The crew was in Australia. A year ago, an evil shadow almost took over the world. In order to stop it, Chris Kratt had come close to dying, and he with the Wild Kratt crew(and the three villains they regularly see) got rid of the evil. Since that year, the two brothers have been practising using their powers, and the whole crew has worked to perfect their use of their rings. Life went back to normal(as normal as it could be with magical brothers and rings can get) for the Kratt family.(crew included) They were back to rescuing and studying animals like they had been for the past four years.
"So..." Martin walked up to his brother at the front computer screen, "What are we going to find today?"
"We could find some Kookaburras, Thorney Devils, or Lyrebirds," Chris stated excitedly as he brought them up on screen.
"I've always liked Koalas," Koki said as it showed up on the computer, "We never explored them enough."
"Hey, guys!" Aviva shouted out at the whole crew, "Look at this!"
On the screen there was a mouse looking creature. It had rabbit-like ears and seemed to be about the size of one too.
"Oh, yeah!" Martin stated happily as he looked at it, "Let's find one of those, bro."
"Yeah," Chris replied when he glanced at the animal, "Let's go find some Bilbies!"
"Bil-what now?" Jimmy asked from his chair by the teleporter.
"A Bilby," Martin answered back.
"They're little mouse-like marsupials that live here in Australia," Chris continued for his older brother.
"Yep," Martin proceeded only to get interrupted by the ladies of the crew.
"Aw..." They said together, "They're kinda cute!"
"Girls..." Jimmy rolled his eyes at their display as the two Kratt siblings laughed.
"Okay," Aviva turned back to glare at Jimmy who gulped before she turned back, "Let's find some of these."
"Yeah," Koki announced as she found more info and where they mostly lived, "Let's find some. I'll send you the location after you leave."
The brothers jumped up eagerly as they ran out the door. Before the crew could even say anything else, Chris ran back inside.
"Forgot to grab my backpack," he shrugged his shoulders when his girlfriend rolled her eyes. She loved him, but sometimes Chris was as bad as a child when he got excited over animals.
Chris rushed into his room and began to rummage for the items he knew he would need. Getting the supplies all in his brown backpack, he was about to leave when his tablet by his bed turned on. The song Billionaire by Bruno Mars came up, and Chris rolled his eyes as a confused expression fell onto his face as he knew who the caller was. Who else's song would he have set for that song?
It was Zach.
Before either could speak, Martin knocked on Chris' door. The brunette stood up and went near the door as Martin asked if he was ready to go yet.
"Guys!" The guy yelled out of his bedroom to the others and he answered the tablet telekinetically, "I'll be out there in a minute! I just need to grab some of my equipment first. Got to make sure I have everything."
Martin's shout was from right outside his door, "Are you organizing your stuff again? Because if you are..."
"I know." The brunette shouted back as he rolled eyes while smirking before mocking the other in Martin's voice in a friendly way when the blond stated, "That may take a few hours and we'll never get to see one of the few bilbies that are left in the wild. And-Don't be mocking me, little brother."
"I'll be out in a few," Chris said loudly as he picked up some random items that had been on his shelf and made noise with them. "And then we can go adventuring!"
"Okay," Aviva's voice joined in from the other side of the door, "But you do have powers, remember? I'm not saying to rely on them all the time, but you could just teleport something that you forget to bring."
"I know," he answered as he once again rolled his eyes, "I'll be out in a little."
His girlfriend sighed and with a quiet, "Guys..." left. Chris listened until he was sure that both of them were gone before turning back to the screen.
This time, it was the ebony-haired man who spoke first, "You weren't kidding when you said they were overbearing at times!"
"Haha," Chris stated sarcastically before sitting on his bed. His brown backpack was sitting completely prepared right next to him where he had put it a minute ago, "That's just because they care."
Zach seemed ready to ask something else about that when the brunette distracted him from that topic as he continued, "Not that I'm complaining or anything...but why are you calling me, Zach?"
"Well," Zach hesitated before speaking up, "I need your help."
Instantly Chris bolted up from his bed and gave the pale man his full attention. He began to calmly speak hoping that nothing was wrong, "What's wrong, Zach?"
"I hate to say it," Zach paused before stroking his goatee in thought, "But there's a greater genius out there than me."
"What?" Chris raised an eyebrow in confusion because why would Zach tell him something like that if it wasn't serious, "I know I told you that I would help if you need it, but I'm going to need some more info than that."
"Well," Zach frowned as he glanced to the side somewhere offscreen. "He's worse than me. And he's worse than that shadowy thingy that we fought a year ago. He's sadistic."
Chris' face drained of all color until it was the same shade as Zach's, "What do you mean? Who? Where are they?"
"I'll tell you later," Zach stated as Chris heard footsteps coming on the other side of his door, "Met me at the forest in ten minutes. I assume with your powers you could get there fairly quickly."
"Yeah," Chris said with a glance to the side, and the door began to open. Chris suddenly cut off their connection so his tablet went black. Martin came into the room and glanced around the room.
"Who were you talking to?"
"Just myself," Chris smiled at his brother before grabbing his backpack and running out of his room, "Come on, Martin!"
Martin took one last look at the tablet by his brother's bed before he sprinted after his brother. He would eventually find out what that was about.
When they had some distance between them and the Tortuga, the two stopped to take a breather and find out where they needed to go. Koki soon called them up, "Hey, guys! It looks like if you go a few miles west of here, you should find some bilbies."
"Thanks, Koki," Martin stated with a grin.
"You guys be careful," Aviva said in the background, "I need more info if you guys want to try out these Bilby power disks."
"Awesome, Iva," Chris declared cheerfully, "Oh, by the way, Martin and I are splitting up."
"We are?" When Chris just raised his eyebrow, Martin's eyes widened before he smiled, "I mean, we are."
"Yeah," Chris continued to explain, "Whoever finds one first wins!"
With that, the younger of the two took off. Martin smirked as he looked back at the team, "Wait...Wins what?"
By that time, Chris was already gone.
"I better start," Martin chuckled as he started walking, "Or Chris is going to find it way before I do."
The crew just voiced their opinions by laughing as the Creature Pod call was ended.
So there's the first chapter! By the way, this story takes place after my other story Powered. If you haven't read that, you might want to so that you can understand everything said here!
Thanks a ton!
~Angelicat2~
