"Ooh, are we there yet?! Are we there yet?!" Pickle excitedly asked as they all zoomed through the jungle.
"We would be if a certain SOMEONE would set down his phone and stop texting his boyfriend," Crusher rolled his eyes to Blaze, who indeed, was in a deep and happy conversation with Darington through the phone.
AJ had been driving for the red truck for the whole way. As much as they were happy to have Blaze and Darington together, it was a little annoying when their brother was constantly on the phone whenever they were far apart. Even if they were still in the same building, as long as they were a few miles apart, they would still text one another and would be obssessed with the conversation between them.
"Blaze, maybe you should put your phone down," AJ suggested, pressing hard on the breaks, which caused the other to halt. "You DO know that you've got a date with him later tonight, so-"
"Oh, right!" Blaze set his phone aside and nodded. "Sorry, guys!"
"Man, I knew you two were gonna be close, but this is a whole new level," Crusher snickered.
"HEY, GUYS!"
The group looked up to see Stripes on top of a treehouse, waving down at them. Pickle gasped.
"STRIPES LIVES IN A TREEHOUSE?!" he squealed. "THAT IS AWESOME!"
"Come on in!" the tiger truck called out.
"Well, you heard him," Crusher smiled and motioned to the steps, heading up to the treehouse. "Let's go,"
He led the group up, each of them hopping on each step. They soon made it to the top, where an excited Stripes greeted thme with a beam.
"You're finally here!" he leaped for joy. "Welcome to my treehouse!"
"Woah!" Pickle gasped. "LOOK AT THOSE SWINGS!"
"Wanna give it a try?" Stripes asked.
"YES!" the green truck leapt to one of the swings. "WA-HOO! COME ON, GUYS! YOU GOTTA TRY THIS!"
"Right behind you, Pickle!" Crusher drove to a trampoline and bounced up to the other swing. "Wa-hoo! This IS fun!"
"Come on, Blaze!" AJ urged his brother. "Let's swing!"
"Yeah!" Blaze grinned before he and Stripes jumped up to play with the other two.
The group cheered as they swung on the swings. Blaze then hopped off his swing onto one end of a seesaw. Crusher jumped off his and landed on the other end, both laughing as they jumped on on both ends. Pickle let out a cheer before hopping down to a trampoline and bouncing on it. Stripes let out a happy roar as he swung and leapt over to a log pole.
"Hoo-hoo!"
"Oh, yeah!"
"Yeah-heh!"
"Rawwr! Yeah, yeah!"
"Whooooo-hoo!"
They soon landed on the ground, each of them laughing in happiness. AJ got off of Blaze's driver seat with a beam.
"Stripes, your treehouse is cool!" he said.
"Oh-ho, thanks, AJ!" Stripes grinned. "But just wait - you guys haven't even seen the best part yet! Wait here, I just gotta climb up and get it!" He drove over to the big tree in the center. "Tiger claws!" His claws popped out then he began to climb up the tree.
"Ooh, I wonder what he's going to show us!" Pickle excitedly squealed.
"Could be anything," Crusher chuckled.
"Rawwr! Rar... rrr... row... rawwr!" He came to a platform with a little red door. "You're all gonna love this!" He knocked on the door, and it opened up to reveal an ancient horn inside. "It's... my jungle horn!"
"Woah!" the group gasped as the tiger truck grabbed the jungle horn and blew into it, playing a melodic fanfare and producing a golden contrail before he swung back to the ground.
"Wow!" AJ's eyes lit up. "I've never seen a jungle horn before,"
"Where'd you get it, Stripes?" Blaze asked.
"My animal friends gave it to me!" Stripes answered proudly. "And when I blow into it, the sound calls them. Come on, I'll show ya!"
Stripes led them onto the balcony then he blew into the jungle horn again. The melody echoed through the air, and the contrail extended outward to a tree, where three monkeys heard the melody and swung over.
"Look!" Pickle let out a gasp. "Monkeys!"
The monkeys landed on the balcony, and the group laughed as two of them went over to surround AJ, who petted them with a giggle. The last one landed on Crusher's head, causing the dark blue truck to laugh and pet it.
"Heya, monkeys!" Stripes called out to the monkeys. "Come on in, it's time to play!"
The monkeys dashed into the treehouse to play. Blaze laughed as he watched them enter.
"That's so cool!" he spoke.
"Do it again, Stripes!" Pickle cheered. "Again! Again!"
"All right," Stripes grinned. "Let's see who we call this time!"
He blew into the jungle horn again. This time, the contrail echoed over to the forest, where three parrots heard the melody and flew towards them.
"Ooh!" Blaze pointed over to them. "Check it out, parrots!"
"Come on in, friends!" Stripes motioned them into the treehouse.
The parrots flew inside to join the monkeys. Stripes blew into the jungle horn yet again, and the golden contrail and the melody reached out to the stalks of bamboo near the balcony. Croaking could be heard, and a frog hopped onto one of the leaves.
"Look!" Pickle squealed. "A frog!"
"Lots of frogs!" Crusher cried out, watching as two more joined the frog before they hopped onto the balcony and mingled with the group.
They all laughed as one landed on Blaze's hood. Another landed on Crusher's before hopping on Pickle, who was squealing at the sight of them. The last landed on Stripes, who giggled at the sight of the frog.
"Okay, froggy," he said with a grin. "I'm happy to see you, too!"
The frogs let out happy croaks before hopping off of the monster machines. As soon as the three were inside, Stripes blew into the jungle horn one more time, and the contrail echoed and headed past the bamboo, where a panda heard the melody before sliding down towards them.
"Whoa!" Blaze's eyes widened at the sight of the panda. "Who's that, Stripes?"
"That's my friend, Panda Bear," Stripes replied as the panda hugged him. "Aww, hiya, Panda! Come inside!"
The panda headed inside, with the group following after. Stripes then played an upbeat song on the jungle horn, which led them in a conga line, each of the laughing and cheering as they danced and played with the animals.
Meanwhile, through the window, Speedrick watched the scene unfold with a scoff.
"Yuck, who plays with filthy animals like those?" he huffed before groaning. "Ohhhh... I wish that I had a jungle horn! Then I can call the animals! Only instead of playing with them, I'd keep them as my pets, and they'd have to do whatever I tell them!" he then grinned and licked his lips. "Even if it means kidnapping lightning boy over there and making him mine!~"
"Rawwr! Come on, everyone!" the white truck hid himself just time to not be seen as the tiger truck placed the jungle horn on a tree stump near the window and headed back to the animals and his friends. "Let's play!"
Speedrick peeked back in as soon as he was gone. He looked over at the jungle horn and smirked.
"Ah, perfect!" he snickered. 'I'm gonna grab the jungle horn when no one's looking!" He carefully leaned in and reached for the ancient horn. "I can almost reach it... just a little farther...!"
Finally, he managed to grab it. He evilly grinned.
"Ha-ha! I've got it!" he exclaimed before singing out in his terrible voice. "~I've got the jungle horn, yeah, yeah! And now it belongs to me, me, me- GAH!"
He screamed as he fell over the balcony and bounced off the tree leaves. He landed on the ground with a thud and a groan.
"Ugh..." he shook his head as his hair stuck out in a frizzy. "Gah! My hair!"
Meanwhile, the panda overheard him and was alarmed when he saw the jungle horn in his tires. It quickly drove towards Blaze, Crusher, Pickle, AJ and Stripes, who had been playing catch with the other animals when the the panda drove over to them.
"Hang on, everyone," Blaze silenced them. "I think the panda's trying to show us something,"
The panda nodded and drove over to the balcony. The group followed behind it as the panda pointed below. They all looked down to see Speedrick fixing his hair with a comb while his other tire held the jungle horn.
"It's Speedrick!" AJ gasped.
"Oh, no!" Stripes cried out. "He took my jungle horn!"
"Speedrick!" Blaze yelled out, causing the larger truck to jump. "Give back that jungle horn right now!"
"Yeah!" Crusher agreed with a nod. "That doesn't belong to you!"
"Oh, does it now?!" Speedrick smirked. "Well, I'll be glad to swap the jungle horn for... you know~"
"NEVER, YOU LUNATIC!" Pickle snarled. "DON'T YOU TRY!"
"Oh well," Speedrick snickered and turned to drive away. "Later, suckers!"
"Rarrr!" Stripes growled as he watched the white truck take his leave. "I can't let Speedrick have the jungle horn! He'll use it to make the animals his pets!"
The animals made worried sounds at the sentence, exchanging sad glances at one another.
"Don't worry, animals," AJ assured them. "We won't let that happen!"
"Stripes, we're gonna help you get your jungle horn back!" Blaze told the tiger truck with a smile.
"All right!" Stripes cheered, as did the animals as AJ boarded the red truck.
Crusher was the only one who didn't seem happy, a guilty look on his face as he frowned.
"Maybe... Maybe we SHOULD consider Speedrick's deal," he suggested hesitantly. "I mean, it's only ONE date, and it would at least get him to leave us alone for a while-"
"NO, NO, NO!" Pickle opposed, shaking his head. "Absolutely NOT!"
"Crusher, you don't have to take that deal just for the jungle horn," Stripes also shook his head. "It's not worth it!"
"Yeah, big bro!" Blaze nodded in agreement. "We can get back the jungle horn from him no problem! AJ, gimmie some speed!"
"Yeah!" AJ grinned and pressed hard on the acceleration.
The duo cheered as they went down the treehouse slide. Stripes followed after with his own cheer before Crusher and Pickle came after them, sliding down the slide with a laugh. They soon reached the bottom then they sped to the jungle as fast as they could.
Meanwhile, Speedrick cackled as he drove through the jungle, ahead of the group.
"~Ooh, yea-ah!~" he terribly sang out. "~I've got the jungle horn, and I'm gonna make the animals my pets!~"
Suddenly, Crusher and Blaze's horn echoed through the forest, causing Speedrick to jump and look back to see the group speeding after him. He snarled.
"Oh NO they don't!" he hissed. "I can't let them take the jungle horn back! It's mine, now!" He soon crossed a bridge over a muddy swamp and snickered, an idea coming to him. "This'll stop 'em!"
He banged against the bridge post, causing it to fall into the mud and sink. Just as they did, the group were approaching the muddy swamp, with Crusher in the lead. He spotted the bridge falling and gasped.
"WHOA!" he skidded his tires to a stop. "LOOK OUT!"
Luckily, they all managed to stop in time, skidding their tires as hard as they could to the road.
"Oh, no!" Stripes cried out. "Speedrick knocked out the bridge!"
"Oops!" Speedrick feigned a surprised expression before laughing at them mockingly. "Hahahaha!" He then turned to drive away, screeching out his voice to top of his lungs. "~The jungle horn's mi-ine! All mine, mine, mi- OW!"
He yelped as he suddenly hit a tree. The bananas from the tree dropped down, and the large truck let out a screech as he found himself covered in bananas, which also dreanched his hair.
"Eeyuck!" he gagged and tried to shake off the mushed bananas. "My hair!"
"Insta karma, boi!" Pickle giggled.
"SHUT UP!" Speedrick growled over at them before heading off to escape.
"What do we do now, guys?" AJ wondered. "We can't just let Speedrick get away!"
"Hmm..." Blaze looked around. "There has to be some other way to get across this swamp..."
"Wait a second!" Stripes gasped. "I know a way!" He drove over and showed them three swings, which hung over the bog. "We can get across on these!"
"Whoa!" Crusher's eyes lit up. "What are they, Stripes?"
"They're jungle swings. If we jump on them, we can swing to the other side, like this!" he backed up a bit before jumping up onto the swing. "See? No probl - AAAAAAAHHHHH! WHOAAAA!"
All of a sudden, the swing leaned to one side. The tiger truck shrieked as he slipped.
"Gaskets!" Blaze gasped. "That swing isn't balanced!"
"Stripes is on one side, so we need to get to the other side," AJ told them.
"HANG ON, STRIPES!" Pickle cried out. "I'M COMING!"
He jumped onto the other side of the swing but screamed when the swing just continued leaning on Stripes's side. Crusher shook his head.
"You two aren't the same weight! It's still not balanced!" he called out. "Hang on! I'm heading over to help!"
He backed up then jumped onto the swing, making his way to Pickle's side. The swing tipped over due to the weight, and the dark blue truck and the green truck yelled out as they began to slip.
"GUYS!" Blaze let out a gasp, his tires spinning in a quick motion. "I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!"
He leapt onto the swing and went over to Stripes's side, balancing it. The rest of them sighed in relief.
"Thank goodness!" Crusher spoke with a sigh.
"Hey, you guys did it!" Stripes cheered. "You balanced the swing!"
"Guess we have to balance ourselves like this the whole time, huh?" Pickle guessed.
"Yep!" AJ confirmed with a nod. "Looks like it,"
"Come on, let's jump to the next swing," Blaze motioned them over to the other swing. "Ready, guys?"
"Ready!" they all nodded and readied to jump.
"All together!" Blaze told them. "Ready, set, GO!"
They jumped to the other swing with a cheer. The swing they were on tilted a little but managed to balance itself to their weight.
"Yes!" AJ celebrated. "We made it!"
"And we're nice and balanced," Blaze commented with a sigh of relief.
"Ooh, look!" Pickle cried out, pointing over to see a bunch of butterflies fly over to them. "Butterflies!"
One of the butterflies landed on Crusher and Pickle's side. Suddenly, it's weight caused the swing to lean in their direction, which made the duo slip.
"Whoaaaaaa!" they all screamed, with the dark blue truck and the green truck trying to hold onto the swing. "Whoa!"
"Uh-oh!" AJ cried out. "And now we don't weigh the same on both sides anymore!"
"Huh, who knew one little butterfly could weigh so much...?" Crusher hissed, still trying to hold onto the swing.
"Quick, we need to find the other butterfly to go on our side!" Blaze looked around before his eyes settled on the nearby butterfly, fluttering amongst the flowers. "Aha! There it is! Hey, butterfly! Can you help us balance?"
The butterfly squeaked out in surprise before flying over to them. It landed on Blaze and Stripes's side, tiliting the swing and balancing it.
"Yippee!" Pickle cheered.
"It worked!" Stripes sighed in relief.
"Yep," Blaze nodded with a sigh. "We're balanced now that there's a butterfly on each side,"
"Come on!" AJ urged them. "Let's hurry and get to the next swing!"
They crouched down for a moment and jumped all together with a cheer, landing on the third swing.
"Nice jump, everyone!" Stripes grinned.
"Look out! More butterflies!" Crusher warned them as more butterflies approached them.
One butterfly landed on Pickle and Crusher's side while three landed on Blaze, AJ and Stripes's side. The swing began to tilt, and the trio screamed as they tilted.
"Whoaaaaaaaaa!" Blaze and AJ yelped. "Oh!"
"Guys, we're slipping!" Stripes hissed, his tiger claws popping out to hold on.
"Uh-oh!" Pickle gasped. "Their side has three butterflies, but our side only has one!"
"Quick, we've gotta find two more butterflies to go on our side!" Crusher told him.
"There they are!" Pickle pointed over to the butterflies nearby. "Hey, butterflies! We need your help!"
The butterflies fluttered over to help and landed on their side, balancing the swing. This caused the group to sigh in relief.
"Rawwr! It worked!" Stripes let out a cheer.
"Great job balancing, everyone!" Blaze beamed in relief.
"And look!" AJ pointed over to the other side. "There's the end of the swamp!"
"Ooooh, that's a pretty big jump," Pickle glanced down and shuddered.
"Come on," Crusher held his tire with a smile. "We'll all jump together on the count of three,"
"Right," Blaze nodded. "One..."
"Two..." AJ spoke as the monster machines crouched down, ready to jump.
"Three!"
They all leapt up from the swing with a cheer. They landed with a skid and a thud.
"Rawwr!" Stripes let out a cheered roar.
"Yeah!" Blaze and Crusher high-tired.
"Whoo-hoo!" Pickle celebrated with a squeal.
"We made it!" AJ whooped.
"Now let's get going so we can catch up with Speedrick!" Crusher said.
"Yeah!" Stripes agreed. "And get my jungle horn back!"
"AJ, gimmie some speed!" Blaze grinned before they all took off, with the red truck taking the lead as they zoomed deeper into the jungle.
Meanwhile, Speedrick was still further up ahead from them and was very much ready to blow on the jungle horn.
"Finally! I'm alone!" he cackled. "I'm ready to blow the jungle horn!"
He was about to blow into the horn when he suddenly hit a mango tree, causing him to yelp and be thrown back. He groaned, but his luck had gotten worse as the mangoes all fell from the tree and mushed onto his face and hair.
"NO! NOT THE HAIR!" he flicked the mangoes off of him. "Anything but the hair! Dang it! Well, this can't possibly get any worse..."
All of a sudden, Blaze and Crusher's horns echoed through the jungle. Speedrick turned around and growled to see the group zooming towards him and approaching him at top speed.
"WHAT?!" he snarled. "Oh... I can't believe those suckers are still following me! I have GOT to do something to stop them!"
He took out a huge bag and set it down on the ground. He reached in and smirked as he took out a metal crate.
"Ah, perfect..." He threw the crate towards them, causing the crate to unravel and assemble into a robot that looks like a chef with frying pans, whic landed between two rock formations. "My giant robot chef!" he evilly laughed. "This oughta cook up some trouble for Blaze and his pals!"
Meanwhile, the group were approaching the two rock formations when they suddenly skid to a stop at the sight of the giant robot chef.
"Uh-oh, Speedrick made a robot chef!" AJ cried out.
"That's right!" the group looked over to see Speedrick behind the chef with a smirk. "Who doesn't like a little trouble for breakfast, eh, Blaze?"
"First of all, WE don't!" Pickle yelled out. "Second, it's past lunch! Breakfast was hours ago!"
"Whatever," Speedrick rolled his eyes before smirking. "Well, I'd be happy call out my robot chef if-"
"No means no." Blaze snarled. "We can pass your robot chef, no problem!"
"Yeah!" Stripes agreed before zooming forward. "No robot chef is gonna stop me from getting my jungle horn back!"
Suddenly, one of the giant frying pans blocked his way. Stripes yelped as he slammed into it.
"Huh. All righty then," Stripes shook it off. "I'll go the other way,"
He attempted to drive through the other way, but the other pan blocked it before he could. He tried to go the first way again, but he also got blocked, causing him to growl in frustration. The robot laughed mockingly at his misfortune, as did Speedrick.
"Well, if I don't get what I want, you all will suffer!" the white truck chuckled then he turned and drove off.
"Oh, man!" Stripes let out a hiss as he headed back to the others. "How are we gonna get past that guy? Every time I try to get by, he blocks the way with those frying pans,"
"Hmm..." AJ looked up to observe the robot chef. "Right now, the chef robot has two empty frying pans. They weigh the same, so he's balanced,"
"But if we filled one of them with giant waffles, then it wouldn't be the same on both sides!" Blaze finished with a beam. "And when he's unbalanced, he'll tip over,"
"Rawwr! I like it!" Stripes agreed to the plan with a grin.
"OR we could just see what happens if we both go at two different directions," Pickle suggested.
"Let's test and see," Crusher told him.
They both turned towards the robot chef then they drove to it at top speed. Suddenly, both pans lowered down, prompting the duo to slam onto it and get thrown back. Blaze and Stripes quickle went to them.
"You two alright?" the tiger truck asked as the red truck helped them up.
"No..." Pickle said, dizzy. "Well, that plan didn't work. Back to the waffles!"
"Time to make some waffles!" Blaze spoke as the parts they needed materialized around him; heating elements, grid plates and the hinge. "All right! I'm a Waffle-Making Mmmmmonster Machine!"
He jumped into the air and transformed. Crusher chuckled as his inventing pouch glowed along with him before a giant metal bowl appeared. Stripes peered into it and grinned to see the batter they needed.
"Rawwr!" he cheered. "Now let's make some waffles!"
"Ooh, yummy!" Pickle licked his lips as AJ poured the batter into the grid plate and closed it. "Can we have some too?!"
"Maybe AFTER we get rid of the robot," Crusher laughed as a ding came, and the waffle maker opened up again.
"Look!" AJ exclaimed. "Our first waffle's ready!"
"Mm!" Stripes took a sniff. "And it smells DELICIOUS!"
"C'mon, let's put it in the robot's frying pan," Blaze urged them.
They hurries over to the robot, and Blaze tossed the waffle into it's left pan. The weight of the waffle caused the robot to lean slightly to the left.
"It's working!" Pickle let out a cheer. "That giant waffle made one side of the robot heavier than the other!"
"Quick! Let's make some more!" Stripes cried out, placing more batter into the waffle maker.
Two more came, and Stripes and Crusher tossed it to the frying pan. Pickle poured batter into the waffle maker and took out one more before tossing it to the frying pan.
"Yeah!" Blaze cheered them on as the last of the batter was poured, and four waffles were cooked. "Whoo-hoo-hoo!"
They each grabbed a waffle and tossed it to the frying pan. The robot chef wobbled at the heavy weight of one of it's pans until it self-destructed into scraps, sending the waffles flying. Blaze, AJ and Stripes let out a cheer as the red truck detransformed.
"Yeah-heh!"
"We did it!"
"Rawr!"
"So long, giant waffles!" Crusher waved as he watched most of the waffles fly off.
One managed to land in front of them. Pickle flipped in excitement before taking out a syrup bottle and placing it all over the waffle. Everyone laughed but went over to join him, neither of them letting the waffle go to waste.
Meanwhile, Speedrick was very far from the group, letting out an evil laugh as he neared a riverbank.
"Yes!" he cackled. "Now I can finally use the animals as my pets! MWUHAHAHAHA!"
As he was about to blow into the trumpet, the smell of waffles filled the air, and he looked up in confusion to see giant waffles on it's way to him.
"Oh, SON OF A-!"
He yelped as the waffles all fell on top of him. As they did, the jungle horn slipped from his tires and fell onto the river.
"Oh no!" he cried out. "The jungle horn's getting away!"
He grabbed onto a tree and pulled himself from under the stack of waffles. He shook off whatever crumbs he had left on before feeling his hair stick out in a frizzy.
"Oh, come ON!"
Meanwhile, the group had finished the waffle and were zooming through the jungle once more. Stripes was leading them this time, sniffing the air for the ancient horn.
"Guys, I'm picking up a scent!" he spoke up. "I think it's... the jungle horn!"
"Really?" Blaze looked around. "Where?"
"There it is!" Pickle pointed to the horn in the river.
"Uh-oh, but it's floating away!" AJ cried out. "And fast!"
Stripes gasped. " My jungle horn!"
"Our only chance to catch it is to go super fast and use Blazing Speed!" Crusher told them.
His and Blaze's boosters opened up and revealed their jets. The boosters extended to Stripes and Pickle, who suddenly glowed in orange and green as they crouched down to take off.
"Leeeeeet's Blaaaaze!"
They all took off with a zoom, leaving their blue, red, green and orange contrails as they sped to catch up to the horn.
"Look! Look!" Stripes cried out. "We're catching up!"
"Gaskets!" Blaze hissed, watching the river come to an end. "We'd better grab the jungle horn before it goes down that waterfall!"
They skid to a stop, just by the end of the road. Stripes began to jump onto the rocks on the flowing water.
"Rraww! Uuah!" he reached out for the jungle horn in attempt to grab it before it fell but missed. "Ahrrrrr, I missed!"
"Let me try!" Pickle offered, jumping over to get the horn but missed with a grunt. "Aww, lugnuts!"
"Oh, no!" Crusher gasped. "It's almost at the falls!"
"Rraww!" Stripes jumped onto a big log hanging over the falls. " I can almost... reach... !"
"Here, Stripes!" Blaze jumped on with him and held onto the tiger truck's back tires. "Hang onto me!"
"I'll help you out, Blaze!" Crusher released his tow hook to grip onto his younger brother before skidding his tires to keep them steady.
Pickle grabbed onto him and helped him steady the log. Stripes managed to lean forward and grab the jungle horn.
"Ha-ha!" he cheered. "I got it- WOAH!"
Suddenly, the log began to lean. The force of the water causing Crusher's tow to slip and unhook, which sent him and Pickle back. Blaze, AJ and Stripes, on the other hand, screamed as they ended up dangling over the log.
"Oh, no!" AJ cried out. "We're too heavy! It's making the log unbalanced!"
"To balance, we need something on the other side that weighs the same as us!" Blaze added.
"The jungle horn!" Stripes raised the ancient horn. "I can use it to call my animal friends! They can help us balance!"
"Not sure if moving's a good idea!" PIckle yelled out to them. "One move, and you'll overbalance the log! You three might go over the falls!"
"Pickle's right," Blaze agreed. "Throw it to them, Stripes! They'll call for help!"
"Alright!" Stripes nodded and threw the jungle horn back.
Crusher caught it with ease then he blew into it. It gave off a melody and extended the golden contrail into the jungle. Soon, three frogs heard the call and hopped over and across the river rocks.
"It's working!" Pickle let out a cheer as the frogs hopped on the log. "Here come the frogs!"
"Let's see if all of those frogs weigh the same as us," AJ lowered his visor. "Hmm... we weigh... 11, and together, all those frogs weigh... 3. But 11 is more than 3, so that's not enough to balance the log,"
"Quick, Crusher! Blow the jungle horn again!" Blaze told his brother.
Crusher nodded and blew into the jungle horn again. The melody was heard by three parrots and three monkeys from nearby. They soon went over to join the frogs on the other side of the log.
"Now let's see how heavy that side is," AJ looked through his visor view once more. "9! That's a lot, but it's still not as much as us,"
"Go for it, Crusher!" Pickle encouraged. "Blow that jungle horn!"
Crusher chuckled and let out the contrail and melody through the horn. Soon, a panda hopped out of a bush, following after the contrail.
"It's the panda bear!" Blaze cheered.
The panda spotted them and hopped across the rocks and onto the log. AJ checked his visor again and beamed.
"11! Yes!" he celebrated. "They weigh the same as us!"
"All right!" Stripes whooped as the red truck helped him up the moment the log balanced.
"It worked, Stripes!" Crusher beamed as his brothers and his friend made it back to them, prompting him to hand back the jungle horm. "Your animal friends balanced the log!"
"Whoo-hoo!" Pickle let out a cheer.
"Yeah-heh!" Stripes grinned and turned to the animals. "Thanks, animals! Now everyone, follow me!"
He played an up-beat conga song on the jungle horn. Everyone marched in a line behind him.
"Thanks for helping me get my jungle horn back, guys," the tiger truck spoke as they made their way back to the treehouse.
"Aww, you're welcome, Stripes," Blaze smiled.
"It was nothin'," AJ added with a nod.
"We're just glad Speedrick wasn't able to go through with his plan," Pickle sighed in relief.
"Speaking of which, where IS that lunatic?" Crusher questioned, looking around.
"Wherever he is, I hope he's learning his lesson with messing with our friends," Blaze chuckled.
(He wasn't, but hey, they could only hope.)