December 10th, 2012
On a snowy day, Chris and Martin were snowboarding downhill of a mountain, and Martin went over a rock and did a back-flip as he lands on the snow.
"Whoa! Did you catch that trick or what?" Martin said.
"Nice move!" Chris said.
They continued down the hill as then suddenly a cliff was ahead of them with a sheer drop.
"Whoa, we've got a monster drop coming up, bro." Chris said.
They were both nearing the edge too fast to slow down for a stop.
"Check out this big air!" Chris yelled as he went over the edge twirling.
"Right behind ya, Chris!" Martin yelled.
Chris then successfully landed on the side and rode down the down as Martin landed hard and tripped as Chris skids to a stop.
"That's no newbie move." Chris said.
Then Martin slid across the snow with his legs up as then his snowboard landed near him and his helmet on his foot.
And Chris started laughing his head off.
"Nice face plant, bro!" Chris laughed.
Martin soon pulls his head free from the snow and narrowed his eyes.
And Chris continues laughing as then Martin grabs the back of his jacket and then drops a handful of snow at his neck as Chris screamed from the cold snow. And then started jumping around like mad shaking the snow off as Martin laughed.
"Nice dance moves." Martin laughed.
Chris then removes the last of the snow off. "Don't worry, I'll get you back."
Meanwhile, Aviva, Koki, Jimmy and Amber were inside the Tortuga.
"Where are Chris and Martin?" Jimmy wondered.
"They took off early this morning." Aviva said. "I think to do snowboarding."
"Why am I not surprise." Koki said.
"Well, as I much as I enjoy the snow, I'm not a huge fan in the cold." Aviva said and sat down. "If I were an animal, I'd be a bird and fly south for the winter."
"I'd rather be a Black Bear all hibernating and sleeping." Jimmy said.
"No way." Koki said dismissively. "I love the snow. I'd stay active. I'd be a Lynx."
Then Chris and Martin entered the HQ room.
"Boy, snowboarding those hills was epic." Chris said.
"Minus where we had the huge drop." Martin said.
"Hey, any of you guys fill up for some fun in the snow?" Chris asked.
"Eh, why not." Aviva shrugged.
Soon, the garage door of the Tortuga opened as they were all in their winter coats, mittens, hats and everything.
Amber looked out as she saw the entire landscape covered in snow.
Chris stepped out of the Tortuga, but then suddenly fell into a deep snowbank.
He soon pokes his head out from the snow. "Oh... I had to step over a snowbank."
Chris then pulls himself out from the snow and onto the ramp.
"Need these... snowshoes!" Chris said as Koki hands him his snowshoes and placed them on. "Whoa... big feet like these snowshoes are the secret for walking on snow."
"Hey, there's some tracks over here." Aviva said.
They went over to her and saw a track way.
"Hmm. I wonder they go." Martin said.
They then followed the tracks as they got to the last set of tracks.
"Hmm. Nothing." Chris said.
As Amber looked closer around where the track way ended, 2 eyes suddenly opened as Amber cocked her head confused. And then suddenly a Snowshoe Hare erupts out of the snow catching the group by surprise as they fell and covered by snow as the hare rushed off.
"Whoa, that was a chilly surprise." Martin said brushing the snow off him.
"Cool, a Snowshoe Hare!" Chris beamed.
"Hey, I think that's Avalanche." Martin said recognizing the hare.
They watched as Avalanche heads to a bush and eats a bit of bark from the branches and rushed as he disappears among the snow.
Avalanche is a Snowshoe Hare that they a while back during their Snow Runners adventure when they accidentally lost 3 Hispid Hares that they had recovering from a fire in Nepal. As they waited for Chris and Martin to return as they were sledding across the forest on a rocket-propelled sled. However, the Tortuga right in the middle of their path, Martin tries to stop the sled by untying one of the rockets only causing them to spin as they crashed into the Tortuga almost causing it to slide down the hill it was over.
And as Aviva and Koki threw the sled off them, they didn't noticed the Hispid cage by the door as the sled slid towards them and knocks them outside as they slid down the hill. They soon started flying to Nepal and it was a while before they finally noticed the cage was missing. They quickly returned to the hill as Chris and Martin soon found the cage, but the cage wasn't locked after Aviva was a little distracted and didn't placed the lock on right.
The 2 brothers followed the tracks and eventually came across a Snowshoe Hare, and they went Mini-Size and momentarily lost sight of him. And Martin named him Avalanche when he unknowingly sat on his back and was knocked off. And after a Goshawk chase, they hid in a thicket of branches among trees where they found one of the Hispids. Chris used Basilisk Power to bring the Hispid back to the Tortuga as their water-running feature is similar to how Snowshoe Hares move on snow since Aviva wasn't finished making a Snowshoe Hare Power Suit.
Martin soon found another Hispid as Chris came back, but then a Lynx was seen nearby. Chris manages to sneak away with the Hispid as Martin and Avalanche hid for a while for running off and hid in the thicket as the Lynx waits outside.
Chris soon brought the 2nd Hispid back to the Tortuga as Aviva decided to work on a Lynx Power Suit instead. And as Martin went to get some Lynx fur, the 3rd Hispid was spotted nearby as the Lynx begins to stalk towards it. The Lynx Power Disc was soon sent to Martin and activates Lynx Power as he hurries to get the Hispid first much of Chris' complaint until he saw the Hispid. Jimmy quickly teleports him rabbit ears and made him look like a Snowshoe Hare to distract the Lynx long enough for Martin to grab the last Hispid and they soon rushed off to the Tortuga.
"Boy, a Snowshoe Hare Power Suit really would've been cool." Chris said.
"Well, 1 day eventually I might finish a Snowshoe Hare Power Disc." Aviva said.
"Hey, look at Amber." Jimmy said.
They then watched as Amber walked around on the surface of the snow, and then plays around a small hill of snow.
Koki laughed a bit. "Guess Amber is enjoying herself in the snow."
"Yeah, but... How is she handling the cold?" Jimmy said. "I thought reptiles can't survive in the cold."
"Hmm... Let me try something." Aviva said bringing her Creaturepod out.
Aviva then scans Amber as a purple beam hits Amber as she didn't noticed it. And then a holographic screen appeared.
"Huh. Vital signs are still functioning fine." Aviva said.
She then made an adjustment as the screen showed in thermal vision. Showing the the snow all purple, and Amber was seen in a mix of red, orange and yellow.
"Whoa, her body temperature is actually similar to that of mammals." Martin said. "Which means she's warm-blooded."
"A warm-blooded reptile?" Koki said. "But-But... Reptiles are cold-blooded."
"True." Chris said. "But recently, scientist believe that some dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded. But also a little bit of cool warm and cold-blooded."
"And her feet." Chris said. "Her toes are spread out just like a bird's. That must allow her to walk on snow without sinking too deep."
"Well I guess Amber is the first dinosaur to see snow, huh?" Aviva said.
"Well, the first Isla Nublar dinosaur." Martin corrected. "But not the first."
"Really?" Koki said.
"Yeah, 70 million years ago, in the Cretaceous Arctic, dinosaurs there have seen snow." Martin said.
"Dinosaurs that far north?" Aviva said amazed of what she was hearing. "What kinds?"
"Let's see." Martin said. "There's Albertosaurus that is believe to live to as far north to Alaska, Edmontosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, maybe Gorgosaurus. And even Troodon. It was warm during the summer back then, and cold during the winter months."
"Hey, anyone up for some sledding?" Martin suggested.
An hour later, they came across a great hill for sledding.
And they were enjoying themselves, and Martin placed Amber on a snow tube. He begins to climb into it, but then he slipped as the water tube slid down the hill with Amber in it.
"Oh, no!" Martin said. "Amber!"
Martin quickly grabs another tube and slid down the hill racing after her.
Amber held onto the tube as she slid down the hill as Martin was right behind her.
"Amber!" Martin yelled.
The others were watching at the bottom of the hill, and saw the situation.
"Uh-oh." Chris said.
Soon Martin slid right pass Amber as he was going faster than she was.
Chris, Koki and Jimmy got out of the way as Martin accidentally hits Aviva as she did a front-flip before hitting the ground on her back.
"Sorry!" Martin yelled.
Soon he was spinning out of control.
Then Aviva quickly caught the tube and grabs Amber.
They they all turned to Martin as he was still sliding on the tube.
"HOW DO YOU STOP THIS THING?!" Martin yelled.
Then suddenly a crashing thud was heard as they cringed.
They then turned to Martin as he was against a tree that he crashed into.
Martin groaned and then fell back, and then a pile of snow landed on top of him.
"Ow." Martin said from inside the pile.
Later after digging Martin out of the pile, they were back on the hilltop as Chris wanted to do 1 more ride.
"Later, dudes." Chris said getting in his tube. "Let her rip. Hang 10."
Chris then slid down the wind, but then suddenly accelerated leaving behind a green flash as he yelled.
Chris zoomed down the hill and raced through the forest as he held on for dear life.
"Whoa!" Chris yelled as he raced through the forest trying to avoid the trees. "Hey! Hey! Hey!"
He then ducked under some branches as he raced by and went through 3 high ridges of snow leaving behind Chris-shaped impressions.
He then raced out of the forest and into a clearing as ahead of him was a herd of White-tailed Deer.
"Look out!" Chris yelled.
The deer then rushed out of the way as Chris zooms by them as they watched.
Chris then slid down a hill and slid across a frozen lake and raced by an otter as it stood up and watched as he then crashed into a large pile of snow.
Back on the hill, the others cringed as they saw it from a distance.
"Bingo." Martin said.
Later towards sunset, they were now heading back to the Tortuga.
"Boy, what a day." Aviva said.
"Yeah, best fun we had in a while." Koki said.
"Yep. And the day is nearly over." Chris said. "Too bad we do anything else."
"I could think of one thing." Martin said with an evil smirk.
Martin then placed a handful of snow over Chris' hood as his eyes widen.
And then Chris screamed and jumped around.
"Cold! Cold!" Chris yelled.
And he shakes the snow off him.
"Got you again!" Martin said. "And the winner is... me."
Chris then made a snowball, and then threw it as Martin moved his head aside as it flew by him.
"Missed!" Martin said.
The snowball then lands on a hill of snow.
"No, I didn't." Chris smirked.
Martin's smile then turned into a confused look, and then frowned as he glanced back having a deja vu from the Polar Bears Don't Dance adventure. And the snowball started rolling down the hill growing bigger as Martin looked back completely and saw it coming at him.
Martin stood still for a moment before screaming and tries to make a run for it but the snowball rolled on top of him and rolls off.
"Told you I'd get you back." Chris said in triumph.
But then the snowball crashed into him, as well as the others as the snowball crashed against a tree.
They soon poked their heads out from the snow as Amber shook some snow off her as they turn to each other.
And then they started laughing as Chris and Martin high-five each other.
Author's Note:
And here's Amber's first experience with snow.
I actually added a few references like from Daddy's Home 2, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation to make it a little funny.
