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Chapter 4

"How can you be Chiro?" Nova stared nervously at me. "You don't feel like Chiro, you're taller then Chiro. And Chiro's hair doesn't look like that." She pointed to my head and its new haircut.

"Uh, that was me." Meaniel said to Nova after having been licked by Otto. "So, Otto, how's your machinery doing?"

"Great Meaniel. I've got this new idea for a new dune buggy. This time I'll give it an FM radio!" Otto said merrily making small chit chat with Meaniel.

I walked over to them.'How did they know each other?' "Hey, Meaniel, how do you know about Otto?"

He merely chuckled to himself and said "I was having some problems with some of my stuff, well more like the hair dryer, so I went to a mechanic on the far side of town to see if he could help me. Otto just so happened to be at the same place getting some parts for another one of his projects. Otto at the time looked like he really knew what he was doing with machinery, so I asked him to fix the dryer. Later we just had some tea and crumpets and started to chat a lot. It just got to the point where we could trust each other I guess. Plus, I didn't have to pay a fee for getting the dryer fixed!"

"You cheap loser…"

"Hey, I have to make a living!"

"Yeah, one that includes having furnished carpets and huge costly mirrors all over the shop. I don't even want to know how much you spend on tea and the newest issues of Shuggazoom's HotList !"

"You take that back monkey boy."

"In your dreams you peachy princess!"

"Ack!--- That hurt Chiro, that really hurt." He said and started to pout and make fake sniffles.

"Save it for your mom." Victory was sweet.

I turned back to Nova, only to find out that the team was talking together on the other side of the room. Finally it seemed that Antauri made the final decision and stared back at me. He walked first allowing the others to follow behind him.

"We don't truly know for sure if you are Chiro. Even though it is somewhat possible for him to change his appearance, we would have still been able to feel the Power Primate from him. What we feel from you is not exactly the Power Primate, but it does somehow resemble it. We have decided to give you a series of tests so that you can prove that you are or are not Chiro. We shall meet you tomorrow morning in front of the Super Robot at 10 o'clock." He backed away and went out the door. He stopped for a moment waiting for the rest of the team to follow him. Sprx, Gibson, and Otto followed, but Nova went up to me first. She stared at me confused, as if wanting to believe that I was Chiro, but she was still scared enough to doubt it. I bent down to her level and gave her a small squeeze.

"Don't worry Nova. Everything is going to be ok." I stared back at her and smiled. Hopefully it would help make her feel better. She looked back up and then ran out the door to join the others. 'What kind of tests did Antauri mean? If he says that only the real Chiro can do them, it'll probably be a piece of cake.'

"So does this mean you're staying over at my house tonight Chiro?"

I stared back at Meaniel. He looked at me slyly, waiting for an answer. 'What are my other options?' I quickly told myself. "Yeah, I guess so. Do you have an extra set of pajamas somewhere?"

"Yeah, no problem. But first I will have to explain the rules. Rule number 1 no touchy my money unless you ask first. Number 2 you will have to sleep in the guest room. Number 3 you will not be a party pooper. Number 4 we are going to party and you can't complain cause that was the 3rd rule. Plus you're now 17 so to speak and it's legal for us to do stuff that you couldn't do yesterday."

"Stuff like…?"

"We can go to a club, have margaritas, go to higher rated movies, etc."

"You serious?"

"Duh."

'Ok, Meaniel is going to take me to do…older stuff, should I refuse? On the other half if I refuse and I pass the team's test, they wouldn't give me this opportunity. No harm can be done with one night with Meaniel right? Just a night to go check out Shuggazoom's underbelly. Hmmm…screw this, I'll probably never have another opportunity! Live life to the fullest!' That settles it. Night out it was going to be.

"You're on."

"…Sweet."

Later…

I never knew that Shuggazoom could be a place that seemed so…rebellious. The clubs underneath some of the buildings were full of people dancing and bright lights. There was fog on the floor and the tiles lit up. The disco ball and the shadows that gave off from the lights gave Shuggazoom's citizens a devious look as they danced. I had never felt so independent before. Meaniel brought me over to the bar first and got us some drinks. I just ordered a small margarita with orange juice so I wouldn't get too knocked up. Meaniel just went for a glass of red wine. He started to lecture me about the Shuggazoom's dark side.

He told me all the popular places to hang out. Bowling alleys and restaurant arcades were popular now. He also told me about going to the theaters, fancy restaurants, and even the pecking order that existed in the night time social life. There were gangs and mobsters that kinda ran the 'underworld'. The most respected, he told me was Balthazar. He was the Al Capone in Shuggazoom. According to Meaniel, he was involved with a lot of criminal acts that almost never surfaced into Shuggazoom's day life. Once we got off that topic, he started to teach me how to dance and what the etiquette was for this type of social life. It was so interesting that I lost track of time. By the time we got back to his house, I had every tidbit of information that he had given me stored in my mind. It might be useful in the future.

"Ok Chiro, you got everything I told you tonight?" Meaniel asked as he entered the key into his house and looked back at me.

"Yeah. I didn't know the 'Underworld' existed until tonight. It's really interesting how it functions differently from the normal society."

"Good. I think there are some pajamas in the closet that is in the guest room that you can use. I'll also wake you up in the morning so you can get ready for your tests. Good night Chiro." He went through the door and down a hallway down to the master bedroom.

Before we went out, he showed me his house, so I knew where the guest room was. I walked the opposite direction and opened the door to the room. It was dark and had a warm cozy aura to it. I quickly found the pajamas and put them on. I walked over to my bed and ducked underneath the covers. As I started to fall asleep, I noticed that tonight wasn't like other nights. The Darkness wasn't swallowing me or trying to dominate my sleep, it was as if it wasn't an entity any more. It felt almost the same as having the Power Primate before it appeared.