Misery in the mountains.

CH. 5: Monster unmasked.

Disclaimer: Ok, I do not own the show Martin Mystery, Totally Spies or anything from the shows. The only things I own are the story and the Catulinus twins. (Which includes all accessories, gadgets, abilities and associates.)

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"There you guys are!" Sapphire huffed as Martin and Ruby approached the statue, it was well past dark by now, "What took you so long?"

"Sorry sis, but you know how Martin is, no sense of direction whatsoever." Ruby snickered, shrugging her shoulders. Unknowingly however she also exposed her injured arm, Sapphire's ear and eye twitched slightly.

"Ruby ... what happened to you arm?! M.O.M.'s going to kill you if she finds out you got injured on a mission again! You've already been in the Center's medical wad five times in the last two months!" Sapphire growled. Ruby quickly, or as quickly as she could without hurting her arm, hid her arm from view with a guilty smile, her ears flattening against her head. Sapphire rolled her eyes and lead the other two down the passageway and into the research lab.

As soon as they entered the lab Martin and Ruby were trapped in a bone crushing Java hug, "Java happy you ok! Glad monster thing didn't eat you."

Martin gasped, "That's great Jav but you're kind of crushing Ruby's already fractured arm and I can't breathe!" The caveman immediately dropped the two teens. Alex knelt beside Martin in concern as he gasped for air while Sapphire comforted her sister, who was on the ground clutching her arm with tears in her eyes, a pitiful whine squeaking from her throat.

Diana crouched in front of Ruby, "You know M.O.M.'s going to kill you when she sees your arm, right?" Ruby could only nod as another whine left her throat.

"Once you two are able to walk again would you mind giving us a hand?" Sam groaned as she searched the lab, "We have three videos here but nothing to play them on!"

"Why don't we just call Billy? I'm sure he'll be able to help us." Martin suggested.

"Billy? ... Oh you mean the little green guy in the hovering chair! We should totally call him up!" Clover agreed with a smile of realization.

Sapphire activated her communication system, "Hey Billy we could use your help on something here ... Billy? Are you there?"

Suddenly Billy appeared behind the twins, "Actually I'm right here!" Everyone gave a frightened scream and jumped. Alex clung to Martin, Sam, Clover and Diana dove behind Java and Sapphire jumped into Ruby's arms, but was immediately dropped due to her fractured arm.

Alex stuttered, "N-Not cool!"

"Er, sorry about that guys." Billy chuckled nervously. He then noticed Ruby's arm, "Whoa, that looks bad, M.O.M.'s going to-"

"I KNOW OK?!" Ruby snapped.

"Uh, maybe Billy just help with videos now, give Ruby space." Java offered in an attempt to avoid the werewolf's touchy temper. Billy nodded in agreement as he hid behind the caveman.

Martin cleared his throat, "Anyway Billy, Alex and the others found some videos, do you think you can play them for us?"

Billy inspected the videos, "Well, these first two are completely ruined, but I might be able to get something from the third one. Is there some kind of flat surface I can project it on?"

Sam nodded, "There's a whiteboard in the back that managed to remain untouched, I'll go get it." Soon everyone had found a place to sit as they waited for Billy to scan and transfer the video. Martin sat on a nearby table with Alex snuggled next to him, Java sat in an office chair, Sam, Clover, and Diana sat on a couch that Java found in an employee break room and the twins sat shoulder to shoulder on the floor.

"Got it!" Billy exclaimed triumphantly, "Ok guys, let's see what we've got here." The video went staticy for a while before a middle aged man appeared on it, he looked like he hadn't slept in days and there was a fresh scar under his right eye.

"We are in month four of our investigation of the mysterious creature we found during our expedition of an Ancient Aztec city in the far deserts of Mexico. All of our studies have reached the same conclusion, and though it's difficult for me to admit, I believe we have made the very first scientific discovery of a ... Chupacabra-" The video broke down at this point.

"A Chupacabra? Of course! That makes perfect sense now, I don't know how I didn't make that connection sooner! Hey Billy, is there anything else on that video that can help us?" Martin questioned, turning to the little alien.

Billy gave a defeated sigh, "Sorry, but that's all I could recover."

Clover pointed at Martin, "Why don't you use your big book of beasts thingy in your watch to find out a way to stop this Chupacabra thing?"

Ruby blinked and turned to her sister, "Quod est illa euntes in de?" The werewolf questioned in her natural Latin language.

"Forte illa significat in Legendex?" Sapphire offered with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Oh, you mean the Legendex! That's a good idea, we should get plenty of information with an actual name." Diana confirmed.

"Ut quod ego iustus dixitque!" Sapphire whinned.

Martin began to enter the name into the Legendex, "Ok then let's see what this thing says about our monster." Soon a picture of the Chupacabra appeared as well as some information about it.

Java cringed, "Ugh, Chupacabra scarry."

Alex gaged, "Not to mention totally gross! Ew, it looks like a shaved coyote!"

"Anyway, what does the Legendex say about this thing Martin?" Sam questioned.

"Let's see, the word 'Chupacabra' translates to goat eater and it's native home is the southern deserts of Mexico. It's mostly a nocturnal hunter, using venom it stores in the spikes of it's tail to kill it's prey." Martin began to read off the information. Ruby gulped loudly and clutched at her throat, paling slightly.

"This is all so very interesting Martin, but how about we skip to the part that tells us how to stop this thing. In case you haven't noticed, it's now dark outside, and we're the only food around for miles!" Diana hissed. Suddenly a loud rumble echoed through the building.

Billy shrieked, "W-W-What was t-that?!"

Ruby chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry guys that, uh, that was my stomach. I guess I'm a little hungry."

Martin growled, "Will you guys be quiet?! I think I found something. It says here that the Aztecs protected their villages from the Chupacabra by growing a special blue flower. The flower could survive in almost any condition, and though it appeared to have no scent, it drove Chupacabras crazy!"

"The chemical in the canister! It must be made from that flower, that's why Sapphire could smell it but we couldn't." Alex gasped.

"Ugh, that was horrible!" Sapphire shuddered, trying to suppress a gag.

"Where is the container now?" Martin demanded.

Java pointed to a big steel door, "Java put container in big room, container make Sapphire sick."

Clover crossed her arms, "So we have a way to stop it, but how are we going to catch it. I mean it's not like we can just go to the store and buy a jumbo pack of Chupacabra traps!"

Martin looked thoughtful, "Hmm ... true, but I think I have an idea that just might work!"

Chapter five is done and edited! Read and review.

P.S. this is what Ruby and Sapphire were saying when they were speaking Latin.

Ruby: "What is she going on about?"

Sapphire: "Maybe she means the Legendex?"

Sapphire: "That's what I just said!"