Jinmay, Angelina, Tommy, and the monkey team waited impatiently for Gibson to come out with news of Chiro. It had been hours since they had rushed their friend to Med Bay and there was still no news.
Gibson finally stepped out, closing the door behind him.
All eyes were on him, waiting for him to say that Chiro was alive.
They were disappointed.
"I tried everything." Gibson said. "Nothing worked. Chiro's… gone."
He waited for the news to sink in. At first, all he got was stares. Jinmay was the first to burst into tears. The others soon followed.
"This can't be happening! Not Chiro!"Jinmay sobbed.
"Skeleton King! He'll pay for this!" Nova added.
"I agree." Antauri put in, angrily.
Angelina shed a few tears of her own, clenching her brother's locket, which she'd found on the ground in Skeleton King's castle, tightly in her hands.
"He knew." She whispered. Everyone turned to look at her. "Earlier, we were talking about Mother's prophecies. He said the last one she'd given him was a secret. He said if he told me, I'd try and stop it. I'm sure this is what it was."
"So, Chiro knew he was going to die in the fight against Skeleton King?" Otto questioned. "Why didn't he tell us? We could have stopped it!"
"Something tells me, we'll find out why if we poke and prod a bit." Antauri murmured.
They headed up to Chiro's room and started searching for clues.
"Maybe this thingy can tell us!" Tommy cried, holding up Chiro's diary after twenty minutes of searching the room.
Angelina took the journal from him and everyone crowded around her. There was a note on the front.
It said:
IF I CATCH ANYONE READING THIS, I'LL BEAT THEM TO A PULP!
"Looks like he doesn't want us to read it." Otto said. Everyone glanced at him.
"It may be the only way to find answers." Antauri pointed out. "Turn to his last entry."
Angelica nodded and turned the pages until she found the right one.
It said this:
Dear Diary,
I can sense the time Mother mentioned getting closer and closer. How will the monkeys take it? How will Jinmay? Mother said I'll see Angelina and Tommy again before it happens. I hope she's right. Who am I kidding? She's always right. That's what worries me. I don't want to die, but, according to Mother, that's the only way to end the war against Skeleton King. Her prophecy was that Skeleton King's final downfall would also be mine. I'll miss everyone, but if that's how it must be… I know someone will read this. The locket will be Angelina's next. She's smart. Maybe she can figure out its secret like I did. This might be my final entry. I'm sorry.
Sincerely,
Chiro
The group stared at the diary in shock and then turned to Angelina.
"Do you have it?" Sprx asked.
"Huh?" Angelina mumbled, confused.
"Chiro's locket! Do you have it?" Sprx snapped, irritated.
"Oh! Yeah! Give me some time! I'll figure out what he meant by that eventually!" Angelina replied.
"That's good. Whatever secret it has might be important." Antauri said.
Angelina nodded and ran off to have some time alone.