Chapter 7 and 8 are posted at the same time but as different chapters. I suppose I could have combined them but I have already wrote up all the chapters to the story except the epilogue (which my friend really wants me to write) and I have this thing against certain numbers, 9 being one of them. So two chapters in one update! You guys deserve that anyway. Not much happens in this chapter…or in the next chapter, but together these two chapters are full of, well, stuff. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own SRMTHFG sadly, or Brothers Grimm, also sadly. Though I've seen almost every episode of SRMTHFG and have seen the movie Brothers Grimm about a dozen times since writing this story.

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Chapter Seven

The Hyperforce found themselves once again seated around the Rose's table with Layla and Riah, both of whom were sitting next to each other. Their postures showing their every emotion, shock, horror, anguish. They had lost one daughter already, and now, Allegra…it was too much for them it seemed. The Hyperforce were just as bad. Each remembered that Allegra had been with them when she was taken, she had been under their care, had trusted them with all of her being, and now she was gone.

"We're so sorry… we'll go back and we'll find her." Chiro said, trying to keep his voice from trembling, he looked at Layla and Riah. "We never got to search the crypts or the tower, they must be-" Riah cut him off.

"Take a breath; we don't put any blame on any of you. Allegra would have been out there with or without you and your monkeys." He took a breath in attempt to keep his own voice from cracking. "I am going to be serious about one thing though; you are our only hope now. You're the only ones that can save our daughters." His attempt to keep his voice steady failed.

"Don't worry, we aren't going anywhere, we said we would save them and we will." Antauri gave a smile of reassurance and Riah nodded while Layla gave a small smile of hope. He looked back at the team and saw their determination and hope slowly returning. Good, he thought. They couldn't win without that.

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"So how are we going to search the crypts if that monster always stops us?" Nova asked when they were back in the Super Robot.

"More importantly, what did you see Otto; when you flew up to the tower window?" Antauri asked looking at Otto and reminding the team of how he had cried out a split second before the monster attacked.

Otto gave a shudder. "I saw a mummy lady! She was just standing there by her window! With webs and spiders all around her! She was looking straight at me!"

"Otto if there were webs and spiders on her then I don't think she was looking at you, she probably died in that position and what you saw was just her eyes themselves. She probably hasn't moved in a century." Gibson said reassuringly.

Otto shook his head. "I don't think so, her eyes got a glint in them after I saw them clearly, and there was something…not right about her."

The team suppressed a shudder. "Then the story is true." Sprx murmured. "We are dealing with the same evil queen from the legend."

"Let's not jump to conclusions Sprx, we don't know all the facts yet, and we haven't seen what's inside the crypts either." Antauri stated.

"We won't be able too unless we can get passed the guard monster there. How are we supposed to be able to beat something that fast and shriek at that pitch? It's too high for us to handle." Chiro wondered while his mind also turned to one of his and Antauri's own similar attacks, Monkey Mind Scream. Looking at Antauri he saw that he had also figured out that there was a similarity in attacks. Now how could they beat it?

"What are you two thinking?" Nova asked gaining both of their attentions; they looked to see the rest of the team staring back at them.

Chiro smiled. "How would you guys beat Monkey Mind Scream?" The rest of the team looked at each other and then back at him.

"Well…We er…I er…" Gibson's voice trailed off. How were they supposed to counter the attack?

"You play keep away!" Otto's voice showed the grin on his face as the others looked at him confused. "You make sure the attack doesn't hit you, you could make sure the attacker is distracted so the screams direction is changed, you-"

Nova cut him off, "You can knock him off balance."

"You can dodge it." Sprx put in.

"You can use obstacles around you to keep the attack from hitting you full force!" Gibson added, everyone grinned. "Then we have our way to defend against the attack, now we just need a way to keep the monster occupied. But we can't just keep him occupied and search at the same time, otherwise we'll be the ones distracted."

"I think the only way is to split up, I don't like the idea but with two groups we can keep some of us searching and some of us attacking. There's only one monster and six of us." Chiro said.

"I think it would be better if we had three groups, the third can keep an eye on the other two groups in case one side needs help." Antauri mused. "Just because theirs one monster doesn't mean we can think we fully understand him." After some hesitation, the team nodded.

"So what are the groups?" Otto asked.

"We have to go by strengths and weaknesses," Antauri stated. "Sprx and Nova, you two work well in pairs and also in offensive battles, you two should probably stay after the monster." Sprx and Nova nodded in agreement. "Otto you would probably be needed to help open the crypts and I think Chiro you should also be in this group, and that will leave Gibson and I in the third group."

"Which is probably a good idea; no one can sense you two! You could easily creep up on the monster if he took out Sprx and Nova and no one would ever be able to hear you in a million years!" Otto said excitedly with a grin in his voice.

"Gee, thanks Otto, nice to know what you think of Nova's and my fire power." Sprx said sarcastically.

"Well, one of us has fire power; I think he was describing you perfectly." Nova said with a smirk. Sprx rolled his eyes and grinned and Nova giggled. They would make a good team and they both knew it.

"So we're ready, all we need to do now, is wait for the best time to strike." Antauri said.

Chiro thought for a minute. "Night time would be the worst time, the monster probably has the advantage of knowing the forest and the darkness would just help it. We should enter the forest tomorrow morning. We'll have all day then."

The monkeys nodded and begin to prepare, both mentally, and physically, for their hunt and battle that would begin too soon for comfort.

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Well I hope that was good. Review to tell me if you liked it or if their were issues with the chapter and as always a big thank you goes out to dragonqueenc for being the beta of this story. Like I said, not much happens in this chapter, next chapter has abit more so read on my friends! Read on!