Me: I actually caught up with myself in typing my stories. Amazing! Well I hope everyone had a good holiday season and is well rest. As for me, my vacation ended with me finding out that I get to have all four of my wisdom teeth pulled at the same time.

Jinmay: Fun for you.

Mandarin: When do you get them pulled?

Me: Not telling cause you two will tease me about it.

Jinmay: What do you mean by just 'two'?

Me: Nova and I have become excellent friends. She's even giving me ideas.

Mandarin(glares at Nova): Traitor.

Nova: Hey I don't see you doing anything to help.

Me: Alrighty then. Let's get to the story. Enjoy.

Awakening

Dranix, May, and Rin walked into Mountain Base to find it alive with activity.

"Looks like our 26-hour hike just brought us to more fun." Rin commented.

"Yea, but it would have only taken 18 hours if wing-head didn't have his minions swarming the surrounding territory." said May.

"Hey Dranix, you okay? You've been awful quiet since we left." Rin stated.

"Indeed, ever since you blew up Decipher Central, you've been really antisocial. Anything wrong?" asked May.

"The pink monkey sighed, "It's nothing. Just have a lot on my mind."

Then Slingshot's voice made them look up.

"Dranix, Rin, May. Over in the conference room. We have much to discuss"

"Aw, man. I'm filthy and I don't get to wash up!" May complained.

"We can't beat the Skeleton King with good hygenie(sp?), May. You'll get to wash up later." said Dranix as they headed for the conference room.

"Fine." the pink-eyed girl huffed.

30 min. later

"Hold on! Time out! You're going too fast." exclaimed May, "Okay, let me get this straight. Our leader, Nova, our second-in-command, Jinmay, and our third-in-command, Mandarin, are on a training mission and they're leaving us in charge."

"Correct. Jinmay will return early though and you three are in charge until, as Nova said, 'the time comes when you three must escort some people on a quest'." confermined(sp?) Slingshot.

"You know this third person talking is going to give me a headache." complained Rin.

"Shut it, Rin. I'm cranky enough because I haven't had a shower. You don't need to make it worst with your constant whining." fumed May.

"I am not a whiner!" shouted Rin.

The two glared at each other, growling. Then Dranix, using some telekenesis, made their heads collide.

"Are you two done argueing yet? We've got major work to do." commanded Dranix, "Now everyone take a shower and relax. We need to be ready for anything the Skeleton King might throw at us."

"Yes, ma'm." replied the two.

With that, Dranix walked out of the room.

"What was that all about?" asked Slingshot.

"Don't know. She's been like this ever since she came back from getting information from wing-head. The last bit of data we recieved and decoded has really been bugging her." stated Rin.

"If she won't tell us, then it's best not to press the issue right now. Anyhow, I'm off to get a nice, hot, relaxing shower." said May, quickly leaving the room.

"I'm guessing you'll have to leave soon. Right, Slingshot?" asked Rin.

"Yes, but this will be my last round, at least for a while. The leader found some information that makes me believe that something spectacular lies in out future." he replied.

"Please don't do that. You sound like a fortune cookie."

"Sorry. You better get going if you're going to get a shower. Like Dranix said, you three have a long day tomorrow."

"And like I sai, this third person crap is going to give me a headache." Rin said, leaving after his teammates.

Slingshot just shook his head and chuckled, "Get use to it, my friend, get use to it."

Later that night

Dranix was looking out the window of her room. There was a full moon shining through the seemingly endless clouds, casting a pale light over everything in its wake. The information she had recently finished decoding was disturbing. It spoke of five creatures, one human and four robot monkeys, in those capsules she saw being used as pawns to get to Nova, Jinmay, and Mandarin. It gave her a strange feeling in her stomach.

'Looks like we're in trouble. Whatever or whoever was in those capsules must have done something in the past to cause bone-head to use them in his twisted experiments.' she thought. She then felt a twisting feeling in her stomach. Something had just happened and it was giving her hope.

Then a knock on her door brought her out of her pondering.

"Come in." she said as calmly as possible. It was Rin and May.

"Alright, Dranix, spill it. We know something is wrong. Now tell us." demanded May.

"We're not leaving until you tell us." stated Rin.

Dranix sighed. She knew she couldn't argue with them when they got like this, so she had to tell them.

"Okay, it's about what I read in the decoded information. Skeleton King is preparing to use five creatures to get at our leader and her two companions. And before I was caught, he said that once they awoke and were fit enough to fight, he would take control of them and send them after 'one rebel monkey and two traitors'.

"So we're in trouble." said Rin.

"Not really. I just got this weird feeling that something happened, like something woke up, and it gave me hope."

"Oh,no. Dranix is getting dillusional."

"I'm serious May. Something is out there. Something that can help us win if we can just get our hands on it. And I guarentee we'll get it before sardine-breath does. Now excuse me, I need to meditate."

Somewhere in a dark room

A creature was lying on the hard floor of a cell unconcious. It slowly stirred, feely very groggy. It tried to move, but its limbs were slow to react. It struggled to rise to its feet, succeeding with the help of a nearby wall.

The creature was human, a male to be exact. His throat was dry and he could not speak. The male was in his mid-teens. He saw a reflection from a window into a small poud inside the cell. He drank a few handfuls of water, letting the cold water coat his dry throat.

The ripples in the water caught his attention and he saw himself. His black hair was ruffled and tangled, and his blue eyes seemed dull like he had been asleep for a long time. His jacket was torn and dirty. It didn't bother him, but his surroundings did. His cell was guarded by many formless. The boy thought he could take them, but he felt like something was missing.

His brain was bombarded with questions, 'What's going on here? I thought I died alongside the others to save her life. Why am I still alive? Wait, If I'm still alive than that means the others are too, but where are they? And how long have I been asleep? Man, I'm getting a headache just thinking about this. First-off, I need to get out of here, wherever 'here' is.'

The boy snapped out of his thoughts when a transparent figure appeared before him.

"Who are you?" he whispered in astonishment, not realizing his voice was back.

The figure just stared at him before speaking to him in a soft, yet eerie voice.

"Chiro. Four others have awakened and the test is near. The battle has only just begun."

Me: It's done. Sweet! Who's the figure? Who are the other four who has awakened? How many questions can go through one's head before they get a headache? Why am I asking you these questions? Read and Review and maybe we'll all get the answers.