Okay, yay! New story! Now this story also belongs to Pink Wildfire, so, don't think I wrote it all, because I'm not as good as her... XD
And this is just another version of how Laura met the bros, not like my original version in Wild Cat. I think this is another version of it for Misty too... I dunno... anyway,
So I hop you enjoy it!
The classes finally let out after a long day at Duke University. It had been a normal day, with all the science and math as usual.
Laura Wilkinson, walked out of the two large front doors with her friend Misty Castwell.
"Okay... most boring day ever..." said Laura as she brushed her blond bangs from her eyes. She was a beautiful young woman, who wore part the University's uniform; the white shirt, long white socks, short blue skirt, and a blue tie. Her hair was usually in a long ponytail, but, today it was down.
"No kidding..." said Misty, also a lovely young woman with waist long brown hair, and rich brown eyes. She wore her uniform the same as Laura's, except, she wore a necklace and no tie.
"Well, we could always sneak out to the club..." Laura got a shine in her dark blue eyes, which Misty only knew.
"Alrighty then..." Misty said as she grabbed her friends arm and they both headed off to the woods.
Many other students of Duke University where already gathering in the woods, all heading one special place; The Wild Kratt Club.
Misty and Laura ran the club, and always proved their points when they said they were the biggest Wild Kratt fans.
They all entered the small building that went below ground into a large room. And the meetings began.
The meeting began normally, with a greeting and the pledge. Once everyone sat down, Laura and Misty began going on with the new things they planned on doing that year. And like every meeting, they somehow wound up fighting over which Kratt brother was better. It would usually start out like this;
"-And that's how the Draco lizard 'flies'..." said Laura with a smile, "And isn't it cool that Martin named one of them Zippy? Martin can be so cute at times..." Everyone in the room knew she was talking half to herself, as well to them.
"Um, not really Laura, Chris is way cuter then Martin..." Misty started, "Which officially makes him the coolest Kratt Bro!" Half of the room cheered, the other half crossed their arms and pouted.
"It does not!" said Laura stomping her foot, "My fellow team mates, Martin clearly is better then Chris in almost every way!"
"Not at all! Chris has all the brains!" shouted Misty
"Well Martin has all the looks AND the brains!" Laura yelled back.
For a long time Misty and Laura just glared at each other, but, soon their faces both lightened up and they started laughing. And at the both time they both said, "Both Brothers are great..." And they got back to the meeting.
The meeting went on for about two hours as Laura and Misty explained about how crucial animals are to the environment and how most species are endangered and need to be protected.
Once the meeting was over, and as the kids dismissed themselves from the club, Laura and Misty were left behind inside the club, cleaning up from today's meeting. Laura was cleaning the white board and Misty was cleaning the tables and chairs. Inside the clubhouse was background music of an instrumental choir of the Rainforest or Ocean so cleaning up didn't have to feel tedious and boring.
Laura was pondering about how awesome it would be if both she and Misty went out and met the Kratt brothers in person. Once she placed the Windex bottle down, she turned around to look at Misty who was busy cleaning the top of the round table.
"Hey Misty," Laura began, catching her friend's attention. "How would you like if you and I went out on a field trip and met the Kratt brothers in person?"
Misty's eyes rejoiced as she loved the idea. "That would be so awesome!" She claimed in excitement.
But then Misty realized that if they did that, they would need a lot of money to have a trip that big. She frowned and Luara wondered what her good friend was thinking about until Misty said sadly, "... But in order to do that, we'll need lots of money. How are we going to get that sort of cash, Laura?"
Laura smiled as a plan hatched in her mind. "Donations, Misty. That's what we should do."
Misty slapped her hands together, "I love it! What should the donations be on? Kratt brothers vacation?"
"Hm, maybe..." said Laura as she finished up on the white board and went to stack the chairs, "But, we'll have to figure out where the brothers are going next before we try to find them..."
"Good point..." said Misty as she went to help her friend. She paused a second, and just leaned against a wall looking dreamily out the window, "Just think, us meeting the Kratt Brothers... can you imagine it?"
"Sadly no... I'm not sure if they'd even pay attention to two little fan girls..." Laura sighed and finished stacking.
"Well, there's always a chance, you know..." said Misty who was now slightly dancing across the room to her bag, "But, just imagine, what if the Kratts took us with them! Or, maybe let-"
"What? Let us date them?" said Laura laughing, "Okay miss dreamy, someone needs to stop reading cheap romance novels..."
"Your not imagining!" Pouted Misty, "And there not cheap novels!"
Laura sighed and went over to her friend, "Okay, I'll imagine..." she took her friends hands, "I imagine they would take us to Africa, to study lions and giraffes..."
"Oh! Or maybe take us to Antarctica to see baby penguins!" said Misty smiling brightly.
"It's sad it would only be imaginary..." said Laura, walking away to the front door, "But, who knows, our silly fantasies might come true!"
"Who knows!" sighed Misty, walking up beside her friend.
Zach Vermatech watched Laura and Misty clean up the club house through a sky light and clenched his teeth together in anger. Oh how he loathed the idea of two beautiful girls having such emotions for the Wild Rats. Since Zach knew of Martin and Chris, maybe he can get something useful out of the two girls? They ignored him for the last time, and if meeting the Wild Rats was what they wanted...
Zach waited patiently for when the two girls would emerge out of the club house, having the clubhouse ambushed by twenty Zachbots. Zach stood at the entrance of the clubhouse and rubbed his hands together.
"This is great! If Laura and Misty claim to be the Wild Rats biggest fans ever... And with them temporarily out of the way, those Wild Rats won't be able to stop me! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Zach laughed gleefully.
Misty and Laura happened to walk out exactly at the same time, both laughing, and chatting about the fund raiser they planned on doing.
In an instant the Zach bots attacked, and Misty and Laura gripped to each other and screamed. Laura was able to break off a Zach bots head with a swing of her bag, and Misty was able to break one with a large stick, but, they were out numbered way to quickly.
Soon Misty and Laura were hanging from a net, kicking and screaming. Zach came over into the open among his bots, with a proud, but evil smile on his face, "Well hello girls, fancy meeting you here..."
"Let us go Zach!" screamed Misty.
"Not until I get what I want... Those dumb Rat Brothers won't be able to ever come near me again with two captives at my finger tips!" Zach called out with pleasure, "Anyway, Misty, it'll give you and me time to catch up, have a coffee... possibly have a date..."
Misty almost gagged with disgust as Laura yelled down at Zach, "Leave her alone! No one in their right mind would want to date you!"
"Since you said that Laura, I guess you're right... I'll just have to force her... and you..." said Zach, as Laura growled, "Now Zach bots! Take the net and hurry! We need to get back to my jet before anyone else sees us!"
Zach managed to get to the jet without being caught, and was now in the control room with two girls struggling to be free, but to no avail. Zach turned to look at the girls and grinned maliciously.
"Welcome to my jet, girls. It's a state-of-the-art, don't you agree?" Zach greeted with pride as he could already taste sweet victory.
Laura and Misty just scowled at Zach and stuck their tongues out at him.
"You're twisted, Zach." Laura spat out hotly as she folded her arms across her chest.
Misty nodded her head in agreement. "Yeah! You can't keep us in captivity forever you know! Sooner or later, the Kratt brothers will stop you and we'll be free from your filthy clutches!" Misty retorted.
Zach however only laughed in amusement and stated, "Do you honestly think that those Rat brothers would stop me with two innocent girls in my grasp? I don't think so! Now of course I know you two love animals so if you don't want me to harm them, I suggest you Misty, should get ready for our little date."
Misty's mouth hung open for a long amount of time after Zach had said that.
Laura objected, "No! I won't let you take her!"
Zach rolled his eyes, "Do you want to take her place?"
Laura was quiet in three seconds flat. Misty sighed finally and whispered to Laura, "I have too..."
Laura gasped, "No! Don't do it!"
"I have too..." said Misty looking down, "Trust me, I don't want too, but, he's going to hurt an innocent animal..."
Laura couldn't say anything to stop Misty, so, Misty went over to Zach, saying, "Fine..." which sounded more like a growl, then an agreement.
Zach smiled evilly and grabbed Misty's arm, "Good! Now, I'll have Zach bots take you to a room to get ready! And Laura," he faced Laura who had to be held back by a Zach bot, otherwise she would have attacked Zach by now, "You will be sent to a room as well, and I dunno, maybe tomorrow you can go on a date with me too..."
Laura gasped, "Ew! In your dreams!"
Zach gripped Misty's arm harder, and raised it, "You don't want anything happening to her? Do you?"
Laura's eyes widened, and she stuttered a little, as she slowly answered, "No..."
"Good girl. Now, Zach bots!" Zach shouted as two bots came over and took Misty away, then another two came and took Laura away.
When Misty got her room, see was disgusted to see it was all black, she was even more disgusted to find a black cocktail dress with black pumps for her to wear.
Laura's room was separated by a glass wall, so she and Misty could see and talk to each other.
"This is crazy..." said Laura picking up her own outfit to wear, "This shouldn't even be happening..."
"I know..." said Misty sadly, "What do you think you'll have to do, when me and Zach are gone tonight?" she cringed at saying, 'me and Zach', it sounded wrong in every way.
Laura shrugged, "I dunno... but I have a bad feeling about were Zach might be taking you for dinner..."
"Where?" Misty gulped.
Laura's eyes filled with fear, "Gourmand's..."
Misty's eyes widened with revelation and felt the need to gag. "Eww! Gourmand's? I don't want to eat a live animal!" Misty declared with the shake of her head.
Laura sighed in dismay as she knew how her friend felt. Who in the right mind would want to eat a live animal? Laura looked at Misty with pity and said softly, "I'll think of something Misty, don't worry. Hopefully you won't have to eat anything that you don't want to before dinner is served."
Misty sighed heavily and decided to get dressed in her cocktail dress. When she was fully dressed, Misty stuck her tongue out at the mirror she was looking at. She disliked the color black and would do anything to get out of the dress and away from Zach. But what choice did she have? Zach was going to harm an innocent creature if she didn't do as he said.
Laura sat on her bed and looked through the glass, "Well, you look nice in the dress... though the color is depressing..."
"I know..." Misty groaned, and ran her hand over her stomach, "I think I'm going to be sick if I have to eat an endangered animal..."
Before Laura could answer, Zach opened Misty's door. Zach was still in his normal outfit, the only thing he added was a black tie. "C'mon Misty, I bet you'll never guess where I am taking you!" he acted as if they were going on a real date, like he wasn't holding them captive.
"Gourmand's..." Laura and Misty both said blankly.
Zach blinked, and smiled suddenly, "Why yes actually... you two are smarter then you look... now, c'mon Misty!" He grabbed Misty's arm and started to drag her away.
Laura stood and went over to the glass, "Wha-WAIT!" she shouted, and Zach froze in his tracks.
"What now?" he asked, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Um... I would like my bag back please..." said Laura, calmly.
"Fine..." said Zach pulling her bag from no where, "But I'm taking your phone out so you can't signal for help..." he took her phone, and gave a Zach bot her bag, which brought it to her quickly.
"Thank you..." Laura said softly, but, one could tell she was still furious with Zach.
"Now, Misty, your not getting your bag back because we're going!" said Zach, pulling Misty out the door.
Kitty waited until she was alone, and quickly went under the covers of her bed with her bag, so no camera could see her. "I gotta hurry... for Misty's sake..." she opened a pocket in her bag and pulled out another cell phone, "Thank the lord for back ups!" she said to no one in particular as she called the only people that could fight against Zach;
The Kratt Brothers.
Laura dialed the number to the Kratt brothers, and once the phone began to ring, she placed it up at her ear.
"C'mon, c'mon pick up please!" she begged mostly to herself.
Then she was able to hear a greeting from one of the Kratt brothers from the other end. "Hello, Martin Kratt here."
Laura sighed in relief when she heard the voice of Martin Kratt. "Oh thank goodness! Please, this is a distress call! Zach Vermatech has captured both me and my good friend, and is forcing us on a date! You have to help!" Laura begged hasitly.
"Whoa, slow down there. Who are you? And why is Zach involved in this?" Martin asked with confusion.
Laura sighed with frustration, but tried to relax. She began to explain to Martin the whole story from the beginning, starting with her name.
"I am Laura Wilkinson, and I am sending a distress call!" she had to keep her voice down, in fear of a Zach bot hearing her, "Me and my friend, Misty Castwell, were attack by Zach Varmitech and are now his captives! I was only able to make this call because Zach is gone with Misty forcing her on a date at Gourmand's, where she will probably have to eat endangered animals! I'm here alone on Zach's jet surrounded by Zach bots! HELP!"
Martin blinked, "... is this a prank call?"
Laura groaned, knowing Martin would take an emergency like this weirdly, "NO IT'S NOT! PLEASE SAVE US!" and once she yelled this, Zach bots came immediately and ripped her from her bed, crushing the phone.
Martin heard all the commotion before the signal went dead. He then finally looked into his cell phone and looked at Chris, "Bro... we have a Zach attack on our hands..."
"You sure it's not a prank call, bro? Some fan girls have been doing that lately," Chris asked with the shake of his head.
The Kratt brothers were in the African Savanna and driving in the Createrra, being on their usual creature adventures. They were searching for lions, and wanted to know more about them as they heard the saying of, "King of Beasts"
Martin was in the passenger seat and shook his head seriously. "Not this time, bro. This was a distress call from a girl named Laura Wilkinson. Her panicked voice told me that she was in real trouble. Zach's up to no good again. Apparently he has two captives and is forcing one of them to go to Gourmands on a forced date." Martin lectured.
Chris cringed at the mention of someone going on a date with Zach. "Ouch. A forced date with Zach? That is serious. We need to save Laura and her friend, pronto!" Chris stated as he pressed on the acceleration pedal and turned back to HQ.
As Zach and Misty reached Gourmand's, Zach got a call. He answered it quickly and nodded and few times, and narrowed his eyes and looked at Misty, "You know what to do..." he said, and then closed his cell phone.
"Well miss Misty, apparently your friend tried to signal for help... which makes no sense considering I took away her phone- I'm going have to show her a lesson..." He said as he adjusted his sleeve.
Misty's eyes widened, "Don't hurt her!" she was able to grab Zach's collar, but, a bot pulled her away.
Zach growled, "She'll get what she deserves, now sit!" he said, making her sit down at a table.
Misty growled, and noticed Gourmand walking over to both of them with a notebook.
"Well isn't it little ol' Varmitech... who'd you kidnap this time?" said Gourmand, making a menacing smile at Misty.
Zach sighed, "Just my date, now, get us those tiger steaks, I'm hungry!"
Gourmand nodded and walked off to the kitchen. Misty's eyes widened again. Tigers? She loved tigers! How could she eat one?
Misty shook her head in protest. "No way! I'll never eat Tigers, Zach! Never!" She claimed as she folded her arms across her chest and turned her head away.
Zach was getting furious at the stubbornness these two girls had. He jabbed a finger at Misty and yelled out, "You'll eat the Tiger steak whether you like it or not! You forget that I have your best friend, and I will hurt an innocent animal if you don't do as I say."
Gourmand came out and had a plate filled with Tiger steaks. It looked just like a steak from a cow, but knowing it was from a Tiger, Misty just didn't have the stomach to eat it.
Misty felt like she was going to puke, and she would gladly do it on Zach, but she didn't want Laura or the animal to get hurt. The plate was placed in front of Misty and there was a fork and a knife on it. Misty tried to gulp, but was having trouble. She slowly took the fork and knife, hesitantly cutting the steak into smaller slices, and seeing Misty struggle made Zach grin with pleasure.
After the date, and getting back to the jet, Misty was sent back to her room. She had tears in her eyes; she had been forced to eat a whole steak.
Zach stepped into her doorway, smiling and using a toothpick in between his teeth.
Misty glared back at him, "I hate you..." she mumbled out.
"Whatcha going to do about it?" said Zach, shrugging, closing and locking her door.
Misty gave a scream of frustration, and flung herself on her bed. She finally turned to look through the glass to her friends room. Laura wasn't there.
Misty got up and went over to the glass. The only think she saw in the room was a smashed phone and Laura's bag.
Suddenly, a Zach bot opened Laura's door, and threw Laura inside.
"Laura!" Misty screamed and pounded on the thick glass.
The door closed and locked, and Laura weakly got to her feet. Laura had streams of tears pouring down her face as she looked into the eyes of her friend.
"What happened?" Misty asked quickly.
"I-I had to watch... Zach bots... k-kill Koalas... and elephants..." She could barely speak.
Misty gasped, "No! That's terrible!" she nearly started crying herself.
"Don't worry..." Laura said looking down, "The brothers will come and save us... I hope..."
GAH! This is over 3700 words! XD I hope you all actually read through it... I know it took me a while...