Martin's love twist V2

chapter 7

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-Torrington Academy-

Hyohime looked at Martin, who was looking at his watchless arm with a sigh. "Still feeling down about the gremlin destroying your watch?"

"Yeah." he nodded while propping his head up with his hands. "I feel about as naked as a thanksgiving turkey."

She deadpanned. "Bad analogy Martin, especially since I'm a bird."

"I know, but still, now I can't get a new one until the delta exams. And I don't wanna wait!" He groaned. "What I wouldn't give to have a U-Watch right now."

"Maybe this is a good thing." she remarked. "Before mankind use to deal with just spears and swords, most of the technology of today seems to make things too easy."

"True, but you lived in Imperial Japan."

"Still, it might help you." She said patting his back. "And me living before WWII, doesn't mean I didn't understand the fact that yokai and the like were killed or driven off by primitive weapons."

"But I'm not like you, I was born in a world with awesome comics, the widespread internet, and best of all, video games!" he listed off with a smile. "The wonders of technology never ceases to amaze me."

Hyohime deadpanned. "And what if the world ended and your technology was destroyed in the process, what then?"

"Oh that's simple, I'd just go out into the desert wasteland and scavenge for what I could while becoming a roaming bandit, fighting mutants and zombies." he spoke while imagining him as a rogue before Hyohime popped it.

"Technology isn't everything, I don't need it to hunt, so you don't need to rely on it for everything." She sighed. "Plus you'll be dead before you escape your first zombie hoard."

"Oh come on, you don't know that."

"I've seen people do crazy things, but escaping from the dead? They have not." She pointed out before a portal appeared under them and sent them right into Mom's office. "Ah!"

"Woah!" he spoke before they landed on the floor with groans. "FYI, if I had my watch we might have been warned about this ahead of time, just saying."

She groaned before seeing Mom drinking some coffee with an alien that looked almost like a fuzzy koala with six legs.

"I see, good work on keeping your cousins from starting a plantiary disaster agent Stitch."

"Hanga quista." He said before looking at the two and cleaned its nose with a long tongue. "Agents?"

"Um what's that?" Hyohime asked Mom in disgust.

"Former experiment 626, otherwise known as Stitch. He's an agent from Hawaii that came by to give his report on a anti planet busting mission."

"Wow!" spoke Martin standing up with stars while Stitch tilted his head with the human looking him over. "I've heard rumors about an alien like him in Hawaii, but people kept dismissing it as some weird blue dog."

"No, Stitch is cute and fluffy." He said while looking him over.

"Um and what exactly is he?" Hyohime asked.

"A genetic experiment that can think faster than a supercomputer." Mom spoke as Stitch scratched his head. "And strong enough to send you flying."

"Wow, that's so cool!" smiled Martin before seeing Stitch start munching on his cup.

"Anyway." Spoke Mom while pulling up a holographic screen from her desk. "I want the two of you to head to Arlit, Niger to transport a rare creature on the verge of extinction."

"What sort of creature?" asked Hyohime.

"A Niger Firespitter. The only type of living fossil to produce irradiated fire." She said. "And haven't been seen since 1984."

"Hmm, I'm not sure I've heard of that. What kind of supernatural creature is it?" asked Martin.

"It's not a supernatural being, but an extinct dinosaur the surged the K-T event and managed to survive in a uranium doused environment for the last forty to fifty years. And I want the both of you to keep it safe until it's in Center hands."

Stitch looked at Hyohime before saying. "Yu porma dissy dinko te fabba."

"Um….what?"

"He just said a rude remark and that you were fat." Mom translated. "Trust me, he could've called you worse."

"Ha ha ha!" Stitch laughed.

She glared at him before reaching out for the experiment.

Only to get lifted into the air and twirled around like a top before sending her crashing into Martin. "Toobaga."

"Ow." he groaned while the experiment laughed.

"Easy there 626, they're still agents." spoke Mom with a smile. "But I will admit that was humorous to see."

"Takka." He said with a thumbs up as a portal appeared behind the two agents.

"I'll get you for that." Hyohime groaned while some stars went around her head.

"Go on you two, and again, be careful, if this creature is harmed or killed, it's whole species will come to an end."

They nodded as they got up and walked through the portal.

-Arlit, Niger-

Only to walk into the harsh desert like landscape of Niger, with its barren cliffs, sandy soil and treeless areas.

"Too hot." Hyohime panted while fanning herself.

"Woo, you said it." spoke Martin tugging at his shirt. "Maybe Mom should warn us next time, I don't even know which way we're supposed to go."

"No idea but I can't breath." She said while feeling like a sauna. 'I wish I was a molted siren right now!'

Martin looked around while feeling his body sweating like a pig. "Come on, the spot must be close by, let's pick a direction and get moving before we sweat our bodies off."

(A few miles later)

Both panted while feeling hotter than a steamed lobster.

"Even….Mount Fuji wasn't this bad." Panted Hyohime. "At least the hot springs helped with the feathers, this is making me molt."

Martin panted while seeing Hyohime reaching for her shirt.

"I need to breath…."

He went wide eyed and averted his eyes while hearing her sigh in relief while seeing her top land on the ground. 'Oh crap!'

"Almost better." She sighed while letting her blue bra out of her cotton prison. "All I need now is water and fifty boxes of ice."

"It's a desert Hyohime."

"I can dream Martin." she panted before seeing a pool in the distance with tropical trees. "Water!"

"Huh?" he looked up ahead and saw the trees and pool making him go wide eyed. "Oh thank you god! We're saved!"

They ran at it at top speed, before hitting a cliff side and caused a warthog to fall on them.

"Ariii!" It cried out before running off.

"Ow…"

"I think that was a mirage…"

Hyohime groaned. "Kuso!"

"Same here." he groaned before sitting up. "This is nuts, at this rate we're gonna end up dehydrated. What was Mom thinking! Is this her sadistic way of dealing with agents? I'll take a simple 'you're fired' to my face thank you!" he yelled to the sky with the heat getting to him.

Hyohime panted before seeing a scorpion crawl by and grabbed it by the tail before crushing it with a rock. "Take this, insects have lots of water in them."

"What?!"

"Just eat it." She said giving him half the scorpion. "It's not venomous."

"Then why did you grab it by the tail?!"

"Because my instincts took over." She deadpanned. "Now eat."

He looked at the half and swallowed before closing his eyes and hesitantly took a nibble off it. "Huh, tastes like chicken."

That was when a warthog ran by them along with a few others. And they looked like they were running from something.

"Ari!"

"Ari!"

"Ari!"

"Look! If we catch one of those we'll be full!" spoke Martin dropping the scorpion half. "Quick! Change into your real form and snatch one up!"

"But I'm hot!" She snapped. "Plus those things are too dangerous to catch!"

"You're a siren!"

"Yes but one that NEVER hunted a warthog before!"

Martin groaned before he felt the ground rumble and blinked. "Uh...am I still hallucinating? Or does it feel like the ground is shaking?"

Rumble!

"If you're hallucinating then I'm going crazy because the heat is getting worse!"

That was when a jet of red hot flames came right at them. They went wide eyed and quickly jumped to the side.

"ROAR!" Cried out a massive eighty centimeter tall dinosaur with short back legs with three long toes, long curved claws, a crocodile like head with sharp teeth, yellow eyes, brownish red scales, a long tail with spikes going from it and up a long sail and up to its neck. The sail was also covered in a reddish membrane with its spikes looking like that of a porcupine and its mouth was expelling hot flames from its mouth.

"Oh god! That's a Spinosaurus!"

"A what?"

"A dinosaur that lived before T-Rex and was bigger than him!"

"And coming towards us!"

"ROAR!" It cried out before sending more flames at them.

"RUN!" Martin cried out while running away as Hyohime ran faster then him. "Hey wait for me!"

"I'm not going to get roasted like a fried duck!"

"But I don't wanna become well done!" He yelled out as the dinosaur ran passed them and started to snap at the nearest Warthog.

"Ari!"

"Roar!" It growled while the flames licked the mammals fur.

SNAP!

"ARI!" It cried out as it struggled in the creature's jaw.

CRUNCH!

"Grrr." The creature growled as the limp body hung from its jaws.

The two of them gulped while seeing it start munching on the pig before turning and walked off.

"That was…..scary." Hyohime muttered. "It reminds me of some yokai I used to know. But less….beastial."

Martin panted and patted his chest. "Why didn't Mom warn us about that guy? She said we had to get another dinosaur, but instead we...wait! That's it!"

"What's it? That this dinosaur is the Niger Firespitter?"

"Think about it, it can literally breath fire! And Mom might have a twisted sense of humor from time to time, but she wouldn't send us on a wild goose chase for nothing. This big guy must be what we're looking for!"

Hyohime looked at the dinosaur and then at Martin. "Then how are we going to keep it safe? Remember it breathed fire at us, FIRE Martin!"

"I know that!" he snapped back with a frown. "But the fact we found it is a good sign, now...how do we get it back to the Center? Mom didn't give us damn details!"

She shrugged. "I could grab it, but…" she pointed to the Niger Firespitter, who was spitting flames from its nostrils. "I don't want to become its next meal."

"Oh? So you're fine suggesting picking it up, but you can't grab a simple warthog?" frowned Martin with the heat making him snappy.

"Hey! I'm not a kuso vulture!" She growled as the dinosaur looked at them.

"ROAR!" It roared while using its claws to hold onto the carcass. "ROAR!"

"Uh oh, looks like he's ready for the main course."

"I think he's trying to keep us away." Hyohime said. "Afterall, I would've done the same if you tried stealing my food."

"Are you sure? Cause I think he's drooling a little."

It growled while sending flames at them.

"I'm sure!" Hyohime cried out in a loud squeak. She moved away while Martin hit the sand and covered his head.

It growled while swishing its tail around.

Both felt the heat licking above them while not knowing that someone was watching from a cliffside.

'There it is, my ticket to fame.' Thought a woman with a wide ass, a D cup chest and wearing a hunter's hat as she was looking from a pair of binoculars. 'Now to get those brats away from the meal ticket.'

"Hyohime! Any ideas?" Martin called out while ducking behind a large rock.

"I know." She said with a gulp. "Let's get some water oh wait THERE ISN'T ANY AROUND!"

"Don't get snappy with me! I'm not the one who got us into this mess!"

"Me?! You were the one that wanted to go on this mission!"

"Because we're agents! It's our job! Or did the heat get to your head and make you forget that bit of info?"

Both butted heads while the Niger Firespitter stopped sending waves of fire at them and went back to eating the decaying warthog.

"Grrr."

The women meanwhile pulled out a high tech looking rifle with scope and started setting up a stand for it. "Just a little bit closer."

Both agents growled at each other while Hyohime fanned herself.

"I can't take it!" She screamed loudly while running around like crazy. "I NEED ICE!"

This caused the woman to lose her grip on the rifle and shot into the air.

BANG!

Both of them blinked and perked up while the Niger Firespitter momentarily stopped eating and growled while raising its head confused.

"Shit!"

"ROAR!" It cried out while sniffing the air and started running in the other direction.

"Did you hear that?" asked Martin.

"Yes and it came from over there." She said pointing to the cliffside.

"Sounded like a gunshot."

'Fuck!' The woman thought before running off. She jumped in a jeep and turned it on before driving down the side to try and catch up with the dinosaur. "I'm not letting that trophy get away from me!"

"Hey didn't Mom say that the Niger Firespitter was nearly extinct?" Hyohime asked.

"Yes why?"

"So maybe it's a poacher?"

He blinked before going wide eyed. "Crap! If that's true then we have to stop them or Mom will have our heads!"

"She's not that brutal."

"You don't Mom like I do."

She gulped before seeing the Niger Firespitter going towards a large desert beyond the cliffs. "Hang on, I'll fly us over to it."

"But I thought you didn't want to be roasted."

"Not when there's a hunter, trust me Roff was one to me and I'm not going to let this person do the same with this...fire breathing lizard." 'Yeah I'm going to be roasted like a pekin duck!'

"But with how hot we are do you even have enough energy?"

"I have enough to do one change." She said with a serious expression. "So just get on."

'I hope she doesn't faint in midair.'

(With the hunter)

Zoom!

The woman saw the dinosaur up ahead and smirked while grabbing her rifle and propped it on the window while looking through the scope and slowly aimed it near its neck. "Don't worry fella, you're just gonna take a nice LONG nap."

Niger Firespitter kept on running as the woman started to notice that the wind was picking up.

'Huh? The weather forecast didn't say anything about massive wind storms.' She thought in confusion. 'Just hope it doesn't affect my aim.'

"Hey you!"

She turned and jaw dropped seeing a massive bird like creature frying towards her with a person on it. "Holy fucking shit!" 'That's one BIG bird!'

"Put that down!" called out Martin while trying not to get light headed from the heat and height.

"Yeah and what are you going to do about it?" She called out while taking aim at the bird. 'I'm going to be double stinking rich after I get that bird!'

"Hyohime watch out!"

She cawed out before making a sonic screech that caused the Niger Firespitter to roar in pain and the woman to cover her ears in pain. "AHHHHH!"

"Ahh! You stupid parrot!" she yelled before swerving away while grabbing a high tech looking shotgun before aiming it up and fired out a capsule that broke open before an electric net wrapped around the two and tangled Hyohime's wings.

"CAW!" She cried out before dropping right back onto the desert sand and landed on the Niger Firespitter's spines.

"ROAR!"

"Heh, that'll teach ya." smirked the women before the Niger Firespitter stopped and swung its tail, hitting her jeep and causing it to roll on it's side. "Woah!"

The two went down as Hyohime changed back to human form.

"Ow…" Martin groaned in pain.

"Damn her." frowned Hyohime trying to push the net off. "She's good."

"Grrr." Niger Firespitter growled while getting back up and looked at them. "Roar!"

"Oh crap, I think he's pissed!"

"ROAR!" It cried out while sending some embers at them, all the while the woman in the turned jeep groaned in pain.

"Damn it, dumb lizard." She growled while getting out of the jeep. She pulled out her rifle and rook aim at it while zooming in on its neck before firing out a small dart that hit through it's skin.

"ROAR!" It roared out before turning to the jeep and sent flames at the car as it charged right at the woman.

"Woah!" 'Just fall asleep you big lizard!' she thought before reloading and shot another one at it's chest.

However that got it even angrier as it fired another wave of flames at her.

'Go down!' She screamed in her head while firing a few more darts just as Hyohime got out of the net.

"Stop it!" she yelled before the dinosaur started to sway and groan before falling down. "No!"

"Zzzzz." It snored while the woman smirked.

"Ha! No lizard can outsmart Olivia McCreen, the greatest hunter and now richest woman in the whole damn world!" she walked over to it before looking at the other two who glared. "Who knew I'd wind up with a lizard like this, and see some new bird at the same time."

"What are you going to do now?" Frowned Martin.

"Simple, I'm going to skin it and send it to the nearest black market."

"..."

"..."

"What?"

"I thought you were going to give it to a zoo." He admitted.

"That's just a waste of good tax dollars, now the black market, THAT'S where the money trail ends, ha ha ha!" she laughed while walking over to them. "With rare species, rich guys and gals will pay out the ear for any bit of them, so just imagine how much they'll pay for this things skin, and the rest? I'll figure out what I can get for all that later, it might not be AS much as it's hide, but the rest of it is sure to land me with enough to retire anywhere I want."

Hyohime frowned at that. "You're not going to get away with this teme."

She just shook her off. "Yeah yeah, and now if you excuse me I'm going to get that bird, that thing's feathers would make any bird loving money bags cough up the dough."

"Don't you dare touch her!" frowned Martin struggling in the net. "You touch one feather on her and I'll make sure you wind up in a zoo."

"Sorry pal, but this is my ticket to the big leagues." she held the rifle up before shooting a dart into Hyohime's neck. "Night night birdy."

Hyohime groaned before closing her eyes. "Zzzz."

"Hyohime!" Martin cried out before getting hit as well.

"Sorry kid, but I don't need no damn hero ruining my chance at the big leagues." She said as Martin went into snooze land.

(Some time later)

Slowly the boy began to feel himself waking up. Only to see a meerkat looking right at him.

It cocked it's head to the side while cleaning itself with its paws.

"Ugh...what happened?" He said while getting up and noticed he was alone in the desert. "Hyohime? Hyohime where are you?"

Silence.

He looked and saw he was still in the net and suddenly remembered the events. "Hyohime!"

The meerkat jumped while running off near a rock.

"Hyohime! I'll save you!" He yelled while struggling to get out of the net.

"Mek?"

Martin tried chewing through it, but when he saw the hole he just climbed through it and saw it was night out and cooler than before with no sign of the woman, dinosaur, or siren. "Oh man, which way did they go?"

The meerkat went back down into a hole while the sounds of elephants migrating was heard in the distance.

Martin looked around while unable to find any tire tracks. None of which was seen due to the wind. He let out a groan and sat down while feeling pressure hit him like a hammer. "Oh man, if I had my U-Watch I could have gotten us out of that net and nabbed that poacher."

That was when a warthog walked passed him while looking somewhat burned.

"Ari." It said while walking away.

He watched it and groaned. "Or maybe I could call in for some back up. Now she and the Firespitter are gone and I can't do a thing about it." He then thought about Hyohime and imagined her stuffed and on display. 'Ahhh! That's horrible!'

'Ha ha ha.' The hunter laughed while presenting the stuffed siren to some fancy rich men and women. 'I win kid.'

Martin closed his eyes and shook his head before standing up. "No! I can't just give up like that. Sure I don't have my U-Watch, or technology, or a lead, but Hyohime is right on one thing, it makes things too easy. If I can't rely on it like before, then I'm gonna need to find them the old fashioned way."

That was when he got an idea and tried something.

He put his thumb in his mouth before putting it out. "Now I can…." He then realized what he was doing. "Find the wind direction….that's not going to help! Gah! What would Di say in a time like this?!"

'Any wild life, even in dangerous environments can find their way to sources of water through instinct.'

"That's right! But...where am I going to find water in a desert?!" He yelled out before seeing a lion walk by and towards the area where the warthog came from. He slowly followed it while trying not to get too close.

"Grrr." It growled while walking through the sand and right towards a small oasis in the distance.

"Wow, Di was right." Martin muttered as the lion walked up and started drinking from it. He then noticed some tracks in the mud, and saw it was tire tracks. 'Yes! I'm on the right track!'

'My hero.' A chibi Hyohime said while holding onto Martin's arms. 'Thank you, and now I'm your hime.'

He blinked at the image in his head while surprised he knew the Japanese word for princess. 'She must've rubbed off on me.' he moved over near the edge and laned down before drinking up as much water as he could get with relief. As he did so, he noticed several gazelles walking to the waters edge as well. He sat up and sighed with relief before getting up. 'Ok, I got water, but now I need a way to find the trail or...wait! The cliffside! If she could spot us from up there, maybe I can find something too.'

"Roar." The lion growled from right next to him.

He paled before slowly backing away.

(Later)

Martin panted as he hiked up the side of the cliff and felt just a little better due to the water. He looked around and climbed while making sure nothing bites or stings him when he puts his hands on the edges. 'This is much better in gym class!'

He moved around the top and peered over the distance. 'Ok, see if there's anything out of the ordinary. If she took the dinosaur than that must mean she has some way to hold it and move it without any trouble.'

And that was when he saw a large truck in the distance, the kind used to transport large machinery to be exact.

'Alright, there it is. Now I just need to sneak over without being seen, and I know just the way.' He thought before getting an idea. 'Mmm, what if I made a stampede? But where do I get a few hundred wild animals from?' He then deadpanned at himself. 'Ok that might not be the most smartest thing I ever came up with.'

(At the camp)

"ROAR!" The Niger Firespitter roared while covered in chains and had a muzzle on.

"Oh be quiet, you're not getting out of that asbestos muzzle." Olivia frowned while cleaning her gun.

"MMMM!" came Hyohime's muffled sounds as she was chained up with a gag covering her mouth as she struggled.

She looked at her and sighed. "Pipe down, I can't have you just break before we get to Italy, especially when you're going on a very long tour."

'No way! I refuse to get sold and torn apart you bitch!' She thought in rage as Olivia pointed her gun at the siren.

"Now what to use in place of your organs? Sawdust or cotton?" she pondered while unaware of a figure carefully moving near the camp in the shadows.

"MMMM!" Hyohime said in a muffled voice as the Niger Firespitter tried blasting the muzzle with its flames and failed miserably.

"ROAR!"

Olivia put her gun down and stood up. "You two relax, I'll be right back after getting some dinner. If you're good, I might toss you a bone or two."

The figure tiptoed towards the camp while Olivia picked up a small chunk of cooked antelope leg, eaten to the very bone, and waved it at them.

"Or what's left of it, ha ha ha." She laughed with a mocking grin.

Hyohime glared before seeing movement around the jeep and saw the figure rise up to show Martin covered in sand and holding a finger up to his lips. 'Martin?!' she thought as the boy moved a little closer to them. 'Get away! This woman's crazier than a drunk centaur dancing with an oni!'

Martin spotted Olivia's gun and held a rock before moving over and carefully wedged it inside and then moved over near Hyohime to remove the gag. "You alright?"

"Martin, why are you here?! And get out of here, she's crazy!"

"No way, I'm not leaving you alone to end up stuffed." he frowned before he grabbed at the lock and tried tugging it off.

"ROAR!" The Niger Firespitter roared while thrashing about.

"Quiet down!" yelled Olivia who didn't turn around while Martin used a rock to try and break the lock since it wouldn't come off. "Don't make me shoot you again lizard lips."

"ROAR!"

Martin looked at his handiwork while feeling proud of himself. "I'm the greatest locksmith in the world."

"Save the celebrations till later baka." Hyohime deadpanned. "We have to get out of here WITH the Niger Firespitter."

"Hmm, I might have an idea, but it involves a little help from her." he smirked jabbing a thumb at Olivia.

She looked lost at that. "Eh?"

"Just trust me, I have a plan."

The Niger Firespitter roared again while causing some chains to break.

Martin cleared his throat before picking another rock up and chucked it at Olivia's head.

"Ow!" She turned around. "Ok who did that?!"

"Hey Elmer Fudd!" called Martin with a smirk. "Remember me?"

"You? But I left you for the lions." She frowned while pulling her knife out. "You little shit!"

"Well you're looking at a natural in survival." he smirked while edging her on. "Why don't you put the butter knife down? Or maybe you can't hit me twice with that little pellet gun you call a shotgun."

Olivia growled in rage. "You're so going to become the first stuffed boy with a gun up your ass!"

"Oh yeah? Try and catch me!" he darted off while she ran over and grabbed the shotgun. "You couldn't hit the broadside of a barn!"

KABOOM!

"GAH! What the fuck?!" she looked at her gun and saw it spark from the explosion and tossed it away before it blew to pieces.

"Oops, who knew you couldn't put rocks in those, my bad." laughed Martin making her furious.

Olivia eye twitched before grabbing something from the back of the trunk. "Taste my rocket launcher!" 'I hate doing this but this means war!'

"Woah!" he went wide eyed before scrambling out to the desert while avoiding the rocket before heading into the shadows as she followed loading another rocket.

"I'll have your head for that!"

Hyohime looked around while seeing that the truck was left unguarded and with the keys still in the ignition. 'I hope taking a few lessons on the automobile helps...kami protect me.'

Martin jumped around with each rocket and spotted something up ahead before taking a chance and jumped into a hole just as she reached it.

"You just made this easier!" she pressed the launcher over it and loaded another rocket.

KABOOM!

He paled while trying to come up with something on the spot.

"Now get out or I'll blow you to kingdom come!" She growled while aiming the gun right at the hole.

"I wouldn't stand out there much longer!" he called up.

"Why not?" She frowned.

"Because this is a nesting spot for some of the scorpions that live here!"

She blinked before seeing some scorpions near her feet. She jumped back and frowned. "Nice try, but I'm not stupid."

HONK HONK!

She turned and saw her truck coming right at her. "Ah!"

"I can't steer this thing!" Hyohime cried out.

The jeep raced towards Olivia as the woman had to dodge it and ended up right in the scorpion hole.

She saw the scorpions slowly rise up and screamed before dropping the launcher and moved to run, but wound up getting a fist to the face knocking her out due to Hyohime.

"Teme." She said while glaring at her. "Orokana meinu ōjo." (Stupid bitch princess)

"Thanks Hyohime." smiled Martin getting up out of the hole. "Looks like you picked up fast."

She turned to him and smiled.

"ROAR!" The Niger Firespitter roared while thrashing about in rage and fear.

"Now to get the big guy free, but I'm lost on how we get him to the Center." admitted Martin.

"I heard from this teme that the nearest preserve is fifty miles from here."

"Oh boy."

"Now let's get going before I have to eat the scorpion on your leg."

He looked down and grabbed it before taking the stinger off and bit into it with a crunch. "Sorry, I got it first."

"..." 'Oh kami, he's gone mountain man on me!'

"Not to worry though, all we need is get all the leftover food she had and use it to make big grumpy back there follow us."

"Um….ok."

(Some hours later)

HONK HONK!

"ROAR!" roared the dinosaur chasing the jeep with Martin driving and Hyohime in the passenger seat.

"Woah! This is epic!" Laughed Martin while going faster.

"Not for me!" spoke Hyohime as the jeep bounced around. "Can't you slow down?"

"ROAR!"

"Not if we want to get eaten!" He said while noticing a small building in the distance. "That's the spot!"

The Niger Firespitter roared while spitting flames at them as the truck got closer and closer to the building, which was surrounded by very advanced electric fences and guarded by robotic turrets. "ROAR!"

"Hey! We got the Firespitter!" Martin yelled out as loud as he could.

The gates didn't open at that.

CRASH!

Which didn't matter as they went through the gates.

The dinosaur followed while some guards got out of the building. It roared while the guards held up blasters and the turrets slowly turned towards it.

HONK HONK!

"YAHOO!" Martin called out as one guard shot a tranquilizer dart at the Niger Firespitter's neck.

"ROAR!" It cried out before instantly falling to the ground like a lightbulb. "Zzzz."

Hyohime shook in fear while gripping the edge of her seat. "T-T-Too fast…"

"You kidding? Let's go again!"

She turned to him and glared at him. "N-N-No." 'Not even for a fish!'

(One containment later)

"Well done you two, the Niger Firespitter is in its new environment safe and sound, and you two managed to come out alright." Mom said while Hyohime just shivered a little.

"J-Just don't let me drive with Martin again."

"Hey I was an excellent driver!"

"You nearly killed us!" She snapped. "And now I'm afraid of automobiles!"

"Oh come on, being behind the wheel of that was awesome." he smiled. "But I do admit, having to walk all the way there while going off without any tech was neat."

"Good, seems I was right in dropping you two off on the spot." remarked Mom with a smile.

Martin smiled at that.

"I might drop you two in the middle of nowhere more often. It builds character."

"Oh Kami please no!" spoke Hyohime as Mom walked a bit away before stopping.

"I'll consider your request, but Martin, keep what happened in mind. Even with all the high tech gadgets, they don't make up the agent, it's the agent themselves."

He blinked. "Wait...did you hear me and Hyohime in my room yesterday?"

"Sorry, there are some secrets even the Center has to keep from their agents." she walked off with a small chuckle.

He blinked at that before looking at Hyohime. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"No idea, I have no idea." she shrugged before hearing Martin's stomach growl.

"Man, I could go for a burger, or some more of those scorpions, they were pretty crunchy."

"Martin." She frowned. "Let's stick with fish." 'For my sake.'

"But they taste good."

"Do it and I might make you some dinner tonight."

"Oh alright, but I do gotta say, I owe Di a thanks for trying to bore me with all that talk about survival in the wilderness."

Hyohime shrugged at that before saying. "Also you owe me a new shirt."

That was when he remembered that she was still shirtless and showing off her bra. He turned red and looked away with a cough. "Uh, right, thanks for the reminder."

"Anytime." 'He didn't realize? Either he's a saint or just plain daffy.'

'Let's go to the pool.' A chibi Martin said while in a speedo in her mind.

She blushed and shook it off. 'Must be the heat.'