Mr. and Mrs. Kratt sighed when Mr. Kratt parked the car in front of a bakery store.
"Our family really is something, huh hun?" Mr. Kratt asked as he stepped out of the car after putting it in park.
"It sure is, I'm so proud of Susan. She's one lucky girl." Mrs. Kratt said with a smile.
"Yeah, she's a lily, that she is," Mr. Kratt said also with a smile.
Mr. and Mrs. Kratt entered the bakery store and went to search for a good cake for their daughter.
Meanwhile, Martin, Chris, and Dan were at Men's Wearhouse Market store to rent a few tuxedos for the wedding.
"If you need any help picking out a tux, I'll be happy to assist." Dan said with a smile.
He walked off, leaving the two brothers alone.
Chris sighed, and stared at all the suits around them, "So... where do we start?"
Martin shrugged, "All I know is that we can't wear things that are to brightly colored, or that are plaid..."
Chris nodded in agreement, "Not to mention we have to find the things that are the right sizes..."
Martin groaned, "This is why I hate clothes shopping... it's confusing..."
"I know..." Chris said, looking at all the suits, "Just looking at them all makes me dizzier then looking at a ton of zebras..."
Martin took a deep breath, "Well, let's do this for Susan..."
"For Susan..." Chris said in agreement as he and his brother headed over to the racks.
Susan, Misty, and Laura were at the mall in the Women's department, searching different racks with different sizes of dresses.
"Hmm, so girls, find any dresses you like yet?" asked Susan as she came over to them with a smile on her face.
Laura shook her head. "Not yet, but I know the color that I want."
"I bet whatever you pick Laura you'll look great in it." Susan praised.
Laura smiled. "Thanks Susan." She thanked.
Misty awed at one dress, "Oh! I like this one!"
Susan looked over and nodded, "Very pretty, but, don't you think the color is a little... erm... bright?"
Misty looked down at the dress, and examined the very bright pink color, "Oh... good point..." she then looked up at Susan and smiled, "Well, it's your wedding, what colors do you want the bride's maids to wear?"
Susan thought for a second, but soon, a grin spread across her face, "Purple! But not light purple, I'm thinking of a silky, dark satin purple..."
"Oh, sounds nice..." Laura said with a nod in agreement.
"Yep, the only problem is, is that they don't have what I want here in color, and it's the only store in New York that carries what I want in style..." Susan said with a sigh.
Misty paused for a second, but then snapped her fingers, "Didn't you say something about a tailor earlier?"
"Um yes, this store makes dresses as well as just selling them..." Susan said blinking, "Why?"
"Why not have them make you the bridesmaid dresses you want!" Misty said with a smile.
Laura smiled and walked over to a rack, "Yeah! And look at all this fabric you can ask them to use!"
Susan smiled, "Great idea! Thanks girls!"
Misty and Laura both returned a smile at Susan.
"No prob." Laura said.
"We girls have to stick out for one another, right?" Misty said with a short laugh, though saying the word girl made it feel a little strange to her.
Susan nodded and laughed. "You're right." She agreed.
"And it's nice being surrounded by just girls once in awhile, so we can just have a good time that Chris and Martin might not understand," Laura chimed in.
"And knowing you two, it's kind of hard to stay away from CK and MK, isn't it? They're very protective of you two, I'm guessing..." Susan added.
Laura and Misty looked at each other and laughed.
"They sure are. Especially Chris. He's been keeping a keen eye on me like a hawk, making sure that I don't get into trouble or get lost." Misty chimed in happily.
"Martin is almost the same way, I guess... he does allow me to go off by my own, because he knows that I'm careful whenever I venture out in the world." Laura observed playfully.
Susan nodded as they were the same with her. "I bet. Boys, sometimes it's so hard to understand them."
Misty and Laura nodded their heads in unison. "Agreed." They said.
Laura smiled at Susan, "It must have been interesting growing up with Chris and Martin..."
Susan laughed, "You have no idea..."
Misty blinked, and looked across the store out into the mall, and the shop across from the one the three girls were in. She saw the shop across was a men's tailor.
Misty smiled upon seeing Chris and Martin going through the racks of clothing. She knew the brother didn't know they were even at the same mall.
So, she giggled and remembered something she'd been thinking of for a while now.
She leaned over to Susan, when Laura went over across the shop to look at other clothes, "You know, speaking of your brothers..." she started, "Martin and Laura need to get together soon..."
Susan blinked, "I thought they were already together?"
"Sadly no, but, maybe if I talk to Chris, we can make that change..." Misty had a clear plan going through her head at the moment, and wasn't going to let anything stop it.
"You're sure that's such a good idea?" Susan wondered with a whisper.
Misty shrugged her shoulders. "Why not? What's the harm in a little romantic fun?" She asked with a grin.
Susan thought about it and then shrugged her shoulders as well. "I just don't want Laura or Martin to dislike you and Chris -if he gets dragged into it- if it doesn't work." Susan said with worry.
"Ah, it won't fail. They'll thank me later, and besides with Chris's smarts, it's gonna be great." Misty said with a giggle.
Susan was about to answer, but Laura walked over smiling, "Hey guys, the tailor said she could do one of us for fitting now! Misty, you want to go first?"
As much as Misty wanted to, her mind stayed on her plan, "Um, you go ahead Laura..."
Laura blinked, "Are you sure?"
"Oh, I'm sure... I just have to call Chris real quick..." Misty lied slightly, knowing Chris was just across the hall.
"Oh, okay..." Laura said with a shrug and a smile and headed back to the dressing rooms..
Susan turned to Misty, "What are you doing really?"
Misty smiled, "Well, I am going to talk to Chris about my plan, but, I'm just going to go across the hall and be right back in a few..."
Susan blinked, "Erm, okay..."
Misty went walking to the men's tailor that was just across the hall. She came inside the store and saw a whole lot of tuxedos that were scattered everywhere. And not just that..., she saw different colored bow ties and dress shoes as well.
"Wow this place is huge!" Misty said with fascination as she continued to walk into the store.
Martin and Chris were struggling to find a good tux for the wedding when they heard Misty's voice inside the store. They looked at each other as Martin asked, "Did you hear Misty's voice, Chris?"
Chris nodded his head in agreement. "I sure did. I wonder what's up?" He asked as he went to go find out.
"Don't mind me bro, I'll keep looking for good tuxedos to wear." Martin called out to his brother. He then sighed heavily in wonder. "This might take longer than we'd hope. Finding the right tux for your sister's wedding is like trying to find a needle in a haystack."
"Misty?" Chris's voice came to Misty's ears and her eyes rejoiced at hearing his voice.
"Oh, hi Chris!" Misty said with a smile, "Hey Martin!"
Martin simply nodded, and went back to looking for something to wear.
Chris went over to Misty and blinked, "Um, hi Misty, what are you doing here?"
"Well, looking for you I guess you could say..." Misty said with a grin, "Anyway, me and the girls were just right across the hall anyway..."
Chris looked past her to the woman's clothing store, "Oh... so, why were you looking for me?"
"Well... actually I want to talk to you..." Misty said with a bright smile as she took Chris's hand and quickly led him out of the store into the hall so Martin couldn't hear, "About a little plan of mine..."
Martin simply chuckled and shook his head slowly, "Probably sneaking off on a date..."
Chris blinked as he was confused. "Plan? What plan?" He asked.
Misty thought she was far enough away from the two stores and looked at Chris with a grin. "Well, how would you like to help me set up a date for Martin and Laura?" She asked.
Chris seemed a bit surprised by this, but scratched his head. "I don't know Misty, putting those two in that kind of a situation seems... not right." He said with doubt.
Misty pouted. "Aw, come on CK, don't you want to see Laura and Martin getting together? With your smarts, this plan can't fail."
Chris rubbed his chin in thought. "I still don't know... I don't want them to be mad at us." Chris said with hesitation.
"Please? Oh please, please, please?" Misty kept asking as she took his hands, and she smiled lightly.
Chris looked into her eyes, and knew he couldn't even dream about saying no to her, "Alright... I'll help..."
Misty smiled brightly and kissed him on the lips, and then pulled back, "Great! C'mon, I bet we can think of something right now!"
Chris shrugged, "We should probably work something out tonight, right now, we have to help Susan and Dan..."
Misty nodded, "Alright. Anyway, I'm sure it's my turn for the fittings anyway..." and with that, she gave Chris one more kiss before she ran off back to the tailor store.
Chris watched Misty leave and when she was out of sight, Chris went back into the men's tailor store. He went up to Martin's side as he asked playfully, "So where did you two sneak off to?"
Chris blinked and shrugged casually. "Oh just down the hall. Misty just wanted to talk to me." He answered calmly.
Martin raised an eyebrow and asked, "What about?"
Chris paused for a moment, unsure of how to answer. "Umm..." He began but his eyes lit up and he said casually, "That she found the perfect dress and that she couldn't wait to show me tomorrow at the wedding ceremony."
Chris didn't like lying to his brother, but it was the only way he didn't know what exactly was going on about Misty's plan into setting them up.
Martin blinked, knowing his brother a bit too well, "It that... all?"
Chris blinked, "What more is there to tell?"
Martin shrugged as he picked up a tuxedo, examining it, "I dunno... you tell me."
Chris rolled his eyes, and went back to looking for his own tux.
Meanwhile, Misty had got back just in time, considering Laura was heading out of the dressing rooms, "Okay Mist, your turn."
Misty nodded and smiled, and kept smiling all the way to the dressing rooms.
Laura watched her friend pass her, and blinked, looking to Susan, "What has her so happy?" she said slightly laughing.
Susan sighed, and smiled finally, "Oh nothing..."
After the shopping experience, they all went into separate cars, but came back to one place: the penthouse.
Linda and William were all ready there with Christiane by their side. As everyone came into the penthouse, Chris and Martin both smiled when they saw their other sister.
"Christiane! You made it!" they both said in unison.
She smiled at her brothers and said, "Of course I did. I would have gotten here sooner, but there was an accident that occurred on the highway. It got me behind schedule, but I'm here now."
Laura and Misty smiled brightly upon seeing Christiane.
Christiane looked almost looked identical to Susan, the only different things were that she had chin length hair and glasses.
Susan went up to hug her sister, "So glad you could come! And lucky for you, Misty and Laura helped me get your bridesmaid dress as well as theirs!"
Christiane smiled for a second, but then a confused look appeared on her face, "Who's Misty and Laura?"
Susan motioned back to the girls, and Misty and Laura each gave a little wave.
Mrs. Kratt smiled, "Well, you girls can get to know each other over dinner, me and William got 11 pizzas after we got the cake."
Mr. Kratt nodded, and motioned to the pizza boxes on the tables, "And if you don't hurry, they'll get cold."
Chris and Martin's eyes widened with joy as they both rushed over to the table grabbing plates.
Laura and Misty laughed with amusement.
"Wow, someone's hungry." Laura stated as she went over to Martin's side as she grabbed a plate of her own.
"I'm always hungry..." Martin replied with a playful eye roll and a smile.
Misty came up next to Chris and reached for a plate. She leaned in close to Chris as she whispered in his ear saying, "Don't forget about the you know what."
"I didn't forget Misty, don't worry." Chris replied with a smile.
Misty nodded her head in agreement and took a slice of pizza.
Laura smiled when she saw all the pizza boxes and giggled slightly to herself as she recalled that Jimmy loved eating pizza and with this many boxes of pizza here, he would squeal in delight and pig himself until he was fat. Martin looked at Laura and wondered what she was giggling about.
"What's so funny, Laura?" he asked curiously.
"Oh I was just picturing Jimmy's face when he would see this many boxes of pizza." Laura said with a smile.
Martin nodded, and laughed a little, "The whole situation would end with one happy and fat Jimmy, and leave all of us with no pizza..."
Laura smiled, and laughed, "You're probably right. I wonder how the Tech Teams been doing actually..."
"Oh, sight seeing and so on I'm guessing. I know they don't get out of the wild to much, so, they probably are enjoying New York as much as we are." Martin said, as he took his slice of pizza and took a big bite out of it.
As everyone sat down around the table, and started digging into the pizza, Mrs. Kratt would go on about her ideas for the wedding, and Susan and Dan would also share ideas.
Misty grinned as she took a bite out of her pizza. To her, it tasted great because she didn't remember eating something like this at all.
And while everyone seemed to be discussing about the wedding plans, Misty looked at Chris and whispered, "Wanna talk about the date set-up now while everyone's distracted?"
Chris bit his bottom lip and shrugged his shoulders. "I guess." He said.
Misty grinned and whispered, "Okay, maybe talking about it in here isn't the best idea. Wanna go to my room and talk about it there?"
Chris blushed slightly at the thought of being alone in Misty's room with her. He shook his head to regain some senses and smiled. "Uh, sure..."
So once Chris and Misty finished, they both got up from the table and started towards the hall.
But, Martin stopped them, calling over, "Hey guys, where ya going?"
Chris blinked, and turned around to face his brother, "Oh... I'm, erm, just going to help Misty... er, fix something..."
"Um... okay..." Martin said blinking, watching his brother and Misty leave.
Mr. Kratt smiled and elbowed Martin playfully, "And I thought you said you weren't having any fun with them yet!"
"Dad!" Martin said laughing, but, he then stopped laughing, considering what his father said, "Well..." he mumbled to himself, "Let's hope they aren't anyway..."
They went inside the room and Misty closed the door behind her. She smiled and led Chris to her bed and she sat down on the bed. Chris sat down next to her and looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"So, what exactly did you have in mind for them?" Chris asked her.
Misty blinked but then shrugged her shoulders. "Well actually... I don't know, but that's why I need you to help me. You're great with conquering up plans."
"Maybe... but I don't see why they can't just do it on their own."
"Oh Chris, don't be such a downer. What's a little harm in having some romantic fun in messing with you knows who? Maybe we can buy tickets to let them see a movie?" Misty offered somewhat excitedly.
Chris nodded slowly, "That sounds like a good idea... maybe we can have them both unaware the other is coming?"
Misty smiled, "I like it! I can just tell Laura I'm going, and you can just tell Martin your going."
"And then we would end up not showing..." Chris added with a smile.
"Okay, what kind of flick should it be?" Misty asked.
"Well, I know Martin enjoys a horror movie once in a while..." Chris said with a shrug.
"That's great, because, Laura likes horror movies too! But, it should also be one with a bit of romance in it." Misty said.
Chris nodded slowly, "It sounds like we have it all planned out..."
Misty smiled, nodding as well, "I told you, you are great with plans."
"I guess I am. Well, we probably should be heading back now. I don't want my brother to thinking something's up. It would ruin the whole surprise." Chris offered as he went up to the door.
Misty nodded and came to Chris's side.
She held his hand when he hand her walked out and back to the kitchen where everyone was still talking about wedding plans.
When Martin spotted Misty and Chris, they appeared to have faint, small smiles on their faces and Martin knew something was up between them.
"So Chris, did you help Misty fix whatever it was that needed to be fixed?" Martin asked.
Chris smiled, "Yep, I just fixed it... by the way Martin, you're free tonight, right?"
Martin blinked, and nodded slowly, "Um, yes, why?"
Chris shrugged, "No reason, I was just wanting to know if you thought going to a horror movie sounded fun."
Martin's eyes lit up, "Are you kidding? That's sounds awesome! Can we go now?" he said getting up and putting his plate in the sink.
Chris smiled, Martin was taking the bait, "Well, sure-... oh but, I have to grab a few things at the store first... I'll meet you at the theater on 6th Street in an hour or so maybe?"
Martin shrugged, "Sure." and then wondered as he walked out the door grabbing his jacket, what on earth his brother was getting at the store.
Chris winked at Misty before heading to his room.
Misty smiled as she sat back down next to Laura who was talking to Christiane. Laura looked over and smiled at her friend, and looked around, "Oh hey Mist... where did Martin get to?"
"Oh, nowhere I'm sure..." Misty started, taking a deep breath before she did her part of the plan.
"Say Laura...," Misty asked curiously.
"What's up?"
"You like horror movies don't you?"
Laura's eyes widened with fascination. "You kidding? Of course I like horror movies."
"Would you like to go see one with me?"
Laura raised an eyebrow. "But Mist, you don't like horror movies, they scare you so bad you can't sleep until the next morning."
Misty blinked with surprise. "Wait, I do? Hmm, well maybe I should give it another try. Come on Laura, you're interested I know you are." Misty said with a smile.
"All right sure, but let me take a shower and get ready before we leave okay?" Laura said.
"Okay, you know that we're going to the movie theater on 6th Street, right?"
"Yeah, okay, that sounds good." Laura said with a nod as she stood up.
"Good, well, I'll need you to meet me there in an hour." Misty said with a smile.
Laura blinked, "Um, what are you doing in between now and when I'm suppose to meet you?"
"Oh, you just reminded me I left I few things at that water park..." Misty said with a shrug.
Laura nodded slowly, "Oh, okay... but, don't go alone."
"I'll go with Chris." Misty insisted with a smile.
"Alrighty, see you then Amiga!" Laura said with a laugh and a wave as she headed to her room to take a shower.
Misty blinked, and called after her, "Oh, and wear something nice!"
Laura blinked and called back, "Why?"
Misty thought for a second, "It's one of those more uptown theaters!"
Laura shrugged, "Okay..." and went into her room.
Misty grinned as she couldn't believe that they both took the bait. She needed to tell Chris the great news so she ran down to his room and knocked on the door several times.
"Chris! You gotta let me in!" Misty practically squealed, but then she covered her mouth as she was afraid Laura would hear her.
Chris opened the door and Misty dropped her hands to her sides.
"I can't believe it! They fell for it!" She said excitedly.
"Well of course they would. You're actually not that bad of a planner yourself Mist." Chris praised with a smile.
Misty giggled but then said, "Oh! But can you take me for a walk? I told Laura that I left some things back at the water park and she wanted me to take you along. I want her to believe that I'm gone so the plan can still work out. Could you please?"
Chris smiled, and took her hand as he joined her out in the hall and closed the door behind him, "But of course. And while those two are on their 'date', maybe we can have a date of our own..."
Misty smiled, and held his hand tight, "I'd like that..."
Chris smiled, "Well, let's get going before Laura sees you're still here."
Misty nodded as she and Chris went down the hall, hand in hand.
After her shower, Laura quickly got dressed in just an about town dress, which was short and light blue with spaghetti straps. As she slipped on a pair of flats, she supposed her outfit would be 'nice' enough for the theater Misty had told her about.
She grabbed her purse, and headed out into the hallway.
Finally she waved goodbye to everyone still in the dining room and headed out the front door.
Laura looked for the 6th Street sign as she walked down the sidewalk alone in the dark.
"6th Street, 6th Street..." Laura murmured to herself as she kept her eyes opened.
As she spotted the sign, she smiled and sighed in relief. She went walking to the movie theater and saw that Misty wasn't there yet. She raised an eyebrow and said with confusion, "Huh... Misty's not here yet. I guess I can wait a few minutes..."
So Laura waited, unaware that instead of Misty coming, Martin was coming in her place.
But meanwhile, Chris and Misty were walking together- hand-in-hand- through New York. Misty sighed and placed her head on Chris's shoulder. "Thanks Chris, for helping me go through with my 'date set-up plan' and thank you for taking me out on our date." She thanked sincerely with a smile upon her lips.
Chris smiled down at her, "Hey no prob. I do anything for you anyway."
Misty smiled to herself, happy to have Chris for a boyfriend.
Laura sighed and checked her watch, "The movie's going to start soon... where is she?" she looked around, and froze upon seeing Martin, who was across from her, seeming to be waiting as well.
"Martin?" she asked questioningly.
Martin looked over and saw her over the small crowd and blinked, "Laura?"
They both went over to each other, "I didn't expect to see you here MK. I was just waiting for Misty..."
Martin smiled, "I was just waiting for Chris..." he then thought of something, "You know what, I bet they both backed out and went off on a date together... Chris never really could stand watching through horror movies..."
Laura nodded, "Neither could Misty... you're probably right..." she sighed, "Dang, I was looking forward to going to the movies with her..."
Martin rubbed the back of his neck, and cleared his throat a little, "Well, since we're both here... maybe we could go together... I mean, not on a date though..." he said blushing lightly.
Laura blinked and then looked down at her feet as she blushed. "Oh... um... sure. We can do that..." She answered sheepishly.
Martin smiled and nodded his head once in agreement. "Great, uh... I guess we should head inside, huh?" He asked curiously.
Laura looked at Martin and nodded. "Good idea, but remember, just as friends, not a date." Laura repeated.
"Yup, exactly." Martin replied as he held the door open for Laura.
Laura smiled and walked into the movie theater with Martin behind her.
Laura blinked as they got inside, and looked at all the movies that were playing, "Um, now that I think of it... I don't even know what movie I was going to see in the first place..."
Martin shrugged, "Me neither, but, we were both wanting to see a horror movie right?"
Laura nodded.
Martin smiled, "That's good then, because it seems there's only one playing..." and he pointed to a poster.
Laura looked over the poster and smiled, "Hm, 'Listener'... sounds like a good movie title... let's see it!"
Martin nodded, "Cool! I'll pay."
Laura smiled, "You don't have to, I brought money-"
"No, I insist. Anyway, I want to buy a few popcorn's..." Martin said with a playful smile.
Laura laughed, not knowing how Martin still could be hungry after a big dinner.
Martin went up to the cashier lady who had shoulder-length raven hair and green eyes.
"Two tickets to go see Listener please." said Martin casually as he handed the cashier lady the money.
She took it and gave him the change and two tickets. "Enjoy the movie." She said in a rather bored tone.
"We will, thanks." Martin said with a smile.
He handed Laura a ticket and went walking to the popcorn stand. He examined all the popcorn and his mouth watered at just seeing it.
"It all looks so good..." He claimed.
Laura laughed, "Just get something and let's hurry, the movies going to start soon!"
Martin nodded quickly, and got a large popcorn and walked back over to Laura.
Laura smiled, "I don't know who's worse with food, you or Jimmy..."
Martin laughed, before tossing some popcorn in his mouth, "Definitely Jimmy, I'm just more of the snacker type."
"I can see that..." Laura said giggling, and they both headed into the screening room showing Listener.
While Martin and Laura were watching the horror movie, Listener, Misty and Chris were still walking through New York, enjoying each others company. But then, something important came to her. She knew Chris hoped with all his heart that she would remember him completely, so maybe now was the time to ask him how they first met.
"Um... Chris?" she asked hesitantly.
Chris looked at her and smiled. "What's up Mist?" He asked.
"How exactly did we first meet again? I was hoping that maybe... if you told me the story... that I might fully remember you."
Chris smiled lightly, and sighed. He had waited so long to tell her.
"Well... where do I start..." Chris said, racking through his brain about everything he could remember.
He started from the beginning, and told her everything, up until the point where she was taken away from him.
While he told everything, Misty could tell it hurt him to say a few parts, as if he wished somethings had never happened.
Finally, he finished at where he had bumped into her at Eric's building, and a long silence passed between them both.
A blur of images passed through Misty's head, but, nothing was clear.
"So..." Chris said after a while, "Remember any of that?"
Misty looked up at him, and opened her mouth to say something, but, she simply closed it again.
Finally, after a deep sigh, she shook her head, "It seems vaguely familiar... but, that's about it..."
Chris sighed, and looked down. He really wished that she would remember him, and how he first fell in love with her.
"But..." Misty continued, "I do know all you say is true, and I won't forget anything you've told me."
Chris smiled, and nodded slowly, "I... I just want you to remember how... how much I loved you and all that..."
Misty watched his expression as it seemed sad. She didn't like that Chris was upset and she embraced him.
"Chris, I know you love me, and I love you too." Misty said with a smile.
"Maybe, but the memory loss is..." Chris said as he sighed heavily.
Misty knew that the memory loss is what's keeping them somewhat apart, and she knew that being a robot might tear them a part even further. But maybe...
'Maybe now would be the best time to show him? I know I didn't want him to see it, but the pained sorrow in his eyes is tearing at my heart. Keeping this secret from him... is it really that necessary?' Misty thought.
She broke away from the embrace and stared at her right arm where Laura patched her skin from that one night before.
"Chris... I..." Misty began but then stopped in mid sentence.
Meanwhile, Laura and Martin had just finished the movie, and were walking down the sidewalk back to the penthouse, laughing and talking about the flick they had just seen.
"That was a great movie..." Martin said with a smile, as he tossed his popcorn box in a nearby trash can.
"I know!" Laura said, a bright grin on her face, "Didn't you just love the special effects?"
"I did! I also really liked the bloody footprints they found... it was a great touch."
"Oh! And the BlackGate Forest! That was terrifying!"
"No kidding..." Martin said, and acted scared for a second, then smiled playfully and they both laughed.
"You know," Laura started, "It was fun to see the movie with you..."
Martin nodded, "It was fun to see it with you too..." and they passed an ally way.
But, as they passed the ally, a hand reached out, and grabbed Laura from around the mouth and yanked her into the shadows.
"Maybe we should do it again sometime soon-..." Martin said, but when he turned to look beside him, Laura wasn't there, "Laura?"
Laura was pulled into the ally, and soon saw she was surrounded by a gang of men. Only about five though.
The all smiled evilly at her, and she knew she was in trouble.
"Laura?" Martin's voice called from outside the ally.
Laura was able to get her mouth free in her struggle, "MARTIN! HELP-" but she was quickly pulled back again.
"Shush it girly!" The leader of the group said in a harsh whisper, "We'll let you go, when we are finished with ya..." and she didn't have to ask what they were going to do to her.
"You won't be able to do anything to her, once I'm through with you!" Martin yelled, as he came out of nowhere, pouncing on the leader.
"Misty?" Chris asked.
Misty was about to tell Chris her secret when she froze.
She saw over Chris's shoulder a frightening familiar figure approach them, the eyes displayed themselves more in the dark and Misty yelped with fright. She felt the urge to cry and she covered her mouth with her left hand while she pointed an index finger at the figure behind him.
Chris blinked at Misty and turned to look at what she was pointing to. But he saw nothing. He scratched his head and turned to look at Misty, but he gasped when he saw her eyes well up with tears. She shook her head with fear seeping in with great multitudes.
"H-H-H-He's here, Chris! He's come for me!" Misty sobbed as she hugged Chris tightly.
Chris exposed a determined expression and he hugged Misty back. "Don't worry Misty; he's notgoing to get you." He promised.
"Diana..." called the familiar voice from the shadows.
"Leave her alone Eric! She doesn't belong to you!" Chris yelled out determinedly.
His laughter echoed around them, and that caused Misty to yelp out of sorrow. "Oh but she does, she's mine and do you know why?" He asked sinisterly.
Chris kept Misty close but didn't answer.
"Diana is a robot, my dear friend. She was programmed to obey me, and only me."
Chris looked down at Misty who hid her face in his chest. "Misty… a robot…?" He asked out of confusion. He shook his head in protest. "You're wrong poacher!"
Eric's evil cackling echoed around them once more as Misty looked up at Chris through watery eyes. "I-I-It's true Chris. I was going to tell you-..."
Chris blinked with astonishment.
"Come Diana,,," Eric emerged from the shadows and held a smirking smile upon his lips. He reached a hand out towards her.
Misty hesitated as Chris held her. "Nice try poacher but she has a free will. Misty won't go with you!"
Suddenly, as if in her chest, she had this urging sensation to go with Eric. She couldn't explain it, but it was as if she was being pulled to do Eric's every whim. "I… I have to go to him, Chris. He's my creator. He turned me into a monster…"
Chris kept his hold on Misty and he shook his head in protest. "No, I'm not letting you go."
He then used his Creature Pod to contact Martin.
Martin was in a fury, and hardly noticed his CP, until the beeping got louder.
Martin at the moment had Laura back against a wall, and he had his back to her, and his arm out so he could protect her.
The gang was helping their leader up, and once he was was up, he sent a death glare to Martin.
It was war.
"Chris, it's not the best time bro!" Martin said quickly answering his CP.
"Martin, we need help! Eric is trying to get Misty again!" Chris said, his voice as panicked as his brother's.
Laura gasped from behind Martin, but, she knew they couldn't do anything to help at the moment.
Martin looked up to see the leader take a crow bar. Martin swallowed hard brother answering his brother, "Bro... please forgive me..." and with that he turned off the connection.
Chris's eye widened as the connection went dead, and he knew his brother had hung up. This was bad.
"Now what?" Chris said to himself out loud.
Eric grinned and laughed in evil delight when the odds were stacked against his adversary. Chris glared over at Eric and kept a firm grip on Misty.
"Back off Eric, Misty doesn't belong to you." Chris spat angrily.
"Oh but she belongs to you? Poor confused fool, you have no idea what you have gotten yourself into do you?" He asked with the shake of his head. He looked at Misty and kept his evil grin. "I order you Diana to kill him. Kill this worthless man you call a boyfriend."
Misty bit her bottom lip and as if on voice command, Misty obeyed Eric without question asked. She gave a low kick to Chris, causing him to yelp out of surprise and he landed hard on his back.
Chris groaned and sat himself up, rubbing the back of his head gingerly in the process. He looked at Misty who seemed ready to strike.
Misty couldn't help it, it was as if on instinct that she had to fight Chris. Almost as if she was being programmed to do it.
"Chris!" Misty shout out with astonishment. "I-I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed.
Eric laughed in amusement. "You're not sorry, Diana. You enjoy hurting others, especially your so-called boyfriend. Once you're done with him, you'll come back with me. I'll have so much fun with you then." He chimed in as he rubbed his hands together.
Chris got up and rubbed his tailbone gingerly. "Erg..." He groaned.
Eric continued to laugh, he enjoyed watching Misty's boyfriend get injured, and having her do it was just too good. Misty felt her eyes water up with sorrow as she was being forced to do this; no, she was programmed to do this and she hated it.
"Misty, don't... please." Chris begged as he shook his head.
Misty chewed on her bottom lip as she didn't want to hurt Chris. She shook her head and yelled, "Eric, please tell me to stop! You... You win. Just please, stop making me hurt Chris!"
Eric grinned and nodded his head in agreement. "That's a good girl Diana. Now, come here and give me a big fat kiss on the lips." He mocked.
Misty's eyes widened with revelation and she could hear Chris exposing a protective growl.
Misty sighed as she walked up to Eric, but Chris quickly grabbed her wrist.
Misty pushed Chris like she did with Laura and he flew backwards and slammed against a stop sign.
Chris watched as anger rose inside him when Misty was about to lock lips with Eric.
With a loud shout, Chris jumped up and pounced at Eric, "NO!"
Eric was taken off guard, and Chris was able to bring him to the ground. Through anger, Chris was even able to keep Eric down.
"Diana!" Eric snapped, "Get this lunatic off me!"
Misty quickly went over, and yanked Chris off of Eric, and unwillingly threw him back again.
Misty was in tears, and turned to Eric, "Please stop! I don't want to hurt him!"
Eric dusted himself as he got up, "Well it's to late for that now..." and with that, he drew a gun from his jacket and pointed it at Chris.
"NO!" Misty called out, running at Eric.
But Eric put out his hand, "Diana stop! Don't move! This will only take a second..."
Misty's body froze, as she cried out to Chris.
Chris got up, rubbing his head in pain again. He saw the gun and gasped, knowing there was no escape for him in this one.
But, suddenly, a familiar howl filled the air. Along with a roar, and shouting from three, also familiar, voices.
"Chris! Misty!" Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy called out.
The lion cub charged at Eric, and pinned him to the ground, causing the gun to be released from his grasp. He yelled with surprised and the lion cub barred his teeth at Eric, and clawed at his face.
"AH! IDIOTIC CREATURE! GET OFF ME! DIANA, GET HIM OFF ME NOW!" Eric yelled.
Misty's body unfroze and went to pick up the lion cub by the neck. The cub yelped out of surprised but hissed and tried to scratch at Misty.
Aviva, Koki, Jimmy and Howler ran up to Chris.
"Chris! Are you all right?" Aviva wondered with panic.
Chris shook his head. "I'm fine, but Misty's not. We need to get her away from Eric, now!" Chris insisted somewhat angrily.
Misty cried as she didn't like what she was doing.
The lion cub managed to scratch at Misty's arm, causing her to yelp in surprise and her skin peeled off to reveal the metal and wires from underneath. She released her grip on the lion cub and he hissed at Misty and came to Howler's side.
Jimmy's eyes widened, being the first to notice Misty's arm. He screamed and jumped behind Koki, "SHE'S A ROBOT!"
Aviva blinked, "Fascinating..."
Chris shook his head, "No, not fascinating, we have to save Misty!"
Koki nodded, and whistled on her fingers, "Howler, lion cub, ATTACK!"
Howler and the cub seemed to nod, and they both ran at Eric, baring teeth and snarling.
While Eric was distracted, Chris grabbed Misty's arm, metal or not, and pulled her over to the Tech Team.
Misty was ready to fight Chris for some reason, but he stopped her, saying, "Listen Misty, I know Eric told you to keep away from me, but, he said nothing about the Tech Team. Go with them, hurry!"
Misty saw what he was getting at, and nodded as Koki and Aviva took her hands and quickly ran, with Jimmy covering them from behind.
They ran the streets of New York as Misty cried as he ran.
"I... I..." Misty sobbed as she shook her head.
"Everything will be all right Misty," Aviva reassured her.
Chris watched as Eric was being chewed on like a chew toy for Howler and the lion cub. He quickly took out his cell phone and called the police. He hoped that putting Eric in jail for two or three years would straighten him out.
Once the police cars arrived, Howler and the cub got off of Eric when the police officers took charge. But they still barred their teeth and hissed at him.
"Take 'im away boys!" said one police officer as she shoved Eric into the police car, his hands cuffed behind his back.
"I'll return one of these days, and when I do... oh, hoo. You are gonna be one broken man." Eric threatened before the police officer shut the door.
"Yeah, yeah tell that one to the judge." she said with an eye roll.
"Thank you, officer." Chris thanked with the a smile of relief.
She nodded in return and said, "It's our job. Well, I'm off."
And with that, she went into her car and left Chris with Howler and the lion cub alone.
Chris sighed, he was happy to know he wouldn't see Eric for a long time.
He looked down at Howler, and the cub, and he remembered something, "I wonder..." he started out loud, "What was so important for Martin and Laura not to come?"
Chris would find out later, because at the moment, Laura and Martin were having a battle of their own.
The gang had turned out to be definitely more then 5 guys, and soon they were surrounded by at least 15.
"Oh this is bad..." Laura said, eyes wide as she and Martin went back to back.
"Can't you transform into an animal to help us Laura?" Martin asked quickly, as he kept his eyes on the leader, who looked like he could strike any moment.
"I'd like too, but, I forgot to wear my suit Aviva made me..."
"What's that have to do with anything?"
"I don't want to be naked Martin..." Laura stated plainly, "Especially around all these creeps..." she motioned to the men the closed in around them.
Martin sighed and raised his fists, "Okay, it looks like we're going to have to do this the old fashioned way..."
Laura nodded and took off her hooped earrings quickly, "Just remember not to break any ribs this time..." she teased, even if it wasn't the teasing moment.
"Oh, ha-ha..." was Martin's reply but he smiled at the comment.
Four of the men came charging at them, giving off punches and kicks, and other fancy fighting techniques.
Laura and Martin were easily blocking the attackers, but two more men joined in with the four that were all ready attacking.
Laura tried to fight back, but with six men attacking both her and Martin all she could do was evade the oncoming attacks. It was difficult however, and she managed to get punched really hard in the nose, causing her to have a nose bleed.
Laura yelped in surprise and touched her nose. She saw fresh blood on her finger and she frowned with remorse.
"Laura! You okay?" asked Martin as he continued to dodge the attacks, but he knew he couldn't take much more of this.
Laura growled, "I will be..." and she raised her leg to kick the man back that had punched her.
The man was kicked hard, and flung back onto his butt.
"There... I feel better." she said, smirking a bit.
The men came in quicker, and swifter, and soon were clearly overpowering the two.
Martin had been punched in the ribs, in the exact place that was still healing too. So, falling to his knees, and gripping his chest, he was pushed back against the wall.
"MARTIN!" Laura screamed, as she tried to get to him, but, 7 men quickly attacked her, pulling her back.
Martin watched in horror as the leader came up to him, with the crow bar in his right hand, "You picked the wrong day to mess with us buddy..."
Martin took a deep breath, before quickly kicking his legs so the man would trip.
The leader tripped and fell over with a shout, and Martin quickly was able to get the crow bar away from him.
With a little smirk, Martin was able to take down quite a bit of men with the crow bar.
Laura watched in amazement as Martin was able to make his way to her, knocking out every guy in his path... except one.
"Wow... nice job..." Laura said smiling, as she took a cloth and wiped the blood from her nose, as the bleeding stopped finally.
Martin smiled, and twirled the crow bar around, "Not to brag, but, yeah, I did do pretty good, didn't I?"
Laura rolled her eyes, and smiled, but then looked pass him, "Um, yeah, except you missed one..." she said pointing to the leader who was running away down the ally.
She smiled and then took the crow bar from him, "Here, allow me..." and she threw it with a grunt, and it went flying through the air, and hit the leader in the back of the head.
Martin blinked and smiled, "Wow... nice aim..."
Laura smirked and said proudly, "Thanks."
"Come on, let's get out of here before they come too..." Martin offered.
Laura nodded her head in agreement and ran out of the alley way with Martin leading her. Once they were out of the gang's sights, they stopped for breath and sighed in relief.
"Wow... what a night!" Laura said with relief.
"Yeah no kidding, but I'm just glad you're safe Laura." Martin said with a smile.
Laura blushed and went up to kiss Martin on the cheek. "Thanks for saving me back there." She thanked sincerely.
Martin blushed a little, "No prob, Chris is probably worried about us by now, maybe we should go check up on him?" Martin offered.
"Good idea." Laura agreed.
Martin took out his CP to call his brother.
"Chris Kratt here..." Chris answered simply.
"Bro! So sorry about before, we were kind of... attacked... by a street gang..." Martin started, with a nervous laugh.
"Attacked?" Chris asked blinking, "Me and Misty were attacked too... by Eric..."
Laura blinked and looked over into Martin's CP, "Misty's alright, right?"
Chris nodded, "She is. And Eric was put in jail."
Laura smiled, "That's great!"
"I'm sad we missed all the fun..." Martin said with a laugh, "But bro, where were you? Weren't you and Misty supposed to meet us at the theater?"
Chris froze, and paused, "Erm... I... I have to go, bye!" and with that he hung up.
Martin and Laura exchanged glances.
"What was that all about?" Laura asked blinking.
"It's as if he's hiding something..." Martin said slowly.
Laura blinked, and realized she and Martin had been set up, "Hm... they wanted us to come here and be together... alone..." she and Martin exchanged awkward, blushing glances.
"So that's what this was about? Wow, poor Chris got sucked into it." Martin said with a laugh.
"Well... I uh... I'm actually quite glad that they did that." Laura said nervously.
Martin raised an eyebrow. "Really? Well, it would have been nicer if we could have done it ourselves." Martin observed, smiling slowly.
Not too far away, Aviva, Koki, Jimmy, and Misty were heading towards Martin's and Laura's direction. Misty blinked when she saw Laura in the distance and she dashed over to Laura, calling her name.
"Laura!" she cried out.
Laura blinked, and turned around, seeing Misty, "Misty!" and she ran over to her friend, "Misty I heard you had a run in with Eric, are you alright?"
Misty nodded slowly and sighed, "I feel better now... I just hope it never happens again..."
Laura held her friend's hand, "What happened anyway?"
Misty sighed, "Well... let's just say everyone knows I'm a robot now..."
Jimmy blinked and looked at both girls, "Wait, Laura knew you were a robot?"
"Um, yeah..." Misty said slowly.
"SHE'S A ROBOT?" Martin repeated, this being his first time hearing this.
"Sadly yes..." Misty said sighing, and showing her arm.
Martin's mouth fell open and his eyes widened with disbelief.
"I know, I'm a freak of nature." Misty said sadly as she pulled her arm away.
Laura shook her head. "No Misty, you're not a freak of nature." She reassured her friend seriously.
"I would love to do some tests on you Misty. I find this actually quite fascinating. Who would have guessed Eric would turn you into a robot?" Aviva stated with fascination.
Misty's eyes lit up with fear when Aviva said the word tests and she quickly hid behind Martin for protection.
"Please don't!After being turned into a robot, I don't think I can take anymore tests." Misty begged.
Aviva sighed with disappointment but gave Misty a reassuring smile. "All right Amiga, I won't do any tests on you if you don't want them.
"By the way, has anyone seen Chris? I thought he would catch up to us by now?" Koki wondered.
Misty felt her eyes well up with tears. "Chris..."
Jimmy shrugged, "I thought he was right behind me..."
Martin sighed, "I'll go out and looked for him, you all go to the penthouse and rest..."
Laura shook her head in protest, "It's dangerous out tonight Martin, maybe I should come with you..."
"No, you all need your rest. I'll be fine, anyway, we have that wedding rehearsal tomorrow." Martin said.
Aviva nodded, "Anyway, it's getting pretty late..."
Laura sighed, "Okay... just be careful MK..."
Martin nodded, and smiled, and headed off down the sidewalk.
Laura watched after Martin.
"Come on Laura..." Koki called as she, Aviva, Jimmy, and Misty were several feet away from her.
Laura blinked and quickly caught up to the group. It was a quiet walk, though crickets chirped and very little cars zoomed passed them.
Something soon got onto Misty's mind and asked, "So, Aviva... How did you manage to find me and Chris anyway?I thought you, Koki, and Jimmy were out sightseeing?"
Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy gave each other questionable looks.
"We were..." Koki started, "But, we decided to visit you guys at the penthouse-"
"-When we got there," Jimmy continued, "You guys weren't there, so, we went out looking for you."
"Howler started acting funny, and he led us to you and Chris, Misty." Aviva finished, "And it seems we got there at the right time too..."
Misty smiled, "Thanks. You guys really saved us."
Jimmy shrugged, "No prob. It's just a normal day in the life of a Tech team member..."
Misty giggled, and turned to Laura, "So Laura, how was your time with Martin?"
Everyone turned to look and smile at Laura, it wasn't like they didn't know she liked Martin.
"Well, besides you and Chris setting us up, it... was actually quite nice." Laura admitted with a smile.
"Aww..." Jimmy teased slightly.
Misty grinned. "Yes! My plan worked, ah-ha!" Misty exclaimed excitedly with a fist-pump.
Laura rolled her eyes while Aviva and Koki giggled.
"Eh, it only sort of worked Misty. See, we only did it as friends, not a couple, so, you didn't win that round." Laura said playfully.
Misty pouted and folded her arms across her chest. "Darn it."
Laura laughed and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Maybe next time, Mist. If there will be a next time."
Meanwhile, Martin was searching for Chris but saw no sign of him anywhere. He scratched his head in wonder. "Where could he be?" He asked himself curiously.
Martin sighed, trying to remember if he was still going the right way; the way the tech team and Misty had come from.
But, soon in the distance, he saw a wolf, a lion, and his brother, all sitting on a park bench under some trees.
Martin blinked, and smiled slowly as he started over to the bench.
Chris jumped upon feeling a hand on his shoulder, but sighed with relief to see it was only his brother.
"Hey Chris, what's up?" Martin said casually, "You alright?"
Chris sighed, "Well... not exactly..."
Martin blinked, and sat down next to his brother, as the cub decided to make himself comfy on Martin's lap, "What do you mean?"
Chris looked at his hands and said, "When we ran into Eric, he was ordering Misty around, telling her what to do and what not to do. He told me she was a robot Martin, but I couldn't believe it. But Misty... it was as if she was programmed to obey his every whim..."
'He forced her into fighting me, bro... but her strength, it was incredible, yet scary. How can I be near Misty when she was programmed to be against me?" Chris explained as he sighed and buried his face in his hands.
Martin petted the lion cub, but listened to his brother's story. Though he wasn't there to witness the fight himself, he knew he needed to help his brother out of this mess. Chris loved Misty and Misty loves Chris.
"So, that's what happened?" Martin wondered.
Chris nodded his head in agreement.
Chris sighed, "I'd ask Aviva to help, but, I know Misty probably doesn't want anymore experiments done on her... Martin, I'm just so worried... once I felt like Misty and me were better again, it all seemed to go wrong..."
Martin looked down, and nodded slowly, "Bro, you don't need to worry. So stopcomplaining."
Chris blinked, surprised at what his brother had just said, "Martin, of course I need to worry! And I'm not complaining this is serious! How could you say that?"
Martin looked at his brother, his eyes were lit up, as if he was about to laugh, "We both know Misty isn't fully a robot, otherwise she wouldn't have any emotions bro... If the half of her that is still human, and it realizes just how much she loves you, it should over power her circuitry..."
Chris blinked, "When did you become the sciencey one?"
Martin shrugged, and chuckled a little, "Don't go thinking your the only one that knows stuff..."
Chris smiled slowly, and sighed looking down, "Let's just hope she pulls through, bro..."
"She will bro, trust me. Now come on, everyone's probably waiting for us down at the penthouse. Tomorrow's the wedding rehearsal and we all need our sleep." Martin instructed kindly as he gently pushed the cub off of him and stood up.
Chris nodded his head in agreement. "You right." And he too got up.
"Now that's the bro I know!" Martin said cheerfully as he head locked his brother and gave him a nuggie on his head.
"Ah! Dude, stop!" Chris laughed as he tried to pull out of Martin's headlock.
Chris was able to free himself and he rolled his eyes at his older brother.
Martin grinned innocently and shrugged his shoulders. "Hey, it got you to laugh, didn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah but did you have to do it in public?" Chris asked with a short laugh.
Martin shrugged his shoulders again and began to walk back to the penthouse, with Chris following behind.
Chris and Martin got to the penthouse, and when they went inside, it was perfectly quiet.
Martin blinked, "Hm, everyone must be in bed, I wonder-"
"Shh!" Chris shushed him with a playful smile, telling his brother to be quiet.
"What?" Martin whispered back.
Chris motioned to the couch near the far wall of the large living room.
Laura was sleeping there, and still had a book in one hand.
"She must of been waiting for us to get back..." Chris whispered, "Or more or likely, waiting for you..."
Martin rolled his eyes, and whispered back, "Well, we better be quiet and not wake her up... maybe I should carry her to her room?"
Chris shrugged, "Do what you want, I'm going to see if Misty's still awake..." Luckily, she was.
Misty was in her room, sitting on her bed, her face buried into a pillow. She was crying.
"I can't believe he made me do that to Chris! He programmed me to enjoy hurting others? No! I don't like to do that! But, I hurt him... Oh Chris..." Misty mumbled into her pillow.
Her head snapped up quickly as she heard knocks on the door. "W-Who's there?" She demanded.
"Misty, Misty it's me Chris. Can I come in?" came Chris's voice from the other end.
Misty hesitated for a short while. She wiped her tears away with her hand and she said softly, "C-Come in,"
Chris opened the door and came into her bedroom. He gently shut it and saw Misty's red, tear-stained face. He blinked and went up to Misty hesitantly, unsure if Misty would attack or not.
"You okay...?" He asked her gently.
Misty shook her head and looked down at the mattress. "No... I'm not. I hurt you tonight Chris, and... with Eric not telling me to stop, I have the urge to hurt you."
Chris swallowed hard, and forced a sweet smile, "Misty, please, I know you can over come that feeling."
Misty shook her head, "I've been trying... it's not that easy Chris..."
Chris sighed, and sat down next to her on the bed, "Well, I'll help you get through it. Because, I'm going to stay with you, whether I'm safe or not..."
Misty blinked, and wiped her tears again, "Thanks... but..."
Chris looked at her, "What is it?"
Misty looked into his eyes, and tears started coming again, "Chris I love you. And I really don't want to ever hurt you again, it's just that being part robot, I can't really control myself..."
"Misty, I bet it's hard for you to control your robot self, but maybe if you allow her, Aviva can help you with that problem." Chris offered gently.
Misty bit her bottom. "Chris, please. After what Eric's done to me, I'm afraid of being experimented on." She confessed as tears began to roll down her cheeks again.
Chris sighed. "I know, Misty. But you know Aviva won't harm you. We're here to help you,"
"I can't Chris... I just can't... What if her testing goes wrong? Then what? I'll be lost to you and Laura forever." Misty explained as she looked away.
Chris reached out and took her hand, "Misty, it wouldn't go wrong. If I know Aviva, she'd have it fixed in no time."
Misty sighed and shook her head, "No, I won't resolve to that unless it's completely necessary..."
Chris blinked, "But, I already think it's completely necessary..."
"That's youropinion Chris..." Misty sighed sadly.
Chris didn't know what to say next, he felt he really couldn't do anything at this point.
"Alright Misty... But, if you change your mind, please tell me..." Chris said sadly as he got up, releasing her hand, and started over to the door.
Misty looked down, then looked back up at him, "I love you... goodnight..."
Chris forced a light smile, then headed out the door, closing it behind him.
Meanwhile, Martin was still trying to figure out if he should carry Laura back to her room.
Honestly, he didn't want to wake her up, afraid that she was a light sleeper. Then again, he didn't want to leave her out there all night.
During his process of thought, he couldn't help but smile, and watch her sleep peacefully. She was beautiful when she slept.
Finally Martin sighed, and took a blanket from one of the nearby chairs, putting it on Laura.
He would stay out there with her.
He took her book carefully, and set it on a table, before sitting down on another couch, across from Laura.
By the time Martin was falling asleep, Chris came down the hall, looking for him.
Chris saw his brother dozing off, and Laura still on the couch. He shook his head in a smirk, and went over to his brother.
"Bro..." Chris said in a whisper, poking his brother.
Martin woke up with a startle, and blankly stared at Chris, "Whoa!Oh, Chris, it's you..." he said also in a whisper.
"Yeah, it's me. I'm guessing you're staying here tonight?" Chris asked chuckling.
"Well yeah, I didn't want to leave her..." Martin motioned to Laura.
Chris smiled slightly when he looked at the sleeping Laura.
"So, what's up Chris? Did you see Misty?" Martin wondered with a raised eyebrow.
Chris sighed and nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah I did..." He said.
"And...?" Martin wondered as he urged his brother to continue.
"She seemed like she was struggling with herself bro. She didn't hurt me, thankfully, but I did tell her that Aviva would help her."
"I'm guessing that didn't go too well."
Chris shook his head. "She didn't want any help, Martin. I really don't know what to do."
"Relax bro, you're getting upset over this when you know everything will turn out all right in the end." Martin reassured his brother.
Chris raised an eyebrow in doubt. "Will it? I'm being plagued by doubts here Martin."
Martin raised one eye brow, "Weren't you plagued with doubts when I got bitten by that poisonous snake?"
"Well yeah, but-"
"Did it end well, or not? Bro, seriously, I'm sitting right in front of you. I didn't die. And if you just keep hoping, I'm sure things will pull through..." Martin said stretching a little.
Chris sighed, and rolled his eyes, "Martin, that doesn't make me feel any better..."
Martin looked up at Chris, and gave him a teasing smile, "If I don't make you feel any better, why'd you come to me?"
Chris blinked, "I didn't come to you, I was just looking for you."
"Say what you want..." Martin said with a movement of his hand as he laid down on the couch yawning, "But I'm going to sleep. Night bro."
Chris blankly stared at his brother for a moment, and smiled lightly, "Oh brother..." and went towards the hall.
"Maybe Martin's right though...?" Chris began as he went walking to his room.
He sighed and ran fingers through his hair. "I shouldn't be thinking about this, I'm supposed to be paying more attention to Susan. It's her time to shine."
Chris came to his bedroom and opened the door to head inside. He went inside and closed the door behind him. He went to his bed and made himself comfortable on the bed.
He positioned himself on his right side and closed his eyes, and fell asleep.