"You know...Now that I think of it, this guy could be useful, as long as he does what he's told to." Alice said while Alex cut off the ropes restraining Gibson. Once he was free, she told him what to do. "Go down to your pathetic planet, both of you, and get rid of those extra two. Once their gone, we can get the team."
Gibson and Kelly immediately shot down to Shuggazoom, ready to do whatever their leader requests.
"When do you think well be able to go back home?" Jason asked Suzy. The were taking a quick walk while the team tried getting Gibson's tracking signal.
"I'm not entirely sure. We've gotta get Kelly back to normal first, then we have to become humans again, then find a way to return to Earth. And we cant do any of that until their teammate is found." Suzy responded.
"Great," He replied sarcastically. "All this just because there was some portal thing in my locker. Hey, at least were not in school." He smirked. Suzy chuckled, but then frowned.
"I'm not sure if this is any better." She replied grimly. Before Jason could reply, he saw two familiar figures and pointed them out.
"That's Kelly and Gibson!" Suzy gasped. They came closer, smirking.
"Are you guys okay? Are you hurt?" Jason asked the two. They both ignored him, their smirks growing wider. Suzy realized that they were both corrupted, and pulled Jason out of the way right when Gibson pulled out his weapons and shot at him.
"He's been brainwashed as well!" Suzy told him.
"Great, just what we needed!" He said. "Hey, remember when we first found out she was brainwashed? She almost got back to normal, just by us talking to her! Maybe that'll work this time, too."
"Good idea! Its worth a try." Suzy responded. She turned to the two robot monkeys. "Please, guys, your not like this! I know you can break out of this!"
Jason continued. "We don't want to fight you, we just want to help!"
Kelly and Gibson began to see the white light, but fought it off this time. "No! We were sent to destroy you, and we intend to do as such!" Gibson shouted as Kelly took out her weapons. They jumped up and started shooting at Suzy and Jason, who activated their own transformers to defend themselves.
Kelly went straight for Suzy, sending dark energy at her every second. Suzy dodged as many as possible, and started shooting at Kelly with her guns. It was difficult to attack and dodge at the same time, but it had to be done. Both were getting hit frequently, realizing that this wouldn't ever end. Suzy decided to change the strategy before Kelly did, and ran straight to her, tackling her. She held Kelly down as long as possible, not wanting to fight her anymore.
As the two girls fought, the guys did the same. Jason went straight to Gibson, slashing at him with his swords. Gibson ducked and tripped him. As soon as Jason was on the ground, he started shooting at him with his dark drills.
Jason shook in pain as each shot hit him. He could feel the burns all over him. When Gibson thought Jason was done for, he kicked him and started to walk away. Jason caught his breath and reached out for Gibson's ankle. He grabbed it and pulled him down.
Gibson growled, seeing Jason stand up attempted to stand up and shoot at Jason again, but he saw that coming, and dodged, kicking Gibson in the chest. He sliced at him with his swords, causing Gibson to grunt each time the sword hit him.
"What the heck?" a voice called out. The two bad monkeys on the ground looked up, seeing the Monkey Team's leader, Chiro, looking confused at the sight of them.
"They got to him too, Chiro." Suzy told him. She looked up as the rest of the monkeys came out. The team grabbed the two bad ones and carried them inside to the temporary prison cells in the Super Robot.
"The only way to fix them is to talk them out of it." Jason declared. "It almost works everytime, but something always interrupts,"
"He is correct. That was how they almost came to, but they refused last time. They'll just refuse again." Suzy said.
"Then we've just gotta try harder!" Jason responded. "If we really show them that they are better than that, they cant refuse!"
"Its worth a shot." Chiro shrugged. "We have to try something."
"And what if that's only temporary? What if later on, they just turn back to how they are now?" Nova brought up that point.
"We must try any solution, no matter how long it lasts." Antauri decided.
"But what if those other bad guys show up again?" Otto asked.
"Some of us will have to keep them busy while these two get back to normal." Agreed Nova.
Antauri shook his head. "Their power is too strong for only part of us to handle. We cant send out only some of us to take on all three of those evil beings. We must forget about them for now. We can deal with them later, after Gibson and Kelly are returned to good."
They nodded, and Sprx asked " So, how are we going to go about talking to them?"
"Well, I figured since Jason and Suzy know Kelly the best, they can try and reason with her. Now, for Gibson, I guess we can all try, though I think Antauri is closest to him." Chiro stated, Antauri nodding in agreement.
So Jason and Suzy went inside the cells, getting the two restrained monkeys. As soon as they were out of the cells, they tried to break free of the handcuffs they were in. Antauri shook his head, saying "Your efforts are in vain. No one can escape these handcuffs; no strength can break the material and a key is required." They growled, but gave in and walked to the bench to sit down.
"Please, listen to us, you can fight this! I know your both great people, your just being controlled, and you don't have to be! You can stop this." Suzy began, talking mostly to Kelly.
Antauri continued, directing his speech at Gibson. "I have known you for many years, my friend. You are a wonderful person, and most definitely not evil. I know you have the strength to get rid of this evil that is corrupting you."
Jason spoke now, to Kelly. "C'mon, we've known eachother for a while now, and you shouldn't even be here. None of us should. But we cant change the past, just the future. And I know that your future originally wasn't to be an evil cyborg monkey thing."
"No, shut up!" Kelly told them. She clearly wasn't fazed.
"Your lying!" Gibson said to Antauri, though there was a hint of uncertainty in his voice.
"I am not, Gibson. You know that you can trust me. I know you more than anyone. If I feel that you can fight this, you know you can. Battle the evil, my friend." Antauri insisted.
As soon as he heard Antauri's words, Gibson felt lightheaded. His vision was filled with the light and dark shadows trying to overpower the other. He didn't know what was happening. Suddenly, his head started to pound, and eh cried out in agony. When the pain and the shadows faded away, Gibson looked up at the rest of the monkeys, aside from Suzy, Jason and Kelly, looking at him expectantly. He started to apologize.
"Team, I apologize greatly for my actions. I shouldn't hav-" He got interrupted by Otto glomping him and saying "Its okay Gibson, were just glad to have you back!"
Jason and Suzy weren't doing so well with Kelly. Now she wasn't even responding to them anymore! Suzy continued to plea with her "Please, Kelly! Why wont you even talk to us now?"
Kelly grinned sinisterly in reply. "Perhaps Its because I've been calling for help." They gasped.
"Help? How? Oh, great!" Jason said sarcastically.
"Don't allow her anymore communication with the other villains!" Antauri ordered, but it was too late. They heard a crash, and looked up to see Alex smirking.
"Miss us?"
There. Chapter 9. 10 is soon to come.