Master Machine had just arrived at Zach's personal skyscraper, and was waiting for the Tortuga. She then got a call from Queen Wasp.
"We finally got rid of those Wild Kratts and their friends. We shall continue to send the Tortuga here. Note: It's coming right now. The backup engines are operational." Queen Wasp said.
"Thank you, Queen Wasp. Finally, the time has come. Let the Tortuga arrive." Master Machine said.
"Yes, master." Queen Wasp turns off communication.
Master Machine sighed. "Now to let Zach know." She then left.
Meanwhile, in a weird place known as Gabby's Dollhouse…
"Um where are we? And what have you Kratt brothers done!?! Aviva shouted while taking deep breaths, trying to stay calm.
"Well um.." Martin said, trying to make sense of things.
"You see, we uh,..."Chris said, not sure why they are miniaturized and in some random girls' room.
"Wow…everything looks so…gigantic." Bugso said. It didn't help that she was still the size of an insect to the Kratts brothers and the others, but since everyone had somehow gotten miniaturized it seemed like that she was not even the size of an ant in this random girls' room.
"Um, Koki a little help?" Chris said.
"Yeah, Chris and I aren't exactly liking the glare Aviva is giving us." Martin said, only half joking.
Aviva was sooo confused, and very frustrated that no one is telling her what is going on.
I SHOULD OF LISTENED TO MOTHER AND NEVER AGREED TO WORK WITH THE KRATT BROTHERS!!!
Koki then pulled out her tablet, only to discover that there was no signal for it to work.
"Sorry bros, but there is no signal where we are at. Meaning, I can't tell you where our location is."
The Kratt brothers barely heard her over Jimmy's unending screams.
"This might be one of those multiverse worlds. Bugso the
Yup, we're in a different world." Bugso nodded, as she took in a good look at her surroundings.
"WHO IS THIS WEIRD TALKING MUTANT BUG LADY!?!" Aviva screams, since she is still so confused about everything.
"Why do people insist on calling me a mutant? I'm not a mutant! I am an alien bug! That looks cute, by the way." Bugso said, blinking her eyes, cutely.
"Aw, que lindo. I still think you are pretty unusual though, and a bit weird."
"It's okay Aviva, it's just a B.E.G.W." Koki says, trying to comfort Aviva.
"What does that mean?" Aviva asks, feeling even more confused.
"Meaning Bug Experiment Gone Wrong, to which I'm not, by the way." Bugso said. "I'm from a different planet…the size of a skyscraper. It's that small."
"Okay??? That doesn't really make any sense, but okay."
"That's just her way of saying that she definitely is a B.E.G.W." Koki tells Aviva.
"Oh, okay. I mean I guess she is kind of cute in a creepy W.T.M.B.L. kind of way.
"What does WTMBL mean? Wait, don't actually tell me. I got annoyed with BEGW already." Bugso said.
The Kratt brothers are just snickering in the background, with a whimpering Jimmy hiding behind them.
"Aw, not you too Aviva!" Martin says while laughing.
"Oh Bugso, if you thought Koki's nickname was bad, just wait until you figure out Aviva's!" Chris added.
"I probably don't wanna know." Bugso then looks around the room. She then spots a dollhouse. "Um…is it me, or is that dollhouse the size of a normal house to us?"
Jimmy had just realized that they are mini- sized!!!
"Wha- wha- what! NO!!! Not only are we mini, but WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE ARE!!!"
Bugso sighed. "Come on. It isn't that bad…right?" She shook her head. "Let's just find someone! Because standing here is not gonna do us any good right now."
"Right behind you, W.T.M.B.L! Aviva said.
"Alright, tell me what that even means." Bugso asked.
Aviva only laughs. "Wouldn't you like to know?" She said while winking at Koki and the Kratt brothers. They shared a good laugh.
"Yes." Bugso said, while they're exploring the room.
After Aviva caught her breath from laughing, she started explaining what the name stood for.
"It means Weird Talking Mutant Bug Lady.
"Oh jeez, thanks." Bugso rolled her eyes. They explored the room a bit…well, starting with the dollhouse.
"Thanks, I thought so. It covered all of the main points. Not even Martin could have done better."
"I would rather be called a cute alien bug than anything else at this point." Bugso said, annoyed
"So C.A.B? Cab, like the car?" Chris asked her.
"Why are you insistent on calling me names when it's…" Bugso then realizes something. "Yeah, I'll prefer C.A.B."
Martin snickers.
"Oh come on Chris, surely you can do better than that? Like A.B.C, it's so much more refined."
Martin said with extra pronunciation on the last word.
"Oh funny. I'm not an alphabet book." Bugso rolled her eyes.
"That's what I am here for, I am the naming brother, you should be thanking me Bugso! Chris would have given you a weird name like F.L.A.B.L.W.I.A.A."
"Ooh good one Martin!" Aviva and Koki said simultaneously. Koki nodded at Jimmy, who understood that meant that they wanted him to add that nickname to the list on Koki's tablet.
Bugso made a weird look. "I'm not gonna ask what that means."
"It's probably for the best." Chris said while trying not to laugh out loud.
Aviva interrupted him, to continue talking to Bugso.
"That is true, so how about A.B.C, except the letter c means something else?
Before Bugso could answer, the trio, Martin, Aviva, and Koki interrupted.
"IT NOW STANDS FOR CATASTROPHIC ALIEN BUG!!!" The trio said
"It's perfect!" Aviva said.
"Jimmy, take notes on my tablet." Koki said
"Yes sir! Er, mamm." Jimmy said
Bugso rolled her eyes, but her antennas were still raised and blinking. She looks around the place. "Do you guys have a strange feeling that someone else is here beside us?"
"Yeah…I do." Martin said. His Creature sense starting to kick in.
"What do you guys think it is?" Aviva said,while she and Koki held on to each other.
Visions of that other time when they almost got eaten by Slurpy's mom, an aardvark, swarming in their heads.
A quiet rustling could be heard.
Jimmy creeps away from the others, very frightened.
Bugso's antenna lights turn red.
Jimmy screams. The whole gang turns around.
There was a weird looking cat hugging Jimmy really tight.
Bugso turned and saw the cat and her antennae turned back to normal. She sighed. "It's just a cat."
Unfortunately, that did nothing to stop the other's ear drums from shattering, due to Jimmy's screams.
Bugso rolled her eyes, then she flew off of Martin's shoulder and flew towards the cat. "Hey there. Can you let go of our friend? He's really freaking out right now."
The cat freezes.
A reaction.
Facial expressions changing.
Uncertainty, filling the air.
………
"Sure! Why didn't you guys just say so? My name is Pandy Paws! What kind of toy are you guys? Who are you? What are your names? How old are you guys? Are you married? Whatever that means. One time I heard Gabby's parents tell Gabby that they were invited to a wedding, where they get married. Whatever that means. Sooo are you guys a wedding? Is that a kind of toy? A kind of food? And marriage? Is that a certain kind of cookie? I like cookies.
Do you have kids? Do you like food?
He says really quickly, while dropping Jimmy on his head.
"Ow." Jimmy says.
"Okay, okay, you have a lot of questions, and I think we should answer them one at a time…" Bugso sighed. "First of all, we're not toys. We're actual beings…wait a minute, are you saying…you're a toy yourself?"
"Duh!!! This is a dollhouse! Are you sure you guys aren't toys?"
Bugso thinks for a moment. "Oh no…I know why we're small. This is a toy world, ain't it?" She sighed. "This is so bad." She looks around for a moment. She sighed. "The name's Bugso, I am actually an alien bug from a different solar system. My planet's the size of a skyscraper, so it's a very small planet."
"Oh….ok….BORING!!! WHEN DO WE GET TO PLAY!? Also you guys still haven't answered all of my questions yet." Pandy Paws says, arms crossed.
Poor Jimmy, still traumatized. He was busy hiding behind Chris.
"Um, well…" Bugso thinks for a moment. "Wedding's really a thing where…I have this on my planet. You're in love with someone first, then you get together a lot, if you like the person a lot, then you attend a wedding…oh gosh, I don't wanna do this." She turns on a hologram where she shows everyone, yep, including Pandy, a wedding that she has attended to with her brother and sister.
"Ooh look at all that food!!! Maybe I should get married so I can get all that free food!!!
BUGSO WILL YOU MARRY ME, SO I CAN HAVE ALL THAT DELICIOUS FOOD!?!?"
He asked so innocently. Not really understanding what it was he was asking.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!" Bugso shouted so loudly that it made their ears ring.
"Ouch, okay well at least we all know that Bugso is forever destined to be a Bachelorette." Martin says while massaging his ears.
Bugso sighed. "I'm sorry. It's just…it's not all about that." She turns to Pandy. "Besides…I don't think you're that old enough for a wedding. I'm only 15 years old. And I'm not old enough for a wedding yet."
Pandy started crying/ having a tantrum.
"BUT I WANT FOOOOOD!!! I'M SOOOOO HUNGRY!!!
He was laying on the ground and started hitting the floor with his hands, while crying.
Bugso thinks for a moment. "If you're wanting that…then…" She then thinks for a moment. "I do have a question for you, if you stop crying."
"Ok, but you still have to answer all of mine too" He said, instantly cheering up.
Bugso's eyes widened. "Okay, that cheered everything up." She sighed. "How many of you are there? Because, I assume you aren't the only one here."
"How did you know??? Are you some sort of food stingy white bug alien being lady?"
"F.S.W.B.A.B.L! Or, F.S.W.B.L. for short."
"No I'm not, and don't add that to your tablet." Bugso warned Koki and Aviva.
"Too late!" Aviva said.
Bugso rolled her eyes, then she turned to answer. "Honestly, my antennae are good at picking up other people's scents. So I know that there are more here. Freaky, I know."
"YES, CREATURE MYSTERY!!! THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR." Chris yelled all excited.
"Bro, contain yourself Dude. Besides, one of the first times we went on one, YOU LITERALLY CONSIDERED PUTTING A CREATURE MYSTERY OVER MY LIFE. DUDE I ALMOST DIED!!!"
"Oh yeah….Well at least we solved the mystery of the Squirmy Wormy. Right?" Chris said.
Martin could only facepalm.
"I don't wanna know what that is." Bugso sighed.
Martin silently mouthed the words, thank you!
"Anyways. We don't have kids. I know I don't. Do I like food? Well, yes, I do. I did have a bagel at one point. No wait, it's cheese danish." Bugso shrugged. "I get those confused a lot."
"Me too." Koki said.
"Thank you." Bugso turns to Pandy. "There's your answer. Anymore you wanna ask?"
"Hmmm….Yes! What about the others?"
"The others?" Bugso turns to the team. "These are Chris, Martin, Aviva, Koki and Jimmy. They're animal experts." She says while pointing to each one when saying their name, so he wouldn't get confused.
"Annnd???" Pandy Paws asked.
Bugso thinks for a moment. "They don't have kids as I said…" She turns to the team. "I don't think so. Do you guys?"
Jimmy decided to speak.
"Er, uh, well yes and no, for me at least. I don't have a kid, I have something even better! I have my favorite video game controller." Jimmy started hugging and kissing it.
"It's so much better than any kid, plus it doesn't even need batteries!!! I love you, Controller!"
"Have fun with your controller dream." Bugso turns to Pandy. "And I mean…they love food, too." "I don't know why he is asking this." Bugso thought.
"Me neither." Martin said, as if he could actually read her mind.
"Okay, but what about the others, are they married? How old are they? What is their favorite food??? What about-"
"How many questions are you gonna ask?
"Right, sorry, just answer the last 2 please!"
As you can see, they're adults. Right?" Bugso turns to the team.
"I would hope so, otherwise I am going to sue whoever wrote my birth certificate." Martin Joked.
"Anyways, I am 24, Chris is 20 turning 21 in 4 months, Koki and Aviva are 22, and Jimmy….Welllll, he's Jimmy."
"I'm 23, silly! Even my Controller knows that!!!"
"Have fun with your controller dreams." Bugso said again. "Married? No. Unless they have something arranged that I'm not aware of."
A look of pain flashed in Martin's eyes, but it quickly disappeared, before anyone besides Bugso could notice.
Bugso's antennae flashes blue before disappearing quickly. "Did I say something wrong? I felt a sad thought." Bugso thought before shaking her head.
Chris and the other's just blushed.
Martin cleared his throat. "Uh, no, none of us have any plans to be married anytime soon. Right, guys?"
"Ha, speak for yourself Martin! Maybe you never found the love of your life, and probably never will, but I have! My Controller!!!" He said kissing it again.
"Have fun with your controller dreams." This is the third time Bugso said that.
Again, there was that flash of pain hidden in Martin's now dimmed blue eyes.
Bugso's antennae flashes blue again before disappearing quickly. "Oh gosh." She turns to Pandy, trying not to look too worried. "Um…" She sighed. "Excuse me for a minute." She flew to Martin and she whispered. "Can I speak with you? In private?"
Martin felt a bit speechless, but agreed.
"Yeah…Sure. Um, hey guys be right back! I got to talk to M.B.L. real quick.
Aviva and Koki giggled and added the new nickname to their list. Mutant Bug Lady.
Chris is busy trying to keep up with P.P's questions, and Jimmy…..Welllllll….He is busy proposing to his "Controller".
Bugso and Martin get behind a toy tree, and she turns to Martin. "My antennae are flashing blue. Meaning I hurt you. Tell me, is there something that…is bothering you? Did I hurt your feelings in any way?"
"Um, I uh…I should go.." Martin turned to leave, but Bugso was too quick for him. She flew in front of him, and when she saw him, she saw tears starting to form, yet they weren't falling.
"I knew it." Bugso flew onto Martin's nose and hugged it. "I'm so sorry." Her antennae turned blue. "I wish I had asked you first. I didn't mean to hurt you." She has tears falling out of her eyes.
Martin started to feel guilty. "It's alright, and no it's not your fault. You didn't do or say anything to hurt my feelings. It's just that….that question and Jimmy's comment brought back some unexpected feelings that I never wanted to feel again."
"What do you mean?" Bugso asked.
"It's kind of hard to explain…And truthfully I don't fully understand it myself. It happened when I was …Almost 17…Man, I feel so foolish, it probably doesn't even matter anymore. "
Bugso thinks for a moment. She could have felt that way, too, if she even had feelings for anyone. She sighed. Her antennae color fades off. "I understand." She looks up at Martin. "Just…don't let this feeling bother you too much."
"Right, I'm sorry I couldn't really explain it.." He said the guilt returned.
Bugso nodded. "I think I made the right call for not telling Pandy anything. He seems to be a child. I don't think he should hear all of this."
"Thanks." Martin says.
"And you're right about the child part." He sighed
"Guess, I was one too….When I…..Fell in love…With her…"
Martin just sighed again.
Bugso knew it. She sighed. "I thought that was it. I knew something was going on when my antennae were flashing." She was curious though. "With who, though?"
"That's the weird part ... .Even I am not sure.
She had this unique pen name that she would use. The weird part was that she wasn't a writer, it was just a part of her assignment."
"Tell me." Bugso said, waiting for a name to be said.
Martin hesitated, then he began.
"I'm sorry, but…I can't…I…Can tell you her initials though…D.B.B. I know her full pen- name, but it just hurts.."
"Huh…that's okay …" Bugso shrugged. "Don't know who she is." She looks down at the ground. "I think…it would be best if we don't tell Pandy about it, and remember you don't need anybody's approval. Just be who you are, and go far."
"Yeah..I agree…Thanks…For everything."
He looks at her with those sad soulful blue eyes of his.
Bugso nodded. "Let's just see if they're done. Since he asked a lot of questions."
"Yeah, sure okay." He agreed.
They got back with the team. Bugso would like to talk to Martin again in the future, to try to understand his life better. But for now, let that be for another time.
"Did you guys get along just fine?" Bugso asked the others, including Pandy.
"Oh yeah, me and the misses got along just fine. Jimmy said while hugging his Controller.
Dude, the guy needs therapy.
"Have fun with your controller dreams." This is gonna be a running gag for Bugso, Jimmy and his controller. She turns to Pandy. "So, Pandy. This is sudden for me to say, but…we actually did gotten out of our world and into this one…more because of-"
"Oh that's cool! Anyways…WHAT TOOK YOU AND MARTIN SO LONG ... .AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, DID YOU GUYS BRING ME FOOD!?!?"
The whole gang turned to face Martin and Bugso.
"There is a threat coming!" Bugso shouted. She sighed. "And I think we need some help." She looks at Pandy. "Because those bad guys took the Tortuga. Their giant turtle ship. I don't know what this Varmitech is planning, but…it's not good."
"And this affects me how? Again." Pandy asked.
Bugso turns to the team. "What do you think he would do with the Tortuga? You know him more than I do."
"Ugh!!!" Aviva groaned. "Don't get me started! We have been competing since summer science camp. He keeps trying to prove that he is the better inventor, even though we LITERALLY BEAT HIM EVERY SINGLE TIME!!! He is always kidnapping either Martin or Chris, and is always trying to steal our technology. Usually the miniaturizer."
"He literally stole your guys' technology…since we're now here. With no way back." Bugso points out.
"Why that little..UHHHHHHH!!!" Aviva yells.
"So yeah. We have a problem. And honestly, we need all the help we can get. And your world might be targeted. Please, Pandy! We need all the help we can get!" Bugso begged.
"Sigh..Must I do everything around here? Wait, I am a superhero! These people need me!!! Especially that weird flying lady, and that blue Martin person!!! I AM AWESOME!!!"
Bugso chuckled. "Blue Martin Person? If I had a tablet, I would put it in."
"True, true to that." Koki said. "Except he already has a couple of nicknames."
"Yeah, like M.K, Blue Backpack, Blue Wolf, Lone Wolf, Blue Boy, Martino, Blueberry, and Marty."
Aviva said giggling on the last one.
"Aw, I told you guys not to call me that last one." Martin said with a groan.
"Aw, but that one is my favorite one!"
Truth was Martin had a reason why he didn't like being called that.
"Besides, you really need some." Koki said.
"Yah, you need us! Right, Martin?"
"Yeah,..." He said, but his heart was not in it.
Bugso sighed. "So, can we meet up with the others?"
"Yup, right this way!" They all followed him.
They all started at the entrance of the Dollhouse. They went inside, and the first room they entered was the kitchen. Odd place to start.
Bugso looks around the kitchen. "Wonder what you make here?" She saw some cupcake wraps on the counter. "Oh, cupcakes. That's one way to do it."
"Ooh, cupcakes! When can we eat?" Jimmy asked with the enthusiasm of a little boy.
"There isn't anything on them right now!" Bugso points out, then she saw something very odd on the counter. One of the cupcake wraps actually has a cupcake in it. But, it isn't. Turns out it's a cat-shaped cupcake…that is living.
Jimmy gasps.
"YOU TRICKED ME!!!"
Jimmy's face looked so red, that you could practically see the steam coming out of his ears.
"Yeah, he takes his food pretty seriously." Martin said while rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.
Bugso rolled her eyes, then turned to the cat-shaped cupcake. "Assuming you're another one of those cat things like Pandy here?"
"Hey! This weird flying lady is pretty smart."
"Weird flying lady?" Bugso shook her head. "Do not put that in your tablet."
Snickering could be heard from the W.K. Crew, especially from Jimmy. Koki also took that as a sign to indeed add that to her tablet.
Suddenly, the cupcake shaped cat jumped up in front of everyone, and sprinkled sprinkles everywhere.
"HI! My name is Cakey! What's yours?"
"I'm Bugso. This is Martin, Chris, Aviva, Koki, and our little scared Jimmy."
"Oh, hi! Hi Martin, Chris, Aviva, Koki, and little scared Jimmy!"
Jimmy just gave him a what did you just call me look.
"It's true, you freak out a lot." Bugso points out.
"Well, you give me something worth freaking out!"
"Ooh, Jimmy got you there Bugso!" Aviva said.
"Shut up." Bugso sighed. "So, we actually need your help too, cupcake."
"Oh, do you guys need a cookie?"
Bugso thinks for a moment. "Well, I guess a cookie doesn't hurt." She looks up at Cakey. "Sure. Might as well eat something before we have to move on." She turns to the WK team. "I'm sure you guys are hungry, too."
"I think I can speak for us all when I say yes." Martin says.
Jimmy just vigorously nods his head.
"Especially Jimmy." Martin says.
Bugso turns to Cakey. "So yes, a cookie. Just don't make it too sweet for me. Because I really don't like too sweet things so much. Makes my brain go crazy."
"Got it." Of course, what Bugso and the Wild Kratts didn't know is that the opening of the multiverse kind of messed up their character's personality.
Cakey went straight to work.
Bugso sighed. "I wouldn't mind a cookie right about now." She turns to Pandy. "Be happy we're getting something. Because you talk about food a lot. No offense."
"Meow."
Bugso turns to Pandy, then shakes her head. "You're a cat. Well, let me rephrase that, panda cat. It makes sense."
"Wait. WHAT!?! A PANDA MIXED WITH A CAT!?!" Chris exclaimed.
"How can you not tell? I mean, look at him and tell me you don't know the resemblance…even though he doesn't look like an actual panda, he does have panda colors on him." Bugso points out.
"Oh come on! We have just been through a semi- traumatic experience! I just thought he had a really weird name! Even Marty here could have done better."
Martin just glared at his younger sibling, and again a sense of sadness coursed through his veins.
"I thought Pandy Paws is a creative name." Bugso turns to Pandy. "I actually like the name Pandy Paws."
"Yeah, same here, Chris! AND DON'T CALL ME MARTY!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT!?!"
"And I hate being called Weird Alien Bug Lady." Bugso agreed with Martin.
Of course Chris wasn't really listening, he was busy putting the cat and panda mix on his Creature Life List.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS, I DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES!!!" Chris yelled.
"Like only a few minutes ago." Bugso said. "I still can't believe you didn't notice."
"Again, it's called trauma! Anyways, I wonder what I will call it."
Martin just distanced himself from the others, and went to go help out Cakey with the snacks.
Bugso sighed, then looked in the distance. "So…" She tries to hide her worry, and looks at Pandy. "I'm sorry if we came in so suddenly. It's just…things have been crazy here lately."
"I should say understandable, but I don't know what the word means." Pandy Paws said.
"We were caught in a portal against our will. From their world…" Bugso points at the WK team, except for Martin, who is with Cakey. "...to this one. This…Dollhouse."
"Oh, you mean Gabby's Dollhouse."
"Well, yeah. Gabby's…yeah." Bugso nodded. "I do say, this is a unique dollhouse…we were in the kitchen so far, but I think I can like this place."
Bugso barely heard him over Aviva's, Chris', Koki's, and Jimmy's arguing.
Bugso sighed, annoyed. "What are you guys fighting about?!!" She shouted.
"We are trying to figure out who made Martin mad!" Aviva shouted at Bugso and Chris.
"Yeah, and I am pretty sure it was Chris!" Koki shouted.
"I did no such thing! If anything, it was probably Jimmy who made Martin mad!!! I mean, he is such a scary cat after all!!!"
"Why would he make Martin mad? He's a scaredy cat. Unless he did something to do it." Bugso is confused.
"Am not! And I didn't make Martin mad, it was Chris!"
"Yeah!" Koki and Aviva shouted simultaneously.
"Oh please stop arguing. I have enough headaches from all this." Bugso rubs her head in stress.
The trio only gave Bugso and Chris the silent treatment.
"Is everyone done?" Bugso asked, noticing the silence.
The trio only grunted with arms crossed, and turned away from them.
Bugso sighed. "I really want a cookie right about now. That would calm me down from this." She turns to Chris. "Don't make anyone else mad, because I don't know what you got yourself into."
"Gulp! Me neither!"
Bugso then turns to Martin and Cakey. "Do we need to explore the Dollhouse some more while you bake those?!! Because we can! Instead of just sitting here and waiting!"
"Geez, what got you all riled up?" Martin asked, in a very monotonous tone.
"Well, it would stop the arguing, and I feel like we're just sitting here doing…absolutely nothing." Bugso explained.
"We only need two more minutes!" Cakey said.
"Okay. Two more minutes. I can wait." Bugso got to a cupcake wrapper and lay down and took a two-minute nap. What are the others doing for the last two minutes, you might ask?
Welllll, they started arguing with Chris again….Typical
To which, Bugso tried to close her antennas to block out the argument. "I need some peace and quiet."
Annnnd as for Martin, he was just trying to blow off some steam by waiting patiently for the cookies to finish baking. Annnd trying to get over the hurt he felt from Chris.
You see, when Queen wasp opened up the portal….She didn't do it correctly. When it dropped off the Wild Kratts, it left Martin's emotions a little messed up.
Bugso kept napping until she heard a ding. "Cookies must be ready." She gets up and stretches her arms out.
Martin being Martin wouldn't let Bugso have the cookies until she answers by one of her many nicknames. Unfortunately.
"Who wants cookies?" Martin asked.
"Knew it." Bugso turns to the others. "Cookies ready for whoever wants some!" She then turns around and walks towards the plate of uniquely-made cookies. "Wow…this is something else."
"Yup!" Martin agreed.
"Too bad B.E.G.W. and the others aren't here to enjoy it. Martin said in a mischievous tone.
Bugso stared at Martin in a deadpan manner. "You're trying to trick me, are you? I knew it." She rolled her eyes. "I just knew it." She then turns around. "Unless you're saving them for yourself…"
Martin then faked a gasp. "Who me!?? Why of course not…" He said, giving an awkward smile.
"I was just holding them for B.E.G.W. and the others. And here they all are, except that one M.B.L.
Oh well!"
Bugso looks angry, then turns to Cakey. "Can you teach him some common sense?"
"I don't see anything wrong with Blue boy's logic though." Cakey said all happy and innocently.
"Fine. Forget it." Bugso sighed. "Alright, I can be M.B.L. But just this once! I'm not doing it again after that."
Martin faked a surprised gasp. *GASP* "Oh look who I found! It's M.B.L. I almost didn't see you there!" Martin then gave Bugso a half charming, half annoying smile.
"Oh gosh." Bugso thinks she regretted her choice. Her unfortunate only option.
The others just snicker in the background, as usual.
Martin serves Bugso and everyone else a cookie. Thank goodness too, since Pandy Paws and Jimmy just shoved the remaining ones, after Martin grabbed his, in their mouths.
"That was good honestly." Bugso ate hers. "Now, about the tour? Well, nobody said a tour, but, we do deserve a tour of the dollhouse."
"Sure!" Pandy Paws said. "AS LONG AS I GET MORE COOKIES!!! I AM THE NEW COOKIE MONSTER!!!"
"Um…Okay.." Aviva said not sure whether or not to freak out.
"Already on it P.P." Cakey said.
"Who had him watch Sesame Street?" Bugso said. Literally out of line for her.
"Well,...That might be partially my fault." Jimmy said.
"I might have made him watch an episode….Or five, when Koki gave me her tablet." Jimmy just gives Bugso a sheepish grin.
"Whatever." Bugso turns to the group. "Well, what's next?"
After a while, Pandy started to give the team a tour, after having more cookies. They started out, oddly enough in the playroom.
"I wouldn't be surprised. This is a dollhouse, after all." Bugso said.
"Hey Pandy Paws!" Koki yelled even though she was right behind him.
"Yes! Do you have more cookies!?!" He asked, turning around, slightly shaking Koki on the shoulders.
Koki then gently took his hands, er paws, off of her.
"Actually yes!" Koki then took one of Jimmy's famous chocolate chip cookies, his grandma Jimmina's recipe of course, out of her back pants pocket. She kept a couple on hand, since Jimmy Z, the Tortuga's pilot, had a habit of fainting when really scared. She would rub the cookies against his nose, so the scent would wake him up. She also did it whenever he just wouldn't wake up from a deep sleep. It was either that, or have Martin tell him that his controller was missing and was possibly in Zach's possession. Whenever they did that though, Jimmy would basically have a panic attack and go crazy.
Koki then waved the cookie in front of Pandy Paw's face and threw it really far behind him.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! COOOOKIE!!! I WILLLLL FIND YOU!!!!!"
Bugso was in shock, then turned to Koki. "Why did you do that?!! He was our guide!"
"Yeah! Despite him being a possible sugar addict, we actually need him!!!" Aviva added.
"Yeah!!!" Martin and Chris agreed.
Jimmy was busy pocketing Koki for more cookies.
"Wait! Just hear me out!" Koki said with hands raised in submission with one hand holding her beloved pink tablet.
Bugso was listening to Koki. "Okay."
Despite the others' confused and even a little concerned looks, she continued.
"Don't you guys get it??? Something is off with Pandy Paws. Weird, I know coming from someone who's known him for what? Two hours??? Anyways, while adding all those nicknames for Bugso, I was actually focused on getting a body and DNA scan from Pandy Paws. It seems as though the opening of the portals has messed with his sensory glans? Is that what they are called? Anyways, the sudden change in the environment and all the magnetic and electrical charges have seemed to affect him emotionally, possibly even has caused some serious mental regression, which I am sure you are now aware of. Here maybe this visual will help."
Bugso and the others then huddled closer to Koki, curious about what she had to show them on her tablet.
Koki then showed them a chart of some sort, and pointed out the fact that Pandy Paw's blood is producing a weird chemical of some sort.
"What is that?" Bugso asked, looking concerned.
"Honestly, I am not totally sure, since my major in college was engineering in general. If I remember correctly, from my chemistry class, then I believe that it is called Dopamine. I guess that these mysterious electrical charges that brought us here to this dollhouse, caused this chemical to form in Pandy Paws. As a result, the chemical is in his bloodstream and in his brain. Which in turn is probably the case for his mental regression. Something else that is quite disturbing is the fact that the atoms and molecules that make up Pandy Paws seem to be slowly dissolving….And I don't know of any cure. I don't know if it will even get better without or without treatment…Or worse regardless. I'm not even sure whether or not this is normal. I mean we are stuck in a world where animals can talk!!! They are not even the same kind of animals that we have devoted our lives to study!!! I just hope we don't get infected, if we aren't already. Oh wait, I don't even know whether or not it is contagious!
"Oh my gosh. That's bad. What now?" Bugso thinks for a moment. Before she sees a purple car with cat ears. "Well, if this place has a hospital or something, we could just use that car over there." She points at the car.
"What about Pandy Paws!? How are we going to get him off of our tails?" Aviva asks while running to the car, calling shotgun in the driver seat.
"Sorry bros, but after knowing you two for this long, I don't really trust you guy's driving skills anymore at this point." Aviva says with a quick smile.
"Aw come on, Aviva! We are qualified! I mean sure we almost flunked our driver's test all those years ago, and barely passed. But the point is that we did in fact pass." Martin said with a wink.
"Doesn't mean you can't be a reckless driver later." Bugso flew to Aviva. "Can you think of another guide who can show us the dollhouse?"
"Umm, I don't know…Maybe we'll just run into someone? Hopefully not literally! Yes, Martin, Chris, don't think I don't hear you laughing in the back!"
This just caused the Kratt brothers to laugh harder.
"Um Koki, what do we have? I mean you are Head of Communications…And Locations…Any ideas? Do humans even live here?
Aviva only response was silence
"Um Koki, we are trying to make a getaway of some sorts and some assistance would be appreciated!"
As soon as those words left her lips Aviva felt a thump in the seat next to her, and then she realized that Martin had decided to sit next to her.
"Martin? What happened to Koki? I thought she was going to sit next to me as usual!?"
"Ouch. Picky much?" Martin said pretending to be hurt while clutching his chest with his right hand.
"Whatever, j-j-just behave Martin, and quit giving me puppy eyes! It's too, j-just sit and be a good dog. Aviva said all awkwardly.
It didn't help that Martin decided to activate Wolf powers during Aviva's ramblings. Martin had some Wolf hair in his pocket, and thought, "Why not? She is already telling me to do dog tricks."
Aviva didn't wait for a response, instead she asked again where Koki was.
"Well, since this car is only a two seater Chris and I stuffed her in the trunk. Don't worry we didn't close it all the way ... .I think…"
Aviva could only sigh.
"Of course, you did. And as for Chris? Jimmy?"
"Well…You know…"
"Let me guess, you stuffed them in the trunk too…Didn't you?"
"Uh no! That's a safety hazard! Only one person at a time. Seriously Aviva, I thought you already knew this!"
Aviva bangs her head gently, repeatedly on the car's steering wheel, while still driving at full speed.
"As for Chris, he's somewhere running a little ways behind us in Cheetah Powers. We are going to have to stop soon, to give him some time to catch his breath. Even though, now that I think about it, it probably would have been better for Chris to be in my place, and me in his. Especially since wolves are known for their endurance in running…And well, Cheetahs are not. As for Jimmy he is currently hanging on one of the car's headlights, at least I still think he is…One sec."
Martin quickly turned around to double check that Jimmy is still alive. Martin saw Jimmy still there, so he continued talking.
"Yeah. He's still alive, it's probably a safety hazard for him to be hanging on since it slightly endangers Koki's safety a bit more, but being in a trunk is pretty safe right? And as for Jimmy, just keep on driving at top speed, t-that helps keep his feet off of the ground...Right?"
Aviva just gripped her steering wheel tighter, with even more added pressure knowing that she now has to worry about Jimmy's and Koki's safety.
"No, that's dangerous. Jimmy grabbing on to the headlight, Koki stuffed in the trunk. Speaking of which, why did you-?" Bugso's antennae turned red before she got to finish her question.
"Uhhhh…B.E.G.W, your antenna is red. Is that normal?"
"Umm…guys." Bugso turns around, slowly and scared. "This isn't a car. I think it's alive."
"Oh great! Now we have vehicle experiments gone wrong! THE WORST PART IS THAT I DON'T EVEN HAVE KOKI AND HER TABLET HERE SO SHE CAN ADD THAT NICKNAME. AND MARTIN WAS STUFFING KOKI IN THE TRUNK REALLY ALL THAT NECESSARY!?!?"
Martin could only shrug and lean back o to his chair, with his hands behind his head.
I mean what would you do? Face Aviva's wrath, or pretend that the problem doesn't even exist? He thought. Martin chose the latter.
"In a car that's alive. To which I don't think it liked that." Bugso turned to Martin and glared at him.
Martin only put his hands up in surrender.
"Hey, Chris helped!" Was his only defense.
"Yeah, I'll be talking to him later, too." Bugso turns to Aviva. "Let go of the steering wheel for a moment."
"Fine." Aviva was about to let go when she remembered that Jimmy's safety depended on her to keep driving, and possibly Koki's.
Seriously, who gave those two driving classes!?!?
"Uh nevermind. Sorry Bugso, but I don't even know if this car is actually alive, and I prefer a dead car, rather than a dead Jimmy and Koki."
"Aviva, I have a hunch here." Bugso said.
Aviva sighed. "Fine, I just hope that you are right. Otherwise some blue wolf, possibly named Martin, is dead where he sits!!!"
Martin only pulled his ears against his face in a submissive pose, while giving Aviva a half sheepish, half scared grin.
Aviva then letted go of the steering wheel. And what do you know? The car is actually driving on its own.
"Huh, okay Bugso you were right. I'm not sure what I should do now. Be relieved, be frightened because, OH NO THIS CAR IS ALIVE AND WE HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS GOOD OR EVIL, or if I should now strangle Martin right here and now.
Tell me, Bugso, out of all three, which should I choose?" Aviva said while eerily calm, with a hint of passive aggressiveness.
Martin then scooted farther away from Aviva, getting ready to jump out of the purple vehicle if necessary.
Martin also mouthed to Bugso, if she could please pick option number one. He even folded his hands together pleading.
"Be relieved. Because it has cat ears, so I'm assuming it's part of the Dollhouse." Bugso turns to the window. "Am I right?"
Outside, the car does reveal to have a cat-like face at the front.
Beep Beep* "Howdy! How are all of you guy's today?"
Bugso nodded. "Alive." She sighed. "You got someone on your headlight."
"You think!?!" The group hears Jimmy scream.
He has been keeping quiet, but has finally decided to speak. He was afraid that if he spoke, it would somehow cause him to fall out of the car.
"And then someone in your trunk, to whom you should blame a certain someone, or someones, for that." Bugso rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, a blue wolf and a green cheetah!"
Aviva growls slightly at Martin as she ends her
sentence.
"Oops…" Was all Martin could say, still taking extra precautions to stay as far as away as possible from Aviva.
"So there you go." Bugso then turns to the window. "I'm sorry for your trunk."
"Ah, so you guys are the reason why I feel so overcrowded. So who is to blame here, exactly?" The purple car asks.
"The Blue Wolf and the Green Cheetah." Bugso then nodded. "Sounded like a comic book duo."
"Huh okay, I see a blue wolf, a talking bug, and an angry looking human, but no green cheetah. Why is that?" The car asks.
"Well…" Bugso turns to the back of the car. "He's far from us…is all I could say." She turns to the window. "Just who are you, anyways?"
"The names Carlita, a pleasure to meet y'all!"
"Yes, yes, ummm, exactly how are we going to help Jimmy and Koki? We are going to have to stop soon, since Cheetahs can't run forever. Too bad, when I get my hands on Chris, he's going to wish otherwise." Aviva said, with her arms crossed, as her hands are no longer needed for driving.
"Yeah, probably." Bugso said, looking quite concerned right now.
"Gee, I sure wish I knew." Martin said, still trying to keep some distance between him and Aviva.
Bugso looks at Martin and Aviva for a moment. "Oh, I think I get it." She's thinking that both Martin and Aviva are in the car because of…love? She turns to Carlita. "Hey, got a request."
"Sure, what is it hon?" The car responds.
Bugso might have to get used to being called hon. It felt weird to her, despite her being a teenager. "Could you take us to some place…for some alone time." She had an idea.
Aviva could only stare at Bugso.
"Seriously Bugso! What about Jimmy who is hanging on for dear life!? Or Koki, who is being smashed and possibly suffocating in the trunk!?!"
Bugso did not think of that. "Oh crap." She turned to Carlita. "We do have to save them." She thinks for a moment. "Any ideas on what we should do?"
"You know, I could always just activate Peregrine Falcon Powers, swoop down and rescue Jimmy. Then pry open the trunk while midair, rescuing Koki. You know, killing two birds with one stone." Martin casually interrupts while looking at his fingernails.
Aviva just gives Martin the death stare.
"Good idea. I forgot you can do that." Bugso nodded. "Go and do it. Just make sure no one gets hurt."
"Who me? Aren't I always careful?" Martin adds while playfully wiggling his eyebrows.
Bugso looks at him for a moment. "Well, sometimes you get carried away. But, maybe not when rescuing your friends."
Martin being Martin had already stopped listening by then and proceeded in activating Peregrine Falcon Powers. He whistled his classic Peregrine Falcon whistle, but to no avail.
"Huh, that usually works. Usually whenever I whistle a Peregrine Falcon comes flying towards me and lands on my arm."
"MARTIN WE ARE LITERALLY IN A DOLLHOUSE. PLEASE YOU YOUR BRAIN HERE. YOU AND CHRISTOPHER OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WHEN YOU GUYS DECIDED TO ENDANGER OUR FRIENDS.
Jimmy chose that exact moment to let out a girly scream.
Aviva just gave Martin an 'I told you so' look.
"Okay, I guess I kind of deserved that."
Aviva just grabbed Martin by his blue wolf neck fur with two hands. You see, Martin only had the blue Peregrine Falcon disk at hand. He didn't bother deactivating since you can activate another creature while your still activated as another creature.
"YOU THINK!?!?"
"Uhhhhhhh….." Martin looked at Bugso.
"Uhhh…A little help here!"
Bugso saw Martin looking at her. "Don't look at me! I don't know!" She then had an idea. "I have an idea. How about a book on how to calm your girlfriend down." She didn't know what she was doing. "Second off, how about trying to think positive. That works, right?" "Who am I kidding?"
Martin and Aviva blushed.
"Uhhh…First of all, Aviva is not my girlfriend! Second of all, I don't need a book to calm her down. All I need is my wallet."
"Your wall…" Bugso facepalmed. She turns to Aviva. "He's bribing you with money."
That statement just made Aviva even more mad at Martin, and caused her to tighten her hold on him.
Martin then began to pretend to choke, even adding his own side affects.
"Why do I bother?" Bugso turns to Jimmy. "Don't worry, we'll save you! If this girlfriend situation doesn't get worse first."
Bugso and Jimmy just hear Aviva scream that she is not Martin's girlfriend.
Cough Cough* "Bugso! That was not my plan. The one about bribing Aviva, I mean.
"I should try that sometime though." Martin muttered.
Bugso glared at Martin. "Can we save Jimmy and Koki now?"
"Oh right. Bugso, grab my wallet since I am apparently busy choking." Martin pretended to choke for emphasis.
"Grab your…why do I need to grab your wallet?!!" Bugso asked in shock.
"Just do it already." Martin said, starting to feel a bit exasperated.
"HOW IS AVIVA THIS STRONG!?!?" Martin thought to himself
"Alright, fine!" Bugso flew into Martin's pocket and grabbed his wallet, despite her small insect size.
"Good B.E.G.W! Now just hand it over like a good girl." Martin then gave Bugso puppy eyes.
"To…" Bugso gives Martin the wallet, looking not very happy.
"Thank you."
Martin then proceeded to get a pocket-size photo out of his wallet. It had a cute baby animal on it. It was a photo of Bandito the black footed ferret."
Martin then showed the photo to Aviva, who instantly froze and released Martin from her hold. Much to his relief.
This also made Martin even more glad that she wasn't the one driving. Otherwise they would have crashed.
"What's that?" Bugso asked.
"Her weakness." Was all Martin said.
Bugso's eyes widened. "What?"
"Ah, yes, I see an explanation is in order."
Martin just watches as Bugso gives him a look.
Aviva was busy cooing and petting at the photo that Martin had given her.
She also kept repeating the phrase, "Ay que lindo!" Which means very cute in spanish.
"I guess we have time." Martin then coughed.
"Aviva is a little preoccupied right now. You see, a couple of years ago, I accidentally broke one of Aviva's newest inventions. The Stone Digger. She wasn't too happy about that. As a matter of fact she was very angry. While in the process of me breaking the Stone Digger, I got lost. I crashed somewhere far away from the Tortuga. The whole crew went looking for me. Aviva knew I took the Stone Digger since it was missing and just the night before she told me not to touch it. It still needed a few minor adjustments. Unfortunately, she was the one who found me. When she saw the Stone Digger, or rather, it's remains...SHE WENT LOCO ON ME!!! She didn't calm down until she saw Bandito in my hands. Which was very convenient for me. She then went into a trance."
Martin paused for a moment looking at Aviva who was still fawning over the photo.
"Like that." Martin said while pointing at her.
"Alright." Bugso turns to Martin. "You might wanna save Jimmy and Koki while she's busy with the photo. It'll keep her calm for a bit."
"On it, just give me a sec."
Martin then proceeded to dig into one of Aviva's pockets.
He then pulled out a Peregrine Falcon feather. Which would provide the DNA to allow his suit to work. Martin then touched the feather and pressed his blue paw button on his vest. After a flash of blue, Martin was in Peregrine Falcon Powers.
"You rescue them, I'll watch Aviva here…and our Carlita friend also." Bugso said.
Martin then flew up and swooped down and gently grabbed Jimmy by the shoulders.
"Jimmy, I got you! Okay?"
Jimmy only nodded, fearing that if he spoke he would accidently let go. For he had lost feeling in his hands and finger long ago.
Martin then gently dropped Jimmy in the seat next to Aviva.
"Carlita! Do you think you can open your trunk?" Bugso asked.
"Maybe park to a stop first. You know, so that Chris can catch up and take a rest, and also so Koki doesn't fall out of the trunk." Martin said.
"Good idea. Let's find a parking spot." Bugso said.
"Don't you guys worry about a thing! Carlita is on it! Also Bugso, hon, what was it that you wanted me to do earlier? Something about parking in a private area? I can do that now." Carlita said.
"That was honestly for Aviva and Martin. Boyfriend girlfriend thing. I mean, you still can park there." Bugso said.
Luckily, Martin was high in the air. Not within hearing distance.
"Huh, okay hon. If you don't mind me asking, how long have these two lovebirds been seeing each other? Are they having relationship problems?"
Carlita asked while getting ready to park.
"Well…this is my first time with them, so I don't know the details." Bugso said.
"Well here we are." Carlita said, having just parked near a ballpark.
"Well…looks like we are waiting for Chris." Bugso said.
"That's fine, also for the record Aviva and I are not dating!!!"
Kind of hard to believe when Aviva is leaning on Martin's and is in a trance.
End of chapter
Sorry to inform thise who read this story, but it is being discontinued until further notice. Just assume it has a happy ending. Hacker accidently blew up all the bad guys and the Wild Kratts are stuck in Gabby's dollhouse...planning Aviva's and Martin's wedding...Oh well!!! :)
Ecclesiastes 3:1- "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven". -ESV