We continue the feels in this chapter! And the Manotto too.

Mandarin wasn't in the storage room, which caused Otto to panic a bit while he ran down to the unfinished base.

He looked through the unfinished living room and bathroom before looking into the finished room. Mandarin had his back to him, sitting on a larger bed.

Otto could have sworn he saw his shoulders shake slightly but he crept into the room and sat on the bed anyway.

"Mandarin."

Mandarin didn't respond.

Otto looked down.

"I didn't know you were this upset about it." He said.

Mandarin turned to him and Otto was surprised that there were actual tears streaking down his face.

"What?! You had no idea?! This is like my entire outcome!" Mandarin said motioning himself.

"You want to pretend that you did nothing wrong, that I could just be thrown away like a broken toy, that helping me was a big mistake!" He exclaimed, the tears running down faster.

Otto moved closer to him.

"No, no Mandarin. None of that's true!" Otto exclaimed.

"Then why didn't you...?" Mandarin held back a sob and looked away.

Otto clung to him, his head against his stomach.

"I tried to talk to them you know, about trying again. But we thought...we didn't know there was still a chance for you..to..." Otto's lip trembled.

"I'm sorry."

Mandarin looked up and back at him.

"I'm sorry we weren't able to turn you good again, I'm sorry we gave up on you. I'm so sorry." Otto shuddered.

Mandarin blinked.

"I tried to convince them but..." Otto nuzzled him.

"Otto I- I was never extremely mad at you I mean I figured you tried to but..." Mandarin bit his lip.

"I know...but still you can't get mad at us for trying. We tried...we really did and we didn't know there was still a chance to save you. If we knew we'd jump right at the opportunity to get you back. Because we care and love you so much." Otto said.

Mandarin was silent, letting Otto talk.

"But now look, you're back! Even though it was due to...Skeleton King it's still so good to have you back. The real you I mean." Otto sniffled.

Mandarin froze as Otto snuggled him more.

"You're gonna have to talk to the others, uh a bit more calmly this time, and really tell them how you feel. Also try to understand where they're coming from." Otto said.

Mandarin laughed a bit, wiping his wet eyes.

"When did you get so smart?"

Otto snickered before Mandarin thought about it.

"...I'll try, I'll try to." He sighed.

Otto smiled and nuzzled him.

"Good."

Otto kept resting his head against Mandarin's stomach.

"You know I never saw you cry before." Otto pointed out.

Mandarin huffed.

"It's the hormones, shut up."

Otto smirked at him.

"Suuuure it is." He said sarcastically.

Mandarin grumbled but sighed. All that crying did feel pretty good.

Otto stroked his stomach.

"Your poor mommy and his friends are a bunch of wrecks, but that's ok we still love each other." He cooed.

Mandarin glared.

"Otto don't talk to my child like that." He huffed.

"But it's cuuuuute!"

"No, no it's not." Mandarin said before flinching, the baby kicked again.

"Don't agree with him!" He said, poking his stomach.

Otto giggled.

Mandarin sighed but smiled.

"I should have talked to you first. Things might have gone over better." He said.

Otto shrugged.

"Maybe, but I dunno. Antauri would probably be better to talk with about this stuff than me."

"True, but I trust you a bit more." Mandarin said before blushing.

Otto smiled and snuggled closer.

"We should probably go back up." He said, hopping up.

Mandarin sighed and slowly got up.

"Fine, but I don't think it'll go over super well at first." He said.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

Everyone was still in the command centre, still feeling tense and upset. Otto came into the room first before Mandarin slowly trudged behind.

The monkeys looked at him and everyone had mixed reactions. Sprx was pissed but didn't look at Mandarin, Nova didn't even look at anyone at all, Antauri watched Mandarin sit down and sighed, and Gibson looked at Otto worriedly.

"Don't worry I talked to him." Otto whispered before sitting down.

Everyone was silent, it was eery. Willow wanted to get up and go over to Mandarin but she stayed out of the way.

"I talked to Mandarin and told him how sorry I was for not saving him and how we didn't know there was a chance to save him and I told him that he should talk to you guys calmly." Otto explained.

Nova looked up at him, her eyes softening.

"Otto you didn't have to apologize for us." She said.

Then it got quiet again.

Sprx huffed.

"Look we didn't...we didn't know that you could have been-"

"No I shouldn't have gotten so testy...but I still stand with what I said...for the most part." Mandarin grumbled.

"No we should have helped you more, maybe give it one last shot."

Mandarin looked down.

"But you shouldn't have said we didn't try hard enough or that we did everything to help you half assed!" Nova huffed.

"I should really get a swear jar." Antauri sighed.

Mandarin sighed, really didn't feel like arguing anymore.

"I guess that's true...I ap-" Mandarin stopped himself, unable to get the words out.

"I'm so-I'm sor-!"

Why was apologizing so hard?!

Gibson put up a hand.

"We understand what you're trying to say...we're sorry too." He said as everyone nodded slightly.

Mandarin nearly smiled and sighed. That actually went better than he thought. Tilamat was right, this was helpful.

"Well I'm glad this went better than before." He said.

Antauri nodded.

"I feel the same, and I think that we should have better ways of communication. That way no one has anything bottled up and arguments like these won't be as...explosive." He said.

Everyone silently agreed and Otto hopped up.

"Let's continue movie night! Only...with a different movie this time." He said and nearly everyone agreed.

Mandarin stood up.

"I do really need to go to bed, she's going to keep me up all night." He huffed as he turned.

"You're sure?" Chiro asked.

Mandarin nodded, yawning slightly.

"Aww well good ni-wait she?! It's a girl?!" Amanda asked.

Crap.

"Erm...yes."

It did everything in Mandarin's power to pull almost everyone off of him.

Trent crashed onto his bed, glad the day was over. He placed the covers over him and stared up at the ceiling. Even though things worked out for the monkey team today he still had a bad feeling in his stomach. He gripped the covers.

He didn't like this, he didn't like not knowing what was going to happen that was making him feel this way. Trent bit his lip, he didn't even talk about this with anyone today other than Mandarin. He should and soon. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Hopefully talking about it will make him feel better or just getting this whole thing off his mind will help too.

The next day, Trent peeked into the command centre and found no one there. Mandarin was still sleeping, who actually fell asleep just two hours ago finally.

He looked through the halls and peeked into Antauri's room.

Antauri was cleaning the small water streams in his room, putting the dirt and grime into large bags.

"Good morning Trent." Antauri greeted, not even looking at him.

Trent jumped a bit.

"Oh good morning. I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you." He said.

Antauri looked back at him and smiled.

"You're not, don't worry. What's troubling you?" He asked.

Trent looked around.

"I was wondering where everyone else was." He said.

"Patrolling, shopping, and Otto is getting something for Mandarin. Don't tell him, it's supposed to be a surprise." Antauri said, chuckling.

Trent smiled.

"Well that's nice." He said, entering the room.

"Do you need any help with that?" He asked.

Antauri shook his head and tied another bag.

"No I'm quite finished, however it would be nice if you put these outside." He said.

Trent nodded, anything to get his worries off his mind. He shivered when the cold air hit him as he put the bags outside the robot. He rubbed his arms as he went back inside to get more.

Skelemandarin watched him, observing his behavior.

"You know what's coming, don't you? Don't worry, I won't put it off for too long." He said darkly before melting back into the shadows.

Trent yawned as he finished his chore and walked back into Antauri's room.

"I'm done." He said.

Antauri looked up.

"Thank you for your help." He said as Trent sat down.

Trent shook his head.

"It's no problem." He said, stretching.

Antauri was silent for a moment.

"So Mandarin has told me that you had some worries?"

Trent stopped stretching.

"Well yeah...I get this weird feeling that something bad's gonna happen and it hasn't stopped since last night." He explained.

Antauri nodded, understanding.

"I'm trying to get it off my mind but I don't know..." Trent sighed.

Antauri floated over to him.

"I wouldn't exactly try to ignore these feelings nor would I worry so much over them."

"That's what Mandarin said." He sighed.

Antauri laughed a bit.

"I would still heed those words, we still have yet to find the clone. So I would keep on guard." He said.

Trent could only nod.

"However if you would like to relieve stress you can always go to the training room for a while or go out for a walk." Antauri suggested.

Trent looked at him and smiled.

"A walk does sound good, maybe later. I need food." He said before getting up.

"That does sound like a good idea."

Before the two left Mandarin opened the door. He tiredly looked at the two.

"Where is everyone?" He grumbled.

"Otto you didn't have to do this."

"I wanted to! Besides it might help you sleep." Otto chirped, placing the heating pad in Mandarin's lap.

Mandarin smiled, he was too sweet.

Trent watched on as everyone came back, either from shopping or from patrolling. He sighed, the anxiety still there.

Willow touched his shoulder.

"Hey are you okay?" She asked.

Trent jumped a bit and looked at her.

"Y-yeah. Just got a bad feeling something's gonna happen." He said honestly.

Willow then looked worried but held his hand.

"So you too huh? Yeah I've been feeling the same way." She admitted.

Trent was taken back by this, she was worried too?

She sighed.

"But don't worry, if he comes back around we'll just...kick his butt again." She said, smiling.

Trent smiled.

"Yeah...just have him smack him around and he'll run away." He laughed, pointing at Mandarin.

Willow laughed and sighed. She hugged him tightly, trying to squeeze the anxiety out of the both of them.

"I should be more worried than you." She huffed.

Trent nodded.

"Still...anyway I'm going for a walk, maybe stop by the bookstore to read on archeology." He said.

Willow nodded.

"Don't get a paper cut!" She said as he walked out.

She watched him go a placed a hand on her chest. It still wasn't going away.

Arwen sat on her bed, biting her lip. She couldn't keep this secret from her daughters anymore, she couldn't do it. The clone was out there and ready to snatch Willow away.
If she doesn't tell Willow about her true origins now, it will be disastrous.

Her cell phone lit up and she looked at a text message. Arwen sighed and smiled.

She's here.

Trent walked around the park, admiring the trees and the giant water tower.

"Why does it have a face painted on it?" He wondered silently before continuing to walk.

As he walked, he noticed that there wasn't really anyone at the park today, it was just sort of empty. He sighed, enjoying the atmosphere. It felt kind of nice really. Then he sensed someone was near and he stopped. He morphed a ball of electricity and looked around.

When he saw some ruffling in the bushes he threw the ball at the bush and a shadow jumped away. He looked around as the shadow left his sight of vision.

"Why are you all alone, explorer?"

Trent turned to the other Mandarin, who had some sort of crystal around his neck.

Trent glared at him, two electricity balls in each hand.

"What are you doing here?!" He demanded.

"Why I've come here to help you." Skelemandarin replied.

Trent backed up.

"H-help me?"

Skelemandarin stepped closer.

"Isn't it such a burden? To be so nice, sweet, and simple?" He sneered.

Trent blinked. Simple?

"I can help you with that, I can make you more assertive and powerful." He said, stepping closer.

Trent growled and threw the two electricity balls.

"Stay back!"

Skelemandarin dodged both of them and kept getting closer.

"I don't need your help! I'm happy with the way I am!" Trent yelled, trying to call the Hyperforce for help.

Skelemandarin raced up to him and knocked the communicator out of his hands, kicking him in the stomach. Trent fell back and dodged another attack.

"Are you so sure? Will you just let everyone walk all over you for the rest of your life?!"

"Clearly you don't know me at all!"

He sent electric shards at him rapidly. Skelemandarin barely dodged him as one sliced his cheek. He yelled and growled before lunging at him, claws outstretched.

Trent kicked him away and created a glove full of sharp shards and began to go after him. The clone dodged each attack before morphing a sword and blocked the attack before punching him. Trent stumbled back and electricity flowed through his fingertips. He shot at him and SkeleMandarin flew into a tree.

Skelemandarin stumbled up, clearly this boy had the upper hand. He smirked, but his hand was higher.

"I only wish to help you."

Trent blinked before Formless silently formed behind him and knocked him out.

The clone stood over him as he groaned.

"To help you...help me." He laughed and Trent's world went dark.

And this is where the next dosage of feels begins! Thanks for reading!