Ok, finally got the second chapter done. From now on, I think it will take me a bit longer to update, but I'm trying to write as fast as it's possible, even with all my work I have to do for school.

But I really hope you are enjoying my story. And review if you want more! And thank you for the first reviews! I'm so happy you're enjoying my story and want me to go on.

Disclaimer: I do not own Wild Kratts! (But I wish I would!)

We have to go on

Martin ran through the forest. He wanted to go back and help Chris, but he knew his brother was right. Even with wolf powers, they couldn't defeat a whole pack. And they would have been killed both.

But still, he couldn't just let his brother behind, even if Chris wouldn't forgive him that he ignored his order: to save himself, so he could carry on with their mission and be with Aviva.

Martin just didn't know what to do. On one side was his brother he had to take care of, but on the other side was the crew, their feelings and their mission they devoted their lives to, so they could complete it. And if he didn't choose the crew and the mission, his brother would hate him, at least for the short rest of their lives.

At last, Martin made his decision. With a heavy heart he turned around and ran back to the Tortuga. He had to fulfil Chris' last wish and carry on living with the crew, saving creatures. His brother sacrificed himself to save him, so that at least one of them would survive to continue.

Then he heard the wolf pack howling.

"That's it.", he thought, "They killed him and are celebrating the winner!" .

He stopped, tears starting to dwell and flowing down his cheeks, and sat down, crying.

After some time, he stood up, still having some dried tears on his face.

"I have to tell the others. But how? But even if I have no idea, I have to tell them". So he walked slowly back to the Tortuga, but when he came there, he just couldn't go inside. He broke down again, crying, sobbing and mourning about his great loss.

Eventually, the others heard the noise outside and Aviva came to look what's going on.

When she saw Martin sitting there, crying, with his face hidden in his arms' crooks, she instantly rushed over and knelt beside him.

"Hey, Martin. Why are you crying? What happened and…where is Chris?" , she asked softly.

"He…he's…", he just couldn't say it, and began sobbing again.

"He's…dead!", he stuttered after some time, and burst into tears again. Aviva, shocked, placed a hand over her mouth in order not to scream, but her eyes overflowed with tears and she began to cry as well.

She knew that she couldn't leave Martin like that, and tried lifting him up and supporting him so he could go to his room and rest a bit.

She could clearly see he wasn't in the state to tell her what happened, even she was too upset to think clearly, but he had to sleep to overcome that first shock.

When she helped him to go inside, she saw the others staring at them, wondering what happened. Jimmy opened his mouth, but before he could ask, she shook her head, silently telling them that they shouldn't say anything.

They made it to Martin's room, she helped him to lay down and covered him with his blanket. Instantly he fell asleep, but he still twisted his face like he was in real pain. Aviva wished she could help him, but there was nothing she could do. Even she was too upset herself to know what they should do now.

She came back into the control room, and saw Koki and Jimmy looking at her with a concerned look on their faces. They knew something really bad must have happened to change normally very cheerful Martin into what they just saw: He could barely stand on his feet without help because he was crying so much.

"What happened?", Jimmy and Koki asked almost at the same time. With a gesture to the chairs, Aviva told them to sit down. Then she took a deep breath:

"I came outside only to see Martin sitting outside the Tortuga like that. I asked him what was wrong, but he first couldn't say anything." . She tried hard not to cry.

"Then he managed to say something. He said that Chris is…dead." . Then she couldn't hold the tears back any longer and burst out crying. The others first couldn't believe it, but they knew it had to be true, so they also began to sob.

Aviva was the first one to stop. She felt like she had no tears left, so she wiped the last ones off her cheeks and went to look after Martin. He still lied in his bed, sleeping with dried tears on his cheeks.

'He must have cried all the time. ', she thought, softly stroking his hair. When she went back, Koki looked at her with red eyes from all the crying.

"What are we gonna do now?", "I don't know, but we can't just cry all the time. We should just wait for Martin to wake up and see if he can tell us what happened. We…", but she stopped when she saw Martin walking into the room, with a sad, but determined look on his face.

"I'll tell you what happened. I can't just let it be like that without you knowing everything. ",

"No, you shouldn't tell us now! You don't have to live through all of that again! You should…", Aviva tried to talk him out of it, but he stopped her with a sign of his hand:

"No. If I want to get over it, I have to live that situation again and again, so please don't try to interrupt or stop me, OK?". She nodded, shutting her mouth.

"Good. ", he took a deep breath, "You know we wanted to visit little howler today. We went to his den, and started playing with his siblings, when suddenly another pack showed up. They tried to steal little howler's pack's territory, and we smelled like them! So they surrounded us and challenged us to fight. We knew it was the only way to escape, so we tried to fight back. But they were too strong. And then…Chris told me that I should leave, that he would distract the pack so that I could escape and carry on with our mission. First, I didn't want to go, but he told me that we would both die if I stayed. He begged me to go, and I couldn't do anything else than run away. But when I thought I reached a safe distance and no wolves were following me, I stopped, and then I heard them howling. It was that kind of howl that shows the victory of the pack killing prey or defeating an enemy. They must have defeated Chris and killed him, to take over 'his' territory." . He stopped, his head low, as he felt the sadness overcoming him again.

A month later:

Nothing has happened so far. They just tried to live on, but Martin didn't seem to be the same. Every day, he tried not to be too sad, so that he didn't make the others feeling bad because of him. But every night he woke up from nightmares, crying. He always saw his brother being attacked by the wolf pack and killed. So he didn't sleep much.

The others were worried about him, because he wouldn't talk as much as he did before the accident, and he never laughed. Every time they tried to cheer him up, he just looked down, saying nothing, and going back to his room. They were worried he would perhaps starting to be depressive, but they didn't talk with him about that. He didn't try to commit suicide, but he started to shut himself out more and more.

One evening, when he didn't want to go to bed because he was afraid of the horrible things he was going to see in his nightmares, he sat on top of the Tortuga, holding tightly on his knees as he watched the stars.

After about an hour, Aviva came too look for him. She saw him sitting there all alone, and went to sit next to him. For some time, they just sat there next to each other. The air was chilly, so, without really noticing, she snuggled up to him to warm herself up. Suddenly, Martin broke the silence.

"It's my fault! I should have taken his place! Then he would be still alive. I failed as an older brother! I didn't protect him, I just abandoned him! I wish I had battled the wolves instead of him!" .

"Yeah. Perhaps he would have survived then, but you won't be here anymore. And stop saying it was your fault! Nobody could have prevented that. He sacrificed himself to save you. It was his own decision, and he probably had his reasons for this. We should just live on with what he left us. His last will was that we should fulfil our mission. And in order to do that, we have to go on! Don't think about the past, but live in the present! Live everyday like it was the best, that is what he would have wanted you to do, not feeling guilty about what happened. Just live every day to the fullest, and let the past be the past."

"I know, but I just can't forget him. He was my brother, my best friend, and one of my reasons to live. I don't know if I'm able to live my live just like when he was here. I just lost my best friend, the one that was always saving me when I was in trouble. We had each other's backs, every time. Saving creatures without him just isn't the same.", Martin sighed.

"I know how you feel.", she replied, looking to the ground.

"Even if he wasn't related to me, I think about him as my family. Every one of you has been my family since the time we started to travel around the world to save animals. "

There was another silence, until Martin started to speak again. He turned around to face her, blushing a bit:

"You know, there was something else he told me. Another reason I should leave and save me to carry on. " . He stopped, unsure about what he was about to say. But he just had to tell her about his feelings for her, he wasn't able to hide them anymore. So he took a deep breath, looked her into the eyes and said:

"I…I really like you, Aviva. I was never able to tell you, because I didn't know if you would feel the same way I do, but Chris told me you would. " . All the time she just looked at him with her big, stormy eyes, without making a sound.

"I understand if you hate him now, I mean, you made him promise not to tell me ,but…" , but before he could go on, she grabbed him by the back of his head, and pressed her lips against his. Surprised, Martin opened his eyes wide, but then closed them, wrapping his arms around her and kissing back. A few seconds later, they both moved back, still holding each other.

"No, Martin. I'm glad he did. I was never brave enough to tell you myself, but I just couldn't keep that feeling secret anymore. ",

"I'm so happy we both have feelings for each other.", Martin said and smiled. It was the first time he smiled since Chris disappeared from their lives. And now he finally found something it was worth living for.

I hope you enjoyed the second chapter of my story: "A new power."

I promise there will be more action coming, and I'm already thinking about writing a sequel (Even if I didn't finish this story! I have to write faster…)!

Anyway, please review!