Martin parked in front of the hospital, and he and Chris quickly hopped out of the car heading for the front door.
Aviva had stayed behind, and was able to control a few Zach-bots to keep an eye on Zach. After everything that had happened, they didn't need Zach escaping.
The brothers walked into the lobby, and quickly asked which room Kitty was in. As soon as they knew, they took the elevator to that floor.
As the elevator doors opened, and Chris and Martin started down the hall, but Chris noticed something.
"Er, bro..." Chris said wide eyed, as he stopped himself and his brother, "What's that running down the hall right at us?"
It looked yellow or gold... and it was furry... and definitely running straight for them.
Suddenly, Martin was knocked over by a yellow lab, that had pounced on him and was licking at him happily.
"Gah!" Martin said, slightly laughing, then getting up to pet the dog, "Where did you come from?"
Chris leaned down and pet the dog as well, "Hm... he has no collar... is he a stray?"
"DAD! YOU'RE HERE!" Gabe's voice came from down the hall. The Kratt brothers looked up to see Gabe and Trent running down the hallway towards them.
"Bad doggie!" Trent said as he reached them, and pulled the dog away, "Don't run away again and don't attack dad!"
Chris smiled, "Is this your guy's dog?"
Martin blinked, "No..." and he raised one eyebrow at his sons, "It's not... where did he come from boys?"
Gabe and Trent exchanged glances, "Well..." Gabe started, "He kinda was one of the dogs that saved us..."
"Huh?" Chris asked blinking.
Trent jumped into his father's arms and got all excited and started talking really fast, "All these mean robots came to our house and tried to hurt me, mommy and Gabe, and then Gabe used his powers to talk to animals to call all these dogs to come save us! Then I acted like a bear and a mountain goat to save me and mom!"
Martin exchanged glances with Chris.
Chris smiled, "I guess they do have powers like their mother..."
Martin was still wide eyed in shock, "I... I guess they do..." he then looked at the dog, "Well, this dog doesn't belong to anyone already, right?"
Gabe nodded, "Nope, he's completely a stray. I even asked him what his name was; He said he had none."
"Mommy said his name could be Will, short for Wilkinson, before the doctors took her into that room." Trent said, pointing to the room Kitty was in.
"But I want his name to be Wyatt." Gabe added.
"He's a wild fellow, that's for sure!" Chris said laughing, as the dog jumped all over him, trying to lick his face.
Martin blinked and smiled, "That's it! Wild Wyatt Wilkinson! That's a perfect name!"
Chris raised one eyebrow, "No, that's a long name..."
"Then, does that mean we can keep him dad?" Gabe asked.
"Of course... but he's getting a bath when we get home..." Martin said smiling. Gabe and Trent high-fived and hugged their dad.
Suddenly a doctor headed over to them, after exiting the room, "Are you Mr. Kratt?" he asked.
Martin laughed and looked to his brother, "Which one of us are you addressing that to?"
The doctor gave Martin a annoyed look and sighed, "I mean, which of you are married to Laura Kratt?"
Martin nodded, "That would be me."
The doctor finally smiled, "Congratulations sir, she has just given birth to a healthy 7 pound, baby girl."
Martin smiled brightly as he quickly ran into the room to see his new daughter.
"So how's Kit- I mean, Laura holding up?" Chris asked the doctor.
"She's doing fine." The doctor said removing his gloves, then he looked over to Wild Wyatt, "Egad! Is that a dog? Dogs aren't aloud in the hospital!"
Chris laughed nervously, "Eh-heh... er... " he then looked back to Gabe and Trent, "Let me go put Wild Wyatt in the car real quick... before this doctor kicks us out..."
Martin walked into the room cautiously, and closed the door behind him quietly. It was big inside, and past one wall of the room he couldn't see much of anything else. Not to mention the lights were dim.
But, a window seemed to be open pass the wall.
Suddenly he heard a small fragile cough, then a single whine. Then, he was pleased to hear his wife's gentle voice, cooing softly.
"Shh... it's okay dear...just sleep..."
Martin smiled to himself as he passed the wall and looked onto a bed, where Kitty lied, holding a pink bundle in her arms.
Kitty smiled up at Martin, and he returned a smile. He then came over and sat beside her on the bed.
Kitty held the baby closer to him, and pulled the pink blanket over a little; to reveal a little baby girl, who had a short layer of bright, curly blond hair.
"She's beautiful Laura..." Martin said, softly half in wonder. He had never had a daughter before, so, it was a new feeling.
"I think I've thought of a good name too..." Kitty said, leaning her head on Martin's shoulder, "How about Marina?"
and she carefully handed the baby to Martin.
Martin was a bit breathless as he held his daughter, and he nodded slowly, "Marina sounds good... Marina Ella Kratt."
Kitty smiled, "Ella? My mother's name?"
Martin let Marina hold his finger as she slept, "Yeah, I thought you'd like that as the baby's middle name."
Kitty closed her eyes and sighed happily, "Marina Ella Kratt..." she repeated, as she felt tired from the child birth.
Martin kissed Kitty's forehead, "You get some rest honey... I'll take care of Marina Ella..."
That sounded good to Kitty, and she fell asleep. Martin quietly got up with the baby, and carried her out into the hall.
Chris had been sitting down with Gabe and Trent, (after putting Wyatt in the car, and rolling down the windows a little) and was happy to see his brother come out of the room. He was even happier to see Martin holding a pink bundle gently.
"Chris, I'd like you to meet your niece... and Gabe and Trent, I'd like you to meet your sister; Marina Ella Kratt..." He said as he came over.
Gabe and Trent ran over immediately, eager to see their new sister.
"I still kinda wish she had been a boy..." Gabe said with a sigh.
"I think she's great!" Trent said excitedly, as he put a hand on his sister's head gently.
Martin smiled, and looked over at Chris, "Wanna hold her?"
Chris blinked and stuttered a little, "I'm not so sure bro... I mean, I don't know exactly how to hold a baby and-" and just then Martin handed Marina to Chris gently, "-And you give me the baby anyway..."
Martin chuckled, "It's fine bro. See! You're holding her just fine!"
Chris was almost frozen as he stared down onto Marina's small face. He felt glad that she could now grow up in a world that wasn't ruled by Zach.
Just then, Marina stirred a little, and her dark blue eyes opened just a crack. And she had a glimpse at her uncle before she closed them again, falling back asleep.
Chris sighed, and smiled as he carefully gave Marina back to Martin, "You're a lucky man Martin; you have such a great family."
Martin laughed as he headed back towards the room Kitty was in, "Don't forget Chris, you're part of that family too." And he went back into the room.
Three days later, late at night, around 10:00 p.m., Martin, Kitty, Marina, Gabe, Trent, Chris and Aviva, were all gathered in the old invention room of Zach's old building.
It was time for Chris to go back.
"And you're sure this will work..." Chris asked Aviva again, as Trent and Gabe played with Jimmy's teleporter.
Aviva nodded, "We went through all the steps already Chris, it should work; Martin will put on the creature power suit, then we'll use this lion fur we found in the boom machine for the suit, then I will program my remote transporter to the boom machine, setting a time period, and then Martin will give a roar and send you back."
Chris sighed, "Alright... I just hope it doesn't actually kill me this time..."
Aviva sighed and rolled her eyes with a smile, "Chris I told you already it should work just fine!"
Martin came over pulling a creature power vest over his head, "You know, this thing is much tighter then I remember..."
Chris laughed, "Maybe that's because that one was mine?"
Martin blinked and looked down, dusting it off a little more. It was clearly green now, and Martin laughed nervously, "I knew that... I'll just get... mine now..." and he walked off embarrassed.
Aviva laughed and looked at Chris, "Well, you should probably start saying goodbye to everyone now..."
Chris smiled, "Then I'll start with you-" and he took her shoulder gently and leaned in, kissing her.
Aviva tensed up, but, soon relaxed and blushed as Chris released the kiss.
"I'll just let you know, I have always wanted to do that." Chris said with a grin before he headed over to Kitty, Martin, and their kids, leaving Aviva just standing there blushing.
Trent and Gabe ran up to their uncle, jumping up into his arms and hugging him.
"You're really from the past uncle Chris? Oh, I wish you could stay and tell us more about it!" Gabe said, sighing.
Trent actually burst out into tears, "I don't want you to go!"
Chris hugged them both again and ruffled Trent's hair, "Don't worry, even though I'm going now, I'll see you guys again...I promise."
Trent sniffled and a smile formed on his face, "O-okay..." he said as he wiped away his tears.
Chris then stood straight and turned to Kitty who was holding Marina. He went over and gently kissed Marina's little forehead, "See ya, little star shine..." he said softly, then looked up to Kitty, "See ya sis."
Kitty smiled as she took a deep breath and hugged Chris, "Goodbye Chris..."
Kitty finally released the hug, and Chris looked over to his brother.
Martin was in his creature power suit, and Chris swore he'd rather not remember Martin any other way. The brothers embraced each other, now not exactly wanting to say goodbye...
But, Chris pulled back, and inhaled deeply, "It's now or never Martin..."
Martin nodded, and looked as if he wanted to cry, but instead, he took up the piece of fur with a nod and said, "Creature power suit activate..." and he pushed the button.
Gabe and Trent grinned big, seeing their dad turn into a blue lion. Martin then went over, and went inside the sonic boom machine.
Kitty made sure to tell her children to cover their ears, as she held her hands over Marina's ears.
Aviva checked the remote transporter one more time, "It's ready. Get in front of the machine Chris."
Chris looked over, and Gabe and Trent waved quickly before they put their hands back on their ears. Chris smiled softly and waved back, as he went and stood in front of the machine.
"Okay... in 3... 2... 1- Martin now!" Aviva called out.
Martin looked into his brother's eyes one last time, and sent out the biggest and longest roar he could muster.
The sonic boom machine's gears turned loudly as it vibrated, and a sonic wave burst out straight at Chris, with green electricity flowing through it. And it soon washed over Chris, and he was gone.
Martin came out of the machine and deactivated his suit, just staring blankly at where Chris had stood, "Goodbye bro..."
Chris opened his eyes to find he was falling through a tunnel of green and black electricity, that almost seemed as if it was moving.
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 the African savanna late at night.
Chris blinked, and wondered if he was back in his rightful time period. He then saw light coming from beside him, and he looked over to see the Tortuga.
Oh how he missed the Tortuga, and he jumped up in the air with joy that he was back, "WHOO-HOO!" and he ran towards the Tortuga.
Unknown to Chris, he had been (supposedly) dead for four days, and everyone inside the Tortuga was just moping about. Especially Martin.
Even Survivor, always the one to be so playful, would only lie around all day.
So when there was a knock at the door, everyone looked up, and exchanged confused glances.
"It's probably just another random person coming to say they're sorry for our loss..." Koki said, sighing sadly.
"I don't think I can take anymore people coming..." Jimmy said pulling his comic over his face, "It just brings back painful memories of Chris and all the fun we had with him!"
Kitty shushed Jimmy, "Be quiet Jimmy!" and she laid a hand on Martin's back comfortingly, "You're just bringing back painful memories!"
Aviva sighed and looked back to her computer screen, "Well someone has to answer it..."
Survivor growled, annoyed as he got up and went to the door.
Everyone in the control room heard the door open with a slide, then, surprisingly Survivor roared very loudly and ran back into the room, and started running around. He not only ran around, he also jumped off tables, and over chairs, and on Jimmy.
"What's going on with him?" Koki asked blinking.
They all stood, and looked to the hallway as they heard footsteps. And then, Chris emerged from the dark hallway laughing, "Wow, Survivor... I don't remembering anyone teaching you to open the door..."
Everyone froze, being scared or in complete shock. Jimmy went pale and screamed, jumping up and running for his life, "GHOST! EEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"I must be dreaming..." Aviva said rubbing her eyes.
"Then I'm having the same dream!" Kitty said, voice breaking up.
"Chris is that... is that you?" Koki asked carefully.
Chris smiled and motioned with his arms, "In the flesh."
Immediately Martin ran over and hugged his brother, not letting go. Chris was being hugged so tight, he barely could breath, "Lungs... falling in... can't... BREATH!" Chris worked out the best he could.
Martin let go, but still held his brother's shoulders, "Chris what on earth happened to you?" and Chris could clearly see Martin had tears going down his face.
Chris smiled, and hugged his brother himself, "It's a long story..."
Jimmy came back, not as scared now, "Oh... I guess he's not a ghost... This is great! Now we can cancel that stupid funeral!"
Aviva ran over and also hugged Chris, "You're alive!"
Chris smiled and nodded, practically laughing, "Yes, I'm alive."
Koki, Kitty and Jimmy ran over to hug him too, and it was a group hug until Survivor jumped up on them, knocking them all over onto the floor.
"It's good to have you back Chris..." Kitty said laughing.
Chris smiled, as Martin gave him a noogie, "Good to be back."
THE END
Ta-da! ^^ That's all folks!
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