to silence everyone. "Let me get straight." He pointed at Chiro. "You said that you're the one who got in here."
Chiro nodded.
The red one's finger moved to the open doorway nearby. "You're the one who found that switch."
Chiro nodded again.
"And you're the one who woke us up when you pulled it."
Chiro hesitated, and then gave one more nod.
The red robot monkey facepalmed. "Well, that's just… fantastic. We've been woken up by some kid." He looked at the others. "Can someone please give me a good whack to the head to make sure I'm not delusional?"
"Sprx." The black one frowned. "Now's not the time to be rude."
"Yeah, come on, Sprx!" said the green one named Otto, who grabbed onto Sprx's shoulders. "I like him! He looks nice!"
"You think everyone is nice," Sprx muttered.
"So?" Otto asked, his lips pushed together to match that of a fish's.
Gibson cleared his throat, suggesting that he needed the others' attention. "If I may provide a proposition, perhaps we should be resuming our introduction."
"Indeed," agreed the black robot monkey, turning back to the much more relaxed Chiro. "I am known as Antauri. I am the second-in-command of the team."
The yellow robot monkey waved a friendly paw. "I'm Nova."
"I am Mister Hal Gibson," greeted the blue robot monkey. "Please do not refer to me as Mister or Hal. I would prefer being called Gibson. Thank you."
"And I prefer calling ya Brain-strain," Sprx said with a teasing grin as he smacked Gibson in the back.
To say Gibson wasn't pleased by both the insult and injury was an understatement. "As much as you prefer being called Sparky, I suppose."
The grin instantly disappeared from Sprx's face. "Hey! I told you never to call me that!"
"You are already acquainted with Sprx," Antauri explained to Chiro as the two other monkeys bickered in the background over a number of things. "I apologize on his behalf for his earlier comments."
"Oh, uh, don't worry about it," Chiro assured, glancing off to where Sprx and Gibson were still fighting. He had to admit the arguing was kind of funny.
This thought was interrupted as the green robot monkey suddenly came right into his face with the biggest, goofiest smile that Chiro had ever seen. He paid not too much mind to it though since he was mostly concerned in getting some personal space.
"And I'm Otto!" the black-eyed monkey proclaimed. "It's nice to meet you!"
Chiro couldn't help but show off a small smile at the outgoingness this one displayed. "Nice to meet you too, Otto."
Otto gasped. "You know my name! I had a good feeling that I would like you!"
The human chuckled, a hint of a sweatdrop forming on his hairline.
"Well, my name is Chiro, Super Robot Monk—uh, never mind." Chiro didn't really want to bother with the overwhelmingly long name. He knew better than to ask who might have come up with it. "If you don't mind me asking, if Antauri over there is your second-in-command, which one of you is the leader?"
The monkeys gave the teenager an odd look.
"Why, it's you, of course."
This was not Chiro's day.
I kind of had this in mind for a while. I know I already did a version of Chiro meeting the monkeys in a fanfiction of mine, but I decided to do it again in a different way since it's fun. Review please~