Chapter 5! :D R&R?

"Wait, she's not pregnant, I think she already had her baby," Aviva points at part of my Creature Pod. "She's not a mammal, she's more fish-like."

"We have to go back down there and see her again!" Martin exclaims.

"Did you not see the lady shooting at her?!" Natalia asks. "Maria Johnson does all her hunting legally, and I don't know of any laws against hunting and/or killing her. So she could legally kill Nessie!"

"Plus, you nearly drowned!" I add. "Maria Johnson probably sabotaged the amphisub and robot arm!"

"So how do we get to Nessie without drowning, getting shot or getting her shot?" Chris asks.

"Creature Powers?" Natalia suggests.

"That's good. Now, what animals live around Loch Ness that we have Creature Powers for?" Martin asks.

"Wait! Leilani's the only one who can 'talk' to Nessie, and she doesn't have one." Aviva holds the two Creature Power Suits.

"You could borrow mine, but it'd probably be too big." Martin takes his suit and slips it on.

"Here, try mine." Chris hands me his and puts it on me. My shoulders slip barely slip through the neck hole and it stops at my hips. Figures. I'm probably a little too skinny. I run a lot and don't eat a lot. (Hey, when you live in the wild for two years, you learn to ration food, especially in the winter. Even if your rich friend lives nearby. Snow is not pleasant to walk through.)

"Nope." I take Chris' power suit off and I hand it back to him.

"Maybe we could bring her to the other end of the lake," Martin suggests. "With creature powers. And we could talk to her there?"

"Why not?"

"You could so model if you wanted to!" Natalia exclaims. "Just saying!"

"No way!" I make a face. No way, no how.

"Not even a model for Aviva's inventions?" she suggests, laughing.

"Maaaaaaaybe. But only the Creature Power Suits would be modeled. Some fashion show!" I laugh along. Modeling looks hard. I'd probably trip during my walk, fall on my face and just start laughing. Or forget where the end of the runway is and walk right off it. I am kind of clumsy.

"Now what animals do we have discs for around here?" Martin asks, looking around. "A sperm whale would be good, but they don't live around here."

"Sperm whale? What's that?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. "I should know this."

"That's okay." Chris pulls up a picture of one on his Creature Pod. "They dive down deeper then any mammal. And they can hold their breath for longer then an hour!"

"I can't even make it to a minute!" I exclaim. "Okay, now that's a creature power!"

"Hey, Chris, didn't you have a whale tooth?" Aviva asks. "In the Tortuga?"

"I don't know," Chris answers. "I'll go check."

He runs off towards the Tortuga. Aviva monitors something on the computer, Natalia's looking at her nails and Candice is leading Martin off for a second. I inch my way over to hear what they're saying.

"Be careful, okay?" Candice asks, wrapping her arms around his neck. "'Cause we almost died down there."

"I won't," he promises, smiling. "I'll come back for you."

"You better, you idiot." Candice smirks.

"I am not an idiot!" Martin protests. "I passed high school, college and more!"

"You only passed algebra in the eighth grade because I helped you. And I'll never make you forget." She smiles, and they kiss. What is this, the newest teen romance novel? Twilight 2.0? Or is...?

"I got it!"

So, the Kratt Brothers activate sperm whale powers, dive into Loch Ness and left the rest of us girls on the shore. Natalia's going to find and follow (no, not stalk) Maria Johnson as she goes about her rounds. Candice, Aviva and I, however, run back to the Tortuga and take it to the other end of the lake. Now we wait for the bros and hopefully Nessie. (And we wait outside. Because it's a nice day and we don't want any unnecessary Nessie sightings. We did pick an area with not that many people though.)

"So," I look over at Candice, "when exactly did you and Martin get married?"

"Uh... a month and a half ago, January 14. Why?" Candice asks, raising an eyebrow. "You want to see wedding pictures?"

"No reason," I lie.

"Leilani. Come on, what's up?"

"This is going to sound really wrong if it's not true." I roll my eyes. "No."

"I'm probably not going to care. Come on!" Candice exclaims.

Should I? Or should I wait until it's more obvious? "Uh, promise you won't get mad?"

"I promise." She sighs, rolling her eyes. "Just spill already?"

"Are you pregnant?" I whisper.

"Uh..." She looks left, then right. "No. W-what makes you say that?"

"This is going to come out really wrong, but you look a little... rounder. Aviva just spilled the beans like that-" I snap my fingers- "so I didn't just ask her about it."

And honestly, I probably wouldn't have notice like that either. Because I'm not the type of person who stares at someone else's stomach. I mean, who does that?! If I happened to notice, I'd ask, duh, but if I didn't, I'd be like what?! when the baby was born.

"Shh!" Candice hisses. "Don't tell Martin! Yes, it's true, just don't tell Martin!"

"Why?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. "Martin loves kids!"

"Shh!" she repeats. "Sure, but one of his own? I mean, then there's Aviva who's like four or five months pregnant and Martin's happy for them. Except I don't know if he wants his own kid."

"Who?" Martin asks, popping out of the lake with Chris. They deactivate and walk over.

"Kim Kardashian's husband," I smile, quickly coming to Candice's rescue. "I mean, they don't even, like, live together! And then Kim's just getting implants here, there, and everywhere! If she wants to get fat, she can eat a bunch of Cheetos!" (A/N No offense to Kardashian fans!)

"She already had her baby," Martin replies. "Who wouldn't want their own kid?"

"We found her," Chris whispers. "She's hiding under the water right now."

"Come on, Candice, you tell me." Martin looks her in the eye.

"Don't pressure her," Chris says.

"No, it's okay, Chris." Candice stands up and brushes off some dust. "We were talking about you."

"Huh?" Martin asks. God, he's thick! (Wait, is that a British saying? Is it British for me to try out for Doctor Who?)

"Martin... I'm pregnant. And you're the dad."

Okay, I have a question: What should we name Aviva and Candice's kids? You can PM me names (as many as you'd like) and I'll choose one for each... (and yeah, I'll credit you!)