Chapter 1

It was a bright and sunny morning. The cool breeze spreading across the afrcian savanna as the sun's bright warming rays settles on a large turtle shaped ship. Though the people inside are sound asleep, not wanting to start a new day. Though two other people have second thoughts, as they quietly maneuver around the Tortuga in search of what seem like supllies. After a few minutes of searching then building, they put their invention to the test. With a slight push with a bowling ball, their invention immediately started working perfectly into startling the sound sleepers with a bucket of cold water.

"AAAAHH!" The crew members of the Tortuga woke up screaming to the cold water. As for the other two, they were laughing.

"What are you two doing! It's eight in the morning!" The inventor of the team, Aviva, exclaimed, clearly annoyed.

"Well it's time to start a new day!" The trouble maker said. He had blond hair wearing a blue jacket with tan tahiki shorts.

"Martin's right! We're in the African Savanna, we still need to explore more creatures there," a man said. Unlike his older brother, he had brown hair with a green jacket with tan tahiki shorts.

"Yeah well I need my beauty sleep," Jimmy, the Torguta's pilot, said while falling back to sleep and ignoring how drenched he is in water.

"Well since most of us are up, we should start figuring out what to look for next," Koki said with tiredness still in her voice. The crew of the Wild Kratts, except for Jimmy, moved towards the large computer screen which showed different types of animals that lived in their area. "So what animals should we check out?"

"I think we should check out the Jackal, their type of canine that is related to dogs, coyotes, foxes and wolves," Chris, the younger brother of Martin, said in amazement.

"Nah, I think we should have a creature adventure with the Waterbuck, the large and robust antelopes," Martin argued matter-of-factly.

"Jackal."

"Waterbuck."

"Jackal!"

"WATERBUCK!"

"JACKAL-!"

"Okay okay, that's enough you two!" Aviva scolded, "I think we should have a creature adventure with the Jackal. They look cute!"

"I'm with Aviva. Sorry Martin," Koki apologized.

"It's okay, we can have fun with them next time. I'm also wondering what hidden creature powers the Jackal has," the swimming brother sighed.

"See, told you bro! Now let's go creature adventuring!" the climbing brother exclaimed excitedly. The Kratt brothers both raced to the garage to grab their gear and hop into the cretera. After they were ready, they drove off looking for their creature.

Elsewhere

In a black jet, a man with gelled black hair with a black turtle neck with grey pants sat in a chair in the control room of the plane, with robots surrounding him.

"Alright Zachbots, my profits are going nowhere as my perfect invention has no animals to operate them with," Zach spoke to his robots as if they were listening. "One invention of mine in particular was the security mechs from when I used the Tasmanian Devil thingies."

"Those Wild Rats always ruin my new plans everytime I go after a new animal! I need a new plan," Zach spoke then went quiet. After a few moments, the inventor came up with an idea.

"Ah ha! All I have to do is redo my old invention with better mechanics so the T-Devils won't escape. The Wild Rats won't know what hit them! Zachbot," Zach called with the robot beeping in response. "Locate me the Wild Rats, we wouldn't want them too close for my plan to work."

As told to do so, the Zachbot went to check the Tortuga's coordinates then came back with the results. He gave the printed paper to Zach then took a step back.

"Let's see… ah, their in the African Savanna. Perfect! Their at least, uh… a lot of miles away!" Zach exclaimed victoriously. " Watch out Tasmanian Devils, Zach Varmitech is coming for take two! Zachbots, set course to Tasmania. Hahahaha!"

Back with the Brothers

The Kratt brothers were quiet through their ride, each looking out for the animal. Martin was driving the creterra while Chris was on look out, though the swimming brother was not only focusing on the road but on his younger brother as well. To be truthful, he was still a little worried about the Tasmanian Devil malfunction and the effect towards Chris though he kept it a secret from the others. It was probably nothing but Martin knew his older brother instinct very well. So while still facing forward, he decided to break the silence with a question that has been bugging him the whole week. " You okay Chris?"

"Huh?"

"I asked if you were okay. Since that whole incident, you've been a little… off," Martin explained now facing his brother as he put the cretera to a stop.

"Oh. I'm fine, totally," Chris lied. In all honesty, he didn't know how he felt. He wanted to be okay and normal, but after the malfunction he just wanted to be a T-Devil again. Martin, though, caught the lie and pushed further.

"You're lying to me. Now this has to be important because my baby brother doesn't lie. You know you can tell me anything right? I just want to know how you feel just so I can help. Is that okay?"

Chris nodded.

"So will you tell me?" Martin asked hopefully. In a defeated sigh, the climbing brother nodded his head.

"I don't know," Chris muttered. Martin couldn't hear what he said because he said it that low.

"What?" Martin asked, leaning closer. Chris' patience was wearing thin, something that usually never happened unless he was really stumped.

"I SAID I DON'T KNOW!" Chris yelled now facing his brother. Martin had to lean back, startled by his younger brother's outburst. Chris sighed apologetically and a little stunned himself.

"Sorry. I meant I don't know if I'm okay," Chris said defeatedly.

"What do you mean?" Martin asked confused.

"I mean is that ever since that malfunction with my creature power suit, all I wanted was to turn back into the Tasmanian Devil. It's like a desire to become an animal… and never turn back." Martin was stunned, to say the least. He didn't know what to say. Here, his baby brother wants to become a T-Devil and never wants to be human again. What could he say! 'Oh it's okay. It's perfectly normal to want to be a creature for the rest of your life.'

"The thing is, there's also like a feeling that the animal I changed to, is still a part of me and it's just waiting to be released so then I can transform again," Chris continued.

"Without your CPS?"

Chris nodded.

"Well, um, I don't approve that you should become a T-Devil for the rest of your life, but what do you want?" Martin asked.

"I want to become the Tasmanian Devil."

"Well, I know that Aviva didn't make a T-Devil suit so that's not going to work. We could at least go to Tasmania and see T-Bone and the rest to figure out what to do next. But like I said, I'm not letting you become a T-Devil forever, got it?" Martin warned the last sentence.

"Got it! Could you not tell the rest of how I'm feeling? I don't need them worrying for me."

Martin nodded.

So when can we go?" Chris asked a little excitedly. Martin laughed at his brothers impatient attitude.

"How about after this creature adventure then we could convince the crew to head to visit T- Bone?" Martin suggested starting up the jeep.

"Perfect. Now let's find some Jackal!" Chris exclaimed raising his fist into the air, to prove his point. "Oh, and Martin?"

Martin turned to face his brother.

"Thanks."

To be continued…