Here's a sequel to me and Pink's first story, The Wild Fans. Pink Wildfire shares this story with me, and I hope you all enjoy it! R&R!
It was a hot summer day in the African Savanna, and only a little wind blew through the tall grass.
A few antelope grazed slowly, and giraffes also ate from tree nearby.
It overall was a very peaceful atmosphere- until, and cheetah came into the picture. The cheetah quickly pounced out of the high grass, chasing after an antelope immediately.
Nearby this scene that played out, Christopher Kratt and Misty Castwell lay on the grass, watching closely with binoculars.
"Wow! Watch them go!" Chris said smiling.
"I know! I wonder which will win the prey game!" Misty said.
Misty was a newer addition to the Kratt team, and was wearing the pink creature power vest Aviva had made her. She also had long straight brown hair, and rich brown eyes.
The Tortuga was close behind them, grounded for the moment, as Koki and Aviva worked on the little engine problems they'd been having.
Jimmy was inside the Tortuga watching Little Howler, as Laura was looking for something in her room, and Martin was fixing lunch.
Misty watched as the cheetah won the prey game as it tackled the antelope. "Huh, looks like the cheetah won this round." Misty said with interest.
Chris nodded his head. "Oh yeah, cheetahs are the fastest land mammal on the planet. Nothing can beat a cheetah in speed." Chris explained.
Misty smirked. "You 'betcha Chris. Cheetahs are beautiful creatures. Check out the fur and the spots! It makes it easier for camouflage so the prey won't know the cheetah's there in the tall, dread grass."
Chris blinked but smiled as he was impressed with Misty's ability to learn the animals. "Great job Misty." He praised her.
Misty grinned. "Eh what can I say, I love animals."
Laura, another new member of the Kratt Team, walked out of the Tortuga, stretching. She had long blond hair, that she kept in a ponytail, and very sharp dark blue eyes.
Laura carried a notebook with her as she came down the gang plank of the Tortuga, and into the grass.
Jimmy's shouting voice suddenly could be heard, and Laura swung around to face the Tortuga, realizing she left the door open, and Little Howler was racing out.
Little Howler ran in between Laura's legs, causing her to fall over, and he ran all the way over to Misty, giving a somewhat yelp of happiness.
Misty was soon pounced on by Little Howler as he began to lick Misty's face with his tongue.
"Whoa!" she cried out and she laughed as LH was licking her face. "Down boy, easy. What's gotten into you today, huh?" She asked playfully as she continued to laugh.
Chris saw this and laughed as he was amused. Little Howler got off of Misty and wagged his tail back and forth vigorously. Misty smiled, and knelt down to his level. Though this time, Little Howler wasn't so little anymore. He grew in size, and his discipline was great.
"I don't think we should call him Little Howler anymore." Chris said when he watched Misty pet Little Howler behind the ear.
Misty laughed. "You're right Chris. LH isn't so little anymore. Maybe we should call him just plain old Howler?" She offered.
Chris shrugged his shoulders. "Well, it's up to Little Howler." Chris said with a smile.
Little Howler seemed to grin, and he gave a long howl in agreement.
Laura got up, a bit wobbly, "His name should be Bulldozer... he knocked me over in five seconds flat..." She said laughing as she went over to a tree and climbed up it, holding her notebook close to herself.
Once she got to the top of the tree, she sighed and laid back, opening the notebook.
The notebook she held was leather, and had a brass lock. In the notebook, she had a series of pictures, documents, and all sorts of other stuff. She used it to study animals, and to write about many other things.
She actually, had had the journal since she was a little girl, mainly because it once belonged to her mother.
At the moment, Laura was not documenting about animals, she was drawing a picture of Misty and Chris, and thinking about putting Howler in the picture too.
Misty continued to pet Howler on the head and looked up at Chris. "So, is it lunch time yet?" She asked as she heard her stomach rumble.
Chris laughed and leaned in to kiss Misty on the forehead, in return she blushed. "I hope so because I'm getting kind of hungry myself. Want to help me make some sandwiches?" He asked curiously.
Misty shrugged her shoulders. "Sure." She agreed.
Howler howled and ran around both Chris and Misty, not wanting them to go inside. He wanted someone to play with him. Misty placed her hand on her hip and she watched Howler run around in circles.
"You really are energetic today, aren't you Howler?" Misty asked with a grin.
Laura smiled down at all of them, "I can play with him... he's seems to want attention..."
Howler blinked and huffed, wanting Misty to play with him, not Laura.
Laura rolled her eyes and slid down the tree, "C'mon boy, I'll give you treats?"
Howler thought about, but then scratched his head, and followed Chris and Misty inside.
Laura put her hands on her hips and laughed, "Alright, be that way..."
Misty and Chris went to the mini fridge that was in the control room with Howler right at Misty's heals. She held the door open so Chris could reach in to grab whatever meat was in there that would be great for a sandwich. He also grabbed lettuce, tomato, onion, and cheese just in case. When Chris had all the ingredients for the inside of the sandwich, he realized he needed some bread. He scratched his head and pondered where the bread was. Soon Martin came over and showed him the loaf of bread in his hands.
"You need this bro?" he asked with a smile as he had crumbs all over his face.
Misty laughed when she saw the crumbs. "Uh Martin, you know you have uh..." Misty used a circular motion around her mouth to indicate that Martin had crumbs.
Chris grabbed the loaf of bread from Martin. "You have crumbs around your mouth dude." Chris said casually.
Martin blinked and then noticed he did have crumbs on his mouth. He laughed and licked his lips free of the crumbs.
"So, see anything interesting happen out there today guys?" Martin wondered with a grin.
Misty nodded her head. "Uh-huh. We saw a cheetah chase down an antelope earlier. That was so cool." Misty said excitedly.
Martin froze, and smiled, "Aw darn... can't believe I missed that for a sandwich... oh well... maybe I can watch another prey game later..." and he went over to the fridge, searching for something else.
Misty blinked, "You still hungry?"
Martin nodded, "Well, after watching lionesses hunt most of the night because Chris begged me-"
"I did not beg you..." Chris said not even looking up at his brother.
"Anyway, I totally missed dinner and we all just went to bed afterwards, so, yes, I am still hungry..." And he kept looking around for something to eat in the fridge.
Martin finally found something that interested him, "Aha! Hot dogs!" He took out the hot dog pack.
Howler aw the hot dogs, and ran up, snatching it away from Martin and making a run for it.
Martin was left blinking, "-Or not..." Chris and Misty laughed.
Misty whistled and patted her hands on her legs. "Howler, come here boy. Those hot dogs belong to Martin." Misty instructed sweetly.
Howler was just about to lay down in the corner of the room with the hot dogs, but his ears twitched when he heard Misty call to him. He got up and with the hotdogs still in the plastic wrap, he went over to Misty and sat down near her feet. Misty smiled and knelt down to eye-level. She reached her hand at the bottom of the hot dogs and said somewhat seriously, "Drop, Howler."
Howler growled in disappointment, but he dropped the hot dog pack in Misty's hand.
Martin blinked when he heard Misty call him Howler instead of little howler. "I thought his nickname was Little Howler?"
"Um... Martin," Chris started laughing, "Haven't you noticed he's not 'little' anymore?"
Martin blinked, and laughed as well, "Well, I guess you have a point there..."
Misty tossed Martin the hot dogs, and Martin caught them, "Here ya are Marty!"
Martin's smile disappeared quite quickly, "You can nickname Howler as much as you want, but that doesn't go for me too..."
"Oops sorry..." Misty said laughing nervously.
Martin shook it off, "It's okay... has anyone seen Laura by the way?" he said, looking around as he looked in the cupboard for something to cook the hotdogs in.
"Last time I saw her, she was outside in the tree with her journal. I'm sure she's still there." Misty observed as she watched Chris cut up the lettuce for his sandwich.
"Hmm, so that's where she is? I should probably go say hi or something... after I eat my hot dogs." Martin said with a grin as he spotted a microwave.
Misty nodded. "I'm sure she'll be glad to see ya Martin." She said happily as she now saw Chris placing mustard onto his sandwich.
Misty stuck out her tongue when she saw the mustard. "Yuck, mustard." She said grossed out.
Chris blinked, "You don't like mustard?"
Misty shook her head, and turned away like it was the grossest thing, "I hate it..."
Chris smiled, and laughed, "Well, I personally love it..." and he put a little more mustard on his sandwich, before putting on the top slice of bread, and biting into it.
Misty faked a gag, then laughed and went back to working on her own sandwich.
Laura sat in the tree drawing. Unknown to her friends, she could see them all perfectly through the window in the Tortuga.
She went about, drawing a few things here and there, and pretty soon she had a finished picture of Misty and Chris, "Misty will love this!" she said with satisfaction.
She suddenly heard a hoarse caw of a bird behind her, and gasped to see a vulture sitting next to her, "Gah! I'm not dead so shoo!" she said slowly, as the vulture almost seemed to glare at her.
"I was here first!" Laura said, and settled back more into the tree. The vulture simply pecked her on the head, and cawed again, "HEY! Ow!" she slid off the tree and took her notebook with her grumbling, "How come barely any animals like me..."
Laura went inside the Tortuga and saw Chris, Misty, and Martin in the control room eating lunch. Misty was just finishing making her sandwich when Chris was done with his. Martin just finished cooking his hotdogs and smiled with delight. She placed a hand on her hip.
"So, you decide to have lunch without me, huh? I so see how that is." Laura said playfully with a giggle.
"Laura! You want half of my sandwich? It's a ham sandwich." Misty offered happily.
Laura shook her head and waved her hand in the air. "No thanks, I'll make my own. Oh, but before I do... Misty, you gotta see the picture that I drew!" Laura said excitedly as she went up to Misty's side and flipped to the page where it had Misty and Chris on it.
Misty smiled and awed, and quickly took the notebook from Laura looking at it, "I love it! How on earth did you draw this? It looks amazing!"
Chris leaned over and looked at the notebook, he smiled at first, then reached his hand up to his hair, "Do my bangs really look that much like Elvis's?"
"Yep..." Martin said laughing from behind the counter.
Chris growled, and picked up the bread and threw it at Martin's head. It hit Martin, not leaving much of an effect, though, it did land on his hotdogs smearing the toppings, "Hey!" Martin said with a slight pout.
Misty held in a laugh, and reached up touching Chris's hair, "You look fine..."
Chris smiled and kissed Misty's cheek, and stood up from his chair, "Well, I'm going back out... Martin, wanna come with this time?"
Martin shook his head, "I have to re-top all my hotdogs you messed up..." he said with a slight growl and chuckle.
Chris shrugged and said casually, "Eh, suit yourself. You coming Misty?"
Misty nodded in agreement and followed Chris outside. Laura went over to Martin and said, "You know, those two really do look cute together."
Martin nodded. "Yeah they've been with each other ever since the quick sand episode. I think my brother is way overly protective of Misty."
Laura giggled. "Well he does have his reasons. Misty's been through so much more than I have. So it's only natural." Laura explained with a smile.
Martin shrugged. "I guess."
An awkward silence passed between the two for a moment.
"Um..." Martin started, "You want a hotdog?"
Laura shook her head, "Erm, no thank you... I already ate..."
And again another awkward silence passed between them.
"Well, I'm going back out now... I guess I'll, see you later..." Laura said picking up her notebook, starting off.
"Oh okay... see you..." Martin said with a smile. But, once Laura left the room, his smile turned into a frown. He slapped his face, "Oh nice one Martin... way to reel her in..." he never could understand why he couldn't talk to Laura easily. Yes, he knew he liked her, but, he could never find a way to express it.
Laura walked out of the Tortuga sadly sighing. She was envious of Misty honestly. She always watched Misty and Chris together, and wished the same kind of relationship happened between Martin and herself.
But, she knew it wouldn't happen soon, so, she went back to the tree she sat in before to see if the vulture had left.
"So what are we going to look for now, Chris?" Misty asked excitedly as she was eager to know.
"Well, I always seem to pick the animals. Why don't you choose this time, Misty?" Chris offered with a smile.
Misty nodded her head in agreement. "Sure okay, let me think..."
Misty began to think profoundly on the animal she wanted to see and learn about. She then smiled and snapped her fingers together. "I got it! What about lions? When Martin talked about watching a lioness hunt last night, that definitely perked my interest." She said happily.
Chris nodded his head in agreement. "All right then it's settled. Searching for a lion's pride."
"Race ya?" Misty said with a smile and dashed off ahead of Chris, in search for a lion's pride.
Chris laughed and ran off after Misty. "Hey no fair, you got a head start!" He called out after her.
"That should about do it..." said Aviva closing the hatch, and wiping the sweat from her forehead, "Let's hope the engine works now..."
"No kidding, it kept rattling like a rattlesnake..." Koki said, putting the few tools she had, away in the tool box.
Laura walked past them on her way to the tree, "Oh hey guys! You fix it yet?"
"Just did..." Aviva said with a smile.
Laura nodded, and smiled, but, unknown to her, a speck of sadness still shown in her eyes.
"Um, you alright Laura?" Koki asked blinking.
Laura's eyes wandered, and looked off to Chris and Misty, who were running and laughing in the distance.
Then, she looked back to Koki and Aviva, "O-of course!" she said, forcing a smile, quickly heading over to the tree.
Aviva and Koki looked at each other with worry, but then shrugged their shoulders. Koki looked up at Laura who was in the tree. "You know, if something is bothering you, you can tell us anything."
Laura looked over at Koki and Aviva and nodded her head in agreement. "I know, but really, I'm fine." Laura insisted.
Aviva looked at Koki and said, "Come on, let's see if the engines on the Tortuga work properly this time."
Koki nodded and said, "Okay sure,"
Aviva and Koki went inside to see if the Tortuga worked.
Chris managed to tackle Misty and knock her to the ground. Misty fell on her back and she laughed. "Darn, you got me." She said with a smile.
Chris smiled and pulled himself off of Misty, and offered her a hand. She grabbed it and pulled herself up from the grass.
Chris smiled at her, but then his gaze went pass Misty, and he smiled brightly with delight, "Look! There's a pride of lions!"
Misty swung around, "Oh cool! I wonder where the male leader is..."
Chris observed the pride, and it definitely was a large one, a group of 13 lions or so. "There's the male- and another..." he said, looking at the two very large male lions, "They must be brothers or something, male lions don't usually share prides easily..."
Misty nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's see, there's two male leaders, seven lionesses, and four cubs!"
"Wow, that's one big pride..." Chris said blinking.
Misty smiled, "Sure is..." but her smile faded when she saw the pride was near the tree where Laura sat, drawing and writing again, "Laura's a little close to them all, don't you think?"
Chris noticed Laura too, "Hm, your right, I bet she doesn't see them..."
Just as Chris said, Laura didn't notice the lion's pride until she heard growls from a nearby lion. Laura blinked and looked down. She yelped out of fright when she saw a few lionesses surround the tree she was in.
"Oh crap! Why must the animals hate me so?" Laura asked as she tried not to move.
Misty's eyes widened in shock. "Oh great, the lions must think Laura is live meat for the kill. We need to go save her!" Misty stated and she was about to run towards Laura when Chris stopped her.
"You can't Misty! You'll get hurt!" Chris insisted.
Misty growled with annoyance. "Laura is my best friend, Chris! She needs me!"
Chris nodded, "I know she does, but I can't just let you-"
Misty quickly took off, getting out of Chris's grip.
"-Just... run off..." Chris finished inhaling deeply, and chasing after her.
Laura climbed up higher as the lionesses started climbing the tree, "Down lions! Nice lions!" Laura said, shaking in fear a little as she held her notebook close.
The lioness that seemed to be in charge, hissed and snarled at Laura, trying to catch Laura with it's claws.
Laura dodged it swipe it's paw, and climbed the highest she could, "HELP!" She cried out.
"I'm coming!" Misty said as she tried to run faster.
Martin, was in the kitchen still, but once he heard Laura call out for help, he dashed out the door immediately, practically knocking over Jimmy.
"Laura!" Martin cried and he saw a huge lion's pride surround Laura's tree.
Laura kept dodging the sharp claws from the lioness and she heard Martin's voice. "Well don't just stand there, help me!" Laura said with fright.
Martin blinked and nodded. "Uh right."
He took out three lion disks and saw Chris and Misty head his way. He threw two of the disks to them. "Heads up guys! Two lion disks heading at ya!" He yelled to his brother and Misty.
Chris and Misty saw the disks come their way, and they grabbed them. Chris's disk was green while Misty's was pink. They placed them into their suits, and came up at the pride. Martin, Chris, and Misty touched a lioness and activated their suits.
"Activate Creature Power Suit!" they all cried in unison.
Before long, three different colored lights filled the area and Misty, Martin, and Chris transformed into three lions. Chris and Martin both had mains, and Misty didn't since she was a lioness.
"Okay! Time to stand our ground and show this is our territory!" Martin said, getting right next to the tree, blocking it from a few lions.
Chris nodded in agreement, as he pounced over to beside his brother, "Right!"
And at the same time, both brothers let out a strong roar. The lionesses back up a little, and the two that were in the tree, froze.
Though, soon, the two male lion came running to help their pride.
"Oh great..." Chris said with sarcasm.
Misty acted quickly, at she jumped into the tree, climbing after the lionesses that unfroze and were about to attack Laura.
While the two lionesses were distracted, Laura saw this as a chance to escape, to she quickly jumped out of the tree, landing on her feet.
She stood up straight taking a deep breath.
Misty sighed with relief seeing Laura was alright, "Guys!" she called to the brothers, "Laura's safe!"
"Good! But I can't say the same for ourselves!" Martin called over, as he was suddenly attacked by one of the males.
But, Laura wasn't exactly safe either, one lionesses had noticed her, and started after her.
Laura couldn't figure out why the lioness was after her this time, but she then realized she was next to the 4 cubs.
Laura ran as fast as she could away from the lioness, but the lioness chased after her with a roar.
Misty didn't know exactly who to save as the male lions were after both Chris and Martin, and a lioness was after Laura.
Misty began to quickly think of a plan, and just like that a plan came to her. She looked over at Laura and yelled out, "Laura!Transform into a lioness! That could convince her that you mean no harm!"
Misty jumped out of the tree and landed in front of both Chris and Martin as she stood tall and proud. Misty roared at the two lions and glared at them.
"You leave my boyfriend, and my friends alone!" Misty roared again.
The two male lions seemed somewhat impressed, but roared back at Misty. Misty was afraid by the menacing roars, but she shook her head and roared again.
"You hurt them, you have to get passed me!" Misty announced bravely with a hint of fear in her voice.
The one lion blinked, and seemed most impressed by Misty's bravery.
But, the other lion was angry, and pounced at Misty giving out a stronger roar.
Chris dove in to Misty's rescue, quickly moving her from the line of impact.
Misty then gasped as the rest of the lionesses attacked her and Martin.
Laura saw her friends in trouble, and she knew she had to act fast. She quickly turned into a lioness, and stopped with a skid, facing the lioness that had bern chasing her.
"Wait!" she called out in an authoritative tone. She knew to her friends, it sounded as if she was roaring, but, she knew to the lioness, it sounded like normal speech.
The lioness stopped dead in her tracks, but didn't stop showing her teeth, "Leave our pride! Now!" she growled.
"We will!" Laura growled right back, "Once your pride stops attacking my friends!We are of no harm!"
The lioness doubted it, but, looked back and gave another roar. The whole pride stood straight, and walked back to her. The two males walked up front and faced Laura.
Laura could now see, the one that had tried to attack Misty, was older, and much darker in fur color.
"You are not one of our kind, you smell different..." he said, with a superior voice.
Laura swallowed hard, "No, I am not. But please, we don't want any trouble..."
The younger male, who had much lighter fur, looked up at the other male, "Brother, I have a feeling she is telling the truth..."
Laura watched the pride debate, and slowly sneaked away as they all talked it over, and went over to her friends.
Misty panted as she felt exhausted from the battle and she knew that Martin and Chris felt the same way. Misty went up to Laura on all fours.
"You made them stop Laura, that's great." Misty praised with a smile.
Laura shook her head. "I hope I did, they're just debating about whether to continue the fight or leave us alone." Laura explained as she looked over her shoulders at the two male lions.
"So what should we do? Just wait to see what they say?" Misty asked.
Laura shrugged. "I guess."
With the debate coming to a conclusion, the two male lion brothers came up to Laura, Misty, Chris, and Martin.
"We apologize for the invasion. Our pride was out on a hunt, because our cubs were hungry." the younger male lion apologized.
He looked at Misty and grinned. "I was quite impressed with your bravery. Most lioness wouldn't stand up to us like that." He praised.
Then he turned to his brother. "Brother, maybe we should add to our pride?" He offered
Misty blinked and looked to Laura, "What are they saying?"
Laura blinked, and giggled, "They say your really brave, and wouldn't mind having you a member of their pride..."
Misty smiled, "Well, I'm honored... but, I guess you can tell them that I have my own pride... with you guys.." she took Chris's hand.
Laura nodded, and seemed to growl something back, "Sorry, she said no. But, we'll visit a few times I'm sure..."
The males both nodded at the same time in understanding, and started away, with the pride following.
Martin exhaled with relief. "Phew! That was close." He walked up to Laura.
"You okay?" He asked.
Laura nodded and smiled. "Yeah I am now. Uh...thanks for saving me back there."
Martin grinned. "Well, that's what we're here for." He said proudly.
Laura kept her smile and shook her head in wonder.
Misty looked at Chris and asked, "Are you all right?"
Chris nodded in agreement. "Yeah, but are you all right?" He asked.
Misty grinned. "I feel fine, especially when I'm with you."
Martin laughed, "Well, while these two are being mushy..." he motioned to Chris and Misty, "I'm going off in search of some hyenas... wanna come Laura?"
Laura smiled, and was about to say yes, when she noticed she did not have her notebook anymore, being a still a lioness. She gasped and turned back into herself, looking around frantically not to see it anywhere.
"Are you... okayLaura?" Misty asked blinking.
"Um..." Laura started, "I just lost something-... I'll meet up with you later Martin!" she said as she quickly ran back to the tree.
Martin's face showed a sign of disappointment as he slowly deactivated his suit, and stuffed his hands in his pockets, starting slowly away.
Chris saw his brother looking upset and he looked at Misty who only shrugged her shoulders.
"Martin, bro, what's wrong?" Chris asked.
Martin heard Chris and looked over at him. He sighed heavily and shook his head in dismay.
Misty then understood what this was about, and decided to let the two brothers alone.
"Uh Chris, I'll go help Laura search for the notebook." Misty said and she went over to the tree where Laura was.
When Misty was gone, Chris looked at Martin. "Come on bro, something's bothering you."
Martin looked down, "Well..."
"-Well?" Chris asked crossing his arms, waiting for his brother to answer.
"Okay, it's hard to explain, but... I can't do what you do..." Martin said finally.
Chris blinked, "What?I don't get what your trying to say?"
Martin sighed, "I'm not as good with women as you are... I have no how to make Laura... well... like me more..."
Chris's eyes widened with realization, "Oh! So that's it..." and he rubbed his chin a little, "I really can't help you with this one bro... your going have to figure it out yourself..."
Martin groaned and banged his head against the side of the Tortuga in frustration, "But I don't know what to do!"
Chris sighed, "Well, can I offer a suggestion?"
Martin nodded slowly, "Sure..."
"Ask her on a date, or tell her how you feel..."
Martin just stared and stared at his brother, "Are you crazy? It's not that easy!"
Chris blinked, "Is too, I came right out front with Misty, remember?"
"Well that's you bro, this is a totally different situation..." Martin said, crossing his arms.
Meanwhile, Laura was looking up and down for her notebook, not finding it anywhere.
"Argh!Where the heck is it?" Laura said through frustration.
Misty came over waving a little, "Need a little help?"
"Yes! Please! That notebook means a lot to me, it use to be my mother's..." Laura said looking through the tall grass near the tree.
Misty nodded, "Alright, I'll start looking..."
Chris frowned as he saw his brother upset. "Hey don't beat yourself up over this. I'm sure you two will eventually come together. It just takes time." Chris lectured as he put a smile on his face.
Martin groaned even more. "But what if... oh I don't know... I loose my chance with her? What will happen then?" Martin wondered.
Chris sighed as he felt bad for his older brother. "Martin, please you know I don't like to see you this way. Here's something Misty once told me. When you were in the hospital, and when the doctor told me that you weren't going to make it, I lost hope. I didn't know what to do at that time, but Misty said you'll pull through. I just had to believe that you would. I honestly thought I was going to loose you, but you pulled through cause everyone believed you would make it.
"Bro, believe in yourself and believe in Laura. The relationship will eventually come." Chris lectured.
Martin sighed and mumbled under his breath, "But when?"
"Um, Laura..." Misty started, looking over to her friend.
"What?" Laura asked still going through the grass.
"I found your notebook..." But, Misty's voice didn't seem very happy.
"You did?Great!" Laura ran over to her, "Where is it?"
Misty seemed to gulp, as she pointed pass the tree.
Laura looked to where she pointed and groaned, "Aw crap..."
Her notebook, was being chewed on by a male cub that seemed to be half way grown, and about the same size as Howler, just a bit bigger. This cub was dab smack in the middle of the pride.
Misty shrugged, "How are you going to get it now? The pride is more friendly with us now, but the lionesses still don't like us around the cubs..."
Laura blinked, and suddenly got a determined look on her face as she rolled up her sleeves, "I'm going in..."
Misty blinked. "Are you crazy? What if the lioness hurts you?" Misty asked with worry.
Laura grinned. "Don't worry Misty, I'll be fine. I need my notebook back." She stated seriously.
Misty shook her head. "Well I'm coming with you." Misty protested.
"All right, just stay close." Laura instructed as she soon transformed into the lioness and walked up to the pride of lions.
Misty followed Laura to the lion's pride. "I still think this is a bad idea." Misty whispered with the shake of her head.
Laura went straight over to the cub, and just stood there for a moment, waiting for the cub to notice her.
The cub really was going to town, chewing on the leather of the notebook, and Laura was glad it was just the cover, and it was still locked. So, it took the cub a little while to notice a lioness and a girl standing in front of him.
Laura sighed, and forced a smile, "Um, can I have my notebook back please?"
The cub glared and shook his head, "This thingy? No, you can't have it!It's mine now!"
Laura sighed, "But it was mine to begin with!"
"To bad... you lose you snooze, it's the rule of the jungle..." the cub said, chewing on the notebook a bit more.
"But we're not in the jungle..." Laura pointed out.
"To bad!"
Laura huffed, she was getting impatient with this little thing. She finally reached forward and grabbed the notebook in between her teeth, and yanked it away.
The cub immediately started crying, and the whole pride turned their heads to see what was going on.
Misty blinked, "I told you this was a bad idea..."
"Waaaaahhhh! The big meanie lioness took my chew toy! Waaahhhh!"
The two male lions came over to Laura and Misty, noticing that it was the same two lioness from before.
"So, you came back." said the older male lion who looked at the lioness who was Laura.
Laura nodded her head in agreement and handed Misty the notebook. "I only came back because I needed my notebook back, and your cub took it from me." Laura explained.
"She's a big meanie, that's what she is!" the cub cried out.
Misty blinked when she heard Laura talk with the two male lions. She had no idea what was going on, but she decided to stay by her side and watch.
The younger male pulled the cub over to him, "Listen, if the lioness won it back, it's fair, so it's her's..."
The cub pouted, and lay down in the grass.
Laura sighed with relief, "Thank you!"
The males both nodded, and went back to where the were sitting.
Laura looked up to Misty, "Okay, let's go back to the guys now..."
Misty looked at the cub though as she felt bad for it. She didn't know exactly what Laura was saying to the lions, but the cub seemed upset about something and wanted to cheer it up. "You go on ahead, Laura... I feel bad for the cub. I'll stay here for awhile if you don't mind."
Laura looked at her. "Oh Misty, the cub will be fine. But since I know that you love animals, I can't stop you from being near them. Just come back when you're done, oh... and can I have the notebook since you'll be staying here for awhile?" Laura pondered.
Misty nodded and handed Laura the notebook. Misty gently touched the cub, and re-activated her Creature Power Suit or CPS for short.
"Activate Creature Power Suit!" Misty called and she soon transformed into a lioness.
The cub blinked, and looked up, just staring puzzled at Misty.
Misty sighed as Laura started away, "Oh how I wish I could talk to you like Laura can... I wonder what you would say..."
Misty reached her hand out to pet the cub, but, the cub hissed and scratched her. Misty was shocked overall, no animal had ever done that to her. Ever. "Well... that's a first..."
The cub growled and strode away, hiding beside his mom. Misty wasn't going to attempt to pet the cub again, with the mom right there.
Misty sighed and gave the cub a saddened expression. "Alrighty then...," She began as she went on all fours, hoping it would ease the cub.
Misty shook her head and began to walk away from the pride, but not too far. She hoped that if she gave the cub some distance, it would let the cub and the mom come to trust her. She plopped herself down on her stomach and rested her head on her paws. She looked at the cub, but didn't move. She sighed.
"Oh how I wish I could speak animal language." Misty said mostly to herself.
The cub blinked when it watched Misty go, but she didn't go far. The cub looked up at his mother. "She's a strange one."
The mother looked at Misty. "She was the one from before. She showed courage to the two brothers." The mother replied.
Misty heard the lion cub and the mother talk, and she groaned as she desperately wanted to know what they were saying.
"How am I to make the cub happy if I don't know what they're saying? Laura, you're so darn lucky to understand what the animals say." Misty said mostly to herself.
The cub nodded, and looked to it's mom, "I don't know why... but, I'm still not so comfortable around any of those creatures..."
"I understand son... but, we'll have to deal with them all at the moment..." the mother replied.
"So why is she here?" asked the cub.
The mom shook her head. "Don't know, I'll go see. You wait here."
The lioness walked over to Misty, slowly. Misty saw the mom walk up to her and her head went up, but she didn't move.
Laura transformed into her normal self before she approached the Kratt brothers. "Hey guys. I found my notebook that I dropped. You still want to go search for those hyenas Martin?" Laura wondered.
Martin looked over at Laura and quickly forced a smile and chuckled. "Sure! Let's go before the hyenas leave."
"Uh, Laura... Where's Misty?" Chris wondered with the scratch of his head.
Laura looked back to her friend, "Oh, she's just back there trying to be friends with a cub..."
Chris's eyes widened, "A lion cub?"
"Yes, why?" Laura noticed a little fear in Chris's voice.
"No reason... I'll just stay with Misty to make sure she stays clear of danger..." Chris said starting off, "You two have fun!"
The lioness observed Misty for a few seconds, then took a deep breath, "Do you speak our language?"
Misty of course didn't, and tried to understand anyway, "I don't know what your trying to say, but, I'll try to understand..."
The lioness sighed when she heard that Misty couldn't understand her language. She walked up Misty some more and Misty just raised an eyebrow.
"She can't understand... but why is it the other one can? These creatures are too strange." The lioness said mostly with herself.
Misty got up on all fours, and watched as the lioness came face-to-face with her. The lioness smiled at Misty and began to slowly walked back to the cub. She stopped and beckoned Misty to follow with her head. Misty blinked and asked, "You, want me to follow you?"
The lioness nodded its head in agreement and so Misty smiled and followed the lioness over to the pride.
The cub watched it's mother come back with Misty, and he shook his head in protest. He didn't like these creatures, no matter what his mom said, or what anyone else said.
The lioness started showing Misty to each lion, trying to show her who was who, but, it wasn't as easy as it looked.
Misty would nod to each lion, or gently butt heads with one or two.
Finally, when the mother lioness and Misty got back to where the cub was-... the cub wasn't there.
The mother lioness growled with frustration, knowing her cub had run off, not wanting to meet Misty.
The cub, was actually near the Tortuga, walking around slowly, grumbling to himself.
"Why must these creatures be here in the first place? We were here first, so they should leave us alone." The cub answered with the shake of his head.
He noticed that the door to the Tortuga was opened and he decided to take a little peek inside. His eyes widened in amazement when he saw the inside of the Tortuga.
"Wow... what is this place?" He asked in awestruck.
The cub accidentally bumped into something, and he turned around and noticed what he bumped into. But it wasn't a what... it was a who, and that who was Howler as he woke up from his nap. He yawned and stretched, and the cub gulped as he said in some fear, "Uh-oh..."
Howler yawned again, and smacked his lips together, and slowly turned his head to see the face of a lion cub looking at him, "What the heck-?..." he blinked, and stood up, realizing the cub was not much of a cub, and about the same size as Howler.
Howler shook his head, and sniffed the cub over, "You're a lion aren't you..."
The cub nodded, still wide eyed, "What is this place? And what kind of hyena are you?"
Howler blinked, "I'm not a hyena, they're much uglier then me... and you're in the Tortuga..."
"What's a Tortuga?"
"Well, it's-" Howler started, but, suddenly Jimmy walked in the room, and scream upon seeing the cub.
"LION-LION-LION!" Jimmy shouted, terrified, as he jumped behind his chair.
The cub was startled by Jimmy's screaming, and took off running down one of the Tortuga's halls.
Laura and Martin were actually about to head off in the Createrra, when they heard the commotion coming from inside.
Laura and Martin blinked and looked over at the Tortuga in wonder. "What is going on in there?" Martin asked with a raised eyebrow.
Laura shook her head. "Don't know," She then unbuckled. "Maybe we should go check it out?" She offered as she looked at Martin.
"Aww, but what about the hyenas?" Martin said disappointingly.
Laura giggled. "They won't really go anywhere, Martin. Our friends might need us in there." Laura said as she opened the door to the Createrra and hopped out.
Martin sighed and imitated Laura. "All right, let's see what the commotion is about, but after we solve it... let's go back into searching for the hyenas." Martin said with a smile.
"Sure Martin," Laura said with the nod of her head.
Martin and Laura ran up the gang plank into the Tortuga. Honestly, they didn't see anyone, or see what the commotion was about.
But, that was only because after the cub had run off down one of the halls, Howler took after it, and Jimmy followed.
Though, the lion cub came running back, and pounced on Martin, trying to get past and out the door.
Martin yelped out of surprise as he was knocked back, out the door and down the gang plank with the cub.
Laura gasped, and ran down after them, Howler and Jimmy following close behind.
"Martin, are you okay?" Laura asked, as she knelt beside him.
Martin shook his head a little, trying to stop seeing everything dizzily, "Yeah, I'm fine..." he said finally.
The cub was about to sneak away, when, a bursting sound entered the air. Gun shots.
Howler howled but soon stopped when he was a bit too far away from the Tortuga. He soon went back to meet with Laura, Martin, and Jimmy. Laura helped pull Martin to his feet when they all heard the gun shots from in the distance.
"Oh what now?" Martin asked with disappointment.
"Gun shots? I thought we were the only humans roaming the African Savanna?" Laura pondered.
"Poachers..." Martin said with anger.
Laura gasped when she realized that Misty and Chris could be in danger. "Misty is still with that lion's pride! Those poachers might mistake Misty as an actual lion because she's still in her lion form! We need to warn her!" She said with fright.
Martin nodded and turned on his creature pod, and quickly called Chris, "Chris! Bro! Are you and Misty alright? What's happening?"
"Poachers just came out of nowhere! Me and Misty were able to deactivate ours suits, but, these people are crazy! They're shooting at everyone and everything!"
Martin's eyes widened as he pulled Laura towards the Createrra, "Where are you bro?"
"Running for my life!"
"No, whereare you?" Martin asked again.
"We're running towards the tree, hurry! They have like five jeeps and six helicopters!"
Martin nodded, "We're coming bro!" and he and Laura hopped in the Createrra.
Laura turned to Jimmy, "Jimmy, bring Howler and that cub inside the Tortuga!Quickly!"
Jimmy nodded, and obeyed orders, bringing both inside quickly and closing the door as Martin and Laura sped off.
Loud and obnoxious gun shots echoed around the African Savanna, and the wild animals scrambled around hoping not to be shot. Misty and Chris were running for awhile, trying to dodge every bullet that may come their way. Luckily none of the bullets ended up near them, but several poachers were close behind.
"Where in the world... did these... people come from!" Misty wondered as she was exhausted from all the running she's been doing.
Chris shook his head. "Don't know! But we have to keep running! C'mon Misty, we're almost to the tree!" Chris called back.
Misty was slowing down, because she was never a great runner to begin with and she felt side stitches growing inside. She cringed at the pain and fell to her knees. "I can't... run anymore Chris...!" Misty stated as she breathed heavily for oxygen.
Chris came to a halt and went back over to Misty. He grabbed her hand. "Come on Misty, don't stop now!" He urged.
Another gun shot exploded through the African Savanna, this time it was really close to Chris and Misty.
Misty shook her head in protest. "Just keep going Chris... I'll... catch up..." She said as the side stitches were really bad.
Chris's sides ached, and he breathed hard, he really didn't want to do what he was about to do, "I'm not leaving you behind with those maniacs!" and with that, he picked her up as quick as he could, and started running again.
The pride had been split, and two of the lionesses had already been shot down. The two male leaders were actually quickly coming up from behind Misty and Chris, also running for there lives.
The youngest male had the smallest cub in his mouth, as he ran quickly.
"C'mon! C'mon!" Martin groaned out loud, as he urged the Createrra to go it's fastest. The Createrra had just drove past the tree, and was now heading off to save Chris and Misty.
"What if we don't make it in time!" Laura called to Martin.
"We'll just have to hope we do!" Martin answered, looking at her for a split second, then looking back to the front.
Misty didn't like the fact that Chris was carrying her because she knew he was also tired from the running. Plus with her as more weight to carry, it just made her feel bad.
"Chris, please let me down. You don't have to carry me." Misty protested with the shake of her head.
Chris also shook his head. "I promised myself I would protect you Misty, if you got shot by those maniacs, your father would send you back to Dukes University, remember? And... I want you to stay here with me. I'll... be fine Misty." Chris instructed with a small smile.
Misty blushed a little and she smiled. Even in a dangerous situation like this, Chris could be so romantic. She was lucky to have a boyfriend like him.
Suddenly, a shot ran through the air rather close, and Misty looked back and gasped, to see the youngest male lion had been shot.
"Chris! Chris turn back!" Misty said as her eyes filled with tears.
Chris shook his head, and glimpsed back, "I can't Misty! We'll be killed!"
Tears ran down Misty's face, as she watched the eldest brother turn around and protect the body of his brother, and the cub that was still alive.
One is sad to report, that the cub and eldest male, did not live.
Misty cried onto Chris's shoulder, and Chris felt just as bad. But, there was nothing they could've done.
"There!" Laura cried out, as she stood up in her seat and pointed, "I see them!"
Martin nodded, "Sit down Laura!We don't need you falling out!"
"Oh, sorry..." Laura said sitting down, "Just hurry!"
Martin did as instructed and quickly was able to get to Misty and Chris.
"Hop in guys!" Martin yelled.
Chris was glad his brother and Laura caught up to him and Misty. Chris went to the back of the Createrra and placed Misty gently inside first. Misty was crying so hard that the two brother lions got shot. She scooted away from Chris a little and she hugged her knees and buried her face into them. Chris hoped in.
"Go Martin, go!" Chris said frantically.
Martin pressed on the acceleration pedal and left the area where the poachers were. Misty was sobbing for at least 15 minutes. It just breaks her heart to see those two lion brothers die, and the cub... that broke her heart even more. Her face was red and leaked with tears. She was too engross in her sobbing that she didn't pay any attention to anything else but the deaths of the lions.
"GAH!" Martin yelped as he quickly started dodging the fires of guns, "They're shooting at us!"
Laura looked back and eyes widened, "Oh crap! They're shooting at us from helicopters!"
Martin nodded, "Then we'll have to loss them in the canyons!" and with that he quickly did a sharp turn down another opening that went down.
It was a much bumpier path then the one they had just been on, and they were all practically bouncing up and down.
"HoLd oN!" Martin said, his voice a bit shaken up as they went down this path.
"nO kIdDiNg!" Chris said, as he hugged Misty to his chest.
Misty felt that she was being hugged by Chris and she let him hug her. There were only three things that could calm Misty down and they were: hugs, Chris, and music. She tried to calm down, but she was shaken up from the deaths that it was difficult to calm down. She tried her best however, and she managed to stop the sobbing. She felt her eyelids grow heavy from all the crying that she did, but she didn't want to sleep. Not yet. She finally looked up at Chris with her face dark red and teary-eyed. She asked, "What's going on?"
Chris heard Misty and looked down at her. "We're being shot at Misty, but don't worry we're gonna lose them in the canyons." Chris reassured her with a smile.
Misty blinked a few times out of puzzlement, but once she heard a gun shot from above, she gasped with fright and held onto Chris.
"They're CRAZY!" Misty yelled out.
"We know!"Laura called back to her friend, as she gripped to her seat as Martin pulled one to many tricks with the Createrra to lose the copters.
When they reached the bottom of the canyons, the helicopters couldn't get to them, nor shot because there wasn't much aim.
But, poachers in jeeps now followed closely behind.
"Aw, c'mon!" Chris groaned.
"Why are they even after us? We didn't do anything to them!" Misty said with the shake of her head.
"Poachers really don't care about anything or anyone but themselves." Martin explained as he gave another sharp turn to dodge a shot from the poachers.
Misty was flung out of Chris's grasp by the sharp turn and she flew out of the Createrra.
"CHRIS!" Misty yelled as she fell to the hard ground of the canyon.
The poachers saw Misty and aimed at her as she tried to get up from the fall.
Laura screamed, "MARTIN STOP!"
And Martin skidded to a stop, and turned around to see his brother dive out of the back of the Createrra, and dash for Misty.
Chris's heart pounded heavily, as he saw the poachers load their guns, and aim at his girlfriend.
Misty's arm hurt from the fall, and hardly even noticed the poachers driving quickly towards her.
Luckily, Chris got to Misty in time, and pulled them both back behind a large rock before they were killed.
Laura took a deep sigh of relief, but then realized she and Martin were still out in the open.
They both screamed a little as they ducked the fires from the guns.
"Drive Martin, drive!" Laura called out.
"But what about Chris!" Martin yelled back as they dodged yet another shot from the poachers.
"We'll be fine, bro! Just get out of here!" Chris called out from the rock they hid behind.
Martin sighed, not liking what he was going to do. He pressed the acceleration pedal and began to drive off, leaving Chris and Misty alone.
"As long as they make it out safe..." Chris said with a sigh.
Misty nodded her head in agreement. "Yeah, I agree." She paused then said, "Thanks for coming for me Chris."
Chris smiled and hugged Misty close. "I'll do anything to protect you Misty."
Misty smiled, but, her smile faded when the jeeps drove by in a hurry.
They both held their breath until they passed.
Misty stood up slowly, "Few, that was close..."
Chris wasn't as quick to stand up, "Wait... that was only four jeeps that passed... wasn't there fiv-"
"CHRIS-" Misty's scream was caught off.
Chris jumped up, and looked around frantically, not seeing Misty beside him anymore. Soon, in front of him, he saw a very tall man, who almost seemed an Australian type, who had a very long scar down the side of his face.
The man, held Misty, with his arm over her mouth, and she was struggling like crazy to get free.
"Let her go!" Chris growled.
"How much are you willing to pay?" The man chuckled evilly.
Chris's eyes narrowed, he knew poachers would do anything for money, "I'm not going to pay anything, you give her back, or there'll be trouble!"
The man laughed and snapped his fingers, two more men emerged from the jeep, they looked just as tough.
Chris gulped, knowing it wouldn't be easy for him to over power three men.
"Get 'em boys!" the man shouted, and his two goons quickly dove after Chris, knocking him out quickly.
Martin tried many times to maneuver the gun shots from the poachers, and successfully evading each one. Laura was holding on for dear life and she felt her heart hammer against her chest.
"They're not giving up until one of us is dead!" Laura proclaimed as she screamed when a bullet was bounced off the canyons walls, and missing them by several inches.
Martin saw a huge gaping crack and decided that it was the only way. He looked at Laura seriously and said, "Laura, transform into a peregrine falcon, now!"
Laura saw the gaping crack in the distance and transformed into a peregrine falcon instantly. Martin unbuckled and took out his peregrine falcon disk out, placed it in his CPS and activated it.
"Activate Creature Power Suit!" He called out, and he touched Laura on her back.
After the light show, Martin was now a peregrine falcon and he and Laura took off into the air as the Createrra fell into the gap. The gun shots continued to fire, and Martin and Laura flew over the gap, leaving the poachers no options but to turn back. Once Martin and Laura were far enough away from the poachers, they saw them turn the other direction and they both sighed out of relief.
"Man that was close." Laura said with relief as she felt her heart hammer against her chest.
"No kidding," Martin agreed as he flapped his peregrine falcon wings in the air.
The two descended to the ground and they deactivated themselves and returned back to normal. Laura sat near a large bolder and closed her eyes. "Boy, what a day." She said with the shake of her head.
"You can say that again. I wonder, where in the world did those poachers come from? It's like they came out of nowhere." Martin observed as he began to pace and think.
Laura opened her eyes and saw Martin pace back and forth as he looked to the ground with his fingers on his chin. She smiled when she watched Martin pace, but she felt exhausted from all the excitement today. She closed her eyes and said, "Martin, let's just figure it out later. They're gone and they might not come back. We deserve a break, don't you think?"
Martin stopped pacing and looked at Laura. He smiled when he saw her relaxing and walked up next to her. "All right Laura, I guess we should rest for a bit."
Laura smiled. "Shh." She shushed him.
Martin sat down next to her, and he too decided to take a nap beside her.
Misty woke up and took notice she was in a room. It was a room that seemed dimmed by a few lights, and she pondered exactly where she was.
"Where… am I?" she asked out loud.
She also noticed that she couldn't move. When she tried to sit up, she felt as if something was keeping her down. She blinked in bewilderment and she tried to break free of whatever pinned her down. "What's going on here? Chris? Chris are you here?" She called out desperately.
Amused laughter bounced off the walls and reached her ears and Misty froze right on the spot.
"Your friend is not in the room with you, girl. But, I am." Came the male voice from inside the room.
The lights from in the room turned on without warning, and Misty had to close her eyes shut as the result. After a minute, Misty opened her eyes and saw that the man was right next to her with an evil grin upon his lips. "Welcome to my laboratory my dear." He greeted.
Misty yelped out of fright when she saw the man in front of her, and hearing her scream made the man chuckle in delight. It was the same man who took her away in the canyon where he wanted money in exchange for her well being. The man began to pace.
"You know, when I saw you my dear, I had an idea." He began.
Misty felt her heart pound in her chest, but she didn't say anything as she was afraid to speak.
"You my dear would make the perfect 'henchman' so to speak. Oh working with you will be so much fun!" The man chuckled some more and he turned to Misty with the evil grin still on his face.
Misty was frightened of the man all ready as she didn't want to know what he meant by working with her and being a perfect henchman was all about, and she probably didn't want to know. She closed her eyes and said, "Please, just let me and my boyfriend go."
The man blinked but then shook his head in protest. "Boyfriend you say? Sorry, but now that you say that I can't let you go. You're going to be mine from now on, got it?" He stated seriously.
Chris groaned in pain, as he opened his eyes slowly. He noticed he was no longer in the canyon's in Africa, but, on some random river bank out in the tall grass.
Chris sat up slowly, rubbing his face, finding that he had a black eye, and blood running down from the corner of his mouth.
It wasn't just his head that hurt, it was also his legs and arms as well. Actually, one arm hurt more then everything else, and when Chris tried to pull himself up, he realized it was broken.
"M-misty?" he called out weakly, looking around, eyes feeling swollen.
Chris was honestly surprised, that no wild animal had tried to kill him, especially hippos and crocodiles, considering he was next to a river.
Chris finally noticed a sack lying near by on the ground, and wondered what it was doing there.
Every thing became clear as he realized the poachers must have knocked him out, beat him up slightly, and put him in a sack, throwing him down into the river.
But, if he was in a sack, how was he still alive? That was unknown at the moment, but, Chris was more concerned about Misty.
Chris needed to find help and fast. If Misty wasn't there with him, then something bad must have or will happen to her and soon. He can't let that happen! He hoped he had his Creature Pod on him so he could call his brother to see if he was all right. He needed all the help he could get to bringing Misty back safe in his arms.
With his arm that didn't hurt as bad, he searched his pockets for the Creature Pod and found it. He sighed in relief and took it out. The screen seemed cracked, but other than that it appeared to be in a good position to work. He pressed a button to call his brother and waited impatiently to pick up his Creature Pod.
"Come on bro, pick up pick up!" Chris begged.
Martin and Laura were taking a cat nap and Martin jumped at the sound of his Creature Pod buzzing. "Whoa! What in the-?" He asked.
Laura woke up and looked at Martin. She smiled at him as he took out his Creature Pod and pressed a button. "Martin here," He stated casually.
He saw his brother beaten up and looking pretty bad and he asked worriedly, "Chris, bro! What happened to you?"
"That doesn't matter now!What matters is that they have Misty with them!" Chris stated seriously, fear rising in his voice.
Laura gasped, "No!"
Martin looked to Laura, who's eye were filling with tears, and then back to his CP, "Bro, where are you?"
"At some river... not sure which one though..."
"We'll have Aviva track you down, don't worry bro!" Martin said standing up straight.
Chris sighed, and shook his head, "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Have Aviva track Misty instead... I can't let anything happen to her..."
Martin understood, but, he wasn't going to leave his brother alone in the wild, "Alright... but I'll still send you help bro..."
Chris sighed because he knew his brother wouldn't rest until he was safe. "All right, and don't worry I'm a bit grounded at the moment so I won't be going anywhere for a while."
Martin nodded his head in agreement and said, "See you soon bro."
And he turned off his CP.
Chris frowned and shook his head in dismay. "Misty… please be all right!"
The man had knocked Misty out and was about to start working on her until two of his henchmen from earlier came into the lab.
"Uh, pardon the interruption boss, but…" began the first henchman.
The man who stood next to Misty exposed a growl of frustration. "What is it?" He barked.
The two henchmen coward in fear at the angry tone.
"Uh, boss… umm… the two we were after got away." The second henchman reported nervously.
"Does it look like I care?"
"Uh, no sir…"
"I have what I need, now get out before I get really angry with the both of you." the boss snapped back hotly.
The two henchmen bowed in respect and quickly left the room.
"Phew, that was close." The first henchman stated with relief.
The second one nodded his head in agreement. "Note to self: Never make the boss angry." He added.
Martin had called for the Tortuga to pick up Chris, as Aviva sent them a clear signal of where Misty was.
Martin and Laura had to fly as Peregrine falcons, considering the Createrra had crashed.
As they flew, Laura couldn't help but wonder, "I was thinking, why do you think those poachers took Misty?" she flapped harder as the wind grew stronger.
Martin shook his head. "I hope they didn't but Chris was firm on the situation. If they took Misty, I bet it's not for a good reason." He said seriously as he too flapped his wings.
Laura frowned and looked ahead. "We better go save her then, before they do anything harmful to her."
"Yeah for her sake and for my brother's sake." Martin agreed.
The man worked on Misty as sounds of different machines could be heard in the lab. He grinned in evil delight at his newest creation that was coming together, but he was also surprised that none of this young lady's friends came for the rescue yet. But nonetheless, his plan of turning Misty into a robot was going accordingly well, and in a matter of minutes she won't remember any of her friends. She will only be programmed to serve him and no one else. He gave off an evil chuckle.
"Soon my pretty… very soon indeed…"