A/N: So here's the sequel to JCD. Hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Splatalot or its defenders but every other character is mine.

It was a hot July day. Knightriss had suggested that they all go down to the beach and soak in the sun while it lasts. As soon as it was suggested, everyone sprang into action and collected their things and got dressed in the appropriate outfits.

Much to Gildar's dismay, Knightriss wanted to take only 2 of the splat Van's and it was decided that the Graphum's and Pecks would be sharing one van. It wasn't that Gildar was still annoyed about the relationship of his Daughter and Danny or that he and Danny didn't get on very well. They had 'bonded' over the past few months. No, it was down to being an over protective father.

Once everything was packed and ready to go, the defenders set off. Skabb was driving Splat Van one and was leading with way with Knightriss giving directions. Thorne was annoyed that the drive was 2 hours long and that he would have nothing to do. Crocness reminded him that Vane and Faetal were sharing the Splat Van with them so he could always socialise.

Zsa-Zsa, Jack and Kyle sat at the back of the Splat Van so they could talk privately. They had come no nearer to finding James or fixing the main computer. This wasn't good. As Zsa-Zsa predicted in February, the robot attackers were still attacking so once every while they would be called out to stop them. Jack, at this moment was holding a small brown box. He had tight grip on it.

"What's in the box?" Kyle asked noticing his grip.

Jack opened the lid to show his two friends.

"The power gems?" Zsa-Zsa asked shocked, "You brought the power gems to the beach!"

"What if there's an attack?" Jack asked, "What then?"

Zsa-Zsa rolled her eyes then slumped back down into her seat and shook her head. He did have a point, if the robot attackers had somehow found them and without James, they would be totally defenceless.

In the second Splat Van, Kook had 'kindly' brought one of his favourite CD's and was playing it. Gildar, who was driving didn't know how long he would be able to cope with the words 'Gummy Bear' any longer.

Ballista and Shaiden were trying to block the song out while they were talking. Shaiden knew it was a mistake letting Kook in the front with Gildar. To be honest Kook did deliver his promise of bring the entertainment but somehow I don't think he meant having a radio war with Gildar. Gildar turned the song off while Kook would immediately turn it back on.

In the back of the Splat Van, Annaka rested her head on Danny's shoulder while trying to get some sleep as it was an early start. Danny had rested the side of his head on top of Annaka's and was bored. The radio war was just plain annoying now. Danny looked up to his left, outside the window. The other splat van was next door. Kyle was slumped against the window looking as bored as Danny. Luckily he turned at spotted Danny looking and started to pull faces.

Each took a turn at pulling an overly dramatic face. Danny chuckled at Kyle's screaming for mercy face. Then the face pulling turned into impressions of the defenders. Kyle pointed to Thorne and Danny nodded, he squinted his eyes in an evil like manner, and pretending to have the munching mace hit his hand repeatedly. He could see that Kyle was in hysterics.

"Danny, please stop imitating Thorne." Gildar told him, "It's very off putting but incredibly accurate."

Danny stopped and put his thumb down at Kyle signalling game over. Kyle nodded then went back to talking to Zsa-Zsa and Jack.

1 hour and a half into the journey, Thorne was getting bored so was Vane, who was also hungry. They had come off the motorway now and were driving along normal roads. Luckily the weather was still sunny. Inside the Splat Van it must have been 20-25 degrees and getting hotter. Kyle was getting restless so were Zsa-Zsa and Jack.

"How much longer?" Jack asked his dad.

"About half an hour." Skabb replied.

"I don't think I can last much longer." Zsa-Zsa moaned despite being in shorts and a blue vest top, she too was feeling the heat, "Are you sure the air conditioning can't go up any more."

"Positive my dear." Knightriss replied.

Faetal had put her Macbeth book down by now, she couldn't read in this heat also she knew the story off by heart anyway.

It was the same situation in Splat Van two.

"How is it so hot?" Ballista asked fanning herself with a piece of paper.

"I hope we get there soon." Shaiden commented.

At the front, Kook was the only one okay with this weather; he had experienced it being hotter when he lived in Australia. Gildar, on the other hand, was panicking about his hair and how messy it must have looked. Kook did keep telling him that his hair was fine and not on hair was out of place but the Viking wouldn't take his word.

Danny was aimlessly looking out of the window at all of the houses and the restaurants. They had made him hungry, due to only getting up 10 minutes before they were due to leave he had missed breakfast.

Annaka had woken up, 10 minutes ago and was brushing her hair. She had packed it along with her mirror and makeup in case hers got ruined when she went in the sea. Fortunately she had been asleep for the majority of the journey so wasn't bored. She poked Danny on the arm. He turned to face his girlfriend.

"Yes?" He asked.

"There must be a game we can play." She told him looking through the apps on her phone, "How about Hangman?"

"Okay." Danny agreed and Annaka put the phone down on her leg.

25 minutes later, Kyle was the first one to spot the sea in the distance.

"The sea!" He cried out happily, it couldn't be long now.

"About time." Vane said, "All of these shops are making me hungry."

"Are you ever full?" Crocness asked.

Vane shrugged and continued to look out at the window. Skabb drove a little faster knowing that there destination was in sight. The little shops selling coloured inflatables came into view as well as wind breakers and rugs to sit on. There were definitely almost there.

Danny and Annaka were still playing there game of hangman, this time against the computer. It was harder then they both expected but finally they guessed the word grapefruit and won a point.

"Defenders, I believe we are here." Gildar said parking the splat Van next to the other one.

Everyone stepped out and looked at the beach. The tied was out and the sand was a sunny yellow. It was fairly busy but it was a big beach. Vane noticed the shops close by; he would get some food soon. Everyone unpacked the vans and found a big spot on the beach. Danny had his arm wrapped round Annaka's shoulders and was keeping her close.

"What is Danny doing?" Jack asked sighing at his friend.

"He's marking his territory." Kyle told him, "Keeping any unwanted visitors away from his prize."

"Have you been watching that animal documentary again?" Zsa-Zsa asked.

The defenders laid their towels near each other and spoke about defending the castle and how nice it was being away from the castle while the Jr defenders laid their towels near each other and talked about James and the computer.

"Where could he be?" Kyle asked, "Surely he would have returned by now?"

"Yeah when we got captured Alwin and Banan left him behind." Zsa-Zsa recalled, "And when we returned to the castle he wasn't there."

"Also we can't locate him on the computer because that's still broken." Annaka said, "And we have no hope of fixing it."

"I'm going to the shop." Danny announced changing the topic, "You guys coming?"

The Jr defenders all stood up and walked over to their parents.

"We're going to the shop, want anything?" Kyle asked.

"Yes I'll have a mayo bacon sandwich." Vane replied, "Or chicken if there's not any bacon."

"I'll have a croissant." Kook said.

The rest of the defenders declined. Jack picked up the brown box and the 5 JCD defenders went off to the shops.

"What's in the box?" Danny asked.

"The power gems." Jack replied bluntly as they entered the shops.

Danny shrugged and went over with Annaka to find Kook a croissant. While the couple were arguing whether to get him a chocolate one of a plain one, someone tapped Annaka on the shoulders. She turned around to see who had tapped her.

"James?" She asked shocked, "Is that you?"

There stood James, his black hair had grown longer and he now had a beard. His work clothes were dirty but he seemed like he was doing okay. Danny turned around suddenly at the sound of James.

"What are you doing here?" Danny asked, "We've been looking for you for months."

"I know." James told them, "I've been watching Ivar and Neri and there isn't much time."

Zsa-Zsa, Jack and Kyle came round the corner and froze at the sight of James. They rushed over to him to hear what he had to say.

"In precisely 7 minutes. A girl is going to walk onto the beach and sit near you." James told him, "She is a friend of Ivar's. Keep a close eye on her and look after the power gems. You're going to need them."

James quickly walked away after that. The Jr defenders stood their frozen for a moment then realised they needed to get a move on. They brought Kook a chocolate croissant and ran back to the beach.

"Here's your sandwich dad." Kyle said as coolly as he could, "Enjoy."

"There you go." Danny said giving Kook his food, "Bye."

The pair walked back to their towels and waited there. Everyone was sitting up and eyeing the area. In 7 minutes something was going to happen and they had to be ready. The brown box was wedged between Danny and Annaka. Jack kept looking at his watch. 2 minutes to go, it was going to be absolute torcher.

Kyle looked over at his parents. They were smiling and laughing with the rest of the defenders. They didn't have a clue what was about to happen. Faetal looked over at Kyle and smiled. Kyle smiled back but Faetal knew something was wrong.

7 minutes precisely and James was right. A few metres away, women lay down a purple towel. She had purple hair with coloured streaks in it. Jack observed her quickly. She seemed normal but it was Annaka who spotted it.

"She's wearing trainers." Annaka whispered, "You don't wear trainers when you go to the beach."

Jack nodded; the 5 of them went over to their parents. Jack had the brown box tight in his grip. He wasn't going to lose the power gems.

"Can we all go for a walk along the path to the pier?" Zsa-Zsa asked hopefully, "All of us."

"What a marvellous suggestion." Knightriss said, "Let's go."

All of the defenders stood up and walked off the beach, Jack looked back to the purple haired girl. She was watching them but she remained where she was. Also she was talking on the phone. Something was going to happen any moment now.

Bang! The doors of the beach huts smashed off and onto the pavements and strange creatures walked out. They weren't robot attackers, they were something new. The creatures themselves were slimy. Some were purple and some were pink. They did look like robot attackers but they looked upgraded. They had a shiny coloured body and gold gloves and boots. Their eyes were black as the sky.

Everyone started screaming and running away even the defenders. They all ran straight into town and ran behind and pub and into its car park.

"What was that?" Ballista screeched, "What were those."

"People of Canada hello." Someone on a loud speaker said, "I am Astrid, creator of wars and destroyers of lives. I've been sent by Ivar Graphum to collect his prize."

"I knew it would have been Ivar." Gildar said angrily, "He has gone too far this time."

"Surrender Defenders or pay the price." Astrid shouted.

"What do we do?" Vane asked.

"Run." Jack replied to the defenders, "You guys run and we'll catch up."

"We can't leave you guys!" Shaiden exclaimed.

"Trust us." Danny told his mum, "We can take care of it."

Knightriss unwilling nodded, she trusted her son so she led the defenders away from the car park. Jack looked at the Jr defenders.

"Ready?" He asked.

"Always." They replied.

A/n: So how was the first Chapter? Hope you enjoyed it.