Chapter Three

"There are four formless attacking the shopping center!" Nova said, as she chased them, "I'm in pursuit!" She said as she dodged and weaved through the group of scared pedestrians all around her all of which trying to get away from the ooze monsters currently trashing the place.

She slipped on her gloves as they formed to her skin turning into two large metal fists.

"Over here!" She said, punching one of the formless causing it to go flying before slamming hard against one of the clothing racks. This attack caught the attention of the other three formless who then began to circle around her almost like bees ready to attack her.

Two of the three picked up cash registers throwing them at her, she managed to hit the first one but the second one hit her in the chest causing her to get knocked back hitting into the third one who had formed his fist into a large blade.

The blade pierced her side causing her to cry out as it went through her back just above her hip and out the front, blood dripping off the tip of it. She reached behind her pushing the monster away from her, ripping the blade out of her side before kicking it hard in the chest. The pain in her side was so intense she felt like she was going to hurl, or pass out on the floor with the two formless still watching her and getting ready to attack again.

Nova growled anger flooding through her. She put her arms out before slamming them back together causing out a loud soundwave to come from them. "Sting Ring!" She called out watching as the ooze shook before the last two seemed to melt in front of her.

Her shaking legs then gave out and she pressed her hands hard against the wound. That had not been on her list of things to do today. She slowly pulled her hand away looking at the blood she grumbled and after a moment she forced herself to get to her feet and make her way out of the mall and out into the road as the team finished with the last of the Formless.

"Gibson." She rasped, causing the blue eyed boy to quickly turn and look at him.

"Nova?" Gibson spoke up his english accent making the worry in his voice even more obvious. "Nova!" He ran over to her, "What happened?"

"Not important. Just patch me up Doc and I'll be fine."

Chiro walked over to her and frowned, "You okay Nova?"

"I'm fine." She said as Gibson knelt in front of her rolling up her shirt as he then began to examine the wound.

"I'm afraid not Nova, this wound is worse than it looks. I have to take you back to my lab and make sure that the ooze didn't poison you." He said.

"I'm sorry Nova, but you're benched." Chiro said.

"What?! I'm fine!" She insisted.

"What if it were Chiro hurt?" Antauri said and Nova tenced.

"Fine." She growled, then stormed off towards the robot.

"I'll take care of her." Gibson said.

"Thank you, as for the rest of us we'll help with the clean up of the Formless and figure out how they're trying to get into the city." Antauri said softly.

Chiro nodded, but continued watching Nova and Gibson walk away.

He was worried about the blonde girl. She kept trying so hard to be just like her brothers, but she wasn't like them. She was special. She needed to accept that.

"I like the park." Otto said as he and Chiro walked along looking for any stray Formless curiously. "It smells so nice here." He smiled.

Chiro nodded, acting like he was listening but he wasn't. Not really. He was thinking about Nova worried that she would get worse instead of better. He sighed stopping. "Otto…" He said, looking up at the dirty blonde haired boy, "Do you think Nova will be alright?"

Otto smiled, "I'm sure she'll be fine Chiro. Don't worry so much." He said.

Chiro nodded then heard a familiar sloshing sound he and Otto quickly whipped around eyes wide. There were two formless one the typical black and white but one seemed like a dark purple and white.

"I'll get the ugly one." Chiro growled, then ran towards the purple one tackling it down while Otto attacked the other.

The Formless seemed unusually weak compared to the other and was also unusually messy and completely covered the boy in dark purple goo.

"Ew." Otto said when he came over to Chiro. "You okay?"

"Yeah." Chiro laughed, "I'm fine."

"I'm telling you Nova, you need a week at least."

"And I'm telling you I'll be fine in four days just like the rest of you would be." She grumbled, crossing her arms.

"Nova that just isn't true and you know it, You're female and it's proven that the female body doesn't heal as quickly or handle pain as well as the male body does."

"Oh I see how it is, using science nonsence to justify being sexist. Nice Gibson." She growled, "I may be a girl but I can still kick your but and don't you forget it." She growled then stormed out of Gibsons lab and then going into her room, slamming the door loudly behind her.

Who was he to say what gender held up to pain better?! As far as she heard the female body could handle more! He was probably making stuff up again. Wouldn't be the first time he made shit up just to make her shut up.

She walked over to her punching bag giving it a good whack before the pain from her side hit her again. Then again maybe about the time she was going to need to heal was right. Gibson had found ooze in the wound and while he thought he got it all he wasn't sure. Last tie one of them got ooze in their wounds it got infected and they almost had to cut off Otto's left leg, luckily though his body and Gibsons special medicine helped him heal before it got too bad.

Nova then flopped down on her bed and looked at the ceiling before she reached under her pillow and grabbed out her favorite stuffed animal. A purple unicorn that just like its single horn had one eye in the center of it's head and eight legs. It was a special mix of toys that mixed creatures many feared into ones that many people adored. This one was a mix between a unicorn, a cyclops, and a spider. It had always been her favorite and it along with her other dozens of stuffed animals she often kept it hidden from her brothers in fear of judgement.

It had always been hard for her as the only girl in the team. She always tried to be the strongest, always trained, always did her best but it still never seemed enough they still treated her like she was a little girl from all those years ago. They refused to think of her as being the same age as them, even now it seemed like nothing had changed. After almost 40 years in stasis before Chiro found them and the 17 years before that they still treated her like a little girl.

Nova pulled the stuffed animal to her chest before she curled onto her good side and closed her eyes softly. She liked Chiro because he didn't treat her weak, he didn't treat her any different because she was a girl, he treated her just like he treated the boys. With respect and kindness not splitting them up because of their genders and only by the abilities needed in certain situations. He was different then all of her brothers and honestly he was like a little brother to her like Otto. She would do whatever it took to protect him.

Nova hadn't even realized she had dozed off until she heard a tap at the door. She rolled over and saw a familiar set of baby blue eyes and messy black hair peeking in.

"Chiro?" She said, sitting up and sliding her stuffed animal under the blanket. "Is everything alright?"

"Yeah… I'm sorry did I wake you?" He said, "I can leave if you want-."

"No no. Come on in." She smiled, sliding over on her bed and patting next to her.

Chiro smiled closing the door behind him as he came in the sat on the bed facing her. "Are you okay? You had me really worried earlier…. I've never… I mean… I've never actually realized you could get hurt." He laughed nervously.

Her eyes softened and she smiled, "Of course I'm okay Chiro. It's only a scratch." She smiled but Chiro didn't look so sure.

"Nova?" He said after a moment.

"Yeah Chiro?"

"Do you ever wish it had been a girl who found you instead of me?" He asked sadly.

"What? No!" She said, pulling him into a hug. "You're like a brother to me Chiro, and while I may wish that there was another girl in the team I wouldn't change the way things are now. Okay?"

Chiro hugged her back and nodded.

She always forgot how easily Chiro picked up on these kinds of things. Who would have guessed he was picking up her pain and turning it on himself, like always he found a way to blame himself for what somebody else was going through.

"Well there is one thing I'd change." She said with a sniff before she waved her hand in front of her nose, "You should shower. You stink."

Chiro blushed softly, "Yeah I decided to check on you first before I took one. I'll go take one now though." He said climbing off of the bed. "See you during Dinner?"

"I wouldn't miss it." She smiled.

She sighed when Chiro left before she went over to her dresser looking in the mirror as she frowned at her reflection. Her hair long and messy having fallen out of it's ponytail during her nap leaving the blonde locks to blush the bottom rib cage. Her gold eyes were sharp and a deep gold color. She often thought about cutting her hair, thinking that it would get her the respect she craved but she enjoyed the length, she enjoyed doing stuff with it like braids and high ponytails and the occasional bun cutting it off with take away those options for her.

Nova sighed, slipping out her old blood crusted shirt before slipping on a silky orange top that was flowy and really comfortable. It also hid all the bandages under it and looked almost like a dress with her tight light blue skinny jeans and black combat boots.

She then sighed and walked out into the dining area sitting at the table looking at the head of the table where Antauri was sitting and doing crossword puzzles out of the newspaper. She then glanced in the kitchen where Otto and Sparx were preparing dinner then there was Gibson who was sitting across the table from her.

"Where is Chiro?" Antauri asked not looking up.

"Taking a shower." She said, "He should be out soon though."

As soon as Nova said that however there was a loud ear splitting scream that sounded familiar yet very very different. They all jumped up then quickly ran towards the showers where the scream came from. Instinctively Nova stopped while the boys ran into the boys shower making her frowned.

'C-Chiro? That had to be Chiro! What happened? Is he hurt?! I need to go in! No, I could ruin everything if I go in I could embarrass him.' She thought to herself her heart racing in her chest so hard she felt like she going becoming light headed because of it all.

Every second that passed seemed like hours before Otto stuck his head out, a blush on his face.

"Nova? We need your help." He said.

Nova's eyes softened as she got more and more worried. She walked into the shower room and made her way to the stall that the other three boys were guarding all of them blushing, including Antauri which was rare. She glared then slowly tapped on the stall door.

"Chiro, it's me, can I come in?" She whispered softly.

"N-Nova." Chiro's voice came, but it sounded different, more high pitched and sensitive but the main thing she noticed about the voice was that it was terrified.

Nova slowly pushed opened the door and felt her heart flop nervously as she frowned. "Chiro?"

Sitting there wasn't the Chiro she remembered, the baby blue eyes and jet black hair was the same but many things had changed including the boys gender. The boy was no longer a boy anymore. He had female breasts now and his hair had grown slightly longer.

"What's happening to me?" She sniffled, tears in her eyes.

"Chiro?" Nova said again frowning as she quickly grabbed a towel off the rack and tossing it over Chiro's shoulders. "What… what happened to you?"

"I-I don't know. I was just taking a shower and... then I felt dizzy and then next thing I know I'm…" Chiro obviously didn't know how to word his situation.

"It's okay. Otto, go get Chiro some of his clean clothes." She said sticking her head out of the door and Otto quickly saluted then ran off vanishing out of the shower room.

"I should run some tests." Gibson said, "See if I can find what's wrong with him. Her… Chiro."

Antauri nodded softly. "Yes, I think that is a wise choice." He said. "Chiro, do you feel alright?" He asked, talking through the stall to the terrified teen.

"I feel the same… but at the same time I feel… like something is missing. I just haven't figured it out yet." Chiro sniffled.

"Don't worry we'll help you figure it out."

"Here ya go Chiro." Otto said, sliding a pile of clean clothes under the stall.

"Thanks Otto." Chiro said quietly as she got dressed slipping on a clean black tank top and her white and orange jacket before slipping on the jeans that seemed to drown her. She sighed letting them fall down leaving her just in boxers which also seemed huge on her but not as bad. She tugged down the jacket which fit her like a dress as she blushed.

Chiro and Nova came out of the stall a moment later a blush covering Chiro's face as she avoided eye contact with everybody.

"You're cute as a girl." Sparx said and Nova quickly kicked the redhead in the shin as Chiro sniffled softly. "I mean, don't worry kid we'll get this all figured out."

Chiro nodded as the group made their way to Gibson's lab.

"Lay down Chiro and we'll run some tests." Gibson said and Chiro nodded softly laying down on the lab bed slowly tears in her eyes as she held Nova's hand nervously. Gibson put stethoscope against Chiro's chest listening to her heart before taking her temperature. After blood-work, x-rays, and dozens of other tests Gibson sighed irritatedly. "I have run every test I know of and Chiro looks completely healthy besides the fact that he is suddenly a she. I have no explanation for what could have caused this."

"Can you fix me?" Chiro asked as she sat up slowly.

"Honestly Chiro until we find out what caused you to… Transform I'm not sure." Gibson said softly.

Chiro nodded softly, "I think… I think I'm going to go to bed… Goodnight." She said, then climbed off her feet before she then walked out of the lay and twoards her bedroom.

"What do we do now Antauri?" Nova asked quickly.

"Otto, you were with Chiro all day, did anything strange happen?"

Otto thought for a moment then said, "There was one thing. We were in the park and there was this formless it was different than the rest." He said, "It was kinda purple instead of black. Chiro fought it and it was really messy. Like messier than any of the others I had seen before." Otto explained gently. "It also smelt kinda weird, like really intense perfume."

Gibson frowned, "I'm going to check the shower see if I can find some of that ooze in the drain and hopefully I'll be able to find a cure." He said then made his way out of the lab as well.

"Why would Skeleton King create a different type of formless?" Sparx asked.

"I'm not sure but…" Antauri sighed, "The power primate seems to be weaker from Chiro now." Antauri said, "I think that maybe his transformation made it harder for Chiro to activate his powers. If we cannot either change him back or help him unlock his powers again I'm afraid the Skeleton King will take advantage of Chiro." He said, crossing his arms over his chest with a heavy frown.

Nova growled softly, "We can't let that happen." Nova said then sighed, "I'll take care of Chiro you guys find a cure for Chiro and keep an eye out for that old bag of bones. Since we don't know how long Chiro will be a girl I'm going to take… her… shopping for clothes that fit so she doesn't walk around wearing nothing but her jacket."

"Nova I don't need to remind you that you're wounded." Antauri said.

"Yeah, I know I am. But Chiro is part of the family and I'm not going to let Skeleton King hurt her-him-Chiro. We all have our ways to protect Chiro and mine is by being by her side at all times if I have to." She said, "Now, I'm going to go to bed so we can get a jump first thing in the morning."

"Alright, but if you feel anything strange with yourself or notice anything off about Chiro bring her back here immediately. We don't know how this transformation will affect her throughout time."

Nova nodded softly before she walked out and vanished into her room.

The next morning Nova went into Chiro's room and was startled when she saw Chiro curled up in bed a blanket hiding her head as well as the rest of her looking exhausted. Nova sat on the bed next to her.

"Chiro?"

"Hm?" Chiro looked over sleepily at Nova before yawning. "I'm fine." She said.

"Good, because you and I are going shopping." Nova smiled and Chiro blinked.

"Shopping?"

"Yeah, well we don't know how long you're going to be stuck as a girl so we might as well buy you some clothes that'll fit you and not fall off all the time." Nova smiled and Chiro gave a fake smirk.

"Okay." Chiro said pulling the blanket off her showing that around her eyes were red and puffy from tears and her hair was a mess.

"First things first though let's brush through that birds ness, your hairs longer than you're used to and it'll get in your way more than when you're a boy." She said, taking Chiro's hand and leading her into her room sitting Chiro at her desk. "Now, hold still and I'll get your hair out of your face."

After a good fifteen minutes of trying to convince Chiro to hold still Nova finally managed to get Chiro's hair down into a low ponytail tied back with an orange hair band. Now that Nova could get a good look at Chiro she realized that she hadn't changed much. True the shape of her eyes and the length of her hair changed but her eyes were still baby blue and her hair jet black and her face with the occasional freckle. She had gotten more of a curve to her body shape and her chest had grown along with her hips but not too drastically.

"Nova?" Chiro asked, startling the blonde. "Everything okay?"

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, you're just really pretty." She laughed and Chiro blushed.

"I guess this isn't so bad… as long as you're happy." Chiro said and Nova blinked curiously. "I don't like you being sad all the time."

Nova frowned, "Oh Chiro." She turned the hair and hugged the blue eyed teen. "Just because it get's boring and lonely being the only girl doesn't mean I want you to change. I like you as you, the you that makes you happy." She said, touching his face. "Gibson will find a cure soon I promise."

Chiro nodded hugging her back as she sighed.

The two soon made it to the store and it was obvious that Chiro was embarrassed and nervous about being in the girls section of the store. It made Nova want to giggle at first as Chiro covered her eyes and looked the other way whenever they passed the bra and underwear. At the same time though Chiro tried not to cling to Nova as she tried to keep a bit of her brave personality but it was clear that she was nervous.

"Chiro, relax." Nova said, "You act like you're going to pass out." She said.

"Sorry." She said, "So what all do we need?" Chiro asked quietly.

"Well your boxers are a little big but they sell girls under wear that are kind of like boxers. We'll get you a small pack of those.." Nova looked at Chiro and made her blush. "Maybe a training bra, tank tops, jeans and comfortable clothes." She said, and frowned when Chiro seemed to become more and more uncomfortable. "Tell you what, I'll buy the clothes and you can go get something to eat at the cafe over there. Once we buy it we'll get outta here and go to the park."

Chiro nodded, obviously relieved to go to the other side of the aisle. "Thanks Nova." She said, hugging her before she jogged across the aisle and sat in the cafe within eye line of the blonde.

Chiro ordered a strawberry banana smoothie that she had been craving since her transformation, it was weird but then again this entire situation was weird. She slurped up the smoothie through the straw looking across the aisle looking over at Nova who was looking at training bras. She blushed then shyly glanced down at her own chest then back over at Nova's.

Her chest was much smaller than Nova's but then again she had washed Nova's bra's once and saw that her's was a 38 DD which she guessed was another way to say 'big' and her's was tiny. A little smaller than Jinmay's was. She blushed darkly when she realized exactly what she was thinking of, causing her to suck in a breath inhaling some of the smoothie.

Chiro instantly fell into a coughing fit before she shuddered when somebody ran their finger up her spine causing her to tense up and gasp. Chiro turned quickly in the chair and blushed when she realized who it was. BT and Glenny, two people around 17 years old who had always bullied her when she was a boy but now they seemed to have a different type of mischief on their faces.

"Hey babe." BT said, "You okay?"

"I'm fine." Chiro said glancing at Nova who was comparing two different styles of bras both white and she honestly couldn't' see a difference but Nova clearly did.

"Whatcha looking at?" Glenny purred standing in front of her blocking her view of Nova.

"Nothing um, I-I should go." She said, trying to walk away when BT grabbed her hand.

"But why? We're just starting to get to know each other." He purred. "What's your name?"

"C-." She stopped, 'Wait! If I say Chiro they could kick the snot out of me again and if I ever turn back into a boy I'll be their target forever! Think of something.' She smiled softly, "Chloe. My name is Chloe." She said, glancing towards where Nova was but she was still out of sight.

"Are you new in town? Where you from?"

"Yeah, um I just got in." She said.

"Who you looking for?" Glenny said, "Your boyfriend?"

"No my cousin."

"Cousin huh, is she as cute as you?" BT blinked.

"I don't know. You tell me." Growled Nova causing the two to turn and look at the blonde who had her arms crossed a bag in her hand. The two instantly backed up then took off running. "You okay, Chiro?" She wondered handing Chiro the bag.

"Yeah." Chiro sighed, "But call me Chloe." She said, "Just until I'm back to normal."

"Chloe?" Nova asked and Chiro nodded shyly.

"I like it. Ch-I mean Chloe. Come on, let's get you dressed and then we'll head out to the park."

Chiro nodded as the two of them headed back to the robot for Chiro to change.

"How was town?" Antauri asked Nova while Chiro was upstairs changing.

"Chiro was hit on and looked terrified of bra's but I think she's doing her best." Nova said then frowned, "How is the antidote coming?"

Antauri shook his head softly, "Gibson was able to find a very small amount of the purple ooze and is quickly running out. He thinks that if he can't find the cure soon he feels that Chiro may be stuck as a female forever."

"Female isn't the problem, the problem is that the power primate does in fact seem weaker in her now than it was before. If we bump into problems and need her powers we could be doomed." She sighed, "You remember how bad it hurt Chiro the first time he unlocked his powers as a male and it was easy for him to do it…. Now though when the connection is there but harder to access and have to unlock it again.. I don't think her body would be able to go through that again."

"Why the hell did Skeleton King turn him into a girl anyways, there has to be easier ways for him to not access his powers." Sparx growled.

"Probably likes seeing us chase our tails." Nova crossed her arms. "I mean think about it, Antauri has to think of ways to help chiro activate her powers without killing her and Gibson has to find a way to cure her. That's two of us distracted." Nova sighed.

Antauri nodded, "Nova, keep a close eye on Chiro. Sparx you and Otto keep an eye on the monitors and makes sure that we're not under attack." Antauri said and the two nodded quickly.

"Ready." Chiro said and Sparx blushed when he saw the younger girl, instantly resulting in Nova elbowing him again. The white tank top, and orange hoodie complimented Chiro's face and eyes and the shirt was long enough it looked almost like a dress with her grey jeans and her black boots.

"Good, let's go." Nova said.

"Go where?" Sparx asked.

"The park, there's a fair going on. Chiro and I are going to go."

"Are you sure that's a wise idea?" Sparx hissed.

"It's safer to hide in a large crowd then be out in the open in the super robot." She hissed back and Sparx nodded in understanding.

"I just don't understand this Otto." Gibson grumbled as he pulled off his glasses and rubbed his forehead in frustration. "Why is it that the Formless didn't affect you the same way it did Chiro."

Otto thought for a moment then shrugged. "I don't know."

"Let's go through it again. You and Chiro were walking through the park."

Otto nodded and closed his eyes softly. "We were walking and talking, he was worried about Nova and said something about liking the park. Then we heard the Formless coming up behind us." He said, "By the time I took down the black and white one Chiro had just finished his and I got some of the ooze on my hand. I wiped the ooze off my hand in the grass and then we headed back. I told Chiro that he needed to shower because he smelt like he took a bath in perfume. Then we came back. Then Chiro went upstairs to shower and I started on dinner."

Gibson thought for a moment. "Otto, did you wash your hands before you cooked?" He asked.

"No. I never do." Otto said, prouder than he should have.

Gibson would have been grossed out by the idea but it was that clue that made him realize what caused Chiro to change and not Otto. He jumped to his feet then ran through the robot into the shower room grabbing all the different soaps off the shelves before running back down into his lab. "Otto, get me a glass of water in this bleeker." He said holding it up, "Just normal hot water."

Otto took it and saluted before he quickly ran out of the room the beaker in hand.

"So what do you want to do first?" Asked Nova as the two of them walked through the center of the park.

Chiro looked around her eyes wide looking at everything. "Um…" She smiled, "Can we go on the roller coaster?" She smiled.

"Sure Chloe." Nova said as the two then made their way to the roller coaster which towered over the rest of the park. It was huge and amazing compared to the rest of the park making Nova happy that neither her or Chiro were afraid of heights.

It felt like hours before they finally made it to the front of the line but they eventually did make it and climbed into the seat strapping themselves into the coaster along with an army of people right behind them.

"Nova." Chiro asked as the coaster started going, she looked completely relaxed despite how high they were going. "Thanks for this, I know you're just doing it because of what's happening with me right now but it's nice to spend this time with you. Even if… you know I'm not really me."

"Chiro." She said, holding her hands. "Just because you look different I know it's still you in there. I don't care if you're a boy or girl, you're still my little brother and I love you." She said as they dropped off a large hill causing them to all scream and celebrate as their hair flew all around in their ponytails.

Nova couldn't help but laugh at the way Chiro walked once the two of them got off the ride and looked around.

"Your turn, what do you want to do?" Chiro asked.

Nova thought and looked around, "That." She said, pointing to the inflatable jousting corner. "First one to get knocked down does the others chores?"

"You're on." Chiro said, then took off running with Nova right behind her both laughing as they ran over to it.

Chiro and Nova jumped on Chiro grabbing a yellow one and Nova grabbed the orange one the two of them ready to begin.

"En Guard!" Nova said, swinging to Chiro who struggled to balance on the padded peg. She hit Chiro in the ribs making her squeal as she almost fell before Chiro hit her back careful not to hit her in the bad ribs before she then pushed against her softly.

The fight continued for a long time before Nova let Chiro knock her down. She dropped onto her back as Chiro jumped down onto the soft inflatable pad. She stumbled for a moment before walking over to Nova with a big smile.

"Good job Chloe." Nova said sitting up as she smiled. "Hungry?"

Chiro nodded and smiled as the two of them climbed off the inflatable before jogging over to the food stand ordering candy apples. After they got their food they sat down at the bench. The two talking as storm clouds rolled in.

"That was fun." Nova smiled as the two made their way back to the Super Robot before the storm began to break. Nova had began to realize that Chiro was beginning to become more and more pale as time went on.

Chiro nodded softly, her eyes casted to the sidewalk as she held Nova's hand the grip becoming looser and looser. She looked so weak and it was making Nova more and more worried about her.

Her once brilliant eyes seemed slightly more grey, her skin seemed paler, and her right hand was across her stomach.

"Chloe?" Nova asked softly. "Are you feeling alright?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah my stomach just feels heavy for some reason."

Nova thought, 'Well you're a girl now and normal female girls around your age start to have 'woman events' it's probably one of those.' She thought softly to herself as they finally reached the robot and went into the main area of the room.

"I'm going to go get a drink." Chiro smiled then walked away.

Nova turned to Antauri quickly. "Okay um we might have a problem."

"What is it?" Antauri asked.

"I think Chiro might be on her women's cycle."

"Women's cycle?" Otto chirped from his seat.

"Her period. It's how normal girls express that they're ready for mating in a way." She said and both boys blushed, "Anyways just keep an eye on her we don't know how it'll affect her."

Antauri nodded softly.

"Can she even do that? I mean, she used to be a he." Sparx pointed out with a confused frown.

"It might be possible. I mean, we don't know what that ooze did to her. It could have completely switched her DNA to make him to completely female." Gibson pointed out rubbing his temple. He looked like he was about to open his mouth again to speak when there was a series of crashing noises from the kitchen followed by a heavy thump.

"Chiro? You okay kid?" Sparx called but there was no reply.

"Chiro?" Otto spoke up walking towards the kitchen, he froze. "Chiro!" His curious voice quickly turned into one of horror as he ran into the kitchen.

The rest of the team looked at each other before they quickly ran across the room and into the kitchen as Otto picked up Chiro holding her close to his chest. Gibson quickly ran over touching her face which was dripping in sweat.

"She's burning up. Take her to my lab." Gibson said.

Otto nodded, standing up and running into the lab the entire team right behind him watching as Otto laid her down on the bed.

"What's wrong with her?" Nova asked.

"I'm not sure yet." Gibson said as he began to draw the girls blood. "This should tell us though."

"Nova what did you guys eat?" Antauri asked.

"Popcorn, Candy Apples and a soda which we shared."

"So possible food poisoning." Antauri said as Gibson wildly typed at his computer.

"Hang in there buddy we'll get ya all fixed up." Otto said running a clean cloth over Chiro's head as she softly panted. She was shaking violently, her skin much paler than normal, dark rings around her eyes and tears dripping down from her closed eyes.

"This is messed up!" Sparx growled, punching the wall of the lab angrily. "Why him huh! Why Chiro! He's just a kid!"

"Not a normal kid Sparx, Chiro has been chosen for greatness but that also means a life full of pain and torment. I'm afraid until Skeleton King is defeated Chiro will always be a target."

"I can't believe I missed this!" Gibson said startling everybody. "I know why Skeleton King turned Chiro into a girl." He said.