Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters form SRMTHFG! Neither do I own the story line! I just own the characters I make up - yay

AN - ok so ... if you followed my last SRMTHFG fic, you know im really bad about finishing things... even though I said it would be finished . well hopefully this one will go smoother! I've done a lot more research on writing! Maybe this time I wont run into any problems! Hope yall enjoy!

P.S. - I left a note at the end of the chapter I'd like everyone to read. Its really important!

This is the sequel to "Coincidence"

Cheer up, Chiro!

By Tippy

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A week had passed since the incident. His body still ached from the injuries that had been slowly healing. He had been ordered to rest in his room, and right now his nerves were on edge. He was bored. The constant surveillance he was under didn't help either.

Chiro glanced over at the red monkey that sat in the chair across from his bed. The monkeys were taking turns watching him, making sure he didn't try to get out of bed before his wounds were fully healed. The boy sighed, hunkering down into the stack of pillows that lay behind him. A pile of comic books lay beside him, along with a couple hand held video games, all of which had been read at least 3 times each, the games beaten twice. He huffed, absentmindedly picking at the cast on his arm.

Sprx couldn't help the smirk that crossed his face, one which Chiro caught, glaring in return at the metal monkey.

"Don't sweat it, kid. You'll be up and walkin' before you know it."

"Yeah, I just wish I could get out of this room." The boy slouched further under the covers, his uninjured hand tracing of the comics.

"Maybe tomorrow, Gibson says you're doin' better."

Chiro gave his friend a nod, his gaze lifting to look at the square ceiling panels. Silence filled the room again, and he could feel his eyelids drooping. Over the past few days, he had noticed how drained he felt, but that didn't keep him from complaining every once in a while. Laying in the same room, only allowed to get out of bed to use the bathroom, was really taking its toll on his patience. He hated feeling useless. He also hated the quiet that seemed to take over in the room. He frowned as he found himself delving into a memory he really didn't want to see. He hadn't told the monkey team all that had happened on the other side of the void, choosing to withhold the information about what had happened and what he had seen in the underground housing complex. He shivered at the memory, then turned to find the headset Otto had given him. It was to a music player. Chiro slid the band over his ears and pushed play on the device. He closed his eyes as the music filled his head, taking the place of the images that had previously been there. The music was a combination of things, mainly music that the green monkey had found on local radio broadcasts. Currently, he was listening to a slow, peaceful song. He let himself sink into the soft pillows, pulling the blankets up closer to his chin and relaxed. It wasn't too much longer before the dark haired boy fell into a restful sleep.

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Sprx smiled as he looked up at the boy, his sleeping form laying motionless, the headphones still wrapped around his ears. The kid was exaughsted.

He stretched his legs and arms, letting out a long yawn. He was pretty tired himself. He hoped the kid would be able to get up soon. All this "guard duty" was really starting to get to him. He still felt bad for the kid though, at least he could leave when one of the others came to watch, but Chiro was stuck in bed.

He turned as the door to the room slid open and Nova stepped in accompanied by Gibson.

"How's he doing?" Gibson kept his voice low, seeing that Chiro was asleep.

"He just passed out. He's gettin' pretty cranky." Sprx let out a short laugh.

"Well I want to keep him here for at least one more night, then we'll see how he is in the morning."

"He'll be glad to hear that." Sprx stood up, letting out another yawn. "I think I'm gonna go sleep for a bit."

Nova watched as the two monkeys left, leaving her to watch over Chiro. She grabbed the chair and pulled it over the side of his bed. She sat down and just watched him. His chest rose and fell as he breathed, the headphones now hanging half way off his head. She smiled as she watched him. She couldn't believe how affected she was when she first saw him on the ship. Her mind had panicked, he's dead... was the first thing she could remember thinking. Ever since that day, she found herself wanting to be as close to him as possible, just to make sure he was okay.

Her gaze fell off him and to the stack of comic books that lay beside him. She picked one up and flipped through it, letting out a soft grown. Obviously, SPRX had brought Chiro a collection of beat-em-up comic books. There had to be a fight on just about every page. She placed the book back on the pile and slid her hand over to the sleeping boy's hand. She wrapped her metallic fingers around it receiving a light squeeze from the slumbering child.

The yellow monkey laid her head on the bed, still holding Chiro's hand and continued to watch the boy sleep.

"...no"

Nova opened her eyes, surprised that she'd fallen asleep.

"..no... stay away..."

She turned her gaze to Chiro, who still lay asleep, struggling under the covers. "Chiro..."

".. Get away...leave her alone!" His struggles intensified as he tried to swing his arms out, his cries growing louder.

"Chiro, wake up. You're having a dream." Nova grabbed his uninjured arm as she tried to wake him.

"No!" He flung his arms harder, almost sending the yellow monkey flying back into her chair.

"Chiro! Wake up!" This time she yelled in his ear, causing him to jolt awake, his breaths heavy as his gaze darted around the room. "Chiro? Are you ok?"

He was quiet for a moment before turning to look at her, "yeah..." he let out a shaky breath, "yeah, I'm fine, just had a bad dream. That's all."

"You wanna tell me about it?"

"No, it was just a bad dream, I'm fine now."

She could definitely tell that he wasn't fine, but she wasn't going to press the matter. If he didn't want to tell her, he didn't have to... yet. She figured it had something to do with what happened to him.

She gave him a smile, which he returned. "So, how about some food?"

"That would be great!" His grin widened. He was glad that she hadn't asked any more questions. He wasn't ready to talk about it yet. He wasn't even sure if he'd ever talk about it. He watched as Nova stepped out of the room to go get their food. He actually considered getting up and leaving the room, but the loud rumbling in his stomach told him otherwise. And getting Nova in trouble wasn't something he wanted to do. So he sat patiently waiting. He found himself going back to the dream. It was a nightmare, actually. Miharu was there, the dark formless standing around her, their clawed hand reaching out. He had tried desperately to get to her, to save her. The crowds of evil kept slowing his movements. He knew he couldn't get to her, so he screamed, trying to get their attention trained on him, but it was like they weren't listening to him. He knew what was going to happen next, but thankfully he didn't have to see as Nova's voice in his ear brought him out of his sleep.

He looked up as the female monkey reentered the room. "Wow, you're still here! I woulda thought you'd run off as soon as you got the chance." She teased as she set the tray of food down in front of him.

Chiro gave her a grin before looking down at the food, the grin quickly turning to a frown. "Can't I get some real food?" He poked at the processed meal in front of him. He'd been forced to eat these things for a week now. An oddly shaped chunk of meat, some kind of green vegetable and a couple slices of bread. At least he got to have a fruit cup with it. It was the only thing edible on the tray.

"Gibson says if you eat this, he'll consider letting you out tomorrow." She smiled when he continued to frown, poking at the food. "And if you eat it, I'll make sure we go get burgers tomorrow."

This caught Chiro's attention as he looked up at her and smiled. He grabbed the fork and began eating the health food, taking big gulps of water to get the taste out of his mouth. Nova let out a laugh as he forced down the last of the food and pushed the tray away, "bleeeeh, you'd think I'd get used to these by now." He shivered at the reminder of the taste.

"I don't think anyone could get used to this stuff." She took the tray and placed it on the floor next to the bed. "So, what do you feel like doing?" Chiro's mouth shot open. "Other than getting out of bed." She added, giving him a knowing grin as he closed his mouth.

He thought for a moment, "How about a movie?"

"That sounds do-able, what kind of movie?"

"Something funny." He really needed something to make him feel better.

"Gotcha, I'll go see what we have!"

The rest of the afternoon was spent watching some comedy Otto had found. Chiro had actually found it pretty funny, laughing out loud at the people. But now the movie was over and he was feeling pretty worn out. He laid back on his pillows and closed his eyes.

Antauri smiled as he noticed Chiro lay back. Nova still sat in the chair next to Chiro's bed. He had noticed how attached she had become since the accident. They had all become a little over protective of the boy, but she seemed to be the one who spent the most time with him the past week.

He stood from his chair and cut off the movie as the credits started to role up the screen. Nova got up and picked up the tray of food left from dinner and headed for the door. It slid open and she turned to look at the sleeping boy, sending a smile in Antauri's direction before she stepped out of the room.

The black monkey took a seat in Nova's vacant chair and looked at Chiro. He had fallen asleep quite fast, the covers pulled up to his chin as he lay on his side. His injured arm was propped on the pillow next to his head, the cast making it a pretty uncomfortable position. Antauri smiled to himself before standing and walking over to the light switch in the room and flicking it off.

A make-shift bed had been put in the room so that he could sleep and be in the room at the same time if Chiro needed anything. Antauri curled up on the mattress and pulled the covers over him.

"Goodnight, Chiro." he whispered before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

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She was dying. He could hear her screams as he ran through the darkness. He couldn't see her. He couldn't see anything! The weight in his limbs grew heavier as he ran to find her, each step taking more out of him. She screamed again, this time it was fainter and filled with an immense pain. Tears fell down his cheeks as he desperately tried to find her, to save her.

Suddenly, he was falling. Her cries for help followed him down into the abys. He clenched his eyes shut and screamed.

Antauri woke with a start as the room was filled with Chiro's terrified screams. He leapt out of bed and ran to the light, flicking it on. He turned to see the dark haired boy sitting up in bed, sweat beading on his forehead causing strands of hair to glue themselves to his skin. He was breathing heavily, his gaze facing forward. "Chiro? Are you alright?"

The boy didn't answer.

"Chiro?" Antauri reached forward an placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. Blue eyes turned to look at him and it looked like he was about to speak, but suddenly tears began to stream down his face. The black monkey's heart broke as Chiro let out soft sobs, pulling his knees up so he could burry his face in them. Antauri moved onto the bed, wrapping his arm around the shaking boy. He wasn't sure when the others had arrive, but as he looked over to the door he could see them all standing there with worried expressions on their faces. He nodded to them that he was alright and they reluctantly left. Antauri noticed Chiro had stopped shaking, and the sobs had calmed down to light sniffles. "Chiro?"

"I-I'm sor-rry..." His voice was low and he sat up, wiping his face with the back of his sleeve.

"Are you okay?"

Chiro nodded, letting out a shaky breath.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He knew Chiro had had a nightmare. He'd actually had many of them the past couple days, but noone had been able to get him to talk about it.

"Not really..."

Antauri held back a sigh, "Alright... why don't you try to go back to sleep." He felt Chiro tense up. "It's okay, I'll be in here with you. Do you want me to leave the light on?"

The boy nodded hesitantly, but didn't lay back down. He was still to upset about the nightmare. He wished they would stop. It was hard enough having to remember what had happened, but seeing it again in his dreams was driving him crazy. He watched as Antauri sat down in the chair next to the bed.

Finally, Chiro let himself lay back down, pulling the covers over himself. He still wouldn't close his eyes. "Antauri?"

"Yes, Chiro?"

"Can we go get burgers tomorrow?"

Antauri smiled at this, "We'll see how you're feeling in the morning. So, maybe. But you need to get some sleep. Would you like Gibson to give you something so you can sleep better?"

Chiro seemed to consider this, but shook his head. They were just dreams, he'd know better next time. "I'll try to sleep now."

Antauri nodded. He flicked on a small light beside the bed, then walked over and turned off the main light. He turned back to see Chiro snuggling back into the pillows and closing his eyes.

"Good night, Chiro."

"Good night, Antauri."

Tbc...

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soooo thats chapter one! How'd yall like it? Well anyway thanks for reading! Ill have chaper 2 up soon!

Important Note - im not sure if everyone knows this, but today is the international day of prayer for persecuted churches. There are some terrible things going on over in other countries that a lot of us don't know about! People are being discriminated, beaten and even killed just because they profess the name of Jesus Christ. In North Korea, there is a food shortage going on, but what's even more disturbing is the fact that the Christians are being singled out! Now I know some of you may not believe in God or Jesus, but I do know that none of you are happy with the fact that people are being killed just because they believe in something. So all im askin is that you keep these people in your hearts, cause they need so much right now. Thank you.