The True Sixth Monkey

Chapter 14

Sparks fell out of the portal with enough force that he went sliding  along the floor, stopping a couple of feet from the portal. Without  looking at the others he quickly turned to the portal only to stare in  horror as it closed.

"How long does it take for the machine to recharge?" He yelled at Gibson as he came towards him.

Gibson looked at him in shock at his yell, but quickly recovered.

"It takes a couple of hours to recharge."

Sparks was about to say something but Antauri cut him off, causing the others to look at him.

"Sparks, we know you and the others ran into Mandarin, but Jinmay could only tell us so much. So I will ask you for your side."

Sparks took a couple of breaths to calm himself down before answering.

"It  turns out that Mandarin never betrayed us." Sparks began. "Skeleton  King imprisoned him in the same place that he sent Chiro and replaced  him with a clone. He still has the Power Primate and showed me his  memories of what happened, including of the time he was with Chiro in  that world."

Antauri nodded before looking at Sparks' wrist, noticing that the band was gone.

"What happened to your band?"

A glare took over the red monkey's face.

"When  skeleton King was resurrected he didn't kill Vallina, but instead sent  her to that world. He sent her there to torture and kill those that he  send there. After the kids went through the portal me and Mandarin ran,  trying to put as much distance between us and Vallina, but she caught up  to us. She took the band from me and pushed the button telling you guys  to activate the machine. Mandarin was able to tackle her before she  went through, but before I could join him he grabbed my wrist and tossed  me through before I could even react to what was going on."

The  others looked at each other in shock before Gibson and Otto ran to the  machine and began to look at something on a screen before freezing.

"What is it?" Antauri asked.

"From  what Sparks told us Vallina still had the band when Mandarin tossed him  through the portal." Gibson began. "When me and Otto made the machine  we put in a feature that let us see if the bands were still activated.  When Sparks and Jinmay went through it showed that both of their bands  were working, but now its saying that Sparks' is destroyed."

"Mandarin must've destroyed it to keep it out of Vallina's hands." Otto added.

"We  still have Jinmay's band though." Nova pointed out. "When the machine  finishes charging we can use that to go and rescue Mandarin. He  destroyed his only chance of ever getting out of that world just to  ensure that Vallina didn't follow Jinmay and Sparks back to this world.  The least we can do is get him out of there."

The others nodded before Sparks turned to Gibson.

"What about Chiro? Is he okay?"

Gibson and Antauri shared a quick look before turning to look at the red monkey.

"Physically he is fine." Gibson answered. "Mentally only time will tell."

"What did Vallina do to him?" Sparks asked.

"She  forced him to consume liquid bone. We were able to rid Chiro's body of  it, but the mental affects are still a huge threat to him."

Sparks  stared at Gibson in horror before looking towards the med bay. He  closed his eyes before slamming his fist into the wall as he let out a  growl.

"Why? Why can't the kid just get some kind of a break?"

Sparks felt a hand on his should and turned to see Nova.

"Don't  forget. Chiro has us with him and he's also not one to give up without a  fight. It will take a lot more than this to bring him down."

Sparks nodded before heading towards the med bay.

Jinmay  sat next to the bed, her eyes full of worry as she watch Chiro resting.  If she didn't know what Vallina had done to him she would have thought  he was just sleeping peacefully.

A hand landed on her shoulder, causing her to look behind her, her eyes widening when she saw Sparks.

"Are you two okay?" She asked, looking towards the entrance, hoping to catch at least a glimpse of Mandarin.

"It's  just me kid." He said as he looked towards Chiro. "Before I made it  back we were attacked by Vallina. Mandarin tossed me through the portal  and apparently destroyed the band to keep it out of VAllina's clutches."

"Is there a way to get him out of there?" Jinmay asked.

"We don't have a plan yet, but me and the others do plan on getting him back."

Jinmay nodded as she turned back to watching Chiro.

"How're you holding up?" He asked.

Jinmay sighed.

"I'm worried. Gibson was able to stop the liquid bone from destroying his body, but he hasn't rested to anything though."

She turned back to look at Sparks, tears in her eyes.

"What if he doesn't wake up?"

Sparks quickly knelt down in front of her and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Hey,  easy. Chiro isn't the type of person to give up on anything. I know  that he's fighting to overcome the liquid bone and get back to us."

Jinmay  looked at him before she nodded and wiped her eyes clean of tears.  Sparks gave her a smile before heading out to talk with the others.