Martin, Kitty, Aviva, Koki and Jimmy all thought Chris was dead.
Zach, Gourmand, and Donita thought Chris was dead.
The whole world thought Chris was dead.
Even Chris, thought he was dead. But, it took him a second to realize, how could he possibly think he was dead, if he was dead? It made no sense.
So, Chris opened his eyes to find he was falling through a tunnel of blue and black electricity, that almost seemed as if it was moving.
"Where am I?" Chris said out loud, as he also came to realization he was floating (or was it falling?) down this vertical tunnel.
Soon, he found himself not in a tunnel anymore, but in the middle of a large city street.
The sky was grey, and polluted with smoke, and all the buildings seemed grey, and all the cars seemed grey, and all the peoples outfits that walked by seemed grey.
Chris couldn't figure out why the whole atmosphere seemed grey and black.
Honestly, he stood out very well being in a green T-shirt. Speaking of green, he didn't see a speck of plant life anywhere.
Chris shivered, noticing it was actually quite cold out too... and damp, though, it was not raining.
Suddenly, a horn honked from behind him, and he remembered he was in the middle of the road. He quickly dodged the truck that was speeding towards him, and he then also started dodging many other vehicles that all nearly ran him over.
He got to the sidewalk and caught his breath, just to hear a siren and a strange beeping sound. The crowds of people that had been walking down the sidewalks, had quickly went into buildings and started getting away from Chris as fast as they could.
Chris honestly couldn't figure out what was going on until he saw a black police car pull up beside him, and 3 Zach bots rushed out.
One bot, started speaking even in an authoritative tone, "Human, you have broken law #456-h, disturbing traffic ways. We are now taking you into custody."
Chris shook his head and put his fists up, "Nuh uh, no way I'm going with a dumb old Zach bot!"
The Zach bot came up to Chris and grabbed his arm, giving off a series of beeps.
Chris ripped the arm off him, and quickly made a run for it. The bots all quickly took off after him.
Chris's mind was racing as he ran for his life down the streets. How on earth was he going to get out of this jam? Every door he passed, shut with a slam, and there wasn't even a space between any of the buildings to have an ally to hide in.
Finally, as Chris started to get ahead, he noticed the door of an office building was still open. He knew, he had to get to that door before it shut, otherwise, he was doomed.
He got to the door, and quickly threw it open as he ran in, and ran up a flight of stairs, entering the rows of desks and work spaces.
He quickly ducked and hid under an empty desk, as every worker just went about their work, as if it was normal for Zach bots to be searching for a criminal around their desks.
But, Chris was no criminal, he was just someone who was utterly confused on where the heck he was.
Finally, the Zach bots left, beeping all the way out the door. Once Chris heard the door slam, he took a deep sigh of relief.
He was about to get out from his hiding spot, but, suddenly, someone sat down at the chair that was in front of the desk, and rolled over.
Chris was trapped between a person and the backboard of the desk, and honestly, he had no idea how to get out of this one.
Chris couldn't help but wait, and listen. He listened to the guy sitting in the chair write a few things down, then he heard him answering a ringing phone, "Hello? Varmitech's office supplies, I'm Martin Kratt how may I help you?"
Chris yelped, and banged his head on the desk, at hearing it was his brother in front of him!
The man at the desk immediately jumped up, at a yelp and someone banging his desk, "What the-..." he started, and just stared confusedly at Chris who emerged from underneath.
Chris just kept a focused gaze on the man that claimed to be his brother. And, it seemed to be true. There stood a man, older then Martin, about in his 40's, but, he had the same eyes, nose, hair and features as Martin. Another thing that was different though, was that the man wore thick black glasses, and wore a white long-sleeve shirt, and grey pants, and a blue tie.
Chris rubbed his eyes quickly, and looked back at the man, "Wait... Martin? What happened to you?" Chris knew, it was his brother.
Martin simply rubbed his eyes too, thinking he was seeing things, "This is impossible..." he mumbled out, seeming almost terrified.
Chris blinked, "What's impossible? ...-What I find impossible, is that you are working at an office controlled by Zach, and are wearing glasses!"
Martin shook his head, "I mean, I don't understand how you are here-... alive..."
Chris blinked, "What do you mean?"
"Chris you died..." Martin said shaking his head, leaning on his desk. He honestly wasn't believing this was the 'real' Chris.
Chris gave his brother an awkward look, "Well I'm standing right here, talking to you, aren't I? And last time I checked, people that are dead don't stand or talk..."
Martin's eyes widened, "Unless they're ghosts..." he mumbled.
Chris rolled his eyes, "No seriously Martin! I have only been gone a few minutes! Why are you acting like this?"
"You died 15 years ago!" Martin said sitting down, raising his voice a little, "I was right there when it happened..."
Chris's mouth opened, but he didn't say anything. He finally looked down, then looked back up at his brother, "Well, how did it happen?"
"We were going to save Survivor and another group of lions, and one of the machines burst out and disintegrated you..." Martin said blankly.
Chris now understood more then he should've, "What year is it?"
"What?" Martin asked looking up at him again.
"What year is it?" Chris asked again, heart racing.
Martin simply tossed Chris a calender, and Chris's hands shook when he read it, "For what's seemed like 15 minutes to me... has been fifteen years for you!" he couldn't believe what he was saying, "Oh boy..." Chris had to sit down.
Chris sat down next to Martin's chair on the floor, "What's happened to the world? It seems-"
"Grey?" Martin answered, and Chris nodded, "Chris, after you disappeared, we couldn't fight off Zach or any of the other villains... I mean, me and you were a team, and alone I wasn't able to do very good..."
"So, Zach's taken over?" Chris asked with shock.
"Yep..." Martin said with anger, as he went through a few papers, "It all happened the same year you disappeared..."
Chris looked again at the calender, what on earth was going on? "I have time to hear everything... looks like I have fifteen years to catch up on though..."
Martin cleared his throat, "Well, after Zach and the other villains started beating us more and more often, finally, we realized that everything was going to get worse..."
"How?"
"Jimmy Z, Koki, and Survivor... they're all dead Chris..." Martin said, with a sad expression.
Chris's eyes widened, "But- how?..."
Martin sighed, "The Tortuga was attacked... and destroyed... Only me, Kitty and Aviva survived it..."
Chris's eyes filled with tears, but, he wasn't going to start crying, "Tell me, what's become of Aviva now a days?"
"She was brainwashed, and pretty much reprogrammed into Zach's servant... as were many other people..." Martin said, not looking his brother in the eyes, "This all happened the first year too... which is also the year, Zach forced me and Kitty into jail..."
Chris gasped slightly, "How long were you two in there?"
"5 years... and when we got out, everything and everyone had changed... " he looked to his desk, "For the last 10 years, I've been trying to support us with this dumb job... since, Zach would have us both killed, if I went back to animal rescuing..."
Chris blinked and came to the realization of something, what did he mean by 'support us'? He looked to Martin's hand and gasped, when he saw a ring on Martin's hand, "YOU'RE MARRIED?"
Martin blinked, and looked at his hand, "Well, me and Kit had been together for a long time, so-"
"YOU'RE MARRIED TO KITTY?" Chris said again in shock.
Martin sighed with frustration at his brother, "Chris, 15 years you have been gone, may I remind you... you've missed a lot..."
Chris shook his head over and over again, "Never would've guessed that I'm a brother-in-law now..."
"And a uncle..."
"And a uncle- WHAT?" Chris said jumping up, staring wide eyed at his brother.
Martin simply smiled, a tossed Chris a picture frame. Chris caught it, and looked over the picture; He saw Kitty, smiling and standing beside a 7 year old boy, and a 4 year old boy.
The oldest boy actually looked a lot like Martin, with the muddy blond hair, and light blue eyes.
The youngest definitely had the same face features as Kitty, but had darker hair that looked almost brown, and he had dark blue eyes.
Chris smiled slowly, "They look like great children, bro... Two kids is about the amount I'd pictured you'd have..."
Martin chuckled slightly, "Well... actually, it's three..."
Chris blinked, "Three?"
Martin reached over and pointed to Kitty's stomach, "One's on the way..."
Chris slightly froze, and just questioningly stared at Martin, "Well you two have been... productive..."
Martin laughed a little, finally smiled more, "It's nice to have you back bro..."
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