Alright, it's been a while since I updated, but here I am again, with a request from Jasper Dragonfly.
Nova: And that request was?
Gibby/Chiro-friendship.
Otto: Ahw, cute.
Yeah, it's kinda a sequel to 'I never had a chance to make friends'.
Gibson: Sounds interesting.
(mutters) If you would know. That lab of yours if going to take a few hits.
Gibson: What was that?
Uh, nothing! (sweats nervously) I-I said...SRMTHFG doesn't belong to me.
Antauri: Read and Review please.
„KABOOOOOM!"
„Otto!"
„Sorry!"
Chiro face-palmed with a sigh. That was the third time this week Otto had managed to get Gibson's lab to explode. Shaking his head, the teen walked up to the lab, to find Gibson kicking Otto out of the smoking room.
"…is enough! That was the third time this week AND THE SAME FREAKING EXPERIMENT! I have enough Otto. Stay out of my lab!"
Otto pouted and Chiro gave him a comforting pat on the shoulder. Then he walked into the lab and frowned. Honestly, Otto really could be a bit more careful. Despite the fact that Chiro loved the small idiot, in half an hour the teen would've had his first chemistry-lesson with Gibson and he'd truly been excited about it. Sure, in the beginning Chiro had had his 'Communication problems', as he and Gibson would call it, with the scientist. But then, when Chiro finally listened, Gibson had gotten the chance to open up to him and the teen had understood how much the scientist actually needed company.
The only other of the monkeys who spent time with Gibson, without having injuries that needed to be treated, was Antauri.
But recently the black monkey had had his own troubles with Nova's increasing temper and being because of that the one who organized all of their trainings now. Normally he shared this with their first combatant.
"Chiro, I wasn't expecting you for the next 30 minutes", sounded Gibson's voice from the floor. The teen jerked out of his thoughts and looked for his companion. Gibson kneed on the floor and was picking up glass-shards.
Smiling he bent down and said: "Here, let me help you."
Gibson stared, then smiled and answered: "Thank you Chiro. I'm very gracious for your help."
"You're welcome Gibson."
For a while both cleaned the lab silently. When they were about half-way done, the scientist offered: "How about we take a break? Today we won't make any progress on chemicals anyways."
"Sure, I could use a little snack", agreed the teen.
The two left the lab and Gibson locked it, to make sure nothing else happened. Then they walked to the kitchen, Chiro telling Gibson about his day. First Power Primate training with Antauri, then free-time, followed by combat training, which also was taken over by the second in command. Because of the anger attacks she had lately, Antauri and Gibson had both taken away all of Nova's duties from the only female.
When they walked into the kitchen, they found the black monkey they just talked about sitting there.
"That's strange", muttered the teen. "Antauri never does nothing."
"Agreed", muttered Gibson back, when Antauri suddenly cut in: "I can hear you very well, you know."
He sounded incredible tired, causing leader and medical officer to share a nervous glance. "So, how are you?", asked the teen while he moved to the cupboard.
"Fine, though tired", admitted the black monkey. Once again the two newcomers shared a glance. When did Antauri ever admit something was wrong?
"Uh, Gibson, Antauri…tea?"
"That would be wonderful Chiro", answered Gibson warmly. Antauri simply nodded and rested his head on his hands, his fingers rubbing his temples.
"Do you have a head-ache?", heard Chiro the blue monkey asking.
"I'm not sure if what I have can be called head-ache, considering there's very well the pressure, yet no pain."
Chiro glanced back while he heated up the water and found Gibson eyeing his comrade with a calculating gleam in his eyes. For a few minutes everything was silent. Then the tea was ready and Chiro filled it into the cups. He placed them on the table, gaining a thankful smile from his mentor and Gibson said: "Thank you Chiro."
"You're welcome."
They all sat down, but a few minutes later, it happened.
At first all Chiro realised was, that a cup shattered and tea splashed around, then Gibson gasped: "Antauri!" The teen looked left and gasped as well. The black monkey clutched his head in pain, then suddenly fell limp and collapsed onto the floor.
"Antauri!"
Chiro bent down to him and picked him up, when Gibson shouted: "Get him to the med-bay!" Chiro nodded and ran after Gibson. In the med-bay he placed Antauri down, who was struggling in pain by now. "I can't check him through like that. Chiro I'll need your help."
"What? No! I can't! I have no idea about First-Aid!"
"Yes you can! You watched me treating injuries. That's enough Chiro!"
"But what if…"
"No what if's! Chiro, I need your help here. Otto is too sensitive for this, Nova not in the right state and though I could ask Sprx for help, I rather have you helping me. Chiro please. Don't think about the fact that I request this, but that it's necessary to help Antauri."
Chiro stared at the blue monkey, then asked: "Y-You trust me that much?" The blue monkey nodded, not a hint of teasing in his eyes. Taking a deep breath, the teen nodded and moved forward. "What shall I do?"
"For now, just hold him down so I can run some tests." Chiro nodded and grabbed Antauri's shoulders, bracing the black monkey against the med-table. Immediately his struggling increased and soon Chiro gasped in the effort of holding his mentor down. "You…done Gibson?", gasped the teen out.
"I'm almost ready to tell if sedation is acceptable in his state or not…and done. Alright Chiro, make sure he doesn't struggle too much. I need to insert the injection in his flank."
"How am I supposed to do this?"
Gibson raised an eyebrow at this, as if to say: Do I really need to say that out loud? If he wouldn't still have trouble in holding the black monkey down, he would've face-palmed. Concentrating on the Power Primate, he managed to send a small, calming wave of Power Primate Energy to Antauri, who stopped his struggling almost immediately. "Can't…say how…long that will hold on", gasped the teen out and fell back. Gibson gave him a reassuring smile and then injected some dark-green liquid into the black monkey's flank. After that, Gibson used Chiro's help for many simple task, yet the teen got praised for everything he did right.
After about ten minutes the scientist said: "Well, it seems that that this fit came from the stress he had lately."
"Huh?"
"Chiro, despite the fact that I tried to help, Antauri had to take over most of Nova's duties. It was just too much for his body to take. To keep himself from shutting down because of exhaustion, he seemingly forced his heart-beat to quicken, something incredible dangerous that he should actually know about. The blood-pressure on his brain increased with that, what caused fit."
"Sooooo, he's going to be alright again?", asked the teen. He'd only understood half of what his comrade said.
Gibson smiled warmly at him and nodded. "Yes Chiro. All Antauri actually ever needed was a bit rest."
The teen breathed out, then yawned and stated: "I should go to bed."
"Indeed it was an exhausting day for you. Thank you again for your help. No one could've done better."
"Welcome Gibson, welcome. And good night."
The teen walked off, yet his eyes widened the moment his tube sent him upwards. Had he heard right? Yes he had. Gibson had called him his friend.
"Night you too my friend", whispered the teen before he walked up to his room.