Antauri: Hello, everyone!

Whoo! It's chapter twenty! One more chapter and this fic can legally drink alcohol in the United States! Wow, I just looked up legal drinking ages, and there's only, like, four listed that have 21 as the age… hm… maybe I should move…

Mandarin: But if you moved, then you wouldn't be able to write for a long time. You'd have to take a minimum of three months just to move, then who knows how long until you can get your internet set up… all just for a drink.

Yeah… I suppose I could go on vacation. XD

Nova: Thanks to EvilAntauri for the review! And I agree, Antauri is adorable when he's getting along with Reza!

SPRX: Lots of love to Skaternova (And not just because your name is Nova.) for the review! :D

Mandarin: And our undying affections also go to Jasper Dragonfly!

Otto: Guess what! This chapter is gonna be special! Not like the war special, it's still got words and requests, but no randomizer! These words either come from Reza's head, her friends and family, or what's around her!

Halloween:

"Mandarin?" SPRX paused.

"Hm? What is it?" The orange monkey switched his weapons back to gloves easily to look at the other.

"What's Halloween?"

"What?"

SPRX paused once more, "Well… a lot of people around the city are talking about it, and it's being advertised in all the shops… but no one knows what it is. Do you?"

Mandarin smiled, "It's a holiday. People dress up as whatever they want to and go around the City. When they go to homes in these costumes and say 'trick-or-treat' they either receive candy, or they prank the person."

SPRX processed this information, "C-can we do that?"

Mandarin smiled, "Alright. It's celebrated on October 31st, so you have time to prepare."

"You should do it with us!" SPRX smiled, "We could set up the Super Robot to give out candy!"

Mandarin paused, "Hm… I suppose it would be fun. Alright. I'm in."

SPRX grinned and ran off to tell the others.

October 31st came around and Otto had set up the Super Robot to hand out candy, having even painted a big jack-o-lantern on the torso. The green simian was obviously dressed up as a kitty. Since they all decided to make their costumes, Otto had actually installed cat ears to his head that would move with his mood, like an actual cats. He already had the tail, and had made some paws for his hands and feet.

Gibson wore a rather simple Dr. Frankenstein costume. He had on one of his old, dirty, and torn lab coats, having covered bits of it in fake blood, and burnt a sleeve off. He had put some of the fake blood on his hands and face, and had actually put a screw through his hand… okay, it was a real screw, but it looked like it.

SPRX wore a devil costume, fangs showing whenever he smiled. He'd made a pair of black wings and curved horns that attached to his receptors. He'd painted the silver part of his tail red and had attached a pike to the end.

Nova was dressed as a Viking girl, wearing a spiked bronze helmet and leather armor that she'd copied from Mandarin's set. She wore leather boots and held a mace… an actual mace, for if SPRX decided she looked cute enough to flirt with.

Antauri had a Star Trek costume on, wearing the science uniform, two gold links on his wrists. He had on the black pants, covered by the equally back boots that reached his knees.

"Where's Mandarin?" Otto asked.

"I'm here!"

The orange monkey walked in, "Uh… Can someone help me?" He was covered in shredded pieces of cloth, covering most of his body, "I fell into something and I can't see a thing."

"Wait, this works!" SPRX smiled, "What's your costume?"

"A wizard…"

"Now you're a zombie." SPRX grinned and ran over, fixing the bandages so Mandarin could see and tying them so they stayed put, "So much cooler!"

Gibson smiled, "Let's go!"

"This is going to be so much fun!" Nova grinned.

Closet:

"Gibby, what's in this closet?" Otto asked.

"Get out of my lab, Otto."

"Tell me."

"Get out."

Otto shrugged and pulled the door open. He paused for a second and screeched.

"I said go away, Otto!" Gibson slammed the door shut.

The green monkey nodded and ran off as fast as he could.

"Whoa, Otto!" SPRX yelped as his friend ran by, "What's wrong?"

"The closet! Don't ever go into the closet! No, don't do it, it's so scary!"

SPRX jumped when Otto started crying.

"Whoa, whoa, Otto! Don't cry! What was in the closet?"

"Heads!" Otto shouted, "Gibson has heads hidden in his lab!"

SPRX gaped, "What? Brainstain…"

"Gibby's some kinda sociopath!" Otto hissed, "He's got human head, and monkey head, and dog heads, and even kitty heads! All in one closet in his lab!"

"I can't believe Brainstain would be a murderer! Wh-what do we do?"

"We… we have to tell Antauri."

"Tell Antauri what?"

The pair turned around to said black monkey. They quickly began rambling, at the same time, their words incomprehensible to anyone. He quickly put his hands over their mouths, effectively shutting them up. He sighed.

"Otto… explain." He lifted his hand away and listened to what Otto had to say. Once he had described everything that he'd seen, Antauri had to hesitate, "What?"

Otto nodded, "I saw it!"

Antauri's hands fell to his sides and he stared at Otto, "This must be a mistake. Hal is not a sociopath."

"SPRX!"

The red monkey paused, "You know, I just remembered why I was heading this way."

Nova stormed over and grabbed him, "I'm going to kill you!" It was completely obvious why, the words I LOVE SPRX-77 were written in red marker on her helmet.

"Give my head to Gibson! He seems to be into that stuff!" SPRX groaned.

"What?"

Otto explained everything to her. Her reaction was to drop SPRX and stare at Otto in horror.

"Not Gibson… Gibson isn't crazy, he's a genius."

"I saw it! And he kicked me out of his lab after I did!"

"Why is everyone gathered outside my lab?" Gibson asked, stepping into the hall.

Otto blinked, realizing he'd run in a complete circle before running to SPRX. He screeched, "Don't kill me and cut off my head!"

"Cut off you…" Gibson paused, before laughing. Hard, "Otto, you misunderstood. I'm not collecting heads, and I'm not a murderer."

"As I stated." Antauri nodded.

Gibson chuckled again, "It was supposed to be a surprise. April Fools is coming up and I wanted to participate… against Chiro."

"You're gonna put heads in his room?"

"And the Torso Tank, and everywhere else he frequents."

Grins spread… April Fools was going to be wonderful this year.

Jack Skellington:

Pairing time! Yay! Which one is it this time, Reza! Doodoodoo… okay! And the winner of this one is… Gibby and Antauri! :D

"Aaand… done!" Gibson smiled, "Perfect!"

"Why did you just paint my face?" Antauri asked, "I truly hope that this will not stain my skin."

"It shouldn't." Gibson smiled, "I made it myself."

Antauri smiled back, "Alright. Am I to be offered an explanation, or do I have to guess?"

"Do you remember that movie Otto had us all watch a few weeks ago?"

"The Nightmare… Before… Christmas… why are you wearing SPRX's helmet?"

Gibson chuckled, "Otto and I had a bet… that you wouldn't agree for us to act like Jack and Sally."

"Really, now. And towards what did you bet?"

Gibson smiled, "I can't tell you."

Antauri paused. SPRX and Otto were so alike… and Gibson would never bet against him… but he could hear Gibson's words… 'I bet Antauri will. He'll do anything I ask of him, no matter what.'

"Please get this paint off of me."

Gibson grinned, "I win!" he shouted out the door, "I told you he had more dignity than that!"

"Aw, man! I totally thought you had him whipped." SPRX groaned.

Otto sighed, "Alright, Gibson, you win. We'll stay out of your lab for the next two weeks."

Gibson tossed SPRX his helmet. SPRX quickly tossed the blue one, which Gibson easily caught and pulled on. He then leaned over and Kissed Antauri, "Love you! I'll go get the removal!"

Brother and Sister:

"Hey, Rostami. All alone again?"

Chiro glared up at the siblings standing over him. He turned away, taking his toy robot, and walking away.

"Whoa, where do you think you're going?" The sister, Katie chuckled, grabbing his arm, "You're not going to play alone when we're willing to play with you, are you?"

The six-year-old nodded, "I am. Now let me go."

"I don't think so, kid." Mike, the older brother of the pair, smirked, "We're going to play robot with you."

He clutched the toy to his chest, "This is my robot! I bought it myself and you can't have it!"

"That's not how this game works, kid." The pair smirked, grabbing the boy.

"Get off of me!" he shouted, a strange burst of energy shooting through him. He quickly took the offensive and pushed the siblings away, running off in fear.

Word:

"Ah! They got away!" Otto shouted.

The Monkey Team saw the three miniature creatures scamper off to destroy who-knows-what. Jinmay quickly shot after them, but they were gone.

"Maybe someone saw them." SPRX said.

They searched around for anyone who might have seen the creatures, but this part of the City seemed to be empty.

"That's it, no one lives here." Nova groaned, "Now what do we do? Gibson's scanner's been trashed by those things."

"Yo, look at the talkin' monkey, bro!"

Nova blinked and turned around to see a guy sitting on top of a dumpster, his dark hair styled in dreads and wearing clothes that made him blend in with the shadows, and the dark pigmentation of his skin didn't help the only female simian to see him, either.

"Can you help us?" She asked.

"Damn, dawg, the monkey's talkin' to me, yo! What can Shade Master do for ya?"

She paused, "Um… is that your name?"

"Naw, Lil' Gold, name's Mikey. You can call me Shade, though, 'cause I like that color you got. Reminds me o' my Momma's teeth." He jumped down and walked over, "Who is you?"

Gibson's hand twitched, "The proper sentence is 'who are you'."

"I don't need no speakin' lessons from a faggot, faggot."

Gibson glared, "I beg your pardon-"

"Good, I'll give it to ya. You're pardoned, faggot."

SPRX slammed a hand over Gibson's mouth, "We're looking for some little creatures we have to get rid of. They're about this big, they shriek a lot, and they look like Chihuahuas… there's three of them."

"Have you seen them?" Otto smiled.

"Dawg, them freak things ran by here like they was about ta get a cap busted on in their ugly lil' faces by my kid sister!" Shade laughed.

"Uh… what?" Chiro asked.

"Hey, you look familiar." Shade walked over, "What's your name, boy?"

"Chiro…"

"Chiro?" Shade paused before grinning, "Chiro! Now I know where I seen your mug! You're tha kid from grade school that got that freaky screamin' thing! Dawg, you 'member me?"

Chiro blinked, trying to pull up the memories, "Y-yeah…"

"Who's this fine piece of work?" Shade looked at Jinmay, whjo glared and held her fist up to his face, morphing it into a cannon, "Hey, where are the creatures you saw? We don't have time for your idiocy."

"Whoo, baby! She's got some fire! And she ain't even human, yo! She yours, Chiro? Damn." Shade smirked, "Tha things went down the back way."

"Thank you." Jinmay pulled her hand down, "Come on, Chiro."

"Bye, Shade!" Nova smiled.

"Bye, Goldy!"

Search:

"If you want to have the Skeleton King head," The strange red and white striped man grinned, "You have to find it and us!"

Gibson jumped back when the group disappeared.

"Wh-what…"

Otto yelped, "They all disappeared! And that one dude has the Skeleton King head!"

"Hello!"

Chiro looked around, "Where are you!"

"My, my, what horrible manners. I suppose I owe you an apology, though, I didn't introduce us. I'm Waldo. You're looking for me and my friends, Wizard Whitebeard, Wenda, Odlaw, and my dog Woof! If you can find us all, we'll give you the head."

SPRX paused, "How are we hearing you?"

"I'm going to make sure you don't get too off track, lost, or hurt! I'm still hidden, but I control this domain, so I can talk to you whenever I want! Happy hunting!"

Antauri looked at the team, "It seems we are on a search for Waldo and his friends."

"We'll split up." Chiro told them, "There's seven of us and five of them."

"Chiro, your communicator's broken…" Jinmay reminded him.

Chiro paused, "Crap… you stick with me, then, Jinmay."

She smiled, "Alright."

The team split up, searching for any of the five missing characters.

Mom:

It had only been two hours since the Hyper Force had installed the translator, and they couldn't seem to get away from all the questions.

"What are your names?'

"How old are you?"

"How does Chiro understand you?"

"Why are you all different colors?"

"What do you call your weapons?"

"What do you call your attacks?"

"Does your robot have a name?"

"Can the robot speak?"

Otto was happily playing with a few kids when he had to pause. He turned to Antauri.

"I'm hungry."

Antauri smiled, "You are not alone in your feeling. Why don't we go out to eat?"

"Yeah!" SPRX grinned, "This time we don't have to take the kid with us to translate!"

The Monkey team quickly ran off, racing to the Hover Burger stand.

"Excuse me, Miss Nova?"

Nova paused, looking at an elderly woman, "Yes, can I help you?'

"Where is Chiro?"

Nova paused, "He's back at the Super Robot… he said he wanted to get some training in or something. Why, do you know him?"

"I'm his old foster care mother, before he moved in with you."

Nova blinked, "W-wow… uh, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ma'am."

The old lady smiled, "Just call me Momma… I've worked with these children so long I've almost forgotten my own name."

Nova smiled, "Would you like to see him?"

"Oh, he doesn't want to see me. He never really stuck around long enough to know me. What I want to ask you about is… well… you treat him like family, right?"

"Of course." Nova chuckled, "He's even told us that he regards us as family. It almost made Antauri cry when he said that he was like a dad to him."

"And… the mother?"

"That would be me." She smiled proudly, "Why?"

"Chiro was rather close to his mother before she died. I just wanted to be sure he had someone he could relate to like that once again…"

Nova paused, "Could… could you tell me about Chiro?"

Vampire:

Oooh! A pairing warning! You know, I don't see why Reza doesn't like doing these. I think this job is fun! :D Okay, this fic has… Gibby and Antauri again!

Antauri sighed, scrolling through a list of training exercises he needed to work on with Chiro on his DataScreen. He paused when he heard the clank of footsteps and sighed.

'If I do not become accustomed to this robotic body soon, I may go mad.'

He checked the time and slid the DataScreen under his arm. There was no time for training Chiro now. He had promised Nova he would help with making dinner. He ignored the echoing clank that followed his footsteps, making his way to the kitchen.

"BLEH!"

He spun around just in time to be knocked to the ground by some blue blur.

"I got you, Antauri!" Gibson grinned behind his vampire mask, "I'm surprised you didn't hear me coming!"

Antauri paused, "I thought your footsteps were an echo of my own…"

Gibson pulled the mask up and smiled, "I still gotcha."

"Indeed, you did."

"You know what that means?"

Antauri paused, "What does it mean?"

Gibson grinned, "It means I get a victory kiss."

Antauri stiffened. Since he'd had his mechanical body, he'd been afraid to kiss Gibson, avoiding the situation all together in whatever way possible.

"Hal, I have no time for this. If I don't help Nova with dinner-"

"I already told her you'd be a little late. You can't ditch me this time, Antauri." Gibson smirked, "Try all you want, but you can't deny that I have won this time."

Antauri's mind was racing, "I am unaccustomed to this body, Hal, I don't want to accidentally hurt you!"

"Because the Medical Officer is going to die from a split lip, right?" Gibson chuckled, "Take a look around you, Antauri."

Antauri did as he was told and looked around.

"You…"

"I planned everything, Antauri." Gibson smiled, "I'd get you when you least expect it, hide my footsteps as your own, and I've gotten you right by the Medical Ward… the vampire thing was just an added bonus. You have no reason not to kiss me."

Antauri smirked, "Maybe I don't want to."

Gibson stared at him for a second before realizing he was serious, "Yeah, right, and Otto can tell me what the atomic number of Barium is. Now, shut your face and let me kiss you."

"No."

"Too bad."

Gibson leaned down, pushing his mouth to Antauri's in a chaste kiss. He pulled back with a smile.

"Look, I'm perfectly fine. There's no pain at all."

"You don't know that." Antauri told him, "When was the last time we actually kissed like that? If you-"

"Antauri." Gibson chuckled, "If you want to make-out with me, just say so."

Antauri smiled and flipped Gibson over so that he lay on the ground with the silver simian over him, "I very much do."

"Then do it! You've left me hanging for the past three weeks!"

Knight:

Hm? Another one? Okay, what's this? … FINALLY! Haha! My turn, it's my pairing! Whoo! Yeah! Huh? Oh, sorry… hehe… this is me and Gibby! I'm gonna do my happy dance now!

"This is degrading in so many ways…" Gibson groaned.

"Gibby!" Otto shouted, "Are you okay up there!"

Gibson growled and looked down from the tower at the green monkey, "I've been forced into a dress, locked in a tower, and forced to eat gruel! Do you think I'm okay!"

Otto paused, "Uh… is that a yes or no?"

Gibson groaned, "Just get me down!"

Otto smiled, "Do not worry, fair maiden! I, Otto the Green Knight, shall save you!" he ran over and slammed into the wall of the tower, falling back, "Ow…"

Gibson sighed, "It's a wall, Otto… you're not thick0headed enough to break it." He looked away from the sad sight of Otto trying to break the stone wall, "Though I wouldn't be surprised if you did."

After about twenty minutes, Otto decided that the wall wasn't going to break… so he tried climbing it. He activated his saws and sunk them into the stone wall, climbing up.

Gibson groaned and looked at the dress he was wearing. No matter how many times he tried to rip or shred it, it fixed itself with even more jewels and glitter. He'd given up after the third try, but was significantly sparkly now.

"Ta-da!"

Gibson jumped as the green monkey leapt into the room, grinning.

"Well, aren't you the valiant knight?" Gibson smiled.

Otto bowed gracefully, "Anything for the fair princess! Do I get a reward kiss?"

Gibson walked over and kissed the green simian on the cheek, "There… now, how are we getting down?"

Otto paused, "Uh…"

Halo 3:

Otto paraded into the Common Room, beaming with pride.

"Why the narcissistic aura, Otto?" Gibson asked.

Otto grinned, "I dunno what that means, but I bet you can't guess why I'm smiling!"

Gibson paused and shook his head. An explanation would just go over Otto's head and out the window.

"Did you finally get the new Gear of War game?" SPRX asked.

"I've had that." Otto rolled his eyes, "Got the Epic Edition, too."

SPRX gaped, "What? When? And you didn't tell me?"

"So, what did you get this time?"

"Well, you know how I've been saving up my money for a game I've wanted for the longest time?" he smiled.

"The money you keep spending on other games?" Nova asked.

"Yeah!" Otto grinned, "Well, after much collecting, I finally was able to afford Halo 3!" he held up the game with pride.

"Finally!" SPRX grinned, "Let's play!"

Otto and SPRX quickly ran off to play the new game, leaving everyone else to laugh at the pair.

Halloween- MANDARIN'S A ZOMBIE! Another pre-Chiro fic. How cute!

Closet- Haha! I can just see Gibby, chopping off people's heads with that sociopathic smile…

Jack Skellington- Not so predictable, is he, Antauri?

Brother and Sister- I'm doing a bunch of pre-Chiro fics… what about one about Chiro before the team? Rostami is a surname I found for Chiro… just something I can use for instances like this. The name's Iranian and it's from the name of a war hero. Sounded fitting to me. The idea for this was based off of the 'chosen one' idea… if he'd been chosen, don't you think the Power Primate would be inside him before he even met the Monkey Team?

Word- I feel so racist… WHICH I AM NOT! I am not racist, just so everyone knows… I just like to stereotype. It's fun… don't judge me past my stereotypical personality! I'm gonna go eat a cheeseburger… like an AMERICAN! Yeah! XD Hehe, he tried hitting on Jinmay… and she reacted very negatively. But it looks like he got on Nova's good side.

Search- The Monkey Team searches for Waldo… this one is actually from my sister. She's the best at "Where's Waldo?" and she thought it'd be cool if I did this.

Mom- Request from EvilAntauri. I've written about Chiro before the Monkey Team and his bullies… but never the foster care mom. Now I have, and she's concerned. When I wrote her, I imagined my grandmother… but older...

Vampire- Request from EvilAntauri. I'm obviously ripping off a bunch of Star Trek things… DataScreen, DataPADD… wow. Aww, 'tauri's looking out for Gibson's wellbeing, and Gibby doesn't give a crap. How cute. XD

Knight- Request from EvilAntauri. Am I the only one that wants to see Otto's happy dance? Please tell me I'm not, because if I am, you people have problems. Okay, to the actual story… XD Otto forgot to come up with a way to get them both out! He just wanted to get up to Gibson!

Halo 3- Request from Jasper Dragonfly. To be honest, I've never played Halo. I've watched my friends play it… but I never have. I am ashamed.

Mandarin: My poor wizard costume was left to rot…

SPRX: It's all good, the zombie was way better…

Antauri: Good job on these, Reza.

Really, you like them, Antauri?

Antauri: Yes.

E-excuse me… I… I have something in my eye…

Antauri: … okay. Well, leave reviews, please!

Nova: They bring more happy chapters of strangeness!

Otto: However, flames result in Reza becoming depressed and ultimately thinking she's completely useless…

Antauri: It's not a pretty sight. Don't make it happen, or we'll have to send Mandarin to kill you.

Mandarin: I'd do it, too.