Reunited:

By: Taralynn Wakelin

The Savannah was quiet, the humidity so thick you felt like you'd suffocate, the heat intense. He hid beneath a tree for shade, his short, blond hair wet with sweat, as he scanned the horizon again for the 10th time in an hour. Still seeing nothing he put his binoculars away and wiped the sweat out of his blue eyes. He'd been waiting for over an hour for his best friend and younger brother to get him after his jeep broke down. He had called in and his brother had told him he'd be there in 20 minute's. He heard the sound of another jeep coming so he took out his binoculars and saw it was him. He put his things in his pack and got up, he went to where his jeep sat as his brother pulled up he spoke.

"Did you get lost bro?" He asked putting his pack in the jeep before his brother got out and they hooked the jeeps together. "Well?"

"Umm…I kind of got sidetracked!" His brother said as they got back into the jeep, he wiped the sweat out of his brown eyes, before he ran a hand through his short, brown hair he looked guilty. "I'm so sorry!"

"Sidetracked? With what?" He asked as his brother started the jeep and they headed back. "It better have been worth it to keep me stranded in this heat!"

"It was! I found a pride of lion's, and there was a battle between two male's for leader! It was awesome!" He answered smiling.

"Great! Just my luck to get stranded and miss it! You're lucky, that was a good reason! I would have done the same thing!" He said as they pulled up to their camp.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you Aviva's been checking out the equipment, vehicle's included and she's going to be furious that you crashed the Createrra again!" His brother said.

"Uh…not this time bro!" He answered smiling as he looked at his brother.

"What? Why?" His brother asked confused.

"Don't you remember? You were the one driving when we crashed this time?"

"No…it was…crap!" He said remembering. "Do you think we have time to…" He was cut off by an angry female voice, both brother's looked at each other.

"MARTIN AND CHRIS KRATT WHERE ARE YOU TWO?"

"My guess would be no! Come on let's unhook the jeeps and go check out that pride of lion's huh?" He said smiling.

"I like your idea! Come on!"

A Week Later:

The large, grey jet flew quietly through the sky despite its size. Inside a tall, powerful looking man with black hair and green eye's stood starring at a large computer screen that almost covered an entire wall. He typed something on the keyboard and seconds later a radar image appeared, it beeped signalling they were getting closer to their destination. He smiled at the image before he left the room and walked down the hall, minutes later he arrived at a door, he knocked before someone told him to come in, he went in smiling. The room looked like any other teenage girl's room, its owner sat on her bed reading a magazine she smiled at him before she spoke excitedly.

"Are we there?" She asked excitement in her big, blue eyes.

"Soon, very soon!" He answered his 15 year old daughter.

"That's what you said two hour's ago!" She complained flopping back onto her pillow, her long, blond hair falling into her face.

"This time I really mean it Abigail!"

"Dad you know I hate it when you call me that!" She said sitting up.

"Well that is your name isn't it?" He answered.

"Yeah, but no one except you call's me that!"

"What would you rather I call you then?" He asked.

"Abby!"

"Alright Abby, get ready we're landing in the African Savannah in a half hour!" He said.

"I'm so excited! Thank you for bringing me on your Safari dad!"

"You're welcome, I'll see you when we land." He said leaving. He went back to the control room and saw his head guy waiting for him smiling he greeted him.

"Is everything ready to go when we land?"

"Yes sir Mr. Stone! The gear's been checked and so have the vehicles."

"Very good Carter!"

"Sir what are your plan's for the brat when we land?" Carter asked his voice thick with a British accent, he was tall, muscular, and had many tattoo's. "Do we even need her?"

"Of course we do you idiot! She's going to be how we exterminate those insects once and for all!" Stone said smiling evilly.

"How are we going to do that? She think's we're on some damn trip to have fun!" Carter asked. "She think's we're here to see some damn animals!"

"That's right Carter! She think's daddy is taking her on Safari, but I'm really on a hunt…a hunt for Wild Kratt's!"

Meanwhile:

The midday sun shone brightly, a gentle breeze broke through the heat and humidity giving the animals and Wild Kratt's team a much needed break. Martin stood outside the Tortuga wearing his Creature Power suit waiting for Chris so they could go exploring. A few minute's later Chris came out dressed in his suit and they put their packs into the Createrra before with Chris driving they left. They drove around for awhile before they spotted some Hyena's sleeping in some shade outside their den and decided to try out their Hyena powers. They parked and got out before they began to creep towards the den unaware they were being followed until as they were about to activate a noise came from behind them. They looked at each other before quickly turning around to find five, large men standing there, the brother's looked at each other again before back to the men.

"Who are you?" Chris asked as the men surrounded them.

"Do I smell…fear from the almighty Wild Kratt's?" The largest man mocked.

"It must be coming from you five…along with other smells!" Martin said.

"Ooh mate's we have a comedian here!"

"Wow! That's impressive!" Martin said smiling.

"What?" The man asked.

"Someone taught this gorilla how to talk!" Martin said, but quickly regretted it when he was punched in the stomach and went to his knees.

"Martin!" Chris yelled rushing to him. "What the hell do you want?"

"We don't want anything!" The man said smiling.

"But I do!" Came a voice from behind the men, they moved and an older man walked up to them. "Ah, the famous Wild Ratt's!"

"It's Wild Kratt's!" Chris said angrily helping Martin to stand.

"I'm sorry, did Carter here let his fist's do the talking again?"

"Yeah as a matter of fact he did! I think he rearranged my insides with his gorilla paws!" Martin said angrily.

"Carter, that wasn't very nice! Try again!" The man scolded mocking them.

"With pleasure Mr. Stone!" Carter said as smiling he punched Martin again in the face splitting his lip as he fell. "Was that better sir?"

"I think you better apologize to the other one for hurting his big brother!" Stone teased as Carter went up to Chris who knelt by Martin and pulled him to his feet before smiling he punched Chris in the face too, Martin became furious and yelled at Carter.

"Leave him alone!" Martin yelled getting to his feet, he rushed to Carter and pushed him back. "You want a fight, then fight me!" Martin taunted.

"Carter that's enough!" Stone said coming up to Martin. "Such a strong spirit! I can see why she did it!" He said starring at Martin with disgust.

"What? She who?" Martin demanded confused. "I think you have the wrong people!"

"Daddy?" Came a child's scared voice from behind them.

"Abby? I told you to wait in the jeep!" Stone said angrily as they all looked at her, before Stone turned back to Martin. "Oh, no Wild Ratt, I have the right people! We will be back to finish our little discussion!" Stone said upset. "Boy's let's go!"

"Who was that?" Abby asked as they began to leave.

"No one!" Stone answered as he looked back once more before they got into their jeep's and drove away.

Once gone Martin helped Chris to his feet, he wiped at his lip while Chris touched his eye wincing knowing he was going to have a black eye, Martin spoke.

"How's your eye?" Martin asked.

"I'm going to have a nice shiner for a few days! How's your lip and insides?" Chris asked smiling at his brother.

"Don't make me smile…it hurt's!" Martin answered. "Thanks to that Ape-man my insides feel like they've been turned to mush, and my lip is going to probably need a couple stitches!"

"What the hell did Stone mean when he said he knows why she did it? Whose she and what did she do to make him attack us?" Chris asked.

"I have no idea! I think what make's this worse is the fact that he brought along his kid to see his thug's attack us!" Martin said angrily.

"What kind of person does that?" Chris agreed, just as angry.

"I don't know Chris, but let's get back to the Tortuga I've had enough excitement for one day!" Martin said.

"I'm with you bro, you drive my eye is still blurry." Chris said as they left.

With Stone:

After leaving the brother's Stone and his men went back to their jet, Abby had tried to find out what happened and who the two men were on the way back, but her father had told her to stop and leave it alone. Once aboard the jet Stone took Abby to her room and told her to stay there he was angry and she couldn't understand why she spoke.

"Dad why do I have to stay in my room? Does it have anything to do with those two guy's?" She asked.

"I'm your father that's why damnit! Those two men are insects that I will get rid of and you're to stay here out of my way! I have business to take care of so just stay here!" Stone said angrily as he left slamming the door closed on his way out.

Stone went to the control room and found Carter waiting, he sat in his chair as Carter brought him a glass of rum and coke before Carter spoke, neither of them knew Abby was hiding outside the door listening to everything they said.

"Sir, I told you not to bring her with us today! We had them right where we wanted them, and she ruined everything!" Carter said upset.

"Carter let me remind you that everything that happens does for one reason…because I let it! Those Wild Kratt's will pay for what they did and I promise you I will make them suffer!" Stone said smiling.

"Sir…maybe you do have the wrong people? Neither of them knew who you were or who you were talking about!" Carter suggested.

"Carter how long have you been with me?" Stone asked taking a drink.

"At least 20 year's sir, why?"

"When have you ever known me to be wrong?"

"Never!" Carter answered smiling.

"So, why would I be now? I've known who it was from the beginning and now years later I finally am going to get my revenge!"

"I didn't know you had loved…" Stone cut him off angrily.

"This has nothing to do with love! I never did love her, this is because he tried to take what was mine!" Stone yelled standing. "I know how many time's those insect's have stopped people like me, how they ruined so many plan's! And when I finally do what none of them have been able to do…I will be a hero, no a GOD! They'll worship me and do whatever I say, I will have a legion of evil minion's!" Stone said smiling.

"What's our next move?" Carter asked smiling.

"We find their little ship and attack!" Stone said smiling.

After hearing her father's word's Abby snuck back to her room, she sat on her bed confused she had never heard her father talk like that. The more she thought about it the more confused she became, her father hated…no despised those two men and wanted to get rid of them, but why? She needed to find out who those guy's were, but how? She couldn't ask her father, and Carter was out of the question too…so how could she find out who they were? She got up and began to pace, as she did she saw her laptop and stopped, she took it off her desk and sat on her bed as she turned it on. She went to type in their names, but couldn't remember what he had called them, the only thing she could remember was Wild! So, she typed it in and tried other words until she suddenly remembered their name. After typing it in she wasn't sure if she'd find anything, and was surprised to see the many article's done about them. She spent two hour's reading some of them learning all about them realizing that they weren't evil like her father had said. She was even more confused now than ever and she decided to do her own search to find the brother's and hopefully find out what was going on!

A Week Later:

A week later after their run in with Stone, both brother's had healed and had no more problem's with him. They went about their lives, none of the team knew they were being watched by Abby who everyday for that week had snuck out and watched them; especially the brother's. She couldn't understand it, but she was drawn to them, they liked everything she did; especially nature! All her life she was raised by her father, her mom died in a car accident when she was three week's old. Her dad was a very, very rich man who bought her whatever she wanted, but the one thing she wanted money could never buy…his love! All her life that was the one thing she's always wanted, but never got from him, sometimes to her it seemed like he forgot he even had a daughter. The more time she spent following them the more she realized she needed to do more research on them to find out everything she could before she confronted her father. At night when she returned from following the brother's she'd sit in her room and look up whatever she could on them. Not satisfied with what she found she decided to do a little snooping in her father's room. So, one day she waited until her father left with Carter then she snuck into his room. She wasn't sure where to start looking until she saw her father's laptop, so she quickly snuck back to her room and grabbed a USB drive and returned to his room and copied everything from his computer onto the drive. Just as it finished she heard her father return so she grabbed the drive making sure everything looked the same and snuck out. She was at the end of the hall when Carter found her, he stopped her and spoke.

"What are you doing down here?" He asked towering over her.

"I was looking for my father! Have you seen him?" She lied.

"He's in the control room."

"Great! Thanks Carter!" She said turning to leave.

"Wait!" Carter said she froze thinking he saw the drive and knew what it was.

"What?" She asked trying to stay calm as she turned.

"What's that in your hand?"

"Oh…this?" She said holding up the drive.

"Yeah, that! What is it? Some kind of video game?" Carter asked taking it from her.

"No, actually…its for listening to music!" She lied smiling, glad he was as dumb as he was strong. "You can borrow it if…"

"Nah, that bloody technology crap ain't for this bloke!" Carter said cutting her off as he gave the drive back to her. "Get out of here!" Carter said as she turned and left.

She went around the corner and stopped, she peeked her head back around the wall and saw Carter go into her father's room to check if anything had been touched. She quickly went to her room and hoped there would be something useful on the drive.

With The Brother's:

Despite not having anymore run-in's with Stone, Martin felt like he should know what was going on, it was like an itch that you couldn't quite reach. The one thing he did know was that they had never seen Stone before until that attack on Chris and him. He paced the empty control room for the 100th time trying to find the answer's to his many questions. The big question he needed to get an answer to was who the she was Stone spoke about; it was because of her that they almost got their asses kicked. He was so lost in his thought's he never noticed Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy standing in the doorway watching him, all three were worried Jimmy spoke about his concern.

"He's been doing that for a long time! Maybe we should tell Chris?"

"Tell Chris what?" Chris asked from behind them, none of them had heard him join them, they looked at him before Aviva pointed at Martin Chris looked into the room.

"How long has he been like that?" Chris asked.

"At least an hour!" Koki answered. "Is he okay?"

"I don't know! Why don't you guy's go find something to do okay? I think its time for a 'Kratt brother intervention'!" Chris said sighing as they left.

He went into the room and stood in front of Martin, his brother never acknowledged him and continued walking towards him realizing he wasn't stopping Chris spoke.

"Whoa Martin!" Chris said backing up holding up his hands.

"What?" Martin said coming out of his thoughts, he looked up and saw Chris. "Sorry bro, when did you get here?" Martin asked stopping before they collided.

"I know something's wrong! So, why don't we save time and you tell me the truth, instead of some crap about you being fine!" Chris said smiling.

"Okay…its this whole Stone thing!" Martin said sitting.

"What about it?" Chris asked sitting beside him.

"Well for starters why the hell did he attack us? How did he even know where we were?" Martin asked frustrated.

"He must have tracked us!"

"See! That's what I mean! We've never met the guy before and the first time we do its after his thug's hit us! Then he brings up this mystery girl, who did something to piss him off at us! There's too many question's Chris, and not enough answer's!" Martin said.

"There has to be answer's somewhere! We just need to do what we do best and figure it out!" Chris said smiling as he patted Martin on the back.

"Yeah, well we normally know who the bad guy we're facing is!"

"Then we start there! Come on Martin where's that 'Martin Kratt never give up attitude'?" Chris said trying to encourage his brother.

"You're right Chris! Come on let's see what we can find out about our new friend huh?"

"That's more like it! Come on!" Chris said smiling.

TBC…