Wild Kratts: Good and Evil

Care For A T-Bone? (Chap. 6)

          I don't really know what to say here so I'll just chant something random - USA USA USA USA!

          The Kratt Brothers quickly split up and approached Gourmand's truck. Chris came around the left side: where Gourmand and his kitchen were; and Martin came around to the right: where Gourmand had left his plans.

          Chris watched as Gourmand began picking out spices from different cabinets, the evil cook hummed to himself as he began to formulate a recipe. Chris listened carefully, and unstrapped his backpack from his back, laying it down next to him. The younger Kratt figured if Gourmand had a recipe, Chris would probably want to write it down; it could serve as hard evidence for the local authorities against Gourmand. Reaching into his (incredibly organized) backpack, Chris stopped short when he felt fur under his fingertips instead of a journal. A low growl emitted from the backpack and Chris all but shoved his face inside to confirm his fear. Oh no... He thought as, sure enough, he saw T-Bone growling up at him from the pits of his backpack.

          Chris looked around, and then back at T-Bone. He wrapped his arms around the Tasmanian Devil and pulled it out of his backpack; Chris had no idea how the T-Devil got in there, but he didn't have time to question it now. There were more important things to take care of. Chris peeked over the side of the truck so he could see past the bars that lined the pull-out restaurant to where Martin was inconspicuously reading the plans he'd stolen with an unreadable expression on his face. Chris tried to get Martin's attention but it was difficult to concentrate with T-Bone biting on his arm. To solve the problem, Chris shoved T-Bone back into his backpack, slung it over his shoulder, and snuck around to Martin's side of the truck. Tapping his brother on the shoulder to get his attention, Chris motioned to the huge rock formation on a hill that they'd been using previously. Martin jumped, a little startled by Chris's sudden appearance. But he nodded his head and the two made their way back up to their makeshift camp.

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          "Well?" Chris asked as soon as they were safely out of Gourmand's line of sight.

          "Well, what?" Martin replied.

          "Well, what did you discover to his plans, anything important?"

          "Oh! No, not really. I did, however, learn that he's inviting ALL the villains over to show off this time, including Paisley, unfortunately." Martin finished, a grim look etched onto his face.

        "Augh, just great. Now we have even more to worry about." Chris groaned, running a hand through his hair and then letting it travel back down to rest on his backpack.

          "What do you mean?" Martin asked, slightly concerned.

          "This is what I mean!" Chris said as he over-turned his backpack, letting the Tasmanian Devil within spill out onto the ground. 

          "..." Martin's eyes grew wide as T-Bone stared back at him. The older brother looked from Chris to T-Bone several times, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water. Finally, he found his voice. "WHAT IS T-BONE DOING HERE?!" Martin whispered in the loudest way possible, trying not to alert Gourmand about the Kratt brothers' whereabouts.

          "I HAVE NO IDEA!" Whispered Chris back, "I found him in my backpack, I have no clue how he got in!"

          Martin blinked, "Well, this might be an issue." He said slowly. 

          Chris nodded his head, "What do we do? We can't just leave a Tasmanian Devil on the African Savannah."

          "Well, I guess we take him with us then. We don't have any other options, Chris. The rest of the gang took the Tortuga out for a supply run." Martin said. "Since I'm going to be freeing Hyenas, you have to hold him."

          Chris groaned, but hesitantly agreed to hold T-Bone while Martin freed the animals.

          Something tells me this isn't going to end well...

          Well, would ya look at that, another chapter! Sorry if this one seemed short, I was writing it without inspiration so hopefully it isn't too horrible, it originally was going to be much longer. Oh well, guess you'll have to wait and see! 

          Keep on creature adventuring!~