"Ha ha! Awwh they're kinda cute," Scott cooed as he looked down at the two lizards in the box.

"Yeah, very cute," Gordon smiled warily, "Thanks, Ellie, Buddy."

"No worries mate, bye for now!" Buddy smiled and the hologram disappeared.

"Lizards? Really!? This could not be more inappropriate."

Scott scowled, "Gordon, those guys bought you two lizards as a present, you could be a little more grateful."

"I'm sorry, but today was a nightmare, you know how I feel about reptiles?" Gordon shivered, "I prefer furry animals or fish."

Virgil walked in with Alan, "we're back, and we stopped off on the way back to get pizza," he put the box down on the table, "hey, what's the package?"

Alan squeaked, "oh lizards! Wow Gordon, who got those for you?"

"Buddy and Ellie, they say hi. We had to deal with huge bearded dragons today."

Virgil knelt by the box and picked up one of the lizards, he stroked it in his lap with a smile, "aww cute, what are their names?"

Gordon smiled, "ironically Buddy and Ellie," he sighed, "what do I do with them? Set them free in the jungle or keep in my room?"

"See what Grandma thinks of them first," Alan laughed, "it would be a shame if you just set them loose on the island. I'm sure we can get a tank big enough."

Gordon sighed, "so scaly."

Virgil put the lizard back into the box with its mate and gave the box to Gordon, "better go and do something with them in the meantime."

Scott laughed as he sat on the sofa and helped himself to a slice of pizza, "have fun, Gordon."

The others laughed as Gordon left the room holding the box far in front of him, Virgil sat down on the sofa next to Scott.

"How was the trip?" Scott asked.

"It was alright, we've got all the tools we need," Alan smiled as he stretched out on the sofa.

Virgil propped his feet up on Scott's lap, "what's with these giant lizards then?"

Scott rolled his eyes, "urgh I'm not your footrest!"

"Deal with it."

"Jerk. Anyway the lizards, well actually I didn't really see them, the fog was so thick below me, but Gordon was put through a lot with them."

Alan laughed, "that's just Gordon."

"And that's why he freaked out over those little ones just then?"

Scott nodded, "uh huh. He said the big ones were like something out of a nightmare. Then he fell down a waterfall."

Virgil sat up with alert, "he what?!"

Scott chuckled, "Virgil, he's fine, relax. I caught him and the explorers with the net."

Virgil fell back against the cushions with a sigh, "well at least he got to have a mission with his favourite tv presenters."

Alan nodded, "that's true."

Gordon sat in his room looking at the two lizards in their new home, "what am I going to do with you two then?" The lizards looked at him, "ahh don't look at me like that, it's just I've never owned lizards before."

Grandma knocked on the door, "hey Gordy."

"Hey, Grandma."

"Lizards? Who got you those?"

"Buddy and Ellie Pendergast, I don't know what to do with them."

"Just keep them alive son, they'll need more than one tomato. Let's go and pick some shall we?"

Gordon nodded, "yeah, I guess they will need food."

Virgil walked in, "Gordon, you might want this, it's information on how to look after a bearded dragon, you've got a lot of work to do."

Gordon swiped through the download, "oh my god! This is so much work, how am I going to balance missions around it?"

Virgil shrugged, "something you'll have to work out yourself."

"Awh man," Gordon groaned, "this is more complicated than looking after myself. Wow."

Grandma laughed, "we'll all help out, maybe we should keep the tank downstairs so that we can all look after them?"

Gordon grinned, "that's a great idea. Virgil, could you help me move the tank please?"

"We can't carry it with the lizards inside, they'll freak."

Grandma rolled up her sleeves, "I'll take the lizards downstairs and you two follow me."

"FAB," Virgil walked over to the tank as Grandma picked out the lizards carefully, "ok Gordon, easy does it."

Scott was sat at the piano just tapping out simple melodies when he heard his brothers, he looked up and spotted them holding the tank, he leapt up from the stool and ran over, "need a hand, guys?"

Gordon panted, "thank you, this weighs a ton."

Scott laughed, "come on weakling."

Virgil chuckled, "oh burn!"

"Oh just 'cos you're built like a tank Virgil," Gordon stuck his tongue out, "ok guys, stairs, be careful."

The trio managed to get into the kitchen and placed the tank down in the small snug, Grandma smiled and placed the lizards back into their new home, they flicked their tongues happily then lounged under the heat lamp.

"Much better," Scott smiled, "what's their diet?"

Gordon frowned, "very complicated, I'm going to have to label their food when I put it in the fridge, they eat more varieties of food than us."

Virgil laughed, "have fun sorting out that."

Gordon collapsed onto a stool at the dining table, "what a day."

"You'll be fine," Scott smiled, "I mean, they're only lizards."

"Only lizards?" Gordon facepalmed, "I'm the guy who once forgot about a pet goldfish."

Virgil shook his head, "poor Cara."

Scott placed his hand on Gordon's shoulder, "you'll be fine, we'll help you. But only with feeding, you can do the rest. Come on Virgil, want a game of pool?"

"Would love to," Virgil stood up and followed Scott upstairs, "have fun with cleaning the lizards and stuff Gordo!"

Gordon muttered to himself, "Yeah, will do."