Purple Crystal

Chapter 8: In the city

In the morning I yawned and rubbed my eyes. I didn't sleep well in the night. I woke up from a annoying dream. I stood up and stretched my tired body. I took my jeans and threw it over my shoulder. I noticed the Kentrosaurus card was still in my pocket, it fell out of it. The card fell under my bed. I sighed and crawled under my bed. There was a lot of dust. I saw the card and reached for it.

"What are you doing?" I heard Rod's voice. I banged my head on my bed. Shit, that hurts! A bump began to develop on my head. "What is it...Rod?" I asked and put my hand on the bump.

"What are you doing under your bed?" He asked me again. I sighed, picked up the Kentrosaurus card and crawled out. I stood up and rubbed my head. "What do you want, Rod?" I asked him. I saw Laura standing right next to him. They looked at me and grinned, when they saw my annoyed face and my funny pajama with the panda bear on it. "Okay, guys, what is it?" I asked annoyed. Laura came over to me and hugged me. "Good morning, Karin." She said. Sorry, she was so cute, I couldn't be angry at her. I pattered her head.

I looked to Rod. "Got some news?" I asked him. He shrugged with his shoulders. "No...just everyone, except of Helga, is out. We're alone here. Helga is cleaning the kitchen, so we can do whatever we want." He said. That sounded like music in my ears. My eyes widened. "Seth, too?" I asked. Rod and Laura nodded. In my mind I jumped and screamed 'YEAH'. That was a good morning. I loved to hear news like this one.

"Do you know where he is?" I asked Rod.

He shook his head. "He and grandpa went away for a while. And the Alpha-Gang isn't here either. They didn't tell us, where they wanted to go." He said. Okay, as long as they weren't here, it was a great day. I had a plan in my mind. The first thing of my 'to-do-list' was...getting myself ready in the bathroom. Rod and Laura went out of my room. I jumped away with a smile and went into my bathroom. I took a shower, got myself ready, put new clothes on and ran out of my room. I ran through the corridor, took the elevator to the top of the island and ran to the beach. A fresh and salty breeze went through my purple hair. I smiled. "This is going to be fun." I said.

I took my crystal and thought about the D-Lab. In the next moment I flew through the rainbow tunnel and fell, like always, onto my butt in the D-Lab. Reese wasn't far away. "Karin?" She asked me. I stood up.

"What's up?" I said. To my surprise, Max, Rex and Zoe were also in the D-Lab. They were surprised to see me. "Hey, Karin. What are you doing here?" Zoe asked me. She ran over to me, together with Paris. "Visiting you. The Alpha-Gang and Seth aren't at home right now. I used my chance to see you." I smiled. "Right time. We just wanted to go downtown Tokyo. Do you want to come with us?" Max asked me. I nodded with a big smile on my lips.

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We took the subway to downtown Tokyo. The ride took fifteen minutes until we arrived. The subway station was large. I haven't seen something like this before. We went out of the station and came into the city. My eyes widened. "Wow..so this is Tokyo." I said.

We walked along a street and came to a large shopping center. I turned to Rex and Zoe. "Is this a shopping trip?" I asked them. Zoe shook her head. "No. This is a homework. We have to search for fossils." She explained. I wondered, where they wanted to find fossils in Tokyo. But it didn't take long until Rex found a fossil, which was in one of the plates of the ground. Even Max found a picture of a fossil in a store. We went out of the center and walked along the streets. "We should find some more in the outside." Rex commended.

Suddenly Zoe stopped walking and looked back. She looked to a building site. The sun shined brightly, she held her hand in front of her eyes. "What is it, Zoe?" Max asked her. She shrugged with her shoulders. "I thought, I've seen something. But it was just imagination." She said and continued walking.

We didn't know, that the thing Zoe saw, was actually a dinosaur card, which stuck between some plates of a wall. It was a secret dinosaur card. The sunlight released the dinosaur in it. A Therizinosaurus appeared.

Suddenly the D-Team's Dino Holders blinked. "A dinosaur." Rex said. He looked at the location. "In Tokyo?" Max asked. Suddenly we heard a loud roar from the other end of the street. We turned around. I couldn't believe it. My mouth hung open.

"Is this the answer to your question, Max?" I asked him. He nodded slowly. The Therizinosaurus came in our direction. We ran away and ran along the next street. "When a dinosaur appears, the old lady isn't far away." Zoe said. I covered her mouth with my hand quickly. Suddenly we heard a scream.

"Who calls me an old lady? I'll get you, little brat!"

Yep, that's Ursula. Now I knew, where they went. I sighed. I had to find a place to hide, otherwise the Alpha-Gang would kill me, if they see me. I gulped. "Karin, you should run as fast as you can." Rex said to me. I looked at him in confusion. "Why?"He pointed up to the sky. A flying construction, or a large balloon appeared in the sky. It came closer. I gulped a second time. In the construction, which the balloon carried, were Seth and Doctor Z. I ran away and hid myself behind the corner of the next street. I saw, how the balloon came closer to the D-Team's location. It carried a large cage and let it fall. Max, Rex and Zoe ran away. The cage fell on the ground.

"What are you doing here? Don't dare to touch my little baby Therizinosaurus!" Doctor Z shouted. My mouth hung open. Little baby? Has he gone crazy? Why did he think, that the dinosaur is his 'baby'? I didn't really care about this at the moment, I had to get out of here. I ran down the little street until it ended. There was a little cafe. The people here seemed like not knowing anything about the dinosaur in the area. I sighed. Maybe this was a good place to hide. I didn't know, what happened to the D-Team. But they were strong enough to fight against the Alpha-Gang.

I walked past the cafe and leaned against a wall. This was so close. But I didn't want to go back to Zeta Point. I could stay here for a while, if I find a good place to hide. After a while I heard people scream. Not good. Some people ran past the cafe, screaming. I saw the Therizinosaurus, which ran away and then the balloon, which came closer.

"Holy..." I said and ran away. I ran past two trash container. I came back and looked at one container. "Damn it..." I mumbled to myself and opened the container. I jumped in and closed it again. Exactly in this moment the balloon with Seth and Doctor Z arrived. They tried to catch the dinosaur. "My dear, please come back to me!" Doctor Z yelled. The Therizinosaurus became scared. It attacked the balloon with its claws, but it didn't reach the balloon. "Doctor, it's no use. The dinosaur won't listen to you." Seth said. The Therizinosaurus ran away once more. And Doctor Z and Seth went after the dinosaur. I watched the whole happening through a little crack.

When they weren't seen anymore, I opened the container and jumped out. This wasn't a container for paper trash...no. It was for kitchen trash. A banana skin hung over my head. I took it and threw it away. My whole body started trembling. This was so disgusting! I stunk like trash. The smell was so terrible disgusting!

"Karin!" I heard Rex scream. The D-Team ran over to me, but stopped two meters in front of me. "What happened to you. What is that smell?" Max asked and held on his breath. I sighed and slapped my forehead. "The smell of punishment for hanging out with you." I replied. Zoe forced herself to smile. "It isn't that bad. Don't listen to Max. But you have to find a save place." She said. I shook my head. "No, I don't think so. I will go back to Zeta Point and take a shower." I said.

Suddenly Zoe looked at me with 'puppy like cute eyes'. "Please stay here, until we caught the dinosaur. You won't get a chance to see us so long again. Pretty please." I sighed. "Okay." I said. But this wasn't a good idea. Max pulled something out of his pocket. A yellow cap and sunglasses. He handed them to me. "Here. Put them on. The Alpha-Gang won't recognize you, if you wear them." He said. I nodded and put the cap onto my head and the sunglasses on. "You're looking like a tourist." Rex said. Max took a deep breath. "Yes, a tourist with a weird smell." He said.

"MAX!" Zoe and Rex yelled at him. "Sorry..." Max added.

"Karin. Go to this building. You will be safe there. The Alpha-Gang won't find you." Zoe said and pointed to a high building. I nodded and ran into the direction of it. It was large. I appeared in front of it after a while. I entered it and took the elevator to a higher floor. I looked to the large windows. The view was great. I looked at Tokyo from above. Great, it was beautiful. The view let me forget my smell for a moment. "Wow...this is so cool. The large city, the streets and the..."

"...dinosaur..." My eyes widened, when I saw the Therizinosaurus in front of the building. And the balloon with Dr.Z and Seth arrived soon after that. I stepped away from the window. I thought, that the balloon comes right to me. I stepped into the bunch of people and hid myself there.

"Huh, we should be safe in here." I heard a known voice. This voice belonged to Ursula. The Alpha-Gang also came into this building. I stepped into a corner and hoped, that they won't recognize me in my 'disguise'. Their voices sounded much more frightened now. "Uahh!" I heard Ursula scream.
"For a moment I thought, that I would see Seth and Doctor Z." Ursula said. "That's no imagination. There are Seth and Dr.Z." Zander yelled. I glanced over my shoulder to the window. The balloon with Dr. Z and Seth were right behind it. Doctor Z pointed down to the dinosaur and yelled something. But nobody heard him. He fell out of the balloon construction, but he was caught by Seth.

"I'm afraid, that these windows must be sound proof." Zander said. "I don't need to hear him to know what to do..." Ursula commended. "RUN!" The three yelled. I wanted to walk out of the room and suddenly crashed into them. Ursula shoved me away. "Sorry!" She screamed to me. They ran away. My mouth hung open and I fell onto my knees. My hands were shaking. "This...was...so...damn...close..." I stuttered. The Alpha-Gang didn't see me. They didn't see me! I was so shocked. I almost had a heart attack.

My face became pale...or green. Two women came over to me. "Are you okay?" One woman asked me. "You're looking very sick. Do you want us to call an ambulance?" They asked me. I shook my head. "No...I-I-I'm fine..." I said. This was the shock of my life. I crashed into the Alpha-Gang and they didn't recognize me. Damn, I was so lucky.

I shook my head to catch my mind. Suddenly I saw a dinosaur climbing up the building. The Therizinosaurs climbed to the top of the building and attacked the balloon with its claws. The dinosaur climbed higher. I took a better look. Chomp hung on the tail of the Therizinosaurus. Max' dinosaur bit in the Therizinosaurus' tail. I ran out of the room and met Max, Rex and Zoe. "Max, you Triceratops b-..." He cut me off. "I know, I know. We have to get them." Max said. The D-Team ran to the elevator, I followed them. We left the elevator in the highest floor. Zoe and Rex released their dinosaurs in the original forms. They destroyed the windows and pulled the Therizinosaurus in. Max got Chomp and summoned his dinosaur.

Suddenly the Therizinosaurus attacked with it's claws, they shined in a bright light. It used a special attack. Paris and Ace had problems...lot of problems. They ran out of energy. When I saw the balloon again I jumped behind a large table. Why does Seth have to appear every five minutes? "Show those brats, what you can do!" Doctor Z shouted. One more attack and Paris and Ace disappeared in their cards. Zoe and Rex picked them up.

"We're not done yet!" Max yelled. "Lightning Strike!" This was a powerful move, but there was no use against a secret dinosaur.

"My dear! Please, come back to me." Doctor Z begged. I've never seen him in this mood. Did he actually care about his dinosaurs? I shook my head, I crawled in a safe corner. "Don't you remember the great time you had together with me?" Doctor Z asked. He raised his arms, like he wanted to hug the dinosaur. "Don't you remember all the nice moments we spent together?" The Therizinosaurus actually remembered it.

Suddenly Doctor Z jumped out of the balloon basket to the dinosaur. He hugged him tightly. But the Therizinosaurus lost its balance, it fell. Chomp could raise himself up one more time. Max' dinosaur bit in the tail of the Therizinosaurus and tried to hold it. But Chomp lost energy. He also fell. "Chomp!" Max yelled. Both dinosaurs, the Therizinosaurus with Doctor Z and the Triceratops. The Therizinosaurus tried to reach for the balloon for hold and pulled on it. So Seth was also pulled down. But he escaped with a little plane, that was stuck on the bottom of the balloon basket. And Chomp luckily disappeared in his card.

The Therizinosaurus fell and wrapped his claws around Doctor Z to safe him. The dinosaur reached the ground, it crashed into the street, which was built in front of the building. It disappeared in the card. Doctor Z hung in a tree with his lab coat. Seth caught him with his little plane.

Max, Rex, Zoe and me ran down. We left the building. Max found Chomp's card on the street. "Got it." He smiled. We all were relieved, that nobody was hurt. Then Max found something under the tree, where Dr. Z was stuck. It was the Therizinosaurus card. He picked it up. "Hey, look." He said. At least the D-Team got another dinosaur card.

"That was a crazy day." Zoe said. We all nodded. "Guys, I will go home, before the Alpha-Gang catches me." I said.

Zoe grabbed my hands. "No, you won't! We have a surprise for you." She said. I was confused. "Really? What kind of surprised." Rex asked. He didn't even know, what Zoe planned. She grabbed us and pulled us with her. "You will see." She pulled us inside of the building, we just came from. She shoved us in the elevator and pressed the button for the highest floor. When we reached it, Zoe pulled us out and pushed us to one large window. "Look!" She pointed down.

We all were fascinated. We saw a big rock with a fossil of a Therizinosaurus. Rex pulled his camera out and took a photo. "Homework's done." He said. We all smiled. "Get closer." Rex added.

"Huh...why?" I asked. Suddenly I was stuck between Zoe and Max, Rex came to us, too. He held the camera into our direction and took a picture of us.

"We're finished. Let's get back to the D-Lab." Max said.

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"Great work." Doctor Taylor said. He looked at the picture. Rex already printed out all the pictures. "What kind of fossil is that? A Tyrannosaurus?" We shook our heads. Max smiled. "No, it's a Therizinosaurus." He said grinning. "Good work." Doctor Taylor commended. "By the way...what is that smell?" He asked.

I blushed. "Long story...you don't want to know." I said. My cheeks were bright red. "I will go home now. I don't want to be caught by the Alpha-Gang." I explained. Zoe put her hand onto my shoulder. She handed me the picture we took. "This is for you. Don't forget this day." She said smiling. I smiled back. "I won't." I hugged her. Then I stepped back and took my crystal. "Thank you for the nice day. Bye." I said and disappeared.

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At Zeta Point:

I just arrived in my room. I went into my bathroom and took a long shower with a lot of shampoo. After a while I got rid of the disgusting smell. I dried myself and put fresh clothes on. I took the picture and looked at it. "Thank you..." I mumbled. I opened one of my drawers and put the picture to the Kentrosaurus card and the button I've got from the D-Team.

I left my room. On my way to the kitchen I saw Rod and Laura. "Hey, guys." I said. Rod looked at me angrily. I was confused. "Something happened?" I asked him. Rod crossed his arms over his chest. "No. But Helga caught us. We had to learn the whole time, while you had some fun somewhere." He was pissed. "No, not really." I said. "I crashed into the Alpha-Gang today. It was so close, but they didn't recognize me." I added. Rod's mouth hung open. "How did you..." I shook my head. "Do me a favor. Don't ask." I said and walked past them.

I came into the kitchen. I was hungry. To my surprise, Seth was there, his look told me, that he wasn't in the best mood. "How was you day?" I asked. Seth looked at me confused. Meanwhile I looked for something to eat, then I noticed his cold look. "Something wrong?" I asked.

"In the last time, you are so happy. What happened, Karin?" He glared at me. I shrugged with my shoulders. "Really? I didn't notice that. " I said, I looked in the fridge for something. Maybe he was right. I've become more confident and happier. That was true. I closed the fridge and walked away. I didn't see, that Seth stepped behind me. Suddenly he put his hands onto my shoulders and pulled me back. He leaned closer. "Do you hide something from me?" He whispered the question into my ear. I shook my head and stuttered. "N-no..."

"Really? It won't be good for you, if you lie." He said. My body started trembling. Fear ran through my body. I stepped away and turned to Seth. He grinned evilly at me. What was that supposed to mean? He scared me. Seth stepped closer and stroked my cheek while lifting my head up a bit. "I'll watch you more carefully from now on. If you have a secret, I will find out." He said. A shiver ran down my spine.

Suddenly Ursula, Zander and Ed came into the kitchen. They were exhausted. "Horrible day..." Ursula sighed. She rubbed her nose. "I don't know why, but I have a disgusting smell in my nose. Since we were in that building, this smell follows me. It's so nasty...disgusting...and terrible." She said.

I had to grin. This smell came from me. I hid myself inside of a trash container and crashed into Ursula later. She didn't notice, that it was me.

I walked past her. "What terrible smell. Got a new perfume, Ursula?" I asked and left the kitchen. Ursula's head became red because of her raising anger. "KARIN!" She shouted after me. I smiled and went back into my room.

"This was kind of funny today..." I mumbled to myself.


Hi, everyone. Thank you for reading. This chapter was a crossing to the anime episode 'Daddy Dearest'.

I really hoped you like it. Please review, if you do :D

See you in the next chapter^^
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