It was a nice day. The sun shined brightly across the wide African savanna and the Kratt brother's sat on top of the Tortuga staring at the peaceful sight. They watched as the gazelle slowly ate at the grass and peaked their head up once in a while to make sure no predators lurked around. In the distance they could also see a close friend of theirs, Blur, playing with her cheetah cub. And another thing they saw was the rest of their team playing a fun game of badminton. It was a nice day.

Was.

"Hey bro?" The youngest Kratt, Chris, looked to his right to see his elder brother mesmerized by the sight in front of them. It took a minute for Martin to notice his brother said something and quickly looked to the side realizing it. He only saw that Chris looked back at the savanna. Martin didn't want to seem rude so he answered. "Yeah Chris?"

Chris continued to stare out in the open. This was a sight that nobody wanted to miss for a split seconded. A sight that could never be remade or overlooked. No, this was a once in a lifetime chance to see true peace. And Chris did not want to miss that peace. "Isn't it weird?" he asked.

Martin sighed and also glanced back at the savanna. "What's weird Chris?" He dangled his legs over the edge and leaned on his arms to keep himself up. Chris smiled. "How there hasn't been any Zack attacks or animals in need of saving."

Martin smiled at Chris. He was happy that the animals were safe from becoming stew or turning into a machine against their will. But, of course, his younger brother thought that something was up. Martin also thought it was weird. But a good weird. "Well, maybe they decided to become animal lovers." Chris stared at martin with a face that said. 'I highly doubt that.'

Martin laughed and soon he joined in. "But really bro," Chris stopped and stared back out. "What if something big is about to happen?" Martin rolled his eyes and swung his arm over Chris's shoulder. "You worry too much." Chris smirked and crossed his arms. "No I do not." He said. Martin laughed. "Yes you do." Now they both were looking back at each other.

"Do."

"Don't."

"Do."

"I do not!"

"Yes Chris, you do!"

Chris shrugged his shoulders and laid down now gazing at the sky. His hands where behind his head and he had a small smile on his face. He knew that he did tend to worry a little too much but he couldn't help it. As much as he wanted it he knew that the animals weren't going to be safe for long. Somehow the villains would always ruin it. But why weren't they ruining it now? Why was it so peaceful? Chris's mind was filled with questions that he couldn't answer. And the thing that irritates Chris the most, was not knowing the answer.

"Okay, maybe I do worry a little bit," Martin smiled ear to ear and did a little 'Ha!' knowing that he was right. "But!" Chris continued. "At least I'm….um….." he tried to think of something he could say. Martin now lay on his belly and rested his head on his hands staring at his flustered brother, and seemed to like seeing him think really hard over a dumb thing.

"MK! CK! Come down here!" Saved by the bell, or in this case, Aviva. Chris quickly slid down the side of the Tortuga and rushed over to her. Martin rolled his eyes and did the same. "What's up Aviva?" he asked once he joined his brother. She smiled while placing her hands on her hips. "We've been invited to a hotel!"

The brothers just stared at her with blank expressions. They thought it was going to be something cool, like; a new creature power disk or a new animal or something, well, interesting. The Kratt brothers and the tech team got invited to hotels all the time, and usually, just kindly turned down the offer. And as if reading their minds, or expression, Aviva continued.

"Not just any Hotel guys!" she tucked some of her hair behind her ear and walked a little closer to the pair. "This hotel is known for having two of almost every kind of endangered or rare animal and they even have a little resort near by keeping them there so they can repopulate." The brother's eyes widened.

A resort with two of almost every kind of endangered or rare animal! A resort where the animal is safe and can repopulate and, hopefully, become not endangered anymore?! This seemed too good to be true. And Chris wasn't buying it.

"So you're telling me that they have the," he thought at the top of his head of an endangered animal. "Golden Monkey?" Aviva nodded pulling a brochure out from her pocket and checking the list of the animals they have. Chris crossed his arms and continued to think. "Red Panda? Tarsier? Red Eyed Tree Frog?"

"Yes, yes and yes!" she nodded looking over the list. "Lynx? Addax? Goral?" Aviva smiled again. "Yes again."

Chris thought for a moment and smiled. He knew that they couldn't have this rare animal. He walked right in front of her and smirked. "Ligers?"

"Ye-" she stopped herself and frowned. Only Chris would know what a Liger is. "What's a Liger?" she asked but made it sounds more like a statement. "Well a Liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress. It is the largest of all known extant felines." He said, smiling. Aviva rolled her eyes. "I did say they had almost every animal and it's free! So we should go!" She looked over at Martin, who seemed to be smiling and nodding, and smirked. Then she looked back at Chris and gave him the, 'you're brother wants to go.' Look. If possible.

Chris quickly turned around and saw his brother look at him with puppy dog eyes. Chris ran his fingers threw his hair and sighed. "I guess….it would be….ok to go-" before he could finish he was hugged by both Martin and Aviva. "Yeah!" They shouted in sync. Chris sighed again. I know I'm going to regret this.

He was always the one to not want to go or not want to do that. But that was just how he was. He thought about what could happen or what would happen. But then he always found himself being talked into doing it. Either by his brother, bigger brother mined you, and his puppy dog face or Aviva and her persuasions. He always ended up doing it, and he always ended up regretting it right after. [AN: Just like me XD]

"Koki! JZ! Let's go!" Aviva cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted over at the two still playing, and by the looks of it Koki was winning. With a huge sigh of relief, Jimmy quickly jogged back to Tortuga HQ. He thanked his Lucky stars that Aviva had called him because it would be really awkward for him if he was beaten by a girl. "C-Coming!" he ran through the door and sat in his usual hovering chair. Koki laughed and soon Aviva joined in. The Kratt brothers where the only ones lost.

"Um, what's so funny?" Martin asked. The girls just looked at them and laughed more. Girls, the only thing that Martin and Chris would never understand. "Anyway," Chris walked over to their big computer. "Where is this place?" he asked. Aviva walked over to him and punched in some coordinates. After a second a map popped up and it showed where the resort was located. "The U.S?" he questioned. Aviva nodded. "Land of the free," Martin walked over and once again draped his arm across Chris. "Home of the brave." Jimmy finished his sentence and also draped his arm over Chris but on the other side.

Chris rolled his eyes as he was stuck in the middle of the two as they now started to sing the national anthem. "Okay you two go get the Tortuga ready for lift off." Chris looked back at Aviva and mouthed the words, 'Thank you.' He didn't have anything against the anthem or the U.S, it was just being between two people who either couldn't sing or didn't know all the words.

Koki sat down in front of the Tortuga and pressed different buttons, which looked the same, while Jimmy was getting ready at his station also. In a matter of minutes the mechanical, oversized turtle took off high in the air.

Chris slumped back into one of the air born chairs and crossed his arms. He still had a bad feeling about this, and he still was going along with it. He had that feeling like he was about to go on a old roller coaster that was known for breaking but got talked into it by his friends. The feeling that wouldn't go away no matter how many times you said it was going to be okay. But then he thought. Maybe he does worry too much? Maybe he's just paranoid or something? Or maybe he was right? He hoped he wasn't going to regret this.

Chris yawned and got in a comfortable position in the chair. How he could fall asleep sitting up, don't ask me. He closed his eyes.

He was in a house, a really big house might I add, and was walking around. He didn't understand much of the dream but he felt as if he was being watched and that he wasn't supposed to be wandering around. But, not being able to control his dream, Chris continued to walk about. Suddenly he came upon a door that he knew he wasn't allowed to open. But once again, it being a dream, he opened the 'Off Limits' door.

Then all of the sudden he felt as if he was falling. This falling sensation felt so….real?

Chris opened his eyes to see…THE TORTUGA CRASHING!? "WHAT!?" he yelled noticing the crew floating a little as they fell. They all were screaming, and Chris found himself screaming as well. The light flickered on and off and suddenly everything turned dark. "GRAB ONTO SOMETHING!" Martin yelled. Everyone tried to find something to hold on in the darkness of the HQ.

Chris knew something like this was going to happen. Well not entirely like this but close, and couldn't help but yell, "I KNEW SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!" they all continued to scream as they plummeted to the ground.


Martin was the first one to wake up from being unconscious. "Where are we?" he heard groaning in the background and noticed it was his friends. "You guys okay!?" he ran and checked over Aviva and Koki. "Where in one piece." Koki exclaimed while rubbing her head. "Lo que pasó?" Aviva looked around.

Then she remembered.

She couldn't believe she forgot to check the wirings of the computer, which got broken [Courtesy of Jimmy], before taking off. She sighed as she walked along the walls of the Tortuga, being landed on its side. "JZ? Chris?" she looked around again. "Where are you?" In the corner of her eye she saw slight moving and then saw a hat right next to a hand sticking out from under a shelf. "Jimmy!" she ran over to him and with the help of Martin got the shelf off of him. He rubbed his arm and then placed his cap back on.

"Where's Chris?" he asked. Martin quickly shot up. "Chris!" he yelled out. Then he heard muttering. "Chris?" he walked closer to the sound from which it came. Then he heard it again. He then saw his brother on the floor with Jimmy's T.V on his back with broken glass surrounding him. "Chris!' he pushed the television off of him.

Chris had an annoyed look on his face as he stood up and dusted himself off. He once again muttered under his breath. "What was that bro?" Martin questioned. "I said," Chris held on hand to his head and then looked at it to see blood. "I regret doing this."

The Mansion part is coming in the next chapter. Review what you think!