Rayman Legends Adventures in Atlantis: Milo's Return/Script

After one crazy Halloween which would be warned about more later on, Basil and Mrs. Brisby were currently packing their bags and ready to go as they were going on a family trip outside of Greendale together.
"Alright, children, remember to pack up everything you need," Bianca advised, "and remember to be on your best behaviors."
"We will," Basil and Mrs. Brisby promised.
"Sure, we'll meet you outside in about 25 moments," Bianca warned them as she let them get to it.
"Alrighty...time to get packing," declared Basil as he began to stuff his suitcase with his action figures and comic books.
Mrs. Brisby nodded as she began to pack up as well. Bianca checked out the RV and made sure everything was best to go and began to make the children's favorite snacks to go on the trip with.
"Uh, hey? The door was open....." Edmond called as he stepped into the house, wearing a coonskin hat.
"Halloween's over, boy," Bianca warned him, "you might wanna take that outfit off."
"Oh, this isn't a costume, ma'am," Edmond grinned, "I'm now a member of a new team called Underfist. I'm part of a crime-fighting action team for The Underworld where we battle the forces of evil since I'm a half-mummy and half-vampire."
"Oh, how cute," Bianca said, sounding like she didn't care as she glanced at him. "Well...if you're friends with the children, you could come along," she smirked darkly, "but if you're not, I guess I'll just have to make your worst nightmare come alive to take you away if you're a bully~"
"He's not a bully, Mum," Basil replied, "if anything, he's been bullied frequently."
"Then you may come in," Bianca warned Edmond, "what kind of snacks do you like?"
"Uh...I guess peanut butter and marshmallow sandwiches," Edmond shrugged hesitantly.
"Ugh...peanut butter...." Bianca grimaced and soon she turned around and made these sandwiches for him to go in with the snack cooler, "alright...just stay out of my road and we'll get going soon to visit the children's Uncle Milo and Aunt Kida for Thanksgiving."
"Oh, awesome, yo," Edmond replied as he sat on the staircase while the others got to packing, "I should probably get some stuff of my own as well."
"Yes, you should probably do that," Bianca nodded.
"Hey, Edmond," Basil and Mrs. Brisby greeted the kitten.
"Hey, guys," Edmond grinned, "sure seems like a very long time since we last saw each other."
"It was a month ago, dude," Mrs. Brisby smirked.
"Well, it feels like a long time ago," Edmond grinned bashfully, "well, uh...where do your aunt and uncle live again?"
"Atlantis," Basil and Mrs. Brisby said like it was obvious.
"Ah...alright," Edmond replied, "I just need to get some stuff, and I'll be back."
Basil and Mrs. Brisby nodded as they let him get going.
"Don't leave without me," Edmond warned them and soon ran away, "I mean it!"
"Don't worry, Edmond," Mrs. Brisby called out, "we're not like Billy, Mandy, and Grim! We'll actually be here waiting for you!"
"I'm gonna hold you guys to that promise, yo," Edmond called back.
"Are the Greenwoods coming as well, Mother," Mrs. Brisby asked.
"Yes, we'll meet them on the road down there," Bianca nodded, "I believe your uncle let them invite some friends over as well like for visits to Pride Rock or later visits to Atlantica since they're nice secret keepers."
"What, alright," said Dawson, "I'll meet everyone else in the vehicle."
"I'll be right there, just must get the travel snacks together," Bianca replied, "would you like anything special to bring along on the trip?"
"You know how bad I am at choosing," replied Dawson, "then surprise me!"
"All right, lemme see what I can do then," Bianca said as she continued to stuff snacks for the trip.
"You sure have an interesting family, you guys," Dawson said to Basil and Mrs. Brisby.
"Warn me about it," Mrs. Brisby smirked as she brought her newest book out, deciding to take that for the ride over to read.
Basil followed her to the van, carrying some comic books in his arms.
"Must be a pretty long trip," Edmond asked.
"Pretty long, yes," Mrs. Brisby replied as she put her stuff on her side, "hope ya don't get carsick."
"Not that I know of....." Edmond replied as he got into the vehicle.
"Just get comfortable," Mrs. Brisby advised.
"Then we'll get along just fine," Basil added.
Edmond grinned sheepishly and nodded as he moved his stuff as needed.
"Alright, that should be everything," Bianca said as she came to get into the car, "I just hope you all remembered to go to the bathroom one last time."
"Yes, Mum," Basil and Mrs. Brisby replied.
"Alright then, off we go," Bianca warned her family.
Then they all climbed in together, got buckled up and soon drove away to begin their family travel for Thanksgiving. The others who saw them driving off and leaving waved to them as they celebrated their own family holiday as followed and even passed by the old Spider-Man house on the road.
"A witch family Thanksgiving...I do wonder what that'll be like..." Pepe pondered.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Queen Beryl smirked slyly as she was petting Delilah in her arms.
"I hope your family at least likes me," Edmond said to the Schwartz siblings.
"Gadget seemed to after our Halloween adventure together," Mrs. Brisby replied as she read her new book, "at least she's better for you than Eleanor."
"Chocolate pudding would be better for you than Brittany, but I digress," Basil replied, "besides, Gadget is a generally more pleasant person."
"Even if she doesn't show a lot of emotion..." Edmond said softly, "but she did save my life back there if I was joining Underfist with Jenner, Ratigan and Cat R. Waul."
"I'm glad Cat R. Waul at least got a happy ending out of that," Mrs. Brisby remarked, "he seemed to have worst memories with that guy, Mr. Grasping or whatever his name is."
"That creep..." Bianca rolled her eyes at the name, "yes, Bruce was a billionaire playboy too, but at least he had class, unlike that weirdo."
"Well, Mr. Grasping was known for being incredibly inept," replied Bernard, "so much for a jillionaire playboy. And yes, that is what he was called."
"Well, you know what I mean," Bianca shrugged.
"Your parents have an interesting sense of humor, yo..." Edmond said to Basil and Mrs. Brisby.
"Mother has a pretty dark sense of humor, though Father's is unpredictable at times," Mrs. Brisby nodded, "you don't seem very close with your parents."
"Sometimes I am, sometimes not," Edmond shrugged a bit, "I see them wherever I can if I'm not with Grandmama."
"Ah, found it," Basil nodded.
At last, the trip got a bit longer and soon the children drifted away to sleep. Luckily for Edmond, he didn't seem to have many nightmares which was relieving for him considering the trauma he went through with Alvin and Brittany back in Endsville. Last Halloween was a very big change for him, especially since he became a member of the group Underfist and seemed to have someone who really liked him a lot, Jerry. They soon came to the halfway point of China and they came to see Bernard and Tanya with their children and their children's special guests who they decided to bring along with them for the trip as they stopped to eat their snacks at the picnic grounds they stopped at.
"Same old, same old," Basil commented as he ate, "but in this case, that's a nice fact!"
"Nice to see you guys again," Cody said.
"Yes," Mrs. Brisby nodded. "And we can get to know your special friends better."
"I look forward to that," Luke grinned before smirking, "I just hope that my brothers and sister are gonna be fine back home."
"I wish I had brothers and sisters sometimes," Jenny said softly as her orange cat Oliver was eating his own snack on the ground behind the picnic table they sat in.
Jake patted her gently on the shoulder.
"Yes, it does seem a bit lonely being an only child," Cody said to her.
"I've felt it before, but it'll be alright," Jake grinned at his girlfriend.
"Thanks, Jake," Jenny grinned back.
"I'm just glad I can take a break from Pokemon Princess duties for a while," Olivia said, "I'm emotional about the holiday though."
"I am as well," Penny beamed.
"Well, it sounds like you guys had one crazy Halloween last month," Cody said to Basil, Mrs. Brisby and Edmond.
"Oh, you don't know the HALF of it," Basil replied, "so many facts happened that we never expected!"
"What did YOU guys do for Halloween," Mrs. Brisby asked.
"Heh...I took one of my client's trick-or-treating and tried to protect her against her mean cousin," Penny grinned.
"...Well, that sounds rather mundane for you guys..." Basil blinked.
"We met an Eerie Godmother who took us to this amazing Halloween horror-filled world that was kinda like Halloween Town," Penny added.
"Alright, yes, never mind," Basil nodded.
"That sounds more like their speed," Mrs. Brisby added.
"And it sounds pretty fun, yo," Edmond added, "I wish I could've been there sometimes."
"Well, that's the grand fact about adventures," Cody beamed, "you can go on a lot and meet all sorts of new people and have new experiences you would probably dream possible. Like how we found out about Pokemon and I had to meet Olivia for the first time."
"That was such a grand time," Olivia grinned, blushing since that was a magical moment in their lives.
"Or how Jenny used to just be my pen pal and then we had to meet her and she and Jake became boyfriend and girlfriend," Penny added.
"Not to mention the adventures we all have back in Southdale," Luke smiled warmly at the Greenwoods.
"It sounds so amazing the way you all say it," Edmond grinned back.
"Yes, that is pretty amazing," replied Cody.
Edmond grinned as he had fun with the Greenwoods so far with the Schwartz siblings.
"Looks like they're getting along nicely," Bianca commented on what she saw.
"That's nice to know," Bernard grinned, "it sure has been a while since we last saw Milo and Kida. I'm so emotional!"
"You and me both," Dawson agreed, "to think they've had time to have a daughter, as well!"
At last, after the snack/lunch break, everyone began to pack up and soon they went back to their journey to visiting Milo and Kida.
"Well, uh...how do we get to this Atlantis," Edmond asked, "isn't it underground and kind of a myth?"
"We have our fashions of doing facts," Tanya smirked, "just wait until you see what happens if we get over there."
"Plus, you're not one to think of myths as just myths," Bianca advised, "you once knew The Grim Reaper and you're meeting a lot of other strange facts now that you're apart of Underfist."
"I guess that's a pretty nice point, yo," Edmond shrugged bashfully.
Basil nodded as he yawned and went to take a nap in his seat while the car kept on driving.
Then the children went back to their respective vehicles to get some rest until the rest of the trip. The adults looked at them and soon continued along to get them to where they needed to go.
"8,000 years ago, Atlantis sank underneath the ocean," Kida was heard narrating as she explored her homeland, "the Grand Crystal, the source of its power, was hidden underneath the city. Robbed of the heart of Atlantis, my people seemed doomed to slow extinction. But now, we are reborn. Once again, the heart of Atlantis shines upon us, healing us, making us strong. We are using the power of the crystal to rebuild our city, and to restore our culture to grandness. Under the light of the grand crystal, my people are thriving again. We have uncovered secrets lost for thousands of years. The city is once again a center of knowledge and learning instead of a place of ignorance and fear. My father thought it better to hide the crystal rather than risk the misuse of its power. As queen, I can only hope I am doing the right fact."
Gadget was shown to be looking out for upcoming visitors before laughing as Obby sneaked up behind her and licked her face. "Silly lava dog," she said as she held him out, "our visitors should be coming over very soon. I look forward to sharing this tradition called Thanksgiving with Mama and Papa's old friends if they arrive. I hope it's soon, especially with their friend they call Edmond."
Obby barked a few times as he grinned at that.
"I'm emotional to meet and see them as well," Gadget nodded, "where is Mama?"
Soon Obby barked and took off suddenly.
Gadget laughed and soon ran with him to go and see her parents.
"How fitting," Kida said as she came to see her husband, "the old king need never shed tears again."
Milo grinned at her before he was suddenly tackled by Obby and he licked the human man's face. "Obby. Obby. Alright. C'mon. Show a little respect here," he warned the lava dog.
Gadget looked sheepish as she came to see her parents.
"Hello, my darling," Kida grinned, "are you trying to train Obby?"
"A little bit, yes," Gadget replied, "no signs of our visitors though."
"Perhaps soon," Kida grinned as she hugged her before facing Milo, "I never thought the rebuilding of Atlantis would move so faster."
"I think we only understand a fraction of what the crystal can teach us," Milo remarked.
"Well, I know that none of it would be possible without you," Kida grinned before soon they hugged each other.
Soon Obby snarled and barked, looking a bit hungry.
"Looks like Obby wants a snack," Gadget alerted her parents.
Milo chuckled as he saw Obby begging like a regular pet dog, standing on his hind legs. "Alright, one rock," he warned the lava dog before taking out a rock and tossing it over to him, chuckling as Obby snacked right on it, "you know, you're getting to look like one chubby lava dog."
Obby ate the rock happily before he suddenly snarled and looked provoked somehow.
"What is this, Obby," Gadget frowned, "what is wrong?"
Soon a man rushed over with some guards. "Queen Kida. There are intruders approaching the city," he warned.
Soon Kida took a look over with some retro binoculars and panicked. "They're coming through the lava tubes. Where is the patrol captain? I want them met with fliers. Gadget, go wait in your room."
Soon Milo took a look to see what Kida saw before grinning warmly. "Wait. They're not intruders, they are friends," he explained.
"Yes," Gadget beamed, "it's Basil and Mrs. Brisby and their family!"
Obby looked just as emotional as she did so.
"We have arrived in Atlantis," Bernard grinned.
"How very emotional," Tanya added.
"Don't get too emotional now," Bianca teased, "we wouldn't wanna frighten them off."
"We'll try not to," Dawson chuckled as they continued towards their destination.
They weren't the only ones there though, there was more company to come.
"Oh, it is beautiful," one familiar voice remarked in excitement.
"Yes. It's amazing what a little paint and sparkle will do," another voice agreed, though sounding slightly dull.
Soon the two families made it over and came to see Milo and Kida again after so long as the Atlantean people beamed and grinned in emotion and anticipation. Edmond stepped out as he came with the Schwartz family before yelping as he suddenly got tackled on the ground.
"Edmond, greetings," Gadget greeted the kitten as she had tackled him down on the floor as her own friendly greeting.
Edmond blushed. "Oh...hi, Gadget," he replied, "Happy Thanksgiving!"
"Yes...Happy Thanksgiving," Gadget nodded, "I look forward to it."
"I know I am," Edmond grinned bashfully.
Soon Basil and Mrs. Brisby rushed over to go and see Milo and Kida as Cody, Penny and Jake slowly joined after.
"Well...this is Atlantis....." Luke remarked as he looked all around, "not at all like I expected."
"It's like something out of those long and 'cultured' Purple Space Cat movies," Jenny nodded.
"That sure is interesting," Olivia added in agreement.
"Downright miraculous," Basil added, "first time I've seen it in person."
"Doesn't it look better than just looking from my scrapbook," Bianca asked.
"Very much, Mum," Basil nodded.
"So glad that you could make it," Kida grinned, "I can warn that this will be a fun family and friend adventure for all of us."
"If only Audrey and the others could be here," Milo added.
"I think they could show up sometime," shrugged Dawson.
"Would that be them," Bernard wondered as he pointed to the heavens.
There appeared to be some planes coming in the air after the Schwartz and Greenwood families came side-by-side.
"Could it be..." Cody pondered.
"Perhaps..." Penny added.
Soon the planes came in for a landing to show some familiar faces from the last big adventure in Atlantis.
"Looks like they're here and what best timing," Bianca remarked.
"How fortuitous," exclaimed Dawson, "I guess the gang's all here!"
"Audrey, what are you guys doing here," Milo asked in surprise.
"Just making sure you aren't making a mess of things down here," Audrey smirked as she jumped down in front of him.
"Come here," Milo smirked back playfully before soon he hugged her, giving her two since she flinched, "ah, two for flinching."
"Why, thank you," Sweet grinned as he was given his own flower lei like they had come to visit Hawaii, "I hope my hay fever doesn't kick up."
Two young strong Atlantean men came to help out Mrs. Packard.
"Hello," Mrs. Packard said as she dropped down in between them, "well, who wants to show me around the city?"
Then the two Atlantean men broke out into a fight over the grumpy old lady.
"Oh, let me. I will do it."
"No, I saw her first."
"No, no. Me, me."
"Boys, boys, you're both pretty," Mrs. Packard warned them, "we'll all go."
"Mesdemoiselles," Mole greeted three lovely Atlantean women as they gave him flowers before he whispered something to them.
Soon the three women gasped and frowned before they suddenly chased him off.
"I guess some facts never change," Tanya commented about Mole's dilemma.
"We should probably help him," Bernard suggested.
"Nah, it's funnier this fashion," Dawson replied.
"Sheesh, I missed you guys, I was just expecting Bernard, Bianca, Dawson and Tanya," Milo grinned at the group, "but why are you here? Is Mr. Whitmore okay?"
"Is he even around," Bianca asked softly since Mr. Whitmore was pretty old.
"Why don't you ask him yourself," Audrey grinned warmly.
Kida looked over and beamed at the sight of a certain old man who appeared to be piloting one of the planes. "Guys," she said to her husband and their friends.
"Mr. Whitmore," the group gasped.
"Not only am I alright, but this crystal of yours makes me feel 20 years younger," Whitmore grinned as he jumped out of his plane before Milo dove in to help him in case he got hurt before he chuckled, "of course, that yet leaves me pretty old. And this must be Princess Kida, although, I guess, it would be Queen Kida now."
"And you must be Mr. Whitmore," Kida replied as she hugged him tightly. "And yes, Queen Kida, and this is the princess......Gadget," she gestured to her daughter.
Gadget put one hand in her pocket and waved her other hand with a small smirk.
"Thank you," Kida continued warmly at the older man, "you brought Milo to me and made all this possible."
Mole shrieked as soon as he was thrown aside before the women caught him and pulled him off again.
"Come," Gadget invited, "let us go inside where you can have something to eat."
"Sounds nice to me," Basil declared as he brought in his bag, "I bet you have plenty of way-cool stories!"
"Lead the road," Mrs. Brisby nodded, "I'm famished."
Soon they came into the dining room to eat some of the Atlantean cuisine.
"My only regret is that our good friend Eleanor Miller couldn't join us for this trip," Bianca said before they sat down, "though I'm sure we'll at least see her again soon as after we found each other after 20 years have passed that we'll keep in touch a lot better than after she disappeared with her one true love, Simon Seville, and married him instead of that doofus Theodore Seville."
"Still not a fan of Theodore, right, Bianca," Bernard asked.
"Are you joking me," Bianca scoffed, "I don't think anybody even liked him, especially Miss Fieldmouse, Ellie Mae or Fievel and they were just pretending to like him so they wouldn't upset Eleanor."
Dawson nodded in agreement. "But, enough of that. Now let's get this feast started," he declared.
"I guess your decision to stay here wasn't as hard as I thought," Whitmore said to Milo on the road inside.
"Save my life," Mole cried out in despair as the women chased him.
The others sighed and shook their heads at Mole as they got settled together.
"Let's eat these...uh...rather...interesting meals," Bianca advised.
The others jeered and soon sat down to eat up together.
"You must try some of this," Mrs. Packard suggested.
"Delicious~" Sweet added.
"It's nice to see you all again," Milo said to his friends.
"Magnificent," Whitmore beamed as he helped himself, "trust me, this is grand."
Edmond looked unsure about eating some of the food, though Gadget ate with much gusto, where he found the bravery to try out the food before he found himself enjoying it with her.
"Not bad," Mole nodded.
"I think I need marmalade mustard or something," Bianca suggested.
"Perhaps I could be of some service? Pepper sauce. Never leave home without it," Cookie offered as he took out a bottle and soon patted on it. "Puts a little giddy-up in every meal. Also makes a fine paint remover," he added sheepishly as he saw the sauce got all over Sweet and Audrey by incident.
"Uh, Sweet, I think this food just moved," Audrey noted as she looked at her plate hesitantly.
"Then you better eat it fast before it gets apart. Besides, if it's alive, you don't have to swallow so hard," Sweet suggested as he took out what looked like a moving grub, "just point them head first where they know which fashion to crawl."
Penny and Tanya began to look horrified at the moving food before they both brought out their own vegetarian options to share with the family as Thanksgiving was all about sharing with friends and family after all.
"Your grandfather would be proud of you, Milo," said Whitmore, "you not only discovered a lost empire, you probably saved the world from Rourke's plans for the crystal! And now, you're helping restore Atlantis to its former glory. That's quite a resume for a cartographer."
"I just wish he could be here to see all this..." said Milo, before clutching hands with his beloved, ".....and to meet Kida."
Gadget waved her hand in the air.
"And of course, Gadget as well," Milo chuckled as he patted his daughter on her head.
The others smirked a bit with Milo and Kida's relationship, looking a little playful though.
"Yeah, well, it's great to see everybody together again, but something warns me it's not just for a little reunion," Milo grinned bashfully, then warmly all around the others.
"Uh, I'm afraid you're right," Whitmore replied, "there's damage on the surface. I already had my doctor, digger, demolition expert, mechanic. Each the top of their field, but I came here for the one expert I didn't have; an expert on Atlantis, not to mention some adventurous friends of ours."
"Guess you mean us," Tanya replied. "But why would you need us------" she started.
"Several cargo ships have gone down in the North Atlantic," Whitmore informed, "the survivors say it was a sea monster."
"A sea monster," Bianca asked, "I'm both doubtful and not surprised something like that is going on."
"Then I guess we'll have to check it out for ourselves," said Dawson, "see what's causing all this mayhem, and put a stop to it."
"We thought it might be the watchdog at your front door," Sweet warned Milo.
"The Leviathan," Kida asked.
"Right. That's one big sea monster. In the water, that's the last fact you wanna see," Vinny nodded, "except, perhaps, my Aunt Rose in a swimsuit. Sweet woman, but very large-boned."
"Nice to know," Bernard shrugged.
"I'm glad it knew we were friends this time," Audrey said.
"But there could be others out there," Kida suggested, "my father had many such machines created. He used the magic and science of the crystal to expand the borders of Atlantis. That war almost destroyed the world."
"Well, it looks like his war may not be over," Whitmore said.
"Then Milo and I will go with you to the surface and end it," Kida volunteered.
"Kida, you can't. I mean, you're the queen," Milo disagreed.
"The city repairs are well underway," Kida replied. "The counselors can handle the everyday matters. And I feel responsible for what my father did so. I want to understand his decision. And I am afraid the answers are not in Atlantis. The children should probably stay here for their own safety," she suggested.
"Aw, c'mon," Cody replied as he stood up. "We've faced even worse dangers like Mum, Dad, Miss Bianca and Dr. Dawson faced all the time before we were born! We can do this as well! And so can Olivia, Jenny and Luke! Especially Ellie Mae and Luke from what I've seen," he added with a small smirk, winking to both.
"He has a point," replied Basil, "we're more than capable of fending off any danger that might come our road!"
"I'm not sure if it's a nice idea for the children to get involved like this," Kida frowned softly.
"Mother, you can trust them," Gadget said as she put her hands together in a begging position, "they are the children of your and Father's most trusted allies and the adventure you had together before I was born. I have also seen the amazing facts that my honorary cousins can do so, especially the hesitant kitten. He's part of a special supernatural fighting team."
Edmond smirked and shrugged bashfully as he waved to Milo and Kida.
"They won't get hurt or anything bad like that," Gadget replied, "and I can fight just fine on my own with training from my bodyguard, Uttamatomakkin. Please let us join you."
Kida looked over, seeing that her daughter had the same adventurous determination in her eyes as she once did, along with Milo and their special friends before she sighed in defeat. "....Very well then," she accepted, "you and your young friends may come along, but you should just know that this is very serious business. You could get hurt or worse, I just hope that you realize that."
"We do, Mother," Gadget reassured, "and we can look after ourselves as needed."
"Yes," Basil nodded firmly, "we have plenty of fight in us!"
"Alright..." Kida allowed, "you may come along, but remember what I said."
"We will," the children promised as they all looked as brave as they could.
Kida grinned at the confidence as that helped just a little bit.
And then, they bundled up warmly and boarded a ship as Jenny took out her camera and began to take pictures...as well as she could anyhow as it was rather foggy so far on deck.
"Not bad, but I always had a better view apart from the S.S. Tipton," Jenny warned the others as she continued to snap her camera about, "my parents are best friends with the owner of the Tipton Hotel, Mickey Mouse."
"Somehow, I'm not surprised," Mrs. Brisby smirked, almost sardonically.
"...'Mickey,'" Basil repeated, nonplussed.
"Yes, that's Mickey's first name....." Jenny stated plainly.
"I'm sorry, I'm just having damage processing that," Basil replied.
Jenny shrugged and soon she went back to taking her pictures.
"Just remember not to show too many of those back in New York," Jake advised.
"Don't worry, Jake, I won't," Jenny reassured.
Soon Oliver grinned as he came to her side as they got settled on deck.
"I feel bad," Milo said to Kida as they explored, "you eventually get to the surface and it's so cloudy, there's nothing to see."
"Everything in your world is new to me," Kida said before she saw a floating ring and took it off the hook, looking into it curiously. "The heavens, the clouds, everything on the ship. What is this," she asked.
"That's a life preserver," Milo explained.
"Then you wear it and it preserves your life," Kida guessed as she had him wear it around his shoulders, "like our crystals?"
"No, no. You throw it to someone in the water," Milo shook his head as he took it away.
"Oh, then that is a game," Kida asked.
"No. You only throw it if someone is drowning," Milo explained as he put it back.
"Does that not make it hard for them to play the game," Kida asked with a frown.
"Oh, Kida..." Bianca sighed and shook her head.
Dawson chuckled again. "The more facts change, I suppose so," he remarked.
"Any matter, let's head on up to the surface," declared Cody, "adventure awaits!"
"Come, let's meet with the others then," Bianca advised.
The others nodded as soon as they followed inside.
"C'mon, Oliver," Jenny grinned at her cat as they went in and she put her camera away.
Audrey was shown to be working with her tools as Obby wagged his tail and got settled. Gadget walked past Obby and petted him on the head, looking quite emotional about her brand new adventure with her friends.
"Two weeks we crisscross the North Sea and get nothing," Vinny complained as he held an unlit stick of dynamite, "no squids, no jellyfish, and no lobster from Atlantis."
"We have to be sure, Vinny," Milo warned him.
"What if raising the crystal brought this Leviathan to life," Kida asked, "this could all be the fault of Atlantis."
"I'd concern more about how we fight it than who's to blame," Tanya replied.
"She's right," Audrey agreed, "last time we shot at the Leviathan, these facts didn't even tickle it."
"Well, hopefully this was the fault of something else," said Dawson.
"Eh, Audrey, if you keep hitting that thing we're gonna be 'tickled' all over these walls," Vinny warned.
"Yes, yes," Audrey scoffed, "like I don't know that."
"Well, careful," Vinny warned her, "Doc Sweet's not here to glue us back together. This time it's my special blend. I start with a batter of gelatinous nitroglycerine, dribble it on a shaped charge of TNT, and top it with just a dusting of black powder and oregano. You can't make a bomb without oregano. It makes a very nice 'boom'. Let the lobster chew on that."
"...Uh-huh," Bernard merely nodded and shrugged.
"You know, I really don't think it is a Leviathan," Milo said as he showed a newspaper to them, "the survivor called it The Kraken, a legendary Norwegian sea monster with arms a quarter-mile long. Nothing like what we saw in Atlantis."
"But Atlantean inventors always base their designs on real animals," Kida said to him, "like the giant squid. It may not be a Leviathan, but it could yet be an Atlantean war machine."
"She is right," Mole added as he ate some sandwiches as Obby looked like he wanted to take the sandwiches apart from him, "no creature of flesh and blood can bring down a steel cargo ship."
"I wish you didn't say that," Bianca replied cynically.
"Then I suppose we're about to find out for ourselves," Basil declared.
"It's a nice fact I'm not seasick, yo..." Edmond shivered, "...or else we'd have something worse than a Krakken to deal with."
Then there was suddenly a loud bang that shook them all.
"Woah! What was that," Edmond yelped.
"Someone taking the cargo ship if I had to guess," Bianca replied as she frowned at Mole who smirked sheepishly.
"Something had the ship," Audrey panicked.
"It's tearing open the launch doors," Milo added as they were all shaken up.
Soon Mole and Obby chased after a piece of cheese that jumped off and ended up in the pool in the room.
"The cheese," Tanya yelped before a giant tentacle came out from the pool, "....you can have it."
Obby yelped and scampered away as the tentacle burst inside. Gadget stood protectively in front of her honorary cousins and held out her weapon of choice, which was a spear and frowned sharply as she looked ready to fight back if necessary.
"Get to the sub pods," Milo warned the others, "Vinny, we're gonna need that fact out of the road."
"Coming up, extra oregano," Vinny nodded and soon shook up a canister before tossing it.
The tentacles began to go crazy before the canister landed in the pool with it and exploded, making the creature roar.
"Launch while ready," Milo instructed as everyone made it into their sub pods, Kida moving Gadget and Obby in her arms and moving them to safety as the Schwartz and Greenwood couples did the same with their own children.
"Next time, chili powder," Vinny warned himself as he began to buckle up.
Basil nodded as he put on a crash helmet, just in case. Then they sat in the pods protectively and cautiously as the pods launched them right into the water.
"Whoops...that doesn't sound nice," Milo warned as he sat in his with Kida, Obby, Edmond and Gadget.
Their launch pad tilted, but yet shot them right against the floor, skidding across the pool floor and they smashed against the wall before being pushed right back into the pool's water behind them.
"It's pulling them down on the starboard side," Mole warned from his pod.
"Where's Milo and Kida," Audrey added, "I didn't see them launch. Milo, are you there? Kida?"
Milo pounded on the hull. "C'mon, c'mon...back-up batteries, time to back up," he groused.
Soon Kida was trying to screw open the hatch.
"I'm freaking out, yo, dude," Edmond panicked.
Soon Ellie held onto him to console him. Edmond blushed from the hug and soon cuddled into her as she held onto him protectively.
"...Fact off my back while I look for Milo," Audrey's voice was heard.
"This is Milo. We're on back-up batteries, sinking fast, no propulsion," Milo responded and reported, "we have a major leak------"
"Motocross," Kida corrected as she tried to get the water out of the road as Obby barked and tried to bite it.
"Leaks," Milo added as he continued, "and the view-port is cracking."
"If the ballast valves aren't blocked, you can flush the water by rerouting the pressure tubes and--" Audrey began to advise.
"Audrey, we are up to our rear ends in water," Milo warned, "it's no time for How-To books."
"OK, that's it. We're coming," Bernard added.
"Well, you'd better hurry because...we're about to hit an undersea mountain," Milo warned as he saw something coming into view.
Soon the "mountain" opened up like a mouth, which proved that it was not what it was thought to be.
"That is not a mountain," Milo realized.
"What have we done," Bernard cried out in grief.
"Shriek," Bianca shrugged in a monotone voice.
"I think he meant something useful..." Dawson retorted.
"We'll get through this," Tanya spoke up, "I know we will!"
"Audrey," Milo cried out in despair.
"Vinny, I think this is where you'll come in handy," Bianca suggested.
"I'm on it," Vinny nodded, sending some explosives right at the mouth to keep it from closing and eating the Thatch family along with Edmond alive.
More and more torpedoes launched, which blew Audrey's pod off balance from the explosions.
"Watch your right dive plane," Audrey warned.
"No problem," Vinny replied as they sorted her out together.
"That should be better, Audrey," Bianca suggested.
"Hey, uh...where's the Kraken, yo," Edmond asked, a bit worried.
"It has disappeared," Mole remarked.
Kida sighed and grinned in relief as she hugged Gadget. "At least it was not Atlantean," she said.
"Somehow, that doesn't make me feel any safer," Milo muttered weakly.
"All the more reason to find the cause," declared Gadget.
Milo patted her on the head as they rode along together. And soon, everyone met up above the water, though one sub pod looked ready to sink down below.
"The creature buckled hull plates therefore and aft," a ship's captain reported as they all came out of their sub pods just above the water's surface, "we'll be lucky to get to the port for repairs. I'll send a launch for you."
"Don't worry about us, Captain. Just take care of the Atlantean," Milo replied with his com-link, "there's a fishing village to the northeast. We'll be there if you finish repairs."
Soon Bernard and Tanya helped Audrey get on her feet as the group met back up together.
"Woah! That's your sub pod," Audrey warned Milo as soon as the sub pod sunk, "that's not coming out of my paycheck."
"Alright, let's get to shore as soon as we can," Vinny suggested.
"Probably a nice idea," Cody nodded.
"What's the matter, Vinny," Audrey smirked, "afraid to play patty-cake with the sea monster? Ooh!"
"No. I don't mind a little patty-cake," Vinny shrugged as he went to go back under his hatch, "but I really don't wanna be here until the bombs on that sub pod hit bottom."
"Heh...nice to know." Bernard chuckled sheepishly as Milo and Audrey took off suddenly.
In the distance, on the shore, a creepy-looking man watched them in silence.
"Eugh...there's some creepy old guy staring at us," Bianca commented.
"Bianca..." Bernard sighed, "you can't just call people that."
"Oh, it's fine as long as he can't hear me," Bianca shrugged in defense.
Soon they made it to shore with some help as Mole hammered down the pegs with the sub pods as Obby sat behind him.
"I guess fishing hasn't been too nice lately, right," Vinny remarked.
"That is not surprising," Kida spoke up, "no doubt that tentacled demon devoured the local fish stocks long ago."
"Then why is it yet here," Audrey wondered.
"Because it doesn't eat fish anymore," Tanya guessed as Kida nodded as that was right.
"Perhaps that's why they built the village on the cliffs," Vinny said as he looked up at the cliffs to see many huts at the top, "you don't let that fact showing up for dinner."
Soon the people inside shut their shutters and locked up their doors for their own protection.
"Not real friendly, are they," Milo commented wearily.
"Not to mention, something really stinks here," Penny grimaced.
"And it ain't just the seawater," Basil declared firmly.
"It's like rotting fish," Audrey added as she pinched her nose.
"Why do you accuse such a fact," Mole complained, crossing his arms as he grumbled, "I have bathed. Recently. No appreciation for fine cologne."
"Easy, Mole," Bernard replied as he observed some icky substance. "She's upwind of you. I'd say it's more likely we're smelling all this mildew," he suggested.
"He's right," Milo agreed, "everything is wet from the fog."
"But you do need a bath," Kida warned Mole.
Mole firmly pouted and huffed.
"Look at that," Audrey said, pointing over to a nearby sign.
"Interesting fashion of presenting tourists," Milo commented.
"I'd say so," Luke nodded in agreement.
"Milo, we have company," Vinny warned as soon as the creepy old man that Bianca had discovered earlier appeared through the fog, looking almost like a ghost in paleness and creepiness.
"I am Edgar Volgud, the magistrate of this town," the man replied as he came to meet the group, "what is your business here?"
"Nice to meet you, my name is Milo Thatch," Milo grinned as he held out his hand to introduce himself and everybody else.
"I doubt there is anything in Krakenstadt that worries you," Volgud interrupted crudely.
"Apart from the Kraken what tried to tear us apart? I'd say there's plenty," Dawson remarked.
"I'd say we have every right, especially me," Bernard added, "Detective Bernard at your service."
"Yes," Kida added, "and what about your town pet that almost sank our ship?"
"Your ship will be repaired at the shipyards of Trondheim," Volgud replied, "you should leave soon. roads are treacherous after dark."
"I wish they can start repairs without us," Milo replied bravely, "we thought we'd stick around a while and enjoy the scenery."
"Trondheim has excellent views," Volgud said.
"All the same, we'll stay," Bianca decided.
"Miss Allyson is the innkeeper here," Volgud informed and soon he walked away, apart out of the conversation, "she'll give you rooms for the night. A driver will take you to Trondheim tomorrow."
Soon the others followed him inside.
"I've seen that fellow before someplace," Vinny said to the others as they came to follow Volgud to get settled in, "I think under a rock. Reminds me of a leech, a worm. A kind of, salamander-ish..."
Soon Obby ran right inside once he sensed something.
"Obby, no," Milo cried out in grief and warned.
Soon Obby came right into the fireplace and curled up into a ball, resting in the flames.
"Uh...is that safe for him," Jenny asked, looking worried with Oliver.
"He was born in molten rock," Kida reassured.
"Yes! He's a lava dog," Basil laughed, "that's basically like a hot tub for him! Heavy on the hot!"
"Don't you ever try that," Jenny whispered to Oliver.
"Message received," Oliver replied as he saluted his mistress with his paw.
"Wasn't Volgud that statue guy," Audrey asked as they went to warm up past the fire.
"That would make him even older than he looks, which I must say is pretty darn old," Milo remarked.
"I haven't aged a day since high school," Bianca snorted a bit.
"They say he made a deal with the devil to live forever, but forgot to ask for eternal youth," a new voice said as everyone turned to see an eerie blonde woman who carried a tray of mugs in her hands, "this will drive the fog from your bones."
Everyone thanked the strange woman and began to help themselves to a warm drink.
"Thank you, Miss Allyson," Bernard replied.
"Inger," the blonde woman stated before she continued to speak to them. "There is a darkness around Edgar Volgud and that shadow has dimmed all that was happy here. We would leave, but this inn is all we have. It is no place for me to raise my little one. Facts will not change here until its power is broken," she suggested.
"'Its'," Milo blinked, "you mean Volgud's?"
"Or the sea monster's," Kida added.
"I will stuff rooms for you, but do not cross Edgar Volgud, and leave as soon as you can," Inger stated as she seemed to ignore that question, heading upstairs after they took their mugs as she began to prohibit service for them.
"They must work on their tourist industry," Bianca snarked.
"Focus, guys; this goes deeper than we thought," Dawson exclaimed, "somehow Volgud is connected to that creepy Kraken, and we need to find out how!"
"I do believe Dawson has a point," Bernard replied, "and as a detective, I'll try to find out what's going on and of course, you guys will help out."
"Can I help as well, Dad," Cody asked hopefully, "oh, please, please, please, can I?"
"Of course you can," Bernard grinned.
"Yes," Cody beamed and cheered.
The others chuckled a bit from Cody's emotion of spending time with his father like this.
"We'll play along for now, get settled, and then we'll get to work soon right after," Olivia suggested.
Everyone else nodded in agreement. And that was what they did so as it began to get darker outside.
Soon the children were meeting up and getting ready to go with the adults.
"Gadget, uh, I had no idea your family was so adventurous..." Edmond said, trying to speak to the orange-haired mouse, "you ever need to speak about it...you could come to me."
"I'll be fine, really," Gadget reassured him, "we all have pretty adventurous parents and I've seen you fight with Underfist, where we're all more than capable of taking care of ourselves and solving a little mysteries along the road."
"Yes...if you put it like that, I see your point," Edmond replied.
"You're braver than you think you are," Gadget advised Edmond, "I know you are."
"Yes, I was given some advice like that," Jake nodded, "you're braver than you believe, you're smarter than you seem, and smarter than you think."
"Woah...that was pretty powerful stuff, yo," Edmond replied, "who taught you that?"
"A best friend of mine, Christopher Robin," Jake grinned proudly.
"Huh...wow..." said Edmond, "that's pretty deep."
"You're not gonna say 'yo' again," asked Jake.
"Nah," Edmond replied, "I think I'm getting tired of it."
The other kids gave small grins, happy for Edmond's growth.
"Alright, they're going out," Peepers said as she looked from the window, "let's go meet them."
The others nodded and soon followed Peepers on out to go after their parents to do a bit of stealthy work and started out by hiding behind Volgud's statue as it was dark and foggy out, but they would yet be able to at least see where they were going.
"C'mon, just follow his lantern," Milo warned the others as they hid behind in the darkness.
Soon they heard a very strange sound.
"What was that," Jenny asked in worry as she held Jake's hand, "where did that come from?"
"It is not of this Earth," Mole replied.
"No. That's a bird. A very big gooney bird," Vinny replied before the sound got stronger and eerier, "...or a puffin with a very upset stomach."
"No, it's voices," Milo declined, "I can't make out what they're------"
Then suddenly, they were all alone in the dark.
"Where's Volgud," Audrey asked.
"His light is gone," Mole realized.
"We could be walking in circles," Milo frowned, "we'd better head back to the village."
"And which fashion would that be," Audrey asked.
"Over there," Milo suggested, "head for the lights before the fog closes in again."
Everyone proceeded to make their road through the fog...or trying to.
"Ow! I hit my face," Basil called out.
"Mother! Mother, where are you," Mrs. Brisby cried out in despair.
"Someone's touching my hand," Luke called.
"You're touching your own hand, Luke," Peepers warned him.
"Oops...so I am," Luke said bashfully.
"Just a moment. Listen to the gravel," Mole advised the others.
"Not now, Mole," Audrey complained.
"But this is decomposed granite, which would mean we are headed for the cliff," Mole informed before crying out in grand agony as he suddenly fell, but he wasn't the only one.
Soon everyone cried out in grief and panicked as they slid down the cliffside and Mole was dangerously falling until he took out a pair of pic-axes and stopped himself from falling any further, grinning, but then everyone piled on top of him. Soon Obby snarled and howled as he was left alone on the clifftop.
"Obby! Just stay calm," Gadget warned the lava dog to ease his nerves, "we'll be alright."
"Nobody move," Bianca said, "we don't want to trigger the rock-slides."
"I'll help get us gently down if everyone's in," Bernard offered.
"Sure, go for it," Dawson warned him, "I seriously doubt anybody's gonna stop ya!"
"Alright, let me see here...." Bernard stuck his tongue out in concentration.
The others looked worried and shocked before soon Bernard used his strength to help all of them down and safely jumped down from the cliff before they could all fall on each other and get seriously hurt. There were soon glowing lights behind the fog as they all let out a big sigh of relief.
"Now that was too close," Edmond said as he and Gadget were holding each other, "um...hi."
"Greetings," Gadget replied as they held each other before they both seemed to blush.
"Ahem..." Bianca smirked as she came between the two, making them look bashful, "I think something strange is going on around here."
"We've already figured that out," Dawson stated, "now we just need to find out what."
"My gut is pointing towards that Volgud guy," Bianca suggested as she kept her smirk, "there's something about him I don't like and it's not just that he kinda sounds like Mr. Ratburn."
"Fair enough," replied Dawson, "he's pretty creepy-looking."
"Well, what do you think we should do, Miss Bianca," Penny asked.
"Go back and see him," Bianca suggested, "I smell a rat."
Soon the others agreed as they began to plan their next move against the creepy old man known as Volgud.
Speaking of which, meanwhile, Inger was setting the table before she was alarmed by the older man who came to see her.
"Gather the possessions of the strangers and burn them," Volgud instructed her, but they suddenly had some familiar company.
"What's the matter, Volgud? You think we've got fleas," Vinny huffed as he and the rest of the group was shown, frowning furiously at him.
"Yeesh. You seem surprised to see us," Bernard noticed.
"Certainly worm or leech," Vinny shook his head sharply, "salamanders are too cute."
"We'd like to hear more about Volgud's deal with the devil," Milo said softly and hopefully.
"It is an old wives' story, a folk tale, nothing more," Inger shook her head as she turned away from the group.
"Ms. Inger, we want to help," Cody said as maturely as he could, "lives have been taken at sea, and I suspect in this town. Surely you understand that, right?"
Inger glanced over before she sighed softly and came toward a portrait. "I would love to let my little one play outside again. Long ago, the fish left the sea," she began to warn them, "the town was in danger of dying. A bargain was struck. The souls of the people for the life of the town."
"Le Kraken," Mole gasped.
"Sometimes known as the 'devil fish'..." added Milo.
"That can't be coincidental," Dawson remarked.
"The town is prohibited for, but no one can leave," Inger continued to explain, "and the sun has not shone since."
The others looked worried from that and soon set off to explore.
"Folklore or not, there is a connection between the Kraken and this town," Milo commented, "I think Dawson has a point."
"I have to agree," Bernard added.
"Volgud hands out food and supplies from somewhere," Kida added, "maybe a hidden cave?"
"I could search," Vinny suggested as he brought out a stick of dynamite, "would make a very nice boom."
"Ha! The response is staring at you right in the face," Mole smirked as he stood with Obby, "regard how an igneous boulder has been futilely disguised as sedimentary rock. They might as well paint a road sign."
"Alright, thrill us, Mole, show us a secret fashion," Bianca suggested.
Mole nodded. "Yes, Madam Bianca~" he said as he came to the rock wall behind him and soon found a lever that happened to be there and soon pulled on it, which opened up a rock door right behind him, showing them a road through.
"How convenieeeeeeent," Bianca remarked in a Dana Carvey-esque face, "oh, well, at least it's not an old cave behind the waterfall trope."
"They look exactly the same to me..." Kida commented.
"Yes, well, you weren't raised by naked mole rats," Audrey replied as she headed into the tunnel.
"That would explain sooo much," Kida noted as she came after her.
"In more fashions than none," Gadget added, agreeing with her mother.
Then they walked into the moist cave for further exploration, finding some men at work as they moved around wooden crates. Soon the group hid behind the crates as they saw the workers and found even more suspicion in the air ever than before.
"This is all from the sunken freighter," Mole observed with them.
Soon Kida looked across from their hiding spot and saw a familiar-looking stranger. "There's Volgud," she said.
Indeed, Volgud was there before his eyes glowed suddenly and out came tentacles from the body water from in front of him. The tentacles reached out and pulled out other crates to give to Volgud before stroking his face briefly and going back under the water.
"Volgud is controlling the Kraken," Milo realized.
"How? Table scraps and a rolled-up newspaper," Luke scoffed.
"He's not using table scraps," Vinny shook his head.
"It's some sort of mental power," Milo countered as he looked at the men at work, "look at the workers. They look hypnotized."
"I thought that Ms. Allyson looked a bit dead-eyed if we first met her," Mrs. Brisby remarked.
"I think he uses that power to enslave the creature, warning it what ships to attack," Milo exclaimed, "if we can rustle Volgud's control, he'll lose his mental grip on the Kraken!"
Mrs. Brisby noticed Audrey was going somewhere and soon followed her. The kids children began to do the same, silencing each other, reminding themselves to be silent.
"I sense a disturbance in Audrey," Mrs. Brisby whispered.
"I think I do as well," Cody nodded in agreement.
The children continued to follow before gasping and suddenly, they were all wide-eyed and had glowing green eyes.
"Tickling will be nice," Vinny advised the others as Obby began to look concerned about something, "nobody can concentrate until they're being tickled. Or a bomb. A bomb is a very best distraction."
Soon Obby whined like a regular dog to get their attention.
"Csendes," Milo silenced the lava dog until he noticed something missing, "wait. Where are Audrey and the children?"
Soon Obby pointed as Audrey and the children soon walked to one spot and the Kraken's tentacles were wiggling on out about to catch the children as Volgud grinned darkly with his own glowing green eyes.
"Holy blue," Mole gasped.
"Get Audrey and the children. I'll distract him," Milo instructed as they split up.
They nodded and dispersed as the children moved further towards the Kraken's grasp. Soon Milo lunged out at Volgud and then Bernard struck him clear across the face. Then Ellie Mae hit her hands on the ground and summoned her vines to come out to tie up and restrain Volgud. Bianca and Luke growled as they came behind Milo.
"I warned you guys to----" Milo reminded.
"Our children are in danger as well," Bianca replied sharply, "you better stay out of my way unless you want some as well, Thatch!"
"Trust me, you do not wanna get on her worst side," Bernard advised.
"Y-Yes, ma'am..." Milo simply nodded, deciding not to mess with Bianca right now before he saw the Kraken catch Audrey and the children. "What? But he's unconscious. It should go away," he said, sounding confused since the Kraken was yet active even though Volgud was currently knocked out and tied up.
"Perhaps it's the Kraken giving the orders," Luke realized, "Volgud is merely a puppet it uses to communicate!"
"Woah..." Bernard muttered, "that sounds pretty messed up."
"I never would've guessed that," Ellie Mae added.
"I'm not going to let you lose me like I lost my mother, Gadget..." Kida firmly promised as soon as she battled and fought the tentacles, going to reach for Gadget first only to get thrown against the ground suddenly, "argh!"
Soon Volgud's goons swooped in to fight against Milo and the others to keep them apart.
"Alright, now we try Plan B," Vinny advised as he took out his lit-up dynamite stick, "plan Bomb."
"No. Not at the creature," Mole shook his head as he pointed at the cracked ceiling above the tentacles, "at the ceiling."
"How about picking the target before I light the dynamite, right," Vinny suggested dryly before soon he threw the dynamite stick in that direction.
The dynamite exploded, bringing down the roof on the Kraken's head, making it lose its grip on the children.
"Phew..." the adults sighed, relieved that their children were now safe.
Soon Audrey and the children fell into the shallow water and the adults rushed to their respective children. Bernard helped Audrey stand up as Kida and Milo held Gadget protectively. Then Bianca, Luke and Ellie Mae went to get Peepers, Basil, Mrs. Brisby, Cody, Penny, Jake, Jenny, Dawson and Olivia.
"Get to the sub pods! We have to stop the Kraken from getting out," Milo warned the others as they were running out of time down here.
Soon the Kraken went underwater as the cave began to crumble from the explosion and the group ran away to make their escape. However, the doors in front of them opened and they were suddenly surrounded by villagers.
"OUT OF OUR ROAD, BARBARIANS," Mole hissed as soon as he ran towards the villagers, tackling them and they fell on the floor.
The others grinned at that and soon went to continue their escape out the doors. As soon as they left, Volgud stood up and rubbed his head, coming into consciousness and looked wide-eyed once he saw what just happened while he was out.
"Ugh...what just happened," asked Basil, moaning.
"You were under some kind of spell, but not a magical spell, but rather a manipulation spell," Bianca replied.
"At least you're awake," Luke added.
"I remember going underground one moment and then we ended up here," Mrs. Brisby said to their parents, "where's everyone else?"
"Don't worry, we're leaving on our sub pods now," Bianca reassured, "we'll be out of this mess at last, but the reluctant fact is that the Kraken didn't take you from us."
"Speak to me, Mole," Milo exclaimed over the com-links, "our best chance to stop the Kraken is to seal him inside!"
"We'll do our best on that then," Ellie Mae replied.
"Audrey, you doing all right," Milo asked.
"Yes. Now," Audrey nodded before shuddering from the unpleasant feelings she had felt during the Kraken's grasp, "...ooh! It was creepy. All cold and slimy. Everything faded apart like I was drowning."
"I didn't like it much myself either," Jenny added.
Oliver purred as he nuzzled against Jenny to console her. Vinny's eyes widened as they began to glow green before Mole shoved him suddenly.
"Hey, pay attention," Mole frowned before he had an idea, "it is too dark to see. Fire the magnesium flares."
"Wait, what," Bianca asked before the flares went off suddenly and she frowned, "what are you doing here? We want to sneak up on------"
"Mother," Mrs. Brisby spoke up hesitantly.
"What? Oh...man..." Bianca blinked and had wide eyes as they saw the Kraken right in front of them.
"Jiminy Christmas! It's already out," Milo gasped.
"Alright...everybody be very, very careful now," Bianca advised, "perhaps we can yet dodge it."
"Avoid the tentacles," Milo called.
Audrey rolled her eyes. "Sure, because I was gonna go right at them..." she muttered sarcastically.
"Never failed before," Bianca smirked.
"Watch it," Audrey warned.
Gadget hugged Obby close as she tried to look calm. Edmond felt very afraid himself, but he grew up during his Halloween adventure last month, and soon came to her and patted her on her back to help soothe her.
"Oh...thank you, Edmond," Gadget said with a small grin.
"No problem," Edmond replied.
Gadget grinned as she blushed a bit. Edmond seemed to blush back at her.
"Basil, do you think you're going to be alright," Bianca asked her son, knowing how he could get sometimes.
"I'm all nice, Mum," replied Basil, "why wouldn't I be?"
"I was just concerned you'd be having a bad time," Bianca said as she put her arm around him, "we'll get through this though."
"We will prevail," Mrs. Brisby nodded in agreement.
"It's cool, Mum," said Basil, "I know we'll be alright."
"Sure," Bianca said as she patted him on the head, "let's get out of here."
The others nodded as Bianca went back to her side of the sub pod controls.
Soon Audrey avoided the Kraken's tentacles as best as she could, then shooting her torpedoes, but nothing seemed to change. "It's no use. I can't line up a decent shot," she reported to the others.
"We're on him," Milo replied as he moved his and Kida's sub pod towards the Kraken next, "open wide. It's chow time!"
Soon the tentacles threw them back as their torpedoes launched.
"What are you waiting for? Fire the---" Mole warned Vinny before gasping as he noticed that his friend had glowing green eyes now.
Soon Vinny pulled his lever and suddenly his torpedo flew towards the Greenwoods, almost hitting them, but they luckily got out of the road, but the explosion was yet close to them.
"Woah," Bernard and Ellie Mae yelped as Cody, Penny and Jake huddled against Olivia, Dawson, Jenny and Oliver.
"Warn him to watch his aim," Kida warned sharply. "He almost hit the Greenwoods--watch out," she yelped.
"Hey, Vinny," Bianca frowned, "shoot at the squid, not us!"
"Vinny, what's gotten into you," Bernard frowned back before thinking about it. "Unless...oh, dear," he said with wide eyes, "he must be being controlled!"
"Brilliant deduction, Sherlock Holmes," Luke remarked, "now how about we do something?!"
"Jake has gone mad," exclaimed Mole, "his mind is ensnared!"
"But Volgud---" exclaimed Milo.
"It's not Volgud," replied Kida, "it's the Kraken!"
"Of course! The Kraken is the one with the mind powers," Audrey realized.
"That's why we were coming towards it back there," Jenny nodded.
CLANG!!
"Uh...what was that," Ellie Mae blinked.
"It is alright. I have distracted him," Mole replied as he had a wrench and knocked Vinny right on the head.
Soon the Kraken began to chase after them and they drove their sub pods out of the road.
"Watch out! Monster on the move," Milo warned the others.
The chase was on as the Kraken zoomed in closer and closer, looking ready to swallow them all.
"Woah...that was really strange....." Vinny mumbled as he rubbed his head and seemed to be back to normal.
"We need a plan," Bianca moaned, "we can't play catfish and mouse forever!"
"I'm down to my last shot," Audrey called.
"As am I," Mole added.
"Head back to the beach," Milo called, "we must get onto dry land!"
"That's probably the smartest fact we can do right now," Bianca nodded in agreement.
Soon they began to drive their sub pods up towards there.
"No," Vinny disagreed as he pulled his lever, turning him and Mole around.
"Mr. Santorini, are you crazy," Cody cried out in despair, "you're heading right at it!"
"I will distract him again," Mole suggested as he brought out his wrench only for Vinny to catch his goggles, pull on them, but let go of them, smacking Mole right in the face, "I am blinded!"
"You better have a nice reason for this, Vinny," Ellie Mae warned firmly.
"It's Milo's sub pod. It had a complete load of torpedoes," Vinny explained, "we can blow them all at once."
"Oh...hey, that's not a worst idea," Ellie Mae agreed.
"Let's do it," Milo grinned as he looked emotional and motivated.
Soon Obby barked and shivered in his own emotion.
"Hang on tight back there, children," Milo warned Gadget and Edmond.
Vinny took aim, and opened fire, as the torpedo shot down at the sub pod, blowing it to bits and destroying the Kraken.
"Direct hit," Basil whooped.
Back in the cave, Volgud cried out in grief as his skin glowed with blue runes, and he collapsed.
"You know, I think Mr. Squid was a little bit hocus-pocus himself," Vinny remarked as they took that time to escape.
"Farewell, OctoWussy," Mary Poppins added as the Kraken was eventually defeated as they headed back to dry land.
"Last time I saw someone that cranky, Mo was having contractions," Bert weakly chuckled.
Back in the village, the statue of Volgud was pulled to the ground, and everything seemed a bit more lively again.
"Yes, you won't find the Kraken in any history book," Milo commented.
"The curse is lifted, the fish are back, and the mildew has been scrubbed off," Kida grinned.
"I'd say that counts as a grand wrap-up," Emelius commented.
"Well, if something stinks now..." Vinny began to wonder.
"I think I have a pretty best idea of what that stink is," Oliver complained as he stood behind Jenny.
Soon Mole was shown to be walking after Audrey. "What? Why you do this with your hand? That is the fish," he said to her.
The others sighed and rolled their eyes a bit, but the children laughed a little bit.
"For 8,000 years, I have lived with the same faces," Kida said softly as she looked at some people who were painting a boat before they all waved at each other, "it is strange to meet new people. And each new person has new thoughts, new ideas. Your world has much to offer. I hope one day my people, the people of Atlantis can offer as much."
"There's no reason they can't," Milo said, soothing his wife. "Your people can make a difference to the world, like we did here. Now that there's no Kraken, it's left to people like Inger Allyson to raise their little ones in peace," he added, waving at the top of the cliff edge where Inger was with a bundle in her arms, wrapped in a pink blanket.
"Yeah, she's a nice egg," Michael agreed.
"We can never thank them enough," Inger grinned as she waved from atop of the cliff face before looking down at her new bundle in her arms, "now you can grow big and strong and someday be the most reluctant person in town. Now give Mama a big hug~"
The baby cooed as tentacles slipped out of the blanket and wrapped around Inger.
"That's my little one~" Inger cooed as she continued to walk away happily and warmly.
"...Well, that was kinda creepy," Charlie commented.
"Almost reminds me of when I have to watch the hatching of some new Pokémon eggs," Wendy remarked.
Later on, everyone met up in the cozy and warm indoors as soon as it was snowing later that night and Cookie began to serve everybody who was hungry.
"Please warn me that's not the same stuff you fed us on the road to Atlantis," Audrey moaned once she saw the squishy brown substance in her bowl.
"Bet your sweet eyes it is," Cookie grinned as he circled around the table, "now I warned you it would keep and keep and keep. And now, it's yours to eat and eat and eat."
"That's right, Margie. They showed me all around the city," Mrs. Packard said, using the phone to talk with a friend of hers at the table, "yes. It broke their hearts, but I need my space. Kemot was too clingy."
"Man, we come for Thanksgiving, and we get to see snowfall and Atlantis," Emelius exclaimed, "is this cool or what?"
"Somehow, Endsville wasn't as crazy or weird as that," Wart remarked.
"Well, is that a nice fact or a naughty fact for you," Mary asked as Alice began to feed Obby his own dinner.
"I'm not complaining or in agony," Wart replied.
"Then I guess this is a step-up from Endsville," Mary said as she beamed as brightly as she possibly could even without grinning, "especially with your company with Alice."
"What? Oh, uh...I guess so," Wart blushed as he grinned bashfully, "she seems pretty cool, especially with how we saved each other from that crazy Halloween against Bun-Bun and these wicked witches."
"Nice to know you're doing so well," Mary warned him.
"I'm doing my best, ma'am," Wart replied.
"Sometimes that's all you can do," Mary nodded.
Soon Mole was feeding Obby next. Obby munched a bit, having quite a bit in his mouth as he sat on the floor with Oliver who ate the food that Jenny had brought with her, of course.
"Careful, Mole. Obidalbedsugs aren't used to such a variety in their diet," Milo warned.
"It's only a few assorted silicates I've been meaning to get rid of," Mole replied before he tossed Obby one of his rocks before munching on one himself with a grin, "it's best for the gums."
Milo grimaced at the sight of that before looking around curiously. "...Hey, where's Kida," he asked.
"I think I saw her in the other room," Mary replied as she sat down to eat with the others.
Soon Kida was coming over to a window and stared out into the snowy exterior, sitting by the window then.
"It's even more beautiful when the snow melts," Milo grinned at Kida, thinking she was just watching the scenery.
"This time there was no Leviathan," Kida spoke to him, proving his thoughts wrong, "but how do we know there are not other Atlantean weapons out there?"
"Uh, not looking at the scenery, right," Milo realized.
"Maybe the crystal's too powerful," Kida frowned, "perhaps it should remain buried."
"But your people, they've regained so much," Milo replied, trying to console her, "could you put them in darkness again?"
"He's right," Michael replied, "you can't go backwards due to fear."
"Besides, what about Wendy," Bert added, "what kind of example would this set for her?"
"I want to protect Wendy and keep her safe as well," Kida replied, "I feel a little lost, but you do make best points."
"What are the chances of another gas leak in Chinese laundry," asked Vinny, at the dinner table, "then that's my LAST flower shop; but I'm thinking of buying a laundry."
Soon Cookie grinned and began to serve them their respective food. Obby shivered hungrily from under the table, where Vinny and Audrey decided to let him have their food. Then the lava dog slurped up the food bowls, even with the bowls themselves and chowed down on the food, not minding it at all. Milo grinned as he pulled out Kida's chair for him before letting her sit down at the table with them.
"Well, I guess now that we know there's no Leviathan on the loose--" Whitmore began to warn Milo and Kida.
"Excuse me," Mrs. Packard spoke up in the background.
"You two will be heading back home to Atlantis with Wendy," Whitmore continued, probably not hearing her.
"Excuse me," Mrs. Packard continued, being as emotionless and ignored as Pollyanna.
"It's a laundry/fireworks..." Vinny continued to the others he was speaking to.
"But don't be in such a rush," Whitmore continued, "take some time to see the world. Plane fare is on me."
"That's very generous, Mr. Whitmore," Milo grinned.
"Well, where's Penny," Charlie asked the Rawlins siblings who just seemed to shrug.
"Hang on, guys, Mrs. Packard has something to say," Bert spoke up, seeing that Mrs. Packard needed some attention right now.
"Thank you, Detective Greenwood," Mrs. Packard replied as soon as everyone looked over and paid attention to her now. "That's better. It's Dr. Sweet. There's danger in the Southwest," she informed them.
"Looks like we must travel again after dinner," Price said to Wendy and the others at their table, sitting at a "kiddie table" like in a traditional big family Thanksgiving dinner.
"Ah, fine by me," replied Emelius, "must love this adventure stuff. Bogus that Penny couldn't come this year, though, but she's probably spending it with one of her friends."
Price gently patted him on the back.
"I'm sure she'll be back home sure enough," Paul replied.
"Knowing her? Possibly," nodded Emelius.
"I'm sure you just have to try to be patient," Jenny grinned, "my parents are gone most of the time, but they always make time for me for the holidays or on my birthday."
"I remember," Paul nodded, "I'm sorry they couldn't come on the day of your birthday though."
"That's alright," Jenny assured, "I had you guys, Oliver, Dodger and Mr. Fagin's dogs for company."
"Are you two going to kiss now," Price smirked to help lighten the mood a little.
Jenny and Paul blushed before Oliver seemed to snicker at them before Paul's cat, Snow White, pounced on top of him and the children all laughed at that.
"Well, where do we have to get going again," Carrie asked her parents.
"Probably after dinner," Jane suggested with a small grin.
"Sure, that works for me," Emelius replied with a yawn.
"Oops...is someone getting sleepy," Charlie smirked at Emelius.
"Perhaps I am, what about it...." Emelius rubbed his eyes.
"Perhaps we should get some rest first before we leave then," Charlie suggested.
"We did have a bit of a long day today," Alice nodded to her boyfriend.
"Well, it's decided then....." Emelius replied with another yawn, "we've had a long day, then we'll catch some Z's....."
"It's traditional to rest up right after Thanksgiving dinner anyhow," Mary advised.
Soon the others nodded and went to get some sleep and to go and see Sweet first fact tomorrow. John was shivering in the bed he had before Wendy came over him, wrapping him up in a blanket with a small grin. Then John blinked as he sat up and looked over to her as she soon went back to her own space to get some sleep as well. Price watched that with a small grin and soon went right back to sleep as Wendy and John were getting along very nicely, especially a lot better than John's obsession over Cruella DeVil.
At last, the next day came and everyone met up with Sweet at the Medical Clinic in the Southwest as discussed last night.
"Sam's a long-time field agent of Mr. Whitmore's," Sweet informed them, "he's best at digging up hard-to-find objects. Only this time, I think something found him."
"And you say he mentioned murderous coyotes in a sandstorm," Milo asked.
"Uh...no, not exactly," Sweet declined as he continued, "more like a sandstorm made up of murderous coyotes who were made up of sand."
"And here I thought facts couldn't get any crazier," Michael remarked dryly.
"Sounds like an Equestria fact if you ask me," Mary shrugged.
"And this is unusual in your world," Kida asked.
"Oh, yes," Sweet chuckled and nodded, "more than a little bit."
"But I do not understand why you wanted ME here," Kida said.
"Because of this," Sweet replied as he took out a talisman with certain writing on it.
Soon Kida took the talisman and examined it before gasping. "Milo, it is Atlantean," she realized.
"Where did you find this," Bert asked.
"You'll have to ask Sam," Sweet replied, gesturing to the old man in bandages in a bed right next to them who seemed to be lying motionless in the bed.
"I can't warn if he's breathing," Wart commented.
"Perhaps he's dead," Paul guessed.
Soon the man groaned a bit and snored lightly.
"Oh, he's just sleeping," Sweet reassured them, "after what he's been through, I'm sure he can use the rest."
Soon John tried to wake the man awake before flinching slightly.
"Hey. Get away, you furry carcass rats," Sam frowned once he awakened.
"Or perhaps he's already well-rested..." Michael muttered.
"It's alright, Mr. McKeane," Milo grinned at the man gently, "you're safe now."
"Mr. Whitmore sent us, sir," Wendy added, coming behind her father.
"Oh, nice old Preston. Best man I ever scavenged for," Sam nodded calmly, "say, young fella, could you fluff up my pillow?"
Milo nodded and soon decided to do that.
"Ah! Now how about a sip of water," Sam asked, "my gullet's awful dry."
Soon Kida found the glass of water behind him and held it out to him as he took the straw and sipped with it before crying out in grand agony.
"What's wrong," Audrey asked as she leaned in.
"Have a little sleepy in the foot," Sam replied as he held his grotesque looking foot out in front of her face, "would you mind giving it a rub?"
"Eww," Audrey and the children complained.
"And you say coyotes did this to you," Charlie spoke up.
"No. Weren't no ordinary coyotes," Sam shook his head before Bert's eyes widened suddenly and he activated his vision power to see what Sam could see while all anyone else could do was listen to the story. "These was cantankerous sand coyotes. Weren't a lick of wind all day, but I sure heard it howling up on the mesas that night. I thought I was crazy if I saw them dust devils materializing in moonlight. Their red eyes like to burn a hole right through my soul. Came shrieking off that ridge like a pack of ghosts. I ran back to my shack and bolted the door. I figured I'd be safe if I stayed inside. I was wrong. Scratched me up like a two-sizes too small wool sweater on a hot afternoon," he concluded before taking out a jar with a proud smirk, "luckily, I had plenty of bacon grease to rub all over my hide to ease the chafing."
Milo simply nodded and smirked hesitantly where he wouldn't say something he would regret.
"Then I see," Bert remarked once he snapped back into the main reality.
"Doesn't it look like something out of Equestria," Mary asked him, "like the timber-wolves or the Ursa Minor and Ursa Major or any weird creature from the Everfree Forest that Twilight warned us about since she stood up to Trixie before we met her?"
"It sure does and I have a feeling we'll all be able to see them up close in the future," Bert nodded to her.
"Good riddance..." Michael remarked.
"Dinnertime," a nurse grinned as she stepped inside with a food tray for the patient, "Mr. McKeane, what have we warned you about the bacon grease?"
"Works better than any of your darn fool fix 'em-ups," Sam scoffed before whispering to the others, "I stood a better chance with them coyotes."
"Is he going to be alright," Carrie asked the nurse.
"Oh, yes. We're moving him to the hospital in Scottsdale where he'll be their problem," the nurse nodded with a grin as she gave Sam his food tray where that he could eat before she left the room.
"Then where did you find this" Milo asked as he examined the talisman.
"In a pot," Sam replied as he began to eat his dinner.
"What pot," Mary asked.
"In the crate."
"What crate," Sweet asked.
"In my shack."
"What shack," everybody asked together.
Soon Sam warned them where to go and once they had the required information, they nodded at him and parted fashions with him, meeting up outside.
"Stay here, children, we'll get ready to go," Jane warned the young ones before meeting up with the other adults.
"Well, guys, looks like we're headed for a shack now," Mary warned the others.
Soon they met outside and got ready to go down there. John waited with the other children before he looked around and decided to try to pick some flowers to give to Wendy as they spoke with each other while waiting for the adults to get ready.
"Oh! John," Wendy grinned at the bespectacled boy, "are these for me?"
"Uh, y-y-yes," John nodded and blushed. "...I thought you would like flowers...you do like flowers, right," he asked.
"Why, yes, I do," Wendy replied as she accepted the flowers, "that's so sweet of you."
"I try..." John grinned bashfully as he rubbed his arm.
"I shall remember this Thanksgiving forever as the time you brought me flowers and we all came together for Team Atlantis," Wendy beamed as she held the flowers with pride.
John blushed even more at that, while Emelius and Price applauded for him, with Ranjan suddenly bursting out of a vortex and clinging to Emelius's back like a koala.
"Woah...where did he come from," Charlie blinked once he saw Ranjan appearing from nothing.
"Who knows, really," shrugged Emelius, "it's always a mystery with this one, but that's what makes it fun."
"Is that right," Carrie commented.
Ranjan cooed and blubbered a bit, of course, no one really understood him.
"Oh...that sounds super interesting," Carrie said as her babysitting studies showed that that blubbering for a while simply meant that a baby was trying to warn a story that couldn't be understood by adult ears.
"What's he saying," Wart asked Carrie.
"I dunno, that's just something babies do sometimes," Carrie replied.
As Ranjan concluded his story, he proceeded to gnaw on his elephant toy's rubber ear. The others lightly chuckled.
"All right, troops! Let's move out," Mary called out.
Then the children walked away together and went to go down on the road together once they were ready to go.
At last, they remembered where to go and soon found the shack that Sam had warned them about.
"I'm not surprised this is where he lives," Sweet remarked once they came to observe, "you saw the man eat, right? Lives like he eats. Sloppy."
"Makes sense to me," Jane nodded in agreement.
"Phew...must be the maid's day-off......" Jenny said as they came inside as the inside looked rather messy.
Soon Mole got on his hands and knees and tasted the sand on the floor.
"I'm afraid to ask, but how does it taste," Mary asked Mole.
"Quartz, silicate, mixed with local clay," Mole warned her as he examined the substance by tasting and observing it closely, "slightly nutty to the taste. Nothing unusual."
"Sand isn't the only fact here that's nutty," Audrey muttered under her breath, while Kida felt the glass.
"Everything here seems to have been rubbed smooth," Kida vocalized, "even the windows are etched! From the sand?"
"McKean said they were sand coyotes," replied Sweet, "I see lots of sand, but no coyotes. Not even any footprints."
"Looks like the crate's missing," Bert said, "let's call Mr. McKean."
And at that, they gave the man a call, but he didn't sound very happy.
"Missing? Dang blame it! I know just what varmint done took it as well," Sam complained on the other line, "it'd be that shifty-eyed, back-stabbing rattlesnake Ashton Carnaby. He runs a trading post outside of town. You best be careful. He's slicker than a sweaty toad in a rainstorm."
"Wow," Bert said.
And then, they went on the road again and went down to the Carnaby Trading Post, driving right in.
"Hopefully this is better," Paul said as Jenny nodded to him.
"Let's look around a little first," Milo suggested as they got out of the car to explore, "we don't know for certain that this Carnaby guy took Sam's crate."
Soon Obby came out after Milo, tackling him down suddenly and licked his face.
"No, Obby! Stay! Stay," Milo cried out in despair and laughed before getting Obby away from him.
A couple of people at the scene looked worried and curious as the man held his camera, standing behind the woman with him. They looked even more concerned as Obby suddenly stretched his tongue out and ate the camera instantly.
"He's a Brazilian iguana," Sweet warned the people there, "eats just about anything. Trust me."
The people just blinked, feeling confused and even more worried.
Soon, the group was inside of the trading post and looking around.
"There are pieces here that are hundreds of years old..." Milo exclaimed, amazed.
Audrey reached into a basket and pulled out an old toy bow and suction-cup arrow. "Look, an antique," she remarked dryly before firing the arrow, striking Mole off-screen.
"How are people to use these facts if they're locked behind glass," Kida asked as she examined the glass case.
"It's for protection," Milo explained to her.
"I know what the spear is for, but why is it in a glass case," Kida asked.
"No, the glass case is for protection," Mary replied.
"Wouldn't the spear be better protection than a glass case," Kida asked.
"Yes. No! It's there to protect from someone who might want to steal it," Jane replied before she held her head as she was suddenly getting a headache.
Kida blinked in silence for a few moments. "...Why would someone want to steal a glass case," she asked, yet not getting it.
The others just groaned and sweat-dropped.
"Apologies for my mother's not very observant behavior," Wendy said to the others.
"Oh, that's alright," Alice replied, "it happens...sometimes...I think."
The others just politely smirked and walked off.
"Huh...pretty neat rock," Bert said as he found a special kind of rock before Mole suddenly took it from him, "hey!"
"Calcified limestone more than 25 million years old from the Cenozoic Era," Mole grinned as he took the rock and licked it a bit before tossing it aside as he observed a couple of pots. "Hydrated aluminum silicates with basalt found primarily in the southern Colorado River Basin," he licked one of the pots before grimacing and tossing it over his shoulder, "plastic! Bah!"
Then Obby caught the plastic pot and ate it up instantly once he caught it with his tongue.
"Well, I'm glad at least you like it," Oliver looked sheepish around Obby.
Kida found a small ceramic totem on another shelf. "Milo! Look at this," she warned her husband, "it looks exactly like an Atlantean guardian!"
"Well, not exactly...." replied Milo, "it's been modified to Nachomi design."
"Either fashion, I am buying it," Kida stated.
"Ho-ho. That's what I like to hear," a man chuckled as soon as he was shown to be in the room with them, "because I want to sell it."
"You must be Mr. Carnaby," Mo guessed.
"That's me," Carnaby smirked as he approached Kida and examined the totem. "Now, that painting's of Crystal Guardian who crawled from the earth with weapons of blue fire. He was a big teacher and healer of the sick," he warned Kida, "or then the legend goes."
"How much is this," Kida asked hopefully.
"And it better not be how much we got," Jane added firmly.
"Well, that's a museum-class piece," Carnaby replied.
"I'll bet there's a museum-class price to go with it as well," Sweet huffed.
"It is rare, and I've had offers," Carnaby said.
Soon Kida reached into her pocket and took out several dollars. "Is this enough," she asked.
"Mama, that looks like too much-----" Wendy spoke up, but it was no use.
"Sold! One Crystal Guardian," Carnaby smirked as he accepted the money proudly.
"Well, Mr. Carnaby, where exactly do you get all of your artifacts," Milo asked as he stepped over to the man.
"Well, uh...here and there," Carnaby shrugged innocently, "but the older pieces are 100% authentic, I assure you."
"I sure don't doubt that," Mary huffed as she carried Ranjan in her arms.
"Well, we're looking for a crate that may have been taken from a Sam McKeane," stated Michael.
Carnaby had a suspicious look on his face. "...Who are you, anyhow," he asked.
"We're associates of Mr. McKeane," replied Sweet, "he's asked us to help locate the missing crate."
"Yes," Bert added.
"Uh, can't help you. McKeane has a tendency to warn stories," Carnaby replied, "I think he gets lonely out there in the desert."
"I can imagine," Carrie commented.
"I know I would," Wart added.
"Then you don't know anything about it," Milo asked.
"If McKeane lost a crate of pottery, that's not my problem-----" Canarby replied before gasping as he saw Mole licking one of his bowls, "what in the Red Rock River Valley are you doing here?!"
"Sampling the bowl. It is very nice," Mole grinned before holding the bowl out to the man, "would you like some?"
And then suddenly, they were kicked out and the door was locked in their faces.
"Well, that could have gone better," Price scoffed.
"To say the least," replied Emelius, "that Carnaby guy definitely sounded like he had something to hide."
Soon they rode back off into the desert. Oliver shivered a bit before Jenny got him some water as she wiped her forehead, feeling a bit sweaty herself.
"Does it strike anybody as odd that Carnaby knows the missing crate contains pottery," Milo asked the others, "because I never mentioned what was in it."
"You are right," Kida agreed as Wendy nodded.
"I don't trust that Carnaby," Sweet shook his head. "Don't like him one bit. Didn't like his attitude. Didn't like his shifty little eyes. Eyes are the windows to the soul, you know," he advised.
"How would you like to gaze into the windows of my soul," Mole hopefully asked Kida.
"Uncle Mole, she's married, remember," Wendy asked the man as Kida shoved him off.
"...Did anyone else see that guy back there," Bert asked.
"What guy," Mary asked.
"...I must be seeing facts," Atticus shrugged as he drove along, but a guy seemed to be shown again, "wait, that was him!"
"I'm not sure who that was," Jane replied.
And soon the rule of three came into play as Sweet took notice of that. "Twice is a coincidence, but three times? I think someone's trying to warn us something," he said.
Soon the cars stopped to see the mysterious man.
"Hello. Can we offer you a ride," Milo greeted and offered, "it's a long walk to anywhere."
"My name is Chakashi. And, yes, a ride would be welcome," the mysterious man smirked since they stopped for him.
"Alrighty then; climb aboard," Michael replied as he scooted to the left.
"My gratitudes," Chakashi nodded and soon went to sit down with the family.
"Triplets," Mary shrugged as they rode along.
"Uh, yes, sir," Price spoke up, "do you have a brother or two?"
"There are many Noshoni men who walk alone in the desert and we look all the same to the eyes of outsiders," Chakashi informed before looking over to see what Kida had in her lap. "Ah! Crystal Guardian, our big teacher and protector," he educated the others, "he revealed many secrets to the Noshoni. The path of the stars, the time to plant, how to heal themselves and like Crystal Guardian we will also protect our sacred beliefs from outsiders. These who would plunder our lands to betray our secrets will respond to the ancient forces of the desert."
"Nice to know," Charlie and Carrie replied in unison, "jinx!"
"Plunder lands...betray secrets..." muttered Emelius, "sounds like Carnaby to me."
"He must be a pirate," Price replied.
"A pirate," the others asked.
"Hey, plundering lands and betraying secrets sounds like a pirate if you ask me," Price shrugged innocently.
"Not to mention most of these objects he sold at his trading post were of questionable legitimacy," nodded Mary.
Bert shook a chill down his spine as, unknown to either to them, the sand coyotes were on their road and they were coming in fast. They formed together to make thick and huge patches of sand, which was hard to see through for the drivers.
"A sandstorm? Where did that come from," Audrey wondered.
Mole looked out from the back and gasped. "We are followed," he warned the others.
"There are ancient powers that will make certain our secrets are kept, and you, more than anyone, should understand this," Chakashi advised as his eyes glowed red, which filled the room with a dark red aura before he looked directly at Kida.
"Paul, I'm afraid," Jenny frowned as she hugged Oliver.
"Me as well, Charlie," Alice added.
"Don't worry, girls, I'm sure we'll get through this together," Wart said as he sat with Carrie.
"Something warns me we picked a bad day to start helping out hitchhikers," Emelius exclaimed.
Ranjan growled in response. Soon the sand coyotes started to bang up the cars and even shatter the windshields of the cars.
"They're trying to drive us off the road," Audrey complained, "I just put in that windshield."
"Are you children and Mr. Chakashi alright back there," Mary asked.
Soon Emelius, Price, Ranjan, Charlie, Carrie, Paul, Alice, Jenny, Oliver, Wart, Wendy and John looked over before looking wide-eyed and confused.
"He's gone," John gasped.
"How? Where could he go," Wendy blinked in confusion.
"People, we have bigger problems," Sweet warned the others as the sand coyotes caused chaos for them, "they're in here with us."
"No. Dust doggies, go away," Mole cried out in grief and tried to blow them off.
Bert and Charlie even tried to do the same with their super-breath, but because of reasons, their breath wasn't strong enough to blow them off, but then soon...SMASH!! The cars crashed in the dust storm, making the situation an entire lot worse, especially for one certain mechanic of the group.
"Ugh! This is just grand," Audrey complained, "the intake's had a 30 torque tolerance that's been blown and the combustion valves need a new ring slip."
"Ya know, I didn't quite get all that," Milo smirked a bit snarkily.
"I build these engines from scratch," Audrey frowned as she jumped down to face him as Obby hid under the car, whining hesitantly, "I fend off lava dogs who eat the distributor caps. And nobody warned me I would have to deal with dust storm coyotes. If they had sand in the manifold, I quit!"
"Did you get it all that time," Sweet smirked at Milo.
"Every word," Milo said with a low gulp.
"Check this out, guys," Price pointed out, "we're back at that trading post!"
"That dust storm blew us all the road back to square one," exclaimed Emelius, "you must be joking me!"
"Oh, c'mon," Bert complained.
And then, soon they went to question Carnaby as he was at his truck, loading up the back before yelping as he saw Milo, Sweet and Bert frowning right at him.
"Chakashi said there were ancient forces at work," Bert smirked, bringing out his detective notepad, "make a note to stay on their best side."
"Better, yet, no more picking up hitchhikers," Audrey added as she waved her wrench.
"Hey, I warned you people to leave," Carnaby frowned.
"We have a couple of questions," Sweet replied.
"Detective Bert is on your case, Mr. Carnaby," Bert added with a smirk.
"I've already responded your questions," Carnaby frowned before yelping and flinching as Obby snarled at him before licking his boot a bit.
"Pet iguana. Eats anything," Sweet smirked at Carnaby, "meaning you might be on the menu."
"Start speaking," Bert added.
"Yes," Milo nodded as he began, "how do you know that the missing crate contains pottery?"
"I don't," Carnaby replied, "I--"
"And what do you know about an old man who calls himself Chakashi," Kida demanded to know.
"I know I had a shelf full of painted rocks of him inside," Carnaby shrugged.
"...Of course. Chakashi. The Noshoni wind spirit," Milo realized.
"...We gave a ride to a spirit," Mary asked as that baffled her.
"Guess so," Bert replied to his wife.
"You can't really believe in that superstition," Carnaby rolled his eyes.
"Well, we were just attacked by a pack of phantom coyotes in a sandstorm," Audrey retorted from inside one of his truck.
"The same restless spirits that came after Sam McKeane," Jane added.
"And whoever has that crate of pottery," Milo added as Mole and Oliver began to sniff something in the back of the truck.
"I may not be a dog like Dodger and the gang, but I have a pretty best sense of smell," Oliver said to himself.
"Save it. I'm not superstitious," Carnaby ignored them until Mole found something as Oliver seemed to bark like a dog, despite being a cat, "......is that kitten barking?"
"That means Oliver's found something," Jenny grinned.
"I have as well," Mole added as he took something out that he smelled with Oliver, "I smell old pottery."
Soon the others came to the back of the truck and uncovered something hidden...showing a very oddly specific crate.
"Well, whaddya know," Jane frowned with a smirk, "you had the crate all along, Mr. Carnaby."
"That's it," Mole said as he brought out the pottery from the crate.
"It's rubbed smooth," Bert observed before narrowing his eyes, "just like the inside of McKeane's shack."
"Well, there's no fashion you could prove it," Carnaby smirked bravely.
"Mole? What do you think," Mary asked the man as he carried the pot.
"Sandstone, heavy red oxides, basalt, encrusted with the same silicate found in McKeane's shack," Mole informed as he examined the pot up close before frowning at the mustached man.
The others also frowned and crossed their arms firmly at him.
Carnaby stuttered and scoffed before frowning. "Well, then what? McKeane found it in the desert and then while he was in the hospital, I found it in his shack," he defended.
Audrey moaned and rolled her eyes at that flimsy excuse.
"Wouldn't that be called stealing," Jenny frowned back as Paul stood behind her with crossed arms.
"That's called commerce, darling," Carnaby retorted, "besides, McKeane's the only one who knows the location of where the pot came from."
"Judging from the high alkaline content, I would say it came from a cave on the south face of the Mogollon Rim, 15 miles north of here," Mole replied knowingly.
Carnaby gasped as that had exposed him.
"He's nice," Sweet smirked at the man, "dirty, but real."
Soon Mole came out and gave the pot over to Milo who happily accepted it.
"Well, you know, perhaps I didn't take facts seriously enough," Carnaby replied as he took the pot for himself, "there are a lot of old tales and mysteries out here in the desert. And the coyotes you encountered are a nice example."
"Hang on a moment," Jane spoke up before frowning suspiciously, "I thought you didn't believe in that mumbo jumbo coyote insanity, right?"
"Yes..." Milo added.
"Well, I sure don't want to end up like McKeane," Carnaby replied, "then perhaps if the pot's returned, that'll settle these restless spirits."
"Probably," shrugged Emelius, "or they'll want to get even."
"Only one fashion to find out," Jane advised, "let's take care of that pot."
And then, they left with the pot, going to plan their next move. Soon Mole caught the sand on the ground and licked it to observe it before pointing to the others to where to go. Then the group followed him as Carnaby frowned at Obby who rushed side-by-side as Wendy and John laughed as they chased after the lava dog with glee. They continued to walk before Bert shuddered, feeling a chill down his spine and he turned around before flinching as he saw beady red eyes from deep within the sand and kept going ahead to catch up with his family.
Soon Mole climbed up one cliff face before grinning in victory once he found the right path for all of them. "I, Gaetan Moliere, have done it. I have found the subterranean gateway that is the very threshold to the unknown," he announced with glee. 
Soon Jane climbed up next to him, snorting a bit. "Uh, that looks like a hole to me," she said to him.
"A hole," Mole scoffed. "Look at the lines in the basalt. The beauty of the erosion. The poetry of the clay. This is not a hole. That is a tunnel," he warned her.
"My mistake," Jane snarked.
"I don't care what you call it. Just warn me it's big enough to hide in. Because we had company," Sweet remarked as he pointed to behind them with the familiar trail of sand and beady red eyes.
The sand coyotes seemed to swarm over the land, blanketing it fully, coming in like a rushing wave.
"Inside, faster," Milo called out as he caught Kida.
"Don't must warn us twice," Michael replied as he got Jane and the children.
As the wind whipped through the trees, it knocked over one of them; as Mole and Audrey headed towards the tunnel, Sweet pulled them out of the roads seconds before the tree came smashing down, blocking the entrance. The winds swirled, sounding more like the coyotes' howling.
"Well...that was quite a wild ride..." Price moaned as she rubbed her back.
"Is everyone alright," Wendy asked.
"I'll be fine," John replied, "but I'm not doing that again."
"Me neither," Charlie and Carrie added, checking on Alice and Wart as Paul hugged Jenny.
Kida moaned as she rubbed her head before gasping as she saw something. "Milo..." she called to her husband.
Soon Milo adjusted his glasses before his eyes widened as they found some sort of underground civilization. "Holy cats," he cried out in despair. "None of this should exist. Not in the same place," he said as he took a look around.
Soon Kida climbed up the ladder behind one building and came to the rooftop as she found something interesting.
Soon Milo came to join her and grinned warmly, putting his hand on her shoulder as they found the artifact. "It's a blending of every culture from Idaho to Peru. Noshoni, Aztec, Mayan, Olmec," he said.
"My people were here," Kida remarked.
"Woah! Crystal Guardian was an Atlantean. His teaching influenced all these cultures," Milo grinned warmly, "a little bit of Atlantis goes a long road."
"Well, how do ya like that," Bert grinned.
"Carnaby, that old pot could fit on any of these ledges..." Sweet began, before he realized the man wasn't with him, "Carnaby?"
Suddenly, thick dust began to accumulate.
Audrey coughed. "What is that," she asked.
Mole chuckled sheepishly. "Excuse me," he replied, before sniffing the air and coughing, "wait...THAT WAS NOT ME!!"
"Best and worst to know," Jane remarked.
Everyone began to cough from the dust and it was getting a bit hard to see through the thickness.
"CARNABY," Sweet frowned once he noticed something very wrong.
"Oh, about the pot. It looks like I'm going to be keeping it along with everything else in here," Carnaby smirked as he brought out a pot, "that homemade prairie grass mixture makes a nice sleeping gas, wouldn't you agree?"
Soon everyone coughed before they began to drift away into a deep sleep.
"Carnaby, you snake," Milo called out between coughs before soon he knelt down and fell with Kida, Obby and Wendy.
"Naturally, I can't let you go free to warn the world about my discovery," Carnaby chuckled as he wore a gas mask to protect himself against the gas. "I mean, where's the profit in that," he added with a sinister-sounding laugh.
Soon everyone passed out in exhaustion before they awakened in a new room, but they had their hands tied behind their backs and their feet tied together.
"What," Milo mumbled as he and the others awakened before he frowned at the guilty man, "Carnaby!"
"Nice nap? Hope the rocks weren't too uncomfortable," Carnaby smirked at his hostages.
"Oh, dear. This particular aggregate is very nice," Mole grinned innocently, "one of my favorites."
Sweet flashed him a frown as that wasn't helping.
"You will not get away with this," Kida warned sharply.
"Uh...let's see. I trap you and your friends in this cave and then I take all the treasure for myself," Carnaby pretended to think about it before smirking again, "well, I think I'll get away with it."
"I hope you realize once me and Charlie break out of these rope traps, you're going to be beaten so bad you probably won't be able to walk or sit right for a week," Bert retorted.
"Uh-huh, warn it to someone who cares, Mr. Big Shot," Carnaby retorted.
"I knew there was something shifty about you," Sweet stated, "didn't I say so? I said, 'I don't trust that Carnaby', don't trust him one bit! Don't like his attitude or his shifty little eyes!"
"And don't forget, the eyes are the windows to the soul," Mole added.
"That's right," Sweet replied, "I said that as well!"
"Sometimes people with glasses can have four eyes and zero soul," Jane commented.
"A best thought as well," Sweet nodded firmly.
"Well, you and your friends will have a long time to discuss how you feel about me while I'm getting rich," Carnaby smirked as he took out a stick of dynamite.
"We have found evidence of my people here," Kida frowned.
"We cannot let him destroy Mother's legacy," Wendy added.
"Mr. Carnaby, obviously we've had some sort of miscommunication here," Milo grinned hesitantly, "I don't see any reason why we can't work something out."
"Save your breath, Junior. You're gonna need it," Carnaby scoffed as he lit the dynamite, putting it outside the doorway, and set it down as the fuse was shorting out fast. "Happy trails, toodle-loo," he called out as he made his own escape.
Bert and Charlie both strained before soon they broke free from their own ropes, using their strength.
"It's no use for the rest of us," Audrey frowned.
"You'll never get all of us in time with just the two of you," Jane said to Bert and Charlie.
"If there was only some fashion to cut these ropes..." Milo said thoughtfully.
Then suddenly, the Thatch family had an idea. "OBBY!!"
Obby was shown yet to be asleep, though tied up.
"Obby! Obby, c'mon, boy. Wake up. Wake up," Milo called to the lava dog who soon snorted himself awake and soon he bit on his ropes, freeing himself. "That's it," he grinned before getting licked by the lava dog, "alright. Enough! No! No! Get the ropes!"
Then Obby stopped licking Milo's face and began to gnaw on his ropes next, freeing the bespectacled man instantly.
"The ropes! Nice boy," Milo grinned, running away to help the others out of their ropes.
"We'll get you out as well," Charlie suggested, about to help Audrey.
"No! Take care of the dynamite first," Audrey suggested.
"The fuse is fizzing out FAST," Jane added.
"I have it! I've had it," Michael replied as he slid out of the ropes.
"Hurry up, Michael," Jane urged him.
Soon Michael jumped up and caught the stick of dynamite that was outside. However, as soon as he tried to throw it, Carnaby came out and tackled him down to the ground and the two rolled around, tumbling on the ground.
Once Michael got Carnaby off, the dynamite went off, making a large pile of gravel and debris cover the exit of the mine. "GUYS," he cried out in grief.
"KIDA!! WENDY," Milo added.
"You've managed to be more damaged than I expected," Carnaby frowned as he shoved the two down, about to knock them out with the pot in his hand, "I'll just take care of you myself."
Then suddenly, a rock was thrown, shattering the pot, much to Carnaby's confusion and annoyance.
"Oh, now you done it," Sweet frowned as he and the others made it out before they would face a grave demise, "gone and made us mad."
"Abracadabra, witches," Jane called out before crossing her arms.
Carnaby frowned before he heard the sounds of howling in the area. Suddenly, the sand coyotes swarmed into the canyon, manifesting on the rocks.
"What...what is this," asked Carnaby.
Milo gave him a dark glance. "....Retribution," he replied.
Soon the sand coyotes swarmed towards Carnaby, surrounding him. The rest of the family smirked victoriously as they witnessed that. Then the others looked cautious as the sand coyotes continued to swarm around Carnaby and he seemed to be engulfed by them before he suddenly disappeared into nothingness as one lone coyote was left behind. It was a very grave and crazy sight as the sand coyotes surrounded the Atlantis family, but luckily, didn't harm them like they had done with Carnaby.
"Nice...sand coyotes...." Wart grinned hesitantly, "we don't want any trouble."
"Anyone out here had a doggy bone," Sweet asked cautiously.
Soon Milo approached the sand coyotes who surrounded the bag that had the pot inside as he came to pick it up and put it back where it belonged as the sand coyotes looked calm and silent around the others.
"Heh...I think they like us now," Oliver commented as he stood between Jenny and Paul.
"Let's hope so," Emelius replied, "or else we might get turned into them like Carnaby was!"
Soon a thick patch of dust burst out, showing to be a rather familiar figure.
"Mr. Chakashi! You're back," Price called.
"What just happened to Carnaby," Kida asked curiously as Wendy nodded as she thought that as well.
"He is with us now," Chakashi informed as he approached them, "you seem like nice people. I'm sorry. The secrets of the ancient ancestors must remain a secret. You will not be allowed to leave."
"That's a bit intense, dude," Jane commented.
Bert nudged her as that didn't really help.
"Chakashi, we also carry a grand secret," Kida spoke up with a small, hopeful grin, "thus, we can keep yours as well."
"What is this secret," Chakashi demanded, "prove to me that it is as grand as what you see around you."
The others looked around before bowing their heads as they didn't think that would be such a nice idea.
"We can't," Milo frowned.
"Please try to understand, sir," Wendy added hopefully.
"Very well..." Chakashi replied as his eyes turned piercing red, "you have decided your fate."
"Why don't I like the fashion he said that," Mary asked Bert.
Suddenly, the sand flowed around and began to surround them and envelope them in darkness, making everybody hold onto each other as this looked like the end for them like it was for Carnaby. At last, after the glow of a bright light, everyone was yet huddled together until they opened up their eyes, looking around to see that they were on safe grounds and best of all, together, as a family/team.
"If you had warned me your secret I would have known I couldn't trust you with mine," Chakashi said to them once he approached them again.
"Huh...it was a trick question." Audrey huffed as she crossed her arms.
"Must be the coyote in me," Chakashi replied as he decided to give the young Queen a gift, "Kida of Atlantis, you and I are not so different. Your people touched the corners of the globe, teaching and healing. Doing grand nice."
"But they also did grand harm, almost destroying the world and themselves," Kida replied softly, "my father feared the temptation to abuse our power would be too grand. Then he hid it away."
"The secret you carry is neither good nor bad," Chakashi replied, "a strong leader must have the wisdom to know while to share that knowledge."
"It would be wonderful if my people did not need to remain hidden, to have them walk the surface of the world again," Kida nodded calmly.
"That would be super grand," Price added.
"Sure would," Emelius replied, "but I guess that'll be a gradual sort of fact."
"That is your choice...." Chakashi warned Kida before he disappeared with the sand coyotes.
Soon the sand coyotes howled and they prowled across the group before they faded away within the scenery.
"Woah! That was impressive," Audrey grinned.
"I would have been more impressed if Chakashi had dropped us off on the ground," Sweet commented.
"Don't worry, we'll get down," Bert reassured.
Soon they made it to the ground where Ellie Mae was shown to be taking pictures with her tablet, wearing a winter coat with a backpack.
"Ellie Mae," Emelius and Price exclaimed as they ran over to greet their eldest sister.
"Mae," Ranjan blubbered as he reached out for her.
"Hey, guys," Ellie Mae grinned as she hugged them once she saw them and soon lightly patted Ranjan on the head.
"Where'd you come from," Bert asked Ellie Mae.
"I've had a ride that I'd show you, but it's conveniently off-screen," Ellie Mae grinned sheepishly, "I hope I didn't miss TOO much of Thanksgiving in Atlantis."
"Well, we just completed a second adventure," Emelius replied, "stick around long enough, we're probably gonna have a third."
"Ellie...nice to see you," Mary nodded at her eldest.
"I'm sorry I'm a little late, Mother, but I've had caught up in obstacles on my road," Ellie Mae grinned bashfully, "I'm having quite an adventurous life with Mowgli, but I really missed you, where I wanted to be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with you guys."
"Well, of course, the more the merrier," Milo grinned.
"Thanks, Uncle Milo," Ellie Mae grinned back, "well, uh...mind taking me wherever you're staying?"
The others nodded as soon as they took her apart back to the cabin, though there was a bit of a storm brewing.
"Alright, that's something I never knew about before," Ellie Mae said as she stood huddled with Emelius, Price and Ranjan, "a thunderstorm until winter is coming. Sure, we had a Summer Snow Day since Queen Elsa came to visit my school once, but yet..."
"Well, we ought to figure out what's causing it," Charlie declared.
"Yes," Carrie nodded in agreement.
"Anybody have any ideas," Paul asked bashfully.
"It's strange, all right. Started early this morning," Whitmore remarked, "but I guess you had your share of weird weather in the Southwest."
"It was alright," Audrey replied, taking off her cap as some sand flowed out, "except for how I keep finding sand everywhere."
"I could go for some warm weather about now," Vinnie remarked, "perhaps get a tan."
"I'm sorry we missed it," Ellie Mae shrugged.
"Oh, dear, you are not," Mole warned them both sharply. "There were dust doggies everywhere, but I did find this very tasty bowl," he took out the bowl before biting into it, making the others flinch slightly.
"Well, Mr. Whitmore, Kida, Wendy and I had better be going because..." Milo began to say.
"Atlantis is waiting. I know. Just as well," Whitmore concluded with a sigh.
"What," Milo asked, sensing something more from that.
"Were you gonna warn us something," Wendy added.
"Oh, we had a break-in last night," Whitmore explained.
"Yikes! Are you alright," Bert asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, but it burns me that someone could waltz right in here and steal something right off my wall, an ancient Norwegian spear," Whitmore nodded as he explained, gesturing over to the nearly bare wall behind them, "kind of a fancy old letter opener."
"Perhaps it should've been in a glass case," Michael chuckled.
"But yes, I do wonder what anyone would want to steal that," asked Emelius.
"Money," Alice guessed with a shrug.
"He must have come in the middle of the night," Whitmore replied as he explained, "by the tracks I found, he had some kind of dog with him. The real strange fact is, near as I can warn, there's no sign of forced entry. Whoever it was, knew exactly what they were looking for and helped themselves."
"And I have a feeling we'll run into him very soon," Bert guessed.
"With our brand of luck, odds are we'll find him sooner or later," Michael replied, "but hey, I like those odds."
"I'm more interested in these scorch marks on the floor," Milo said as he knelt on the floor, examining the floor as Obby sniffed the residue, "like lightning struck here."
Then Obby snorted before suddenly tackling Milo down to the floor after feeling afraid of the lightning outside.
"Obby," Milo complained.
"It cannot be the lightning. See for yourself," Mole said as he observed the room very closely, "there's no hole in the roof."
"No black powder," Vinnie added, "not explosives."
"No nothing," Price remarked.
"Fire did not fall from the heavens in Atlantis like it does here," Kida commented, "I do not like it."
"I sure don't," Wendy added.
"Yes, me neither," Milo said to his wife and daughter before coming to the old man. "Mr. Whitmore, I'm thinking that it wasn't any ordinary spear, was it," he guessed.
"Do I own anything that's ordinary," Whitmore glanced at him before smirking, "regardless, I do have a nice idea who took it."
"Lead the road then, sir," Charlie said as he took notes.
"Someone make some popcorn," John suggested.
The others gave him a look.
"I'm hungry," John shrugged bashfully.
"This has been going on for a while," admitted Emelius, "then it makes sense he'd be hungry."
Soon everyone decided to have some popcorn together and met Whitmore in the other room where that he could explain everything to them better via slideshow.
"The man's name is Erik Hellstrom," Whitmore informed as he showed them what they had to see. "Son of a gun was a fierce competitor of mine. Built a shipping empire with cruise liners. As he bought the biggest dang castle in the old country and named it Asgard, the press dubbed him 'The Modern Odin'. Yes, he liked being treated as a god, and he lived like one until the stock market crash sank his company. He lost his money, his power, and, I think, his mind," he concluded as he turned the lights back on after the show, "hadn't heard from him until he phoned last week desperately trying to convince me to sell the spear to him. Raving about Ragnarok."
"What is Ragnarok," Kida asked.
"Doomsday in the old Norse myths," Ellie Mae replied.
"You know your stories.....very impressive," Milo approved to her.
"We learn a lot at my school from stories of the past from various kingdoms and stories from long ago," Ellie Mae nodded.
"But why did Mr. Hellstrom want the spear," Wendy spoke up.
Milo paused thoughtfully before getting an idea. "Seems to me I remember something about a spear in the Shepherd's Journal," she said as he checked the book before grinning, "I found it. Gunokneer."
"Gesundheit," Mole replied, not understanding at first.
"No, Mole..." Jane face-palmed.
"No, no. Gunokneer was the name of an Atlantean spear. Gunokneer was the name of an Atlantean spear, perhaps even more valuable than The Spear of Selene, which is another story for another time," Milo explained, "the spear Hellstrom stole from Whitmore was the same spear, an Atlantean spear."
"Then this guy wants to destroy Earth and turn it into the new Asgard," remarked Michael, "somehow I feel like I've had a similar adventure to this...but damned if I know if!"
"Huh...interesting...." Jane remarked to him.
"Sounds a bit different from the Asgard, Odin, and Norse mythologies that I knew from an adventure I once had with Patch and Hercules," Bert added.
"Wish I could've seen their reaction," Jane smirked, "since Hercules is Greek and they're Norse~"
"It was not pretty at first," Bert replied, "trust me."
"Weapons of Atlantis contain untold power," Kida advised.
"If the myths are right, that's an understatement," Milo replied before he explained once more, "at Ragnarok, the final night of the world, Odin will use the spear to summon the forces of chaos and destruction. He's going to use the spear to bring about Ragnarok."
"Armageddon," Vinnie said.
"Judgment Day," Mole added.
"The end of the world as we know it," Mo said with a deep sigh.
"The end of Atlantis," Kida frowned before she soon hugged Wendy, "of everything. My father foresaw this."
"Your father was trying to save his empire, Kida," Audrey replied before smirking, "this guy's just frosted because he's in the poor house."
Soon Mole cracked up laughing like that was a pun, though it was incidental and unintentional. "Frosted. It's Iceland, you see," he said.
Audrey rolled her eyes and soon shoved him aside.
"Then if Hellstrom is going to be stopped, it looks like you're going to Iceland," Whitmore warned all of them.
"Time to bundle up, people," Michael declared as he started to put on a scarf, "this could get chilly."
"Oh, well...at least it's not South Park," Ellie Mae said to the others.
"I'm not sure I wanna know," Charlie spoke up.
"You wouldn't like it anyhow," Ellie Mae shook her head, "pretty much everybody in that cow mountain town is an idiot or a jerk."
"Nice to know," Paul replied.
"Why can't Ragnarok be in Miami," Vinnie sighed as he and the others left to get ready for their next little adventure, "you know, a nice, warm place. I'm never gonna get a tan."
"Kida," Milo asked, coming to his wife as it was just the two of them left.
"Milo. My father knew the power of Atlantis would be abused like this," Kida said softly as Wendy listened in on her parents in worry, "as king, it was his responsibility to do as he saw fit. Maybe it is the same with Hellstrom."
"Yes, but Hellstrom gave himself this crown and he isn't trying to save anybody," Milo reassured with a small grin, "and that's a big difference."
Wendy watched her parents, but bowed her head as she felt her heart sink and stomach churn, unable to think positive given the situation.
"Wendy...you alright," John asked the girl closest to him.
"I'm just worried about my family and what might happen after all of this," Otika sighed lowly, "I feel so alone."
"Well, hitori janai," John replied.
"It means, you are not alone," explained Emelius.
"I remember that," Charlie remarked.
"Thank you," Wendy replied as she suddenly hugged John, making him blush, "you are sweet."
"Well, uh...I try to be any matter," John said bashfully, "you wanna get ready to meet up with the others then?"
"Very well," Wendy said, "surely my parents will come catch up with us momentarily then."
"Right, then," Emelius winked, "let's get going!"
Wendy wiped her eyes with a small grin and soon followed the other children outside.
"Well, Ellie Mae, what have you and your school friends been up to since the last time we saw you," Charlie asked.
"Oh, my heavens, it was so crazy," Ellie Mae gasped. "Then we came to Evie's Starter Castle where she makes her clothes like Aunt Rarity in Carasoul Boutique," she faced her siblings, "you might remember? She made you these outfits for your little school dance you wanted to be apart of since Kimberly and Richard would be there?"
Emelius and Price looked bashful before nodding.
"We were gonna see Lonnie, Mulan's daughter, in her first ever R.O.A.R. Tournament, Jay was very emotional about that," Ellie Mae continued, "but then something weird happened, some kind of magical force came loose and brought the Disney Hero & Villain Museum to life like in that one Ben Stiller and Robin Williams movie."
"That sounds insane," Price replied.
"I would've called you, but our phones weren't working," Ellie Mae said.
"Oh...alright..." Emelius said, "...at least you tried to keep in touch with us."
"Believe me, I did so," Ellie Mae nodded, "it was a real 'fright at the museum'."
Then there was a random rimshot heard like that was meant to be a joke.
"All right, children, time to load up and get out of here," Jane suggested as she walked side-by-side.
Then the children went to join in to get ready.
"Well, how are we getting to Iceland," Paul asked.
"Plane ride," Milo and Kida replied.
"Alrighty then," Michael declared, "here we go again....."
And soon, they were on a plane, and soon traveled through the blizzard that came with the visitation to Iceland.
"We ought to be nearing Iceland," Audrey informed the others as she piloted the plane, "and that name ain't just for show."
"Even though Iceland is the green one and Greenland is the ice one," Jane rolled her eyes, reading the book version of a movie called "Cliffhanger".
Then they suddenly felt intense turbulence and the plane shook a bit, almost knocking them all around each other.
"With any luck, this weather will lighten up," Milo said as he held onto Kida and Wendy protectively with his book in his lap.
Mole was shivering under a blanket, looking quite afraid to death. "We should not be flying in such a storm," he advised the others, "we'll smash. We are too high above the dirt."
"Calm down, I highly doubt that we'll smash," Bert replied.
"I'll hold ya to that....." Michael remarked.
"You know, the weather hasn't let up since Hellstrom stole that spear," Milo spoke up thoughtfully and curiously, "I wonder if----"
"Coincidence, Milo. Take over, Vinnie," Audrey retorted before she left the cockpit, going over to the man. "I mean, c'mon. The old heavens affecting the weather," she asked.
"Yes, it's almost as impossible and insane as a lost city that's a legend and no one else knows about it," Jane smirked.
Audrey gave her a look for that.
"Well, there was that Indian wind god, spirit, whatever, Kraken," Vinnie suggested as he let go of the yoke, counting on his fingers about the possibilities, "yes, the Kraken might have been a god. Perhaps not."
Suddenly, the plane began to shoot downward, making the others panic and freak out.
Audrey looked over and panicked, going back to her seat to catch her own yoke to keep the plane in the air. "Oh, Vinnie," she frowned at him.
"And that big Atlantis crystal, that was kind of like a god," Vinnie continued, "all Jane and I are saying, we see a lot of strange stuff. I'm just being open-minded."
"Well, you let go of my plane that fashion and I'll toss your open mind right into that soup," Audrey retorted.
"But we are over land now," Mole reminded, "nice solid land."
"Relax, Mole," Mary reassured him, "we've been over Iceland for moments. The land's as solid as------"
"...Uh, you're gonna want to take a look at this," Audrey said to the others, seeing a floating land ahead of them, "Hellstrom's castle? What did you call it?"
"Asgard, home of the heavens," Milo and Bert replied in amazement.
"This is the power of the spear," Kida stated.
"That's what I call, 'Home Improvement'," Vinnie snarked.
"I'll call Tim Taylor," Jane added, just as sardonic.
"Sure, trespassing on Angel Island," Michael remarked, "Knuckles will be pissed off!"
"Watch out," Mole panicked, "we'll smash! We'll smash!"
"Relax. We're not going to smash into any mountain," Audrey reassured.
The mountain seemed to have a face, looking right at them, soon standing up and showing to be a monster.
"Unless it stands up like The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena," Jane remarked.
Soon the monster snarled and tried to catch their plane in a King Kong-style fashion, but the plane luckily dodged the attack.
"You missed us," Mole mocked and laughed from the window with Obby and the children.
"That fact could have been a god," Vinnie remarked.
Soon the monster took a deep breath and began to blow icy breath towards the jet engines, freezing them and rendering them useless and soon, it looked like it was time for a smash landing.
"Buckle up! We're going down," Audrey cried out in despair.
"Unless Bert comes out the door Superman-style fashion and saves us," Jane guessed and predicted, and sure enough, that was what just happened as Bert jumped out, caught the plane, but began to fly them down to safety where that they wouldn't smash, "called it."
"Well, he said we wouldn't smash," Michael shrugged, "never said he wouldn't do anything to ensure it."
"Meh," Jane replied as Charlie and Alice watched Bert in emotion from behind the window.
Soon Mole went back to hiding under his blanket as all Audrey and Vinnie could see was snow.
Then Bert came down to the snowy ground, sliding against the snow slightly as he came to land the plane carefully and luckily nowhere near the mountains in the smash sites.
"Piece of cake," Audrey smirked after they landed.
Then everyone came out of the plane as Bert shivered a bit before catching his breath after his stunt.
"Oh, my beautiful land," Mole beamed as he rushed over to a rock in the snow, hugging it and kissing it before flinching as he got frostbite instantly, "ah! My lips!"
"I am sorry for your flying machine, Audrey," Kida frowned apologetically.
"Easy come, easy go," Audrey shrugged casually.
"Look at the bright side. We're alive," Milo said with a small grin.
Then suddenly, something rumbled from underneath the snow as someone was coming side-by-side.
"But we're not exactly getting a warm welcome," Wart warned the others as he held Carrie's hand.
"Perhaps it's a snow monster selling snowcones," Jane smirked.
"You have an interesting sense of humor," Jenny said to her.
"I do my best," Jane nodded.
Out of the snowy haze emerged a massive snow monster, and unlike the one in Jane's joke, he was anything but friendly.
"Perhaps I'll give him a present," Vinnie declared as he shot a rocket at the snow monster, blowing its arm apart.
"Woah...nice shot," Jane commented.
"But of course," Vinnie nodded.
The snow monster snarled and soon regenerated a new arm in the old one's place.
"Oh, sure," Vinnie moaned, "more hocus pocus."
"Stay close to me, Wendy," Kida said, holding her daughter close before they and the others began to run off for dear lives.
"Looks like Frosty here is anything but jolly or happy," Michael remarked as he took off.
"Why couldn't it had been that snowman who offers snowcones," Jane grumbled as they took off.
The snowman stomped after them before blowing more ice breath and froze them all solid like a bunch of statues.
At last, someone came and found them and began to defrost them once they were in a safer position.
"Well, Nancy, I'm surprised you didn't fight back," Jane teased Bert.
"I couldn't react in time," Bert defended. "Besides, at least we're saved....uh...who saved us anyhow," he wondered as he looked around.
"I bid you welcome to the Hall of Odin," a certain voice greeted from atop of a royal throne.
Obby snarled and began to bark at Hellstrom.
"Listen, Mr. Hellstrom, you've caught some bad breaks but there's no reason to take it out on the world," Milo began to explain as he held Obby back.
"I know you," Hellstrom frowned.
"It's the spear," Milo continued, "its power is one of destruction. It will destroy you.....all of us."
"Ha! I know you," remarked Hellstrom, "you're the trickster....Loki! You seek the power of my spear!"
"No," Milo protested.
"You'll not trick me," Hellstrom declared, as he fired a blast from the spear, knocking Milo into Kida's arms.
"Uncle Milo," Price cried out in grief as everyone surrounded Milo and Kida in worry.
"Trust me, this isn't Loki," Bert cried out in despair, "and I should know."
"Stop, Mr. Hellstrom----" Kida warned the man before approaching him calmly, "my lord, Odin. I know the power of your spear. The same power almost destroyed my father."
"Father," Hellstrom asked, a little confused before he looked at her differently, "of course. Brunhilde, my daughter. My Valkyrie. You've come to rule the new world at my side."
"...What," the others blinked in confusion.
"No, I am not your daughter," replied Kida. "But I do care about you," she swiftly caught the spear and ran, but a vicious, snarling wolf was right behind her. It hit her back, and knocked Kida into the wall, knocking her out.
"Kida," Milo exclaimed, as Hellstrom picked up the spear.
"Neither man nor heavens will stop Ragnarok," Hellstrom declared as he sent some energy through the floor, "I cast thee out of Asgard....and to your DOOM!!"
Soon the energy burst through the floor, sending them all falling suddenly.
"This would be so awesome if it wasn't so wrong," Charlie called out.
"We have to stop Hellstrom," Alice added.
Soon everyone made it through the hole they fell in and soon ended up outside, hanging from a cliff together as they were back outside within the snow. Everyone clung to a branch like in The Adventures of Cliff Hanger book series and true to these stories, they couldn't hold on much longer.
"Do not drop me," Mole warned as Audrey caught him before he had a mighty big fall.
"You could lay off the eclairs, you know," Audrey suggested, running as she tried to hold him as strongly as she could.
"I cannot help it. It's the creme filling," Mole defended before he began to put his hands together.
"Sure, now how do we get out of this," Paul complained.
"No clue," Charlie replied.
"This kinda stuff never happens to my brother," John yelped.
"Mole! We need you up here," Milo called.
"Go away," Mole replied, "I am praying!"
"Mole, we got one chance," Michael warned him, "we need ya to dig!"
"The Mole STAYS," Mole protested, crossing his arms.
"MOLE," the others shout.
"Oh...well, fine," Mole relented as he started to make his road up. "This is always Mole that must save the day..." he muttered.
"Well, at least if it comes to digging," Jane shrugged nonchalantly.
Soon Mole began to climb up over Audrey, Ellie Mae and Price.
"Oof! Ow," Price yelped.
"Hey, watch it," Audrey warned him, "don't make me sorry I saved you."
"A nice fact that you are not any skinnier, Milo," Mole teased as he continued to climb up, now having his boot in Milo's face, "maybe you should eat more eclairs."
"Get on with it," Jane sharply demanded.
"You know, I'm not used to this going up," Mole said as he brought out his headlight, looking ready to dig, "as a digger, I dig down, deep into the earth. You see, of course you may have noticed I am rather afraid of heights and--"
"DIG," the others urged.
Then Mole began to dig apart as he needed to.
"I just hope we're not too late once we find Aunt Kida again," Ellie Mae said hopefully.
MEANWHILE, AT THAT VERY MOMENT...... 
Kida reawakened to find that she was dressed up in Norse heavenlyd wear, seated in a throne of sorts.
"You see?" asked Hellstrom. "You are a warrior-born. My Brunhilda... My daughter."
Kida walked up to the man to face him. "I am not your daughter. I am Kida'kagashi, Queen of Atlantis," she declared, "what have you done with my friends?"
"I cast them out, Brunhilde, into the abyss below," Hellstrom stated, refusing to see her as anyone other than Brunhilda.
"NO," Kida cried out in grief as he even took the crystal.
"It could not be helped," Hellstrome warned her, walking away before Mole poked his head out from one of the stone floor tiles before grinning at Kida, giving her a thumb's up as Wendy also burst her head out, waving before they hid for shelter before Hellstrom could see them. "We must go, daughter. The Chaos Lord of Fire must be awoken before sundown. Today must be Ragnarok," he warned her.
"Yes," Kida nodded, playing along as she knelt on the floor before she got back up and followed him out of the room, "let us leave. Faster."
Soon Mole came back out as he looked around the room after it was emptied.
"What do you see, Father," Wendy asked softly.
"He's using the spear to carry them to the volcano," Milo informed.
"What else is out there," Audrey asked, trying to look out the window with him.
"His 100-foot bodyguard," Milo replied as he saw the snow monster back outside, "and I see our only way out, this big wooden door."
"All right, no problem, we'll just open it by------" Bert began.
BOOM!! Soon the door was broken down and busted open due to explosives that could only be from one source.
"Just call me the doorman," Vinnie commented as he patted his hands together after doing the job very easily.
"That's one fashion to bust them up," Michael commented as he headed in.
Soon everyone came out into the snow, but there was yet one major problem.
"Then we can get out, but we yet can't go anywhere," Milo noted.
"Dang it," the children complained.
"Heh! We are trapped," Mole cried out in despair, "what are we to do, ride this door down the stairs like a ski jump?"
Milo and Bert suddenly turned back with hopeful grins.
"Say...why not," Bert grinned hopefully.
"Seriously," Jane deadpanned.
"This is not how I imagined my Thanksgiving vacation," Mary grumbled sickly.
"Ah, buck up, would ya," Michael remarked, "besides...it sounds fun, any matter!"
"Oh, dear. No, no, no, no, noooooOOOO," Mole shrieked as soon as he found himself on the door, riding it down the hill with the others.
Obby stuck his head out like a regular dog sticking its head out the window with its tongue dangling in the windy surroundings.
"I believe that we should all lean," Mole suggested hesitantly.
"Move over, Mole," Audrey suggested, "I'll pilot this fact."
"Uh...move over where," Ellie Mae blinked.
"Never you mind that," Audrey warned her, "everybody lean left!"
Soon everyone leaned and jumped up a bit as they sled right in between the snow monster's legs, though Mole messed it up a bit.
"Mole, your other left," Audrey warned him.
"Woah! Watch out! Roadblock," Charlie called out.
Then they moved the door sled, though Milo ended up getting knocked down in the back, dangling with his legs skidding across the snow. "Pull me up," he cried out in grief.
"No, Milo. We could use you like a rudder," Vinnie suggested.
"Oh, c'mon," Charlie complained, "how is that fair?"
"Never mind the logic of how we can all fit on one door," Ellie Mae snarked.
Soon Vinny tossed out another stick of dynamite before it exploded and the snow monster now only had one leg, but yet wasted no time in jumping after the group. Then he reached his hands down, trying to catch hold of Milo in the back before getting stuck on the ground suddenly with his hands catching into the snow.
"Yes, he's gonna have a limp after that one," Vinnie noted.
ELSEWHERE... 
Hellstrom knelt, spear in hand, before a pool of magma.
"Hellstrom, you must listen to me," Kida exclaimed, "my father---"
"Yes," Hellstrom asked.
"No, my real father," Kida clarified, "he hid apart this power where it could not be used for destruction! It was to be used for love, for life, for all that is best. Hellstrom, stop this madness! I beg you, use this power to heal the world!"
"Brunhilde, that's exactly what I intend to do," Hellstrom warned Kida as he glanced at her, glancing apart from the magma, "I, alone, am destined to remake it and rule over it anew. To begin again, I must destroy what is."
"No. You cannot," Kida shook her head at him before flinching as someone was heard.
"You heard her, Hellstrom," Jane called out as she was shown with the others in the room, "heal the world for you and for me and the whole human race! There are people dying! Make the world a better place!"
Milo was jaw-dropped and concerned as Wendy hugged Obby in concern for her mother.
"You'll not stop me, Loki," Hellstrom frowned before he used the scepter and shot with the crystal into the magma, "no! Ragnarok!"
Soon the magma whooshed around and bubbled a bit. Kida and the others soon looked in horror as what looked like a man was coming out of the lava, frowning darkly at all around them before blowing them off and right onto the ground.
"Say your farewells to this world and herald in my new order," Hellstrom glowered as he moved his scepter, about to wound both Wendy and Milo.
"Aw, slag," Emelius muttered under his breath.
Suddenly, Kida shoved Hellstrom aside, while Milo tackled him. Audrey and Vinnie rushed to help them out, but they were blocked by his wolf. Luckily, Obby charged in to face the beast, who kicked him away and threw him into the magma.
"Even at the end, the forces of darkness would thwart the king of the heavens..." Hellstrom scowled as he grappled with Milo over the spear.
"You're not the king of anything, Hellstrom," Milo retorted, "you're a boat builder!"
Hellstrom growled as Milo did his best to overpower him in strength with the spear. Mary frowned at the wolf, growling at it and walked toward it as he stepped back apart from her, almost in the lava, but not quite.
Then Obby came out from the magma and bit the wolf right on the tail once it was close enough. Soon the wolf cried out in despair and whined, running off by its now sore tail.
"Obby~" Wendy grinned softly at the lava dog.
Obby shook the magma apart of his body before going up to her and licking her face. John grinned since Wendy was happy, which made him quite happy.
"Shoo, birds. Shoo," Mole complained as a couple of crows harassed him.
The children ran side-by-side, shooing the birds apart from Mole while Obby growled protectively.
"Well, that was close, almost had to go PokéMode on them," Alice muttered to herself.
"They're just birds, guys," Emelius commented.
"But where did they come from," Jenny wondered.
"We probably shouldn't think about it too much," Wart replied, "Emelius's right. They were only just birds."
"They probably thought Mole smelled delicious," Ellie Mae smirked as she put her hands in her pockets.
"Well, then they'd be the first," Audrey commented.
The fire spirit snarled from within the magma as Milo and Hellstrom continued to fight. At last, the spear was sent flying and sent down near Kida's direction as she began to get off of the ground.
Kida tried to get the spear as it was closest to her, but unfortunately for her, the spirit caught it before she even had the chance. "NO," she cried out in grief.
The fire spirit smirked once he had the spear before he took off flying suddenly out of the magma pit, leaving the others on their own.
"There now. Ragnarok approaches," Hellstrom said before Milo and Kida helped him stand up and move him out of the road, "that is I, Odin, who shall stand triumphant."
"You really think you're yet in charge," Milo scoffed as they walked off with him, "these two are done taking orders."
"I'd say another spear can take that monster down," Jane suggested, "I know how to fight with a spear."
"Since where," Bert asked, "I don't remember being involved with that."
"It's not always about you and Michael, Bert," Jane rolled her eyes, "some of my adventures were either by myself or with other people I'm very close to."
"She's right," Michael replied. "She had that adventure either before I showed up or while I was off duty, and that's alright! Hit hard with that Spear of Justice, darling," he conjured up a radio, and started playing the theme in question.
"NYAAAAAAUGH," Pollyanna called out, catching a spear she had in her bag, holding it up high as the heavens suddenly turned red and eerie.
Then the others backed off.
"Did you always have that packed with you," Mary asked Jane.
"I always bring it with me just in case," Jane replied, "most people go for spearfishing, but in my case at the time, a fish tried to spear me."
"Yikes," the Greenwood family remarked.
"Always nice chatting with you guys," Jane deadpanned before she took off as the music got louder and louder.
The fire spirit known as soon as Surtr came out of the snowy landscape and joined the snow monster who walked around after growing a new leg. Both caught the spear to stamp it down before Jane ran out, frowning darkly and dangerously as she knocked the spear apart from them that they had, making them look at her.
"Nice spear you guys found there," Jane smirked, holding her spear close, "would be a disgrace if someone beat you at your own game with their own they've had from an underground civilization."
The two monsters charged at Jane, furious at her for daring to interfere with the coming of Ragnarok.
"BRING IT ON," Jane shouts as she charges with her spear ready.
"Should we help her," Bert asked.
"Nah, she's had this," Michael replied, "besides, if she needed help, she would've asked."
"And the fire lord will set the heavens ablaze," Hellstrom called out.
Jane frowned, deflecting and fighting with her own Spear of Justice as the music grew more and more intense as the snow monster and Surtr attempted to attack from both ends, but she was a few steps ahead of them.
"And the Earth shall become ice, as a new age dawns," continued Hellstrom, as the snow monster put its hand to the ground, sending out waves of ice energy.
"Well, Milo, you had a plan," asked Vinnie.
Milo just glanced at him, as if he'd lost his mind.
"Eh, just thought I'd ask," Vinnie replied.
"Wait a second...." Milo realized, "I do have a plan!"
Jane groaned as she nearly stumbled and fell over. Then the two monsters took their spear as they had the chance, reddening the heavens once the crystal was activated.
"Argh," Jane frowned. "Hold silent, ya punks," she called out, almost sounding like Undyne herself just then.
Bert dashed past behind Jane whispering to her.
"All right," Jane replied as she went to go back to the others, "then Milo's had a plan?"
"Yes, and you were amazing, Jane," Mary said, "I never saw anyone use a spear like that."
"Eh, you learn a few facts since a fish monster in the Royal Guard chases you and an innocent human child with a spear," Jane shrugged.
Bert and Mary just glanced in confusion.
"Nyah," Jane stuck her tongue out at them before putting away her spear, "well, what's the plan?"
"This is where I come in," Vinnie said, sounding emotional, as he could though as he always spoke in a dry monotoned voice. He pushed down on his detonator, sending down a wave of snow and ice to cool the flame monster's feet. "And now, a little peep," he continued as he pushed the detonator again, causing volcanic blasts to shoot up from the ice, making the snow monster fall on the flame monster's back.
"It's working," Milo exclaimed, as the flame monster was furious at his snow counterpart.
"Now they're ticked...." Audrey commented as the two elemental creatures began to fight each other.
"Fire vs Snow....." Jane remarked, "sounds like a crazy crossover game with superpowered children."
"Sounds like you found your next book idea," Bert commented.
The snow monster tried to freeze the fire monster while the fire monster tried to burn the snow monster with steam rising all around.
At last, the spear was knocked out and was thrown aside, sticking right out of the snow.
"The spear," Milo called out.
"I will get it," Kida decided, running right towards the spear.
"Be careful," Wendy whispered.
"Don't worry; I wish she'll be fine," John said as he took Wendy's hand in consolation.
Wendy looked over at him and gave a small grin, appreciating his consolation and support. Soon Kida caught the spear, but this just made the two monsters stomp towards her.
"Alright, I think we could use another bomb," Mart suggested.
"I'm fresh out," Vinnie sighed, looking in his bag in dismay.
Kida glanced down at the crystal on her necklace and saw that it was glowing, as well as making some runes on the spear's handle glow. As the elemental monsters kept walking towards her, Kida raised the spear up. Both monsters looked upwards to see that the castle and the island it was situated on were directly above them. Then Kida brought down the spear gently, which also brought the castle smashing down on the monsters.
"Kida/Mother," Milo and Wendy cried out in despair, rushing to the Atlantean woman's sides in concern.
"I'm all right, my family," Kida softly warned them before she put her arm around Wendy to console her.
"My Asgard! My kingdom! NoooooOOOO," Hellstrom cried out in grief as he fell to his knees in despair and depression, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the snowy wasteland. Messua just sighed and shook her head, along with the other children.
"Give him a while. Let him mourn his kingdom," Milo advised, "then we'll get him to a hospital where perhaps he can be helped."
"And as for that fact, I'm thinking you should put it in a safe. Like NOW," Vinnie suggested to Kida, pointing to the spear, "perhaps with some chains, and locks, big ones."
Soon Kida grinned thoughtfully. "I have a better place for this spear," she said.
"And I think I might have a feeling of where," Mowgli remarked.
"Hopefully it'll be taken better care of where it goes now," Jane hoped.
Soon after, the spear was brought to Atlantis by Kida.
"I learned many facts about you world," she warned Milo, "most of all, I think I now know my father better."
Then, she spoke louder. "My father was only protecting us and the world above, until he hid the Heart of Atlantis...I understand that now."
"Kida, you can't hide the crystal again," Milo said as he came towards her, "I mean, it would--"
Kida gave him a small smirk as he had interrupted.
"I'm sorry. Sort of ruining the moment there," Milo grinned sheepishly as he stopped himself.
"Come now, this is a nice moment," Jane warned him, "just relax and take it in."
"I think that's best," Wendy added as she stood with Obby.
Soon Kida began to continue her speech to her people. "But my father was wrong. He thought mankind would use the power of the crystal for destruction, but look around you," she warned them. "The Heart of Atlantis has let us rebuild our city. And I saw how the knowledge of Atlantis touched a tribe of surface people and made them grand healers and teachers. The brightest light is worth nothing if hidden in a cave. I do not want the legacy of Atlantis to be the destruction of its civilization. Let us share our light with the world," she concluded and stuck the spear in the ground, making the floor light up and glow suddenly, sending the light all around the floor and towards the stone statues as they lit up and also came to life with their own spark of life.
"Just remember not to warn anyone else about this," Mowgli reminded Jenny, Alice and Wart.
"Who would we warn," the three shrugged innocently as they stood with Paul, Charlie and Carrie.
The spear shot into the air, and Milo hugged Kida as they both watched it form a barrier around the city, protecting it from a flow of magma that surrounded it. Then, suddenly, Atlantis began to rise from the depths of the sea.
"This is truly one of the biggest and most amazing facts I've ever witnessed," Mowgli remarked.
"Uh-huh," Shanti nodded in firm agreement.
Everyone held onto each other as it was a bit rumbly as facts were going to change for Atlantis and its future after today.
Meanwhile, on the ocean, there were some fishermen who were at work on their boats, unaware of the big change about to come.
Suddenly, a bunch of fish were jumping high and into the boat before soon they saw Atlantis making its road up from the bottom and depths of the ocean.
"You guys," Wendy said as she came to the other children, having glowing icy blue eyes in emotion, "I'm just so happy for my family and I'm glad you could see this with me today."
"Ah...I thought this was starting to remind me of the under tale of Mount Ebott," Jane remarked.
"If you and Melody helped the monsters make it to the surface after Pinocchio and Lilo reunited and made up," Cody asked his sister.
"Oh, yes," Mary nodded at him, "it was such a proud, proud day for them. I was so happy for everyone, no longer being trapped underground and free to live with humans in any fashion they please with no damage or fighting ever again."
Cody and Penny beamed at their mother as they had to experience something like that themselves after hearing and reading about the story of that adventure. Soon the Atlanteans cheered as this was the best time they could ever hope for. Obby even ran around happily before he licked Mole and John's faces once he saw them.
"What is this light, Queen Kida," asked a young Atlantean girl, "is that a crystal?"
"No, child; that is the sun," replied Kida as she picked up the girl, but kissed Milo.
Two of the Atlantean males kissed Miss Packard on the cheeks. "I think I swallowed my gum," the old woman stated dryly.
"Always a pleasure, Mrs. Packard," Jane remarked, "even though I barely saw you during this visit."
"Aw, go ahead..." Mrs. Packard shrugged and rolled her eyes dryly.
"The world was never the same after that day," Whitmore began to narrate. "It was much, much better."
Indeed so, it was as Atlantis was going to have a bright new future from here on out. Soon Wendy suddenly caught John, spun him around a bit, but suddenly leaned in to kiss him on the lips.
"Whooo," Cody smirked.
Ranjan laughed and chuckled to himself, as John was now bright-red with surprise at what had just happened.
"I agree on that," Cody nodded.
"Hear, hear," Penny declared.
"It truly was quite an experience," Alice beamed.
"I'm sorry I missed most of the adventure," Messua said to her family, "but I'll be here for the next week and a half before I have to go again. Maybe you guys would like to warn me about some of the adventures you had while I was gone having my own adventures."
"Huh...alright," Cody and Penny replied.
"Better than nothing," nodded Charlie.
"Then you're gonna go," Milo asked.
"At last, yes," Jane replied, checking her newspaper which had a headline of "Rose-Brewer Wedding Leaves Small Town in Tears", "places to be, people to see, pretty much my life in a nutshell."
"That was a grand visit though," Shanti added.
"We're certainly glad that we came," Mowgli grinned.
"We wouldn't trade it for anything," Michael declared, "and we'd be happy to come back anytime."
"Well, we'd love to see you again wherever you can make it," Milo grinned.
"Especially with what we created," Kida added, showing the Altantean kingdom behind them.
"Congratulations," Mowgli grinned, hearing the frustrated viking shout his name.
At last, after a while, everyone gathered together for one last meal before they would head back home.
"Now...let's have a Thanksgiving feast, shall we," Messua suggested as she stood at the head of the table, going to carve the turkey for all of them.
"Yes," the others cheered at that.
"Well, I guess after this, I'll run along back home," John said to the others, "more Underfist training."
"No more grim adventures with Mowgli and Shanti," Penny guessed.
"I think that's for the best," John nodded, "I can't believe I ever even liked Mandy. I thought maybe she liked me, but I never realized that was Billy making her say these nice facts to me."
"You were young and desperate," Cody shrugged, "everyone makes a mistake sometimes."
"Yes, I guess that's true," John replied bashfully.
"I remember since Carrie had a fact for Phoebus and Esmeralda's son," Messua smirked.
"Hey," Carrie pouted.
"It was quite an adventure," Messua smirked a little as she helped serve dinner to everyone, "I'm sorry he didn't feel the same fashion."
"It's alright," Carrie said with a small sigh before she put her arm around Wart and grinned at him, "I'm over it. Trust me."
"I thought for a while that Ash liked Misty," Alice commented, "then of course there was May, Dawn, Iris, and at last Serena."
"I can imagine that made facts difficult," replied Penny.
"Like you wouldn't believe," Alice nodded.
"Speaking of this love fact......how's Zephyr doing," Paul asked.
"Yes, why didn't you guys come together," Jenny added.
"He had to go straight to Belle and Adam's place with his mother," Messua replied as she gave everyone a dinner plate, "they have to cook a special dinner for the reuniting of the kingdoms. I would've gone with them, but I thought I'd come see you guys in time for Thanksgiving, then here I am."
"Send him our love then," Jane warned her.
"I will," Messua grinned, "he sends his to all of you."
"Well, it's certainly appreciated," Michael replied.
"Then I'll be with you guys for the rest of the week and this weekend before I have to go back to school," Messua said as she sat comfortably, "but don't worry. It'll be Christmas Break soon, then you'll get a month and a half."
Cody and Penny grinned hopefully from that.
"Happy Thanksgiving, everybody," Messua grinned all around to the others before a song glowed in her heart, "what a splendid evening, what a lovely feast~"
"There's food enough to calm the most ferocious of beasts~" Penny added.
"I do wonder why we're concerned~" Charlie and Carrie started.
"And scurried all around~" Cody added.
"Looking for the very fact that we've already found~" Paul grinned.
"Friends, near and far away~" the children all sang, "sharing all today, gathering to say we're thankful; friends, friends in every fashion, make each and every day, our Thanksgiving Day~"
The adults grinned softly and warmly at the children's little song.
"There's so much more than more here~" Emelius began.
"It's altogether true~" Emelius and Price sang together.
"And being all together is the best fact to do~" Bert began.
"Do with~" Mary added.
"Friends, near and far away, sharing all today, gathering to say we're thankful~," the children and adults sang together, "friends, friends in every fashion, make each and every day, our Thanksgiving Day~!"
"This was certainly the best Thanksgiving ever," Cody beamed.
"I certainly enjoyed it," Wendy added.
"Glad you children had to have fun," Mary replied, "Milo, Kida, thanks for having us."
"It's no problem," Kida grinned, "we love your company and hope to see you again."
"Sure, sometime in the future," Mary nodded, "anything to pay tribute to and show our admiration for our other honorary family, Team Atlantis."
Team Atlantis each grinned at Mary and her friends/family.
"To the best Thanksgiving ever," Messua said, raising a glass of cider.
"To the best Thanksgiving ever," everyone else cheered before clinking glasses together to have a drink.
It was a grand celebration after the adventure was done and taken care of with plenty more to come later, but for now...
Executive ProducersSHERYL STAMPS LEACHDENNIS DESHAZER
Supervising ProducerJIM ROWLEY
Senior ProducerJEFF GITTLE
DirectorFRED HOLMES
WriterSTEPHEN WHITE
Consulting ProducersLINDA HOUSTONBEN VAUGHN
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Production DesignerBOB LAVALLEE
Music DirectorJOE PHILLIPSSOUNDELUX, FLORIDA
Cast:Barney's Voice • BOB WESTBarney's Costume • DAVID JOYNERB.J.'s Voice • PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Costume • JEFF BROOKSMiss Etta Kette • BRICE ARMSTRONGScooter McNutty • TODD DUFFY
Cast:Ashley • MONET CHANDLERChip • LUCIEN DOUGLASMaria • JESSICA HINOJOSAHannah • MARISA KUERS
Production ManagerCHARLOTTE SPIVEY
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Writing CoordinatorPERRI VERDINO-GATES
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA ODETTE ALBERTSON
Lighting DesignerKEN CRAIG
Lighting DirectorMURRAY CAMPBELL
Stage ManagerJENA ATCHISON
Post Production SupervisorDAVID BAERTSCH
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
EditorsVICKIE STERLINGMCKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID BOOTHE
Production AudioRON BALENTINE
Make-Up DesignJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Manager of Music ServicesJILL HANCE
Manager of Talent ServicesJULIE HUTCHINGS
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Original Barney, Baby Bopand B.J. costumes byIRENE COREYDESIGN ASSOCIATES
"I Love You" lyrics byLEE BERNSTEIN (BMI)Melody Traditional© Shimbarah Music (BMI)
Produced by The Lyons Group andConnecticut Public Television
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutive in ChargeLARRY RIFKIN
Barney and the Backyard Gang™and Barney & Friends® wereoriginally developed bySHERYL LEACH,KATHY PARKERand DENNIS DESHAZER.
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
Copyright © 2003 Lyons Partnership, L.P.All rights reserved.The names and the characters Barney and B.J."Barney & Friends" and the Barney and children logo areReg. U.S. Pat. & Tm Off. The name and charactersBaby Bop are trademarks of Lyons Partnership, L.P.