Chapter 29

-What Faith Brings

Chiro stood within the command center, his eyes scanning the city that was partially repaired, the major construction zones beginning only four weeks ago—not a long time, but at least some of the more major platforms have been repaired, such as hospitals, homes, and etc.

They had waved their surviving allies a fond farewell sometime after the funeral. Cassia had radioed in some travelers from Earth that assisted with some of the newest City additions, though things were a bit awkward with the different languages at what not, but so far, everyone was coming together and things were looking up.

"Can't believe it," Chiro whispered out as Antauri hovered up behind him. "We actually won, no more evil."

"There will always be evil, Chiro, as the worlds will always need heroes. But, for now, we have cleansed our home from the biggest threat yet," smiling up to his boy, he caught the teen in a tight embrace. "I am very proud of you, my son."

The rest of the monkeys, including Jinmay, have advanced on the sweet scene, joining in the group hug as everyone gifted each other with warm smiles.

Vex stayed back, watching the sight with a small smile, till she cleared her throat.

"I know this is not my… style, but you all just defeated one of the galaxy's most violist of evils." She inhaled a deep breath, still not used to being social. "Shouldn't we… celebrate, or something?"

Everyone cut the dark monkey confused stares before Otto launched himself onto Nova's shoulders, peering down to her. "Yea, all you can eat—!"

"Free for all—" Nova added while grabbing Otto's hands and twisting around.

"Breakfast explosion!" They cheered.

"Sorry I asked," Vex grumbled as the red, gold, and green trio grabbed her by the arms and raced to the kitchen, dragging the grumpy monkey with them.

Once they were gone, Antauri cut Gibson a peculiar look. The blue monkey caught onto this eyeing down and uncrossed his arms, giving the wise second in command his full attention.

"Something wrong, Antauri?"

"Is there any way we can break the crystal skull's curse on Vex's body?"

Gibson paused, looking at both Chiro and Antauri in surprise, he rubbed the back of his neck. "I wish I could answer that, but from what I gathered… I know very little of any formless DNA structure—if I somehow removed the ooze, if what Vex says is true about not being a clone, I believe that could end her life. The ooze, as far as I can tell, is the only thing keeping her soul reattached to her essence."

Dropping his head, Antauri breathed in and nodded, but Chiro was quick to place a reassuring hand on the distressed silver monkey's back. Gibson also puffed up in confidence.

"Don't worry Antauri, I will be sure to closely monitor her health, perhaps we can find a way to ensure her normal biology is not affected under Skeleton King's absence."

Cassia came in with some books, the scratches slowly healing on her forehead as she flashed them a toothy white grin. "Yea not to worry, we can figure something out, till then, I say we go enjoy a nice hot refreshing meal!"

Nodding, everyone rushed to the kitchen.

Five Years Later~

"Monkey Tsunami!" Otto cried at the top of his lungs as he dive bombed into the river below, sending both Sprx and Gibson swirling in the wave's currents. The green monkey slapped his forehead in lung aching laughter as the two monkeys struggled to save themselves.

"You guys are still such weenies!"

Nova smirked as she leaned down and grabbed Sprx's hand, hoisting him back onto solid ground and giving him a deep kiss. "Ah, quit your pouting Sprx, you fall for it every time."

"I do not! Sheesh," He snapped, rubbing his sore neck. "I just got home from working at Shuggazoom's newest airports, always gotta train the newbies, not easy when you're the only experienced intergalactic space pilot." He smirked as he leaned against his mate as she nuzzled him, "Not like I can have some comfy desk jobs like Big Brain being a college professor or Antauri being a psychiatrist."

"Oh please," Gibson snapped while knocking gobs of water out of his ear. "All you do is sit on your tail piloting tourists around on Shuggazoom's newest commercial airlines, which is hardly any more rigorous as we remain tending to the young minds that will bring Shuggazoom's future generations into play." He puffed up, looking mighty prideful at the statement.

Antauri sat in the shade, checking off some appointments on his tablet while listening to his family's bickering. "Team, just because we have settled down and obtained part time jobs does not mean were resigning our work as heroes. The city's safety comes first."

"Yea, but crime has been on an all-time down low since Nova whipped the city's newest Military force into gear," Otto shouted with a prideful thumbs up to his big sis.

Nova blushed at the compliment while rubbing her helmet. "Yea, it's a thankless task, but I love it. Good to see more fighters rise up since we started rebuilding the city many months ago."

"Yea, my mechanic shop has been booming with the higher demands for mechanics, guess the war did some good things!" Otto grinned while leaning back, "But it's kinda cutting into my date life, ya know? I can't keep blowing Nikita off forever," he blushed at the cat woman's name while twiddling his thumbs shyly.

"As with I," Gibson nodded while grabbing a towel to dry off his fur. "Cassia has been withheld within Shuggazoom's newest constructed library, honest work, but I wish she was not so insistent with running it herself and willing to hire more than just two employers."

"She likes things ran a certain way, so? The girl's got her ways," Nova laughed as she leaned back, contemplating on new thoughts before glancing back to Antauri. "Yo, Antauri, how are things going with Vex?"

Pausing at the mention of his mate's name, the silver monkey casted his vision up to the gold warrior, a small smile placed upon his snout.

"Things are going decent for us, she is adapting well enough to the social changes by acquiring a small job at the fishing industry—though I have offered her a job to work under me, her hesitance of avoiding the public is still a problem." His smile slightly faded, but still visible, it was not too big of a deal.

"Well she was a convict, don't really blame her for not wanting to get too mixed up in the city's affairs." Sprx shrugged as he proceeded to dry himself off, "Could run the risk of someone recognizing her if she climbed to high in the corporate latter, plus that could risk your reputation if your bosses' catch wind your involved with a former big time assassin, ya know Antauri?"

"She is making up for her mistakes," Antauri defended the formless monkey as he put the tablet back in his lap, face stern, something he usually did when the female monkey's mistakes were placed under the spot light.

"Easy Antauri, not saying she aint making progress, but I do understand her choice of staying in the shadows a bit longer." Sprx rushed to reassure the steamed monkey, which cooled him down as Antauri nodded apologetically for his sternness.

"By the way, anyone knowing when the kid is coming home?" Sprx asked while crossing his arms, "He's been on that space station for almost two weeks, something about designing new defense weapons?"

"Yea, he's been drawing the schematics up for these new nuclear space beams for months now." Otto threw in his observations while being slow to get out of the water. "He's been really paranoid about the city's defense grids as of late."

As the male Hyperforce members chattered, Nova got up, dusted herself up and dashed away—Sprx caught this retreat and called out before his girlfriend got too far away.

"Yo Nova! Where you going?"

"To the movies, it is Friday night," She smiled and waved her finger. "Now that there's finally more girls on the team, you know me and Jinmay gotta have our weekly girl's night out!"

"Why can't we come? You think perhaps we'd enjoy some movies to?" Sprx pouted while crossing his arms, not liking to be left out.

"Um, it's a GIRL's night out, Sprx, we can hang out later." She laughed and backed up, "See ya guys in a few hours!" Nova bounded away at last and right in full speed to the movies.

Down town: Movie Theater~

"And that is why the theory of Astrophysics was completely bogus in the late 1800's," Cassia rambled to Jinmay and Vex as the trio stood in a very long line, Nova arriving a few minutes prior to the earth monkey's rants about Earth's ancient science methods.

"Well, that's interesting to know," Jinmay scratched the back of her head. "Does Gibson agree with these terms?"

"No, he is always insistent that early methods conducted by ancient theologizes possessed some form of truth—which I do agree, to an extent, but most of them are about as accurate as a flamingo wearing a top hat." She stated smartly while adjusting her glasses, "Though I do believe he knows this, he just has to argue with me all the time." She giggled.

"Yea, Sprx drives me crazy when it comes to disagreements, half the time I just let him think he's right." Nova laughed while shaking her head.

"Chiro is the same way! To prideful to admit he's wrong most of the time," she smirked as they joked over their men's prideful quirks, till they glanced over at a quiet Vex.

"What about you and Antauri, Vex? Who usually wins those fights?" Nova snickered while leaning back.

"He does," the bone monkey shrugged while pulling out a small bag of credits to pay for their snacks, only buying from the cheapest menu items. "I cannot move against Sterling's impeccable philosophies. So I just comply."

The girls paused as they stared at the dark monkey as if she had grown two heads. They began snickering at the implication made as Jinmay elbowed Nova. "Never would've believed big bad Vex was the submissive type," they poked fun at the grumpy monkey.

"Problem?" She cut them a level stare, shutting their yaps before offering them a bag of popcorn, she sighed and waved her hand. "Enough, what cinema showing do you three desire most to see?"

"Let's watch something with action, how about Fire Spitters?" Nova called while pointing to an image with a giant glass dragon spraying green fire.

"Ah, not really feeling mythology tonight, how about Night of the Living Dead?" Cassia offered while gesturing to the zombie poster. "I believe tonight would be better suited for a horror film, given as we rarely watch any."

Vex's color faded from her dark face, she shook her head and waved her claws. "N-no thanks, select another."

Jinmay face palmed, "Vex, what's with your insane phobia of zombies? They're not real!"

"Not a fan of rotting faces with oozing slime, unnatural and creepy."

They rolled their eyes, "Okay fine, what do you wish to see?"

"Perhaps Par with Wings," Vex offered.

"A nature documentary on doves? Boring!" Jinmay yelled as she gestured to all the posters they selected. They gathered around each other, doing paper—scissors—rock a few rounds before Cassia came up as the winner.

"Zombie movie it is!"

Vex groaned as the girls drug her inside and sat her down in the seat. The movie played for the next three hours, displaying gruesome sights of rotting fleshed humans taking down the heroes one at a time, the scenes spooking the formless monkey as Nova rolled her eyes at the 'cheesy affects'.

"Man, this is lame," the gold warrior commented. "These graphics suck, why do earthlings like this stuff so much?"

"It's a classic!" Cassia snapped, mildly offended at the jab to her home planet's taste in movies.

"I think it's got some class, love the main actress," Jinmay commented with a bit more enjoyment of the film.

Vex had buried her head behind the popcorn sack, refusing to watch, her fur ruffled on end. "No comment," she snapped, still mad they forced her to watch this movie.

After the film finally ended, the group of four stalked out, exchanging playful banter. "I vote we go grab a bite before heading out to our next destination," Nova offered with a thumb raised. "I'm up for an all-nighter, who's with me?"

"Yea!" the girls agreed, Vex simply nodding, as they walked down the dark streets in search of a suitable restaurant. Passing by an abundant of likely food industries, till they're constant disagreements led them to a small pub that had been constructed by some of the local earthlings a few months back.

They headed inside and grabbed a booth, Nova next to Jinmay as Cassia seated herself by Vex, each one sipping at their personal drinks and enjoying conversation. When the appetizers were brought out, Vex eyed the shrimp with tasty eyes and reached for one, till Cassia smacked her claws away.

"Eh eh eh, you know what Gibson and Antauri said, no shell fish for you, since you're supposed to be on a diet." She snickered while grabbing the shrimp and stuffing it in her maw. "Don't need to be running up your blood sugar with the salty contents either."

Vex crossed her arms, cutting the organic monkey a sour look. "You're almost as bad as Sterling, always fussing over my health. I am well in my prime, mind you." She shook her head, snatching her drink and sipping down a big frustrated gulp.

"I'm aged, not elderly."

They snickered as they ate the shrimp, ordering the grumpy monkey a salad instead, which she refused to touch—only eating it after they threatened to tell the silver monkey. The dinner lasted close to an hour till they were satisfied with full stomachs and headed out to their next shin date, whatever it might've been.

As they walked about, a sight alerted the females, halting their walk as several pairs of shadows moved towards them from between the towering dimly lit sky scrapers. Drawing their weapons, everyone slid into an attack stance until the sight of the rest of the Hyperforce men greeted them, the gals sighed and retracted their weapons.

"What are you guys doing here?" Jinmay asked with an eyebrow raised, "Thought you all knew it was girl's night."

"We did, but since tonight is nearing a special occasion, we found it fitting to accompany you guys." Gibson relayed while moving to claim his spot next to Cassia, "Plus the term 'girl's night' is completely taken out of context when it is also referring to the invitation of 'friends,' which we count as well."

Cassia just stared at the gabby blue monkey as if he had lobsters crawling out of his metal ears. "Gibson, Girl's night out literally means 'female bonding'. How could you possibly rephrase that term to fit any other definition?"

"Simple, it is but a socially constructed term, it can be rephrased to fit any other circumstance." He wagged his finger at her while grabbing her hand, smirking as if he had won the Nobel Prize.

Cassia rolled her eyes, knowing better then to argue with the monkey when he was in one of his more stubborn moods—which was pretty much all the time.

Sprx anchored his hands behind his head and cockily slid to Nova, smirking his usual flirtatious grin. "Besides, we thought you'd gals have more fun if we joined in, hm?"

The gold monkey shrugged, looking to the others for their vote. "What do you think girls? Let the guys join in this once?"

Jinmay gazed to Chiro as she titled her head, signaling an obvious 'why not'.

Vex gifted the floating silver monkey a weak smile as she closed the gap and allowed him over her personal boundaries. "I'm for it," she casted her vote.

"Alright, guess we're all going to the club now." Jinmay smiled as she grabbed her husband by his arm and drug him across the street, the rest of the couples following in suit to their leaders.

"Club?" Vex gawked, halting her stance before going a step further. "A… gathering of large drunken crowds of vomiting Neanderthals?"

"Um, that's one way to put it, yea. Why?" Sprx snickered as he poked the testy scarred monkey, "If you'd rather head on home and go to sleep, we'd understand, it's hard for the elderly to keep up with us young folk."

Vex cut the red monkey an unamused frown, puffing up and walking past him, calling his bluff. "I am not fearful, I just simply do not function well in a place with a high percentage of warm bodies." She placed a hand over her scarred face, secretly afraid of what people would think if seeing her up close in a place filled with bright lights.

Antauri spotted this tiny gesture and frowned, he grasped her claws and removed them to keep her from hiding her face. "No one is going to judge, besides, you look lovely tonight," he propped his hand on her back and guided the red eyed monkey forward, a warm smile painting his calm face.

Vex groaned, knowing she was terrible at refusing the silver monkey, nodding in agreement and reassumed the walk to the nearest club.

The Night Club~

Music boomed over the stereo systems as the DJ scratched the records in beat to the newest hop rock album labeled "Ravenous Rocks". Everyone within the facility danced the night away, swinging their partners round and round with the singles tango'ing in the back, leaving only the wallflowers without the dance as they casually sipped at their drinks and enjoyed small talk.

The Hyperforce had almost silenced the room when they walked in, only to be greeted with rich and welcoming enthusiasm by the citizens. Chiro grinned at the VIP passes granted to them by the club's manager as they made their way to find the nearest empty table big enough to hold all of them. Once a circular table was located in the corner, they sat down and ordered some nachos from the waiting waitress.

"Man, this place is hopping! How come you girls never invited us here sooner?" Sprx snickered while jamming a mouth full of cheese covered chips into his maw.

Nova smirked and gulped down her soda, "You never asked!"

Chiro and Jinmay smiled at each other, their wedding rings dimly lit in the surrounding party lights. "I think tonight is going to be a great night, I've been waiting for this since I was stuck on that space station for three weeks."

"Glad your home, honey" The pink haired woman smiled and kissed the gushing man's cheek. "Also, do keep your hair long, it looks really good on you," Jinmay snickered as she resituated her hair into two tight buns. Both of them having grown a few inches taller and developing much more mature faces.

Otto smiled as Nikita entered the room, her ears flicking amongst the loud music that nearly deafened her. "Woah, there's my date, off to the dance floor!" He called out before racing over to the six foot cat woman, grabbing her by the hand and waltzing onto the dance floor.

Following their example, the rest—minus Vex and Antauri—rushed after the cat and monkey to join in on the exciting festive. The silver monkey watched in desire, cutting his own date a curious look, mentally asking if she'd be willing to accompany him.

"Eh…" Vex waved her hand as the male reached for her. "Sterling," she sweated in nervousement as he egged her out of the seat. "I don't tango well."

"Don't be nervous," he smiled wider as he increased the pressure on his tugging till she was finally following him.

Cassia had clamped a rose in her maw as she and the blue scientist did a precise form of salsa dancing. Gibson proving to be a master at the festive dance, twirling his mate around as she eyed him with surprise. "I've practiced," the blue monkey reassured.

Cassia smirked as she tried her best to follow the scientist.

Nikita had to hunch low so she could successfully dance with her much shorter partner. Sprx and Nova danced in random spurts, uncaring of their bad style as Chiro and Jinmay did a more square dance like formation while spinning each other around.

Once Antauri dragged the socially anxious monkey onto the floor, he could see the x-assassin sweating bullets as he grabbed her hand and anchored it into his palm. He placed her other arm on his shoulder then clasping his free arm around her waist, uncaring of the smaller scars that lined her side's indentions. Starting slow, so as not to spook the already skittish female, he led her around.

"Hey, turn it up!" Sprx bellowed out, the crowd cheering with him as the DJ flipped the switches and tuned up the beat, increasing the flames tenfold as everyone dropped a rod.

Antauri noticed his mate's lagging as he sighed, nudging the red eyed formless to listen.

"Vex, do not care what others will think, be yourself." He paused when she did not look convinced, "for me?"

Swallowing her social anxiety and steeling her spine, she released the silver monkey and dropped to her knees before rising back up in an awkward display to start a dance off. She blushed a bright red and started doing the robot, an attempt to humor the second in command.

He laughed as he followed her movements, his actions a bit more fluid then her jerky jabs.

Cassia tangoed by the older pair, laughing. "The robot, really, Aunt Vex? You watched way too much Saturday Night Fever back on earth, this ain't 1977!"

Gibson tugged the earthling back to his chest before dipping her to the floor, holding her securely to his chest. He cut her the best grin he could muster, "is this correct?"

"Almost, try this," she laughed while grabbing his arm and swapping places, lowering him to the floor as she spun the rose in her mouth, snickering at his hardening blush.

Chiro hoisted Jinmay over his head before she landed back on her feet, getting eye to eye as they swiftly circled around each other. Nova and Sprx getting competitive as they clanked their hips together and spun individually around on the light floor in a perfect in-sync motion.

Otto tried to impress Nikita by bounding away from her and doing a solo dance, attempting to spin on his head like he had seen earthlings do.

Vex struggled to keep up with the silver monkey as she tripped over her tail and ungracefully flopped sideways, smacking into Otto and bounced head first into a bowl of punch. She blinked in surprise as Otto hauled his head up from landing in the cheese dip.

Antauri gasped and rushed over, recovering a napkin as he eyed his downed date's head stuck in the bowel. "Are you okay?"

She gave a thumbs up as the silver monkey grabbed the glass and attempted to pull it off.

As the night rocked on, Chiro's orange phone let out a happy chime loud enough to his attention. Releasing his wife's hand, he cut her a smile, "One second, got a call to take." He slid away as Jinmay reassumed her dance.

"Chiro here, what's up?"

He listened to the speaker on the other end of the line, nodding to the words spoken, till the tone of voice stiffened his one pleasant smile. "Wha-?" he croaked, till the caller repeated his words. Chiro stood straight, arm trembling till he hung up and dashed to his family.

"Guys, it's happening!"

Everyone froze, Jinmay's face losing all color as she dashed to her husband. "What? How can that be?"

"I thought this wasn't supposed to happen till next week?" Nova cried out as she dropped Sprx from the holding stance they took.

"We need to go, now!" Antauri stated as he finally wrenched the glass bowel's from his consort's head and dragged her out the door. "Hurry!"

The Hyperforce tumbled out of the club, heads spinning in a panic as they all twirled about, not sure what to do first. "We gotta get to the hospital, what's the quickest way?" Otto cried out as Nikita attempted to calm him.

Spotting a couple empty cabs parked on the side of the road, Vex snuck away from the panicked heroes. Grabbing the door handle, she ripped it open, accidentally breaking the locks as she leaned beneath the steering wheel, opened the hidden compartment and sparked two red wires together, igniting the engine to life.

"Come," she called out as everyone rushed over and piled into the back, Nova and Cassia pushing Vex into the driver seat as they crammed into the passenger side.

"Drive!" Cassia yelled out in a panic.

"Do I look like I'd possess a driver's license?" Vex snapped while grabbing the leather coated wheel, shaking nervously as she switched the lights on.

"Go!" Everyone yelled together, scaring the formless monkey as she slammed her tail against the gas and gunned the taxi cab forward.

Vex swirled the wheel around, throwing everyone around as she stared at the road in terror. A red hover car cut them off, nearly sending them off the bridge and into the water, the dark female bared her teeth and waved her fist at him.

"Watch where you're going!"

Antauri grabbed her shoulders to soothe the road raged monkey as Gibson helped up his tracker. "The hospital is ten kilometers to the right, hurry!"

Vex nodded and pressed harder on the gas, steering around other drivers and whirling around the nearest block.

Shuggazoom's Hospital~

After nearly hitting a light pole, the team had ended their mad dash into the hospital's main lobby. Shaking likes leaves in the wind, Antauri and Chiro rushed up to the front desk where a heavy set nurse smacking gum was waiting.

"Hello Hyperforce, what can I do for you?"

Chiro's face was so drained of blood, he couldn't find the words to speak, letting Antauri to answer for his adopted son.

"We're here on behalf of the call regarding Mr. Emmons?"

"Oh yes, the adoption center guy and his wife, yep, you all made it just in time! His wife ended up going into labor a bit sooner than we expected, but do not fret, so far there is no complications."

Antauri breathed in a deep sigh of relief, "Thank goodness."

"How long do we have to wait?" Chiro finally managed to croak out.

"Not too much longer, just have your family wait in here, and we'll call you back when its time."

Nodding, the leaders rushed back to their anxious family members. "Now all we have to do is wait," Antauri stated as he positioned himself lotus style in the air, using meditations to calm his own nervous state.

Everyone gathered themselves around the furniture, majority becoming a gibberish wreck as Jinmay tried to calm everyone down, despite her own nerves sky rocketing to the heavens above.

After a pain stacking hour wait, a nurse called out to the team.

"Hyperforce," she called gently, guiding them forward. "You may come back now."

The team followed the woman down the hall, anxiety at an all-time as they were greeted by a middle aged man in a brown suit. His long wispy white hair tied back in a neat pony tail with a black suitcase held firmly in his grip, a clipboard with a bunch of legal documentations attached to its frame.

"Glad you could make it, Hyperforce," he held up the papers for Chiro and Jinmay to sign. "Just put your names down here, and the legal process will be complete."

Without hesitation, both the young adults grabbed the pen and swiped their signatures along the dotted lines. The man readjusted his classes till going over to the rest of the team.

"And now I'll need your names, to have on record you all will have second legal custody in case something ever happens to Chiro or Jinmay."

Nodding; Otto, Nova, Sprx, Gibson, and Antauri signed their names beneath the terms of agreement as the man stepped aside.

"Thank you, your four year waiting trial is finally done, I wish you much happiness." The adoption center man bowed in respect before departing from the facility.

As everyone rushed inside, a doctor wearing rubber gloves and a sick mask held two bundles in his arms. "Don't be shy, monkey team, come in and see your new twins!"

Chiro and Jinmay were the first to approach, the doctor placing the two in their awaiting arms. Chiro held the girl as Jinmay clasped the boy, both new borns possessing dark hair and bright blue eyes, they almost looked like clones.

"Awww, Chiro… look," Jinmay gushed over the little boy sucking on her pinky.

The chosen one was on the verge of tears as he nuzzled the little girl. "They're perfect," he whispered as the monkeys crowded around to get a closer look.

Smiling, both adults handed the children to the awaiting simians. Antauri took the girl in his arms as the males crowded around him to see as Jinmay passed the boy to Nova and the girls.

"She is so beautiful," Antauri whispered in sheer awe, allowing the little girl to play with his finger. She was so mesmerized by the shiny monkey, she cooed in delight as he kissed her forehead. Gibson and Otto 'awed' at the sight as Sprx struggled to hide his love struck eyes.

"Come on Nova, let me see!" Cassia shouted as the gold monkey used her foot to push the curious capuchin away, snickering deviously.

"No way, I called dibs on this little guy first!" The golden warrior laughed as she held the boy away from Cassia.

Rolling her eyes, Jinmay snatched up their new son and handed it to Vex. The formless monkey tensed up as the fragile new life was placed into her claws.

"Jinmay, I don't know—"

"Just be easy," she reassured while giving the scarred female a bottle. "You don't have to be scared, I know you won't hurt him."

Trembling, she retracted her claws the best she could while attempting to feed him the formula. He looked up to her scarred face, tensing a bit as he drew back. Seeing this form of fear, Vex dropped her eyes in disappointment, until the boy grabbed her mane and pulled her head down. He laughed in delight, nearly pulling a chunk of white hair out as his other fingers patted her snout, humored by the big monkey.

"Woah, strong you are," she smiled sweetly down to him despite him pulling on her eyelids next.

"Well, guess our family had totally increased," Chiro commented as the girls went back to fighting over who got to hold his son next as Antauri passed the girl to Gibson next.

"Yes, what I have always hoped for," Antauri added while grabbing his son in a tightly embraced hug. "I am so so proud of you, Chiro."

Hugging back, the boy released a few withheld tears, pressing his cheek against the robotic simian, shaking hard.

"Though I know not what the future will bring, just know… we'll always be there, Antauri." Chiro whispered as he felt the fatherly monkey begin to slightly tremble.

Everyone gathered around, allowing Chiro to take both twins as Jinmay hugged him from behind as Antauri returned himself to Vex. The female spotted his trembling and rubbed his back to soothe him as he leaned against her, his heart stolen from the wondrous sight.

"Hyperforce!" Three men wearing cameras yelled from a nearby open window. "Smile!"

The team jumped in alarm, Nova and Sprx gasping as Gibson pointed angrily at the camera with Cassia taking her glasses off, Antauri just gawked in surprise as Vex fell over from the lens's blinding light piercing her single sensitive eye. Otto and Nikita stood in the back with big smiles and proudly gave a thumbs up as Chiro and Jinmay nearly leaped out of their skins in fright.

In a few days, the paparazzi had printed the bad photos on their newspaper headlines.

"City's Most Beloved Heroes Adopt."

Antauri read the headlines and sighed at the badly taken photos.

"Well, at least we're in a good light."

"Yea sure, but look at the photo!" Sprx complained as he stared at his face. "Guh, I hate paparazzi!"

Vex just stared at the sight of her feet sticking in the air from merely getting flashed, she groaned. "Hopefully no one will see this."

"Dream on, everyone here knows everything, best get used to it." Nova laughed.

The Hyperforce stood proudly overlooking the city on the shoulder of their super robot, the setting sun casting a majestic dull glow over the town, turning all windows into a matching gold hue. They smiled to each other, until their alarms went off.

"Looks like another bank robbery," Otto yelled out while checking his scanners.

"Well, look like we know what to do, Hyperforce go!" Chiro yelled valiantly as his team followed right behind him, vanishing into the clear atmosphere to defend their city again.

~END

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