by SpiderBraids
Somewhere else in the jungle. It's stopped raining. Braceface, Spazz, the chimp, the Wild Thing, and Tally are on the river log. Spazz is basically telling about how Braceface got her powers, and other circumstances, just so we know that she knows now why her baby sister keeps going out with Darwin. Apropos the chimp, Spazz says, "Tell him that I don't appreciate it when he leaves pizza crusts under the seat cushions." Eliza points out that she lost her powers by breaking the rule, and Debbie says "You did that for me?" Eliza also adds that ergo, she can't apologize to Darwin for saying mean things to him at the Blackburns'.
Suddenly, the log comes to a waterfall. Luckily, they all get onto a tree. And there's the Tembo Valley. Cue triumphant music! The fivesome get off the tree, and run some more. Hey, it's almost like The Amazing Race! Then they fall into some sort of booby trap. Braceface has dropped her glasses, but the chimp picks them up and dusts her off. Debbie points out: "Darwin really watches out for you..."
So, they're in a cave with another good vista of the valley. The good news: They've found the elephants. The bad news: They've also found the fence. The worst news: Hello? Loss of powers ring a bell? And the award for "Clearly Doesn't Get It" goes to Debbie for asking Eliza "Can't you make elephant noises or something?" A depressed Braceface cites her dream from earlier, adding that it doesn't matter now she's messed up. Debbie (look, she's not being spazzy with Eliza right now, so she's not going to be called Spazz) tells her "Enough with the 'pity me, I lost me powers' bit," and that she's been kind to animals ever since she was a kid, when she brought in birds with broken wings, freaky toads, and other sick animals. Her point? "You didn't have powers special powers then. You just cared. Trust me, you were never ordinary." They see Bree and Sloan in a chopper.
Pan to the Commvee, also approaching the place, and the parents tell us what exactly is going to happen in the next couple minutes (seven minutes actually): basically, the poachers are going to use the explosives to cause the elephants to stampede into the fence. See, Eliza? That's called guessing. Marianne drives them in. Back at the cave, Deb is warning Eliza against elephants stomping on her, as she climbs down some vines. Eliza sez, "Elephants know when you're trying to help them." Debbie yells, "It's not too late to become ordinary!" Is too, Deb. Boko and the Congo-Comm are here, and Boko gives Deb her helmet. This is something Eliza's gotta do herself, apparently...
The chimp follows for some reason. After telling the chimp to stay right where he landed, Eliza starts making her way around the elephants. She sez "You gotta turn around," but at this point, the only thing that's going to work with the elephants? Getting on top of them.
The total solar eclipse begins, and Eliza frantically climbs a few rocks like from the bit with the cheetah, and jumps on top of an elephant. She tells herself (and us) that she has to get to the front of the herd. Okay, Braceface jumps. She jumps some more, and then some more... oh, you get the idea.
Just as Sloan orders the firing of the first round of explosives, Colonel cuts the wire. No prob, since Sloan has the second round. Great, more explosions. Didn't we already have enough in the [Hey Arnold!] movie and Clockstoppers?
Anyways, here comes the stampede... Eliza ends up on an elephant's trunk, so she lets go and grabs its tail (wonder if she was thinking "Now I know how Darwin felt")... and jumps some more, until she's in front of the herd. Well, that was easy to recap :p