The True Sixth Monkey

Chapter 6

Sparks stood in the command center with the rest of the team as  Gibson and otter explained the machine that they had finished. It was  small, around half their size with a metal loop on top that looked like  it could barely fit on the tip of his tail. A remote was in Otto's hand.

"In theory this machine should be able to open for a couple of  minutes to where Chiro is by pinpointing a Power Primate signature."  Gibson stated. "Unfortunately once someone goes through we believe that  it will close and will need a couple of hours to recharge."

Gibson pulled out two band like bracelets with a button on each as Otto continued.

"These bands are connected to the machine and when someone pushes the  button it will let us know to turn the machine on. But we should only  send two to make sure that no one gets separated without one and the  rest of us keep an eye on Shuggazoom."

Antauri nodded. "Now we just need to figure out who is going to be the ones to go after Chiro."

Jinmay stepped up.

"I'll go. Chiro did the same thing for me when Vallina captured me before."

Antauir nodded.

"That just leaves-"

"I'll go."

Everyone turned to Sparks.

"I don't care what you say Antauri, I still feel responsible for this  mess." he said. "But I will do this to help bring the kid back."

It was quiet for about a minute before Antauri gave Sparks a small smile and nod.

"Very well."

Gibson approached them and placed the bands on their wrists as Otto  started up the machine. A ray of light shot out of the ring and hit the  wall of the command center before growing in size until a portal similar  to the one that Chiro was thrown through was in front of them. Sparks  and Jinmay approached the portal before giving the rest of the team a  quick look as they walked through.

When they landed Sparks gave a quick look at the portal as it closed  before looking around him to see nothing but jungle. He turned to Jinmay  and stared at her in shock. She was now a robot monkey the same size as  Chiro but with pink fur that was white on the bottom parts of her legs  and end of her tail where the fur was and green eyes.

"Uh, Jinmay," he said catching her attention. "You might want to take a look at yourself."

She quickly looked and stared in shock at her body before looking at  something ahead of them. Sparks followed her example and stared in shock  when he saw what looked like a smashed tree house. The two quickly  approached it but stopped when they saw what looked like a metal hand  laying in between the rubble. Jinmay was about to run towards the rubble  when Sparks held her back.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"Something's not right." he answered. "That hand is too big to be Chiro's."

"What do you mean?"

"When Chiro was first turned into a robot monkey he was half the size  as me and the others, around the size that you are. That hand looks  like it belongs to a monkey around my size."

Before they could do anything a groan caused them to look at the hand  as it twitched before the owner of the hand began to push themselves  out of the rubble. Sparks and Jinmay quickly jumped back when they saw  familiar orange fur.

Mandarin rubbed his head before grabbing his left leg in pain. Sparks  let out a growl as he activated his magnets and stepped in front of  Jinmay. The sound of his hands transforming caused Mandarin to quickly  turn to them as his eyes widened.

"Wait!" he yelled, quickly grabbing his gloves and took them off  before tossing them in front of the other two. "I'm not looking for a  fight!"

Sparks glanced at the gloves but still kept his guard up as he returned his gaze to the orange monkey.

"What are you doing here, traitor?" he growled.

"Skeleton King imprisoned me here a long time ago." Mandarin said. "I  didn't know how much time had passed or what was happening with you and  the rest of the team until Chiro was sent here."

Sparks and Jinmay's eyes widened at the mention of Chiro.

"Where is he?" Sparks growled. "If you've hurt him at all you're gonna regret it."

"I don't know where he is." Mandarin explained. "We were attacked by  some of the formless creatures that live in this world. They rendered me  unconscious and the last thing that I remember is them running off with  him. I know that you don't believe me but I am willing to show you my  memories of what happened."

Sparks just stared at him for a couple of seconds before slowly moving towards him, motioning for Jinmay to stay back.

"If you try anything funny you'll regret it." Sparks growled.

Mandarin nodded and slowly brought his hands up to the side of  Sparks' head. Their eyes glowed green for a couple of minutes before  Sparks quickly stepped back in shock.

"We need to find Chiro now!" Sparks said as he ran towards some of the trees after tossing Mandarin his gloves back.

"What about him?" Jinmay asked, pointing to the orange monkey.

"He's coming with us." Sparks said. "The Power Primate allowed me to  see his memories exactly as they happened. I not only saw what happened  to Chiro, but also how Mandarin ended up here."

Jinmay gave a quick glance at Mandarin as he ran ahead of Sparks  before she and Sparks ran after him, following the trail that the  formless had left behind.