Chapter 7 is finally up! I apologize for it taking so long. I got caught up in a lot of stuff and my internet is acting weird too. Nina has some explaining to do about her curse. She knew that this was going to happen and she blames herself for not holding back the curse. Anyways, please enjoy and you may leave a comment if you want to.

Chapter 7 The Truth

The next day, Nina woke up around 10:35am. She got up from her bed and stretched. She went to the closet and got dressed in her uniform. She looked in her mirror and brushed her hair out. Her hair was getting frizzy and it made her feel uneasy. Nina hated it when her hair got frizzy. She put her brush down on the small dresser and walked out of her room.

When she walked into the living room of the airship, she was surprised to see everyone, even Drew gathered. Nina was glad to see that Drew was alright. Her left leg was bandaged though. When they saw Nina, they invited her to come and sit with them. She sat down between Zak and Fiskerton.

"Nina, we need to talk," said Doc

"About what?" she questioned

"About that power of yours."

"Wait, what's going on?" asked Drew

Nina didn't say anything at first. She pressed her thumbs together in her lab. Doc and Drew were waiting for an answer. Nina looked at Zak and he nodded. Fiskerton nodded too.

"I really hate to talk about this, but Argost put a curse on me years ago. What you guys saw was my curse power," said Nina

Doc, Drew, and Doyle were surprised. They had no idea that Argost would go so low. Zak and Fiskerton already knew so they pretended to be shocked too. Nina started to grasp her hands together tightly. She continued to tell the Saturdays about her past. This wasn't an easy thing for Nina to tell. She always feared that when people would know the truth about her, they would be in danger.

"Nina, I had no idea," said Drew

"Why didn't you tell us this before," said Doc

"I…… I don't know. I was scared," Nina replied

"Well you weren't scared when you handled that cryptid," said Zak

Nina looked at Zak with angry eyes. He suddenly covered his mouth. Doc's mouth hung open and Drew was shocked.

"So, you're the one that killed that cryptid," said Drew

"Yes, it's true. I was only trying to protect Zak," said Nina

"Why did you lie to me?"

"I already told you. I didn't want you to find out about my curse powers."

Drew just sighed. She understood what Nina was trying to do and couldn't blame her for it. Nina had her head lowered. She had felt bad for what have happened last night.

"I know you were trying to protect us and we appreciate it," said Drew

"Well now you guys know the truth," said Nina

"Don't worry, your secret is safe with us," said Doyle

"Yeah that's true," said Zak

"I'm only worried that Argost is going to come after us now," said Nina

"Don't worry about him. We beat him so many times," said Doc

"Yeah we made it into the book of world records," teased Zak

"Alright, let's go get some breakfast you guys," said Drew

Everyone got up and headed for the kitchen. Fiskerton was the first one in the kitchen. Breakfast was his favorite meal of the day. He loved getting his cold cereal of Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, or Weird World Crunch. (small joke lol) Zak got Fiskerton and himself a bowl and carried a box of Weird World Crunch. When Nina saw the box, she just rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe Argost had his own cereal brand too. Zak poured himself a bowl and poured some in Fiskerton's bowl. He was squealing with joy.

"My favorite cereal!" said Zak

"Me too….*mutters*" mumbled Fiskerton

"Give me that box," said Nina

She took the box and read the ingredients. She wondered if there was something in the cereal that was making them go nuts for Argost Weird World.

"Bleached Wheat Flour, Evaporated Cane Juice, Sugar, Salt, Sucrose, Ferric Orthophosphate, Sodium Ascorbate, Dextrose, Folic Acid, Hydrochloride………Hey this isn't food, it's a chemistry experiment!" said Nina

"But we like it no matter what's in it," said Zak

"I don't know why I don't feel disgusted."

"Nina, what would you like?" asked Doyle

"How about some real food," she replied

"You got it kitten."

Nina glared at him as Doyle headed into the other part of the kitchen. Drew and Doc soon joined Nina, Zak, and Fiskerton at the table. Doc had his usual coffee and toast and Drew had eggs with oatmeal.

"So Nina, is there anything else we should know about?" asked Drew

"Let's just say there's more to my curse power than you think and I hope none of you see it," she replied

"Fair enough."

"What other part?" asked Zak

"Zak, that's enough," said Doc

Doyle started to head towards the table. He set Nina's plate in front of her and he took his place next to Zak. Nina looked at what Doyle made her. He made her scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and a small glass of orange juice. Nina let out a small smile.

"Thanks Doyle, that was really sweet," she said

"I made it special for you cupcake," he replied

"Hey, I cooked it," said Drew

Nina started to eat her breakfast and found it quite delicious. Doyle ate his slowly and continued to stare at Nina. She was starting to drink her orange juice. Zak just looked at them both and his eyes filled with one question.

"Doyle, do you and Nina love each other?" he asked

Nina spat out her orange juice from Zak's shocking question. Drew and Doc looked at Zak in surprise. Poor Fiskerton was sprayed with orange juice. Nina got up, grabbed a cloth napkin and started cleaning off Fiskerton.

"I'm sorry Fiskerton," she said

"Wowser," he replied in shock

"Zak Michael Saturday what kind of question was that?" scolded Drew

"I was just wondering," he replied

"Well Zak, I'm not in love with him. I don't even know this guy," said Nina

"Come on Chick, you know I like you a lot," said Doyle

"And let's get one thing straight, I am a woman! I'm not a Chick, Kitten or any other farm animal you know."

"You got it Foxy."

"You're such a pig."

"Oink, oink baby."

Nina growled at Doyle with frustration. She back down and finished her breakfast. After breakfast, Doc and Drew went into the lab to look for more clues to Kur. When they found their next location, they started flying the airship. Doyle was organizing his equipment while Nina and Zak were playing with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

"I'm going to win!" said Nina

"No you're not. I won't let you," said Zak

The game continued its fun melody and beeping noises until a victory sound went off from the game. Nina jumped up and down. She beat Zak again and he just groaned.

"How do you keep beating me?" he asked

"I've had this game when I was little. I would always play with my dad and…………," Nina paused

Zak stared at her and she just let out a sigh. Zak turned off the NES and decided to do something else with Nina. They went onto the balcony and decided to read some books. Zak only had his Weird World comics and Nina continued the book she was reading before.

A lot of the information she had read amazed her. 2 hours of passed and the airship landed in a burnt landscape. It was kind of creepy to look at because it seems as if cryptids were hiding and waiting for prey to come out. Nina and Zak were asleep in the chairs.

Nina awoke to someone shaking her. She opened her eyes and saw Doyle.

"What do you want?" she asked

"We made it to the next location," replied Doyle

She nodded and got up. She stretched and placed the book in the chair. Doyle woke up Zak and he wasn't in a good mood. He was getting angry at him for waking him up from a wonderful dream.

"Thanks a lot Doyle, because of you I blew a million bucks," said Zak

"Well you had to wake up from the dream sometime," he replied

"It's not fair, wait where are we?"

"We are at the next location. Your parents need you right now."

Zak got up and stretched his arms and scratched his back. Fiskerton, Zon, and Komodo were sound asleep. Nina thought it was a good idea to let them sleep. When they met up with Doc and Drew in the living room. They headed outside to the burned landscape. They decided to stay together. Nina didn't like what she was seeing before her eyes and something didn't smell right. She thought it was her imagination and just ignored it. Drew scanned the ground for the artifact, but had no luck. It wasn't long until they both came across two weird rocks and a curved burned tree. Drew scanned them and her device told her that something was in the middle of them. Suddenly, there was a snapping noise. Nina turned and looked. She didn't see anybody or anything and the weird thing was that she was the only one who heard it. Then another snap noise went off making Nina look in the other direction. Nina's awareness caught Zak's attention.

"What's the matter?" he asked

"I heard something…….twice," Nina replied

"What was it?"

"A snapping noise; like a stick breaking."

"Are you sensing anything?"

"I'm not sure. It just feels like we're being watched."

"And you're correct!" said a familiar voice

Everyone turned around and it was none other than Argost with Munya. Nina growled and let her curse come out. Her tail whipped out, her fangs shot out, her claws appeared, and her eyes changed to red again. Drew was shocked at Nina's transformation. She finally understood Nina's curse.

"I can't believe you fell for it," said Argost

"Fell for what?" asked Drew

"I set bait here to make you think that the next clue was here."

"I should have known," snarled Nina

"Let's see you escape this one," said Argost

He snapped his fingers and his cryptids popped out of the ashes, that burned tree with the two funny rocks, and started to surround Nina and the Saturdays, but for some reason, the cryptids weren't interested in Nina, only the Saturdays. They just walked right passed her.

"You hurt them and I'll…….," Nina started saying

"Or you'll what?" Argost cut in

"I'll make you pay!"

"Well come on then. Let's have it!"

Nina snarled and charged at Argost. She tackled him to the floor and swiped at his face. Argost kicked her off into a dead tree.

"Now Munya!" yelled Argost

Munya released some kind of hissing gas on Nina. She started to cough and suddenly felt woozy and tired. She got up and tried to go after Argost, but Munya kicked her in the side and she tumbled into a different direction and landed in a net trap that was setup. Nina tried to shake it off, but it was no use. Argost and Munya started to walk towards her and the last thing she heard was Zak crying out to her. The cryptids were fighting the Saturdays. Nina closed her eyes. She couldn't stay awake. Everything went pitch black.

To Be Continued

This is the end of Chapter 7. Chapter 8 will be up soon and I hope it doesn't take forever like it did with this one. I apologize again. Well I hope you look forward to the next chapter.