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I DIED WHEN I SAW 9 REVIEWS OMG ILY ALL!
"AHH! MOMMY!" Zach screams. Such a baby! I roll my eyes and toss the rope down. Next thing he'll probably be crying. Ha! This is the second time he's done this. What a pathetic wimp!
"I'm not that mean, Zach. I'm not going to kill you... even though I could," I snap. The Zach-bots chase Martin, not worried about Chris or Aviva due to Zach's orders. Chris works on freeing the animals. Maybe I can get Zach to free them by himself.
"Free the animals. Now."
"WHAT?! No!" Zach exclaims, stopping his wailing. He stands up. "ZACH-BOTS! GET ALL THE WILD RATTS! Except for this one." He points straight at me. "Don't get her... yet."
Chris and Aviva together had freed about half of the animals. They are all running around Zach's jet. I make a loud, high-pitched whistle sound and they all clump up and hide. Queen of the Wild powers were awesome. If I needed the animals, they were there. Zach stands up, brushing himself off. I accidentally pushed him into dirt, I guess. But it doesn't show on the black sweater and grey pants.
"So... let's talk Alessandra. I heard you talking about her."
Zach hits my weak spot. But I can't let it show. He'll take me out. I fold my arms and narrow my eyes. "What about Alessandra?"
"You think I loved her. And I did. I still do. I miss her." Zach sighs. "It broke my heart to see Alessandra marry Ian- your dad."
"Guess she didn't date cold, animal-hating, environment-ruining, cruddy-idea-d people," I snap. "She was a nice person. I can see why she didn't date you."
"I loved her!" Zach exclaims. "And I regret the thing I did to her."
Suddenly he spurs my anger. What the hell did he do to my mom? Why didn't she tell me? Or anyone?! I narrow my eyes. Regret is a horrible feeling. No one wants to feel regret. Like I regret not running. Maybe, one day, if I run fast enough, I can escape the pain. Chris and Aviva have helped, so's Luna and Martin and Koki and Jimmy, and started to fix things. I have a family again. But if Zach hurt my first mother... he is so dead.
"What did you do?!" I ask, shoving Zach against the wall. "What did you do to her?!"
"The fire that killed everyone in your family... I started it." Zach stuck his nose in the air, and I decide to hear him out before I kill him. "I wanted Alessandra! I didn't think she was home! I planned to only kill Ian! But all of you were home! And I could never forgive myself. Except for Ian. I could forgive myself there. And on Marcy. Because, I am great."
"YOU!" I snap, pinning him against the wall even harder. "Did you even think that she'd be happy? Or marry you?!"
"I-" Zach began.
"SHUT UP!"
This is it. Zach has a look of terror on his face. I dig into his pocket and grab his remote control, then throw it on the ground as hard as I can (which is pretty hard). It shatters on impact, and the Zach-bots freeze. Chris, Aviva and Martin all look over at me. Then they continue to free the animals.
"Explain." My tone is deathly calm, like Chiron from Percy Jackson when he's mad.
"I- I- I wanted her!" Zach cried. "Alessandra was the love of my life, until your father took her away from me! And I didn't go to the funeral because I couldn't face her family- her mom, dad, anyone! It was Ian and those stupid animals!"
"Animals are not stupid!" I exclaim. "Yes, she was an animal lover and tree hugger, but that doesn't make them stupid!"
"I hate animals!" Zach exclaims. "They and those stupid Kratt brothers took away the girl I liked at science camp! Her!"
He jabs a finger at Aviva, who's pretty shocked. She gasps, and Chris protectively wraps his arm around her. Martin wraps his arm around her, too. At least she's protected.
"One, ew! Two, who'd wanna date you?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. "It's not the animals' fault! To be in love, you need both people to like each other! YOU NEED TO ACCEPT THAT AND MOVE ON! And now guess what, Alessandra, my mother, is gone! Because of you, a little... evil... piece of... AGH!"
I for some reason let him go, and he runs off from the wall. Then I realize he's gone. And I'm going to kill him- at the most, though. I don't want to. Even if he is stupid, arrogant, jealous and a murderer, he is still a living being. (I meant parasite.)
"Oh, you're not going anywhere!" I snap. Then I sing a high Ariana Grande-like series of notes. The birds taught me that was a disaster call. Luna runs to my side, protecting me. Somehow the African animals understand. They tear up the plane, all the Zach-bots in sight. I just watch until it looks like a version of Donita's jet- trashed and beat up.
A lion knocks Zach over, and I hear Martin whisper, "He Who Breathes Fire."
"Now are animals so stupid?!" I ask, walking around Zach, I pet 'He Who Breathes Fire' and he seems to enjoy it. Don't all cats?
"No!" Zach whimpers. "Don't kill me, nice kitty!"
"Lion," I snap. "Good boy. Off for a second, please?"
The lion steps off, keeping one paw on Zach until I pull him up. Back to the wall. I pin him against the wall, glaring, pushing as hard as I can.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!" Zach exclaims.
"Leilani."
I recognize that voice! But... she's dead... I look back to see my mom- or like a ghost of her. She stands, smiling. And I think everyone else sees her too- they gasp and step back. She has brown hair like me and blue eyes like Martin. (My eyes are green.) My mom's hair is parted on the left, and it's almost to her mid back. She wears a white dress.
"Mom?" I whisper, letting go of Zach and fully turning around. "I-is that you?"
"Yeah. It's me." Alessandra/my mom smiles sweetly, just like on the night she died, right before I went to sleep.
"I miss you," I whisper.
"Oh, Leilani, I miss you too." She walks over (if ghosts can walk? Or do they glide?) and touches my cheek. I can't feel anything, but I know she's there. "Don't kill him, sweetie. Don't kill, ever. Okay?
"O- okay," I reply. "I love you."
"As do I." Alessandra, my mom, really does look like a Victoria's Secret model, not only sharing a name with one. "Zach."
"A- Alessandra?" Zach asks, stuttering.
She folds her arms. "Zach, I know you loved me, and Aviva over there, but you shouldn't kill. Animals are amazing creatures and-"
"NO!" Zach exclaims. "They are not! Ian stole you! Out of my plane!"
"Will he ever change?" Aviva asks Chris.
"Probably not, but come on."
Chris, Aviva, Martin and I all run out. She follows, "ghost walking" or whatever. Zach takes off in a hurry. He'll never change.
"He probably won't." I can see a smile on her face.
"Agreed." Alessandra replies. I'll call her by her real name, like Chris and Aviva. "I watched you from up above. I couldn't watch over you, but finally I was able to come back for a little while. Now's another matter."
She turns to Chris and Aviva, who nod politely. "You are the Wild Kratts. Chris, Aviva and Martin."
"Yeah," Martin replies. "Are you alive? Or real?"
"Sort of, it's a long explanation, but I'll shorten it," Alessandra begins. "I'm a real ghost. So I'm not technically alive."
Then she turns to Chris and Aviva. "Chris Kratt and Aviva Corcovado... I know you're Leilani's adoptive parents."
"We are," Aviva nods. "And we're dating."
"I know." Alessandra smiles. "And I approve of you as parents for Leilani. You seem like good people."
"Thank you." Chris looks over at me. "Leilani's an amazing young girl."
"She truly is." She looks at me, too, and I blush. I feel special now, and wanted. (Well, I've felt wanted ever since the Wild Kratts crew has become my family.)
"Aww, thanks."
"I've got to go soon. But promise me you'll take care of Leilani?" Alessandra asks, pleading in her eyes.
"Of course we will. She's Leilani Corcovado now." Aviva answers. "Or she could be Leilani Kratt, whatever she likes."
Leilani Corcovado-Kratt, I think. That would be perfect.
"I'll be watching." Alessandra looks up at the sky. "I've got to go. Chris, do it soon. Aviva, I know you'll be a great mother. Martin... don't feel alone. You'll see what I mean in the future. Leilani, I love you. I know you're the true Queen of the Wild, and I have a gift for you. It's your old crown, revised, to make it better. And... remember me."
Alessandra winks, then there is a flash of light, and she disappears. A shimmer of glitter appears in her place, and the glitter forms a crown. It looks like a real princess crown, and I think it has gold and diamonds. Aviva helps me put it on, and I feel like a true Queen of the Wild. Somehow the animals had gotten off, and they swirled at my feet. Luna even came back!
"Luna!" I hug her.
"Now, we should be getting back to the Tortuga." Chris looks off in the distance.
"You ready?" Aviva asks, putting a hand on my shoulder. I look at Martin, who gives a final pat to He Who Breathes Frie.
I can't help the feeling of loneliness from Alessandra's disappearance, but I know she wants me to go with them. "Yeah. I am. Let's go."
And we walk as a true family back to the Tortuga.
"Wait, where is the Tortuga?"
Or maybe not.