"So, these are Rook Islands. There is Sumatran tiger which we are looking for." Aviva explained at Tortuga
Both brothers sat on a steel desk and listened. Human did not have to be a detective to know, that there is a sibling rivalry among them. Of course about the girl.
Chris and Martin listened and they remembered their memories from the party arranged in honor of rediscovery Postosuchus. The celebration took place at Royal Ontario Museum in Ottawa after the closure and there were manny well known biologist, zoologists and even paleonthologists. Everyone had previously though that this kind of dinosaur had extinct at the end of Trias before 200 milions of years.
The discovery took place in northern Liberia in Sub-Saharan Africa. The discoverer was a cameraman nicknamed 'Mungo' who had been looking for cryptozoological creatures for a long time and even he had a show about this on TV. It was not easy with the discovery, in the country where is 12 years a civil war and that creature was a dominant predator capable of killing a person (local people called him Gbahali). It was one of the greatest discoveries from cloning the dog and rediscovery of the coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae).
The brothers also took part in it. And their friends also. In the scientific world of zoology their band was known as inventors and animal protectors who recently came out from university and practically always getting in the trouble.
To the celebration they came clothed formally. There played No lie by Sean Paul ft. Dua Lipa.
"Hypnotic way you move
Let me the acknowledge the way you do
And I would not lie or play you
Beam up like Scottie
It's so hypnotic, the way you move
That's why you wanted to get to you
And I would not lie or play you
It's so hypnotic"
Martin tried to play as a musician and he hoped to find a girl for dancing. Chris looked back. Jammie and Koki showed to local professors latest inventions. There were also reporters from the National Geographic. Chris stood at a freshment desk and he held a glass of wine. He noticed, that his brother already get a girl for dancing. He grinned and he thought; "Where is Av?"
The song was still playing. It was in night. He wanted to invite her for dance. It could be the beggining of a love affair. Now was already beggining a part of the song where was singed; "No li-i-e!"
Chris noticed that someone tapped his shoulder. It was Jammie.
"Chris look!" Jammie said and he pointed to the crowd. For Chris it was in the final evening as if from some romantic movie. He danced with Aviva and he kissed her.
"Chris you are here?" Aviva asked and that sentence returned both brothers from the memories.
"I'm here." Chris added and he looked out of Tortuga. Martin was already on this way to this Indonesian jungle. Rook Islands were near the island New Guinea in Indonesia. The islands had an area of 46 square kilometres. Culture of local residents was more like the Polynesian culture in mixture with aztecs from Mexico.
Both young men strugged in the jungle. Chris barely caught up his brother.
"Martin why you have been so happy lately?" Chris asked his brother when they were both looking for Sumatran tiger. Outdoors Sun shone but the leaves of the forest covered the light.
"I have a girlfriend."
"You have a girlfriend!?"
"Did you think I am gay? I'm a heterosexual like you."
"No, it was just a lot of work lately and I did not have time to think about my love life. Where is from your girlfriend?" Chris asked his brother and he noticed, that they already found some predator
"Do you remember that celebration Chris? It was that brown-haired girl I danced with. She broke up with a some guy after she found out he was selling drugs. Originally she did not want to start something with me. But I helped her calm down and then she was glad she get rid of him. And then the spark jumped." Martin explained and he smiled
Chris heard the sounds of the animal behind the bushes.
"Martin, I think something is here behind that bush." Chris added and he looked out
Both brothers went to see.They saw tied Sumatran tiger. Animal lay on the ground and whined and growled.
Discs of animal powers were ready for use but it was first necessary to free the animal. Chris remembered that it was like a semester on the university where he learned how to help wild animals tied and injured by poachers.
"Martin can you keep his head on the ground? I have to untie his legs."
Martin did what his brother said and both hoped, that it will end good. Chris barely untied the ropes before the tiger suddenly jumped on him. He looked directly to his eyes. Tiger growned and in his green eyes and the majesty of this Asian hunter was seen. Chris felt that he returned to the prehistory. Until humans and animals fought for survival. For life and death. For a moment he felt as a hunter after which jumped Smilodon. This was a job risk.
Animal turned and suddenly tiger was gone. Tiger was scared by another tiger- but it was not a tiger. It was his brother Martin who used his suit of Animal power with disc of Sumatran tiger. Chris suddenly realised that the disc was in his suit, so his suit was now also used and it was now wonder, that it scared that animal.
Martin helped his brother stand up and they both pulled discs out of their suits and putted it to the bag.
"Thank you Martin." Chris said
"We are brothers. We must help each other." Martin said "And now we have the discs."
Chris tapped his trousers and he noticed that Sumatran tiger scratched his hand.
"That wound need to be treated." Martin added when he saw blooded hand of his brother. Chris held his wound with other his hend to with pressure stop the bleeding. When tiger jumped on him he did not felt the pain, now he felt a intensive pain.
Martin noticed that Aviva sended them message from Tortuga. Martin looked at his cell phone. Message with the same subject also came to Chris. There was an incoming call on his phone. It was the call for help from Aviva. Chris had to hold a wounded hand, so the incoming call from his phone picked up his brother Martin.
"Boys, boys! Can you hear me!?"
"I can hear you and Chris also. What's going on Aviva?" Martin asked and he switched the call aloud."I don't have a lot of time Martin. Someone attacked Tortuga and they tries to kiddnap me, Koki and Jamie!""I barely with Martin saved that tiger and I wanted to return back to you." Chris added "Who attacked Tortuga?"
"I-I don't know... I only know that they has weapons and they managed to steal my inventions. I wanted to take mine suit of Animal power but I did not get it! They almost shot me!"
"Av stey there, I'm going to save you." Chris said
Incoming call suddenly ended.
Chris was already running.
"You can not Chris!" Martin tried to discourage his brother
"Why not!? They had my girlfriend and I'm not a coward." Chris said and he looked angry
"Your wounded hand!" Martin said
"I cough on a injured hand. Give me a disc. I want to show them the power of wilderness." Chris added and he ripped off one disc from his brother's hand and he put him in his green suit. And he was running like a Sumatran tiger. His green suit was in the injury area from blood. Pain added on strenght but doesn't stop Chris. Chris had planned that he binds his wound in the Tortuga.
Martin stopped and he called on him; "I understand that you love her but-"
Chris stopped running and in suit of Animal power (at a moment with power of Sumatran tiger) and he turned on his brother and said; "What you would do in my situation!? Sat with hands in lap and waited until they kill your girlfriend!? Here's also about our friends!"
Chris turned and he continued in the return journey.
He's right Martin said to himself and he also used disc of animal power. When they arrived back to Tortuga, it here looked completely different than when they left here an hour ago.
"Oh shit." Martin said when he saw a destroyed Tortuga. None of the attackers were there. From the machine smoke coming out. Brothers removed the discs and hidden them in case of emergency.
Inside was whole lab destroyed. Electrical wires were sparkling, and there was no living thing. Other discs of animal powers were stolen with Aviva's suit. Chris found a pharmacy and binded his blooded left hand.
Nearby here was a river and there was a wooden bridge over the river. It only meant they were nearby civilization. At a river were a lot of animals- dominantly herbivores. Nearby was a village and macaques were running around the village. The day is not over yet and it just started.
Chris and Martin thought, that they will find help here. The village was called Amanaki and nearby here was an ancient temple from the time when these islands belonged to Chinese empire.