greetings everyone! i'm back with chapter 3. i personally don't like this chapter much, but i hope it'll satisfy y'all till chapter 4. enjoy! and by the way, i used two spanish words, "Gato", which i know means cat, and "Nopal", which is supposed to mean cactus. if that's wrong, PLEASE let me know, and tell me what the real spanish word for cactus is!

Well, it's official; I've been living with the Saturdays for two weeks now, and let me just say, it isn't anything like i thought. For one thing, we all have to get up super early to do some "training". Which is really hard for me since i'm… well, sort of on the lazy side and usually don't wake up till about 10 am. So now i've had to start waking up at 6:30 in the morning to go through a training course with Zak and Doyle.

And training with those two is no picnic, considering the fact that their training courses are real tough for someone who isn't used to a lot of physical activity; someone like me.

"gee Lina, you're not very good at this" Zak said one morning after he pretty much kicked my butt in training. I glared at him.

"hey, easy on Lina Zak. She isn't used to this". I blushed when Doyle came to my defense. Suddenly an alarm sounded.

"come on guys!" Zak yelled, running into the house. Doyle and i followed. We ran into the main room where Doc and Drew were standing, looking at a map on one of their many large computer screens. "what do we got?" Zak asked.
"there's a cryptid in Argentina that's been attacking villagers and killing their livestock" Doc explained.
"looks like you're going on your first mission Lina" Drew said, smiling at me. i felt a knot in my stomach.

"oh boy" i thought.
"are you sure she should come with us?" Doc said. I frowned. I'd been there two weeks, and Doc still wasn't willing to accept the fact that i was on their side.
"of course she should come" Drew said. I relaxed a little. Drew, Doyle, and Zak all seemed to accept me pretty quickly. Even Fisk, Komodo, and Zon liked me.

"ok, she can come" Doc said, looking at me. "but if anything happens…"

"nothing will happen dad" Zak said, grabbing my hand. "i'll keep an eye on her'. i looked at him.
"excuse me?" he blushed and let go of my hand.

"c'mon guys, let's move" Doc said, and we all piled into the airship. I sat down nervously in a chair, my legs shaking slightly. Not only was i nervous about my first mission, but i had never really been one to like flying. Zak and Doyle sat on either side of me. Fisk came over to me and laid his big hand on my shoulder, mumbling something. I smiled.

"uh, thanks Fisk. I think". Zak looked at me.

"don't worry, i'm sure you'll be able to understand him sooner or later". I smiled and nodded.
"yeah, i hope so". we flew pretty much in silence after that, with one of the other secret scientists occasionally contacting Doc and Drew for one reason or another. After about an hour, i was starting to fall asleep when we finally landed. 'it's about time" i mumbled. "isn't something exciting supposed to happen now?" i thought. As soon as we exited the airship, a large green cat leaped at me. "spoke too soon i guess!" i thought, screaming. My body was paralyzed with fear, and Doc jumped in front of me and punched the cat with his power glove. "wow, uh, thanks!" i blurted out. He turned to me.
"don't mention it" he mumbled. I frowned. The way he sounded, he really didn't want me to ever mention it. i sighed, and hurried after him. I glanced at the cat, who was just standing up, dazed. The cat was not only green, but it had long spikes protruding from it's body, almost like a porcupine.

"what kind of cryptid is that?" i asked, talking to no one in particular. Drew and Zak ran over to me.
"it's a Nopal Gato" Drew said. i frowned.
"Nopal Gato? um, English please?"

"it means Cactus Cat" Drew said. I nodded.

"oh, ok. Gotcha". Komodo and Fisk ran to us just then.

"mom, Komodo's hurt!" Zak cried.

"what happened?" i asked.

"that thing bit him" Zak said, looking worried. Doyle flew over to us with his jetpack.

"i'll take Komodo back to the airship" h said, picking up the reluctant lizard. I just stood there, not knowing what to do. Suddenly someone grabbed me from behind. I turned around and came face to face with…

"Van Rook!"

GASP! Van Rook sure is popping up a lot, huh? hope y'all liked it, and don't forget to review! oh, and by the way, the green cat mentioned above is the same one from the episode "Cryptid vs. Cryptid". REVIEW! please?