The Dino Rogue
Rated T for swearing
"Talking"
:Talking through the Dino Daggers:
"Phone calls or recordings"
'Thoughts'
AN: This story follows after the events in the episode "Supersaurus' Great Strength"
After a few days of excavation and a few unforeseen mishaps—in all honestly, who in their right mind could foresee a skeleton of a giant dinosaur coming to life and rampaging through a city?—the Supersaurus fossil was reassembled and placed on display at the Dinotarium.
Kaito, Rena, Naomi and Dr. Abbot all gazed up at it and wonder. "Wow, it's so lifelike," Rena mused.
Naomi giggled "I know, it's almost as if it's about to bend down and…"
"Naomi," Dr. Abbot firmly cut off the excitable red-head woman, knowing she liked to pretend the fossils under her care were still alive which made him worry about her mental state.
Naomi cleared her throat and blushed, realizing she was going a bit overboard. "Right,"
Dr. Abbot nodded and turned to leave. "Well, if you would excuse me I have some files to go over in my office,"
Kaito and Rena waved at him "Okay see you later," Once he was gone, the two teens looked up at Naomi and Kaito asked "Hey, Naomi, would you like to meet some friends of ours?"
Naomi looked at him curiously "I suppose so, who are they?"
Kaito and Rena exchanged secretive smiles; while Naomi was reassembling Supersaurus they had gotten permission from Tyranno and the others to tell her about them, since she already saw Tyranno and they were pretty sure she was suspicious of the others.
"Oh, I'm sure you've seen them around before, they've been at the Dinotarium every day since it opened," Rena hinted slyly.
Naomi tried to think of anyone that had visited the Dinotarium so frequently, besides Kaito and Rena, but just smiled and nodded. "Alright, will they be by today?"
Kaito pointed into the main hall where the Dino Knights were—Supersaurus had to be placed in a separate wing due to its size. "They're already here, come on,"
"Alright," Naomi followed them into the other room and looked around but saw nothing but the seven fossils kept there. "Oh, did your friends leave already?"
Rena shook her head and pointed at Brachio "No, they're still here,"
Naomi looked at her and saw she was pointing to the Brachiosaurus fossil. "I don't understand,"
Kaito looked around at the Dinos "Guys, I think you're going to need to reintroduce yourselves,"
"Certainly," Brachio nodded, his calm voice accompanied by the sound of bones grinding together from the movement.
Naomi jumped and stared at him, she just saw a Brachiosaurus fossil move on its own and heard it talk. "Wha…"
Her shock increased when the Tyrannosaurus skeleton, Tyranno, leaned down and said "Hello, Naomi, remember me?"
It took a moment for Naomi to place the familiar voice and her eyes widened. "You… You're the warrior that saved Supersaurus from whatever was controlling him…" She dug her fingers into the side of her head. "B-but everyone said I was just dreaming,"
Rena put a hand on her shoulder "We just played along with telling you it was just a dream because Dr. Abbot was there,"
Kaito held up his hand towards the Dino Knights' fossils. "Naomi, I would like you to meet our friends, The Dino Knights,"
Tricera leaned forward "Hey, Naomi, how's it goin'?"
"Yeah is your head feeling better?" Sabre piped up while the woman looked at the two of them, surprised.
"Um, yes it is… sorry, I know I sometimes talk to you all but I'm still getting used to hearing you talk back, um…"
Dino Mammoth shook his head "Oh, where are our manners? I'm Dino Mammoth, those two are Dino Tricera and Dino Sabre,"
Dino Ptera flapped her wings to get Naomi's attention "I'm Dino Ptera, looks like I'm finally going to have another female to talk to,"
Rena clenched her fists "Hey, what am I, chopped liver?"
Ptera looked down at her "No, but at what point in all the time we knew each other did you ever want to talk about 'girl stuff'?"
"I SHOULD ASK YOU THE SAME THING!"
While the two were arguing, Dino Brachio leaned his neck down towards Naomi and looked at her with one eye. "Greetings, Naomi, I am Dino Brachio,"
They all heard Stego snort off to the side and grumble under his breath. Kaito smiled "And last, but not least, that Stegosaurus over there is Dino Stego,"
Naomi smiled at him "Hello, Dino Stego,"
Stego just shrugged and looked away "Whatever,"
Naomi thought he was rude, Kaito saw this and whispered to her "He's not so bad once you get to know him,"
Rena and Ptera finally ended their girls' spat and the girl stomped over to the other side of Kaito with her arms crossed.
Kaito looked at her nervously "So, uh… did you two sort everything out?"
Rena just bit her lip angrily and looked away.
Tricera looked at her "Uh oh, she's giving us all the silent treatment,"
Stego looked over at him and said bluntly "Give it a few minutes, she can't last long without talking,"
Rena turned towards him and stomped her foot "Hey!"
"Told ya,"
Just then Tyranno looked to the side and started growling. This made everyone nervous; in all the time the humans have known him Tyranno never growled, not even at the Dragozaurs, and the other Dino Knights knew Tyranno wouldn't growl like that unless he was really pissed off, and it takes a lot to make him angry.
Brachio looked over at him "What is it, Tyranno?"
Tyranno didn't look at him but he stopped growling and asked "Everyone else sense that?"
The other Dino Knights checked their sensors, Mammoth nodded "Yeah, I'm picking something up. It's faint, but I think it's coming from somewhere in the southeastern hemisphere,"
Ptera craned her neck to look at everyone else and asked softly "Do you thinks it's… him?"
"Shit, I hope not,"
Brachio arched his neck and seemed to glare "Stego, watch your language, there are children in the room!"
Rena leaned over to whisper in Kaito's ear since he's known the Dino Knights longer than she had "Kaito, what's going on?"
Kaito whispered back "I don't know," he raised his voice to say "Tyranno, what's wrong? Who's 'him'?"
Saber looked at them "No one you should have to worry about… I just hope he stays on the other side of the world,"
Stego turned to look at him, his skeleton making grinding noises as he moved. "You and me both… but if we did see him again and he and Tyranno have another fight, who do you think would win?"
Tricera snorted "Neither of them would win, 'cuz I'd kick his butt before Tyranno could get to him!"
Stego slumped "Ah, Ancients, here we go again…"
Tyranno cut them all off "In any case, we'd better check this out. If it's a Dragozaur trick set up by Diamond Ryugu or Dark Dragon we have to stop them…"
"Like always"
"…but if it is him… he's got a lot to answer for after being gone for sixty-five million years. Power up everyone!"
Naomi looked at her watch and ran from the room "Wait, let me close the Dinotarium first!"
Kaito looked at his own watch "Isn't it a little early still?"
Naomi smiled at him "Oh, it's only half an hour before closing time. I don't think closing early just this once will hurt us. Besides, if we stay open while they are gone someone might see that the dinosaurs are gone, then where would we be?"
She was just about to leave when Sabre asked "Hey, Naomi, want to come with us?"
The curator spun on her heel to look at him hopefully. "Really?"
The Smilodon nodded "Well, you haven't seen us powered up yet have you? And the only land masses in that area would be Tasmania, New Zealand, Australia…"
Again Tyranno cut in "I think it would be better if she stays here this time… Kaito and Rena too,"
His words were met with a serious of groans followed by Kaito and Rena pleading with him to let them come with.
"Come on Tyranno, why can't we come with?"
"Yeah, you'll need us and our Dino Daggers if there's a fight,"
Tyranno leaned down so he was more on their level and said the same tone he used when Rena asked to go with Brachio to the Arctic "We are just going to check it out, if all goes well there shouldn't be a fight,"
Rena looked up at him slyly "If you're just going to look around then it shouldn't be too bad if we did come with,"
Ptera looked at him "She's got a point,"
Tyranno moved back into his usual position so quickly they all thought his skeleton would come apart. "Am I the only one that remembers what we are going there for in the first place?"
Brachio chided knowingly. "No but you seem to be the only one here that still has a personal grudge against…"
Tyranno sighed "Fine, as soon as Naomi locks up we will leave for Australia, that's the closest point of land he could possibly be and we can start the search there,"
The humans all nodded and Naomi ran from the room to lock the doors. "Alright, I'll just let Dr. Abbot know where we're going in case…"
Kaito and Rena cut her off to prevent her from leaving he room. "Naomi, no, don't!"
Naomi looked at the two teens "What's wrong?" she turned around when Tyranno started speaking.
"Naomi, the reason we finally let you know who we are is because we know we can trust you, just as we trust Kaito and Rena, but from what we saw from Dr. Abbot when Supersaurus was being controlled he won't believe you,"
Sabre nodded "Yeah, and every time you came in here and saw any of us was missing he just said you've been working too hard and needed a vacation,"
Kaito added "Besides, they've been a secret this long and it's probably better it stayed that way,"
Naomi thought about it and nodded "Alright, I won't tell anyone. In all honesty I'm just glad to know I'm not going crazy after all. If Dr. Abbot does ask why I'm closing up I'll just tell him I'm not feeling well and need to leave early,"
"Thanks, Naomi," Kaito and Rena let her pass and she left the room to lock up the main entrance doors and put up the "closed" sign.
When she came back Kaito was standing on the display next to Tyranno, much like he had when he first came to the Dinotarium, while Rena was next to Brachio in the same fashion.
Kaito waved Naomi over "Come on, Naomi, we're riding with Tyranno," then he noticed she wasn't wearing her white tour guide uniform anymore but rather a pair of cargo shorts and a T-shirt. "Um Naomi, when did you change clothes?"
"Oh, I always have a spare change of clothes in my office and I don't want to get my uniform messy so I quickly changed before coming back," Hesitantly, the red haired woman climbed onto the Tyrannosaurus display. "Um, how exactly…"
Tyranno looked down at her, seeming to smile "Wait for it…"
Then all of the Dinosaur skeletons shimmered and glowed with life force energy which seemed to take shape around them until they changed into their real forms.
Naomi gazed about her in awe as the fossils she helped dig up suddenly came to life around her, when they were done they all looked like they had millions of years ago except they all had a metallic sheen to them and each had their own individual coloring; Brachio was yellow where his bones were and a cobalt blue filled in everything else, Ptera was mostly green with scarlet, Mammoth was purple with yellow, Sabre was red with green, Tricera was dark blue with grey, Stego was green with sky blue, and finally Tyranno was silver with red.
Naomi looked up at the Tyrannosaurus Rex looming over her and felt somewhat frightened, he looked every bit as intimidating as a "Tyrant Lizard King" should look but when he looked at her and Kaito through the green eyes that had formed during his transformation she saw kindness and strength that made her feel safe.
Tyranno leaned down so they could climb on while Brachio lifted Rena onto his back with his tail. While they climbed up, Naomi realized something. "By the way, how are we getting there? Australia is a long ways away and it's not like you all can go out the front door… can you?"
Mammoth shook his head "No, we'll just take our usual way,"
"Which is?"
Brachio looked at her with his blue eyes that seemed full of wisdom "Short-range teleportation, it's how we have been able to come and go from the Dinotarium as needed and we will use our Dino Knight speed to get there,"
Tyranno checked to make sure his passengers were seated before addressing his entire team. "Alright, we're going to have to move fast. Not only do we have to get the humans there and back safely before anyone realizes they are gone we might have him to deal with,"
Stego added "And with our luck chances are some Dragozaurs might want to join the party too,"
"Yeah, that too… Dino Knights, Move out!"
The air around them shimmered and suddenly they were outside. Naomi looked around at their new surroundings "Huh, how did we get out here?"
Tyranno leaned forward like a runner at a starting line "Hold on you two," and with that they all took off running. Kaito and Rena knew the Dinos were pacing themselves but Naomi screamed. "I didn't think dinosaurs could run this fast!"
Sabre laughed and called up to her as he ran alongside Tyranno "You call this fast? I could run faster than this even before the Ancients made us Dino Knights!"
"Only for short distances, Sabre," Mammoth corrected.
Brachio noted. "While it would be good if we hurry, we can't just go rushing into this,"
Tyranno gradually starting to pick up speed but kept his speed in check. "Brachio is right, if you-know-who is there we'll not only have our work cut out for us but we all will have to be extremely careful,"
Rena shook her fist "In case you guys haven't noticed, WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!"
Brachio stumbled slightly and craned his neck back to look at the girl on his back "Rena, language,"
Kaito looked up at Tyranno "But she does have a point, what's in Australia that's got you all so worked up?"
Tyranno remained focused on his course but answered "Not what, Kaito, who… remember when we told you and Rena we weren't the only Dino Knights in existence?"
Naomi perked "There are more of you?"
Kaito looked over his shoulder "Yeah, there are the three Cerasaur brothers—Toro, Centro, and Styraco—who live in New Mexico with a guy named Rick, there's the Dino Weapons—Pachy, Kenty and Arch—who live on that island we found a while back, there's Dino Ichteo—though she prefers 'Theo'—who lives in the ocean…"
Just as he said that they had crossed into a patch of desert and Kaito and Rena realized they were heading to New Mexico, presumably to meet up with Rick and the Cerasaur brothers.
"You missed one,"
Kaito looked back at Tyranno. "What do you mean?"
Ptera flew overhead and called down "You never met him, Kaito, it was someone we knew a long time ago… someone we thought we could trust but…"
Rena looked up at her "Were you guys betrayed by another Dino Knight?"
Stego shook his head. "No, he didn't betray us, he just left us… and boy did he ever piss Tyranno off before he did!"
Tyranno growled softly and slammed his foot down on a fallen log hard enough to break it in half rather than stepping over it as he ran. "What he did was unforgivable, Stego, you know that,"
"I know, but…"
Brachio cut in to change the subject to avoid resuming an old argument "Oh look, there's Styraco!"
As he said, the giant golden Styracosaurus came into view followed by his two smaller brothers and their adopted human brother, Rick, who was riding his grey horse, Lightning.
"Styraco, Toro, Centro,"
"Rick!" the four brothers looked up when Tyranno called the first three names and Rena shouted the last one.
"Ah, hello everyone,"
"Indeed, how have you all been?" Toro and Centro greeted in a friendly manner.
Tyranno cut to the chase "Have the three of you sensed anything going on in or around Australia lately?"
The two younger brothers looked at each other before nodding solemnly and Styraco answered "Yes, Tyranno, we have. We were just about to contact you and ask the same thing,"
Tyranno stiffened before his tenseness changed to cool professionalism. "So, there is a chance he's back… how long ago did you sense it?"
Centro held up his finger pointedly "Just this morning,"
Toro nodded "Yes, but something seems strange about his aurora… first it starts out faint like he's about to awaken but then it disappears. Then it shows up again, a little brighter but then it fades and the cycle keeps repeating, sometimes the flares are stronger than others,"
Rick looked up at his "brothers" "Would someone mind telling me what's going on?"
Naomi leaned around Kaito to look down at the boy on the horse "I was just about to ask that same question,"
The Cerazaur brothers noticed the strange woman on Tyranno's back. "Why hello, and who might this young lady be?"
Tyranno realized none of the others had met Naomi before. "Oh, that's right, you haven't actually met. Where are my manners? Styraco, Toro, Centro, Rick, this is Naomi, she's the one that found our fossils and did the same thing Rick did for Toro and Centro until they could be awakened, except she put us in a museum until we were awakened. Naomi, these are the Cerzaur brothers, Styraco, Toro and Centro and their newly adopted brother Rick,"
The five of them exchanged greetings and Rick looked up at his "brothers" again "You still didn't answer my question,"
Styraco looked down at Rick solemnly "It would appear the Dino Rogue may make an appearance and soon,"
"Dino Rogue?" all four humans asked in unison.
Styraco nodded "Yes, he used to be a Dino Knight until…"
Stego butted in "Something happened and after the fight we were in at the time was over he went rogue,"
They all knew there was more to it but Tyranno didn't let them dwell on the subject much longer. "Honestly, if I ever saw him again I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him but judging by what Toro said he seems to be shielding his signal for some reason and if he really is back it's our job as Dino Knights to either help him if he is in trouble or put a stop to him if he is the trouble,"
He glanced at all the humans "Although now that I think about it I am second guessing bringing you humans along. If memory serves me correctly he's not one to pull any punches and I don't want anyone, human or Dino Knight, getting hurt,"
In the end, all four humans managed to convince him to let them go anyway so once Rick brought Lightning back to his grandpa's farm for while they were gone and Centro brought him back to where the others were waiting they all took off and headed to the coast where they met up with Theo and the Dino Weapons.
Once they made it to the beach they all picked up speed as they ran to the water. Naomi looked at the ocean nervously. "Um, are we going to swim there?"
Kaito knew what was coming and called over his shoulder "Hang on!" and with that the Dino Knights all took off like a cannon shot, moving so fast they practically skated across the waves.
They kept this up until they got to the island where the Dino Weapons lived. Once they were on solid ground once again Tyranno, Brachio and Styraco let the humans off so they could walk on their own.
Once Naomi's motion sickness went away she recognized where they were. "Hold on, this is that volcanic island we discovered some time ago,"
Kaito nodded and explained "Yeah, this is where the Dino Weapons live. They should be around here somewhere,"
Ptera flew above the trees "I'm going to have a look around to see if I can find them,"
Kaito looked up at the remaining Dino Knights "Can we have a look around too?"
Tyranno looked down at them with a chuckle "Didn't you two do enough exploring last time?"
Rena shook her head "No, we really weren't here that long and we were interrupted by Gomez and his gang. And we can show Naomi what she missed when she was chasing that giant dragonfly,"
Tyranno cocked his head to the side "I don't want you three wandering off by yourselves,"
Rick raised his hand "I'll go with them, I haven't been here at all yet but I can keep them out of trouble,"
Sabre, Tricera, Centro and Toro also volunteered to go with so Tyranno agreed "Alright, stay together you guys,"
"We will,"
The kids ran into the brush with Sabre hot on their heels while the larger Dinos looked for a way to follow without having to plough over any trees.
Once they were out of sight, Styraco started counting to himself, which Brachio noticed. "May I ask why you are counting Styraco?"
Styraco answered while continuing to count in his head "I love my brothers, I really do, but they have a tendency to get into trouble, I am merely seeing how long it will be until they either return or require assistance,"
Stego looked over at the two older Dino Knights with a smirk "Want to bet how long it will take them? Loser has to go get Theo when she finds out where we're going?"
Mammoth actually shuddered "That's one bet I wouldn't want to lose, count me out,"
Styraco nodded in understanding "While I do not condone using force on a lady to make her do something she does not want to do, I understand why Dino Ictheo would want to avoid our old comrade but we may need her aide if we do see him again,"
Tyranno sighed and held up his arms in surrender "I'll get her," he lumbered back to the water and crashed into the waves as he went below the surf.
Brachio called over his shoulder "Good luck, Tyranno, don't be afraid to call for help if you need it,"
Tyranno called back when he was up to his shoulder in churning sea water. "Thanks, I have a feeling I'll need all the help I can get," and with that he was completely submerged.
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Meanwhile, in the jungle
Kaito and Rena ran around like puppies at a park, examining everything interesting they saw or had pointed out to them by Naomi and also pointed out all the springs of life force that were everywhere.
Naomi was enthralled by the glowing rainbow colored fluid and wanted to take a sample but the others stopped her saying that by taking it she not only made herself a target for the Dragozaurs but doing so would cause part of the eco-system to die. So she left it be.
Rick also did some exploring but he along with the Dino Knights with them occasionally glanced around for signs of trouble.
After a while, Kaito and Rena got a call from Ptera. :Hey, guys, I just found Pachy and Kenty. They're on their way back to the rendezvous point, just need to find Arch and we can go.:
Kaito looked around and saw they were close to the lagoon where they first encountered the turtle Dino Weapon. "Okay, Ptera, we're close to the lagoon he sometimes goes to, want us to check there while we're here?"
:Alright, but be careful.:
Kaito and Rena led them over to Arch's lagoon where they all looked out across the water for any sign of the Archelon.
Kaito started to say "I don't see him, do…" when Rena shouted "Hey, Dino Arch! Are you out there?"
A flurry of bubbles appeared on the surface and started to move closer to them. This made the humans nervous, thinking it might be a crocodile or some other water-dwelling predator, but the Dino knights with them could sense who it was and were unsurprised when a giant purple sea turtle poked its head out of the water and crawled up on shore next to them.
Arch smiled up at his friends "Hey guys, what brings you out here?"
Sabre bounced up like a kitten and got into a mock pouncing position "Hey Arch, guess what? We're going to Australia!"
"AUSTRALIA? Why?" Arch used his flippers to pull himself out of the water while Rena answered.
"No idea, something about a rogue Dino Knight that might be coming back,"
Arch looked at her with wide eyes then looked at the other Dino Knights. "Really?"
Centro nodded "We believe so, though I must admit having our old comrade back may not be so bad,"
They all turned and made their way back to the others, Toro nodded his agreement. "Indeed, the Rogue may have been unorthodox, and rather brutish on some occasions, but he was a good fellow at heart,"
They finally made it back to where the others were and saw that everyone else was there, minus Tyranno, Brachio and Theo.
When Kaito asked where they were Styraco answered "Tyranno had gone to fetch Theo. As we surmised, Theo wouldn't come out of the water when she discovered our mission so Brachio joined him to help convince her to accompany us since the two of them have better chances of reasoning with her,"
While they waited, the Dino Weapons introduced themselves to Naomi and everyone caught up with each other until they heard noises one would normally associate with someone drowning.
They looked out over the water and saw Tyranno in his warrior mode struggling with a gray, blue and purple female Dino Knight while Brachio flanked him to make sure their distraught comrade didn't hurt herself or Tyranno trying to escape their leader while he hefted her onto his shoulder like a sack and carried her onto dry land.
Dino Icthyo pounded her fists against his back "LET ME GO! PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" she kicked and screamed every profanity known to man at him in at least ten different languages but her voice fell on deaf ears.
Tyranno adjusted his grip on the writhing female "Calm down Theo, I don't like this anymore than you do but right now we need all the help we can get. Ouch, hey, NO BITING!"
Theo pulled her teeth out of his shoulder and pouted until she heard a familiar voice ask "What's going on? Why is Tyranno carrying Theo like that?"
Theo smirked and immediately pulled the "damsel in distress act". "Help! They're trying to make me get back with my ex against my will!" she hated being helpless, let alone saying she was out loud—even if she was just pretending—but desperate times called for desperate measures.
Arch bristled at the thought of Tyranno and the others doing such a thing to his crush. "Not on my watch…" he transformed into his own warrior mode and ran over to them to try to get Theo away from Tyranno but ended up just bouncing off the Ultimate Dino Knight's side and tumbling back a few feet.
Tyranno, along with everyone else, gave him a "What the hell was that for?" look before leaning down to ask "Um Arch… are you ok?"
Groaning, Arch sat up holding his head "Ouch… yeah,"
Tyranno set Theo down so she could stand on her own "Well, now that everyone's here, I guess we can go,"
Theo took off running for the safety of the ocean as soon as her feet touched the ground but Brachio hooked an arm in hers and spun around with her to change her course before she realized she was walking back onto dry land. "No, no, this way Theo,"
Tyranno sighed and looked at the shorter female. "Theo, please, I know you two didn't part on good terms but we need to see if he really is back or not and we will be able to cover more ground if there are more of us,"
Theo shook with rage for a moment before crossing her arms with a huff. "Fine, I'll go, but I can't promise I won't cause him some serious bodily harm if I do see him,"
Tyranno held up his hands in a "Fine, suit yourself" manner and said "All I ask is that you don't kill him,"
Theo snorted and rolled her eyes as she meandered to the side muttering "Like I'm going to stoop to his level,"
That struck a chord with Kaito but before he could say anything Tyranno, Brachio and Styraco shepherded the humans back to where they were riding before and everyone left the island in a great hurry; the other Dino Knights ran across the surface of the water while Ptera flew overhead and Arch and Theo swam alongside.
While they ran, Rena quietly questioned Brachio since Tyranno seemed to be avoiding any questions right then. "Did this "Rogue" guy kill someone? Is that why everyone's on edge about him?"
Brachio sighed, he was originally going to ignore her inquiries but he knew her well enough to know that when she set her mind to something she didn't quit.
He shook his head "No, he didn't kill someone… that last battle we fought alongside of him ended in a massacre. I wasn't there to see it but I suspect our old friend was unable to control his animal urges as well as the rest of us and since he was a predator by nature…"
Rena's eyes widened "He killed a lot of 'someone's ,"
Brachio nodded "A Dino Knight's duty is to protect life, and none of us are really sure if he will be able to control himself … or that he will stop at Dragozaurs…"
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Meanwhile, in Australia
Way up in the high country, a young woman rode a bay horse up a mountain path to a quarry behind her family's ranch. After dismounting her horse she climbed up the steep ridge to a cave she had found some time ago.
While there were many small caves in the area, this cave was special to her because not only was it her own little hide away from the rest of the world but shortly after she started exploring it she found something extraordinary; a dinosaur fossil!
According to the books she about Dinosaurs she had read growing up it was an Allosaurus; not one of the more well-known ones like a T-Rex, Pterodactyl or Triceratops but still impressive.
Due to the fact the quarry was no longer being used because whoever was digging there over did the digging and caused several rock- and land-slides no one else knew about the cave let alone what was inside and she wanted to keep it that way. But recent seismic activity had caused more cave-ins and she worried for the dinosaur fossil.
Once she was inside the mouth of the cave she turned on the head lamp she was wearing over her riding helmet so she could have her hands free and went inside.
As she trekked further into the cave she saw that chunks of the ceiling had fallen down but she kept going until she came to the spot in the back where she had found the bones about a month before, only to find a large hollow dug out of the wall and floor as though someone had dug it out but the edges were smooth, as though someone dug a hole and smoothed out the sides of it.
The young woman narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the empty hollow. 'Hmm, he was here this morning… didn't see any signs of anyone leaving the cave. Where could he be?'
Just then she heard a noise behind her and slowly turned until she saw giant feet sporting three talons on each foot behind her. Slowly, she looked up and the a silhouette of a giant bony head looking down at her, knife-like teeth glittering in the light of her lamp.
She stumbled back as it leaned down towards her but tripped over a rock. The cave went dark as she threw her hands over her head when the teeth came close enough to touch her as the creature opened its mouth.
AN: What do you guys think? Comments, suggestions, and predictions are welcome. Any flames will be fed to Diamond Ryugu to be launched at the Dino Knights.
