Chapter Two: Mandarin
I sat in my room writing in my book. Others call it my diary. Here is what I wrote.
Dear Book,
Four months have gone by since Chiro had pulled the switch. He has begun to realize his powers. Last week he sent Sparks flying across the room with monkey fu. Sprx has not forgiven him yet. Yet Chiro seems to be becoming more aware of his surroundings. Soon he will know passages in the robot that the rest of us still have yet to discover. He has learned how to sit up by himself and crawl. He is six-months-old and quite courageous. The rest of the team has improved tremendously. Otto and Gibson have worked out new moves and Nova accuracy has become 9 out of 10.
Sincerely,
Antauri.
"Antauri!" Nova shouted.
"Yes Nova." I said, closing my book in the process.
"Chiro's missing!" Nova screamed. "I asked everyone else if they had him and they said no and I'm in a complete panic!"
"Calm down Nova." I said. "He's with me." Then he giggled and splashed in the little stream in my bedroom.
"Good." Nova said. "I was afraid he got out."
"He was here the whole time." I said.
"Is he ready?" Nova asked. "Ready for training?"
"He can train when he can walk." I said. "But if you're so egger to start I guess you could start with punching."
"I don't want to start." Nova said. "I'm just…worried."
"About what?" I asked, surprised at Nova's remark.
"About Mandarin." Nova said. "I heard about a prison break from the prison we sent him to. What if he escaped? He would come here to destroy us and maybe even kill Chiro. I don't want that to happen."
"I'll call the prison today." I said. "If he escaped we'll have to be on our toes. And we'll have to get Chiro to walk sooner. If not we'll still be on our toes, we just will let Chiro walk when he's ready."
"Thanks Antauri." Nova said and she left the room. I looked at Chiro and smiled. I wonder how anyone can hurt him. I thought to myself. Well, if they're going to hurt him, they're going to have to get through me first. I won't let anyone hurt him.
Chiro splashed me and began to laugh hysterically. "Very funny Chiro." I said and splashed him back. He laughed even harder. I looked at the clock and saw that it was three o' clock. "Come on Chiro." I said. "Let's get you into your pajamas and lay down for a nap."
Chiro yawned his agreement crawled towards me. By time I had him in my arms he was fast asleep. I went down the black elevator and up the orange elevator. Chiro's room was a disaster. Toys and clothes covered the floor. It took me about three minutes to find a pair of clean pajamas.
When he was dressed I put him in his crib. "Nap time?" a voice asked.
I turned around and gasped. Behind me stood Mandarin, chains hanging from his wrists. "What are you doing here?" I asked, struggling to catch my breath.
"To destroy you of course." Mandarin said. "Along with the rest of the team. Maybe even kill the boy so he isn't lonely."
"Over my dead body." I growled and pushed him out Chiro's room. My hands turned into claws as the door shut behind us. I was on top of him.
"You care for the boy?" Mandarin asked. "You're so weak Antauri! You could have power over all of Shuggazoom and you waste it on protecting humans! So foolish of you!"
"You are foolish!" I spat. "Monkey mind scream!" I opened my mouth and a horrible noise came out. Mandarin screamed and I shouted, "Monkey Team! Help!"
Mandarin shoved me off of him and I hit the wall. He jumped on top of me and punched my face relentlessly. Then I heard a voice yell, "Magna bolt beam splitter!"
Mandarin howled and rolled off of me. I jumped up to Sprx's side. "Thank you." I said.
"No problem." Sprx said. Than Gibson, Otto, and Nova joined the battle.
"Nova!" I shouted.
"What?" Nova asked.
"He threatened to kill Chiro." I said. That did it. Nova let out a scream of fury and began slug Mandarin as hard as she could. Mandarin was screaming as loud as he could. Than Nova picked him up and threw him out the window.
"How did he get in?" Gibson asked. "He should have triggered the silent alarm."
"I have a better question." Otto said. "How did Chiro sleep through that?" We all peeped into Chiro's room. He was fast asleep with an old teddy bear we found in Nova's room.
"Long day?" Sprx suggested.
"I don't know." Nova said. "But I do know one thing. I'm ready for a nap."
"Nap later, defend now." I said. "Mandarin has escaped and we have to prepare for another attack. He threatened our lives, including Chiro's, so we are going to have to train harder. And the sooner Chiro learns to walk, the better."
"Let's wake him up!" Sprx shouted.
"We can't." Nova said. "Not unless someone wants to be a victim of Chiro's monkey fu."
"Let him sleep." Otto said. "He's a baby. He needs his sleep."
"Otto's right." Gibson said. "Humans grow the most during their sleep. If he grows he'll be stronger and he'll have the strength to walk."
"Okay." I said. "But Otto and you have to improve the defense system in the robot and then join the rest of us in the training room."
"Of course." Gibson said. "We'll get started right away!" With that said he grabbed Otto and ran to the main computer.
"Should we take Chiro to the training room?" Sprx asked. "It's too dangerous to leave him up here alone."
"No." I said. "Chiro will be fine. Just think about it. Mandarin would wake Chiro up so he could hear him scream. If he did that Chiro would fight him for waking him up. And why would Mandarin attack twice in the same day? I'm sure he's had enough."
"If you say so." Sprx said. We walked down to the room in silence. I knew Chiro was safe. I could no longer feel danger and Mandarin was temporally defeated. All was right in the world.