Clayton appeared to be trying to flirt with Jessica as he bravely cut through the grass and vines and even took out his shotgun. Jessica rolled her eyes as she wasn't interested in Clayton that way.
"Atticus, if you ever want to bend that gun of his, I wouldn't stop you." Jessica whispered to Atticus.
"I'd be gladly." Atticus whispered back.
Clayton soon saw something. He took out his gun and looked ready to shoot.
"Clayton? Clayton!" Professor Porter panted as he came beside the man. "Oh, there you are... What is it, what is it, Clayton? Are we in danger?"
"I thought I saw something." Clayton glowered.
"I don't see anything." Atticus said.
"Is it a hippopotamus amphibious or a rhinoceros bihornus?" Professor Porter panicked.
"Professor, don't move!" Clayton told him.
Professor Porter then suddenly froze in spot. "Oh, right."
"Guys?!" Jessica called out.
"Daddy?!" Jane added.
The girls then tried to come in to meet with the others.
"Daddy, what's all the hullabaloo about?" Jane asked before she fell back against the vines.
"Here, let me help you." Jessica said.
Jane grunted and took Jessica's hand to help her out. "What is it, Daddy?" she then asked her father once she got out.
"Mr. Clayton asked me not to move," Professor Porter told his daughter. "He saw something," he then lost his balance and yelped as he fell flat on the ground next to Patch. "I moved..."
"What did he see?" Darla asked.
"I have no idea." Atticus said.
"Uh, Mr. Clayton? Sorry, excuse me..." Jane came up behind the hunting man. "But my father, my friend and her family, and I came on this expedition to study gorillas, and I believe your shooting might be scaring them off."
"I was hired to protect you, Miss Porter and protect you I shall." Clayton told her.
"And you're doing a marvelous job at it, but we only have a short time before the ship returns, you see..." Jane told him.
Professor Porter soon yelped as he noticed something.
"What is it, Professor?" Patrick asked as he and Emily finally caught up.
"Look at what Jane is standing in!" Professor spotter pointed out. "A gorilla's nest!"
"Oh, my goodness." Emily smiled.
"Daddy!" Jane gasped.
Patch smiled as he was also excited to see a gorilla's nest up close.
"Cool." Atticus smiled.
Clayton seemed more overjoyed than the others.
"I wonder if there are more nests around?" Emily smiled.
"There are!" Professor Porter and Jane beamed. "Family groups!"
"I wonder if the beasts are at all around." Clayton looked around for any possible gorillas.
"Maybe." Patrick said.
Someone came down with a vine right behind Clayton.
"Tarzan?" Jessica whispered to herself.
Tarzan looked to Jessica with a smile. Jessica rubbed her eyes to see the boy she once knew raised by apes was now all grown up and better known as the Ape Man. Clayton saw what Jessica was doing and decided to see if there was anyone behind him.
"You okay, Jessie?" Emily asked. "You look like you saw a ghost."
"I saw Tarzan." Jessica whispered to her.
"Tarzan?" Emily's eyes widened.
Clayton soon shot up above.
"Hey, cut that out!" Patrick glared slightly while poking his fingers in his ears.
"Mr. Clayton, please, what if it's a gorilla?" Darla asked him.
"I don't think Patch smells a gorilla." Atticus said so Patch wouldn't expose Puppy Power to the Porters and Mr. Clayton.
"That's because it's no gorilla." Clayton told them.
"Then maybe we should go forth to see what it is." Patrick suggested.
"That'll do, Mr. Fudo." Clayton nodded to him.
"Let's get going then." Atticus said.
Patch sniffed as he followed his scent as it was his job as a dog.
"Oh, come on, I'm sure it's nothing!" Jessica called out as she stood with Jane in place.
Atticus soon used his magic secretly to make it look like he and Patch were still walking ahead while him and the real Patch hid so they could see who it really was the Clayton almost shot.
"I think I'm going to sketch while we wait." Jane decided.
"I wanna stay with so I can see what you sketch." Jessica smiled.
"Okay, I'll be right back." Jane smiled back to her friend.
A baby baboon seemed to wander to the camp.
"Aw!" Jessica smiled.
"Are you what all the fuss is about?" Jane asked the baby baboon before calling out to her father and the others. "Daddy! Daddy, quick!" She then soon brought out her sketch book.
The baby baboon soon found a fruit and decided to eat it.
"Hold still." Jessica told the baby baboon.
The baby baboon tilted its head to Jessica and Jane as it was being sketched while eating its fruit. Jane continued to sketch the baby baboon. The baby baboon soon came on Jane's shoulder to take a closer look.
"There you go," Jane smiled to the baby baboon. "What do you think?"
The baby baboon squealed in delight and then snatched the sketch book and ran off with it.
"No, wait, come back!" Jessica called out.
"Why, you little!" Jane growled before they began to chase the baby baboon.
Atticus and Patch both followed the girls while also staying hidden so they could see what else was in the jungle.
"Well, this is absolutely peachy," Jane complained. "Come to study gorillas and get my sketch book pinched by a baboon."
Atticus and Patch soon saw someone coming down. He was observing the paper.
"Who are you...?" Atticus glanced at the feral man.
The feral man grunted and spoke like a primate.
"He must be raised by monkeys." Patch said as he recognized the animal speech.
"Who are you?" Atticus asked the feral man in Ape language.
"I am Tarzan." The feral man replied.
"Tarzan... Where have I heard that name before?" Atticus asked himself.
"Didn't Jessica say something about someone named Tarzan?" Patch asked.
"Jessica..." Tarzan repeated the name. "Best friend from childhood."
"That's right..." Atticus remembered a story that Jessica taught him. "Mom and Dad went on a vacation from Beach City and ended up crashing on a jungle island with a couple named John and Alice with their baby son."
"Who and who?" Tarzan asked.
"John and Alice... Your parents..." Atticus replied.
"He doesn't remember them..." Patch frowned. "They must've died when he was a baby."
"Sabor the leopard..." Atticus then remembered the part of the story which was gut-wrenching, but heartwarming at the same time, because while Tarzan became orphaned, Kala found him and raised him as her own after just losing her own baby to the same fate.
They soon heard the girls screams.
"Jessica and Jane!" Atticus and Patch panicked.
Tarzan soon swung off to the rescue. Atticus and Patch rushed over as Jessica and Jane were about to be attacked by baboons.
"Why are those baboons attacking them?" Patch asked.
"I think maybe Jessica or Jane upset the baby." Atticus guessed.
Tarzan came down to save the girls from the baboons who looked very angry with them and where he saved them just in time.
"Phew!" Atticus and Patch looked relieved.
A baboon flew down with Jane's umbrella, yelling and ranting to Tarzan and he responded in the same way with a glare.
"Oh, it can't get any worse, can it?" Jane asked before as if on cue, it began to rain. "Apparently, it can."
"Uh, Jane, maybe we should get under a tree." Jessica suggested.
They went under a tree to keep dry and Jane soon shrieked as she saw Tarzan again.
"Tarzan... It is you..." Jessica smiled.
Tarzan tilted his head to her.
"Oh, sorry..." Jessica said before repeating herself in ape language so Tarzan would remember her from when they were children before Atticus was born.
Tarzan soon smiled.
"Are you talking to that man?" Jane asked Jessica like she was crazy.
Tarzan was examining Jane as he was surprised to see another one like him and Jessica. Atticus and Patch soon climbed up.
Patch then shook himself dry from the rain water. "Where'd this rain come from?" He groaned.
"The clouds." Atticus smirked.
Patch rolled his eyes at his owner.
"You asked." Atticus chuckled.
"I know where the rain came from, but it was so sudden." Patch said.
"It's okay, Patch, I'm sure it's just a light shower." Atticus soothed his puppy.
Soon enough, Tarzan began to speak English like a human as he copied Jane's words.
"Looks like he's learning how to speak Human." Patch smiled.
Tarzan and Jane then introduced themselves to each other as the rain was clearing up. Atticus and Patch soon introduced themselves to Tarzan.
"Jane... Atticus... Patch." Tarzan repeated and everyone could then understand him, and even Jane who couldn't talk to animals like the others could.
"Oh, Tarzan, it's so good to see you after all these years..." Jessica smiled. "We've been through so much together."
"Jessie." Tarzan smiled back, using Jessica's childhood nickname.
"Yep, it's me." Jessica smiled.
They then heard a gunshot.
"Oh, Clayton!" Jane recognized that gunshot from anywhere.
Tarzan soon came to the edge of the tree. There was another gunshot heard.
"Clayton!" Tarzan then said.
"Yes, Clayton, wonderful, uh, can you take us back to our camp?" Jane asked Tarzan, slowly enunciating each word so Tarzan could understand.
"You guys ever wanna ride a vine?" Jessica smirked to her little brother and the dalmatian.
"Yes, please." Atticus smirked back.
"Um, can't we walk?" Jane stammered nervously.
"Sorry, Jane, but this is the only way to travel in the jungle~" Jessica giggled.
"Can't we walk?!" Tarzan copied Jane.
They soon swung to the camp. They were really going to be in for a surprise as certain animals had broke into the camp and made a large mess and where even making their own song.