Me: Welcome to Chapter Fifteen!

Antauri: Are you sure that it was ethyl?

Gibson: Yes Antauri.

Nova: (Muttering to self.) It could have been Mandarin. Or the bombers. Maybe it's a sneak attack from Skeleton King…

Sprx: (Whispers to the rest of us.) Don't interrupt her train of thought. She could be right. (Nova smiles and continues to thinks.

Me: Well this is going to be a NON-VIOLENT chapter. Just some fun with the team… I hope.

Otto: Aunna doesn't own SRMTHFG.

Gibson: Please Read and Review.

Chapter Fifteen: Otto and Chiro, Big and Little Brother

I stood at Gibson's door and sighed. I hope I wasn't doing this for nothing. Antauri had already gave me permission but I needed to make sure Chiro could handle it. He was still recovering…

I sighed and knocked on the door. "Come in!" I heard Gibson shout.

I walked into the room. Gibson was mixing some chemicals. I knew I would walk in on something important! "Hey Gibson," I said.

Gibson sighed. "What is it Otto?" he asked.

"Is it all right if I take Chi to the park?" I asked. "Antauri said I could if I kept a close eye on him. I just need to make sure he's not sick or anything before I go. I don't want to make any illness worse ya know," I gave Gibson the biggest puppy eyes look I could and Gibson smiled.

"Of course Otto," Gibson said. "Chiro needs to get some fresh air any way. He hasn't been outside since he was… found,"

I nodded and left Gibson's room. I focused on remembering Antauri's rules. Chiro is only six, even though he was turning seven in a couple of months. He was still young and needed rules and boundaries. And he normally obeyed them except when he was extremely cranky.

I entered Chiro's room to see him playing with Mister Snuggles, the little teddy bear we had found him with on the night we found him. Chiro looked up at me and said, "Hi Otto!" Then he looked at Mister Snuggles and made him wave a paw. "Say hi Mister Snuggles,"

"Do you wanna go?" I asked.

"Go where?" Chiro asked.

"Outside," I said. "Hang out, maybe get some ice cream later,"

"Count me in!" Chiro yelled and put Mister Snuggles on his bed. He grabbed his jacket and ran out the room trying to get his feet into his shoes.

I laughed and forced Chiro to sit down. I helped him throw on his shoes and we ran for the elevators. It was a mad dash for freedom.

When we got outside I tackled Chiro and tickled him a little. He laughed. I smiled. That was one of the reasons I wanted to go outside. To make Chiro laugh like nothing happened.

I hopped off of him and we raced to the park. We went to the little jungle gym and we pretended we were astronauts fighting fleet of hostile aliens. Then we ate lunch and swung on the swing set. When we were done Chiro asked, "What now Otto?"

"Let's go to the river," I suggested. "We can be explorers searching the wild for treasure!"

"Okay!" Chiro shouted. We ran to the Wild River, to the log that connect Shuggazoom City with the forest. "I'll go first!" Chiro shouted and crawled up onto the log. He steadied himself and I couldn't help but feel scared. What if he fell?

Chiro got across the log and I quickly followed. By the end of the day I had found some old metal and a old rock. Chiro had found a yellow shell for Nova, a black feather for Antauri, a rock with a weird imprint for Gibson and a red rock polished smooth for Sprx. He had also found a bracelet in the water for himself. He picked some flowers and he went and got some ice cream.

After a couple of brain freezes and a long game of tag Chiro yawned. I saw the sun going down. I picked him up and went back to the robot. "Thanks big brother," Chiro said.

"Uh?" I asked.

"I said thanks big brother," Chiro repeated.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You and Sprx are my big brothers," Chiro said. "Gibson's my uncle, Nova's my mom, and Antauri is my daddy. You're my big brother. You always make me feel better. So thanks big brother,"

"No problem little bro," I said. Chiro gave a cute little yawn and fell asleep in my arms. I looked at him lovingly. This is what the others felt when they were alone with Chiro. Now we just had to get Gibson with Chiro outside.

I walked into the robot and earned a couple of smiles from the others. Antauri took Chiro and took him to his room. I explained to Nova that he had already eaten and gave her the shell from Chiro. He had begged me to give it to her. He would give everything else to the others in the morning. "He called me big brother," I said.

"Uh?" Nova asked.

"Chiro called me big brother," I said, smiling. Nova gave me a hug.

"Get to bed Otto," Nova said. "You're going to need some sleep for your new 'big brother' responsibilities. Trust me. Chiro can wipe a monkey down in no time now and days,"

"Thanks Nova," I said. "Good night,"

"Good night," Nova said. "Good luck," I smiled and went up the elevator. This is what life was all about. Having time spent with your friends and family everyday.