"Guys! We just can't let those bad people take, Mantis" Kantrop told Ivan and Jorge.
"But they're miles away from now and we have no idea where they are going" said Ivan.
"I am not giving up, Ivan!" Jorge exclaimed "Did Lewis and Clark give up? Did Indiana Jones give up? Did Don Adams give up?"
"Who's Don Adams?" asked Ivan.
"Beats me" Jorge shrugged "But the point is that I'm not going to let those jerks get away with capturing Gadget!"
"But he is the one who got himself captured in the first place" said Ivan.
"True, but we're a team and we gotta stick together" Jorge told Ivan "And on our honor, we must even help the teammates we don't like"
"I guess" Ivan sighed.
"But what about the sarcophagus?" asked Kantrop "We can't let them get to the temple first! Otherwise, the whole world is in jeopardy!"
"Yes you have to" Deena nodded her head "If they release the Dark Entity, our homes will be destroyed"
"You're right, Kantrop" said Jorge "It's up to us! To wherever the temple is!"
"Uh, shouldn't we free the enslaved natives first?" asked Ivan.
"Oh yeah" said Jorge.
Our heroes then worked together to free the slaves and they ran back to the village, except for Deena, who stayed behind.
"Listen guys, you have to bring Mantis back" she pleaded them "We have a son back home and he's probably worried sick about him"
"Don't worry, Deena" said Jorge "We will find Mantis and Gadget, after we stop those guys from stealing the sarcophagus"
"Hurry" said Deena "If the entity is released, all our homes will be destroyed"
"We will stop these bad guys and return in time for the big celebration in our honor" Jorge proclaimed.
"Okay, I'm counting on you" Deena said as she ran back to the village.
"Come on guys" said Ivan "We have to find the temple, wherever it is"
"Don't worry, Ivan" said Kantrop "The temple is upriver"
"But how do we get to the river?" asked Jorge.
"Elton knows a shortcut there" Kantrop explained "He goes by the river to look for an ant colony daily"
"You sure he knows the way?" asked Ivan.
"I'm positive" said Kantrop.
"Ivan, I'm sure we can trust Kantrop" said Jorge "After all, he's been here longer than us"
"Very well then" said Ivan "Elton! Take us to the river"
Elton saluted and led our heroes into the jungle.
Meanwhile in some sort of cell underneath a volcano, Gadget was shut down and held prisoner in some sort of prison with Mantis. He squinted his eyes and started to open them. His vison was blurry until he finally could see clear. DuBois was looking at them with a smug look.
"Glad to see you're awake, inspector" she said seductively.
"Wowsers!" Gadget exclaimed "Fiona DuBois?! Uh..hello...uh...heh heh, what's a chick like you doing in a place like this?"
"It's been a while, Inspector Gadget" said DuBois "Glad to see you made it"
"What have you done DuBois?!" Gadget demanded "As a deputed officer of the law, I demand to know what's going on!"
"Well I might as well" said DuBois "After all, you'll be gone in just a few"
"What are you talking about, lady?" asked Mantis.
DuBois put her hands on her hips "It's quite simple; my men are out getting that thing that has that dark force thing in it and once we retrieve it, this entire island will blow to smithereens"
"What?!" Mantis exclaimed "You can't...but...how?"
"Once we steal the sarcophagus, we will place bombs underneath the volcano and it will explode, causing the whole island and wiping out everyone and everything in it" DuBois explained "And now that I've lured you and your little friend down here, I can blow up the island with minimal resistance"
"You forget missy, I've got an assortment of gadgets and I can easily escape this prison" Gadget told her.
"You think I didn't know that? That's why I disabled all of your gadgets for the next 12 hours, so you can't escape" said DuBois "Keldar! Guard these hooligans until we are ready to set off the bombs"
DuBois left the prison, leaving our heroes all hopeless.
Meanwhile, Japser was being held captive in some sort of cage on another side of the underground lair.
"Oh no, I'm trapped in this cage" he said to himself "What am I gonna do? I've gotta get back to Mantis! He needs me!"
Jasper looked out of the cage and saw a lock on the door. He tried to use his claw to reach it, but it was too big to fit through the bars. Then, he got an idea; he used his long tail to reach the lock and he managed to pull it and he was freed.
"Now to rescue Mantis and that outsider" he said as he went to save his master.
Meanwhile back in the jungle, Elton had been leading Jorge, Ivan, Kantrop and Red to the river. While Elton wasn't tired of sniffing, the others were getting exhausted.
"Guys, I think my blood sugar is dangerously low" Jorge breached heavily.
"Indeed and sundown is almost here" Ivan added "Perhaps you've underestimated Elton's tracking abilities, I mean aardvarks do not have super sense like canines and felines do, so as a professional detective, I'd say that was a big waste of ti-"
"Uh, Ivan?" Jorge tapped on Ivan's shoulder "Look"
Ivan looked and saw that they were at the river "That is too convenient"
"Yeah, for an aardvark wearing star-shaped glasses, he's pretty smart" Jorge remarked "Where'd you find him anyways?"
"Well his previous owner left him here. He said he was looking for some witch" Kantrop replied "When he didn't find the witch, he accidentally left Elton here on the island, so now he belongs to me"
Elton snorted and smiled as Kantrop pet the aardvark's head.
"Well anyways, how are we going to get across the river and to the temple?" asked Jorge "We can't swim there. Who knows what kind of creatures live in there?"
"Well there are crocodiles around during this time of day" said Kantrop.
"Why don't we take that boat, over there?" Ivan pointed to a conveniently placed jungle canoe on the edge of the river.
"Dude, that is way too convenient" Jorge deadpanned.
"Well come on" said Kantrop "We don't have much time"
The three humans and two animals got into the canoe and started rowing down the river to the temple, but could they get there in time?
Author's Note:
Looks like DuBois means serious business and Gadget has no gadgets to help him this time. Can Jasper free Gadget and Mantis and help them stop DuBois from blowing up the volcano? And can Jorge, Ivan and Kantrop get the sarcophagus before it's taken from the temple?