|
The sun rises on the Land of the
Lost, a female Sleestak wearing a dark blue stola, Princess
Sita, comes to a tree where her young twin offspring are,
Degbar the male wearing a dark brown outfit and Gaba the
female wearing a similar outfit to her brother as well as a
headband with a flower tucked into it. Sita brings fruit to
them.
Degbar: Ma, will we ever find Da?
Sita: I’m certain we will, Degbar.
Gaba: I hope he’s OK.
Sita: I do too, Gaba. But we can’t
give up.
She does her best to reassure
them even though she cannot guarantee anything. As they
continue to eat, they hear strange sounds coming from
nearby.
Gaba: What’s that noise?
Sita: I don’t know. You two, hide.
Degbar: But what about you?
Sita: Don’t worry about me, just stay somewhere safe and
don’t come out until I return.
The twins hide in a tree hollow
as Sita goes off through the bushes and into a clearing
where the sound was coming from. Only to find nothing. With
a head shake, she goes back around the bushes, only to be
caught in a net hanging from a tree.
Sita: Whoa! What is this?
She sees two male Sleestaks come
over, recognizing them as Nim and Keeg.
Nim: Well, well, what a pleasant
surprise.
Keeg: We set the trap for humans and
we catch something much better, a female Sleestak.
Nim: And not just any, the Princess
Sita.
Sita: Nim, Keeg! I didn’t think I’d
see you two again!
Keeg: You haven’t changed a bit
yourself, Princess.
Nim: C’mon Keeg, let’s get her back
to be our prisoner.
As they laugh, Sita becomes frightened and shocked to the
sound of that, also the fact that they are taking her away
from her children.
Fades to black, then the
theme song.
Our vacation began, mapping out a
plan
but the map never showed
the danger down the road
We felt our camper shaking
as the earth was quaking
There's nowhere to hide
It's the ride of our lives
Now we've crossed the line,
Fallen through time
Livin' in the Land Of The Lost
What a world we've found, deep
underground
Livin' in the Land Of The Lost
This world is strange and new
see the triple moons,
but don't you turn your back or
you'll become a snack
Cuz some Tyrannosaurus
could be hungry for us
We'll need to make some friends
The wonder never ends
Now we've crossed the line
Fallen through time
Livin' in the Land Of The Lost
We open a door and find dinosaurs
Livin' in The Land Of The Lost
Livin' in The Land Of The Lost...
Land Of The Lost!
At the Porters’ treehouse, they
are having breakfast with Noog, he had removed the sling and
splint from his arm, still has most of the bandages.
Annie: How’s your arm, Noog?
Noog: It’s definitely improving, still gets a bit sore every
now and again. But on a scale of one to ten, I would say it
is about six. Same for my ankle.
Tom: Well, after breakfast, we’ll
search again for Noog’s family. We’ll probably be meeting up
with Christa.
Noog: If it would be all right, I
should like to join in the search.
Tom: I think it’d be a fine idea for
you to join.
Noog: Excellent.
As soon as breakfast is done and
after Noog takes pain-relief medicine, the Porters and Noog
load a few things into the truck, including lunch.
Noog: Is that everything?
Kevin: I think so, thanks for the help, Noog.
Noog: Oh, my pleasure, my wounds may
not be one-hundred percent healed, but I am glad to finally
be able to help with something.
Tom: All right, everyone ready?
Annie: I know I am.
Kevin: Same here, Dad-ster.
Tasha: (Chattering)
After loading Tasha into the back,
everyone gets into the truck and drive off into the jungle.
Meanwhile, Stink is in the jungle when he meets up with
Christa.
Stink: Akuba-ne, Christa.
Christa: Akuba-ne, Stink. You find
Noog’s family?
Stink: Anu. Did you?
Christa: No, but not give up. We will search together.
Stink: Yeah-yeah, together.
They go off deeper into the
jungle. At that time, the Sleestak twins are still in the
tree hollow. Degbar peeks out.
Gaba: Is Ma coming back yet?
Degbar: Nope.
Gaba: It’s been hours, Degbar. Where
could she be?
Degbar: I don’t know, Gaba. But I’m getting worried about
her. I feel we ought to look for her.
Gaba: You sure that’s a good idea?
Degbar: Probably not, but we have to do something.
The young ones come out of the
tree hollow and wander the jungle for a while. Gaba sees an
iguana climb up a tree and follows it.
Gaba: Hey, come back, little fella,
I want to be your friend.
Degbar: Careful, Gaba.
She climbs up the tree, Degbar
stays on the ground as he suffers a fear of heights.
Degbar: See if you can see Ma from
up there!
She reaches a branch, missing the
iguana but looks around for her mother, not seeing her, but
seeing a small pond instead.
Gaba: Hmm, no Ma.
Degbar than spots a frog jumping
around. He follows it with Gaba joining when she climbs down
the tree. The twins come to the pond where many frogs are in
the ankle deep water. They try catching them as well as jump
on large bubbles that are forming.
Degbar: Over here!
Gaba: Hey, this is fun.
Both: (Laughing)
They play around for a little
while, however their fun is interrupted by an unfriendly
shadow looming over and the sound of thudding footsteps.
They stop when they notice.
Degbar: Shh. What’s that noise?
Gaba: (Gasps) Thunder lizard!
They see coming towards them,
Scarface!
Gaba: Help!
Degbar: Mother!
Both: (Screaming)
They run off and hide in a giant
briar patch with Scarface skulking around it.
Scarface: (Snarling and snorting)
Twins: (Breathing heavily)
They try their best to evade the
T-Rex and make their way out, but Scarface sniffs them out
and blocks off the route they go through. Poking his nose
into the hole that is there.
Gaba: (Screams)
In a panic, she runs off in
another direction.
Degbar: Gaba! Don’t!
He goes after her, with Scarface
trudging through the briar patch. Gaba gets stuck under a
branch when trying to crawl under it.
Gaba: I’m stuck! Degbar help!
Degbar: Hang on, Gaba!
He tries lifting up and pulling
back the branch trying to free his sister with Scarface
closing in.
Gaba: (Grunting)
Degbar: Hurry!
Scarface: (Snarling)
She finally gets unstuck and
Degbar releases the branch, it hits Scarface right in the
face and he rises up in pain.
Gaba: (Screaming)
Scarface: (Growling)
He sees the kids running out of
the briar patch and into the open meadow. He jumps over to
where they are. But before he can chomp down on them, a
large tail whacks him. It turns out to be the Camarasaurus
called Big Guy by the Porters. The twins watch with awe.
Degbar: Whoa!
Scarface comes back to
Big Guy who then swings his neck at him. The kids hide under
a formation of rocks and foliage while Big Guy gives
Scarface one more tail lash which is enough to drive him
away. Right then and there, Stink and Christa come by riding
Princess the Triceratops, and they see Scarface walking off.
Stink: (Sniffs) Stink sense
something. Sleestaks near.
Christa: Sleestaks?
Stink: Not Shung or malu Sleestaks, different ones.
Unfamiliar.
Stink dismounts Princess then goes
looking around. Christa follows as Princess stays put.
Degbar and Gaba are huddled under the formation, clutching
each other.
Both: (Shuddering and whimpering)
Stink and Christa come to the
formation, they look inside and see the twins.
Twins: (Continue whimpering)
Christa: Don’t be afraid.
Degbar looks over and sees the
gentle, friendly faces of Christa and Stink. He motions to
Gaba as she sees too.
Stink: (Chatters)
He motions his hand for them to
come. The twins slowly and cautiously come out of the
formation as soon as they realize it is safe. At that time,
the Porters and Noog stop for lunch after searching around.
Kevin: So far, nothing.
Tom: We’re not having much luck
either.
Noog: We cannot give up now.
Annie: That’s one of the last things
we’d do.
Tasha: (Chatters, nods)
Within a few minutes after they
set up lunch, Christa and Stink arrive riding Princess.
Christa: Akuba-Ne, Porters.
Tom: Hey there, Christa. Stink.
They dismount Princess and come to
their friends, Christa facing Noog.
Christa: Noog, I believe these are
yours.
Coming out from behind her are the
two young Sleestak twins no bigger than Tasha, they
recognize their father and he them.
Noog: Gaba! Degbar!
Degbar: Da!
Gaba: Oh, Da!
Noog and his children embrace,
relieved and thrilled to see each other safe and in one
piece. The Porters and their friends are happy to see this.
Noog: Oh, children, thank goodness
you’re all right. I’ve been so worried about you.
Degbar: We weren’t sure you were all
right either.
Noog: But where is your mother?
Gaba: We don’t know, she just disappeared this morning and
we’ve been searching for her.
Noog: We’ll find her, Gaba. Don’t
worry.
He then turns to the Porters and
their friends.
Noog: Porters, meet my offspring,
Degbar and Gaba. Degbar, Gaba, meet Tom Porter, Kevin
Porter, Annie Porter, Tasha, Christa and Stink.
Gaba: Hello.
Degbar: Hi.
Tom: We’re all really pleased to
meet you two. We were just about to have lunch.
Degbar: That’s great, I haven’t
eaten since breakfast.
Gaba: That was only a few hours ago.
All: (Chuckling)
They all sit down and have their
picnic with the twins joining. As soon as lunch is finished,
the Porters pack up the truck.
Tom: Well, time to go. Coming Noog?
Noog: I believe I will go with my
young ones.
Gaba: We’re riding the thunder
lizard with Christa and Stink.
Tom: Sure thing, we’ll meet you back
at the treehouse.
The Porters get into the truck and
drive off while Noog and the twins ride on Princess with
Christa and Stink, following them. Meanwhile, Sita is being
held hostage by the Sleestak criminal trio in their lair,
their leader Shung and his lackeys, Nim and Keeg, all three
of whom she is acquainted with. She sits on a stone stool
with her hands tied behind her back with Nim and Keeg beside
her and Shung in his throne.
Shung: Now Sita, what brings you
above ground?
Sita: All I can tell you is I was
sent here on a mission.
Shung: Also, you will tell me how to
get back into the underground city so that I may return to
the criminal underworld.
Sita: I already told you, Shung, the
criminal underworld was taken down long
ago. It is now in shambles and all of the criminals were
put in jail.
Shung: Are you trying my patience?
You know how I hate liars.
Sita: I am a princess, I do not lie
to anyone.
Shung: Keeg! (snaps fingers)
Keeg unties her and she gets up.
Sita: Does this mean I’m free?
Shung: Not quite, you are still my prisoner.
Sita: Wait until Noog hears about
this!
Keeg: Oh, he won’t be hearing about nothing since we took
care of him.
Nim: Yeah, sent him down a cliff.
Both: (Snickering)
Sita: (Gasps) No…
She lays her face on top of her
arms on the stone table.
Shung: Nim, Keeg, leave us be.
Search for the humans and possibly the young Sleestaks.
With a nod, his lackeys leave
while Shung goes to the distraught Sita, placing his hand on
her back comfortingly.
Sita: (Sobbing)
Shung: Oh no, don’t cry, princess.
I’m sure he would’ve wanted you to be taken care of. There
are many others suitable for one such as you.
She looks up with tears in her
eyes.
Sita: (Sniffs) Like who?
Shung: Like me for example.
Sita: (Lowers brow) I’d sooner kiss
a toad.
Shung: Oh, it’ll be just like old
times. Remember when we were young and we used to walk down
the river?
Sita: Indeed.
He gets out of a cabinet two
goblets and fills them by squeezing the juice from some sort
of fruit.
Shung: The flowers were all in bloom
and the water was a clear turquoise.
He puts one glass in front of her
while he sits opposite from her with the other.
Shung: You used to make flower
necklaces.
Sita: I did.
Shung: And now, princess, we can
have that again.
Sita: Oh, look at the lizard.
Shung: Where?
He looks around, even getting up
to search. While he is distracted, she shakes the pollen off
some sort of flower into his fruit juice. Shung returns.
Shung: I did not see anything.
Sita: My mistake, must have been a
shadow.
Shung: Well, to us.
He raises his glass up while she
unenthusiastically raises hers. Shung drinks the whole
portion of his while she has a tiny sip.
Shung: Now where was I?
Sita: Us being together will be just like old times?
Shung: Oh, yes.
(Stomach gurgling)
Shung: (Groans) I am suddenly not
feeling well.
Sita pretending to be sympathetic:
Oh, poor baby.
Shung: (Burps) Excuse me.
He goes off to another room in the
temple as Sita gets up from her chair.
Shung off-screen: (Retching)
She uses this to her advantage to
leave going through the tunnel.
Sita smugly: Yajura, gets ‘em every
time.
Shung returns a minute or so later
clutching his stomach.
Shung: (Groans… gasps)
He looks around to see Sita has
left.
Shung: (Roars… moans)
He sits back in his throne, too
nauseous to go after her. Sita knew this was not the only
time Shung tried to seduce her, for he always wanted her to
be his wife. She thought she loved him but later realized
that he only wanted her out of lust and for power.
At that time, the Porters and
their friends return to the treehouse.
Degbar: Is this it, Da?
Noog: That is it, Degbar.
Christa and Stink dismount
Princess followed by Noog and his offspring, the Porters
also exit the truck. Tom, Christa and Noog come together.
Tom: We’ll look for Sita later
today.
Noog: Yes, we shall do that.
Christa: Christa agrees.
Noog goes to his young ones,
showing them around. Degbar is at first reluctant to go up
to the treehouse as it is up high and he has a fear of
heights, but he goes up with his sister and father. Noog
uses this opportunity to take pain-relief medicine. After
about ten or fifteen minutes, everyone is together.
Tom: All right, Christa, Noog and I
are going to look for Sita. Annie, Kevin, you’re in charge.
Kevin: Sure Dad.
Noog: We shall be back before
nightfall. And Degbar, Gaba, stay out of trouble.
Degbar: We will, Da.
Christa: Akuba-Ne, young Porters.
Annie: Akuba-Ne, Christa.
Kevin: And good luck.
The two humans and adult Sleestak leave while the younger
humans, young Sleestaks, Stink and Tasha stay behind. They
all go up to the treehouse. The twins see that the fruit
supply is low.
Gaba: Hey, there’s not much fruit.
Annie: Really? We’d better get some
more.
Degbar: Oh, here, Annie Porter, we
can gather fruit.
Kevin: You sure?
Gaba: Of course, it’d be our
pleasure.
Annie: Wow, thanks guys.
Stink: Stink watch twins.
Kevin: See you guys in a little
while.
Waving back, the twins and Stink
go off while Annie, Kevin and Tasha relax. Soon enough, Gaba
and Stink are up in a tree and pick fruit while Degbar stays
on the ground and catches any that they toss to him.
Gaba: Here comes another, Degbar!
She tosses one down to
him and he catches it in the basket he is carrying.
Degbar: Got it!
Gaba: Think that’s enough, Stink?
Stink: Stink have enough fruit.
Gaba: Me too. Let’s head back.
They start climbing back down, but
Degbar suddenly sees a large figure in the forest several
feet away. He becomes consumed with curiosity as he puts the
fruit basket down and goes off right when Gaba and Stink get
to the ground.
Gaba: Degbar, where are you going?
Degbar: I see something or someone in the woods, I want to
check it out.
Gaba: Just be careful.
Stink: Yeah, careful.
Degbar makes his way to where he
saw the figure. Coming from behind the figure whom he
notices is another Sleestak. What he does not realize, since
he has never met the criminal trio, is the Sleestak is Nim.
The youngster tugs on the adult’s tail.
Nim: Huh?
He turns around to find Degbar who
can tell the adult is not friendly.
Degbar: (Nervous chuckle, waves) Hi.
Nim: (Growls)
Degbar tries running off but Nim
grabs him and picks him up.
Degbar: Hey! Let me go! Let me go!
Nim: Look what I got, Keeg!
Keeg looks down from the tree he
is in to pick fruit and set a trap, seeing Nim with Degbar
in his arms.
Degbar: Keeg, get down from there!
You’ll hurt yourself!
Nim: Shut up, you little runt!
Keeg climbs down and goes to Nim.
Keeg: It’s a young Sleestak, Nim.
Nim: Shung will be pleased we found
one.
Keeg: (Sniffs) I smell another
nearby.
Degbar: Let me go! Put me down!
Nim: Shut up, twerp!
Nim follows Keeg. At that time,
Gaba and Stink are together still waiting for Degbar to
return.
Gaba: Degbar’s been gone a long
time. I hope he’s all right.
Stink: Yeah. Saigo Degbar?
Gaba: We’d better look for him.
Stink: Ayo.
They are about to go towards the
woods but are soon cut off by Nim and Keeg!
Gaba: (Gasps)
Stink: (Yelps) Malu Sleestaks! Have
Degbar!
Nim: There’s the other one with the
Paku!
Keeg: Allow me.
Gaba: Stink, you help Degbar!
With a nod, Stink faces up to Nim
while Keeg goes after Gaba who runs off. Stink charges at
Nim but the Sleestak criminal just moves to the side making
Stink miss. Right when he turns back, Nim hits him with his
club, sending him into a tree.
Stink: (Yelps, whimpering)
He is too dazed to get back up and
in less than a moment, he loses consciousness. Degbar
worriedly sees his friend hurt.
Degbar: Stink!
Meanwhile, Keeg chases Gaba
through the woods, she jumps over, goes around and crawls
under logs, trees, boulders and other large objects with
Keeg tripping and crashing into them.
Keeg: (Yelling and grunting)
Gaba: Ha-ha! Try and get me, ya
scaly nerd! (blows raspberry)
Keeg: (Growls)
She goes off while he gets back
up. Right after she jumps over a log, she gets caught in a
giant web.
Gaba: (Grunting) Eww! Gross! Gross!
Gross!
The more she struggles, the more
tangled up in the web she becomes. She falls to the ground
completely tied up in webbing, she also sees several
tarantulas coming towards her!
Gaba: (Screaming)
She completely freaks out for she
has severe arachnophobia. Keeg hears her and runs over to
the young Sleestak, he squishes the spiders with his club
then gets the webbing off of Gaba.
Gaba: Whew! Thanks.
Keeg: Now you’re mine, twerp!
Gaba: No!
He takes her in his arms then
walks off, meeting up with Nim.
Keeg: I got the girl.
Nim: And I got the boy. Let’s go
show Shung.
Both: (Laughing)
Twins: (Protesting and yelling)
The two criminals walk off with
the twins. Stink eventually regains consciousness.
Stink: (Groans) Sleestaks always
give malu ache in head. (gasps)
He gets back up, remembering the
Sleestak criminals and looks around for the kids.
Stink: (Chatters) Degbar! Gaga!
Uh-oh, malu Sleestaks. Must tell Porters.
He runs back to the treehouse as
quick as he can. Meanwhile, Nim and Keeg return to the lair
with the twins. Shung sees them as he sits in his throne,
slightly recovered from the Yajura.
Shung: (Groans)
Nim: Look what we caught, Shung.
Little Sleestaks.
Gaba manages to bite Keeg’s hand.
Keeg: YEOWCH!
He accidentally releases her and
puts his hurt hand under his arm. Gaba almost gets away but
Nim grabs her and holds both twins, one under each arm.
Nim to Keeg: Stupid lizard.
Keeg: She started it, she bit me!
Degbar: Hey, leave my sister alone!
Gaba: Just you wait, you’re gonna be
sorry!
Nim throws both kids into a cage
then closes it. Shung gets up from his throne and goes to
them.
Shung: (Laughs evilly)
The twins look up to the criminal
leader. Gaba stays back intimidated while Degbar stands up
to Shung.
Degbar: Now look here, Shung, you
let us go immediately or you’ll be sorry!
Shung: (Growls)
He puts his arms through the bars
and picks Degbar up, the young Sleestak becoming nervous
being high up and not being especially trusting toward
Shung.
Shung: You listen closely, squirt.
If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is little lizards
like you that do not shut up! If you two even think of
getting on my nerves, then neither of you will live to see
another day!
He drops Degbar, Gaba goes to her
brother as the criminal trio leave the lair.
Gaba: Degbar, are you all right?
Degbar: I’m fine. Those big bullies don’t scare me. It’s
being up high that makes me uneasy.
Gaba: But what are we going to do?
Degbar: I wish I knew, but I don’t.
Gaba: What if we never escape and
never see our parents and friends again?
Degbar: We will, Gaba, we can’t lose hope. Just be positive.
Gaba: You be positive, I’ll be
realistic.
Even though Degbar tries to be
strong for Gaba, he as well is very discouraged by the
uncertainty of ever seeing their parents and friends again.
Meanwhile, at the treehouse, Annie and Kevin are just
minding their own business. Annie does sketches and Kevin
lies around listening to his Walkman. They are both
interrupted by Stink coming in through the door.
Stink: (Chattering) Porters!
Porters!
Annie: Stink, what’s the matter?
Kevin: (Turns off Walkman) Where are the kids?
Stink: Malu Sleestaks, take young ones!
Kevin: What?!
Annie: We gotta help ‘em!
The Porters, Stink and Tasha rush
out of the treehouse and into the jungle. Within a few
minutes, they run into Sita whom is startled by their
appearance.
Sita: (Gasps)
Annie: Don’t be afraid.
Kevin: Could you be, are you
possibly… Sita?
Sita: Who… who are you? How do you
know of me?
Annie: We’re friends of your children.
Sita: My babies, where are they?
Kevin: We think we know, but we have to hurry.
With Kevin leading, the heroes
make their way towards the Sleestak criminals’ lair, they
hide in the bushes some feet from the entrance.
Annie: It’s the Sleestaks’ lair.
Kevin: How do we rescue the twins? I
have a feeling Shung and his lackeys will be back soon.
Sita: I am all-too familiar with the three exiled criminals.
I think I have an idea.
She gathers the others together
and tells them her plan, Stink looking up for a brief moment
and letting out a snicker. Soon enough, Shung and his
associates return to the lair and Sita comes out of the
bushes to the clearing.
Sita sing-song: Oh boys!
They turn to see her.
Shung: Take her away!
Nim and Keeg go to her then drag
her inside the lair. The others follow behind. When coming
inside, Sita sees her twins in the cage and they see their
mother.
Sita: Degbar? Gaba?
Gaba: Mother? Mother!
Sita breaks out of Nim and Keeg’s
grasp then goes to the twins.
Sita: My babies, my darlings!
She goes to the kids
in the cage but before they can reach her, Shung pulls her
away and has her in his grasp.
Sita: Let them go, Shung!
Shung: I’ll make you a deal, Sita.
If you do whatever I say then your offspring will not be
harmed. But refuse, then Nim and Keeg will get very rough
with them.
The two lackeys are beside the
kids’ cage with their clubs.
Degbar: Don’t do it, Ma!
Gaba: Please don’t, Ma! Save
yourself!
With great reluctance and not
wanting to see her young ones hurt…
Sita: All right, Shung, I’ll do it.
Shung: I knew you’d see it my way,
Princess.
Within a minute or two, while Nim
and Keeg guard the twins in the cage, Sita is forced to give
Shung a foot massage. But just then, Tasha comes to the
doorway! All of the Sleestaks, good and evil, see her.
Tasha: (Jabbering)
Shung: What? An intruder!
Twins thrilled: Tasha!
Nim: The humans’ thunder lizard!
Tasha: (Taunting, blows raspberry)
Shung: Get that lizard!
Nim and Keeg go after Tasha. She
runs into the corridor and right after she passes, Annie,
Kevin and Stink pull a vine that stretches across making Nim
and Keeg trip.
Both: Whoa!
Before they can get back up, the
heroes use the vine to tie them together, then swipe the
keys.
Annie: Nice work, gang. You too,
Tasha.
Tasha: (Chattering)
Kevin: No time to pat ourselves on
the back, we gotta get Sita and the twins out.
Stink: Ayo. Save twins and Sita.
They all rush to the end of the
corridor and find Sita with Shung and the twins in the cage.
Shung sees them and rises from his throne as Sita gets back
up.
Shung surprised: What? Humans!?
Sita punches him in the stomach
and goes to the others.
Shung: Oof! (gasping, clutching
stomach)
Kevin frees the twins from the
cage. Sita embraces her offspring.
Sita: Degbar, Gaba.
Gaba: Ma, are you all right?
Sita: I am now.
Before they can leave, Shung
slightly recovers as he cuts off the heroes from their way
out, holding up a club.
Shung: Porters, you will all DIE!
He throws his club down as the
heroes dodge in time, scrambling.
All: Whoa!
Shung: (Growls)
He closes in on Annie, but Stink
bites the criminal’s leg, giving Annie the advantage to
flee.
Shung: (Groans)
He turns to find Degbar right
beside him then raises his club over his head.
Shung: (Growls)
Degbar: Aah!
He ducks then slides in between
Shung’s legs as the club ends up hitting his personal area.
Shung: (Groans)
Kevin pushes him with Gaba
standing behind on her hands and knees making Shung trip and
fall over backwards.
Gaba: Have a nice trip.
Kevin: Now let’s get the heck out of
here.
The heroes all leave as Shung is
too much in pain to go after them, covering his private
parts. Soon enough after the heroes have left, Nim and Keeg
free themselves from the vine then go back to Shung who
still lies in pain.
Keeg: What happened to you, Shung?
Shung groaning: Those… humans. The… little… twerps!
His lackeys help him back onto his
throne as Shung just sits there.
Shung: I swear, I will have Sita to
myself, no matter what. And I will kill the humans and their
friends, even her offspring! Just you wait, Princess, I’ll
get you and your little lizards too!
Meanwhile, the heroes all return
to the treehouse just in time before sundown. They see in
the distance Tom, Christa and Noog returning.
Kevin: Here they come, you stay out
of sight until we say so.
Sita: Right.
She hides in the bushes as the two
fathers and Christa come to them.
Tom: Hey all.
Annie: Daddy.
Christa: Akuba-ne.
Tom: How’d everything go?
Kevin: Oh, just fine. No problem at
all.
Stink: Yeah, everything hunky-dorky.
Noog: I hope Degbar and Gaba weren’t
any trouble.
Kevin: Trouble? These two? Nah, they
were the perfect houseguests.
Christa: We were not able to find
Sita.
Noog: However, we will search again
first thing in the morning.
Gaba: That actually won’t be
necessary, Da.
Noog: What?
Annie: Yeah, ‘cause there’s someone
to see you.
Tasha: (Jabbering)
Tasha goes to the bushes and pulls
some branches back, out walks Sita as she sees Noog.
Sita: Noog?
Noog: Sita.
Sita: Oh Noog!
Thrilled, she goes over to her
husband and they embrace happily. The twins also hug their
parents.
Noog: Sita, my love. I never lost
hope that I would find you again.
Sita: You can’t imagine how
delighted I am, for you see, Keeg said that he and Nim
killed you.
Noog: (Faces Sita) Oh, they didn’t,
even though they assumed they did.
The Porters and their friends are
happy and touched to see Noog and his family happily
reunited. Annie notices Kevin wiping his eye.
Annie: Kevin, are you crying?
Kevin: Of course not, I just got some dirt in my eye.
Tom: (Pats Kevin’s shoulder) We’re
all glad for Noog and his family, Kev.
Even though Kevin tries to hide
it, Tom knows that his son is crying tears of joy for their
Sleestak friend. Within a half hour or so, the Porters,
their friends and Noog and his family are all together for
dinner, Noog telling about what happened days before.
Noog: When I came out of the forest
to a clearing, that was when I ran into Nim and Keeg, much
to my dismay, for I know those two are bad news.
Kevin: Yeah, those guys are a major
pain.
Noog: I informed them, “Look fellas,
I’m really not in the mood to be harassed right now, so
could you come back some other time?” But they said they
wanted payback for being banished. I tried to reason that
their exile was not my idea but they refused to listen. So,
they kicked, punched, scratched and hit with clubs, sending
me down a steep hill.
Sita: Oh dear!
Degbar: Then what happened?
Noog: They thought they killed me, I heard them talking
about it before I lost consciousness. When I came to, that
was when I met the Porters and their friends. They treated
my wounds. Now Sita, allow me to introduce Tom Porter, Annie
Porter, Kevin Porter, Christa, Tasha and Stink. Everyone,
this is my mate, Princess Sita.
Sita: I am pleased to meet all of
you.
Tom: We’re more than happy to meet
you as well.
Annie: Wow, you’re a princess?
Tasha: (Chatters)
Sita: I am indeed. (scratches Tasha
under chin)
Tasha: (Purring)
Sita: And I greatly thank you all
for saving my mate.
Kevin: It was our pleasure.
Stink: Ayo. Stink pleasure too.
During dinner, Noog tells his
family all about his time with the Porters while Sita and
the twins tell about their adventures.
To be
continued…
|