#kratt bothers

[littlecrittereli]

enjoy this compilation I made of Chris succumbing to the instincts of the creature power suit

#wild kratts #chris kratt #martin kratt #kratt brothers #absolutely running with the headcannon that he's just more prone to this happening #actually no fuck you guys its not even a headcannon its literally canon #this video is PROOF #like sure it happens to Martin sometimes too #but just look at him HE ALMOST ATE A CARCASS #Martin just being FED UP is going to make me lose it #love that he spent the entire cheetah racer episode as a gazelle and no one bothered him #they were like in a death match with Zach and instead of helping out he was off eating grass and they were just like... yeah let him be #Chrizelle is nothing but vibes i love it

[void-the-bear]

SHUT UP DON'T BOTHER ME I'M WATCHING NEW EPISODES OF WILD KRATTS I DIDN'T KNOW CAME OUT

THE LATEST ONE CAME OUT ON THE 4TH I AM RE-EXPERANCING MY CHILDHOOD WONDER

#you can bother me #wild kratts #tw caps #caps tw

[kazzykatt]

Fine. Clownfish then.

#mermaid kratts #kazzy dibuja #where did they get paint? who knows #but they did and they will bother the lil bro #not shown: Sal trying not to laugh #wild kratts #wild kratts au

[ranfordgallus]

The thing that bothers me the most is when people make a joke about wild kratts...its always about krattcest, like okay i get it WOOAAHHH INCEST JOKE BECAUSE INCEST JOKE FUNNY HAHA GET IT GET IT CUZ INCEST like im not gonna even do a belly chuckle at that, like NO im not offended by your lame ass joke it's blatantly unfunny and ive heard it like a thousand times already by non-wk fans or even wk fans themselves, its overused, its unfunny, be original for once and shut the fuck up holy shit

#shitpost #fandom #wild kratts

[tamed-kratts]

★ Stargazer ★

Chris Kratt x Reader

Warnings: very tiny angst, miscommunication, putting pollen in the warnings cuz of allergies 😡

Summary: Chris, your current crush, has been ignoring you for a month. You’re about to find out why.

A/N: Never explicitly says reader is female and no pronouns are used but I write my readers to act kinda feminine so beware. Although, this one is pretty neutral. Also Chris would totally just dip the second he has a crush on someone LMAO. One more thing, i low-key diss cats at one point in this fic but don’t be mistaken. I love them.

It had been another warm summer day in North America, a humid breeze flew into the Tourtuga and in your nose as you lay in your reclining chair while staring at your phone screen. There wasn't much going on, the rest of your crew had been looking at some bug they found, you weren’t all that interested, you didn't think anyone would even notice your disappearance. But someone did.

Chris walked into the Tortuga timidly, avoiding eye contact with you as he hurriedly went to his own room, his steps were quick and he made a beeline down a hallway in the large turtle ship. Normally, you wouldn’t fret over one of the kratt brothers acting suspicious, since they were always up to something, but lately you felt as though Chris had been acting especially strange. Around one month ago, he started avoiding you. If you walked in the same room as him, he would make some lame excuse like “I have to go organize the gear.” before running out the room to the garage, leaving you and whoever he was previously talking to. It was pathetic, you had actually grown a small crush on him and it was tearing you apart to have him just pretend you didn’t exist.

He was a big factor to why you didn’t bother trying to hang out with the crew today, you didn’t really feel up to hanging out with your crush who obviously hated your guts.

A new pair of foot steps walked in, they were heavier and louder, it was Martin. “Hey, Y/n, ‘sup?” Martin, unlike his brother, did enjoy your company. He often went out of his way to ask how you were and about your well being. He reminded you of a dog, curious of its owner's whereabouts after a long day of work. You guess that made Chris a cat, one that hissed and bit you if you pet it for a second too long and hated you for the rest of its life. "Nothing, how are you?" You said.

“I’m good, me and Chris came inside to get changed. We’re covered in pollen and Koki said if we don’t get into some clean clothes she’ll leave us here, heh.” He laughed, but knowing Koki, she was probably serious. Looking at him, you realized his usually white shirt was now stained yellow and his blue blazer had spots green on them. "But I'm sure Chris told you all about it and probably more."

You sighed, "No, he didn’t. Chris probably wouldn’t even stay in the same room as me if he was suffocating and my skin produced oxygen." You rolled your eyes, annoyed by Chris’ childish behavior.

"What are you talking about?" Martin said, turning his head curiously.

"Chris hasn't spoken a word to me in almost a month, and when I walk into a room, he bolts out before I can even look at him." You said this a lot less confident than the last time you talked, mostly out of fear of how Martin would react. Martin just stared at you as a smile slowly grew on his lips, as if he was plotting something.

"Huh, well, I have NO idea AT ALL why that would be happening, heh…" He scratched the back of his neck before backing up to the main exit of the Tortuga. "If I were you, I'd ask him about flowers."

"Flowers?" You tilted your head as if you were confused if you heard him correctly. Chris had never shown an interest in flowers unless they had something to do with an animal. But just flowers by themselves?

"Yup, flowers. Specifically a Stargazer Lily.” He smirked and ran back outside.

“Martin, wait!” You yelled. “You didn’t change your shirt…” Sighing, you went back on your phone for a few minutes before Chris left his room.

“Chris?” He sped up. “Chris!” You jumped out of your seat and ran towards him, barely catching his arm. Standing next to him with your arm wrapped around his, you realized he didn’t have on his green fleece jacket like usual. It was slung on his shoulder lazily, probably to get out of the Tortuga as quickly as possible.

"Can we talk?" His posture stiffened up and he looked away from you, it kinda put you at ease knowing you weren't lying under his judgmental gaze. But it made you wonder what excuse he was plotting.

You squeezed his arm tighter. "Please." He had looked down, embarrassed and shamefully, before nodding his head. "Yeah. Sure."

Slowly, you let go of his arm; to your own dismay. You both walked over to your desk, he pulled up a chair across from you. Just like he did before he stopped talking to you, you felt bittersweet.

"So…what bug are you checking out?"

Still, he avoided eye contact. "Honey Bees, nothing special."

"What have you learned from them?" You asked; partially curious, mostly to just talk.

"Well, they communicate through scent and dance. They also are a matriarchal led society, so there's only a handful of male bees in a hive."

"That's cool." An awkward pause was held between you both, it was probably the most uncomfortable silence you had ever sat in.

He stood up, his hand supporting himself on the chair as he got back on his feet. "If that's all, you wanted to talk about, the-"

"Why are you ignoring me? Did I offend you or something? If I did, why didn't you tell me?"

He stared at you like you were crazy. “What?”

“You aren’t talking to me and every time I walk in a room you leave, you don’t look at me and you just tried to run outside!” He got tense, but you didn’t notice and continued ranting. “I really miss you, I thought we were friends. That’s why I thought you’d come to me if I did something wrong but you never did and I- ugh! Do you know how much I miss you? I really like you!” Covering your mouth to stop the flow of word vomit, you gasped. Chris wore a shocked expression too and his cheeks began to flush. “I-I mean like, I like your company…”

You were going to try and explain yourself further, but Chris had already begun speaking. “I don’t hate you or anything I just-“ he sighed heavily “…Do you remember a few weeks back, when we snuck out of the tortuga?” You recalled the event, it was the last time you two spoke before Chris went on his silence strike.

You heard of a few constellations being incredibly visible in the sky at the time. So you and him had planned to meet at the top of the tortuga that night to stargaze. You both agreed to not invite anyone else, just you two and your shared interests. You stayed up there for hours, talking about nothing in particular.

“I used to wanna be an astronaut when I was a kid, y’know? My childhood room is covered in space stuff. I even used to have my own telescope.” You reminisced about going out on summer nights and looking at the moon.

He chuckled. “I'm not surprised, you knew a lot about the moon when me and Martin got stuck on it that one time.” He remembered how you couldn’t stop ranting about moon folklore. “You also have a lot of space stickers in that binder you let me borrow. Plus you had a minor in astronomy in college.”

You stared at him, amazed. “You remember all that?” You said, surprised anyone would pay that much attention to you. His cheeks grew a light shade of red.

“Uh yeah, we spend a lot of time together. How could I not.”

“Oh. Yeah…” you said, staring back up at the sky, the Sagitta constellation, amazed at its beauty. Meanwhile, Chris stared at you.

“It's so beautiful.”

“Yeah…stunning…”

The next day, Chris was talking to Martin about the conversation you both had last night. He said he felt strange at the end. And in Martin fashion, he yelled “You’re in love!” Chris brushed it off at first, but everytime he looked at your face that word echoed in his skull.

“Love, love, love…” He couldn’t even look at you without feeling like his heart was going to beat out of his chest. And looking at you now was hard. Your face was flushed and your eyes were awestruck.

“Is that…really why? You aren’t just messing with me, right?” He choked on his own words.

“I- No! I know it's stupid! I just-…you’re really nice and pretty and you always listen when I talk. I couldn’t help but fall for you.” His chocolate brown eyes were completely honest. You leaned forward and cupped one side of his face with your hand.

“I am…so happy you said that.” The kiss was soft and kind, you both melted into each other's grasp as you enjoyed the warmth of one another’s skin. When you pulled away, he smiled kindly and leaned in for another kiss.

“Hold on, lover boy,” You said, covering his mouth with your hand. “I asked Martin about this and he said to mention some flowers called stargazer lilies, what’s that about?” He cringed for a second and held his face in one hand.

“Please don’t make me say it…”

“You haven’t talked to me in a month, you owe me this.” He sighed in defeat.

“I was going to get you these flowers I found because they reminded me of you. I was going to give them to you but I got…nervous and I…”

“…you?”

“I stuffed them into this vent. Martin saw and told on me to Aviva. Then, she asked what I was doing with flowers and Martin told her that I liked you. After that, they’ve been trying to matchmake me with you. I'm pretty sure Jimmy and Koki know also…”

“We do!” Said a voice from outside. Looking in the doorway, you saw your fellow crew members peeking inside to invade you both.

“Smooth, bro!” Martin said, giving his steaming brother a thumbs up before running off while being chased by him. The rest of the crew crowded around you to ask you about your relationship with Chris.

“What can I say? I like looking at stars.”

#wild kratts #martin kratt #chris kratt #aviva corcovado #christopher my beloved #chris kratt x reader #wild kratts x reader #martin fic next perhaps

[sabyfangirl16]

Tazzy Martin

Summary:

A Creature Power Suit malfunction caused by Zach in the hopes of getting revenge on the Wild Kratts crew went horribly wrong...

Notes:

One of the scenes here was inspired by Asil's art. Thank you. And thanks to all the amazing people who inspired me along the way.

"I'VE HAD IT!!!"

Zach was pacing around his office like a madman, fuming with suppressed rage, two Zachbots watching from afar, completely motionless.

He had just returned from another one of his thwarted attempts to capture a wild animal for him to turn into an invention - a beaver builder, with the soul purpose to build whatever the greedy inventor desired. Unfortunately for him, his plans were foiled as soon as the Wild Kratts team jumped into the scene.

"I'll get you next time you Wild Ratts!"

"That's Wild Kratts!"

He could feel himself boiling on the inside, gritting his teeth so hard they could shatter. He banged his fist on his desk. Very, very HARD.

"OWIE!" he cried, wriggling his hand and whining like a kid, instantly regretting it. "It hurts!"

He stole a glance at the unmoving Zachbots.

"I SAID IT HURTS! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!" he snapped, the robotic servants nursing him by bringing him an ice pack.

Zach snatched it in an aggressive way before pressing it against his hand. "Argh."

He thought hard for a moment.

"I need to find a way to get back at those pasky Wild Ratts, gotta teach them a lesson," he muttered, his tone deep and obscure.

He sat on his desk in a thinking pose. Not even a minute had passed before his eyes landed on something buried under all his workpapers.

Raising a curious eyebrow, he reached out his good hand and pulled out what seemed to be...a newspaper article, one he immediately recognized.

"Why do I still have this thing?" his voice contained a hint of irritation.

His eyes read the title.

The Wild Kratts Crew Will be Tagging the Endagered Tasmanian Devil.

The corners of the fabric were getting crumbled by Zach's clenched hands. His anger was immeasurable, and the picture of the Kratt brothers covering half the page only aggravated him even more. He despised them, his hatred towards them was the equivalent of a laser beam piercing through metal.

"I thought I threw this away, what's it still doing here?!" he pouted.

He was about to rip it to shreds...when a sudden memory crossed his mind.

Tazzy Chris.

He still recalled the way Chris acted in his T-devil suit, a malfunction that caught his attention.

"Hmm," he lowered the paper down, squinting his eyes and being deeply pensive. "That Creature Power Suit malfunction was certainly...interesting," his tone was changing gradually. "When green guy turned into that devil thingy, he was out of control!" The expression on his face was changing, too, taking a malicious aspect. "But that annoying Aviva fixed the malfunction," he grumbled with a disappointed face. "Unless..." The disappointment quickly disappeared, a spiteful smile creeping on his pale face. "I could trigger the activation, and Chris could go TAZZY again!" He jumped from his brilliant idea.

Zach then walked over to one of his drawers and pulled it open. Inside, was a triangular box, which he eagerly took out with a huge grin. "Heheh," he giggled as he opened the box.

"And my Disrupt-o-bots are just what I need to get the job done."

It was night time. Everyone in the Tortuga was sound asleep.

It had been a rough day for all of them, from saving those beavers to cleaning up the mess Zach left behind, as per usual.

The Kratt bothers were so tired that they practically threw themselves on their beds, as soon as they got back, without taking their Creature Power Suits off; old habits never die.

It was peaceful. But not for too long.

Through the ship's vents, sneaked in a an army of small-sized Disrupt-o-bots - which were only four - specifically designed for hacking and going unnoticed.

From the comfort and safety of his own plane, having had parked not too far from the blue ship itself, Zach was giving instrunctions to his little minions, being able to see what was happening through one of the Spy-bots' cameras.

"This is gonna be fun," he rubbed his hands diabolically. "Disrupt-o-bots, you know what to do."

And so, the tiny machines flew to the Kratt brothers' room. There, they found the two animal lovers sleeping in peace, snoring softly.

Zach wrinkled his nose at the sight of them. "Oh, you just wait and see what I'm gonna do," he cackled wickedly.

In no time, the Disrupt-o-bots flew inside Chris' suit, making their way through the circuit and eventually to the center of the system.

Zach remembered the first time he used his Disrupt-o-bots to tamper with the Creature Power Suits. How Martin turned from an elephant to a basilisk lizard, and how Chris turned from a rhino to an acorn, from a cheetah to a walrus, from a falcon to a bass, and finally, from a crocodile to a Tasiar, and from a hippo to a butterfly.

It was all fun to watch until the crew interefered and put a stop to his scheme.

But this time, it was going to be different.

"Now, I know about the flaw in Aviva's programming, so triggering this past activation should be a piece of cake."

With an overconfident smile, he took out a remote. "Disrubt now," he pressed a button, causing the Zachbots to start drilling through the system.

Zach laughed maniacally, waiting for the malfunction to take place... But nothing happened.

"What?!" his voice trailed off. "Hey, what's going on? You're supposed to turn tazzy!" he whined. "It's not fair!" He crossed his arms like an irritated five-year-old.

After thinking for a moment, he came to a conclusion. "Looks like Aviva's much smarter than I thought," he muttered. "The suit is somehow resisting the sabotage, argh," Zach rubbed his temples in frustration. "Think, Zach. Think." He tapped his head.

He suddenly remembered the other half of the Kratt brothers sleeping on the opposite side of the room.

At that moment, it was as though a light bolb lit up above his head.

"Hey, blue boy never turned into a devil thingy," he remarked, putting a finger to his chin. "What if..." He paused. "Maybe, just maybe, I could..."

He looked over at his screen once more, a venomous smile creeping on his face.

"Change of plans," he announced, pressing a different button this time.

Instead of drilling, the Disrupt-o-bots shoved wires into the green structure.

"If I could just copy the past activation..."

The Zachbots beeped in termination.

"Yes!"

Next thing, they exited Chris' suit and jumped inside Martin's.

"YES!"

Finally, they deposited the data in the blue circuit like a snake injecting venom into its prey.

"Oh, I'm such a genius!" Zach preened himself, waiting for the anticipated result.

Fortunately for him, it all went as planned this time.

Soon, a violent blast of blue enveloped the blue Kratt's form, morphing him into a vicious T-devil.

"It worked!" Zach's laughter filled his plane, feeling more triumphant than he could've imagined.

"Boy, I can't wait to see their reactions when they find out that blue boy turned tazzy!"

Martin's breathing intensified, his chest rattling as he scratched his ear like a dog. He twisted in bed, his tail wiggling fast, before his eyes flung open. He sat up, growling and drooling on his bed, then hopped on all fours by instinct as he rushed out of the room.

His head danced around frantically, unable to place where he was. He was confused, completely discombobulated. He accidentally ended up in the garage, where he found a very comfortable corner to curl into a ball and sleep in.

A new day dawned on the team, the sun slowly rising over the horizon and bringing light to the forest they were in.

Sunlight shone through the window and on Chris' face. He moaned a little, his eyebrows twitched as his eyes slowly opened, before instantly closing at the sight of light.

He breathed a long sigh, before stretching his body and stifling a yawn as he sat up in bed. He then stole a glance at the other side of the room, expecting to see Martin still sound asleep, only to be wrong.

His bed was empty.

Chris raised an eyebrow, "Huh." The only logical explination he could think of was that his brother had gotten up earlier than usual, not thinking much about it.

He got on his feet, realizing he was still in his clothes and suit, an enlarged grimace spreading across his face; he couldn't count the number of times they did that.

As he dragged his feet through the room, he took his CPS off, along with the gloves while making his way to the control room.

"Mornin' everyone," he let out as soon as he walked in, throwing his suit in the right place.

The other crew members were already up and at 'em, the girls working in their stations while Jimmy was preparing breakfast.

"Mornin' Chris!" Aviva was the first to respond, a warm smile on her face.

"You're just in time for breakfast!" Jimmy looked at him over his shoulder, humming a soft tune as he flipped another pancake.

In no time, the mouth-watering aroma reached the green Kratt. "Mmm, that smells good," he complimented, dipping forward to savour the smell.

"Thanks, my grandma Z's recipe!" Jimmy replied happily.

Then, it was as in sudden remembrance hit him.

"Say, has anyone seen Martin?"

The question caught everyone's breath, silence reigning.

"Umm, no," Aviva hesitated, before turning to Koki.

"Don't look at me, I haven't seen him all morning!" She waved her hands.

"Neither did I," Jimmy said in turn as he untied his apron.

A worried expression painted Chris' face, a sinking feeling in his stomach.

Something just felt...off.

Back in the garage, the ferocious fur ball was slowly awakening. He stretched his body like a cat, nails clawing at the floor.

His eyes scanned the room and he gasped.

How did he end up in the garage?!

Just as he started thinking he had become somnambulist, he looked down at his hands, then at his arms... His eyes widened.

He jerked away, knocking over a few boxes while he was at it.

"GRAH!" He yapped, using proper words felt like a whole task of its own.

His vision was black and white, which only aggravated him.

"Wha- grrr... What's happening to me?!"

He got on all fours, gritting his sharp teeth while racking his brain for any reasonable explination to what he was going through.

Meat.

Carcus.

HUNGRY.

He snarled with pent-up aggravation; he couldn't think straight.

His ears suddenly twitched at the familiar voices coming from above him. The human part of him wanted to cry for help, but the animal inside him told him not too. It was screaming at him, telling him to get away from there, to break free fom this cage he was in.

And so, he ran over to the garage hatch and banged on it. When he realized it was no use, he implanted his sharp claws into the metalic door, ripping a hole inside like it was nothing.

He squeezed through and made his escape, as he disappeared into the woods, running towards an unknown destination.

"Maybe he's-"

BAM.

Everyone in the control room jumped at the sudden crashing noise.

"What was that?!" Jimmy stammered.

Bang. Bang.

Jimmy screetched as he buried his face in his cap.

"Sounds like it's coming from the garage!"

Chris was already heading there, followed shortly by the others.

They all stopped at the door, exchanging nervous looks.

"W-We should probably not go in there, i-it could be a dangerous animal!" Jimmy's voice squeaked.

"But what if it's not?" Chris gave him a firm look over his shoulder.

But just as he was about to get in, the sudden sound of wripping metal nearly burst everyone's eardrums.

They groaned as they barged in and, to their shock, their eyes landed on one, big blue tail wriggling from a hole in the garage hatch, just two seconds before it vanished.

"What in the world was that thing?!" Koki exclaimed, putting her hand to her forehead as she scanned the damage. "Aw, and look what it did!" she pouted.

"I'm not sure, but..." Aviva's voice trailed off, biting he lower lip from hesitance.

"But what?" Chris insisted.

"I think it was Martin," she said with a now lower voice. But Chris heard it very well.

"What?!" He looked white as a sheet. "What makes you say that?"

"He was wearing one of my suits, I'd recognize my CPS technology anywhere," she paused, lowering her head in a pensive way. "But I'm not sure which suit, it could be so many things; I've programmed too many creature powers with tails and I didn't even get a chance to guess what kind of tail he had!"

Aviva's words slowly became shallow to Chris' ears, as he was too busy processing what was going on, too busy thinking about what kind of Creature Power Suit malfunction they were dealing with.

"Hey, Chris. Hey!"

He felt two hands grasping his shoulders, giving him a good shake.

"Chris, are you listening?"

He stopped staring at the void to meet Aviva's worried eyes.

"...Huh? Um, yeah, you were saying?" He didn't mean to sound careless, yet that's exactly the tone he used to respond.

Giving an exasperated sigh, Aviva looked at him dead in the eye. "Your brother, Martin, is dealing with a malfunction that is unknown to us!" She tried very hard not to sound angry.

"But how did it happen? Did the suit just...activate on its own during the night or something?" Jimmy theorized, still a bit shaken from what was happening.

"No." Aviva sounded mildly firm to a terrifying level. "That's not possible! My suit can't just activate on its own, something must've triggered the activation," she muttered the last part to herself, but it was loud enough to be heard by everyone else.

"We'll figure that out later," Chris put an end to the deadly silence. "Right now, we have to go after Martin and find him before he hurts himself...or someone," his eyes narrowed as he glanced at the hole in the hatch. "He must have some pretty sharp claws to do that," he pointed.

"You can say that again," Koki nodded, sighing at the thought of having to fix it eventually.

"We better get going, then," Aviva earged, gaining determined nods, at the exception of Jimmy.

"Why does something like this always happen to us?" he whined.

He kept running and running...

His heart was on fire, a new found energy flowing around his body like electricity. He was reconnecting with the animalistic side of himself which he had been keeping at bay for so long, finally letting it free.

It felt so strange, yet so good.

He ended up on a tree-lined path, looking up at the gaps of sunlight, the air brushing against his fur as he swooped past every animal, every insect and every plant, like a bolt of light.

Realizing he had no clue where he was going, he came to a halt and scanned his surroundings; nothing but trees and grass.

His stomach grumbled and he made a low guttural sound, so he started sniffing around for anything to eat, when his extra-sensitive nose picked up a smell.

He dipped his head forward searching for the source of it, before taking off yet again, this time with a destination.

It wasn't long before he came across, what one who isn't stuck in a T-devil suit might find stomach-turning, a dead animal. The smell was so strong and repellent, no wonder he was able to smell it from so far away, especially with T-devil powers.

He approached the carcus on all fours like a real tasmanian devil, already salivating at the thought of devouring it.

He was so hungry, craving rotten meat more than anything.

He licked the corners of his mouth as he was about to bite a whole chunk of the meal...but paused, his eyes enlarging slightly, tacking a more human aspect, as they were fixated on the body before them.

He let out a loud, choked gasp as he fell back, jerking away from the carcus.

His eyes were wide and filled with fright.

He couldn't believe he almost ate a dead animal.

He ran in the opposite direction to get away from the smell, tears building in his eyes.

He wanted to cry for help. He wanted to go back to the Tortuga and have Aviva fix his suit before he spirled out of control again.

He wanted his brother.

"Chris- grrr!"

It had been hours since the search started, the hot afternoon sun burning down on the team as they made their way through the forest.

"Argh, we've been looking for hours, and I can't take it anymore!" Jimmy suddenly let out, sounding as though he was on the verge of tears. "My legs hurt, and I'm hungry. Heck! We didn't even have breakfast," he whined continually, his legs shaking and his stomach grumbling to confirm his words.

At that, everyone stopped and turned to look at him. Though, just as Chris was about to respond, Aviva beat him to it.

"I hate to admit it, but I can't go on either," her voice cracked from tiredness.

"Jimmy's right," Koki huffed, exhaustion painting her face. "We can't go on like this, we have to go back to the Tortuga to recharge and think of a new plan." She straightened up from sudden remembrance, her visage shifting from unenergetic to hard. "And may I remind you that there's still a big hole in the garage hatch that needs fixing?! Who knows what kind of creature could sneak in from there?" She waved her hands frantically, irritation clear in her voice.

Chris just stood there, his eyes darting from from one person to another, feeling empathy for his teammates. Part of him wanted to return to the ship, too - after all, he was fairly tired himself. But another part refused radically to stop looking for his missing brother.

"Chris?" Aviva called when he took too long to reply, her calm voice snapping him out of his thoughts.

He let out a long sigh before finally saying, "It's alright, you guys can go back without me." His smile was bittersweet.

"Are you sure?" Koki raised an eyebrow, not liking the idea of leaving him all by himself.

"Yeah, don't worry, I'll keep looking in the meantime, and you can rejoin me later," he tried to sound as persuasive as he could, the girls exchanging uncertain looks when a loud grumble almost made them jump.

They quickly turned around to find Jimmy rubbing his stomach with a sheepish grin. "Heh, sorry," he said with a small, nervous voice.

The girls couldn't help but cackle a little.

"Welp, we better head back before Jimmy's stomach yells at us again," Koki resolved humorously.

Aviva laughed softly before turning to Chris, "We'll be back before you know it, CK," she smiled warmly, the green Kratt instinctively returning the smile.

And just like that, they all marched away and disappeared behind the trees, leaving Chris standing in the middle of the forest. Alone.

He put his hands on his waist and let out a frustrated sigh. "Where are you, bro?" He looked up at the sky as if waiting for a hint to drop from there.

He had no clue for how long he'd been standing in that same spot, too trapped in his thoughts to keep track of time, when suddenly-

SNAP.

"Huh?" Chris swiftly span around in search of the source of the sound, but calmed down when he assumed it must've been just a harmless wild animal.

CRACK.

Wrong. There it was again. This time it sounded closer.

Chris gasped quietly, his shoulders were tense, his eyes wide and observant, dancing around in all directions, as he walked around himself in a defensive pose.

"Who's there?!" he snapped when the cracking noise returned, this time accompanied by the rustle of some nearby bushes. It got louder and louder, until...it stopped.

"Hm?" Chris let down his guard a little when silence lasted for a while now.

Cautiously, he stepped closer to the bush he thought he'd heard the sound come from, crouching before looking behind it...

Nothing.

He blinked for a few seconds, before scoffing in amusement as he slowly stood up and-

GRAW!

Not knowing what hit him, Chris found himself flat on the ground after being pounced on by a creature just about his size, although he was in too much of a daze to realize it at the moment. Confusion was quickly followed by pain, sharp pain in his right arm, right beneath his shoulder. His eyes were closed shut through it all, but he could sense the heavy breathing of a potentially ferocious animal right above him. He tried to swallow, but couldn't. He gasped for air, the weight of the animal pushing down on him with its claws suffocating him. He was pretty sure he had tears forming in his eyes, seeping through the corners and slowly rolling down the sides of his head.

He racked his brain for what creature could've possibly pounced on him. A wild cat? Maybe a wolf?

A sharp, pained cry escaped his chest.

Darn those claws.

They were sinking through his jacket and into his skin, like five well sharpened knives.

Finally, he mentally smacked himself to open his eyes and find out who his attacker was. Slowly, he cracked his eyelids open, his pupils shrinking at the sunlight illuminating the blurry, blue figure right on top of him, but as his vision became clearer, his face dropped and pallid, his glassy eyes widening from shock and disbelief.

"Martin-..." it barely came out, almost like a cough rather than a word.

"Grrr!" was all he responded with.

Indeed, Martin had mercilessly tackled his own brother, growling at his horrified, pale face as drool ran down from the corners of his mouth and only missed Chris' face by mere inches; he looked about ready to rip off his face any moment. His left claw dug deep into his brother's arm, so deep that blood was practically flowing through his fingers. It was unimaginably painful, but Chris was too focused on his brother's inhuman, animal-like shrinked pupils, looking right through his soul to even care about the burning sensation in his arm. He was busy analyzing his features; the dark circles encompassing his eyes, his sharp canines sticking out of his mouth, his long, pointy ears and his furry chest... He'd recognize that suit anywhere.

Out of all Creature Power Suit malfunctions, he never, ever, in the whole creature world, would've guessed his brother went tazzy.

Carefully, he shifted his free arm and reached a gentle hand to his brother's face, the Kratt in the tazzy suit seeming completely unaffected by the gesture.

"It's okay," Chris managed with a weak yet soothing voice. "You'll be okay~" his voice trailed off as his hand slid down his brother's cheek before dropping on his chest; he was losing consciousness.

However, the movement ended up having an effect on the blue Kratt, knocking him out of his tazzy trance, his pupils starting to widen back to their normal shape, his brows slowly furrowing from perplexity.

Once he was fully himself again, the first thing his eyes caught was his brother lying out cold on the ground right beneath him, his head flopped to the side in a nearly lifeless manner.

"Chris?!" he jerked away from his brother's body, landing on his tail and looking absolutely petrified.

His eyes twitched toward his arm, his green sleeve soaked with fresh blood, following a trail of red, leading to his...hand.

He stared at his hand, panic building up inside him, eyes widening as he discovered blood all over, slowly running down his fingers, from the tip of his slicing nails to the red pool covering his entire palm.

Huff. Huff.

His breathing intensified, still staring at his now trembling hand with watery eyes, realization hitting him like a truck.

He hurt him. His little brother. The one he's always supposed to protect.

He clenched his teeth as a dark thought crept to his mind.

What if he was... No!

He refused to check, too afraid to find out, too scared he might hurt him even more.

He needed to get away from him, to stay away from him, to keep him safe from himself.

So without another thought, he took off on all fours in the opposite direction of where Chris was lying, unable to see clearly with the new set of tears streaming down his face, staining the ground behind him, along with the blood he still had in his claw.

Looking out on a stream of water, lit up by the evening sun, Martin was curled into a ball and sobbing uncontrollably, the memory of his brother lying bleeding on the floor haunting him like a ghost.

It's okay.

You'll be okay.

His soft voice echoed in his mind.

"C-Chris..." he let out with a shaky voice, his chest rattling from all the crying.

He then lifted his head to look at his bloody claw; the blood was now dry and darkened by the dirt, the sight making him quickly shift from tormented to furious as he slammed his hand against the water, the blood getting washed off in the process.

He breathed heavily, tear marks staining his face.

How could he do this to him? His own brother.

But he hadn't had enough, delivering a strong fist into the closest tree, desperately in need of a way to liberate his anger.

Little did he know, that one punch was going to answer all of his questions.

He heard something bump into the trunk of the tree, sounding awfully like metal. And, sure enough, when he looked down, his eyes widened at the sight of... Zachbots?!

He remembered them very well, those very same miniscule Zachbots that caused him and his brother serious Creature Power Suit malfunctions in the past. It all came back to him; the time his brother almost got eaten by an elephant as an acorn, and later on nearly becoming a fishy snack for a bunch of hungry voltures, without forgetting about their near-drowning experience and almost getting devoured by baby crocodiles. And finally, he remembered the one behind all of it: Zach.

He gritted his teeth so hard, shock turning into immeasurable rage.

He was the one responsible for his misery. He was the reason his brother was injured in the first place.

With the earge to quench his thirst for revenge, he trapped the oblivious Disrupt-o-bots in his hands, crushing them without pity.

He now had only one goal in mind.

Zach. Must. Pay.

Pain.

That was all he felt at the moment, surrounded by complete darkness.

But then, he started hearing indistinct voices, slowly growing clearer and more familiar by the second.

"I think he's waking up," he heard Aviva gasp softly, a noticeable hint of relief in her voice.

"Finally," he then heard Koki sigh heavily.

Realizing he had been unconscious, Chris brought himself to open his eyes, squinting at the light in the room with a grunt. He instantly recognized the two figures hanging above his face.

"Chris, can you hear me?" Aviva leaned in, looking down at him with worried eyes.

Chris tried to move but hissed at the stinging pain in his right arm, immediately regretting it.

"Hey, don't move," Koki cautioned with a firm tone.

Feeling weak, he scanned the chamber in order to place where he was: his and Martin's room.

He was lying in his own bed, back in the safety of the Tortuga.

"W-What happened?" he asked, still in a bit of a daze.

"When we came back from the Tortuga, we found you lying unconscious and badly hurt," Aviva explained.

"Your arm took a beating! Luckily, there aren't any internal injuries, but still," Koki persued, motioning to his right arm as she bit her lower lip, which he found was bandaged up from the corner of his eye.

"We were worried sick! What happened out there?!" Aviva cried.

"What kind of wild animal did that to you?" Koki asked in turn, the question triggering something in him.

...

Martin.

The memory of his brother viciously snarling at his face and clawing at his arm flashed before his eyes.

"...Chris?" Aviva's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "Is something wrong?" she asked when she noticed the perturbed expression on his face.

"It was Martin," he muttered under his breath, staring into the void.

"WHAT?!" both girls cried out simultaneously.

"It was Martin, in his Tasmanian devil suit," he looked at them seriously, their eyes widening at his words. "He pounced on me not long before you guys left, and his eyes..." He looked down at the hand he caressed his face with. "He wasn't himself," his voice deepened, taking an obscure aspect.

"Hold up, back it up..." Koki suddenly snapped, waving her hands. "You mean to tell us that Martin did that to you?!"

"And that he went tazzy?!" Aviva added in turn, sounding a lot more shocked. "But-... How's that even possible?!" her voice cracked. "We're not even in Tasmania, so there's no way he could've activated on his own," she held her head in disbelief, pacing around the room as though in search of an answer. "Something just isn't right in this story."

"What kind of Creature Power Suit malfunction is this?" Koki glanced at Chris' arm. "Did you see the damage he made?"

"Look, I don't know how this happened, I don't know how Martin went tazzy, but all I know is that he's out there and he needs us," Chris said with all of his chest, carefully getting into a sitting position. He paused and took a deep breath. "He needs me."

They all remained silent for a moment, exchanging worried looks.

"But if we were gonna help him, we gotta figure out how the malfunction occurred in the first place," Aviva put a hand under her chin.

"This all started this morning, right after we all woke up," Chris recapped.

"Which means something must've triggered the activation at night," Aviva assumed. "But what?"

As in sudden remembrance, Koki gasped, "I think I might have a way for us to find out," she let out excitedly, catching Chris and Aviva's attention.

And before they knew it, the whole team was gathered up in the control room, Koki typing away something on the big screen. Chris was sitting on the center table, a slightly shaky Jimmy right beside him, a bag of ships on his lap to help him cope with the stress.

"So what's this about, Koki?" Aviva asked, watching as her friend pushed her chair away from the screen with a confident smile.

"You'll see."

On the big screen, appeared a video footage of the control room at night.

"See, I've installed security cameras all over the Tortuga in case someone, like you know who, sneaks in and tries to steal one of our inventions," she clarified, earning an astounded "ah" from Aviva.

"Good thinking, Koki!" she complimented.

"Thanks," Koki smiled vigorously.

"But how's this gonna help?" Jimmy questioned with an anxious tone, stuffing his mouth with a handful of ships.

"Well, like Aviva said, something must've triggered the activation of Martin's suit, and this is how we'll figure out what," Koki explained.

"Or who," Chris said, everyone giving him concerned looks.

With that, Koki started switching from one camera to another, each showing the same chamber from different angles.

"Wait, stop!" Koki nearly jumped at Aviva's voice. "What's that?" She pointed at something moving on the screen.

Koki paused and rewound the clip. "Hmm, zooming in."

This time, they all saw it clearly; the room filled with gasps.

"Is that what I think it is?" Aviva asked, flabbergasted.

"Zach's Disrupt-o-bots," Chris said with an uncharacteristically hateful tone.

"Looks like they all sneaked in from the vents," Koki remarked, pointing at the robots flying in from the mentioned construction.

"And flew all the way to the bros' room," Aviva continued, the screen shifting to a different camera footage of the hallway. "Zach must've found a way to get Martin's suit to activate T-devil powers. The only problem is, there's no way he could've triggered a past activation like he did last time he used those Zachbots on the suits, since Martin never activated Tasmanian devil powers to begin with. And besides, I corrected all of the ghost activations in both suits, so a malfunction like this shouldn't even be possible!" she informed very precisely, pacing up and down the room as she did so. "Unless..." she came to a halt right in the middle, between Koki and the guys. "He managed to COPY Chris' past activation and transfered it to Martin's suit!" she involuntarily raised her voice, before face palming herself a bit too hard. "Gah, how come I haven't anticipated this?!" she scolded herself, rubbing her nose bridge from self-disappointment.

"Hey, you couldn't have known Zach would plot something like this," Koki comforted, placing a gentle hand on her shoulder.

Chris, on the other hand, was too busy thinking about what Zach did to his brother, finding himself clenching his good hand into a fist of fury.

"Zach went too far this time," he forced out through gritted teeth, not noticing Aviva approaching him slowly.

"I know," she grasped his shoulder, looking deep into his eyes. "We'll deal with him later, but right now we got a Kratt to find and help out," her brows furrowed, earning a heavy sigh from the Kratt in green.

"You're right," he responded with a slightly more relaxed tone.

"And now that we know exactly what kind of malfunction we're dealing with, you should be able to fix it, right?" Koki tilted her head.

Aviva looked down pensively. "Yeah, but..." her voice trailed off, her eyes slowly twitching toward Chris' bandaged arm. "I'm not going anywhere near him, I mean did you see what he did?" she paused as she realized how rude that sounded, turning to find Chris rubbing his arm with an offended look. "Sorry," she said desolatedly, slightly embarrassed.

"I get it," he answered with an understanding tone. "I wouldn't wish this for anyone."

"That looks painful," Jimmy stammered, swallowing hard.

"So, how are you supposed to deactivate him without touching him?" Koki asked with crossed arms.

At that, it was as though a light bulb lit up above the inventor's head. "I think I have an idea!" She rushed to her invention station and started going through her drawers. "Where is it, where is it..." she mumbled to herself, before finally finding what she was looking for. "Ah hah!" she let out victoriously, waving a small item in the air.

"What's that?" Chris raised an eyebrow.

"This is the solution to all our problems," she spoke highly of the object, placing it on the table for everyone to see.

"A...Fly-Cam?" Jimmy leaned in to get a better look.

"Uhh, how's that gonna help?" Chris asked, a bit of concern in his voice.

"First of all, this isn't just any regular Fly-Cam," she replied defensively. "This is the same invention I used to remove Zach's Disrupt-o-bots from the Tortuga's system when he locked us up in here," she said, referring to the Creature Power Challenge incident.

A smile slowly crept across Chris' face as he started to catch up on her plan.

"I specifically designed it to obey all my commands, so if I modify it a little, I should just be able to use it to get to Martin's suit and deactivate him!"

"Brilliant!" Chris let out in admiration.

"Whew, well as long as none of us have to get near him, I'm good," Jimmy sighed in relief, making Koki roll her eyes at him.

"And now that that's settled, all that's left now is to find him," she reminded, the smile on Chris' face fading away.

"Right," he sighed.

"Thankfully, I have the solution to that too," Aviva said. "I just remembered that I installed a GPS tracker in each of your suits in case one of you guys get lost, so Koki should have no problem tracking Martin down," she looked at the mechanic who nodded.

"I'll get right to it," she hopped on her chair and cracked her fingers before getting to work.

"And while she's doing that, I'll get this thing ready for the mission." Aviva grabbed the Fly-Cam as she headed to her station.

"And while she's doing that, I'm gonna get you something to eat because you haven't had anything all day!" Jimmy insisted, Chris chuckling at his caring nature.

"Thanks, JZ," he smiled thankfully.

Jimmy smiled in return before heading to the fridge.

And just like that, Chris was left with his own thoughts, looking up through the roof to find the twilight sky shifting into night.

"Just hang on, bro. We're coming."

In the dark of the night, a furry form moved swiftly through the trees, blending in with the shadows, all creatures jumping out of his path and hiding away; the sight of him made even the most ferocious animals hide in fear. He jumped from one rock to another and climbed up a rocky hill, from there he had a perfect view of the forest.

The moon shone on his face, his tazzy blue eyes glimmering from its light, as he looked around and sniffed hard; his strong sense of smell was all he needed to detect his enemy.

When he finally picked up something, he growled as an image formed in his head.

Zach.

He was close, very close.

Putting his night vision to use, he scanned the area for any sign of him.

Trees. Trees. More trees...

Wait.

In the distance, his eyes landed on what seemed to be a plane squeezed in between trees, the black color rendering it harder to spot.

By instinct, he let out a loud and sharp growl, gradually turning into a roar, piercing through the night.

"Heheh, I sure taught those Wild Ratts a lesson," Zach snickered with a venomous smile.

He was still in his plane, sitting in the pilot chair and enjoying a nice cup of coffee.

"And now, I should just call back my Disrupt-o-bots before heading back home."

He placed the cup on a side table, then reached out to his screen.

"Hmm, that's weird," he raised an eyebrow. "The Disrupt-o-bots aren't responding," he thought about it for a moment. "Meh, I'll just replace them with new ones," he brushed off as he grabbed his drink.

Suddenly, he heard it.

GRAH!

"AH! What was that?!" he yelped, almost dropping the cup.

Two Zachbots were on each side of the chair, turning their heads to beep at him as a response.

With a frown, he slowly walked over to the window and took a look outside, nothing but trees in the dark.

"Hmm, probably just some wolf thingy or something," he assumed with a shrug, before turning around and sipping more coffee.

And then, it came back. It was the exact same sound from before, only louder and closer.

Zach was so startled, he ended up spitting his drink and, this time, dropping the cup on the floor as it shattered to pieces, its shards scattering all over the place.

With a screech, he ran over and hid behind his chair, popping out his trembling head.

"Z-Zachbots, go out there and find out where that sound came from!" he ordered, stuttering exaggeratedly.

Both robots beeped twice before exiting the pilot room, leaving Zach all by himself. Unprotected.

He remained in the same spot, too frightened to come out, patiently waiting for his Zachbots to return.

Not a minute had past, when he heard another growl, this one a little different. Next, he heard the sound of metal getting shredded, followed by utter silence.

Zach's eyes widened in fear. "Z-Zachbots?" he gulped, slowly coming out of his hiding spot.

...

Scratch.

He instantly covered his ears at the sound of nails scratching against the walls from the indoors of his plane, the sound of metal getting dragged on the floor creating a torturous noise.

Wait.

Inside his plane?!

Zach felt like his heart was about to burst out of his chest. The whole experience felt like a scene from a horror movie.

"Something's out there, and it's coming to get me!" he tried his best not to scream.

With shaky legs, he hurried to the controls and started pressing various buttons, the door of the pilot room closing shut.

"Whew, that'll do it," he wiped off the sweat on his forehead, thinking he was now safe for sure.

But he was wrong, dead wrong.Just as he sank in his chair, Zach screamed like a little girl when he heard a loud and aggressive BANG BANG on his door, followed by momentary silence.

He couldn't take his eyes off of that door, not even for one second, looking paler than he already is.

But then, he realized something. "Wait a sec, nothing can get through that door. It's practically unbreakable! So I should be safe in here," he crossed his arms with a confident expression.

Contradicting his words, the door suddenly slammed open, some would say it exploded, and flew all the way across the chamber and would've KILLED Zach if he hadn't jumped out of the way just in time, destroying his chair along with the side table and smashing the windshield before landing outside with a THUD.

Zach was now on his head and knees, slowly peeking through his crossed arms to find a HUGE hole in the middle of his windshield, the rest of it was gravely cracked up, shreds of glass sprinkling the ground, almost artistically. He could also see broken parts of what was once his chair, which had landed in different places, realizing how lucky he was that none of them hit him.

But not even his luck could save him from what was coming next.

From the entrance, his Zachbots got thrown in, landing just a few inches in front of his face. But when he looked up, his eyes widened in horror when he found they were torned, with broken arms, wires sticking out of newly formed holes and, most terrifyingly, claw marks. Big, deep claw marks.

Filled with dread, his eyes went up toward the entrance. The hallway was pitch black, but he was able to see two wide, blue eyes glowing in the dark.

"GRRR!"

It didn't take long for the crew to get ready. Right after Aviva finished her part, Koki had Martin tracked down on her iPad, and Jimmy was still mentally preparing himself since he had to drive the Creetera, being chosen as the most adequate vehicle for the mission.

"Looks like we're all set," Koki said with her device in hand, hopping in and sitting right next to Jimmy who was already behind the wheel. "I've got Martin's location right here, and it's not too far so we should get there very soon."

"I'm a little scared, but more ready than ever," the ginger guy laughed nervously, trying his very best to hide his stress, his fingers playing around the wheel.

He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry, JZ. It'll turn out fine."

He looked up to find Koki smiling reassuringly, a bit of his anxiety melting away as he smiled timidly.

Just then, they heard someone jump in from the back, followed by a thud. They turned to find Aviva placing her MIK in the corner before sitting next to it.

"What?" she asked when she noticed the funny looks she was getting. "I'm not leaving without my Mobile Invention Kit! We'll need it more than you think," she panted, receiving a chuckle from Koki and an amused smile from Jimmy.

"I'm sure we will," Koki finally said with a smug.

"Hey, don't forget about me."

Everyone's attention turned to the garage entrance, where they saw Chris walking in with a serious face.

"Chris, you sure you wanna come?" Aviva asked with a worried tone. "You're not exactly in the shape for this, plus you won't be able to activate your suit with that injury," she pointed out, hoping dearly she wasn't offending him.

Chris looked straight in her eyes. "This is my brother we're talking about, of course I'm coming," he started with a deep, determined voice. "And I don't need creature powers to save him!" He paused and grasped his shoulder. "Even if it means getting another one of these, I'm ready to do anything to get him back."

With a heavy sigh, Aviva reluctantly agreed. "Then hopp in." With a half-smile, she extended a hand, the green Kratt gladly taking it as she helped him into the back of the vehicle.

As the recently fixed garage hatch opened, Jimmy started the engines and hit the mushroom before they took off into the night with the headlights on.

"Okay, Jimmy, just follow this path right here," Koki pointed with her index, not taking her eyes off of her screen.

"You got it!" Jimmy said as he accelerated.In the back, Aviva was tinkering with the tool that was meant to help save Martin.

"So, you're gonna use that to infiltrate Martin's suit?" Chris asked, sitting on the opposite side while facing her.

"Mhm," she nodded her head. "All the necessary modifications are done, and I'll be controlling it with my MIK, that's the mane reason I brought it," she patted on the mentioned object, purposely raising her voice at the last part for the people in the front.

"I sure hope it works," Chris said with a hopeful voice.

"It will, I promise," Aviva assured.

Even in the dark, Chris could still sense her positive expression, making him feel better.

"Uhh, guys?" they suddenly heard Koki call out, feeling the Creetera coming to a stop. "Look where we ended up."

Chris and Aviva's jaws dropped at the sight of...Zach's plane.

"Zach," Chris said the name like it was poisonous.

"Koki, are you sure this is the right place?" Jimmy asked with a shaky voice.

"Sure I'm sure! That's what the GPS says," she pointed at her screen.

"I got a bad feeling about this," Aviva said skeptically.

"You think Zach kidnapped him?" Koki asked.

BANG. BANG.

"Woah! What was that?!" Jimmy screeched.

But before anyone could say anything, something came bursting through the head of the plane, glass scattering all over. Everyone gasped in horror, before quickly hopping off, at the exception of Jimmy who practically had his face buried in his cap and shaking badly. They rushed to the front of the plane and found a wrecked metal door laying on the ground.

"Something tells me Zach's in trouble," Chris assumed, and as though to add up to his words, a loud, familiar scream came from the inside.

"Let's get in, quick!" Aviva earged, her MIK already on her back as she used her robot arms to lift Koki and Chris by the waists before lifting herself off of the ground and through the human-sized hole in the windshield.

As soon as they stepped in, they gasped as their eyes landed on-

"MARTIN!" they all cried out.

There he was, on all fours and slowly approaching a mortified Zach crawling backwards, like a hungry predator, he was snarling at him, looking like he was about to pounce on him and end him right then and there.

Zach looked scared to death. "N-No, stay back!" he wailed, before he noticed the trio behind him. "Wild Ratts!" he gasped. "P-Please, save me!"

When his face was turned, that was when Martin jumped.

"GRAH!"

Zach screamed and would've been at the mercy of his jaw, if it weren't for Chris' quick thinking.

Swap.

With a piece from that broken chair that resembled a baseball bat, he hit Martin square in the jaw, knocking him several feet away before hissing from the pain in his arm.

"Get out of here, Zach!" Chris yelled, holding up his newly acquired weapon like a dagger.

He didn't have to ask him again.

With slippery feet, Zach half-crawled, half-walked toward the doorway, but just as he was about to make his escape, Martin swiftly got in his way, forbidding him from leaving the room.

"AH! Don't hurt me!" Zach jumped back a little, hiding his face with trembling arms.

Martin growled at him threateningly, blood leaking from the side of his mouth. Despite the situation, Chris couldn't help but feel guilty for being the cause of that.

Regardless, what needed to be done needed to be done.

On the other side of the room, near the controls, the girls stood watching the whole scene in horror.

"Oh, no! It's worse than I thought!" Aviva cried. "I have to act fast before it's too late."

"Then you better get to work," Koki said, picking up a weapon of her own. "I'll give Chris a hand."

With a nod, Aviva hurried herself to a safe corner, sucking in her body with her MIK on her lap.

"MARTIN, NO!" Chris cried out, too far to save Zach this time.

Martin was ready to pounce when-

SMACK.

He roared in pain as something got thrown at his head, turning furiously to find Koki looking at him courageously.

"Snap out of it, Martin! This isn't you!" she tried to reach to him, but to no avail.

Instead, Martin changed his target, starting to approach her and completely forgetting about Zach who had already sneaked to the opposite direction, where Aviva was.

Without realizing it, he hid in the same corner she was in, turning to find a very stern face looking straight at him.

"AH! What are you doing here?!" he yapped as though she owed him an explination.

"Uhh, trying to fix the mess that you caused," she spat, before turning to her MIK. "And we're technically rescuing you, too, so you're welcome," she added without even looking at him, too busy getting the Fly-Cam ready.

As much as he hated to admit it, Zach would've been a victim of his own tampering if it weren't for the crew's help.

He looked away awkwardly, when Aviva asked, "What did you do last night? I know you copied Chris' past activation, but did you change something in it?"

"Maybe I- uhh, made a little modification before transfering it to Martin's suit," he lowered his voice, rubbing the back of his head as he avoided eye contact.

"Ugh, that's what I was afraid of!" Aviva face palmed herself. "This is why you shouldn't mess with technology that you don't understand," she scolded, Zach crossing his arms in annoyance.

"I just wanted to teach you Wild Ratts a lesson," he whined, receiving a disturbed look from the inventor.

"And you thought turning one of the bros into a blood thirsty T-devil was a good idea?!"

"Yeah, maybe it wasn't the best idea," he finally admitted with a grumpy tone.

"This explains Martin's behaviour," Aviva then muttered to herself. "I only have one chance to deactivate him, so I gotta wait for the right moment," she said with her Fly-Cam in hand.

Koki gasped, her back propped up against the wall as Martin got closer and closer...

"HEY!" Chris threw his own weapon at his brother which truly aggravated the beast inside him, his attention getting turned from Koki as he gave him a death glare.

Chris' eyes widened as he realized what he had gotten himself into.

Martin turned to face him, before charging at him.

"GRAW!"

Terrified, Chris' feet shifted backwards and he ended up tripping over one of the annialated Zachbots, falling flat on his back. His eyes twitched toward something under his feet, an astuce popping in his mind. He quickly wripped off a Zachbot arm and held it above his face at the very last second before his brother launched his teeth at him, only to end up munching and champing on the piece of metal instead.

But the defense didn't last very long, for Martin's instincts pushed him to use T-devil teeth, a large jaw forming on his face with teeth that helped him CRUNCH the metalic arm into half. Chris' face would've been next if he hadn't shifted it in time, only missing his brother's demonical jaw by an inch. Then, Chris lifted his feet and kicked his devil of a brother in the gut, before making his escape as he panically crawled to the nearest wall, hearing Martin panting behind him. The pain in his arm didn't help much. Just as he turned to lean against the wall, he was already face to face with his out-of-control sibling, almost scaring him to death.

"Grrr..."

Chris' heart skipped a beat. He felt the whole world around him quieting down, only hearing his brother huffing through his nose, his melodical heavy breathing, his face slowly getting closer to his. Swallowing became nearly impossible. His eyes were fixated on his; sharp, deep, blue pupils, ones he remembered all too well.

As though a voice behind his head told him to, Chris prudently reached his left hand to his brother's face, part of him genuinely scared that he might bite it off, and gently caressed his cheek.

"It's okay."

Martin's huffing stopped, his breathing calmed down, his brows furrowed, and his pupils returned to their original state.

"You'll be okay."

He stared into his brother's glassy eyes for the longest time. "...Chris?"

Hearing his own name coming from his mouth, Chris gave a quivering gasp. 

Once Aviva noticed, she liberated the Fly-Cam as she used her MIK to control it, flying it all the way to Martin's suit before breaking in through the activation button.

"I'm in!" she exclaimed. "Now if I could just get to the system and..." her voice trailed off, her tongue now sticking out of her mouth showing how focused she was.

Not even half a minute had passed, when a blast of blue encompassed the blue Kratt's form, almost blinding his brother, before he collapsed in his arms; the prolonged duration being trapped in that suit had drained him completely.

Chris looked down at his brother's closed eyes; if it weren't for the trail of blood running down from his mouth, he would've looked peaceful.

Holding him closer, Chris let out a long, heavy sigh of relief.

Finally.

Koki slid down the wall she was leaning on, before sitting on the floor with a "whew!"

"It worked," Aviva sighed in turn.

At that moment, her creature pod started to ring. "Jimmy?" she answered.

On the screen, was a slightly shaken Jimmy, still hiding in the Creetera.

"A-Are you guys okay? What happened?" he stuttered.

"Yeah," Aviva smiled, looking over at an overwhelmingly relieved Chris in the other side of the room. "Everything's fine, now."

"Great, now I have to fix all the damage he made in my plane!" Zach let out, making her roll her eyes.

"Argh," he twirled his aching head, slowly opening his eyes as he heard soft gasps all around him.

"Martin?" he heard his brother's soft, hopeful voice.

The blurry shapes above him became clearer, now being able to see worried faces circling him, though his eyes immediately went toward his brother.

"Chris?" his voice was feeble, feeling incredibly tired.

He hadn't realized it yet, but he was lying in his own bed.

With a grunt, he got into a sitting position, his back propped up against his pillow.

"Oh, my head," he complained, putting a hand to his forehead. He also felt something soft covering the corner of his lip; a small pad.

"What happened?" He couldn't help but notice the nervous looks on everyone's face. "Uh, what's wrong?" he asked worriedly.

But before anyone could answer, he gasped as his eyes landed on his brother's bandaged arm; the memory was vague, there were a few holes then and there, but the one where he tackled his brother remained intact.

"Chris!" he cried. "Y-Your arm," he pointed with a shaky finger, the green Kratt covering up his arm as he saw how quickly his brother's face turned pale.

"I...did that to you, didn't I?" his voice was filled with remorse.

Chris bit his lower lip. "Look," he placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. "It wasn't your fault."

At that, Martin instantly shifted away from the touch, looking away with sad eyes.

"He's right," Aviva backed him up. "It was all Zach's doing, he's the reason you went tazzy in the first place! But we dealt with him."

"More like saved him," Koki chuckled, Martin looking up at her with quizzing eyes. "Let's just say you weren't so happy when you figured out he was behind all this."

"I wasn't there when it happened," Jimmy said, slightly embarrassed. "But from what I heard, you were pretty scary," he said as though he himself had experienced his wrath.

Koki gave him a hard nudge which made him realize it wasn't the best thing to say at the moment.

Martin's eyes widened.

He did what?!

"But it's all over, now," Koki tried to alleviate the situation.

"And don't worry about your suit, I'll have it checked up in no time," Aviva said, giving him a thumb up.

Martin looked down to find that he was no longer wearing his suit, his sweater replaced with a comfy blue shirt.

But despite everything, he still felt awfully guilty for hurting his brother badly.

"Chris..." He mustered the courage to look into his eyes. "I'm really, really sorry-"

"Wha- no..."

"I-I never meant to hurt you-"

"Bro, it's okay." Chris gave his shoulder a gentle squeeze. "I forgive you."

His words somehow made him feel better, as though a weight had been lifted off of his chest.

He leaned in and gave him a long, meaningful hug.

"You're okay," Chris whispered in his ear. "Everything's okay."

Notes:

The art used for this fic was made by: GreenxLady

#wild kratts #kratt brothers #chris kratt #martin kratt #aviva corcovado #koki #jimmy z #zach varmitech #zachbots #wk fanfic #hurt/comfort #bro fluff #angst #fluff #blood #fangirl power!

[lattedusks-mochadawns]

Ah, It’s A Wonderful Cat Life

with Martin and Aviva

Time for more Vocaloid songs x Wild Kratts art :D

For this one, Martin is in the Caracal Creature Power suit (and has a bit of Len’s outfit) and I wanted to make a Savannah Cat suit for Aviva, but I hate drawing things Will many stripes or spots, so I just did a few. She’s in Gumi’s outfit too. I also couldn’t be bothered to draw an actual background this time.

And here are the reference photos.

#wild kratts #wild Kratts fanart #Martin kratt #2D Martin Kratts #wild Kratts Martin #aviva corcovado #wild Kratts Aviva #Vocaloid #Kagamine Len #megpoid gumi #ah it’s a wonderful cat life #crossover #Aviva x Martin #maviva #sketchbook #traditional art #latte’s art

[anxiousworm]

Ocverse

I don’t know why I’m bothering to make this bc my ocs are constantly changing but hey it’s better than making people guess

Edit: This got long and I realized I should put it under a tab

Flies to Giants

In 1986 kaiju called titans started erupting from the earth, 30+ years later humanity’s on the brink of extinction living in fortified cities called stations across the globe. In a bid to combat the titans a scientist creates a serum allowing humans to transform into monsters so they can fight them

[Slapping this] This baby can hold so much found family

Pacific rim but we get rid of the middle-man robots, just fight kaiju fist to fist

Westfield

A father is chosen as the proxy to an eldritch entity, and now must feed it members of his small town community or it will eat his children

I’ve never watched Hannibal but it’s kind of like Hannibal aesthetically

Centers around Rex Marley, a father of 2 who’s just starting to get back on his feet after an emotional divorce. When they and a friend’s family go on a camping trip the beast shows itself to him, and torments him until he agrees to bring it sacrifices

Barracuda

A submarine crew on an alien colony is in a never-ending stalemate with the native humanoid fish people. After one man is kidnapped and rescued he finds himself turning into one of them, leaving everything he’s known to travel through the abyss for answers

Fish boy!! Allen my beloved

A lot of worldbuilding just for the planet (Cyvris) and its ecosystem so if that’s your jam cmere

Heavily inspired by barotrauma, this was almost gonna be ocs just for the game but then I came up with my own lore and decided it’d be its own thing

Hero Saga (and multiple other superhero continuities)

A mythos of superheroes me and @novazentryx made inspired by marvel and DC. I don’t want to make this post twice it’s current length so I’ll actually draw and go into more detail with the characters in another post

Honestly all of these I do with nova, I couldn’t have made any of these concepts what they are without him

Afterlife

In the aftermath of a viral outbreak across the US a cured zombie is trying to get his life back on track while wrestling with the trauma of what he endured- and what he did to other people

More of a slice of life story with some deeper topics. The world ‘ends’ but it’s 2 years later and society is back to ‘normal’✨

Humanity’s Imperium/Space orcas

Imperium is the title I’m used to but I worry it’s too similar to Warhammer, so space orcas is the next best thing

“Humans are space orcs” ORCAS IS RIGHT THERE

Not much of an actual story rn as it is a thought experiment and worldbuilding

Basically a future where humanity destroyed earth and became the alien invaders we feared so much to other species, going planet to planet to suck out its resources and conquer its people

Now humanity is a massive imperial power on the galactic stage, but outcasted from most civilized federations bc of their cruelty. The story mostly looks to show what humanity would be like and how other societies would see us as the monsters we’ve been portraying in alien horror films for decades

Untamed/animodules:

Technically two stories but I’m putting them together bc they’re both heavily inspired by wk and were in a sense meant to make it the show it could be

Animodules follows the 2 Thorne siblings and their friends as they travel the world to find ancient artifacts called modules, which were made by an alien civilization long ago who saw earth’s modern animals as gods. In essence it’s wk but with a touch lore that reminded me of animorphs. (Like fr that series was about kids becoming starfish how was I supposed to know it’d handle topics of alien war crimes)

Untamed is straight up a wild kratts knock off. Honestly it replaced animodules in my brain for awhile bc it scratched the same itch wk did but didn’t feature 2 real people as main characters, so I feel more at ease thinking of content for them. Characterwise rn the cast is just a mirror to wk but better, villains are more threatening, animals actually as more than just set dressing, the brothers don’t just walk up to random wildlife like it’s friendly, etc

Researchers’ Guide to The Paranormal

Having been abandoned at a young age 2 brothers discover their mom was part of a secret society dedicated to chronicling and explaining cryptids, magic, and other paranormal phenomena. Now they must dive down the rabbit hole and travel the country in hopes of finding their mom

Besides the story aspect it’s just a place for me to put my own interpretations of popular myths. Bigfoot is just an ape, Loch Ness is home to a whole species of little plesiosaurs, mothman

Tumblr loves mothman what more could you want

There’s inevitably going to be more but let’s just stop here for now💪

#oc stuff #now a proper tagger would make a tag for each story #but I am tired☝️

[jokerislandgirl32]

What Do Wild Kratts Characters Smell Like Headcanons: The Villains

I did the Wild Kratts Crew, now I am back with the villains! Check out the headcanons below the cut, and feel free to reply or comment with what you think they smell like!

Zach: My boy, my man. Yeah…not gonna lie, his scent profile will include some of my favorite scents.  He smells like coconut and sea breeze from his body wash/lotion, mint from his shampoo, paper from all his invention blueprints, he smells like coffee because of his caffeine addiction (which he obviously has), musk and sandalwood from his aftershave and hair gel.

In reality, though, I imagine he most likely has an underlying metallic smell from working on his inventions and being around the Zachbots all day, he smells like cleaning supplies, and his personal care products (soap, hair gel, etc.), and his cologne, whatever that smells like, lol.

Gourmand: Sweat and Cooking Oil or Grease mixed with whatever foods he’s preparing. Gourmand usually is not bothered by how he smells, his nose is focused on preparing the finest of delicacies. 

Donita: An assortment of expensive perfumes. Think: Chanel No. 5….Maybe, lol. I feel like she creates her own fragrances and perfumes to match her moods on any given day. Her perfumes will likely always have a strong sensual baseline, something that people could easily pick up on, but I don’t think she’d want them to be too overpowering. 

Dabio: An assortment of expensive colognes or body sprays, hair gel, aftershave: all having a sweet, spicy, and musky scent. These scents and products are hand selected or created by Donita.

Paisley: Lysol or some other type of disinfectant/cleaning products, soap, laundry detergent. Paisley is obsessed with cleanliness, so she most likely bathes or cleans the things around her to the point that she smells like the products she uses for cleaning purposes. She may also smell like laundry detergent because she probably cleans her clothing and changes her clothing obsessively. 

Rex: Pavement and asphalt, possibly sweat and soap or disinfectant. He’s Paisley’s intern who does her dirty work, so he will smell like the dirty work he does. In addition to the pavement/asphalt/sweat he may also smell like soap and disinfectant. I can totally see Paisley hosing him down in a disinfectant solution so he won’t get his dirt and grime near her when they work in close proximity to one another.

Wild Kratts Crew Headcanons Can Be Found Here!

#wild kratts #zach varmitech #wild kratts zach #donita donata #gaston gourmand #paisley paver #rex wild kratts #dabio wild kratts #love zach varmitech #wild kratts villains #wild kratts headcanons #scents #scent profiles #im back #with these lol

[rowanluvvy]

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Welcome to Caelestiac! I’m Rowan, also known as Averowan. And today, I’ll be giving a rough introduction of the server!

For the rough introduction, this is a fully inclusive server where we have contests, play games, have movie nights, throw nice activities and engage with one another.

We support all religions, sexual orientation groups, identities, beliefs, disabilities, medical conditions and health conditions! We have pretty basic guidelines and rules for the community so that everything stays as peaceful and put together as possible.

We have some pretty active and helpful staff, who are here to help you if you need anything. We also have some emotional support channels for people needing emotional and mental support!

We have a shoutout board for our hardworking members and staff, and we host events quite often! We have a lot of emojis and do not tolerate any degrading, rude, and hateful behavior towards anyone or anything!

We are a pretty fun and friendly community, even though we aren’t a big community. But hopefully our community grows bigger in the near future! Caelestiac is an engaging and entertaining server! Be sure to check us out!

#source: discord #discord server #dazai osamu #discord #bsd chuuya #bsd #viral

[the-comfy-wildkratt]

Hi I don't mean to bother you, but can you post the link to the WK discord server again? The previous link is sadly expired

Have a good day ^^

Unfortunately I'm not really active there anymore, so it'd be more appropriate to ask someone like Scorpio, who's an admin there. I'm not really into Wild Kratts at the moment, but I'm glad people still find and enjoy my old art <3

#comfy answers

[sideswipe1730]

[Martin Kratt]

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight not a footprint to be seen a kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the king

The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside couldn't keep in heaven knows I've tried

Don't let them in, don't let them see be the good boy you always have to be conceal don't feel don't let them know well know they know!

Let it go, let it go can't hold it back anymore Let it go, let it go turn away slam the door!

I don't care what they're going to say let the Strom rage on the cold never bothered me anyway

It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small and the fears that once control me can't get to me at all!

It's time to see what I can do to test the limits and break through no right, no wrong, no rules for me I'm free!

Let it go, let go I am one with the wind and sky Let it go, Let it go you'll never see me cry!

Here I stand and here I'll stay let the strom rage on!

Let it go, let it go And I'll rise like the break of dawn Let it go, let it go that perfect boy is gone

My power flurries through the air into the ground my soul is spiraling frozen fractals all around and thought the crystallizes like an icy blast! I'm never going back the past is the past!

Here I stand in the light of day let the storm rage on! The cold never bothered me anyway

#Youtube

[gray-isnt-real]

Insidious Kratts - Pt. 1 👹

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It was dark.

Martin stood there in the cold, black abyss. He didn’t know if it was a large room or an open plain of existence. It was so vast, and yet he felt caged as his ragged breathing echoed throughout this unsettling place. Or maybe it was the fact that he was breathing so loud… Maybe that was what made him nervous, how loud he was and the idea that something in the dark could hear him.

He glanced around in the dark, trying to make out faces, forms, anything. There was no light here, except for the spotlight that shone down on him like an arrow on a target. It was a strange, unnerving setup for being alone in an abysmal space. It was almost staged like a nightmare.

“Hello?”

His shaky voice rang out in the darkness. And yet, as he looked around the open space, he got no answer. No answer, except the whispers in the mist. The whispers and quiet screams of agony in the distance, despite being alone here in the dark. He could feel his heart thumping in his chest, his throat scratchy and starting to get dry from the cold air.

“Hello?!” Martin called out again. “Anybody there…?”

“…Be quiet.”

He jumped at the whisper in his ear. He turned to face whoever was beside him…and found nothing in the abyss that stared into him.

“What-?”

“He’ll hear you.”

That voice, it was closer. A little clearer. If he wasn’t mistaken, it almost sounded like a child, a little boy… This was ridiculous. He was dreaming this. He had to be.

“…Who? Who will?”

“The man with the red face.”

The little boy’s voice was clear as day, right behind him. Martin turned around and this time, he found he wasn’t alone here in the dark after all. He was here in this foggy abyss with a young boy, no older than ten years, with messy brown hair and dark eyes. He was dressed in a set of flannel pajamas, holding a lantern in his little hand. He looked tired, and despite his age, his dark eyes glimmered in the dark as though he was wise beyond his years.

“If he knows you’re here, he won’t let you leave…” the boy said.

Martin stole quick glances into the vast darkness before looking down at the little boy. There was no one here. There was nothing aside from the faint whispers that made his skin crawl.

“…Just like him.”

The boy pointed straight ahead.

The oldest Kratt turned to follow his gaze, and suddenly, he felt himself run cold. Almost frozen.

The quiet crying of a child rang out from the distance, from behind the red door that had appeared in the void. It was cracked open, scratched up, stained with even darker spots. But the door didn’t bother him as much as the crying did. It sounded familiar- disturbingly familiar. Like it was the crying of someone near and dear to him.

“Help me… Someone help me…!”

The cry for help was followed by the crack of a whip. And the pained screeching that followed broke his heart, twisted his gut so harshly he thought he tasted bile in his mouth. In the moment, he could have sworn that voice sounded like-

“Ronan…?”

“HELP ME…!”

“Ronan!”

The blond jolted up in his cot in a cold sweat, struggling to catch his breath. He felt like he had just come up for air after taking a dive into the deep waters of the ocean, no mask or oxygen handy. He ran his fingers through his hair, pulling slightly as though to confirm that this was reality. He was in bed. He was in the Tortuga, with his friends and his brother.

There was no red door.

There was no void.

There was no little boy.

Ronan was safe and sound at home.

Martin did his best to steady his breathing, to take deep breaths and calm himself. It wasn’t real. That dream wasn’t real…

But it felt real.

Just like all the others.

Martin glanced at the clock on his nightstand. It was only three o’clock in the morning. He looked around the small room he shared with his brother. The other man was fast asleep, turned over towards the wall. His jacket had been tossed onto the end of the bed. It must’ve gotten warm during the night. And yet, he was freezing as he slowly got himself out of bed. He rolled down his sleeves and put on a pair of socks, and he quietly left the room, leaving Chris to sleep.

The blond brother was wide awake now, cold and an awkward, damp feeling settling in under his armpits thanks to the sweat. He made his way to the commons area, walking around the platform in the middle towards Jimmy’s station. He grabbed a water bottle out of the pilot’s fridge, trying to ignore the chilly breeze of air as he closed it. He cracked the bottle open with his sleeve to quiet the sound, and he glanced around.

It was quiet, aside from the gentle hum of the screens around him. And it was dark. He was almost tempted to turn the lights on, but he didn’t want to wake the team. It was just unnerving, being in the dark after that dream. It was always unnerving after dreams like that. But he hadn’t had them in so long… Martin took a sip and sat down in the nearby hover chair.

He never thought he’d see that Godforsaken place again.

#r-u-having-fun-yet #wild kratts #wild kratts au #short fanfic #gray’s insidious kratts #insidious kratts au #chris kratt #martin kratt #insidious #i’ve had this in my drafts forever

[sabyfangirl16]

Chapter 5: Just Swim

Back at the Tortuga, everyone was busy with what they were doing, except something kept bothering them.

"...Argh," Aviva, who was tinkering with an invention, sighed as she turned from her station to face Koki. "How do you think Martin's holding up?"

Koki gave her a sad look. "Look, I feel bad too, but we need to give him time to deal with it."

"I know, it's just..." She looked away. "I wish there was a way we could help."

Koki got up from her seat and went over to place a gentle hand on her friend's shoulder. Their eyes met. "Me too." Aviva gave her a bittersweet smile.

All of a sudden, a loud ringing soud pierced the Tortuga. The girls jumped.

"Koki, what's that?" Koki dashed to the big screen, followed by Aviva.

"It's a call...from Martin!" Koki let out, a mixture of surprise and worry in her voice.

The first thing they were met with after answering the call was a desperate-

"Guys, you gotta help! Something horrible just happened!"

Aviva and Koki flinched. "Woah, Martin calm down, what happened?" Koki asked.

"I-It's Gourmand, he captured Chris and Emerald!" Martin managed through teary eyes.

"WHAT?!" Aviva and Koki let out simultaneously. "Is that the sea turtle you guys named?" Koki asked.

"Yeah, and Gourmand's planning to cook him for sure!" Martin let out with glassy eyes.

"This is bad, do you have an idea about where they could've gone?" Aviva asked with hopeful eyes.

"Yeah, it looked like they were heading East." Martin then looked away, a look of regret on his face. "Ah man, this is all my fault, if only I weren't so scared of swimming, maybe I could've-"

"Don't say that MK, none of what happened was your fault," Koki interrupted him, wearing a firm yet reassuring expression.

"We'll get Chris and Emerald back, we promise!" Aviva added, backing up her friend's words.

Martin gave a weak nod, pretending to be convinced, although deep down he wasn't. Guilt lingered within him.

"Koki you track Gourmand down, while I try to come up with a way to stop him," Aviva said, receiving a firm nod from Koki. "Hang tight Martin."

With that, the call came to an end, leaving an emotionally unstable Martin staring at his creature pod, all by himself. He looked out on the sea yet again, a heavy sigh escaping his chest...

He felt completely useless.

At the other side of the beach, a small restaurant connected to a boat could be seen on shore. Inside, Goumand was busy handling the heavy sea turtle by placing him on his shell on his kitchen counter. "You sure are heavy," he gritted his teeth, "I like it," he snickered.

"Gourmand, let that sea turtle go, he belongs living free and in the wild!" Chris let out angrily, he was at the entrance of the restaurant, hands behind his back and stuck to a bar thanks to Gourmand's unbelievably strong sticky dough.

"Oh can it already, I'm so sick of hearing you and your pasky brother talk about animals like that, argh!" Gourmand gave him a rather repelled look. "Oh, don't hurt the animals, oh, they deserve to be living free and in the wild," he said mockingly, before cracking into laughter which truly aggravated the green Kratt.

"You won't get away with this!" Chris growled, his response only arousing the chef's confidence.

"Oh yeah?" He started approaching him intimidatingly, Chris' eyes widening with fear, before coming to a stop just millimeters away from him. "First you'll watch me cook your turtle friend, then I'll take care of you," he cackled in front of his face, his tone growing dark and obscure.

Chris gulped, sweat running down his face. "M-Martin will stop you," he stammered.

"Hah! Blueberry? That's a good one," Gourmand laughed, "I know he won't be bothering me anytime soon since he's too scared to swim in the first place, hahaha!"

Chris could feel himself boiling up. "Don't you dare talk about my brother that way!"

"Oh give me a break," Gourmand simply walked off, ignoring his last sentence. "Soon, it'll be time to cook," he giggled, walking over to the back of his restaurant.

Chris looked at Emerald apologetically, seeing the call for help in his eyes.

"Oh Martin, where are you?" He looked longingly at the beach, hoping to spot his brother, hoping for help to come.

Sitting on the sand and with his face buried in his knees, Martin was staring at the sea, a lot of thoughts running through his mind. The scene from earlier kept replaying in his head. How Gourmand captured his brother and that innocent sea creature, how he let him get away with it, how he was too afraid to jump in and try to rescue them. He couldn't swim. He just couldn't. He was mentally scolding himself for it, but he just couldn't.

He sighed heavily. Fear. He already knew what it was, but how to overcome it, that was a different story.

Afraid of a little swim?

That phrase resonated in his ears. He was afraid, but he also wanted to help more than anything. "Argh, what am I gonna do?" He rubbed his face with utter frustration, feeling lost and hopeless.

Just then, he felt the sand beneath him starting to dissipate, as if scattering around, creating some sort of depth under his legs. Startled, he pushed away but enough to observe the scene; from the dispersing particles of sand, emerged what seemed to be...a flipper? But a tiny one.

Martin gasped as sudden realization hit him. "A small flipper popping out of the sand, this could only mean one thing!" With a squeal of excitement, he lay down on his stomach, his face resting in his crossed arms.

He was about to witness the miracle of life.

Through the sand, came out a small, precious, fragile baby sea turtle. Martin's eyes went wide with astonishment and emotiveness. "Wow."

The little fellow amphibious shook the sand off its miniscule head, before looking up to meet eyes with the Kratt in blue; he could see the innocence in its tiny black eyes.

"Hey," Martin greeted with a soft voice, "welcome to the world buddy." He wore a warm smile on his face. And before he knew it, another sea turtle appeared, then another, and another... Soon there were too many baby sea turtles to count, Martin laughing enthusiastically.

"Wow, look how many of you there are! You know, a mom sea turtle can lay just about one hundred eggs, that's impressive, so no wonder you come in big numbers," he said knowledgeably, watching as the newborns made their way to...sea.

Martin's face dropped. Of course, the sea.

He swallowed hard, before getting up to follow the crawling beings. "W-Wait are you guys sure about this?" He kept following them, step by step, then stopped all of a sudden when the water started brushing his toes. "Woah," he flinched.

He then looked back at the sea turtles to find them, not much to his surprise, heading straight for the water; they all dipped in, one sibling followed by the other, no-one left behind.

Throughout that spectacle, Martin couldn't help but admire their bravery and great instinct; the ability to jump right into the sea from the moment you were born.

"Amazing," he finally said, "they don't learn it, they don't think about it..." Slowly but surely, he marched closer and closer... "T-They just do it, they-" he was met with a feeble wave that hit him right in midbody, but instead of freaking out, he let it sink in, he allowed himself to face how he felt, he allowed himself to process how he felt. He didn't run away. He stood strong. "They just swim," he whispered. "THEY JUST SWIM!"

With that, he dove into the water and started swimming. He was actually swimming. Tears on his face mixed with sea water marked his happiness. He finally did it.

As his head popped out of the water, he was met by the baby turtles who were just starting to swim about. "Thanks guys," his tone was delicate and full of emotion. And now that he got his swimming mojo back, he knew what he had to do.

He took out his creature pod. "Calling Wild Kratts!"

On the screen, appeared Koki who had a concerned look on her face. "Martin, are you okay?"

"Hah, never been better," he chuckled.

As she got a better look at where he was precisely, she gasped. "You're swimming? That means you're not scared anymore, hooray!" she cheered, which made Martin rub the back of his neck, laughing timidly. "Aviva, come quick, you gotta see this!"

Within few seconds, Aviva stood next to Koki who was pointing excitedly at the screen. "What is it Koki?" As she looked at Martin, her eyes lit up. "Martin, you overcame your fear, that's awesome!" She jumped joyfully, clapping her hands like a five-year-old.

"Yep, and I'm more than ready to save Emerald and my bro!" Martin said, a determined look on his face. But then, as in sudden remembrance, he added, "And I think I know just the creature power that might help." He pointed the camera at the baby sea turtles, peacefully swimming around.

"Aww," the two girls cooed. "I see exactly what you mean!" Aviva said with a smug.

"Yeah, but don't we already have a sea turtle disc?" Koki asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Actually that was the Hawksbill sea turtle, but these ones are green sea turtles, and even though they belong to the same family, they all have different features." Martin then jumped in, putting his knowledge of zoology to the test. "The Hawksbill sea turtle's shell has serrated edges, with overlapping scutes, and their lower jaw is V-shaped, giving them a hawk-like appearance." As he spoke, there was a video of the mentioned species on the big screen. "As for the green sea turtle, it's the largest of all the hard-shelled sea turtles, even if it has a pretty small head." Another video played on the screen, this time it was one of a green sea turtle.

"Oh, I get it," Koki finally said, her hand on her chin.

"So if I modify the Hawksbill turtle suit by adding the green sea turtle's features, it might just cut it!" Aviva then rushed off to start working on the disc, feeling more inspired than ever.

"Then you better do it fast, because who knows how long Emerald can last at Gourmand's mercy," Martin said, before ending the call.

He looked up, contemplating his surroundings, a small smile creeping on his face, but it was soon replaced with a firm expression.

He was going to save them.

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[found-the-secrets-in-your-eyes]

being an older sibling is like. I watched you grow up. when did you get taller than me? I miss playing with you. are you too grown to play tag? I'm still 5 years old. you're almost a man. you have a girlfriend. you were scribbling yesterday. do you still make art? we used to watch wild kratts together. what do you like? I wish we still shared a bedroom. tell me about your day. I'm pushing you away but it's not your fault it's our parents. I'll teach you the rules of our family. what do you mean you didn't know? you're braver than I could ever be. are you still scared of bugs? I should stick around for you. I can't stay with this family. I know you miss me. there's nothing I can do about it. it's past your bed time. you haven't had a bed time in years. I'll help you with your homework. don't bother me. go away. stay here. watch wild kratts with me again.

[possums-are-awesome]

The Missing Mr. Stompy

(The villains were discussing yet another plan, they were okay with Dabio and Rex bringing Emily with them, they knew she wouldn't be too much of a bother.)

*Everything was great, until Emily started to cry.*

Emily:*cries*

Donita: Dabio, your daughters crying again, go check that out.

Dabio:*goes to check on Emily*

Rex: I hope she's alright..

Paisley: I bet she's fine..

*a few minutes later*

Donita: You're back already?! Emily's still crying!

Dabio: Uhh, where's her elephant..?

Rex: Her elephant's gone..?!

Dabio: I think..

Rex: Guys, that elephant is her favorite thing! If we don't find it, who knows how loud she's gonna get!

Emily:*starts throwing a HUGE baby tantrum*

Zach: *covers his ears* Agh! What was that!

Rex: That was Emily..!

Zach: Why is she screaming..?!

Rex: Her favorite toy, you know, the elephant..is GONE!

Zach: GONE?! She never looses that thing!

Rex: She's a baby, Zach! A baby!

Paisley: Let's just find the thing, okay?!

Rex: You're right, but who's gonna try and get Emily calmed down a little bit?

Dabio: I'll do it.

Rex: You sure?

Dabio: Yeah!

Rex: Alright!

*Dabio rushed to where Emily was while the other villains were looking for Mr. Stompy*

Rex:*looking* Where is it?!

Donita: This thing is hard to find!

*with Dabio*

Dabio:*holding Emily* Shh, shh... It's alright. *found her elephant pacifier* You want your paci? Is that what you want? * Put the pacifier in her mouth*

Emily:*sucked on it for a bit, but then began crying again with the pacifier in her mouth*

Dabio: Oh no..!

*almost half an hour later*

Gourmand: I swear, that thing could be anywhere..!

Zach: *thinks for a moment* What about those Wild Ratts?! Maybe they stole her elephant!

Donita: Yeah, They probably did!

Paisley: Let's get them!

*they arrived*

Paisley: Hello.

Martin: Paisley?! What are you doing here?!

Chris: Yeah! Is this another kidnapping?!

Paisley: We're on the search for a stuffed elephant. *glares at them* Do you have it..?

Martin: No..! We would never take something that isn't ours, unlike all of you..!

Rex: Shut up..!

Chris: What..? It's true!

Zach: Listen here, you Wild Ratts! We want that plushie back, now!

Chris: We didn't even steal it..!

Donita: Oh yeah? Prove it then!

Martin: *notices an animal holding the exact plushie Emily has* That animal has it! *points at it*

Gourmand: Get it!

Aviva: Stop right there, villains! *somehow snached Donita's posebeam and got them with it*

Chris: I don't think we can trust you guys enough to do this without harming the animal. Let us do it.

Zach: I mean, were pose beamed anyways..!

*The Kratt brothers then get the plushie back with out the animal being harmed.*

Aviva:*un pose beamed them* There.

Rex: *snatches it* Thanks! Emily needs this..fast!

Rex: *gives it back to Emily* There you go, honey.

Emily:*stops crying and giggles while hugging Mr. Stompy*

Donita: Aww!~ My little darlings happy now!~ yes, she is!~

*THE END*