Forgotten Enemies:
By: Taralynn Wakelin
The computer monitor lit up the dark room, on the screen was a picture of two, smiling men. He leaned back in his chair and put his feet up on the desk as he starred at the picture with a look of pure disgust. He hated both men in the picture and wanted to get rid of them finally after all these years. He despised them and the way they thought they were better then him. No one, especially them was better than him, he was an evil genius and those idiots didn't see that and labelled him a bad guy…a villain! He's known the two men for along time now…years actually and neither of them knew about his dark side for a long time, which made everything that happened because of that even better for him! He got up, went to the window, and starred out into the darkness his arms behind his back as he thought about his past with the men and felt his anger grow. It was because of them he had gone into hiding, because of them he had to hide in the shadows while they paraded in his spotlight being admired by people around the world! The only good thing that came from it was that he took his time and came up with an even better plan then the one he had years earlier that they had stopped. He also was able to study the men and learn everything he could about them and their lives using the information to come up with his plan for revenge! He turned from the window, went back to his computer, and sat starring at the screen smiling. They may have stopped him once, but this time would be different…this time he would succeed!
Two Days Later:
He ran through the tall grass trying to get back to the safety of his camp before the rain that was threatening to fall came. As he ran, he'd glance up at the darkening sky pleading with it to hang on until he was inside. After running for a while he saw home in the distance and smiled to himself thinking he just might get there in time, when suddenly the clouds opened and the rain fell. He stopped running and sighed smiling shaking his head; he lifted his head to the sky and spoke out loud to the clouds.
"Really? You couldn't have waited 10 more minutes?" He decided that since he was already soaked he'd just walk back no need to hurry; he had been wrong so why not enjoy the cool rain, a nice break from the intense heat and humidity.
He made it back home and went inside where he headed for his room to change he stopped at the bathroom and grabbed a towel to dry off with before he changed. He went into his room, sat on the edge of his bed, and dried his short, brown hair first before drying his face wiping the rain out of his brown eyes. Once he was dried, he hung the towel on the back of his desk chair before he grabbed dry clothes and quickly changed enjoying the instant warmth of his dry clothing. He ran his fingers through his hair before he left the room and went to find his friends; he found them together in the control room and smiling he sat beside his best friend and older brother as he spoke.
"I almost beat the rain!"
"You should have come back with me!" His brother said smiling.
"We were out there to get info on Cheetah's, I wasn't about to let a little rain stop me!"
"So, that means you got the info?" His brother asked.
"Um…well, I…"
"You didn't get it did you?" His brother asked smiling.
"No, no I didn't!" He answered.
"So you got soaked for no reason then? That's awesome bro! Good job!" His brother said laughing as he winked one of his blue eyes at him.
"At least I didn't chicken out and run away at the first sight of a storm cloud!" He said laughing as he pushed his brother lightly. "What's the matter bro? Don't want to get your hair wet?" He teased ruffling his brother's short, blond hair, his brother pushed him away.
"Get off me you fool!" His brother said laughing.
"Alright, now that Double Trouble have been reunited I think we should decide where we're going next?"
"Go next? What are you talking about Aviva?" His brother asked.
"Yeah, we just got here!" He added.
"I agree with Martin and Chris!"
"Thanks Jimmy!" Chris said smiling.
"Since when do you care where we go?" Aviva asked crossing her arms.
"Well I usually avoid being around any kind of animal, but I just built a great, animal-free spot here to nap in and I haven't had a chance to try it out yet!" Jimmy answered.
"You built something? Is it still standing?"
"Koki, I'm hurt you don't trust my building skills!" Jimmy said.
"Sorry JZ, I…" Koki was cut off by the sound of something falling down, they all rushed to the window and saw Jimmy's nap spot laying all over the ground.
"Hey I didn't say I built it well!" Jimmy said smiling as they all laughed.
"Well…I guess we could stay here a little longer? As long as you get that info for me as soon as the storm let's up! Deal?" Aviva asked smiling.
"YES!" Both brothers said smiling as they high-fived. "Deal!" They agreed.
"Come on Chris, we should check our gear so we can head out as soon as it stop's raining!" Martin said happily.
"I'm right behind you bro! See you guys later!" Chris answered as they left the room.
Day's Later:
He paced the control room biting his nails as he impatiently waited for his stupid computer to finish its search. He ran a hand through his short, brown hair becoming more and more frustrated with each passing second. He had landed a half hour earlier and as soon as he landed, he had begun his search to find his targets hiding place. Suddenly his computer beeped, he smiled as he rushed to the monitor and typed something into it and seconds later a radar appeared and a red light flashed.
"Finally I found you!" He said out loud to the computer screen. "Now that I know where you are the fun can finally begin! You're going to regret you ever met me, I promise!"
An hour later he had decided to make contact with them, he only wished he could see their face's when they learned he had returned and he was out for revenge! He had decided to send them a voice message first, taunting them for a while before he saw them face to face! So, he sat at his computer and set up the recording before smiling he began talking, after talking for a few minute's he stopped the recording and sent it to them. Once done he got up and looked out the window, his arms folded across his chest, he smiled to himself as he thought about those insignificant insects and how he'd finally do what no one else has been able to do before…destroy them once and for all!
With The Brothers:
He hid in the tall grass watching the pride of lions sleeping in the midday sun; he smiled as he waited for Chris to return with their new lion Creature Power Discs Aviva had just finished for them. A few minute's later Chris returned, smiling he held up the discs so Martin could see them, before he tossed him one. They had just put the discs into their suits when Chris' Creature Pod sounded; he sighed as he took it out and answered.
"What's up guys?" Chris asked anxious to try out the discs.
"You guys need to come back to the Tortuga." Aviva answered.
"We will, just let us try out our new…"
"That can wait!" She said quickly cutting Martin off.
"Is everything okay?" Chris asked looking at his brother.
"We're not sure!" Aviva said.
"Okay…have you been outside too long in the sun Aviva?" Martin asked smiling.
"Very funny MK! Okay, just after Chris left with the discs Koki received a message…a voice message." Aviva explained.
"Alright…we're still not seeing the problem Aviva!" Chris said smiling too.
"The message is for you two; by some unknown man we don't recognize his voice."
"Alright, we'll be there in 15 minute's." Chris said ending the call. "Come on bro the sooner we hear this weird message, the sooner we can try out our new creature powers!"
They arrived back at the Tortuga and headed for the control room, after greeting the others, they all stood by Koki's computer as she played the message for the brothers.
"Hello Kratt brothers!" The man's voice began, both brothers froze hearing it. "It's been along time huh, it's been what…five years since we last spoke? I decided it's been too long and thought we should get together and catch up! I've come to the Savannah too, so we can and I can't wait to see my two old friends again! I'll be in touch very soon!" The call ended and both brothers had tensed up in anger, the others noticed their reaction.
"Martin? Chris? Are you two okay?" Koki asked.
"We're fine!" Martin answered.
"Who is he? What does he want?" Aviva asked concerned, judging by the brother's reaction they obviously knew the guy and had a history with him.
"He's no one! Just drop it alright?" Martin answered upset as he turned and walked to the door, Aviva spoke stopping him from leaving.
"No, it's not alright! Martin are you and Chris in trouble? Please tell us what's going on?"
"I told you we're fine! Just drop it Aviva please!" He answered.
"Where are you going?" Jimmy asked.
"For a walk! I'll be back soon!" Martin said as he left.
"Chris what is going on? You two are acting really weird!" Koki asked.
"We're fine guys really! Just drop it please?"
"Chris Kratt you tell us what's going on right now! You two aren't okay and we deserve to know what's happening, you're our friends!" Aviva demanded.
"Just drop it! It's nothing, so quit worrying! I'm going to go find Martin, I'll see you guys later!" Chris said as he left quickly.
"Chris!" Aviva called after him, but he didn't stop.
"Those two are hiding something from us!" Koki said worried.
"This guy, whoever he is knows the brothers, they have some kind of history together and judging by their reaction it isn't a good one!" Aviva said.
"What can we do? Neither of them will tell us anything!" Jimmy asked.
"Let's do a little digging into their past? There's got to be something there that can help us?" Aviva suggested.
"I'm as worried as you two, but they told us to drop it! Maybe we should wait until they tell us what's going on?" Jimmy said.
"JZ's right! What if the bro's get angry with us for snooping? We could end up pushing them away!" Koki added.
"You're both right! Okay, we'll wait for them to tell us…if they don't we do our own investigation!" Aviva agreed.
"Deal!" Jimmy and Koki said together.
Two Day's Later:
Since receiving the mysterious call, the brothers changed. They became distant, withdrawn and the other's would find them talking to each other quietly only to stop once they realized they were no longer alone. Neither would talk about it, and when questioned they'd become angry and walk away. The others were worried, afraid the brothers were in some kind of trouble. Two day's later Martin was off on another walk to cool down after another blow out with the team, the others were outside doing some routine work on the Tortuga, while Chris was going over some of the recent animal info they had gathered. He rubbed his hands over his face, he was tired he hadn't been sleeping well since they received the call. He sighed and gave up on pretending to work; since the call he had been unable to think of anything else. He looked out the window and watched Aviva, Jimmy and Koki working and felt guilty about not telling them about the guy. They were right, they did deserve to know what was going on, but to do that they'd have to tell them about one of the most painful times of their lives; and he wasn't sure he could. Martin had completely withdrawn into himself, refusing to talk to even him about it, and Chris knew it was because he still blamed himself for what happened. He went back to his chair and sat down, he leaned back and pulled up his shirt to reveal a long jagged scar that ran up his from his waist to just below his armpit. He starred at the scar; his constant reminder of the day he almost lost his life! He would never forget that day, or how Martin had saved his life, he might have the physical reminder, but Martin carried with him the emotional scars and to Chris that was worse! He was so lost in his thought's that he never noticed Aviva, Jimmy and Koki come into the room until Aviva spoke scarring him almost causing him to fall backwards in the chair to the floor.
"Chris is that a scar? What happened?" Aviva asked worried.
"Crap! Its nothing…I'm fine!" Chris said quickly covering it back up as he stood.
"It didn't look like nothing Chris! What happened?" Koki asked concerned.
"Its…it's an old scar guy's don't worry about it!" Chris answered.
"Does the scar have anything to do with this mystery guy?" Jimmy asked.
"Why can't you guy's just drop it?" Chris begged.
"Why can't you tell us what's going on?" Aviva questioned.
"Hey guy's, what's going on?" Martin asked from behind them, they all turned around.
"Nothing MK, we were just talking about the info on Cheetah's you guy's gathered yesterday!" Aviva answered smiling.
"Oh, well once you're done I spotted a herd of elephant's near here and thought Chris and I could check it out?" Martin said smiling.
"We just finished, let's go bro!" Chris said quickly.
"Really?" Martin asked unsure as he looked at each of them.
"Yeah, we're finished for now!" Aviva answered looking at Chris.
"Alright…well let's go then! See you guy's later!" Martin said as they left.
"This has gotten serious! First, this mystery guy call's making the brother's act strange, then we find Chris with a huge scar! I have a bad feeling that this isn't going to end well!" Aviva said concerned.
"What can we do? Neither of them will tell us what's going on!" Jimmy said.
"We need to get them to tell us before something bad happens to them! We can't just standby and let our friend's get hurt again!" Koki said.
"I think its time we do our own investigation into their background!" Aviva said.
"You're right Aviva, we have no choice now! Come on let's get started while they've gone exploring!" Koki said going to her computer followed by Aviva and Jimmy.
TBC…