R&R?


We were on the beach, next to a nice-looking beach house. A blonde girl was waving at us. I assumed she was Aaliyah. We ran over, and I realized she looked like she was eight. She still had bright-looking blue eyes.

"Hi, Aaliyah!" my dad exclaimed.

"Hey, Chris! Hey, Martin! Hi, Madi!" Aaliyah exclaimed. "The manatee's over there!"

"Let's go!"

We all took off running towards the beach. It wasn't a long run. There it was, a poor manatee calf washed up on the beach. Aaliyah's mom was dropping buckets of water on him. Good. So he doesn't dry out, I thought. I saw his mom calling to him from the water.

"Madi!" my mom exclaimed. "Get me some facts and I can make you a manatee Creature Power Suit!"

"Great." I smiled.

"Oh, and leave your Creature Pod on so your class can see what you're doing!" she added.

I sighed. "Fine."

I didn't shut off my Creature Pod, and I looked between my dad and Uncle Martin. "So...?"

"Manatee calves can weigh up to 70 pounds..." my dad looked over at Uncle Martin, then at me. "Ready?"

"Totally."

We began to try and push the manatee calf back into the water. And let me just say that I didn't exactly get a good score on the push-up test at school. It was hard, in my defense. Who does push-ups for fun? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Not me. I'm too lazy!

Finally we got the manatee calf back in the water to its mom, and by that time, we were all wet. That means me, my dad, Uncle Martin, Aaliyah and Aaliyah's mom. The bottom half of me and the tips of my hair were wet. Donita had made me keep my hair Barbie-long, and I honestly didn't care as long as it wasn't always in my face.

"Hey, Madi, swim much?" Emma called out.

I laughed and rolled my eyes. "Yes, I can swim, Emma."

"Manatees are really cool creatures!" Uncle Martin exclaimed. "Hey, Aviva, why don't the kids all come down to the beach?"

Within about thirty seconds, they were all on the beach. Emma, Allie and Katerina ran into the water next to me, splashing Uncle Martin and my dad. I locked my Creature Pod.

"Oops. Sorry!" Emma laughed.

"That's fine!" my dad replied.

"We should get a scan for Aviva," Uncle Martin suggested. "She can make us manatee powers!"

"Totally!" I squealed, tapping my Creature Pod. "Hmm... she's not answering. She's probably looking around for spare parts."

"Hey, did you ever make the Let It Go parody in the Arctic?" Allie asked.

"AHHHHHH! NO! We were 12! We're 14 now! The movie is so 2013!" I rolled my eyes.

"We should do a Let It Flow parody here!" Katerina exclaimed. "I love music! I can play flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, trumpet and trombone. I also love singing!"

"Let it flow! Let it flow!" Emma sang.

"How 'bout no, how 'bout no!" I sang.

"That would be cool, since we never did the Let It Go one," Uncle Martin added. "Sweet!"

"Uncle Martin!" I groaned. "Not helping!"

My dad shrugged. "Do what you want to do, just don't get into trouble. I'm going to go find your mom."

"I'm coming too!" I exclaimed. "I am not making a Let It Go parody!"

How many times did I have to tell them? Frozen was in 2013. It was 2015. They needed to get over it! Let It Go was a good song, but it was waaaaaaaaaaaay overplayed like Taylor Swift's Style. Let It No, Let It No! Don't like this song anymore! It already won the Oscars... what more did it need?!

"Hey, Aaliyah?" my dad called.

"Yeah?" Aaliyah asked.

"Have you seen Aviva?" he asked.

She shook her head. "No. I'll tell her you're looking for her if I see her. Last I saw her, she was in the Tortuga."

"Okay, thanks!"

Me and my dad walked to the Tortuga, and most of the freshmen were talking, sitting on the beach or on their cell phones. Mr. Arthur didn't seem to mind, and my dad and I checked the Tortuga. We didn't see her. On the table, however, I found an envelope that read For The Kratts + Madi.

There was only two people (okay, maybe three) who'd address it like that: Zach, Donita or Gourmand. This was so not good.

My dad opened it and read it. "Dear Kratts and Madi, I have Aviva and the sea lump and its baby. If you want them back, then hand over Madi. -Zach and Donita. What?!"

"Um..." I read it again. "What's a sea lump?"

"I think he's talking about the manatees," my dad answered. "The manatees! We've got to go find them!"

We ran back towards the ramp and crashed into Martin. "Bro! The manatees are-"

"At Zach's," I finished. "Along with Mom."

"And Madi is the ransom," my dad added.

"WHAT?!"

Emma, Allie and Katerina ran over. They did have a nose for gossip... or ears... or whatever.

"Um, Zach's not going down without a fight!" Allie exclaimed.

"If Zach tries to do anything to Madi, I'm going to embarrass him so bad!" Emma smiled evilly.

"Can you not just, like, make a peace treaty?" Katerina asked.

"NO!" Emma and Allie exclaimed.

"Where is Zach?" I asked.

"You two find him, we'll get Madi ready." Allie nodded at my dad and Uncle Martin.

"Uh...okay?"

I could tell they weren't used to being told what to do by people that weren't me and younger then them. But Emma and Allie's plan did seem reasonable...

"Come on! We're getting you ready!"

Emma and Allie began to drag me towards my room. I had a bad feeling that this would have to do with makeup, fashion or something like that...