Rayman Legends Adventures in The Rescuers Down Under/Script

"C'mon, everyone," James warned the family and friends, getting them ready to board off the plane and find a place to stay.
"Cynthia, did your teacher had a place for us to stay," Elizabeth asked.
Cynthia took out the paper from school. "Yes, we can live in this free rental shack that no one lives in. It'll be next to this woman who lives with her son, Cody."
"Great," Martin said.
Cynthia, Scamp, Angel, James, Elizabeth, Martin, Teresa and Penny caught their facts, got passports since they were visiting this new atmosphere and went to find the woman who had a shack big enough for them all to fit into. Junior looked around as he was carried and slowly awakened.
"Hey, buddy," Cynthia grinned to her baby brother, "we're in Australia......did you say 'Australia'?"
"Cynthia, that's too complicated for him to say," Elizabeth chuckled a little.
"She has a good point," Angel said.
Cynthia pouted.
"C-C-C..." Junior spoke again.
Cynthia's eyes widened. "Yes? Go ahead!"
Junior kept fighting, but said something else again. "Milk!"
Elizabeth chuckled. "I'll give you some once we're settled in, darling."
Cynthia sighed. "C'mon, Junior...where are you going to say my name? You can say Scamp and Angel's names!"
"Just give him time, one day he'll say your name," Martin said.
"Perhaps you're right...." Cynthia said softly, she knew she wouldn't rush him, but she really wanted him to say her name more than the typical 'Mama' 'Dada' stuff like James and Elizabeth had wanted.
After a while of walking, they eventually came up the shack.
"There it is," Penny pointed for everyone, "let's go!"
"A cool shack," Martin said.
A woman with short light brown hair in a light blue dress with a white apron came out, drying her hands with a cloth. "Oh, are you the new ones?"
"Yes, I won the school contest to stay here," Cynthia responded with a grin.
"Nice to meet you all," the woman grinned, "I hope you like your stay here...a bit hot for certain people. Unfortunately, there's no air conditioning..."
"Great," Teresa sounded miserable.
"We'll try to enjoy it as much as we can, ma'am," Martin said politely while bowing.
"Very kind of you," the woman grinned, "oh, where are my manners? My name's Carla Shelia Ryen."
"Pleasure to meet you, my name's Martin," Martin said.
"Nice to meet you, boy," Carla grinned.
Everyone else introduced themselves to the Australian woman.
"What have you done," Elizabeth asked politely.
"Oh, just a matchmaker," Carla replied, explaining, "my husband was one of the rangers...my son Cody tends to roam. He's home-schooled, where I take care of him and he tends to hang out with animals."
Penny looked interested in the animals a bit. Angel and Scamp grinned as well, they could make new friends here as well like the humans with other humans.
"Then where is Cody, anyhow," Martin asked.
"Probably sleeping again..." Carla shook her head with a grin, but called out Cody's name.
"Yes, Mum," a voice was heard from a room far away.
"Get out there and say hi to some new friends," Carla called back.
"Uhh...alright," the boy's voice said again.
"It looks like he's either just woken up or he's going to be in a hurry to go somewhere," Martin said.
"Cody's always like this......would you like me to show you around," Carla offered.
"We will," Elizabeth said, "although I'm not sure about the children and the puppies...they might get bored."
"Don't be serious, but..." Cynthia said softly.
Carla chuckled. "Alright, you guys can hang out with Cody while I take care of his parents."
"Alright, Mrs. Ryen," Teresa grinned a little.
"Yes," Martin said.
Cody was getting his red orange shirt on, but caught a backpack, seeing the company. "Oh...umm...hi..."
Penny looked to him, very interested. "Hi...I'm Penny..."
Cody grinned to her, shaking her hand as he gave his name. Penny drew her hand back with a sheepish chuckle.
"I'm going to show Mr. and Mrs. Brown everything, Cody, why don't you play with your new friends," Carla suggested.
"Alright, Mum, I'll see you at dinner," Cody grinned, eager to go off with these new friends.
"Well, where should we go to play," Martin asked.
"C'mon, I'll show you," Cody said to them, but walked away, catching his straps tight.
Teresa, Martin, Cynthia, Scamp, Angel and Penny followed him.
"Even the dogs are emotional," James chuckled.
Elizabeth grinned as they followed Darla while Cody would be with the others.
'I feel like this isn't going to be a game, but the beginning of a new adventure,' Martin thought while they were following Cody.
Scamp and Angel followed.
Cody grinned. "Cool dogs."
"Thank you," Cynthia grinned at him.
"Yes, thank you," Martin said.
"Hurry up, wombats," Cody warned the animals of the Australian jungle.
The wombats seemed to listen to Cody as they came out from underground. There was a male kangaroo looking around and saw Cody like he had been expecting him.
"Faloo, what is this," Cody asked him, actually speaking with the kangaroo.
"It's a golden eagle named Marahute," the kangaroo warned him, "you've never met her."
"What just happened to her," Martin asked the kangaroo.
"It's about her eggs," Faloo said, he didn't seem surprised that humans could speak with him.
This brought back memories for Penny as she was on the news after her adoption, she knew mice could speak to her and she spoke back, but nobody but her family believed her.
"Well, where is she now," Martin asked.
"She's an eagle, Martin, she's probably in her nest right now," Cynthia said.
"Come with me, follow us as fast as you can," Faloo warned the other children and puppies before he jumped away with Cody.
"Here...you can sit with me....." Cody grinned to Cynthia, not knowing that she liked Martin and the feeling was mutual.
"Um, thanks, boy..." Cynthia shrugged, but decided to sit with Cody, wrapping her arms around his waist to keep on tightly.
"Can't we assemble your bag," Penny asked.
"He's a male kangaroo, Penny, they don't have bags," Teresa corrected the girl gently.
"Yes, if I were a kangaroo woman, but we could travel in a bag," Martin said.
"Yes, I'm sorry, folks," Faloo warned them.
"Oh, alright, now..." Penny understood now.
"Try to keep up," Cody warned his human friends.
Then Faloo started to jump around to take Cody and them to Marahute.
"I wish we had legs like them," Scamp shivered as he ran with Angel.
Martin was running the most, but then he could make sure that Cody didn't try anything with Cynthia. Penny looked to Cynthia, she was hoping that Cynthia wouldn't change her mind about liking Martin since it seemed that Cody liked her. And where Cynthia hadn't changed her mind about liking Martin, even if she was riding on Faloo with Cody. Teresa, Martin, Cynthia, Penny and the puppies looked around as they kept going to find the golden eagle they had heard about.
'I hope the eagle is close past,' Martin thought, 'and that Cody won't try anything with Cynthia.'
"She's on top of that ridge," Faloo showed the children and puppies, "be careful, little friends."
"Well, let's go upstairs," Martin said while looking up.
Scamp blinked.
"Do you think we can go up there with them," Angel asked her mate hesitantly.
"Why don't I stay here with you," Teresa suggested, she was afraid of heights.
"That sounds like a safe idea for you three," Martin said as he began to start climbing.
Penny, who had become braver since her first adventure with Teresa and Martin, was willing to climb with them. "I'll go with you."
"You could get hurt, boy," Cynthia said to the younger girl.
"I think I can do that, I can face Madame Medusa, I can face anything," Penny nodded firmly, looking very serious.
"Alright, just be careful," Cody warned her before they started climbing.
As they were climbing higher and higher, it began to look eerie if they fell, where they had to make sure they wouldn't fall. Cody tried to make sure they wouldn't fall, mostly Cynthia. They were almost there. Once they got up completely, they ended up together in a giant nest. There was a sleeping golden eagle in front of them, but she awakened and screeched to them in alarm. She was trapped in a net and thought that they were poachers and going to hurt her.
"Calm down, calm down, we're not going to hurt you..." Cody tried to soothe the big bird. "We're not going to hurt you...atta girl...stay silent," he stroked her feathers, but took out a knife which frightened Marahute again, "please, wait, I'm here to help you!"
"Calm down, we're here to help you free yourself," Martin said, trying to calm the eagle down.
The eagle tried to keep calm as Cody cut the ropes.
"Cody, are you sure you should be doing that," Penny asked a little hesitantly.
"Don't worry, I do that all the time," Cody assured her.
"Yes," Martin and Cynthia asked at the same time.
"Yes, I learned that from my dad," Cody explained once he completely got the eagle to be free and he cheered for her.
'I hope they don't defeat us,' Cynthia thought.
Marahute did a fast fly, but she grinned to Cody. He had earned her trust.
Cody grinned back, but looked at the rather large eggs. "Are these your eggs?"
Marahute happily nodded.
"Great, you're a mum," Cody grinned, "where's the daddy eagle?"
Marahute looked down mournfully.
"Oh, I'm sorry..." Cody soothed, "my dad's gone as well."
"We're very sorry for your loss," Martin said to the eagle.
The eagle gently nuzzled with Martin.
Cody grinned. "I think she likes you."
"I like her as well," Martin said, while petting Marahute.
Marahute screeched a little, letting her wings down.
"I think she wants us to go for a walk," Cynthia guessed.
Marahute seemed to have nodded.
"Alright, I guess we're going to fly an eagle today," Penny said, a little surprised.
'This is going to be fun,' Martin thought.
Everyone carefully got onto Marahute with Cody and the eagle decided to fly them since the eggs would keep warm enough for now and wouldn't be expected to hatch too soon. And where this was emotional for all the children, since none of them had ever flown before, except in a plane. Cynthia was a little hesitant. Cody looked to her and held her. Cynthia blinked, but sighed, she wanted to be held by Martin, not by this boy they all just met. Marahute flew them around, doing all sorts of tricks with the children. Cynthia was able to slip out of Cody's grip for Martin to hold her and which he did so.
"I have you, Cynthia," Martin said.
Cynthia blinked, taking a deep breath to control herself dinner and wiped her forehead. This was the most emotional fact to happen to all of the children since ever.
Marahute did more tricks, but took the children back to her nest, grinning down to them.
"Thanks for the walk," Penny chuckled, flattening her hair, "this is great!"
"I've never done anything like this in my life," Cynthia added, straightening her bandana and tying it back on her head.
Cody smirked. "I'm glad I was able to help."
"Thank you for bringing us here to meet Marahute," Martin said to Cody.
"Sure, it was my job, plus you should get to know her," Cody grinned, "better go meet your dogs and FRIENDS."
"Teresa must be concerned," Penny nodded in agreement.
"Yes," Martin agreed.
The others met up with Teresa, Scamp and Angel.
"Here you are..." Angel nuzzled against Cynthia, "we were concerned sick!"
"Well, especially Teresa," Scamp admitted.
"Is it time for lunch yet," Teresa asked, a little hungry.
"It should be by now, come with me," Cody took them down a road to get them HOME.
"It's perfect," Martin said.
The children and dogs were on their road, until there was a squeaky cry for help.
Cody looked ahead and saw a mouse dangling from a vine, tied with a string and bell. "Oh, dear...we can't leave the little guy like that."
"Go help him," Teresa warned him.
Cody nodded, but came to the mouse with his new friends.
"Hello, man, what just happened to you," Martin asked the mouse.
The mouse fought as Cody tried to help him.  The mouse seemed as though he didn't want to be saved.
Scamp sniffed something odd.  "Angel, get back," he bit onto her new collar, pulling her back against the bushes, but went to help the children, but they had fallen through what looked like a Burmese trap.  They were lower underground now.
"Are you alright," the mouse asked them.
"Yes, we think so..." Penny rubbed her head, looking up to the mouse.
"Okey-dokey," the mouse said, but scattered off swiftly.
"Hey, come back," Cody yelled.
"Come back," Martin yelled.
Cody tried to climb up and get them out, but he fell back with the debris crushing on him, but luckily, no one was hurt. Scamp and Angel came to the edge, grinning.
"Don't worry, he's going to help you," Scamp assured them.
The mouse grinned, coming back with a long root for him to catch hold of where he could pull them in.  "Here you go, catch it!"
"This is great," Cody beamed, "c'mon, guys, it's time to climb!"
"Yes," Martin agreed.
The mouse grinned down to them, but then, there was a rumbling sound.  There was a giant vehicle coming up, but the root snapped, making Cody fall back and the mouse hid in the boy's shirt.  There was a green goanna that came to him and hissed to him, looking aggressive. Angel and Scamp came to the reptile/amphibian and growled at it.
"Well, Johanna, what have we done today," a dark, yet familiar voice to Cynthia called to the goanna.
Martin became protective as soon as he heard the dark voice.
"A dingo," the voice continued, but it was a man with a fedora, vest and a gun, "a fat old wild boar or a nice big…boys and girls," before seeing Cody, Penny, Teresa, Martin and Cynthia.
Angel sniffed at the man, he seemed familiar to her as well somehow.
Johanna snarled at the children as her master kicked her for digging holes again.
"It's a trap and poaching's against the law," Cody informed this man.
"Yes," Martin added.
"Trap," the man tipped his hat, "where'd you get such an idea like that?  You've been in this hole too long…" before handing over his gun, the children flinched at first, but they saw he was handing it for them to catch hold of and pull them out, "well, c'mon, hold a handle..."
One by one, the children caught hold as they were pulled out and back onto the surface.
"We'll pull you out of this little lizard hole and you can run along the house," the man warned them.
"This is a poaching trap," Cody frowned at the man.
"And you're a poacher," Penny added in equal frustration.
The goanna tackled on Cody and tried to bite his backpack to get something, almost shaking the boy.
"Leave him alone," Martin said as he hit the goanna on the head.
The man had fallen in the hole, but tried to get himself back and threatened to murder his pet goanna for making him fall.  He pulled his gun out to shoot her, but as Johanna kept trying to dodge the bullet, he looked ahead and noticed something on Cody's backpack.  It was one of Marahute's golden feathers.
"Good girl, Johanna," the man smirked as he picked Cody up by his backpack, "warn me, where'd you get this beautiful feather, children?"
"Hey, put him down," Penny looked frustrated.
"That was a gift....." Cody didn't exactly lie about the feather.
"Oh, that's very nice," the man smirked darkly, "who gave this to you?"
Then Martin stepped on the evil man's foot really hard. "It's none of your business, mister," he retorted.
The man growled as he incidentally dropped Cody, but Cynthia helped him up.  He kept the feather though and put it in his hat.  "This is no secret, boy…you see…" he took out a golden feather that looked a little old, "I already had the father."
"You're why Marahute's eggs don't have a daddy..." Penny whispered harshly.
Cody looked horrified.
"Now, you're just warning me who the mum is and these little eggs…" the man smirked darkly to the children.
"NO," Cody ditched his backpack and ran with the others.
"Where are we going," Teresa asked.
"Anywhere but here," Cynthia replied swiftly.
The goanna was coming after them, looking sick and menacing.
"I hope we lose that goanna and I hope it gets trapped by something," Martin said while running.
The children, however, got to the end of a cliff with water, but there were hungry-looking crocodiles.
"Oh, my..." Penny trembled, this made her think of Brutus and Nero.
Cody turned back and pulled out his switchblade knife, about to use it against Johanna, but he dropped it and the man stepped on his hand before he could get it back up.
"You're coming with me, children…" the man smirked darkly.
"Cody's mum will call the rangers," Cynthia threatened.
"Oh, dear, not the rangers, what am I going to do," the man feigned fright. "Don't let your mum call the rangers, please," he threw his backpack into the water for the crocodiles to tear it to shreds and eat as Johanna laughed at them.  "Let's go home," he caught the children, threw them in the back of his vehicle, which started to drive them off.
"HEEELLLPPP," Cody cried as they were taken away, "HEEEELP!!!!"
The mouse from earlier saw them in danger and knew what to do, he had to get help for the poor children. Even if he had powerful strength, this was too much for Martin to tear apart and get out of.
"C'mon, open it, you silly cage," Martin said as he began to try to pry the cage open with all his strength.
Cynthia looked to see Scamp and Angel were left behind.
"C'mon, we have to warn Jim Dear and Darling," Angel warned her mate, they went back.
However, the puppies forgot one fact.
"Cynthia, Martin, Teresa, Penny and Cody have been caught," Scamp and Angel warned the human adults. "We must same them as well," their voices came out as barking and woofing to the humans.
"Isn't so cute," Elizabeth chuckled, "it's like they're trying to speak to us!"
James chuckled as he played with Junior. "I wonder what it would be like if the dogs could speak."
Then they were given necklaces from Cynthia to wear and right now was a great time. Scamp and Angel growled and whined. James and Elizabeth forgot about the necklaces right now.
Carla came past. "I wonder what keeps Cody..."
"I don't know...we warned Cynthia not to go out on the streets at night anymore," Elizabeth said.
"Anymore," Carla looked to the couple.
"She lived on the streets with Angel," James explained.
Angel, in question, rolled her eyes that they were ignored as Junior was on the floor.
He actually looked concerned. "Danger?"
Scamp looked to him, but the barking started again, but it sounded like English to the boy. "Yes, Cynthia, Martin, Teresa, Penny and Cody are in danger! A bad man took them!"
"S-Save um..." Junior seemed to be able to understand the dogs.
"Yes, now warn your parents and Carla," Angel said.
Junior crawled over. "Mum...Dad..." he spoke up.
"Hello, darling," Elizabeth picked him up, "what's going on? Are you hungry?"
Junior shook his head.
"Wet," Elizabeth checked his pants.
Junior shook his head again.
"Oh, I know...you're tired..." Elizabeth stood up, "we should probably get to the shack."
Carla grinned. "Alright, I hope the children come back soon."
"No," Junior shrieked, warning them that he wasn't tired.
"Oh, my...he's very capricious....." Elizabeth had never seen her son act like this before.
Carla went to the door as there was a knocking sound and she saw a ranger. He came with a torn up backpack, which belonged to her son. She looked very disheartened. Her son had died....or then she thought of course.
"That's all, we have to save them ourselves," Scamp said.
Angel sighed, rolling her eyes again. "People...why can't everyone speak to us?"
Carla held the backpack close as she was going to mourn the loss of her only child. The radio made it sound as if the children had died and were eaten by incident by the crocodiles, the adults believed it.
"C'mon, we're going out there to find them and save them," Scamp said.
Angel turned back to the humans. "Junior...take good care of your parents and Cody's mother..." she whispered before running away with Scamp to have another adventure with him.
They both ran out the door and into the Australian Outback.
"I know the man who took them looked familiar...I don't know why...." Angel said to Scamp, but she buried her nose to the ground and sniffed and looked up as she had a scent. "This way," she warned Scamp, but ran with him in the distance.
"Hopefully, they don't get hurt," Scamp said while running.
Angel nodded as they kept moving, she looked fierce and dominant. "If this man spreads one foot...erm...hand...on my Cynthia, he'll bite his butt so hard his grandchildren will feel it!"
"Yes," Scamp agreed.
The pups kept moving, not stopping for anything.
Cynthia, Teresa, Penny, Martin and Cody were tied up to chairs now as this man who they learned was named Percival McLeach was looking to them with knives he was going to throw at the map behind them to find out where the endangered golden eagle Marahute was hiding. Martin began to break through his ropes without McLeach noticing.
"I just realized something...his name's McLeach, right," Cynthia asked silently.
"Uh-huh, well," Penny asked her.
"My grandmother's last name was McLeach..." Cynthia said softly, "and he looks familiar..."
McLeach came to them, asking them where the eagle might be and threw his knives, luckily, they weren't stabbed, he just wanted to frighten them into confessing.
"We'll never let him know," Teresa sneered.
"Yes, we'll never let him know," Martin said while breaking the ropes without McLeach noticing.
"Oh, but I guess you all don't have a choice..." McLeach smirked darkly.
Cynthia frowned, she didn't know why this man looked so familiar to her, but she just wanted to get out of here. Martin continued to break through the ropes until he was free. Penny looked over to Martin, she was a little more shocked than relieved.
"My animal friends will help," Cody huffed.
"Oh, you mean your little friends are locked up right now," McLeach taunted, he showed a little prison-like fashion where the animals were locked up and Johanna had the key.
Then Martin began to break Penny, Cynthia, Teresa and Cody free with ease, thanks to his strength. This shocked McLeach, seeing that the children had somehow broke free from the ropes.
"I'm impressed, boy, you have the guts," McLeach said about Martin, before shoving him against the wall firmly. "For a second there, I thought you were as cowardly as my father," he was surprised as Martin caught his arm and threw him across the room, landing straight into a wall.
McLeach snarled, but came back to get the children, cornering them.
"I warned you, I don't remember," Cody yet refused to reveal about Marahute.
"Don't you guys realize that a bird that size is worth a fortune," McLeach bribed them, "I'll split the money 50/50, you can't get a better offer than that!"
"You won't have any money after the guards catch you," Penny hissed.
McLeach growled, these children were stubborn, he kicked the boiling pot near his fire over, which alarmed Johanna.
"Good Cody, don't give up," Teresa said to the boy.
Cynthia nodded in agreement, but sighed. "There has to be a fashion out of here."
"Yes, there has to be," Martin agreed.
"You're not going anywhere," McLeach warned them, but he caught them and took them to a little jail-like fashion, "I'm giving you all one last chance!"
"Hey, c'mon," Cynthia snapped.
"Oh, I'll let you do fine," McLeach taunted.
Angel stopped for a moment, shivering a bit. "Ooh...I don't feel so good....." she muttered, looking like she was going to pass out in exhaustion. She hadn't had a drink of water since they left the humans.
"It would be great to get a drink," Scamp said.
"Uh-huh..." Angel nodded, "let's get some water....."
The pups went and found a small river, how convenient. There were two familiar white mice sitting and there was a brown kangaroo rat dressed in green jungle clothing with them.
"Oh excuse me," Scamp said to the mice, "do you mind if we take a sip?"
"No way, go ahead, we're resting," the male mouse said gently as he sat with the female.
"Oh, thank you..." Angel felt relieved.
Then both the pups began to drink from the river together.
The male mouse wanted to say something to the female, but before he could muster, there came the brown kangaroo rat, breaking them up. "WATCH OUT!!"
Scamp and Angel looked to him, but looked up in slight fear as there was a snake rising from the water, hissing menacingly and looked hungry for the white mice. It leaned down and chomped down to eat the kangaroo rat, making the female mouse shriek. Then Scamp began to growl at the snake and then bit on it. The snake stopped however, not because of Scamp, but the kangaroo rat opened its mouth.
"No rats for you, sir," the rat said to it as he got free with a lasso. "Not today," he got the rope to tie around its mouth and trained it like he was in charge now and wasn't mere prey for this predator anymore.
"Woah..." Scamp and Angel were shocked.
"I've been looking all over for you," the rat said to the limbless reptile as he held the rope tight to control it, "now look, we have a long fashion to go and you're going to get us there, and you won't give us any damage with that, right?"
The snake shook its head suddenly, now in the rat's power.
"They're perfectly harmless once you look them in the eye and let them know who's boss," the rat warned the female mouse, ignoring the male mouse as he helped on for the ride, "aren't you, man? Now, take it!"
Then the snake started to ride them through the water.
"I've never seen a dog do this before," Scamp said.
Angel chuckled. "That's actually a kangaroo rat."
"Any matter, we'd better leave if we're going to rescue Martin, Cynthia, Teresa, Penny and Cody," Scamp said.
The mice looked to them.
"Do you say Cody," the female asked.
"Did you say Penny," the male added.
"Yes, we did so," Angel nodded.
"We're looking for Cody and we know Penny," the female dog said.
"Really? That's great, then let's rescue them together," Scamp said, looking at the dogs.
"It's alright, Bernard, Jake has it under control," the female mouse called to the male mouse in the water yet.
"Yes...I've realized...." the male mouse Bernard climbed onto the tail, looking glum as Jake the kangaroo rat spoke with Bianca, seeming to flirt with her, speaking about how he used to wrestle dingoes as Bernard took out a tiny black bot, revealing a diamond engagement ring inside it.
Scamp and Angel followed after completing their drinks and kept moving. They even started to follow them by swimming next to the snake.
Back in the hideout, McLeach opened a door and threw all of the children in, even dodging Martin's strength this time. He closed the gate shut and the steel would be too strong for even Martin to break down and could seriously injure him if he tried to use his powers to get out.
"I'll give you all one night here to think about it," McLeach smirked as he held the lantern. "But tomorrow, no more Mr. Nice Guy," he laughed, but locked the door which the keys were past, though the door caught Johanna's tail and McLeach had to open the door again to get his goanna through the door.
Cody stood in frustration. "We'll never let you know where she is! Never! NEVER!!"
"Big bad one..." Penny mumbled, but looked down and saw a green lizard roll through the hay and copy Cody's movements.
"Where'd you come from, big guy," Martin asked.
"Um, the desert," the lizard looked to him.
"Well, well, imagine that...." a voice called out, revealing to be a silver-furred koala bear with Red chained by his neck, "it looks like McLeach has started to capture his own kind and a bunch of them no less. There's no hope for either of them now."
"Shove or take you to the Build-a-Bear Workshop for my little brother," Cynthia took that as an insult.
"No hope," the lizard sounded frantic, "no hope!"
"There must be a fashion out of here," Cody spoke.
"There's a road out, right," the koala said to them.
"What's your idea of an exit," Martin asked the koala.
"Actually, son, I was referring to the time McLeach let us out," the koala said, but turned to the animals among him, "you go like a wallet, you go like a belt, and our dear Frank...."
The lizard looked afraid and in denial, unwilling to hear this.
"Frank will go like...." the koala taunted him.
The lizard kept trying to tune him out.
"A bag," the koala eventually said, giving the lizard a villainous breakdown, "oh, a pretty handbag, perhaps one of these girls will take you out for a night on the town."
"I don't want to go like a bag," the lizard clung to Cody, "please, wait, please don't let him do it."
Cody smirked. "Don't worry, we're getting out of here."
"We are," the lizard asked.
"Yes, we should all think of something," Teresa suggested.
"Yes," Martin agreed.
"Frank, what's wrong," Penny noticed the lizard wouldn't stop fidgeting.
"Oh, there he goes again," the koala sounded annoyed.
"Calm down, man," Red cooed, "you don't want to get hurt again."
"I have it," Frank the lizard suddenly jumped, making everyone listen in. "All we have to do is get the keys," he pointed to the keys very far away from them next to the cell door.
"Oh, is that all," the koala mocked him, "well then, we better start packing."
"No, wait, he's right," Martin said.
Cody saw there were loose pieces of wood by their door and decided to get them in. "This should help us get the keys."
Frank clapped and cheered.
The quail trapped in a tire swing cage saw Cody reaching with his new friends and made its cage rock to capture the wood pieces.
"C'mon, guys, get more stuff," Cynthia called to them, making the animals grin and hope for freedom.
"The children are right, what are we waiting for," Red looked determined, but reached his tail to catch the stick with a hook on it.
Soon all of the animals helped out.
The hooked stick came into Cody's hands. "We need something to tie it up."
Penny turned to Teresa and Cynthia. "Do you have shoelaces?"
"No, I don't, besides, it won't be strong enough," Teresa said to the young girl.
A rattlesnake saw an extra pair of boots and threw it to the cage.
"The boot laces will be stronger, especially some this size," Cynthia informed.
"Yes, now all we have to do is tie them all together," Martin said.
Penny practiced her shoe-tying abilities and got the sticks together for Cody. Martin decided to be the one to handle the new tool with the strings to get the keys with the hook. Frank grew hesitant wherever he would miss the keys. The koala and wombat decided to help the ropes. Frank kept chattering about the tool's uses.
"Someone shut his mouth," the koala begged as he fought.
Then Martin covered Frank's mouth while using his free hand with all his strength to get the keys. The keys were caught on the hook, making Frank cheer.
However, much to everyone's shock, Johanna burst her head out from the door's small door for her to go in and out of like a household dog. She hissed, saw the hook and destroyed it after she caught it with her tail. The goanna put the keys back with her mouth, frowned at the prisoners, but went back to meet with her master.
"I've had it," Frank said, having a new idea, catching his tail, "I'm going to take my ass and pick the lock like this!"
"Oh, Frank, take a break..." Red was tired of him now.
"You'll thank me if I'm free," the lizard continued to try his trick, but no one wanted to hear it, they would try again a different time."
"Bedtime, newbie," Cynthia warned Martin, using the pet name Angel used for Scamp.
Cody had already fallen asleep with Penny while Teresa was trying to get comfortable. Martin and Cynthia shared a corner, cuddling up together.
Night fell in Australia, Jake, Bernard and Bianca were flying on fireflies as Scamp and Angel kept trying to keep up. Angel could yet follow Cynthia's scent and was never going to give up looking for her mistress. She really proved that dogs were man's best friend.
"Slow down," Angel called as she and Scamp kept going, but they were going a bit too fast for her.
"SLOW DOWN, YOU'RE GOING MUCH TOO FAST," Scamp yelled at the mice and kangaroo rat.
"Oh, my heavens..." Bianca saw them trailing behind, then turned to the kangaroo rat, "Jake, please slow down!"
"I'm trying, Miss B, but I'm not sure I can," Jake said.
Bernard had the most damage, he ran through a dandelion and almost drowned in the water, ending up backwards on his fly.
Angel shivered as they ran and jumped into the water with Scamp, this brought back memories. "This makes me think of since Cynthia and me thought you and Martin drowned," she chortled sheepishly to the puppy she loved.
"Yeah, we've come a long road since then," Scamp said.
Angel guffawed as they tried to keep up with the rodents and bugs.
Meanwhile back in where the kids yet were. Frank kept trying to loosen the lock with his tail, everyone had fallen asleep and he looked as though he was about to collapse from exhaustion. Until eventually, he had the jail door unlocked. Frank cheered as he had the door open at last.
"Well, now get the keys," Teresa warned him.
"Yes, and please do it faster," Martin said.
Then Frank went to go do that and collect the keys for them, the animals slowly awakened to see this.
'I hope he gets the keys without any damage,' Martin thought.
Frank scattered across the room and pushed boxes together since the keys were too high for his point of view. He was able to get at the top and reach for the keys at last.
"Yes," Martin said out of victory.
"Double or nothing, he's caught in five moments......" Krebbs the koala muttered.
"You can do it, Frank," Martin said.
Frank got the keys, but dropped them. "These keys are heavy....." he whispered, but he set down to get them.
However, that was if Johanna decided to come in and stop them until she heard a familiar voice, but McLeach hadn't.
"Faster, Frank, run for your life," Martin exclaimed.
Frank tried to dodge Johanna, lugging the keys with him.
"Faster, Frank, give us the keys," Martin said.
Frank tried to outrun Joanna with the keys, fleeing for dear life. He went behind boards and chairs to avoid Johanna, making her smash into them and possibly get hurt. Everyone thought it ended ugly, but Frank ended up on top of Johanna with the keys like a horse's muzzle and rode the goanna like a wild horse.
"Yee-haw, ride them, cowboy," Red cheered with a laugh.
Frank spun his tail like a lasso, but smashed behind the door and dropped the keys since Johanna was coming to eat him, he just ran without the keys past the cell door with Joanna yet chasing him. Cody caught the keys and was able to unlock the door and get him and his new friends out.
"One of us should help Frank, while the others free the rest of the animals," Martin suggested.
Frank was trying to dodge Johanna, even ending up on the gun. Johanna fired the gun, but landed into a crate and Frank dodged all the blasts.
"I think he did it," Teresa said.
Cody tried to unlock all the doors, but something even worse came and stopped them, McLeach had come for them.
"If I didn't know better, I'd think you didn't like it here," McLeach snapped to the children.
"Let him go," Martin exclaimed as he now stepped on McLeach's right foot even harder.
McLeach snarled down to Martin, but kept his grip on Penny and Cody since they were younger. "Enjoy seeing these animals, because you'll never see each other again," he snapped, before shutting the door with Penny, Cody, Martin, Cynthia and Teresa.
Scamp and Angel were getting closer, they were with Bernard, Bianca, and Jake as they came to where they were looking for.
"We don't have time to wait," Bianca said, "we have to find a road to get in."
"Yes, we can't turn the doorknob for two obvious reasons," Angel said as she saw how high the doorknob was and looked down to her paw.
"Here, Miss Bianca, start digging, Scamp and Angel, you can do that as well, you were born to dig," Bernard said as he handed a stick shovel to the female mouse and looked to the puppies.
The pups began to dig.
Jake watched them all dig, but leaned back calmly. "Did anyone try to say 'Open Sesame'," he chuckled, but there was a large clank noise heard. "Hey, it worked," he called as he, Bernard and Bianca caught hold of the end with the door slowly rising.
Scamp and Angel ran out of the road to avoid being seen, but looked ahead to see the children being tossed out.
"Look, Bernard, it's the boy," Bianca pointed out to Cody.
"And McLeach," Jake warned the mice.
"Is that Teresa, Martin and Penny," Bernard looked surprised, "but who's the other girl with the headscarf?"
Angel growled menacingly as she saw Cynthia was being pushed around, her protective pet status rising up. Martin helped Cynthia up after getting himself up.
McLeach threw down Cody's knife in front of him, luckily, not harming any of them, but it did hit Martin in the leg. "It's all over, children...your bird is dead."
Cynthia winced at Martin's impact, she untied her bandanna, but swiftly wrapped it around Martin's wound while frowning at McLeach.
"Somebody shot her straight out of the heavens," McLeach continued.
Joanna played dead to show this.
"You're laughing," Teresa hissed.
"I heard it on the radio," McLeach frowned at her, "she could have been mine, now you all better get out of here before I change my mind!"
"Here, help me pick him up," Teresa said to Cynthia since Martin couldn't stand properly.
Angel growled, she wanted to go, but Scamp bit her tail to hold her back, he didn't want to get in danger with her like this.
"Not yet," Scamp muffled.
Angel frowned. "Why's he letting them go?"
"Could be a trick," Scamp guessed.
The children kept running the best they could.
"What a shame about the eggs, Joanna," McLeach said, using this to bribe the children, "they'll never survive without their mother. Oh, well, survival of the fittest, I guess."
Cody looked very sorry and mournful, he turned back a moment before he continued to run with his new friends.
"Bingo," McLeach said before laughing evilly.
Scamp and Angel growled, but then got concerned. They heard something that the mice didn't hear, but Jake did so. McLeach was bringing his vehicle around to go after the children. Jake jumped after the vehicle, not sure where McLeach was going, but they had to stop him. Bernard and Bianca jumped as well, but landed on the wheels. Scamp let Angel go, but they started to chase after McLeach. And where it was going to be a long trip to where McLeach was going. Bernard and Bianca caught onto Jake's lasso, pulling them to a safer part from the tires.
Cody and Penny kept running ahead and were getting close to the end of a cliff. Even though he was wounded, Martin was putting on a brave face and trying to ignore the sting in the stomach. Cody knew what they had to do, they had to climb.
"How are we going to get there," Teresa asked.
"We'll all have to climb up to the nest," Martin said.
"You can't climb with that," Penny gestured to his wound.
"I'll try to get over the pain," Martin said, sounding brave.
Cynthia tightened her bandana. "I'll keep it now."
Martin nodded his head. "I'll keep it close," he said.
Penny was hesitant at first about going down, it made her think of Devil's Bayou briefly.
"Hang on, Penny..." Cody whispered to the girl.
"We can do that," Teresa advised, even if she was more afraid than little Penny right now.
The children began to climb to the nest.
Scamp and Angel made it to the edge of the cliff once the children made it to the nest and then Bernard and Bianca came as well. Cynthia helped Martin down and was a little surprised as he almost fell onto her, but landed into her arms and they shared a serious moment, but it was cut short.
"I-I'm sorry," Martin said while blushing.
"I-It's alright..." Cynthia chuckled sheepishly, blushing as well.
"C-Cynthia, there's something I need to warn you," Martin said while blushing.
"Yes..." Cynthia looked into his eyes.
Scamp and Angel looked down, they grinned once they found who they were looking for. They looked again to Cynthia and Martin, but looked to each other with knowing grins.
"C-Cynthia, I have to warn you that," Martin said before he held onto Cynthia's paws, "Cynthia, from the first day I met you, I..."
"Guys, the eggs are yet here," Cody said, interrupting without noticing.
Cynthia looked over.
"C'mon, guys," Teresa warned Cynthia and Martin.
"I guess we have to go......" Cynthia said to Martin, stopping their moment together.
"Yes," Martin said.
Then they both looked at their hands and saw that Martin and Cynthia were yet holding hands, but they retracted their hands, placing their hands to their sides and then joining the others. Teresa knelt with Cody and Penny past Marahute's eggs with Bernard and Bianca joining them.
"Are they cold," Martin asked.
Cody frowned once he felt the three lonely eggs. "This should go for now....." he put stray grass over the cold eggs to keep them warm for now.
Penny found one of Marahute's feathers, she knew it wouldn't be much, but it wouldn't hurt to try at least one. However, the wind got strong and it blew the feather off.
'I hate poachers so much and I'll never forgive the one who murdered Marahute,' Martin thought.
Cody hung his head, looking like he was about to weep. Bernard and Bianca came with Jake to see him, they were yet surprised Martin, Teresa and Penny were in Australia.
"Who are you," Cody looked down, noticing the mice.
"Bernard, Bianca, what are you two doing here," Martin asked, "and who's your friend?"
"This is Jake," Bernard introduced the kangaroo rat swiftly.
"We came here because we were called to save this boy," Bianca replied, gesturing to Cody.
"You know them," Cody looked to Martin.
"They helped me get adopted," Penny explained with a grin, remembering that day, had to be happier than Christmas or her birthday any time.
"Yes, and he helped Teresa and me save her from Madame Medusa," Martin said.
"How come," Cody asked.
"I'd rather not speak about her right now," Penny replied, rolling her eyes slightly.
"Anyhow, there's no time to waste, you are in grave danger," Bianca warned the new human boy.
Then there were eagle screeches heard.
"Marahute," Cody looked to the distance, "it can't be!"
"This is I have to be her," Martin said with a grin.
Cody carefully went around the nest to meet the rare bird, trying not to trip.
"Cody, please wait," Bianca cried as she, Bernard and Jake came to stop them, this could be a trick.
"She's alive..." Teresa whispered in disbelief.
"Children, please, you have to listen....." Bianca said.
"McLeach is on the cliff with two puppies," Bernard added sharply.
Cody looked up to see Bernard was right about that.
Cynthia looked like a frustrated mother bear with cubs in danger. "Did you say 'two puppies'?"
"These are Scamp and Angel," Martin said.
They could also see McLeach had some sort of weapon to launch for the golden bird and take her down like he said he did.
"Marahute, no, come back," Cody cried out in grief.
"It's a trap," Penny added.
The eagle kept flying up, she was going for her unborn babies, but was caught in a trap for McLeach.
"I have her," McLeach smirked, "did you see that? I've had her!"
This caused Angel and Scamp to growl.
"Aw, shut up, you bastards," McLeach kicked the gate part of his vehicle he had the puppies in, harming them.
Cody and Cynthia watched the bag go up, where they caught hold of it to save Marahute.
Jake pulled out his lasso again, but got the end of Cody's foot, but got his rope out for Bernard and Bianca to catch as well. "Hold tight, you two, let's go for a ride!"
"Bianca," Bernard was unable to catch it.
"Bernard," Bianca cried for her partner as she was going without him.
Teresa had joined them, but Martin was too late.
"Guys," Martin called to the others.
McLeach watched this and growled, he was going to plan to get rid of the meddling brats for good. He tried to shake Marahute's trap to knock them away and murder them, not caring that it would in fact murder them. He had enough of them. Bianca and Jake tried to help Cody from slipping. Marahute screeched, but was trapped with the others once the baggage was lowered in the back. Scamp and Angel got out of the road. As they were now brought into the cage.
McLeach stood over with a wicked laugh, but focused on the bird. "There she is, Johanna...look at her! Look at her size! The rarest bird in the world. That bird will make me rich...lousy rich...I have what I want," he laughed, but looked to his pet, taking out what looked like a complete body leash, "now, what does Johanna want?"
"He'll let that lizard eat the eggs," Angel cried.
Scamp growled. "We'll get him...I'm Tramp's son, remember?"
"That's right," Cynthia said.
"No, PLEASE WAIT," Cody cried once McLeach sent Johanna to eat the eggs.
"Poor children..." Teresa frowned.
"Guys, c'mon, I have an idea," Bernard warned Penny and Martin, "we have to be fast though."
Penny and Martin replaced the eggs with egg-shaped rocks and hid with Bernard as soon as Johanna came down to eat the eggs and get rid of them for good. But as Johanna tried to eat one of the eggs, it broke one of her teeth. Johanna tried the next one, gnawing at it, but she couldn't eat it.
She even tried scratching at it, but it wouldn't crack like an ordinary egg, she didn't even realize these were rocks and not eggs. She saw her claws had run down from the scratching and put one rock on top of the scratched egg, but it didn't even burst with yolk and it hit her tail, harming her.
"JOHANNA," McLeach shouts, "hurry up and eat these eggs and put your tail up! Let's move!"
Johanna couldn't eat her favorite food, where she simply pushed the eggs off the edge of the cliff and had herself pulled up back to her master. Either fashion, she believed she helped make the golden eagle species extinct. But unknown to her, these were actually rocks. After Johanna went up back to McLeach, Bernard, Martin and Penny came out of their hiding places.
"Alright, guys, she fell for it," Bernard said to the children and unhatched chicks. "Looks like the coast is clear......" he grinned, hugging one of the eggs.
Penny grinned, but felt alarmed once an albatross flapped its wings right over past the nest.
"Girls, I'm here! Where are you, little girls, you?"
Penny hid behind Martin, a little frightened.
"I don't think we need to be afraid for him," Martin said.
"This is just Wilbur, he's Orville's brother, he brought me and Miss Bianca here," Bernard warned the children.
The albatross kept looking around, until his name was called, making him fall off the cliff.
"Don't ever do that to me again," Wilbur snapped at Bernard, climbing back up, "oh, boy...I lost a lot of feathers on that..."
Penny realized that Wilbur was a bird. "It's perfect, he can help us!"
"Help you with what," Wilbur asked as Bernard pushed the eggs over.
"With the eggs," Martin said.
"Sure," Wilbur grinned, but did a double take. "Wait a moment," he pointed to the mouse, "what the heck are YOU doing up here?"
"The toy-maker took the boy, Teresa, this other girl with a bandana, Jake and Miss Bianca," Bernard explained.
"Miss Bianca," Wilbur sounded more concerned for her. "Is Miss Bianca in danger? That's awful, we have to do something, Bernard, I'm disappointed in you! Hiding under a nest with these two while Miss Bianca needs our help," he rambled about how to save the female mouse.
"Wilbur," Penny, Martin and Bernard shout to him to shut him up.
"What," Wilbur turned back to them.
"Listen, there are some girls here who need your help," Bernard informed.
"Really," Wilbur asked with a grin, thinking he was speaking about girls.
Then Martin, Penny and Bernard pointed and patted on the eggs gently to warn Wilbur what they meant. Wilbur swiftly frowned and declined. "No, wait a moment, wait! I know what you're thinking and you're wrong! Don't look at me like that, you're getting no from me! You understand? I'll never sit on these eggs!"
"Please," Penny asked.
"Absolutely not," Wilbur frowned at her.
Penny blinked, she did the puppy dog eye trick like she did with Riley. And where it was doing it's job as Wilbur was now giving in.
"Ah, crazy..." Wilbur moaned. "Why did that little girl have her eyes just like a real puppy? I have to learn to be more decisive...no is no is no," he frowned down to one of the eggs, "hey, stop moving in there!"
McLeach was driving with his prisoners, ready to hunt down Marahute and make millions off her.
"You can't do this," Cody yelled, "you'll have big problems! I'll warn the rangers where you are!"
Johanna hissed and closed the back window shut to tune him and the others out. Scamp and Angel lay in Cynthia's lap, consoling her as she sat a little lowly while Cody made faces with Johanna before locking the window and sat down, miserably.
"It's going to work out, guys," Teresa said to them, "I know we'll get out of this."
"She's right, we mustn't lose hope," Bianca added, "Bernard, Penny and Martin are yet out there."
"That's true, if anyone can take us out of this laughter, it's old Berno and friends," Jake added with confidence, but then dropped his voice low to a whisper, "nice work, Miss B and Teresa."
"You don't know Martin and Bernard as we do so," Teresa added, "they'll never give up."
Scamp didn't like Jake so far, he seemed a little arrogant. "Can I eat him?"
"SCAMP," Cynthia scolded the pup.
"Worth a try..." Scamp mumbled.
"He's a little arrogant," Angel said.
"None of you can eat him......" Cynthia warned the puppies.
"Just a pacifier," Scamp asked.
"No..." Cynthia looked like a firm mother warning her children they weren't allowed to do something dangerous.
Meanwhile, it was getting dark faster. Bernard, Martin and Penny were yet running. They followed the tracks.
"There's no fashion I can come here on foot..." Bernard said to them.
"Do you want any of us to carry you," Penny offered.
"It's too far and they're too far away," Bernard pointed to the distance as the vehicle was down the high cliffs they were on. "I'm not feeling well....." his eyes lolled in the back of his head and he passed out in exhaustion.
Martin caught him in time. "Oh, go ahead, I have you," he said to the mouse.
Bernard shivered, unsure what else to do. "Thank you, Martin..."
Penny looked behind and saw a sleeping warthog. "Makes me think of Pumbaa......" she mumbled.
"P-P-Perhaps that warthog could help us," Martin said.
Bernard looked a little hesitant at the animal as it slept and snorted. "Excuse us..."
The warthog awakened and frowned at them, snarling menacingly.
"Alright, listen, we don't have time for you to be frustrated with us, buster," Bernard said before he stomped his right foot on the ground, making it shake a little, alarming the warthog, not moving a bit where it could listen to them.
Penny looked serious as well.
"And you won't give us damage anymore," Bernard added sharply, "right?"
The warthog shook its head, but then swiftly nodded to Bernard's question.
"Good," Martin said seriously, "I'm glad one of us does."
Bernard decided to ride on top of the warthog's head. "Get out now!"
The warthog did so as warned and had Bernard get to McLeach faster as Martin and Penny went with him.
McLeach had his vehicle parked over a waterfall as he had the group ready to drown, he kept Angel and Scamp yet inside the cage and wouldn't let them come out or even say a farewell. The pups began to try to get themselves out of the cage in any matter possible.
"Are you ready, children," McLeach chuckled as he rose the hook and crane to put the children into the water, "it's time you learn to fish crocodiles! They like it if you use live bait and you're as alive as they're coming!"
Bianca, Jake, Marahute, Scamp and Angel watched in horror as the children were feet above the water and McLeach went to get the lights on to present the crocodiles.
"Oh, dear, this is bad, this is bad, this is really, really, really bad," Angel said.
"Oh, man..." Scamp may not had known Cynthia as long as Angel did, but he felt the exact same pain she did so.
"I can see no road out of this one," Jake remarked.
"Bernard and Martin, please hurry up," Bianca cried.
McLeach cracked his knuckles and swiftly dropped Cody, Teresa and Cynthia into the water, but pulled them back through before the crocodiles could actually eat them, just messing with them with his stalling. He lowered the children again, but somehow, the lights were swiftly fused down. This also meant that McLeach's hook and crane wouldn't work.
"What," the pups said out of confusion.
McLeach turned to his vehicle and saw a warthog scattering out, snorting on its road. Then he smirked sickly and turned to his pet. "Johanna? Did you know there was a razorback in my truck?"
Johanna nodded, but then swiftly shook her head out of fear.
"IT WAS A RAZORBACK IN MY TRUCK," McLeach repeated sharply, "stop playing and do your job, you four-legged python!"
Even if she was bad as well, Angel and Scamp didn't like how Johanna was treated.
McLeach looked to his dashboard and saw somehow his keys were taken away.
'Stay put...' Martin mouthed to Penny as Bernard hid under the gas pedal with the keys in his grip while they were under past the tires.
Penny did so as they both were now hiding as well as Bernard. The crocs kept trying to snatch at the children, very hungry and tempted, but luckily dodged them. Bernard threw the keys down and got out before McLeach could see him. Johanna snarled and tried to chase Bernard, but hit the truck door, allowing Martin and Penny to run away with Bernard.
"Look, it's Martin and Bernard with Penny," Bianca cried happily.
"I don't think so," Jake grinned as well, "good to go, buddies!"
Angel and Scamp took a look as well.
Penny decided to hand the keys to Bianca to let them all out. "Here, faster, catch the keys," she said.
Bianca got the keys, she climbed with Jake, passing them to and from him as they climbed up to get themselves out of this scrape. Johanna kept trying to get Bernard, but the mouse tricked her into biting her own tail. As this happened, Bernard hid in a tiny trunk. A gunshot was heard, but no one saw where it went, McLeach reloaded his weapon as he aimed for the rope holding up the children, he was going to take them down the old-fashioned road.
"Oh, dear, we have to stop him," Martin said.
Penny was very concerned, she couldn't think of anything.
"I'm going to make it......" Bernard said, he went to Johanna, kicked her in the face and ran away after blowing a raspberry to her.
Johanna growled, getting Martin and Penny out of the road after Bernard climbed up McLeach's pant leg without him knowing. She climbed onto her master's back, making the shot way out of range, which made him fall off the cliff after Bernard pushed him after moving out to safety. Johanna and McLeach both fell into the water and the crocodiles looked more hungry for McLeach than Teresa, Cynthia and Cody.
"Yes, he gets what comes to him," Martin said.
Because of a successful gunshot, Cody fell with Teresa and Cynthia into the water, but the crocs weren't coming for them this time.
"Bernard, the others," Bianca cried as Jake had the key in the lock, ready to release them.
Bernard dove into the water, caught the end of the rope and tied it to a limb to keep the hook and rope from dragging the others any further out to the crocs, McLeach and the waterfall. Martin dove in to help the others, especially Cynthia. Cody and Teresa saw what Bernard did for them.
"Martin..." Cynthia whispered, she had a faint grin once she saw him come to her rescue.
Jake eventually had the cage unlocked, releasing him, Bianca, Marahute and the puppies to save the others just in time before they'd go over the waterfall with McLeach. Martin's legs were replaced with his tail fin, which was silver color. Marahute dove down with a screech, able to save Cody from falling and Penny had joined the ride.
"MARTIN," Scamp shrieked.
"CYNTHIA," Angel yelled as well.
Then the pups exchanged glances with each other. "TERESA!!"
Martin caught hold of Cynthia and Teresa. Teresa coughed up some water once they made it to shore. She took off her skirt and waved them to get the water away from them where they wouldn't have water damage. Cynthia was knocked out, she wasn't doing anything and just lying down, looking almost dead to the world.
"C-Cynthia? Cynthia, wake up," Martin said as he began to shake her body and then began to get ready to do CPR.
Cynthia couldn't awaken, her hazel eyes slowly opened up. Angel came to Cynthia's side, but licked her face gently.
"What," Cynthia mumbled, but coughed up some water herself, but looked up to Martin, "I think I just went to heaven..."
"Oh, Cynthia, thank heavens you're alive, I was so concerned," Martin said.
Cynthia grinned, but flinched a little. "Ew, wet dog..."
Angel rolled her sapphire eyes. "At least I don't smell like I used to if we lived in the junkyard."
"Yes, whatever," Cynthia patted her puppy on the head, having a sisterly bond with her.
Teresa put her bow back on. "If I didn't know better...I'd say Martin had a tail and saved you."
"I could swear I saw that as well..." Scamp added.
"Oh, guys, there's no such fact as mermaids and mermen..." Cynthia said with a laugh, but she got serious for a moment, "isn't there...?"
Martin laughed hesitantly. "Well..." he said, before showing his tail fin.
Cynthia looked and rubbed her eyes. "Woah..."
"How did this happen," Teresa asked.
Scamp and Angel weren't sure how that was possible, they never knew any human with something like that.
"I'm a merboy, at least, if I go into the water," Martin said, but he dried off and his tail fin glowed and was replaced with his legs.
"How do you do that," Cynthia had to know.
"I've met mermaids before," Teresa said to the street girl, "I've been to Mermaid Lagoon and met Ariel."
"Oh, c'mon, these are just stories," Cynthia shook her head.
"I think you're wrong again," Angel grinned teasingly to her mistress.
Martin warned them how he transformed to a merboy and back to human and everything about his mother's side of the family.
"Really," Teresa asked, "Rae as well?"
Cynthia grinned in admiration. "Thank you for saving me......I have something to say as well..."
Teresa gestured for Angel and Scamp to let Martin and Cynthia have some privacy as they had some unfinished business.
"Same goes for me," Martin said.
Cynthia and Martin shared eye contact together, saying hello to each other softly.
"Martin, ever since we met.....I felt the same as Angel before Scamp..." Cynthia spoke up first, being the lady. "Martin...I...I..." she cleared her throat as her words scrambled in her throat, "Martin...I like you...it's alright if you don't like me anymore, I just warn you how I feel...but...I really like you."
"I feel the same for you, Cynthia," Martin said.
"Really," Cynthia blushed.
"Really," Martin confirmed.
Cynthia sniffled, but pulled him into a very tight hug. Angel and Scamp grinned at the embrace.
Teresa looked like she really didn't care, but she did think it was nice. "Now...how do we get HOME?!"
A couple of jeeps came over with honking horns.
"Oh, Cynthia, thank heavens," James rushed over, holding his adoptive daughter.
"Where's Cody," Carla sounded in more distress than the Brown couple.
"He's riding on Marahute," Martin said before pointing up to the golden eagle.
Carla looked up. "At least he's safe...." she whispered a little calmly.
"Are you hurt," James inspected Cynthia.
"Dad, I'm fine, really..." Cynthia stopped him.
"Where's your bandana," Elizabeth came forward, noticing the girl was without her iconic headgear.
"I gave it to Martin for now...he's had a cut on his knee," Cynthia gestured to Martin's knee, which held her red bandana in place.
Scamp and Angel came to the adult humans who took care of them. Then Marahute landed next to him, having a feeling the adults were Cynthia's dad and Cody's mum.
"Mum," Cody jumped off the eagle, running to her.
Carla instantly hugged her son. "Cody, I was so concerned.....they said you were murdered everywhere in the radio!"
"It was a trick though," Penny said as she tried to get down.
Cody broke up the hug with his mother briefly, but went to Penny to take her hand and help her down. "That would be a nasty fall..."
"THANK you all, Cody," Penny grinned fondly to him as she was let down gently on the ground.
Bernard and Bianca grinned as they came with Jake, also Bianca had a diamond ring on her finger now.
"It looks like someone is getting married," Scamp said, seeing the diamond ring.
"Oh, yes, Bernard just asked me, isn't it wonderful," Bianca grinned to the puppies.
Angel grinned back. "Congratulations."
Bernard grinned as he came back to Bianca's side.
Cynthia looked over to her adoptive baby brother. "Hey, Junior," she decided to hold him now and grinned. "I love you, Junior..." she really missed him.
This was a lovely brother sister moment. James and Elizabeth grinned fondly at how well they got along for siblings and not being biologically related.
"Love...you...as well...Cynthia..." Junior managed to say with a grin.
Cynthia gasped, she pulled her baby brother out slightly. "I-I think you said my name! Y-You said Cynthia!"
"That's what I heard him say," Martin said.
"Junior, say this again...." Teresa asked the toddler.
"Cynthia," Junior piped up.
Cynthia gushed, hugging him again, almost weeping. "That's my baby brother......"
"Cyn-thia..." Junior attempted to say her complete name.
Cynthia narrowed her eyes slightly. "Look at this."
Everyone shared a laugh at that.
"Guys, before you go home tomorrow, you want to meet Marahute's girls," Cody offered.
"Of course," Martin and Cynthia said in unison.
"Right now, I think you should all come with me," Carla grinned, "thank you, Marahute...."
Marahute screeched, as if to say 'you're welcome'.
Then the others went with Carla, James and Elizabeth to get back to get ready to go later in the afternoon tomorrow to their respective homes.
"Penny, would you like to come with me," Cody offered.
Penny grinned with a small nod. "Uh-huh..."
Martin grinned, trusting Cody, knowing that he wouldn't try anything.
"We were so concerned about all of you...glad you're safe..." Carla said.
"Aunt Sarah sounded concerned as well," James added.
"Really," Cynthia couldn't believe that.
"Oh, yes," James nodded, "she prayed for all of you every night if I called her and warned her that we thought you were all murdered."
"Huh," Cynthia shrugged, perhaps Aunt Sarah wasn't that bad after all.
"She gave us dog biscuits for Junior, Scamp, Annette, Collette and Danielle's first Christmas after all we took with Lady," Elizabeth said.
Then they all went to see Marahute's chicks.
"I named this one Mercutio," Cody pointed to one chick after Marahute grinned to her hatchlings.
"Thanks for looking after them," Penny grinned to Wilbur.
"Hey, don't mention this...." Wilbur winced, it was a little painful once the chicks hatched for his perspective.
Teresa grinned to the chicks. "You three are very sweet...and what should you call the other two?"
"That's a good question," Martin said.
"How about Scout and Jem," Teresa suggested, playing with the fact that Martin was there.
"Perfect names," Martin said.
Cody grinned up to Marahute.
"Take care of them," Penny said to the mother eagle.
Marahute screeched in response.
"Wilbur, we'd better go home ourselves," Bernard warned the albatross.
"Right..." Wilbur nodded.
"We'll see each other again in the future," Martin said.
"Sounds good to me," Cody grinned as Jake climbed onto his shoulder, becoming the boy's new pet.
"Bernard, Miss Bianca, it was my pleasure....." Jake saluted the new mouse couple.
Bernard and Bianca waved as they got ready to fly with Wilbur, they decided to take a vacation from the Rescue Aid Society and start their honeymoon.
"C'mon, boys," Teresa said to her friends, "let's get ready to go home."
"Yes," Martin said.
Everyone said a farewell to Cody and his mother one last time and they were on their road back home.