Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! Fan Fiction ❯ The Rising ❯ Graveyard ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter Four: Graveyard

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(Outside)

 

Sprx and Nova watched while Otto took in possession of another innocent soul from a helpless young woman. Upon extraction, the wounds on his ribs, which were recently scarred upon the incident in the Super Robot, healed naturally.

 

After he was done, he stood to his feet as Sprx and Nova approached by his side. They weren't any closer to finding their recommended prey and it was getting frustrating at the most.

 

Suddenly, blaring sirens caught their attention as a single police car halted several feet in front of them.

 

Upon witnessing the incident and the results, the two officers got out the car, kneeled down and aimed their handguns directly at the possessed monkeys.

 

"Freeze! Get down on your fucking knees and put your hands behind your heads." The first officer ordered

 

Sprx slowly got in front of Nova and Otto with an issued evil smirk on his face. Other than that, he didn't move.

 

"I said, put your goddamn hands up, now!"

 

With the evil smirk intact, Sprx slowly raised his metallic hands; Nova and Otto following suit shortly after with the same expression on their faces.

 

"Put 'em behind your head."

 

Sprx slowly laced his hands behind his head and, before the first officer could speak, kneeled down on the ground with Nova and Otto following suit.

 

Then, as soon as the officers holstered their guns in an attempt to approach them with cuffs, their guard was down.

 

That was a mistake.

 

Unlacing his fingers, Sprx quickly activated his magnets, aimed at the officers and unleashed two charged magnetic projectile shots.

 

As the projectiles came in contact with the officers, red electricity sizzled over their bodies while the officers issued screams of pain.

 

As the electricity seized, the officers collapsed to their knees at the same time Sprx deactivated his magnets and signaled Nova and Otto to their meal.

 

As Sprx stood and watched, Nova and Otto zipped away from sight and reappeared in front of the two stunned officers before starting their soul feast.

 

The officers provided no scream of pain since the magnetic energy fazed them into unconsciousness.

 

After they were done, they took to the air on their jetpacks towards a new destination.

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The front door of the house partially opened and Chiro carefully looked out the house, inspecting around the outside area for any sign of his possessed teams.

 

Nothing.

 

But he wasn't highly convinced. He knew his teams well. But with those spirits inside of them, he wasn't about to be susceptible to a surprise attack. He will not become a victim and neither will the people he has sworn to protect.

 

So, he opened the door inches more and slowly walked out while instructing the others to stay inside.

 

As they obeyed, Chiro halted his movement and did a careful inspection around the area including the air. Although he was infused with the Power Primate, there was no telling when they'll strike. For all he knew, these evil spirits may be usurping the Power Primate's energy from his teams, but he didn't fret on that issue seeing that he's well and, during their visit, was perfectly healed by its powerful essence.

 

After a while of inspection, Chiro grew convinced and was about to beckon the others to come out when he suddenly looked up and saw his possessed teams in the air on approach.

 

Instantly, he braced his back to the wall next to the door while signaling the others to stay back.

 

As they obeyed, they looked up and took note of the airborne monkeys.

 

Chiro kept watch on his possessed teams, but was pondering the issue on why they haven't landed. His hyper mode was deactivated, yet they managed to suddenly pass him up. Why?

 

As he slowly started waltzing away from the wall with his pondering mind and his gaze to the sky, the others took note of it and started to cautiously exit the house before slowly approaching and halting behind Chiro.

 

Jinmay took note of Chiro's state with concern before following his example. The sky was empty and the possessed monkeys have passed them up about several feet ahead. Mentally, she questioned why the MT leader was staring up at the sky, yet she was clueless of the answer.

 

So without hesitation, she sent her concerned gaze to Chiro and spoke.

 

"Chiro's what is it?"

 

Chiro was unresponsive at the moment as Jinmay braced her right hand on his left shoulder.

 

The touch was enough to get Chiro's attention to Jinmay before she spoke.

 

"Chiro, what's wrong?"

 

Before Chiro could speak, BT intervened.

 

"They passed us up. This is--This is our chance, we can find our hiding spot."

 

"He's right." Glenn agreed

 

Chiro shook his head.

 

"No."

 

Instantly, while Johan took the MT leader's pondering example, BT and Glenn issued surprised glances to Chiro before they advanced their way in front of them.

 

"What do you mean 'No'?” BT asked while Chiro regarded him. "They passed us up. This is our chance to get the hell outta here."

 

"That's right. I don't wanna be a victim like last time." Glenn followed

 

"Guys, enough!" Jinmay interjected. "He's been through enough already without you guys applying more pressure!"

 

With an instant glare to Jinmay, BT spoke.

 

"And what would you know? Huh? You're just a goddamn android. You used to work for Mr. Big and Bad-Ass."

 

Highly offended by the comment, Jinmay slowly approached BT until she was eye-to-eye with him.

 

"First of all, I'm an android with a heart and feelings. Okay? 'Why do I have a heart and feelings' you ask? Because I used to be human! Second, that 'Mr. Big and Badass' you're referring to is the Skeleton King and for your information, I no longer work for him. You're lucky he can't come down here, because if you'd said that to his face, it would've been your funeral."

 

Before Jinmay could resume, BT raised his defenseless hands up.

 

"Alright, alright, enough said. But did you hear what he said?"

 

Jinmay nodded.

 

"Yeah, he said 'No' for a search of another hiding spot. You ever stop to think that he may have a reason for that?"

 

Silence, BT shook his head in response.

 

"No, you didn't." She said

 

Then, she turned her attention back to Chiro, who, along with Johan, remained in pondering silence the entire time during their dispute.

 

"Chiro?"

 

This time, Chiro gave her his attention.

 

"What is it? Why can't we--"

 

"They didn't stop." Chiro said

 

Shaking her head in confusion, Jinmay spoke.

 

"What do you mean?"

 

"I--"

 

"He means," Johan interrupted after a while of silence. "…that they had the opportunity to come after him, yet they passed by."

 

"Why do you think they would do that?" She asked

 

"I don't know, but we're gonna follow them." Chiro said

 

"Whoa, hey, hold it. Follow them?" BT asked

 

With a grimace of frustration, Chiro glared to BT and spoke with a sarcastic tone.

 

"Yeah, follow them. But you know what? You stay, while we go."

 

As Chiro took a head lead, Johan and Jinmay followed.

 

Glenn was about to follow, but was halted back by BT, who was surprised by this sudden display.

 

"The fuck you doing?"

 

Instantly, Glenn shook from BT's grasp and spoke.

 

"Following them, you comin'?"

 

Then, he dashed after them as BT tried to reply on the comment, but stammered on his words as he groaned in defeat.

 

"God! Hey, guys, wait up!!" He shouted as he raced after them.

 

As soon as he caught up with them, Chiro noticed and diverted his gaze back forward with a soft smirk on his face.

 

"Finally decided not to bitch out?" Chiro jestered

 

BT scowled his brows to the MT leader.

 

"Fuck you." He retorted while panting.

 

Chiro provided no response in return as he and the others pursuit the airborne primates.

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(East Shuggazoom Graveyard - Night)

 

The Shuggazoom Graveyard area was gloomy and foggy at night where dozens of tombstones, with names of the deceased and their date of birth and death, were placed in orderly fashion.

 

But in the middle lies three large crosses embedded into the dirt ground. They were partially burned without a single corpse attached to them. However, the smell of flesh and sinful blood was invisibly seen throughout these crosses.

 

Suddenly, a pair of metallic feets stomped to a landing on the graveyard's soil, followed by another pair on the left, and another on the right.

 

Sprx, Nova, and Otto, the possessed cybernetic monkeys, took a slow approach and halted in front of the crosses.

 

Specifically, Sprx in front of the one in the middle, Nova in front of the one on the left, and Otto in front of the one on the right.

 

With the blank expressions on their faces, they constantly surveyed the crosses from top to bottom unaware of the world around them at this point.

 

Up far from their positions, Chiro, Jinmay, Johan, Glenn, and BT were on watch of the possessed monkeys behind a small green hedge.

 

During the watch, BT and Glenn tried to compose themselves of their discomfort around the graveyard area as Jinmay noticed.

 

"What's wrong with you guys?" She asked in a whisper

 

"I hate the graveyard, that's what." BT replied in a whisper.

 

"Yeah." Glenn replied in agreement. "I mean, have you ever seen a dead body just--"

 

Instantly, Chiro glared to him.

 

"Gl-Glenn!" Chiro shouted in a whisper, but spoke in calm. "If you're planning on finishing that sentence, do me a favor, don't."

 

Glenn grew silence in response as Chiro turned his attention back to the graveyard before quickly taking note of a purse over Johan's left shoulder.

 

"Joe, what's that in the purse?" He asked in slight confusion.

 

Johan looked at the purse and spoke.

 

"It's just a book I forgot to bring. Maybe there is a way to find out how to get the spirits from those monkey's bodies."

 

Chiro's eyes widened in shock upon the revelation.

 

"T-There is?"

 

Johan noticed and spoke.

 

"Yeah, but don't get too excited. I said 'Maybe.' I only bought this book about a month ago. So I honestly don't know what's in it?"

 

Silence, Chiro issued a slight nod.

 

"Oh. Well, th-that's reassuring."

 

As Chiro resumed watch along with the others, he suddenly noticed Sprx digging into the dirt soil in front of the middle cross before speaking.

 

"What's he doing?" He asked, yet he got no response from anyone as they resumed watch.

 

As Sprx constantly dug in the soil, he finally caught sight of what he was looking for. In the newly made hole in the soil was a necklace that withheld a medium-sized red hexagonal-shaped talisman.

 

A small silver gem was embedded at the middle of the talisman where the moon's light reflected from it.

 

The white iris of Sprx's eyes glinted with evil as he issued a chilling smirk on his face.

 

He reached down and took the talisman in his grasp. As he did, he stood up and gripped the object firmly as Nova approached and braced her hand on top of his hand, with Otto bracing his single hand on top of her hand.

 

Afterwards, their expressions grew blank as they closed their eyes and unisonly muttered in ritualistic tongue.

 

As Chiro and the others watched in suspicious silence, their expressions switched to shock as a faint reddish glow emitted from all three of the monkeys.

 

Suddenly, Chiro started hearing overlapping voices that were more like screams of terror and agony. But he wasn't the only one. Jinmay, Johan, Glenn, and BT were hearing it too.

 

It was the sound of the people that they have recently feasted upon. The screams, the agony, the pleas.

 

Then, Chiro suddenly heard Antauri and Gibson before issuing a frightening gasp.

 

"Antauri...Gibson." He said softly before turning to Jinmay. "Did you hear them?"

 

Jinmay's anxious eyes met with Chiro's, whose eyes mirrored his android friend, and then back at the display before speaking.

 

"Yeah. My God, I hear them."

 

As they kept watch, Johan opened the purse and took out the book. The book was well designed from front to back as he started throughout the pages for any sort of answer to what was transpiring in front of them.

 

After a brief moment, he found it and gasped upon his discovery, which got Chiro and Jinmay's attention.

 

"What is it?" Chiro asked

 

"This incantation that they are chanting is-is a transference spell. It's used to trap souls into anything resembling a talisman.” He grew silence and resumed. “And I just think your red possessed friend has his metal hands on it."

 

They slowly sent their gaze to the event unfolding before them and still progressing at the moment.

 

"Joe, find some kind of spell that we could use to somehow extract those spirits out of them before they notice we're here."

 

Johan wasted little time and started doing the ordeal as the rest resumed watch.

 

It wasn't long before Johan found what he was looking for.

 

"I got it." He said which got Chiro and Jinmay's attention while Glenn and BT kept watch. "But wait. It doesn't say how to extract an evil soul from the body. It only has incantation of how to give back temporal control of the owner's body."

 

"What?!" Chiro shouted in a whisper

 

"It's like I said. I honestly don't know what's in this book."

 

Chiro sighed deeply and spoke.

 

"Alright, what does it say that I have to do?"

 

"Well, it says you only have to pick one to be temporarily repossessed."

 

"Why-Why one?"

 

"Because the spell doesn't work that way with gathered numbers."

 

Silence and in shock by the choices, Chiro grasped his head with both hands and groaned deeply.

 

"Your choice."

 

"Yeah, yeah, I know." He said while trying to clear any thoughts from his mind. "Oh, God. Uh, N-Nova. I-I'll do Nova."

 

Johan nodded in agreement.

 

"Alright, let's get outta here."

 

As they got up and made their quiet departure from the graveyard, the reddish glow slowly dims down as Sprx, Nova, and Otto turned around with chilling toothy grins on their faces.

 

They knew they were being watched. The preys were lucky thus far since their tummys were full, but they'll get their prey eventually. It's just a question of how long they can keep running and hiding.

 

As they took to the air in pursuit, a short shadowy figure made its presence known from behind the middle cross and issued an evil cackle before speaking.

 

"It appears the plan is working flawlessly. Once the task is done, they will have their Rising, and we will have our reign.” The mysterious voice cackled evilly and resumed. “You can run, you can surely hide, but not forever, my hairless monkey!"

 

A menacing cackle escaped the shadowed figure's mouth as the laughter echoed throughout the dark graveyard.

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