I am depressed right now because I just figured out that Boomerang stopped airing TSS last year! Oh well, on to the next chapter.
Zak laid awake in his bed. He wasn't going to sleep just yet. He had a plan brewing in his head.
"Typical Doyle." He said to himself as he saw Doyle fly off into the night on his jet pack. Zak threw off his covers and jumped out of the bed, already fully dressed.
"It's action time!"
Zak made his way down the dark hallways and over to the airship's hangar. He turned on the lights and looked around for a transportation source. Finally he laid eyes on another ATV. The keys were already in the ignition and all Zak had to do was twist it to the right. He twisted it but the vehicle didn't turn on.
"What? No gas? Well played mom and dad but not good enough." Zak said as he looked over to the DRV, the Saturday's other all terrain vehicle which was able to fit 4-5 people instead of 2.
"Why do we need stupid little ATVs when we have this baby right here?" He got into the vehicle and reached for the key, but it wasn't there. It was also empty on gas.
"Grr!" Zak grumbled. A little note was taped onto the dashboard.
"You didn't think we were that stupid, did you? - Mom P.S.- I wouldn't check the other vehicles if I were you." It read.
"Gah! I hate my parents!" Zak yelled.
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"The cavalry has arrived!" Doyle said as he flew down to aid Doc and Drew with the fight between the strange "Animal Man".
"I thought I told you to stay with Zak!" Drew yelled as she fended off one of the possessed lionesses.
"I saw some pretty strange glowing stuff coming from here and I thought I might check it out. Plus, Zak is sleeping like a baby." Doyle replied as he threw concussion grenades at the man which only aggravated him even more. More creatures appeared behind him, this time all different kinds.
"Holy sugar honey iced tea! He has a whole army!" Doyle exclaimed.
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Zak kicked around a rock in the darkness. He was still so angry at his parents for disabling all the vehicles.
"Why can't I have an fun?" he asked himself. Zak then remembered what his mother told him a couple months ago.
"You're not our partner, Zak. You're our son."
"Why can't they let me grow up?" Zak kicked the rock so hard that it flew off into the darkness. He sits down on the ground and sighs. He then laid back and looked at the stars. A rustling in the grass stole Zak's attention. He stood up and readied his claw. His eyes began to glow bright orange. More rustling sounded.
"Come out and show yourself!" he demanded. A few seconds of silence followed.
"Great, now I'm imagining things!" he thought to himself. Zak relaxed himself and started walking back to the airship. Suddenly something jumped out of the grass and pounced on Zak making him fall over.
"Sweet Galvin Prime, what was that?" he quoted Dr. Beeman's phrase. "Okay, maybe I should've gone to bed. Now I'm quoting Dr. Beeman."
A small shadow covered Zak's face.
"Who are you?" he said as he looked up at his attacker. It was a young lion cub.
"Are you serious?" Zak sat up. The small cub tried to scamper away but Zak quickly snatched it before it got to far.
"I can't believe a small thing like you could scare me." he scratched the cat behind it's ears and it replied with a small purr.
"You're a cute little thing aren't you?"
The lion cub wriggled out of Zak's and made a playful stance in front of him.
"Oh, so you want to play now?" Zak got on his hands and knees and playfully knocked the cub down. The cub quickly bounced back up and tried to lung towards Zak, but he quickly blocked him from doing so. The lion and Zak continued play fighting with each other before finally the cub pinned Zak down. Other than a few scratches on his clothes and arms from the little lion's claws, Zak was relatively fine.
"What should I call you? Simba? Nah, to weak. Ooo! What about Mufasa? Yeah, Mufasa, that sounds pretty epic."
The lion cub looked away from Zak.
"Hey Sherlock," Zak snapped his fingers, "stop investigating and start listening."
The lion cub looked back at Zak.
"Sherlock it is!" Zak said. The lion cub looked away from him again.
"What are you looking at, anyway?" Zak turned to where the lion cub was looking. There was a strange yellow glow coming from where the village was.
"That's where mom and dad are! C'mon, let's go check it out." Zak jumped up, grabbed his staff, and ran towards the glow, with Sherlock following closely behind.
What happens when a power of nature meets the king of the jungle? This cuteness happens, that's what! More action in the next chapter!