Chapter 4:

With Martin:

After the call from Sebastian Martin left in the Createrra, he needed to clear his head. He drove around aimlessly, he couldn't get the image of Chris' face out of his head, or Sebastian's smug smile knowing Martin would agree to anything if it meant it could save Chris' life! He hated to give Sebastian what he wanted, but he had no choice if he didn't Chris would be killed and he wouldn't let that happen! He wished there was another way; innocent animals were going to get hurt because of him just like Chris had! He slammed his hand on the steering wheel when his Creature pod beeped, he took it out and looked at it seeing it was the Tortuga he ignored the call and tossed it onto the passenger's seat. He drove around anxiously waiting for Sebastian to send him the co-ordinates and ignoring the Tortuga's calls. 20 minute's later his Creature pod beeped again this time it was from Sebastian, he looked at it before he tossed it onto the dash; he quickly did a U-turn and raced to where Sebastian and Chris waited.

With The Team:

While Koki and Jimmy worked on trying to figure out where the signal from Sebastian's jet was coming from, Aviva tried calling Martin. She hoped he'd answer so she could tell him about the signal, but like she knew he didn't pick up. 20 minute's later Koki was getting frustrated at being unable to get a lock on the location; the signal too weak. She was almost ready to give up when she finally got its location.

"I GOT IT!" She yelled excitedly, as Aviva and Jimmy quickly joined her.

"You got his location?" Jimmy asked smiling.

"Yep! Should we tell Martin?" Koki asked.

"Umm…no, he's not answering my calls." Aviva said sadly.

"So…what do we do then?" Jimmy asked.

"We…we go ourselves!" Aviva answered.

"What? Are you insane?" Koki asked.

"It's too dangerous!" Jimmy added.

"Look, we know Sebastian's taken Chris to meet up with Martin so he isn't there! The guy's need us whether or not they know about it, they do so much for everyone; including us its our turn now to help them!"

"Aviva's right! Come on JZ, we can save the cats and be out of there before anyone knows we were there!" Koki added.

"Okay, okay…let's go! How do I get dragged into these thing's?" Jimmy asked as they began to get ready to go.

With The Brothers:

After arriving at the meeting spot Sebastian parked the jeep, got out and smiling opened Chris' door before he pulled him out still tied up causing Chris to stumble and fall. Sebastian picked him up and stood him on his feet, Chris realized that they were standing at the ledge of a cliff he looked over the edge; it was a long way down to the water below, and the water looked rough! Sebastian placed Chris close to the edge before he backed away and stood off to the side behind a tree to wait for Martin's arrival. Chris watched as Sebastian sent Martin their co-ordinates, once done Sebastian leaned against a tree.

"Soon Martin will be here and once again we'll be reunited…the Unstoppable Trio together again!" Sebastian said smiling.

"You won't get away with this Sebastian!" Chris said angrily.

"You won't get away with this Sebastian!" Sebastian mocked. "Please spare me your good guy speech, I feel like I'm in some stupid Superhero movie!"

"You know Sebastian I'm going to enjoy watching you fail again! You're pretty good at it!" Chris mocked.

"Oh, but I'm afraid that this time I'll get the last laugh! This time the mighty Wild Kratts lose!" Sebastian said smiling.

Chris had no time to say anything as the sound of a vehicle approaching was heard; soon Martin pulled up and parked.

With The Team:

After finding the jet's location Koki sent the co-ordinates to their Creature pod's before they quickly left. Aviva drove to the jet, stopping a short distance away from it to avoid being spotted. They parked and got out deciding to go in on foot, it would be easier to hide that way. After a 10 minute walk they made it to the jet, they hid in some bushes and checked the area, but found no sign of Sebastian. They snuck closer to the jet and found a vent in the back, so they carefully undid it before they snuck on board. They had no idea where to go, but decided to follow the vents until they found something that would tell them they were going in the right direction. After crawling through the vent for a few minute's they found themselves in a room full of computers and other electrical equipment and decided to get out in there. Once all three were in the room they looked around and smiled realizing they had found the control room. Koki went to the main computer and sat down, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to access anything there might be a password or some other block on it, noticing her hesitation Aviva spoke.

"Can you work it?" Aviva asked nervously.

"I can work it…but if its password protected it might cause us problem's!" Koki said.

"If he's hidden, and has both brothers with him why would he need to put a password on his computer?" Jimmy asked.

"Good point JZ!" Koki said as she quickly got to work, a few second's later the computer came to life. "We're in! Now what?"

"Access the layout of the jet, maybe we can figure out where he's holding the cats?"

"I'm on it Aviva!" Koki answered smiling as began typing again.

15 minute's later they were headed back through the jet, having figured out the cats were held in a special room in the cargo hold. They made it to the room and their luck ran out when they realized this room needed a code to get in; Jimmy leaned against the wall and sighed as he spoke about the roadblock.

"Now what?" He asked frustrated.

"We didn't come this far to stop now!" Aviva began. "There has to be a way to bypass the code!"

"I might be able to do it manually from the control room?" Koki said.

"Okay, you go back to the control room and try we'll wait here for your signal!" Aviva said as Koki left quickly, Jimmy wished he was back at the Tortuga he spoke.

"Now we wait?" He asked nervously.

"Now we wait!" Aviva answered.

Koki raced to the control room and quickly rushed to the computer, she hoped she could override the lock, but her gut was telling her it wouldn't be easy to do! After checking the security program, she discovered the only way to get into the room was to cut the power to the entire jet and go into the room manually. Doing that would give them only a small timeframe to open the door, unlock the cage's, and get everyone off the jet before the door's shut unable to be opened again without the override code for the jet. It was risky and there was a chance something could go wrong, but it was the only option they had! She used her Creature pod to call Aviva and Jimmy, she told them about the problem and they all agreed to try it, Koki would wait in the control room as long as she could before making her escape. She wished them luck then ended the call and took a deep breath before she cut the power to the jet sending them into complete darkness.

Once the power was cut they were surrounded by complete darkness, until second's later the alarm sounded and the generator kicked in, the light was dim, but it was enough for them to be able to see what they were doing. Once the generator kicked on Aviva and Jimmy forced open the door, and got inside and using the extra light from their pod's they quickly found the key's and split up unlocking the cage's. They opened them and quickly herded the cats out into the hall, before they all ran to the main door's. They chased the cats outside just as the doors began to shut, Aviva spotted a Cheetah heading back towards the hallway and told Jimmy to get out she'd get the Cheetah. He refused to go so she pushed him out, before going back for the Cheetah, she managed to get its attention distracting it and getting it to turn around and head back for the doors. The door continued to close, but the Cheetah stopped and wouldn't leave the jet Aviva was scared they'd get trapped inside. She began looking around for something to use to scare the cat outside when suddenly from the other side of the doors another Cheetah roared catching the attention of the Cheetah inside. The cat wasted no time running outside with Aviva right behind it both making their escape just as the door finally shut. She stood up and saw all the cats running off in different direction's and smiled, suddenly she heard her name being called she turned around and saw Koki and Jimmy running towards her she smiled and rushed to them, meeting them halfway they hugged her tightly.

"Did you get all the cats out?" Koki asked.

"Yeah, they're all out! I almost got locked in, I went after a confused Cheetah, but thankfully it heard its mate and took off outside!" Aviva answered.

"We did it! We actually did it!" Jimmy said smiling.

"Come on let's get back to the Tortuga and see if we can help the guy's some more? Let's put an end to Sebastian once and for all!" Aviva said smiling as they rushed back to their jeep.

With The Brothers:

After parking Martin got out and saw Chris tied up standing near a ledge, Sebastian wasn't in sight, but that didn't mean he wasn't hiding close by.

"CHRIS!" Martin yelled as he rushed to his brother.

"That's close enough Martin!" Sebastian said as he came out of hiding.

"I knew you were lurking around here somewhere Sebastian!" Martin said as Sebastian got closer. "You know Sebastian you've made two mistakes already!"

"Really? What are they?"

"The first was coming back!" Martin answered.

"The second?" Sebastian asked smiling.

"Taking my brother again!"

"Marty why do we have to keep playing these games?" Sebastian asked sighing.

"Don't call me that!" Martin demanded.

"You know Marty, I've forgotten how much fun it is having the three of us together! Aren't you two having fun?" Sebastian mocked ignoring Martin.

"Enough Sebastian! I agreed to your terms, now release Chris like you agreed!" Martin demanded. "Let my brother go!"

"Ah…yes, our little agreement! I' am a man of my word and I did say I'd release him to you alive didn't I?" Sebastian said as he walked up to Chris smiling, Chris looked at him before he looked over his shoulder at Martin fear all over his face Martin spoke.

"So release him!" Martin ordered.

"As you wish!" Sebastian said as he pushed Chris over the edge.

"CHRIS!" Martin yelled as he ran towards the edge catching Sebastian by surprise knocking them both into the water below.

After hitting the water Martin quickly surfaced and looked around for any sign of his brother knowing Chris still had his hand's and feet tied together. Suddenly on his right he saw a familiar head surface before going back under only to surface once more, Chris struggled to stay afloat, but being tied up made it difficult. Martin swam towards him just as he went under again; he reached down and pulled him up dragging him towards a nearby rock in the water. Chris coughed and tried to catch his breath while Martin positioned him on the rock enough he wouldn't go under again when Martin let him go.

"You okay? Are you hurt?" Martin asked.

"I'm…I'm okay! Where's…Sebastian?" Chris asked between coughs.

"I don't know, but we need to get…" Martin was cut off by Sebastian grabbing him from behind and he pulled him backwards in to the water.

"MARTIN!" Chris yelled, he could only watch helplessly as Sebastian tried to drown Martin, but Martin fought back and managed to knock him off and swim back to Chris.

Once back with Chris Martin wasted no time grabbing him and swam him back to the shore. When they reached the shore Martin pulled him away from the water and untied Chris' hands first before freeing his feet, Martin's back was to the water so he never saw Sebastian come up behind him, but Chris did and tried to warn him.

"Martin behind you!" Chris said just as Sebastian grabbed Martin pulling him back into the water, Chris got up and raced back into the water to help. "Get off him you freak! Leave him alone!" Chris yelled as he pulled Sebastian off Martin.

Martin quickly surfaced and took deep breaths, Sebastian fought with Chris quickly getting the better of an exhausted Chris. Chris fought him off as long as he could, but he could feel his strength going and when he swung at Sebastian and missed Sebastian took advantage of it and swung connecting with Chris' face knocking him backwards into the water. Sebastian grabbed him and went to hit him again, but was stopped by Martin, Chris swam to another rock and clung to it feeling helpless as he watched his brother fight Sebastian. Martin was growing weaker and Chris watched as Martin tried to get Sebastian off him, but couldn't as he watched he noticed something floating near him. Holding onto the rock with one arm he reached out to whatever it was with his other hand, he tried three times to reach it but it was just out of his grasp. He hung his head frustrated, he needed to get whatever the thing was it could save their lives so he tried again and finally reached it! As he starred at the object in his hand's he was shocked, but happy to realize it was Martin's Creature pod! Then the thought hit him…what if it didn't work from being in the water? He looked at Martin and saw Sebastian hit him and knew he had to try at least! He turned it on, but nothing happened, he hung his head defeated until suddenly he heard Aviva's voice between the static he was so happy he almost dropped it back into the water, he quickly spoke to her about their situation.

"Aviva can you hear me?"

"Yeah Chris we hear you! Are you okay? Where's Martin?" She answered.

"With me! Listen can…can you get a lock on our location?"

"Just a second…yes we have it! We're on our way, we're close by hang on guys!"

"Hurry Aviva please!" Chris said ending the call. "The team's on their way in the Tortuga Martin!" Chris called out to his brother.

"You hear that Sebastian? You lose again!" Martin said smiling as he punched him in the face knocking him backwards into the water. "You'll always be a loser!" Martin mocked.

Before Sebastian could answer the Tortuga arrived causing a small wind to stir up the water making it hard to see anything both Martin and Chris turned their head's away. Once they landed Chris began to swim towards the shore, Martin looked around for Sebastian, but couldn't see him anywhere. He swam out further to try and find him, he was nowhere to be found. He was gone again, Martin hit the water angrily he heard his name being called and made his way back to the other's, he refused to let anyone touch him as got out of the water and passed them. He took Chris from Jimmy and helped him onto the Tortuga taking him to the control room, he got him comfortable on the couch before he went to their room while Aviva took care of Chris' injuries.

Later That Evening:

A few hour's later after both brothers had showered, changed, and had their wounds tended to by Aviva, Martin sat outside alone starring at the sky lost in his thoughts. He had refused to talk about what happened with the others and they were worried about him, Chris had been resting in their room since they were rescued and didn't know about Martin. Aviva, Koki and Jimmy stood watching Martin from the window all of them lost in their thought's about him when Chris joined them, seeing them he spoke.

"What's going on?"

"Chris? What are you doing up? You should be resting!" Aviva said as she helped him to the window, he looked out and sighed seeing Martin he felt her put a hand on his back.

"How long has he been like that?"

"He's been out there since you guy's got back. I fixed him up and tried to talk to him, but he refused and walked out!" Aviva answered sadly.

"I'll go talk to him!" Chris said as he slowly made his way to the door.

The night was quiet, the air cool with the approach of a storm he sighed as he spoke without turning around to face the person who had just joined him.

"You should be resting!"

"I'll rest later." Chris answered as he sat beside him wincing a little from the movement of his ribs. "I thought you could use some company?"

"Did they send you out to talk to me?" Martin asked smiling sadly at him.

"They're worried about you!" Chris answered. "So am I!"

"Well don't! I'm fine!" Martin answered.

"Martin you can fool the others, but I'm your brother I know you're lying!"

"No, I'm not!" Martin said a little angry.

"Yes you are! Talk to me Martin?" Chris said touching Martin's shoulder.

"Fine! You want to talk…let's talk! You want to talk about how I was an idiot year's ago and let Sebastian fool me? Or how about how I failed you as a brother, not once, but twice now? I know let's talk about how I let him get away again?" Martin said upset as he stood and paced, Chris watched him in silence for a few seconds before he spoke.

"Martin I…"

"Save it Chris! I've heard it all before, it change's nothing!" Martin said cutting him off as he continued to pace. "I don't need another pep talk okay?"

"What do you want then?" Chris asked as he stood ignoring the pain. "You want me to agree with you? Blame you for what happened? Hate you?" Chris demanded upset.

"Yes! I do!" Martin answered not looking at him.

"I won't!"

"Why? Why not Chris? I let this happen!" Martin yelled finally looking at him.

"Martin Kratt you listen to me!" Chris began as he walked up to him. "You don't want to hear this, but it's the truth! You. Didn't. Do. Any. Of. This!" Chris said upset purposely pronouncing the last six words to get his point across to Martin.

"You're right Chris!" Martin said.

"I' am?"

"Yeah! I don't want to hear it!" Martin answered as he turned to walk away.

"You walk away from me you let Sebastian win!" Chris yelled, Martin stopped, but didn't turn around. "Martin please tell me what I can do to help you?"

"Make the hurt and guilt go away Chris!" Martin whispered as he closed his eyes his tear's falling silently, he felt Chris' arms go around him and at first he didn't move. When he felt Chris' hug grow tighter Martin hugged him back clinging to him as if he'd never see him again and they cried together letting out all their hurt and anger.

"Martin I love you, you're my brother and nothing could make me hate you! I know you blame yourself, but you shouldn't; put the blame where it belongs…with Sebastian! Martin he had me fooled back then too, I only figured it out because I…"

"You were what?" Martin asked when Chris trailed off, they both sat.

"I…I was jealous! It had always been you and me and then Sebastian came along and I felt like you were replacing me with him!" Chris answered, Martin began to laugh, Chris was shocked and spoke. "What's so funny?"

"You! Your jealousy is funny!" Martin said between laughs.

"Why is that so funny?" Chris asked a little hurt by Martin's reaction.

"Its funny because I could never replace you! Chris you're my brother, my best friend and no one could take your place!" Martin said putting a hand on his shoulder and squeezed gently. "I just feel like I failed to protect you, I'm older its my responsibility to keep you safe and I didn't!" Martin said sighing.

"Martin you're wrong! You saved my life twice, you never failed me, I'll always be grateful for what you've done for me!" Chris said gently.

"It'll take time, but I guess I can forgive myself one day!" Martin said.

"Good!" Chris said wincing as he stood. "I'm too old for this crap!"

"What? Being a Creature Adventurer or getting your butt kicked?" Martin asked smirking as he stood too. "Hey, maybe Aviva can invent you a high-tech wheelchair old man!" Martin teased as he laughed.

"Ha, ha funny guy! You're older then me, or did you forget? Memory loss is common in old age you know!" Chris said laughing.

"This old man can still beat you in a race! Anytime, anywhere!" Martin replied as they went back into the Tortuga and joined the others in the control room.

"You're on! As soon as I'm better we race!" Chris agreed.

"I guess Chris' little talk worked huh?" Koki asked Aviva smiling as they watched the brothers mock arguing, dragging Jimmy into it, Aviva nodded Koki left and joined the conversation. As Aviva stood watching them she knew in her heart that the brothers both would be fine; they always were because they had each other and in the end that's all that really mattered! The brothers shared a bond that nothing or no one could destroy and as long as they had each other they could face anything and beat it every time!

THE END!