A tired group tromped through the jungle into the clearing where their airship lay parked. Zak, Drew, Doc, Doyle, and Fiskerton where covered in dark ash. "Ugh! I can't believe that jerk did that!" Said Zak as he wiped the black powdery substance out of his eyes. "And I can't believe we managed to put that tree out before anything else caught on fire." remarked Doc as he took off his gloves and dusted them off. Zak continued talking about his outrage on AAron,"that makes me sick. People think because they are rich, they can do anything! But they can't! We need to find AAron before he sets the whole jungle on fire!"
Drew walked over to talk to Zak." Well, sweetie. I want to do something ,too. But we don't know where he went." "He couldn't have gone far, though!" Yelled Zak in protest. Doyle shook his head as he took off his jet pack, "no way, Minnie-man. The jet pack he has is just as strong and fast as mine. He's probably already miles from here or hiding. It also depends on if Double A thinks we're following him."
"You're calling him by his nickname!" Zak was in complete outrage now.
"Doyle..." Said Doc. He stared at him, his eyes said in a sarcastic tone 'thanks'. "Okay, okay. Sorry Minnie-man." Doyle said as honest as he could, he didn't think it was THAT big of a deal.
"It's okay..." Said Zak sadly. "It could be weeks, months. Years! Before we even hear of him again." He thought.
"Don't worry Zak, we'll get him." said Doc patting him on the shoulder. "We should take off, it's getting late." Drew said, they all headed onto the airship. Komodo had escaped the Hell-hounds and burning tree a long time ago, and was already curled up on the couch. Zon had stayed inside the airship missing (and not knowing of) what had happened, she stared out the window. Zon made repeated clicking noises and stared at the bushes outside. Zak , now clean of ashes, walked to Zon. "What's wrong girl?", Zak tried to sound sweet and manly at the same time as he too looked at the bushes. Zak saw nothing wrong with the outside bushes.
But outside in those bushes rested two curious eyes. They stared at the airship as it started to take off. The eyes were a lovely liquid silver. The whirling winds of the craft blew apart the bushes as it left. There, sitting on a large rock, was a slender girl. She was silent, and smiling. Her hair brushed the ground, the silver/white color of it was blinding if hit by the sun at the right spot. And as the airship got father and farther off in the distance, the girl decided to get up. She brushed off the dirt mark left on the seat of her swim suit (It was a full body suit). And it was curious why she wore a swim suit, not a regular suit( Like the Saturdays). But it gave you a idea of her personality.
She bent down beside the rock and picked up a handled item. A dagger. It was a beautiful piece of gold, emerald, and iron. The handle was gold, and filled with the green crystal gem. And the blade was made out of the brightest iron you would ever see. It fit nicely in the young lady's hand. She twirled it in her palm.
Suddenly a hand came down from behind her, and rested on her shoulder. The girl jumped and nearly dropped the dagger on her foot, then she turned sharply around. "Kent! Don't do that while I'm holding lethal objects! ", she whined. Kent cocked his head to the right, some of his dark brown bangs fell in front of his left eye."Cassidy, you shouldn't even BE holding a lethal weapon, of ANY kind." Cassidy smiled,"but , what if I was attacked? You wouldn't want to leave your baby sister defenseless in the big-bad-jungle ... would you?" Kent looked at Cassidy with serious eyes..." Do you really want me to answer your question?"
Sahara Desert
5:30 P.M
It was the next day. Zon was flying around the airship as it came to a stop and hovered over the miles of sand dunes below it. Zak had fallen asleep on the couch, and just now had awoken to the sound of his parents walking from the control room. Doyle had left to go somewhere else the night before. He yawned, "Mom, Dad? Where are we?" " Well, depends." Doc started, " Do you want exact coordination? Or a simple guess?" Zak leaned over the back of the couch and rested his arms there. "A guess is fine."
Drew turned her head to look out the window. "We're in the middle of the Sahara Desert right now."
"The Sahara? Why are we here? I thought we were going back home to continue rebuilding." Said Zak. Zon flew circles around the airship trying to get her family's attention.
"Well, on our way back we got a call to come out here and help with something." Doc informed.
"Who called us?"
"Wadi and her father. The rest of their crew is set up some were in the Sahara." Drew said as she equipped her sword. Zak's face got a little red when she said Wadi's name, but neither of his parents noticed."Wadi caught someone trying to break into the entrance to the Methuselah Tree." Drew said. Doc walked to the window, "They followed the culprit a long ways, and ended up here." Zak looked a bit alarmed."Does that mean they caught the person?" "Maybe."
When the Saturdays family got off the airship, they headed out to the nearby campsites , where the intruder was being kept. Their camp-out was surprisingly close to where they had landed the airship, so the Saturdays reached the others in no time.
Wadi ran out from a large tent to greet them. She also looked pretty tired, like she was just fighting. Drew was the first to react to her appearance, " Wadi! Are you alright?" "Not really. That person who tried to break through the door to the Methuselah Tree." She stopped to take a breath."Is really strong, he or she has already thrown all of us around like rag dolls." Doc asked, " Is this person secure now?" And Zak asked at the same time, "He or She?" Wadi answered both questions. "Yes, we restrained the person. We can't tell if it is a boy or girl because he or she covered their whole body in white cloth, and wont let us remove them(Like a mummy)."
Wadi turned back to the tent, just as she heard her dad yell out in pain. They all ran into the tent. Maboul was bent down holding his leg, and the clothed figure was next to him. The figure's wrists were chained to the sides of the tent, but nothing could restrain the figure's legs from kicking people's shins.
Wadi rushed over and helped her father up and away from the kicking rage of the chained person. Maboul limped to the Saturdays, "Thank you.. For coming... Maybe , Saturdays, you can get through to our little intruder." Doc looked at the person chained to the walls, the person was so small. Was it really needed for him/her to be restrained like that? This looked like a child."We.. We'll try." As Doc and Drew got closer to the white figure, it started to panic and tugged on it's chains.
"It's okay. We aren't going to hurt you." Drew spoke quietly, as she went right up to the person. Doc managed to sneak behind it without him/her noticing , and started to untie the cloth that was covering her/his face. Drew distracted the person as Doc removed layer after layer of white strips of cloth from the mystery person's head. First long black hair dropped to the figure's waist. Then the last piece of cloth was removed, and Zak and Drew were the first people to catch a glimpse of the face. They gasped.
It was a girl about Zak or Wadi's age, but she had scales... and gills. Her eyes where sky blue, and her long black hair was up in a golden ponytail.
The girl frowned and lowered her head, in realization of her defeat. "Wh-Who are you?" Wadi spoke out to break the tension. The girl snapped back, "I would never tell someone like you!" Her voice didn't match the girl's regal appearance. Everyone was expecting a calm voice like Ulraj's , but she sounded like she was brought up in the Ghetto. ( like what most people would expect a stereotype girl from a gang to sound like.)
Maboul didn't care what she sounded like, whoever she was, in his eyes... she should be jailed for her crime! Punishment for trying to break into the chamber of the Methuselah Tree! He stood up straight , since his leg was better, and started to address this person. "Whoever you are... We will jail you for this crime." The girl stood there and just stared at Maboul , she waited a while before responding. " And how will that help anything?" Zak, equipped with his claw, got closer to her. " What are you saying?" "The times ahead... THEY WONT BECOME BETTER. Humans aren't fit to protect the sacred items of the world! They are the ones who destroy them. While I was watching your tribe, the ~Hassi?~ is what you call yourself, I studied your moves. I watched each one of you. And I came to the conclusion that none of you are fit to protect this tree..." Her voice was filled with disgust, obviously either afraid of the fact that humans protect items like this or offended that their un-pure skin was allowed to touch what was never to be touched.
Maboul didn't like the sound of this, he was so mad his words hardly made sense. " And why would us have to leave this tree if you said to?" The girl sighed. "Maybe.. I have come to early. None of you would be able to understand my reasons. If you let me go, I wont attack you any more. Unless, of course, you attack first." Just as everyone was going to agree to this, Zak stepped forward. " Tell us your name... and you have a deal." The girl frowned. "Fine. But my name is to long. I will give you the acronym. Caitlyn. Caitlyn is what everyone calls me." She spoke the truth.
Doc started to unchain Caitlyn. And she rubbed the sore skin/scales of were the cuffs rubbed her wrists, "Thank you." Doc asked her, " Is there anything else you could tell us? Who sent you to check on the Hassi?" "I'm sorry, but I couldn't even tell my own kind that. If I could, I would have more backup then I already have." Something automatically clicked inside Wadi's brain, and she spoke." What.. Do you mean by, MORE backup?"
Caitlyn smiled sweetly. " It looks like your smarter than I thought, to bad you waste you intelligence to plot thefts." She ran through them and out the tent door/curtain. And everyone turned after her. But they where stopped by two young people blocking their path. A girl and a boy. Something was familiar about made Zak feel suspicious.
Wadi gathered up courage and asked/yelled , " Step aside!" The boy flipped his curly, orange hair out of his face. "Why? There is no more reason to follow Caitlyn now. You made a agreement, right?" He was wearing a black muscle shirt, a collar (with various nobs and a blue screen), and sand colored Kackies. The girl wore the exact same thing. Her hair was short and orange, red, then black (It almost looked painted). " Oh, so I'm guessing you two were Caitlyn's backup?" Drew said, placing her hands on her hips.
The girl spoke, "Yup. We would've been here sooner but, we had to set fire to some stuff earlier and got here late."
Zak's suspicion raised the highest it had been now. "One, why are they so open to us? Do they think if they say to much, it'll be easy to run away from us, or something? Two, the collars they are wearing look exactly like the ones on the Hell-hounds from ... They came back from setting fires..." Zak thought real hard, then looked up at them. "What's your names? I mean you obviously wont mind telling us. You already told us you came back from setting fires, so~ ... Why not your names too!" He fake smiled. The boy shrugged," My name is Blaze." " And my name is Auburn." said the girl after Blaze. Zak continued to think, " AAron never called the hounds anything... WAIT! Zak! What are you thinking? Are you really going to consider that these two where the Hell-hounds from yesterday! No, it couldn't be possible... could it?" Doc and Drew where both confused to what their son was thinking, and what he was up to. " Uhh~, thank you for your cooperation. Blaze.. and um, Auburn." Drew said, and awkwardly smiled. Blaze shrugged again and walked away with Auburn.
Zak, ran forward real quick to see what direction they where headed. But they turned a corner of one of the tents, and disappeared completely! Zak looked down to see if there was any foot tracks... and there was some. But they where paw prints. " What.. What is going on around here..." He thought.
(The End of the Second Ep.)