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Speaker 1: And now I think it's time to get back to

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Speaker 2: Critter Protectors. It's crazy to think just how little those

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Speaker 2: two words meant to me a few short years ago.

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Speaker 2: I mean, maybe the word critter would have gotten my attention,

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Speaker 2: but all I could think about that summer after fifth

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Speaker 2: grade was how glad I was that school was finally over.

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Speaker 2: I think what I was really craving was an adventure,

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Speaker 2: something beyond just myself, the classroom, or my little hometown.

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Speaker 1: And boy, did I ever get it.

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Speaker 2: The truth is, our story started a lot like any

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Speaker 2: story with a villain. There, we were suddenly blindsided by

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Speaker 2: a huge problem. We had no training barely any experience,

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Speaker 2: and we were mostly just kids ourselves. Just like that,

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Speaker 2: we were thrown into one of the craziest missions of

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Speaker 2: all time. Almost overnight, we became detectives, high speed chase experts,

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Speaker 2: environmental scientists, and the team responsible for saving the world.

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Speaker 2: But I'd better not give it away. Just like that,

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Speaker 2: Let's start at the beginning, Critter Protectors day one. Since

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Speaker 2: summer break had just begun in our town, all the camps,

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Speaker 2: sports programs, and public beaches were packed with people. Everywhere

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Speaker 2: just seemed a little more crowded and a little more alive.

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Speaker 2: Our town's famous Biology Squad team, mister Jim Jaden and

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Speaker 2: Ava were single handedly saving the world time and time again.

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Speaker 2: Doctor Stinky Breath, that smelly villain, kept them on their toes,

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Speaker 2: for sure, but they never failed to put him back

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Speaker 2: in his place. He always landed right back up in

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Speaker 2: his purple blimp with those sneaky purple Ninjas. Even when

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Speaker 2: doctor Stinky Breath thought up another terrible plan, his Biology

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Speaker 2: squad seemed to defeat him just the same. Things on

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Speaker 2: the villain front were pretty normal and pretty controlled. But

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Speaker 2: then everything changed. This is when our story began. This

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Speaker 2: is when the Critter Protectors made a name for ourselves.

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Speaker 3: Once the situation mister Jim over, Hey Luke.

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Speaker 1: I've got a huge problem. Over Where are you over,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm at the Force Preserve esive HQ. You know

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Speaker 1: the one with that really winding path. Yeah, that's the one.

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Speaker 3: Got it heading your way now?

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Speaker 1: Ten four.

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Speaker 2: The beginning of the story is a bit tricky to follow.

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Speaker 2: Mister Jim was supposed to be busy with this biology squad,

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Speaker 2: and animal rescues weren't usually part of the job. The

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Speaker 2: problem was, critter rescues were becoming pretty frequent around town,

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Speaker 2: people constantly calling in and animals stuck in strange situations.

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Speaker 2: All the rescues were becoming very time consuming, which is

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Speaker 2: why mister Luke joined the team as head critter protector.

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Speaker 2: And now the real problem was starting to show its face.

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Speaker 1: Shit, it's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you. Oh and oh,

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Speaker 1: I wish I could say the same for whoever set

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Speaker 1: this trap. It just doesn't make any sense. I just

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Speaker 1: wish there was some kind of like release rope on

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Speaker 1: this net. Oh, there's my backup. Those tire sounds didn't

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Speaker 1: help us much. Now you're even more tangled than this mess.

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Speaker 1: How are you kidding me? A bobcat man.

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Speaker 3: I knew they lived around here, but I never seen

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Speaker 1: But wait, a net trap? This makes no sense you're

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Speaker 3: I mean when you said a huge problem, I thought, Ma,

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Speaker 3: maybe you had a possum by the tail or baby

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Speaker 1: Luke, it's summer frozen to death and a possum by

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Speaker 3: As I was saying, I didn't expect to see such

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Speaker 1: So deliberately trapped. Yeah, well, there's definitely something fishy about this.

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Speaker 1: Whoever caught this guy definitely didn't do it by accident.

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Speaker 3: Well, either way, we need to get him free without

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Speaker 1: I don't think I have anything on me to cut

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Speaker 3: Let's see essentials. Essentials, where are you?

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Speaker 1: Ah ha?

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Speaker 3: I knew these scizzords would come in handy someday. That

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Speaker 3: bag of beef jerky, Hey, Jim, do you want some

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Speaker 3: beef jerky?

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Speaker 1: I'll pass on the snacks. And don't you think it

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Speaker 1: oh bob cut Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Come to think of it, that's a pretty terrible idea. Well,

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Speaker 3: I found these little guys. I knew they'd come in

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Speaker 1: I guess those little things will do with the job.

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Speaker 1: But those have to be the smallest scissors ever made. Hey,

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Speaker 1: at least I'm prepared. Okay, okay, you're right. Um. I

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Speaker 1: think our best bet is to try and cut the

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Speaker 1: rope loose from above. Then we can figure out where

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Speaker 1: his paws are caught in the netting. Got it. I'll

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Speaker 1: climb up there.

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Speaker 3: You just make sure he doesn't somehow come after me

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Speaker 1: Will do.

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Speaker 3: Okay, not too bad so far.

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Speaker 1: Just a little further those things making a dent on

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Speaker 3: Patience, patience, just a little bit more, and.

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Speaker 1: Quick jump down here. We need to hold this net

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Speaker 1: down flat before he gets it tighter on his paws.

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Speaker 3: There, his left paw, that's what's stuck.

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Speaker 1: Jim.

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Speaker 3: Just keep holding that net. I can get it in

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Speaker 3: a one snip.

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Speaker 1: I'm lucky. Okay, count of three, one, two, three, and

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Speaker 1: he's free. Quick flip your side.

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Speaker 3: What is he doing? Why is he frozen like that.

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Speaker 3: Why is he staring at us and purring?

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Speaker 1: I don't know what. Grab that branch and like, I

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Speaker 1: don't know, make a sound against the tree or something

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Speaker 1: scare him off.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that was really weird. Did you see his eyes?

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Speaker 3: It was like he was in a trancer, like sleepwalking.

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Speaker 1: Or like some kind of robot mind control.

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Speaker 3: Okay, okay, maybe let's not go quite that far.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. It's just all suspicious though, don't you agree? Yes?

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Speaker 3: But do we know whoever set this trap actually wanted

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Speaker 3: to catch a bobcat?

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Speaker 1: Well I don't know for sure, but look.

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Speaker 3: A can of cat food. Huh maybe it was for

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Speaker 3: the bobcat.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes, it's two thirty already. I've got to be

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Speaker 1: back at HQ to meet Jayden in five minutes. Oh

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Speaker 1: we're supposed to meet up to test all the jetpack

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Speaker 1: batteries today. Oh mind if I catch a ride with you?

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no problem, I'm heading back there anyways.

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Speaker 2: And if only this whole story was that simple. But

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Speaker 2: mister Luke and mister Jim knew something or someone was

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Speaker 2: behind it all, And man, this was just the beginning.

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Speaker 3: So I think this guy makes sixteen rescues. And that's

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Speaker 3: just this week alone.

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Speaker 1: Sixteen rescues. Yeah, but now it seems like, h we

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Speaker 1: need to start the count over again, like fifteen simple

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I've felt swamped before, but if this

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Speaker 3: is the new type of thing we're trying to handle, uh, well,

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure how much longer I could keep this

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Speaker 3: one man job going.

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Speaker 1: You're right, Luke, I mean fishing, boating, hiking, picnics makes

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Speaker 1: sense that there were more opportunities for animals to be

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Speaker 1: in the wrong place at the wrong time. I just

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Speaker 1: hope this Bobcat incident was just some kind of misunderstanding.

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Speaker 3: What was that?

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Speaker 1: I think something just popped our tire quick all over

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Speaker 1: up here.

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Speaker 3: Well, Jim, you're right, something completely i'ctured this thing when

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Speaker 3: the world was that. It's like someone sliced through half

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Speaker 3: the tire. I'll call it tow truck. I don't even

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Speaker 3: have the spare tire in the back right now. This

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Speaker 3: thing is definitely not drivable.

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Speaker 1: One agree with you, but I need to let Jayden

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Speaker 1: know I'm not gonna make it back. Hey, we got

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Speaker 1: a flat tire. I need to schedule or tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: Send yes, right off wind road. It's a cheap that,

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Speaker 3: says critter protectors on the back.

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Speaker 1: You won't miss us. Hey, I'll go look back over

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Speaker 1: there on the road like maybe it was a scrap

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Speaker 1: metal or I don't know, something we didn't see. Huh, okay,

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Speaker 1: let's see. There's there's gotta be there's gotta be something back. Uh,

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Speaker 1: that's it. I was right, well, kind of kind of, Luke,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna want to see this