"Ya, I know Tony!" Marli yelled angrily at Tony Stark. Marli was taking her monthly checkup on the portals to make sure everything worked perfectly. "I can check up on the DP-2." Tony said as Marli checked the portal's stabilizers. DP-2 was the second portal that was in the world of Spiderman. "You remember last time you messed with dimensions/worlds Tony?" Tony held his shoulder and stayed silent. "I believe, I'm done." She got up and turned it on. She typed in the coordinates and added the letter K to specify. She set her watch, and waved to Tony who was still silent. What she didn't realize, was that she had hit J instead of K. She stepped through and came out into a forest. "Huh," She looked at her watch which was spitting sparks. "Oh, dang it... I forgot to check the synchronization between the portals!" She took off the watch.
At that moment, she heard some grumbling. She looked to her left, and saw a 15 year old boy fall flat on his face, then groaning and standing up. The boy wiped off his shorts, and looked at Marli. "Oh, isnt it a little late for a young girl like you to be out? In the woods alone?" "Says you." "Yea…" He looked nervously at his own watch. "I better get back to my place before dad gets mad." He gulped, and shuddered. "So what ARE you doing around here?" He smiled. "Oh, and my name is joey by the way." Marli looked him up and down. I don't want to tell him the real reason. She thought. "I was just exploring this part of the forest. I haven't been to this part before. Oh, and my name is Marli." Marli swept her uneven bangs to the side and Joey looked at her kindly. "You should get back home... You wouldn't want your parents to get mad." Marli looked down, putting the broken watch in her pocket. "I-I don't exactly have a home." Marli realized that she had worded that badly. "Would you like to come with me to my place then?" "Sure..." She followed silently along, and they came to the big turtle... "This is where i live. Since i was 6 i think. It was a long time ago since i can remember." He chuckled, and walked to the entrance. She didn't really think too much on the fact that it looked like the Tortuga. She followed him inside shyly and looked down at her feet. She heard a familiar voice, "JOEY!" Chris came in, and Marli was stuck in a state of shock. "Why were you out so late?! And why is there a girl here? You can't get distracted with girls!" Joey looked at Marli who was just staring at Chris. "Well, you see dad-" Marli jumped at the sound of the word 'dad'. "I'm sorry Joey, umm I will be outside." Marli ran outside and leaned on the leg of the turtle ship. "Boys dont start again!" Aviva grabbed chris, and pulled him away. "Joey, please go talk to your friend." Joey ran outside, and walked over to her. "Oh... Whyd you run? Im sorry about dad. Hes a little 'sensitive' about me."
She was silent, lost in her own mind. "Marli?" She shook her head and looked at him. "Ya... Well, I don't know what happened while I was gone or if I'm in the right place. This isn't how I remember everything." She looked toward the forest and started pacing back and forth. Joey stared in confusion. "I don't know... Chris and Martin..." She started mumbling words Joey couldn't understand. She sat down and took her watch out. "I need to fix this to know for sure." Joey watched her take it apart, it spat out smoke which made her cough. Joey smiled. "What about Chris and Martin? People find it scary that im chris' son." He laughed, and looked at her watch. "Want me to help you fix it? I know how to work mom's tools. I use them all the time." She just looked up at him. "This watch is much more complicated than any time machine. It can travel between dimensions." She scratched her head then looked at the burnt microchips. She jumped up and started cursing at herself. "Damn it! The stupid watch just had to break didn't it!" She punched the leg of the Tortuga. She growled. She clenched her fists so her knuckles turned white. She had unsheathed her claws so her hand bled. Joey backed up, and looked at her. "Woah, marli, chill." He grabbed the watch, and looked at the burnt micro chips. "Maybe i can. Come on, i grew up with crazy technology." He chuckled, and turned. "Joey Kratt..." He saw chris standing there with an angry frown on his face. "Uh oh..." Joey gulped. Marli held her hand and wiped the blood on her pants. She saw Chris. "What are you doing?" Chris yelled angrily. "Dad, we were just talking..." Chris looked at Marli. "You! Leave! Joey inside!" Joey could tell that Chris made her even more angry. "Shut it Chris! You think you can boss me around? Well you cant! I can do what i want because I'm stronger than you! Smarter than you! Even better at being a Kratt!" She walked over to Chris and punched him in the stomach. Chris didnt even care the dont hit girls rule. He punched her back, and joey tried to pull him away. "Dad stop!" "I dont want to be your father! I never did!" Now it was between joey and chris.
When chris was done beating joey up, chris walked away. Joey grabbed his side, and looked at the watch grimacing. "Yea i can fix this..." Marli looked at him and held her own stomach. She walked over to Joey, her fury gone. "I'm so sorry Joey, I didnt think Chris would act that way." She hugged him. He blushed, "It's ok Marli..." Marli looked down. She cried. "Chris, what happened to you?" Joey sat next to her, wincing at the pain. "Joey, I need to go home. This isn't my home. I wish I could fix it. I don't have the original portal to use though." Joey looked at the watch. "That is not my brother." She laid her head on his shoulder and spread her wings wrapping one around Joey. "What chris said was true. He never wanted me... I was an accident. Wait, chris is your brother?" He looked at her, and heard aviva's voice. "Joey, why was your father fighting with you?" "Because he hates me." "Now dont say that joey." She patted his head, and looked at him. "Joey what is that in your hands?" Marli's wings disappeared. "it's Marli's watch. It's umm, special though." Marli got up weakly, feeling like she had lost all her energy. Aviva walked over to her. "You okay?" Marli nodded. "Both of you come inside you need your rest." Marli saw Martin and whimpered, thinking Martin was the same as Chris. "Who's this?" Martin asked Aviva. "Joey's friend." Aviva smiled, and martin grinned. "Im glad Youre making friends joey. You need them." Martin smiled, and stood up. "Im going for a walk. Care to join me aviva?" "sure." She giggled, and followed him. "Thats mom for ya." He chuckled, and walked her over to his room. "Come on, i have some tools in here." She followed him into his room. "So i guess I am Chris' sister, but not this one. My Chris is kind and will do anything for me or Martin. So, it's not like I'm your aunt. I'm not related to you." Joey got some tools from his drawer. "I'm glad Martin isn't like Chris. I mean I love my brothers, just not when they hurt me." Joey put the tools down. "Ya, i suppose. We should start this." She ran over and grabbed some tweezers. She began to take out the microchips. "Maybe, when we fix this, you could come with me. Chris would love you. He would never hurt you. Though he might get mad since I've been out. He can get pretty worried." Marli smiled at him as he began to study the microchips. "I guess. But hed be pretty weirded out he has a son. Especially when my mother is the inventor." He chuckled, and went over to his laptop. "Ah ok... I see whats wrong. Some cables were moved around." He grabbed his tweezers again, but got shocked. "Ay!" He shouted, and blowed air on his shocked hand. "Jeeze that hurt. I think we need to replace the whole microchip."