Chapter 4! :D

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"What's taking her so long?" Martin finally asked after a long silence. He had kept Kate V close to him to keep her warm after she had cried herself to exhaustion. He felt her weakly grip his shirt as a sort of reassurance that he was there.

"Just close your eyes, Kate." Martin told her, rubbing her shoulders to add extra warmth and comfort. Whatever this girl had been through, it must have been horrified and traumatizing. Just the site of her said something. Her clothes were ripped, there was mud all over her, twigs, leaves, even...dried blood. The creepy part was that he couldn't find an injury on her where it might have come from. Her bags and dark circles under her eyes told him she must not have slept in days, weeks possibly. He wished he knew for her sake...he wanted to help her even more.

"Wait, don't fall asleep yet." Chris said, reaching into his backpack.

Kate's sleepy eyes weakly and slowly moved to the Kratt rummaging in his pack.

It didn't take Chris long to find what he needed (considering how tidy and clean his backpack was), and he pulled out a peanut butter sandwich.

"Here. It isn't much, but I'm sure it'll help a little with your strength." He said, kneeling to her.

Kate groaned as her stomach rumbled intensely at just the sight of it.

Chris handed her the sandwich, which she took gratefully and started downing it quickly, not even caring what it was.

"Take it easy. Don't eat so quickly. You could make yourself sick." Martin reminded.

What?! But it tasted amazing! She didn't want to WAIT.

"Take smaller bites is all." Martin rephrased.

Kate nodded weakly and took his advice.

Only about half the sandwich was gone before she had slowed down and stopped.

The brothers knew that her stomach probably was smaller because she hadn't eaten in so long.

"T-Thank you sir..." Kate didn't know if she should call them Chris and Martin or their nicknames, but she was sure that they didn't want to be called that. So she took the polite approach...like she used that often.

Chris smiled at her.

"No problem, Kate." He said petting her head, putting the other half of the sandwich away and taking out his canteen.

"Here, this'll help wash it down."

Chris was surprised how much she drank of his water. She almost drank the entire canteen! He wondered how long she had gone without water now too. Both brothers did.

"There ya go. You can rest now. We'll tell you when Kate..uh... Corcovado comes back with the crew." Martin said.

Although her eyelids were heavy, the brothers could already see some life come back into her eyes as she appeared more alert to everything.

"W-Wait...team...here...?"

"Don't worry...they won't hurt you." Chris reassured. They both wondered if possibly, wherever she came from, she had learned to be afraid of them!

"Just close your eyes for a bit and don't worry." Martin said, brushing her bangs from her face as her eyes closed finally in a peaceful sleep.


Kate V woke up again hearing a low humming sound. At first, everything was white, so she had no idea where she was or what was happening. She heard voices popping up around her.

"What?" She recognized Chris's voice.

"But, how is that possible?" Martin's voice rang in.

"According to her statistics...she should have been dead a long time ago. It's as if something was pushing her on, and I'm not talking about self will or inner strength. Whatever it was, it kept her moving, but it deprived her of food, water...even sleep. She's... more then lucky to be alive...it's almost impossible." A woman's voice explained. Their faces became clear to her now as her vision cleared up a little. She also knew what the three were talking about.

"So she's like a living breathing walking...zombie?" Martin asked.

"Almost. She was lucky you both found her when you did. A few more hours...she might not have made it."

"What I wanna know is what in the creature world would keep her from eating and drinking and sleeping." Another unfamiliar voice of an african american lady said as she walked up.

"M-Mind control..." Kate V whimpered out weakly.

They all turned to see the girl awake and fully aware of what they were talking about.

"What did you say, Katherine?" Martin asked, walking up to her.

"V-VDad...couldn't escape...mind control..." She clenched her head, pushing the memories back, while everyone stood there open mouthed.