The Purple Monkey (Book 2 in SRMTHFG series)

16

"Super Robot, prepare for hyperspace travel to Earth in T-15," I order. "You can sit with me," I tell Markus.

Everyone hurries to their pods. Pushing a button on mine, a spare seat with seatbelts pops up. Markus and I each sit on one, then I close the pod door.

"Um, how fast is this gonna go?" Markus asks nervously.

"All I can say is, don't try to lean forward and keep your mouth shut." I say.

Markus tries to say something, but the Super Robot takes off. In a matter of minutes, we're above Earth. Everyone unbuckles their seatbelts, coming out of the pods. Gibson pinpoints the location of Skeleton King's troops.

"It seems that they are in your hometown, Chelsea," Gibson says, typing on the control panel. "We are prepared to land immediately."

The robot touches down right beside my school. I hear screams and sounds of mayhem coming from outside, the troops crawling all over the place. The Formless are targeting one side of the school, slowly closing in on everybody. The students and staff are cornered in one wing of the school.

"Wait," I say, "before we go, we might need that robot I was in." I clear my throat.

"In the past, you were controlled by me But now you shall be free Instead of being controlled and a mindless drone Purple monkey, you now have a mind of your own."

The robot blinks and smiles. She looks around and brightens up when she sees me.

"Thank you, Chelsea!" She smiles. "You can call me Violet. Let's do this!" She pulls out the sword and shield, smirking.

"Okay, I'll go out and retrieve the victims," I say. "Violet can come with me." Chiro nods.

"Monkeys, mobilize!" Chiro says. Violet and I go through the escape hatch. Looking back, I see the Super Robot come to life (and not for the first time, might I add).

"Okay, Vi," I say, "let's go around these goo creeps and to the West wing." She nods. We run around the school until we get to the section of the building.

"Okay, everybody! If you don't want your faces crushed, step AWAY from the wall!" I yell. Violet uses the sword to cut a large opening in the wall. It falls down, revealing everyone in the school. I step aside and motion behind me.

"Now, listen carefully. If you would like to live, please exit this way in an orderly fashion and don't look back. If you wish to die, feel free to scream and give away our presence. Thank you for riding Air Escape today."

Everyone hesitantly leaves. They move quietly and look at me like I'm crazy. And- wouldn't you know it- Hillary Dawson is the last person out. She's shuddering, but still manages to sneer and squint at me.

"I don't need to be saved by trash," Hillary says.

"Yeah, too bad, Richie Rachel," I smirk, "because this 'trash' is currently saving you."

"Keep dreaming," she laughs.

"Whatever you- WHOA!" I exclaim, flipping behind her and kicking the Formless minion about to hit her.

"You were saying?" I sigh.

"EW! What is this?!" Hillary screams. I see the black goo of Formless rising behind her.

"Oh, just c'mon, you big baby," I snap. I grab her arm, grabbing Violet's hand with the other. "Can you fly us to safety?"

Violet nods, using her jet pack to fly Hillary to the town park, where everybody else is. I push her towards the crowd cowering behind the jungle gym.

"You've come at last," a voice snarls behind me. From that, the terrified people in front of me, and the pain in my head, I'm able to tell who it is. I turn around, a stern look on my face.

"Wow, give the heap of bones a prize: the title of Captain Obvious."

"I believe I'll stick to Skeleton King, mind you."