Time for the next chapter dear readers! With the night almost half over will Ichy and Teryx solve Ankylo's Adventure Game before dawn? Read on to find out the answers!
One more important thing you should all know; this story is a sequel to 'The Brilliant Ankylo' and 'Return of the Brilliant Ankylo.' Both ideas for those stories were supplied from one of my readers 'brave kid' so all thanks go to him for making THIS story possible as he supplied the pervious ideas.
I also want to apologize in advance if any of the Dinosaucers, Tyrannos and the Secret Scouts are out of character…this is fan-FICTION people, it's not like the producers of the series will like this and alter its episodes to match it.
(By the way…all flames and flamers will be ignored thank-you. I'll make an exception for CONSTRUCTIVE reviews on what needs an adjustment or suggestions for other chapters/stories, for they are most welcome. Remember If you don't like my work then don't read or review it! NO-ONE is forcing you to!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Dinosaucers or any of its characters, they belong to Michael E. Uslan, Nelvana and DIC Entertainment
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PART FOUR:
"It's 12:30am…" Quackpot yawned as he glanced at his watch. "I don't know about you guys but I'm getting tired of this."
"So am I," Genghis Rex grumbled. He looked over at Ankylo and his sister Dei, to his irritation neither of them looked the remotest bit tired as they continued to watch their enemies on the monitor. "Is this adventure game you've plotted out, going to be ACTUALLY ending with the destruction of the Dinosaucers as you've constantly promised me? Because I keep getting the impression you're just doing this for your own amusement!"
"Oh, do try to understand Bossasaur," Ankylo said wearily. "By having Ichy and Teryx running around all of Boulder all night, without rest OR sleep, they'll be too exhausted to rescue their friends and themselves by dawn. The wait will be SO worth it."
"Quiet all of you," Dei said suddenly he eyes not leaving the monitor. "They're approaching the Tobacco Shop now."
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The sign on the Tobacco Shop on Thirteen Street that Ichy and Teryx was approaching read 'Buddha's and Goudha's Enlightened Smoke Shop.'
"Oh of course," Ichy said with a shake of his head. "Ankylo WOULD put Holmes' Tobacco pouch in THIS particular shop."
"What do you mean?" Teryx asked in puzzlement as they approached the door to the store.
"You'll see in a minute," Ichy said as he cautiously approached the door and gently pushed it. The door clicked opened unaided. "An unlocked shop at this time of night," he said quietly. "Surprise, surprise!" After carefully checking the doorway and the floor for traps Ichy and Teryx entered the shop.
"Now then," Ichy said carefully looking around the shop's display cases. "If I'm right what we're looking for is right here."
"WHAT is right here?" Teryx snapped impatiently. "I know you explained about Sherlock Holmes but not about what it has to do with what we're doing in this shop!"
"This!" Ichy said in triumph as he stopped in front of the display case he was looking for. "Come and see!"
Joining Ichy at the display case Teryx saw to her surprise that among all the tobacco products was a pair of golden Persian Slippers.
"Persian Slippers? I don't get it…"
"In the adventures of Sherlock Holmes," Ichy explained as he carefully opened up the display case. "Holmes used a Persian Slipper as a tobacco pouch…but just ONE Slipper…as you can see there is two in this case."
"I wonder what little surprise Ankylo put in the extra slipper for us THIS time?" Teryx said warily. She then became aware that Ichy was standing perfectly still the open lid still in his hands and staring straight into the case. "Ichy? Teryx said worriedly. "Ichy what is it?"
"This…" Ichy said indicating with his tail the only free part of his body he could move. "But move VERY quietly…don't alarm it!"
Puzzled but obligingly Teryx slowly moved forward so she could see into the display case, what she saw caused her to freeze right on the spot. Curled up in front of the right Persian Slipper, hissing at them angrily, was a six and a half foot long black snake with a white underbelly and black eyes.
"What on Reptilon is THAT?" Teryx hissed.
"It's a Black Mamba," Ichy said quietly not taking his eyes off the angry looking reptile. "One of the deadliest snakes to EVER be found on Earth."
"By dangerous…you mean its poisonous," Teryx said nervously.
"Exactly," Ichy said in confirmation. "If this snake bites EITHER of us we'll be dead in less than a minute, there's no antidote for the venom. Which is no doubt WHY Ankylo put it here for us to find…if I make ANY move to alarm it, there's a VERY good chance it'll bite me."
Teryx looked around the shop and her eyes lit up on a fire extinguisher hanging up on a nearby wall. "I've got it! I'll grab that fire extinguisher and use it on that Black Mamba, as a snake it hates extreme cold. As it retreats, you grab the slippers and then close that display case so it can't escape."
"Good idea," Ichy said in approval. "Just don't make any quick movements or it'll alarm our poisonous friend here."
Moving extremely slowly Teryx edged her way to the fire extinguisher and carefully lifted it off its hook on the wall and made her way back to where Ankylo was patiently waiting, still staring at the still poised Black Mamba.
"Ok…" Teryx said unclipping the safety valve off the extinguisher. "You just give the word and I'll spray the little creep."
"Right," Ichy said preparing himself to move. "Now…lets do this…after 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 NOW!"
At that command Teryx gave the display case a quick blast with the extinguisher spraying the entire contents with Co2 Gas. As soon as the ice-cold gas hit the Black Mamba, it recoiled with a furious hiss retreating to the furthest corner of the display case in an attempt to escape. Seizing his chance Ichy quickly grabbed the Persian Slippers and slammed the lid on the display case trapping the Black Mamba inside it.
"Thanks," Ichy said breathlessly to Teryx as she put down the extinguisher. "That was a clever idea using that to keep that snake at bay."
"Where the hell did that snake come from anyway? Black Mamba's aren't native to Boulder let alone America."
"No doubt Ankylo had it stolen from the local zoo," Ichy said examining the slippers for the next Teaser Card. "We'd better contact them later on and tell them its here in this shop. Ah!" he said in triumph as he produced the next Teaser Card from the left slipper. "Here we go!"
"What is it this time?" Teryx asked curiously.
"A riddle," Ichy said passing it for her to read.
"'Where on Earth is Noah's Ark located?'" she read. "That's it?"
"Apparently," Ichy said taking the card back. "So, it's got to have SOME meaning. Let's see…what do we know about the story about Noah's Ark?"
"Its about how a man named Noah, who built an Ark to carry up to 2 of almost EVERY Animal on Earth while it was flooded for 40 Days and 40 Nights. When the flood ended the Ark ended up on a Mountain and Noah released the animals."
"That's about it," Ichy said pacing up and down in thought. "So, SOMETHING about the story of Noah's Ark is relevant to this little game of Ankylo's."
"But what?" Teryx said scratching her head. "Does it have to do with the mountain ranges and wildlife preservations around Boulder?"
"Or…" Ichy said suddenly stopping and examining the Teaser Card again. "Maybe it has NOTHING at all to do with the story of Noah's Ark, but something that SOUNDS like it!"
"You mean it might be a puzzle like that Teaser Card outside the Museum?" Teryx asked eagerly.
"Exactly!" Ichy said getting out a pen and notepad from his pocket.
After a few minutes of scribbling and muttering to himself Ichy smiled in triumph. "I got it! I was right it IS another puzzle! If you eliminate several letters and rearrange them for places here in Boulder you get this!"
Taking the card again Teryx saw that written on it was 'ESRL NOAA OAR' "Are these abbreviations for something?"
"Indeed, they are!" Ichy said excitedly heading off out the door. "The first abbreviation is the Earth System Research Laboratory, the second is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the third and final is the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research!"
"And I've got a feeling," Teryx said hurrying after Ichy. "That they are all research labs right here in Boulder."
"Right again! So, we'd better get down there real fast!"
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"Ah ha!" Ankylo said in triumph as he watched Ichy and Teryx on his monitor hurry through the streets of Boulder. "We're approaching the end game!"
"Oh good," Quackpot yawned.
"Its about time," Genghis Rex rumbled impatiently tapping his fingers on his seat handle.
"See?" Princess Dei said to her brother. "This wait will be so worth it." As she spoke she turned on her radio and spoke into it. "Ichy and Teryx are on their way to you, are you prepared?"
'Yeah we've got everything ready for them when they get here,' a voice crackled back to her.
"Excellent!" she smiled turning off her radio.
"Who was that you were talking to?" Rex asked his sister suspiciously.
"You'll see soon enough," Ankylo reassured him. "They are a…welcoming committee for our two adventurers. Our two…slowly Tiring adventurers," he added with a satisfied smirk.
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It was 2:45am when an indeed tiring Ichy and Teryx arrived at their destination of the ESLR labs.
"Well we're here…" Teryx yawned wearily checking her watch. "But I don't think I've got enough energy to keep this up for much longer."
"Neither have I," Ichy said in weary agreement. "But if we stop now…our friends are all doomed."
"We're so glad to hear you say that," said a voice from the darkness in front of them.
Spinning around Ichy and Teryx saw Captain Sabretooth, Smilin' Don and the rest of the Sabretooth Pirates emerging from the shadows. They then promptly surrounded the two Dinosaucers in a circle, their weapons all drawn pointed right at them.
"We've walked right into an ambush!" Ichy said in disgust. "What an idiot I've been!"
"Don't blame yourself," Teryx said to him gently. "We've both be running around town without sleep for most of the night."
"That will cost you BIG TIME," Sabretooth smiled at them. "Now, I want to see you both plead and BEG us not to kill you! BEG!"
"Not on your life!" Ichy snapped back defiantly.
"Yeah we're not going to give you Pirates ANY satisfaction what so ever!" Teryx added. "So, you'll have to kill us!"
"Have it your way," Sabretooth shrugged before turning to his fellow Pirates. "Fire!"
At that command Smilin' Don and the rest of the crew fired their guns only for nothing to happen.
"You two have got guts," Don chuckled as he saw that neither Ichy or Teryx had flinched when they could have died on the spot. "Under the threat of death and you didn't even blink!"
"Can you please quit the comedy?" Ichy said irritably to his captives. "Its obvious you're not here to kill us, but give us the next Teaser Card."
"Quite right!" Sabretooth said producing a Teaser Card from his pocket and handing it over. "Ankylo sent us to let you know you're approaching the end of his game, after this there's not much longer to go."
"Glad to hear it," Teryx muttered quietly. Then to her astonishment the Sabretooth Pirates started to retreat back into the shadows. "Wait a minute you're leaving?"
"Of course," Sabretooth called over his shoulder.
"We were told to meet you and give you the Teaser Card," Smilin' Don added before disappearing into the darkness. "Have fun solving it!"
"Should we go after them?"
"Naw…let them go," Ichy said carelessly. "Captain Sabretooth and his crew out number us, and we're getting so tired from this little game…I doubt we could battle them let alone get them to tell us WHERE our friends are. I have a feeling this Teaser Card will have that answer."
Looking at the Teaser card Ichy and Teryx saw the following written on it:
'Yoyo uranium fed llama owl disappear nong saunter ceramics arena reason dynasty toons takeaway therapy posture larynx bearer pledge, lungs arts eyeball younger?'
"Now what the heck is that supposed to mean?" Teryx groaned wearily. "Why can't the idiot give his clues in English?"
"Because there's no challenge in it if he did," Ichy said getting out his pen and notepad. "I'd better get to work on this, as Sabretooth said we're approaching the end of the game. We can't afford to relax…no matter how tired we are."
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There we have it readers! We're apparently approaching the end of Ankylo's Adventure Game for Ichy and Teryx. Do they have enough strength to stay awake, solve the puzzle and find their friends before dawn? What do you think the puzzle says? What other nasty surprises does Ankylo have in store for his enemies, he's obviously not done with them yet! See you next chapter so you can see all the results, in the meantime don't forget to read and review! Later!
