(Y/n) POV

I have been working with the Wild Kratt's team for about a week now and I have noticed that Aviva doesn't like crocodiles, this will most certainly not do. So, I convinced the brothers to help me conduct an experiment to get Aviva to see a whole new side to crocodiles, a protective mother croc side. So, off to an African river we went, by the way I still don't have a creature power suit of my own, but no matter. The Kratt brother's and I reach the riverbank and hide behind a bush.

Chris: I think she's coming out of the water.

(Y/n): As long as she doesn't see us, we should be okay.

We crawl to another bush closer to the sandy riverbank, and as I peek over I get really excited at the mama croc crawling out of the water, but Chris stands up out of cover and says.

Chris: *hushed excitement* There she is.

I pull Chris back behind the bush and we watch as the huge crocodile hauls herself out of the water and ultimately I couldn't contain my excitement either.

(Y/n): *stands* Whoa, the mighty Nile Crocodile of Africa! *as I get pulled behind cover* At over 20' long, only the Saltwater Crocodile is bigger.

The female crocodile stops on the sandy bank and starts feeling around.

Martin: *gasp* She's picked a spot. It shouldn't be long now!

Chris: Oh, yeah, digging is step one.

(Y/n): Yes! Operation Crocodile Nest is underway. Aviva, are they ready yet?

Aviva is back in the Tortuga HQ to witness the experiment and communicates through my creature pod.

Aviva: Almost. But, guys, I told you this plan of yours is not going to change my mind. I just don't like crocs, period.

Martin: Oh, you'll like them after this adventure.

Chris: Yeah, Operation Crocodile Nest will prove that there's more to crocs than you think.

Aviva: They're just big, creepy reptiles. All I've ever seen them do is try to bite things. They give me the shivers.

Jimmy: Yeah, that's why they're cool.

Aviva annoyingly pulls up a video of a crocodile chomping down on a fish and this scares Jimmy.

Jimmy: Ahh! When they're far away from me.

Aviva: Exactly! See, and you guys think that when I see her lay eggs, it will make me like the big meanies all of a sudden? *as we all frown* I don't think so.

(Y/n): Well, crocs need those giant snapping jaws. Without them they wouldn't have lived past the dinosaurs, that and the way they take care of their eggs and babies.

Martin: *smiles return* Miniaturizer ready! *sets up miniaturizer* Let's do this.

The three of us jump on the miniaturizer and it shrinks us down to about the size of a baby croc.

Chris: Miniaturized, and standing by.

Aviva: Okay it's done. Send it Jimmy.

Jimmy: *activates teleportation device* Teleport activated.

The brothers and I get suited up as croc eggs as a disguise so we can get close without mama croc noticing us.

Chris: Ready?

(Y/n): Okay.

Martin: Go, go, go, go, go!

We get closer and wait for the mother croc finish digging out her nest, which can be a couple of feet deep. As we get right next to her we really get to see how massive she is, even though we're miniaturized.

Chris: Whoa, now, this is an impressive face.

Martin: I'll call her Crocodilla.

(Y/n): *deadpanned* Really? Well, I guess I can't complain. I mean look at these teeth!

Chris: 64 conical dagger like teeth! Twice as many as we have.

(Y/n): Oh, it's a good thing we look like croc eggs.

Aviva: *over comms* See, you don't trust her either. Just don't awaken the beast, guys. *shivers* Ugh.

Martin: I don't even think she sees us. She's in that special trance that crocodiles get into when they-- *slight gasp* Lay... their... eggs.

Chris: *gasp* The trance.

(Y/n): She's at step two, egg laying. Come on guys! *as Martin trips and falls*

Chris: Let's go! *dashes off*

Martin: *gets up* Huh? Did I crack?

Chris: No, you're good.

We rush to the nest entrance and count how many eggs she's laying.

(Y/n): *egg drops* 56, *egg drops* 57. 57 eggs! Ooh!

Martin: One by one, she lays her eggs in the nest chamber.

Chris: Whoo, if all these hatch, there will be lots of little Nile crocodiles in about 3 months.

(Y/n): What?

Suddenly, we accidently get kicked by the mother croc away from the nest as she starts covering her eggs with sand. Aviva sees what's going on and is astonished.

Aviva: She's burying them! Are you kidding? She just drops her eggs in a hole and covers them up? I told you guys, that is one cold creature.

Chris: We'll soon see.

(Y/n): Don't worry, Aviva. The sand will act like an incubator keeping the eggs protected from the weather and at a constant temperature.

Chris: Let's get in there, guys.

Aviva: Huh? Get in where?

(Y/n): Where else?

Martin: The crocodile nest. We're croc eggs. those are our pals down there, Aviva.

Chris: Besides, how else are we going to find out the secrets of crocodile birth?

(Y/n): *in distance* Hey, Slowpokes! *camera pans to me* Hurry up guys! She's almost done covering the eggs.

The brothers and I manage to get inside the nest as Crocodilla is finishing up coving the nest. Koki temporarily loses our creature pod signals but we did it, we're in the nest.

Martin: Yeah!

Chris: Alright!

(Y/n): We did it! Haha!

We celebrate for a good... 9 seconds, then Martin brings up a good point.

Martin: Now what?

Uhh, oops.

A Few Days Later

While we're stuck inside the crocodile nest, Chris decided to check on Crocodilla herself with the help of a periscope.

Chris: Oh, she's holding her mouth open. Must be getting pretty hot up there.

(Y/n): Let me check. *checks outside temperature* About 90 degrees today!

Martin: But cooler down here.

(Y/n): Hmm. Yup, this sand is incredible. *tests nest tempreture* The temperature hardly changes at all. It's been about 85 degrees day and night, the perfect temperature for these eggs to develop.

Martin: Oh, your mama knew exactly what she was doing when she put you in here, Chomp.

(Y/n): Not even hatched and you already have names?

Chris: I thought that one was Crunch?

Martin: No, that's Jaws. *points to various eggs* This is Chomp, that's Munch, Snapper and Fred!

(Y/n): *look through periscope* Uh, she's gone. Crocodilla's gone!

Chris: Where did she go?

(Y/n): I don't know, I'm not a psychic type. *looks back* Uh-oh, that's not her.

Martin then answers his creature pod and Aviva tells us.

Aviva: Guys, don't look now, but it's a raid!

(Y/n): Too late. I looked. It's a Nile Monitor Lizard!

Chris: Oh no! She's sniffed out the nest!

Martin: She's hungry for eggs and we're all gonna get munched!

(Y/n): Where's a crocodile when you need one?!

The Monitor Lizard digs to the eggs and takes Chomp, or was it Jaws?

Martin: Wait! That's Fred!

(Y/n): Oh.

Martin: Stop!

Chris/Martin: Egg Thief!

Aviva: *over comms* I can't believe that mother croc just abandoned her eggs. She should be protecting them.

(Y/n): Uh-oh here comes an angry mom. Incoming Crocodilla! Whoa!

The brothers and I duck back into the nest as Crocodilla charges by and scares the Monitor away. The Monitor dropped Fred and Crocodilla made her way back to recover the nest.

Chris: Now that's what I call a protective mom of a croc.

Martin: Gotta get Fred.

(Y/n): I'll try and distract Crocodilla. *climbs on Crocodilla's head* Easy girl. Nothing to see here.

Martin and Chris get the lost egg back into the nest while I cover Crocodilla's eyes.

Martin: One crocodile egg, Over-easy. Come on, (Y/n)! Hop back in!

(Y/n): Actually, this is pretty cool. I've never ridden croc back before. I think I'll stay out here to see how a mother croc behaves.

Martin: Okay, keep that creature pod on, newbie!

(Y/n): You're one to talk, dude!

Over the next few weeks, Crocodilla stayed close to the nest to prevent anymore nest raids from not just monitor lizards, but from Honey Badgers and even Baboons. One day, while Crocodilla and I are swimming in the river, Martin mistook digging topside for another lizard attack until he got hit with more eggs and found out that a softshell turtle was laying her eggs in a crocodile nest to ensure her own babies survival. Little by little we whittled Aviva's resolve about not liking crocs, the animal not the shoe. I even showed Aviva how Hippos are even bigger bullies than crocodiles. We also discovered that the temperature of the nest determines the gender of the baby inside the egg, and with the temperature at 85 degrees all the boys Martin named were actually girls and had to rename everyone. It was a long three months and I even managed to make my way back into the nest, but finally we call the team.

Martin: Hatcher! We've got a hatcher here!

Aviva: Which one is it?

Martin: It's little Frederica. She's busting out of her egg.

The crew watch as Frederica breaks through the shell and into the nest.

Aviva/Koki: She did it. Welcome to the world little croc!

Frederica starts making a baby croc call, this sparks a chain reaction as even the unhatched eggs start to call too and start to hatch too.

Now, even the turtle eggs are hatching alongside the crocs.

Chris: Haha, it's a hatch fest.

Martin: Yeah, just one problem. It's getting crowded in here

(Y/n): That's because we're- WHOA!- buried under two feet of sand.

MC(Y/n): HELP!

Aviva: I can't believe I'm saying this but those baby crocs are kind of cute. But what's that noise they're making?

(Y/n): Huh?

We listen to the baby crocs and then it hits me.

(Y/n): That's it! The baby crocs are calling for their mom.

Chris: We've got to make more noise. Louder everyone!

Martin, Chris and I join in the orchestra of calls to get Crocodilla's attention. And indeed from up top Crocodilla hears us and starts digging up the nest.

Koki: Aviva, check it out, topside! She hears them! Guys, she hears you!

(Y/n): WooHoo!

Aviva: I can't believe it, she's coming to the rescue. Maybe I was wrong about crocs.

Crocodilla finally uncovers the nest but as soon we head up top, we meet the open jaws of mama croc.

(Y/n): Whoa! Croc mouth!

Crocodilla starts scooping up her babies and snags me in the process and this got a negative reaction from Aviva.

Aviva: She's eating her babies?! I told you! And just when I was starting to trust them!

Chris: It's okay. She's not eating them. She's being delicate, she knows how sharp her teeth are and she does have complete control over her massive jaw muscles. *notices me missing* Huh? (Y/n), where'd you go?

(Y/n): I'm in the throat pouch! Oh, and it's cozy. You know this throat pouch can hold 20 croc babies at once. And look, she's even taking the baby turtles with her. Ok, looks like the bus is packed and ready for departure.

Aviva: But where is she taking them?

(Y/n): To the water of course.

Chris: Okay, first and only stop: the creche. That's another word for croc nursery.

Martin: Yup, everybody out!

We all get out into the water and I notice the baby crocs are already swimming like pros.

(Y/n): Cool. You know, baby crocs are expert swimmers the minute they are born.

Chris: *jumps into water* And mom is off to get the rest of the kids. We'll keep an eye on these ones for you.

Crocodilla goes back to the nest to get more kids, and as I admire some of the baby turtles that were also in the nest getting to the water on their own, Aviva gets our attention.

Aviva: Guys, heads up. Look who's back!

Aviva is pointing out another Monitor lizard approaching our group.

(Y/n): Uh-oh. Monitor Lizards don't only like croc eggs, they really like eating croc babies too.

Aviva: You've gotta fill in for Crocodilla. Get in there and be a mama croc and stop that meanie.

(Y/n): *sarcastic* What happened to you not liking crocs?

Aviva: She's just protecting her babies how can I not like her. Now do something!

(Y/n): Only problem. I'm miniaturized with no creature power suit nor do any of us have any Nile Crocodile power discs to use.

Aviva: Oh that reminds me. One fresh Creature Power suit and a Nile crocodile power disc hot off the press.

(Y/n): Sweet!

Aviva: Teleport them, JZ!

Jimmy: Teleporting, now.

The suit and disc appear above me and I jump up and grab both, I put on the vest and gloves, and they even have my favorite color, (F/C). I slip the disc in and touch one of the baby crocodiles.

(Y/n): Activate Nile Crocodile Powers!

The suit activates and resizes me into full size adult Crocdile, I get between the babies and the Monitor and quickly open and close my jaws creating a loud popping sound, almost like a gunshot, apparently it was enough to turn the lizard away.

Chris: (Y/n), behind us! Marabou Stork!

I quickly wheel around and snap at the large bird and nearly catch his wing to make my point.

Martin: Ah! Honey Badger!

I turn back to the shore and roar at the badger and then snap my jaws again, forcing the badger to turn tail and run.

Chris: Whew, that was way too close.

Martin: Yeah, there's a lot of predators out here.

(Y/n): I just hope Crocodilla gets back soon. Give me a head count.

Martin: Let's see. Snappifer, Chompella, Munchette, Jawsana and.... Frederica. All safe and accounted for.

After a few more minutes, Crocdilla comes back and actually fends me away from her babies, I take the message and leave with the Kratt brothers safe in the mouth of my suit. We make it back to the Tortuga and while I stay in the croc power suit for a little longer they others took a seat and watched the baby crocs from the Tortuga.

Chris: Creature Mission accomplished. We got to infiltrate and witness a totally different side of the crocodile.

Aviva: And I'll admit it: I love crocodiles now. I shouldn't have judged them before I got to know them. They're so much more than the brutes I thought they were. I can't believe that they're so caring and protective of their babies.

Koki: Yeah, the Softer Side of Crocodiles.

Jimmy: Where's Martin?

Martin then appears in a dragon fly power suit and explains that while mama croc does still protect the babies, the babies need to feed them selves from the minute they're born and is using himself as target practice.

Martin: Come on, who wants first dibs. *dodges one croc* Oh, nice try Frederica. *dodges another* Almost caught me with that one, Snappifer.

(Y/n): *whisper to Aviva* Hehe, watch this.

I slowly sneak up on Martin, still in my Croc power suit, and just as Martin dodges one more baby, I erupt out of the water and trap him in the suits jaws. Everyone gasps until Martin deactivates his suit then everyone started laughing.

(A/N): Alright, and CUT! Great work. Take a lunch and we'll get back to it. Hey all you really wild readers out there! Pretty cool, right? Crocodiles are amazing and a lot more than the perfect death machines we see them as. I always tell myself to never judge a book by it's cover. Anyways, let's go on more creature adventures together and see what we can discover. We'll see you on the Creature Trail. PEACE OUT!!!