Wild Kratts - ONE SHOTS

Sleepy Kratts

Summary: Just a pair of Kratts who need to sleep urgently.

It was another day at the Tortuga. The team was doing its usual tasks while the brothers were out creature adventuring.

Still working, Aviva decided to stop and turned to call her friend, "Hey, Koki!"

The mechanic turned around. "What is it, Aviva?"

"How long have the bros been out there?" she asked.

Koki looked pensive for a moment. "Hmm, it's been hours." She looked at her curiously. "Why are you asking?"

The bright look on Aviva's face turned somewhat concerned. "Well... Didn't you notice anything strange about them during these last few days?"

Koki raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"You know..." She looked around for a bit, and spoke in a very hushed tone, enough to be heard by Koki though, "Remember when they said they were going to do a challenge?"

It didn't take long for Koki to catch up, as she nodded her head understandingly. "Oh, you mean the one where they wanna find out how many days they can go on creature adventuring without getting any rest or sleep?" she said as though it were a laughing matter.

Aviva looked at her very seriously. "I don't think they were joking."

Koki's expression shifted. "Oh come on, Aviva. You don't really think the bros would do something like that?"

Aviva bit her lower lip.

Just then, they heard the automatic door open, followed by footsteps.

"We're back!" they heard two familiar voices, looking up to find none other than the guys in green and blue themselves.

They both walked in, some would say dragged their feet, and dropped their bags near the center table.

As they did so, the girls were observing their appearance and every movement; there were visible heavy, dark bags under their blood-shot eyes, it was impossible to miss. They could also tell they weren't as energetic as they usual, they were too weary to do anything. The girls were surprised they hadn't passed out already.

"Umm, bros?" Koki called out, taking a few seconds for the brothers to register that their names were being called before turning to her. They tried smiling but it seemed that even that was a whole task of its own.

"So... Are you guys done for the day?" she faked a smile, hopeful on the inside.

The question caught their breaths. "Done? No way!" Martin let out, not meaning to sound as loud as he did; the girls could sense some irritability.

"We just spotted a group of proboscis monkeys, and we can't afford to lose them!" Chris added in turn, although his determination didn't match the look of exhaustion on his face.

The girls exchanged concerned expressions.

"When was the last time you two slept?" Aviva reluctantly asked, part of her already knowing the answer.

"Sleep? Who needs sleep when you can be out creature adventuring?" Martin mused, completely oblivious to how awfully concerning his words sounded.

Aviva and Koki's eyes widened, before looking at each other.

"Come on, bro. Let's go gear up and head back out there!" Chris urged, earning a weak nod from the Kratt in blue as they made their way to the garage.

Once they were completely out of sight, the girls turned to look at each other with alarmed expressions.