Chapter Four

Anchorage, Alaska

Gizmo, Seala, Otto, and Gibson stepped off the trolley in the south of the city, seeing a sign for ATV trails up the road.

"Ah! We're almost there! Come on!" Gizmo shouted running ahead.

"Gizmo! Wait up! Come on! You know I don't run that fast!" Seala shouted running after her sister.

"Girls! Wait for us!" Otto shouted as the two boys followed the girls.

When the guys caught up to the girls, the boys almost fell off a cliff when the girls caught their arms.

"We got'cha!" Seala said trying to pull Gibson up.

"Yeah…man, you two are heavy!…No offense!" Gizmo said pulling Otto up.

After a moment, the girls got the boys on safe ground again and tried to catch their breathe.

"And none taken on that comment Gizmo." Gibson said standing up.

The girls smiled standing up as well.

"Thanks for the save." Otto said.

"No problem." Gizmo answered back.

"So…how are we getting across this cliff?" Gibson questioned.

"A bridge." Seala answered pointing a little ways down from where they were.

"Oh…right. I knew that."

"Of course you did." Seala said walking toward the bridge.

When they got to the bridge, Gizmo went first. Seala was going to go next but looked down and then stepped away from the bridge, into Gibson.

"Seala? Are you alright?"

"I-I…don't wanna go."

"Seala! Come on! It's safe! Look!" Gizmo shouted jumping up and down.

Then Seala got this weird feeling, like something was going to happen. Everything spun around her and Seala started to panic.

"Gizmo no! Don't jump! Stop jumping!"

Gizmo stopped jumped and looked down, then back at her sister.

"What's wrong?" Gizmo shouted.

"Seala? You feeling alright?" Gibson asked.

"No…no…Gizmo needs to get off that bridge right now. I don't know how to explain it but…I feel like something's going to happen." Seala said in a panic.

"I'll go get her." Otto said.

Right before he stepped on the bridge, someone grabbed his arm. Otto turned around and saw Seala gripping it hard.

"What's the matter Seala?" Otto questioned.

"Don't go out there! It's going to break if you do!"

"What?" Gibson grabbed Seala and pulled her away. He hugged her hard. Seala kept struggling. "Stop Seala! Stop it right now!" She stopped moving. "What is wrong with you?"

"I don't know how to explain it! I just know that the bridge will break if Gizmo and Otto don't get back here! Please Gibson, don't go out there!"

"Alright, alright. It's okay. I won't go out there." Gibson let go and stood up. "Stay here Seala."

"Where are you going?"

"Just stay here. I promise I won't go on the bridge, okay?"

Seala nodded and watched Gibson walk over to the bridge.

"Otto! Get Gizmo and hurry back here! Seala says the bridge will break!"

"Break!" Gizmo questioned.

"It's okay. I'll get you back."

Then Gizmo started to walk, but half way back, she stopped.

"Uh…Otto? Do you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"The rope's breaking. We have to hurry."

"Come on." Otto said pulling Gizmo.

Just before they got to the ground, the rope on the bridge broke. Seala ran over.

"No! Gizmo!" Seala shouted as she started to cry.

"Seala, Seala!" Gibson shouted holding Seala back, trying the calm her down. "Seala! Stop! They're fine!"

"But the rope, it broke! They-They fell! How are they still alive?"

"Seala! Look!" Gibson pointed to the other side of the cliff, where the bridge had two figures holding on tight.

"Oh my. Oh my. Oh, Gizmo! Ah! They're okay! They're okay!"

"Yes…that's what I've been trying to tell you."

"Oh my gosh. Okay, okay. We need to cross this trench." Then Seala looked around and saw a tree had fell over, making a steady bridge for crossing. "Over there! A tree fell over! Come on!"

They ran over and Seala stepped on it but stopped and looked down.

"Uh…I don't wanna go."

"Seala, we have to. Otto and Gizmo need our help."

"But I-"

"Seala, are you scared of heights?"

Seala sighed and then nodded nervously.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I didn't what to say."

"It's okay Seala." Gibson climbed on the tree-bridge and got in front of Seala, holding her hand. "Come on."

"But…what if I fall off?"

"You won't fall. And if you do, I'll catch you."

Seala felt a little better, knowing that someone could catch her if she did fall. They started crossing the tree when Seala stopped. Gibson stopped too and looked behind him, at Seala.

"Seala? Are you alright?" Seala didn't answer. "Seala?"

"Move!" Seala pushed Gibson out of the way and something flew right over their heads. Seala got up on her knees and groaned. "Ah! Gibson! Come on! Wake up!"

"Seala? Over here!"

Seala looked to see who was calling her and saw Gizmo and Otto on the other end.

"Gizmo! Otto! Are you two alright?"

"We're just fine! Come on!"

Then Seala looked behind her and didn't see what had tried to hit her and Gibson. Then Seala looked back Gibson, who was still knocked out on the tree-bridge.

"Come on Gibson. Wake up. You said, you'd protect on this bridge, but how are you going to do that if you won't get up?" Gibson still didn't move. "Gibson, for goodness sakes, please wake up." After a few moments, Seala got up. "Fine, but I'm not going to leave you here." Seala said, starting to drag Gibson.

When Seala got to the other side, Otto and Gizmo helped Seala and Gibson off the tree-bridge carefully.

"What happened?" Gizmo asked.

"I just pushed him out of the way of something that tried to hit us."

"Oops, that might've been my fault. I threw an energy saw to low at you. I tried to get your attention."

"That's alright Gizmo. Even through you almost had us killed."

"Sorry."

"Hey, what are we going to do about Gibson?" Otto asked changing the subject.

"Oh right. Let me see." Seala looked over Gibson for a second. "Looks like he hit his head when I pushed him." It started raining hard on the four. "Hurry. Let's get under that tree over there."

Seala and Gizmo pulled Gibson into the tree-fort and Otto got a huge leaf for a door on the opening. He tied it on and then turned on his helmet light. The girls were huddled together across from him and his brother. Otto had fell asleep a little while later. Gizmo was half asleep, leaning against her older sister who was holding her.

"Seala?"

"Yes Gizmo?"

"What are we going to do now? It won't stop raining until tomorrow. We'll miss our flight to our next stop."

"Don't worry Gizmo. I'll change the tickets tomorrow morning." Seala crawled over to Otto and got the communication device he had and crawled back over to Gizmo. "Let's call the teams. Check up on them, okay?"

"I wanna talk to mom. I'm scared."

"Okay. Let me see here."

Back on Shuggazoom…

Everyone was having fun and not being detracted by the fact of their friends being gone. That's when Karalynn, Starr and Melissa came up the tubes.

"What up guys?" Starr asked.

"Hey girls." Chiro greeted.

"We heard about Seala and Gizmo. How are they, do you know?" Melissa asked.

"They should be in Alaska by now. Maybe going ATV in the rainforest there." Carbon said playing a video game with Elella and Sprx.

That's when a video call started up on the computer, changing from the video game.

"Hey, who's calling and interrupting our game? I was just about beat Sprx." Elella joked.

Carbon got up and pressed a button, picking up the call.

"Hello?" Carbon said.

On the screen was Seala and Gizmo.

"Hi Carbon." Seala answered.

"Seala! Gizmo! Where are you?"

"We got rained on." Seala said.

"Where are the boys?"

"They're right here. Otto's asleep, but we had a little accident with Gibson."

"What do you mean?"

"Gizmo miss fired, trying to get my attention, and I pushed him down to hard, and he sorta hit his head."

"Seala!"

"Sorry. It was either that or…get our heads sawed off."

"Seala?" Gizmo said after a moment.

"Oh right. Gizmo wanted to talk to mom. Is she there?"

"I'm right here. Seala, Gizmo, are you two alright?"

"We're fine mom. Gizmo wanted to talk to you." Seala said handing Gizmo the device.

While Gizmo and Melodie talked, Seala tried to help Gibson some more. She had ripped the bottom of her coat and held it outside the door to get it wet. She patted Gibson's forehead with the homemade rag. Gibson had started overheating and shivering. Seala got worried about him deeply. She was about to cry when someone held her hand. Seala looked and saw it was Otto.

"Otto? I thought you were asleep."

Otto smiled then looked at Gibson.

"How's he doing?"

"Not so good. I wish I brought my med-kit with me. We could really use it right now."

"Seala? Everything okay?" Gizmo asked.

"Yes…I'm fine."

"Okay…well, mom wants to talk you."

"Okay." Seala placed the rag on Gibson's forehead and Gizmo handed the device to Seala. "Hello Melodie."

"Seala, are you sure you're alright?"

"I'm fine. It's Gibson I'm worried about."

"What do you mean?" Chiro asked getting into the conversation.

"Gibson looks…sick. Very sick. I'm afraid that Gibson's too sick to move at the moment."

"Oh no. What's happened?"

"I don't know. He started sweating and shivering a few minutes ago. Maybe we should just come back."

"No Seala. You must stay on Earth until the end of your journey. That was the deal."

"But Melodie, Gibson's sick and I don't have my med-kit with me."

"It's okay. Just make sure he sweats as much as possible."

"Why do that?" Nova asked.

"If Gibson sweats, he'll sweat out whatever is making him sick."

"Okay, I'll use my coat to cover him up for the night."

"That's good." Then the alarm at the Robot started to go off. "I have to go. Call me tomorrow if there's no changes."

"Okay mom. Be careful out there. You guys don't have the four of us to watch your backs."

"Okay Seala. Bye."

Seala hung up the device and turned back to the other two. They looked worried, just as much as she was.

"You two should get some sleep. I'll watch Gibson for the night." Seala said.

They nodded and crawled to the other side of the fort they hid in. Gizmo huddled close to Otto and fell asleep but only until there was lightening and thunder.

"Ah!"

"It's okay Gizmo. I've got'cha."

"I'm scared."

Seala turned to her sister and crawled over to her. Seala held Gizmo's hands.

"It's okay Gizmo. I'll be right over there. Just try to sleep. Okay?"

"Seala? Will you sing me that lullaby?"

Seala smiled and started singing.

S: Frère Jacques/Frère Jacques/Dormez vous?/Dormez vous?/Sonnez les matines/Sonnez les matines/Ding Ding Dong/Ding Ding Dong/Frère Jacques/Frère Jacques/Dormez vous?/Dormez vous?/Sonnez les matines/Sonnez les matines/Ding Ding Dong/Ding Ding Dong

As Seala started to sing, Gizmo fell asleep like a miracle. She slept right through the lightening and thunder. Seala crawled back over to Gibson and continued to tend to him. She took off her coat and wrapped it around Gibson so he could sweat out the cold. After a while Otto fell asleep and Seala was falling in and out of sleep, trying to stay awake. After a few more minutes, Seala fell asleep next to Gibson. The next morning, Seala opened her eyes to see that Gibson was gone.

"Ah! Where'd-" Seala noticed that Gizmo and Otto were still sleeping. "Guys! Wake up!" Seala shouted, shaking the two awake.

"Ah! Seala! What's wrong?" Gizmo screamed awake.

"Gibson, he's-he's-he's gone. I woke up and he was just…gone!"

"Okay, okay. Let's go see if it let up at all and go find him." Gizmo suggested.

"Right, okay."

The three ran out of the fort and it had stopped raining. Seala looked around as she stretched from being so cramped inside all night. Seala saw something just as she finished stretching.

"Ah! Gibson!" Seala saw Gibson sitting a branch above her. "What are you doing up there? You could get hurt! Come down here this insist!" Seala shouted. She couldn't help but smile.

Gibson climbed down from tree and stood there between Seala, and Gizmo and Otto.

"Good morning. How did you all sleep?" Gibson asked.

"Gibson? How are you up today? You were sick last night." Gizmo said hugging Gibson.

"I don't what happened. I just woke up this morning and felt great. Better than ever."

"Wow…that's great! Oh my gosh!" Seala said hugging Gibson this time. "You had me worried so much last night. I didn't know what to do. I said we should've gone back to Shuggazoom, but I couldn't because I made a deal with Melodie." Seala started to cry. She let go of Gibson and started wiping her eyes. "Oh look at me. I'm a mess."

"You look just fine." Gibson said before kissing Seala on the lips for a quick moment.

"Hey Gibson? You sure you're feeling alright?" Gizmo asked.

"Of course. Never better."

"You're acting sorta…off." Otto said.

"Off? What would ever give you that idea?"

"Hi-ya!" Seala grabbed Gibson's shoulder and he knocked out insistly.

"Seala! What are you doing?" Gizmo asked.

"I don't believe this is Gibson."

"How do you know that?" Otto asked.

"The way he kissed me. Gibson never kisses me like the way…whoever-this-is did." Seala started searching through pockets and clothes on the body she knocked out.

"What are you looking for?" Gizmo asked.

"Something to tell me who, or what, this body is."

"Wait a second. If this isn't the real Gibson, then where is the real Gibson?" Otto pointed out.

"I got an idea."

An hour later, Seala had the mystery person tied up around the tree. She smacked the M.P awake.

"Hey! Watch it!"

"See? I told you it wasn't him." Seala said. Then she held the M.P's head up so they were looking at her. "Who are you?"

"It's me. Gibson."

"No you are not him! What have you done with our Gibson? You better tell me or I swear I'll cut you open and rip your insides out."

"Oh boy. Seala, don't get carried away." Gizmo said.

"Who are you? What have you done with our friend?"

"I am him."

"I didn't feel anything when you kissed me. Now…where is he?"

Me: Okay…cliff hanger! Updating ASAP!