The Forest Below

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The Wild Kratt crew were quietly playing a game of cards in the Tortuga. They had a long day of exploring the forest earlier in the day and decided to relax as the sun went down. 

"Go fish." Koki said calmly as Chris went to dig for another card. But before he could finish, a loud explosion was heard in the distance. The entire Kratt crew jolted up in shock. 

"Was that a meteor?" Koki said confused, but Aviva corrected her.

"If there was a meteor the Tortuga's scanner would have picked it up. And this part of the world rarely has natural earthquakes.... Hey, where's Chris and Martin?" Aviva responded to Koki, now confused on where the brothers had gone.

"Over here, Aviva!" The brothers responded to Aviva together, putting on there creature power suits. Koki and Aviva looked unimpressed to their eagerness to leave at such a late hour.

"Haven't you two ever heard of beauty sleep? It's nearly bed time and your getting ready to explore!" Koki told the brothers in a sassy tone.

"If there was an explosion, the local wild-life could be in danger. We need to investigate. The explosion couldn't have been more than a mile away." Chris responded.

"If you guys are coming, I should come too. Maybe a scientist could help figure out what caused the noise." Aviva responded to Chris as she stuffed a few random scientific instruments in her purse. 

Jimmy slowly got up from the couch yawning, "Koki and I can look after the Tortuga while you guys are gone." 

"Don't get into trouble you two!" Aviva said jokingly before following after Chris and Martin who were already walking out of the Tortuga. 

"Aviva... Look.." Martin said to Aviva as he and Chris stared off into the distance. A large pile of smoke was flowing around the crash site in the distance. It was no more than half a mile away.

They rushed to the crash site, which took about thirty minutes. The entire area was completely destroyed, fallen trees, ripped grass and smoke flowing from the crates surrounding them. 

"What could have caused all this...?" Martin said confused as he whipped the mud off one of the crates, which revealed galvanic text. 

Aviva chipped in, "I've never seen a language like that before. But some letters repeat so it's definitely a language of some kind."

"Well, why don't we find out what's in them?" Chris said eagerly before he lifted the top of one of the crates as Aviva shook her head in disbelief. 

Inside the crate Chris opened was a bunch of generic Galvan tech. Though unknown to the Kratts, this particular crate was filled with outdated Galvan military technology, including the Ultimatrix that was being sent for disposal. "Uh... Aviva. I think this is more something for you." Chris said confused.

Aviva walked over to investigate and gasped looking at all the technology. "What IS this stuff...? I've never seen anything like it!" Aviva responded to Chris's confusion, now as confused as he was. "We should gather this stuff until we can figure out what it does, I'm going to call Koki." Aviva told the boys as she opened her flip phone and began dialing.

Chris and Martin shook their heads and began loading as much technology as they could, including the deactivated Ultimatrix. The technology was surprisingly light-weight despite the metallic material due to being constructed of alien minerals. 

After Aviva finished the call with Koki the group walked back to the Tortuga.


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