Title:Lost and Found
Author:White Werewolf
Rating:M
Chapter:10
Category:Buffy/Xander. Just like before. Some, but not allot. I'm taking this relationship very slowly to romance. Realistic if possible, and not forced.
Summery:During a late night patrol, Xander gets caught into something he never thought possible.
Disclaimer:I don't own anything. Nothing. Ziltch. Nada. Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! If you want to see what I do own, go to the site I designed for this series.
Spoilers:Anything post "Becoming Part 2"
Author Notes: This continues the Phoenixverse. I just finished the trilogy, and now the series can begin. Yay!

Crossovers:
Buffy: the Vampire Slayer
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Hercules: the Legendary Journeys
Quantum Leap

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The rising moon bathed over the wilderness terrain as Peter Ludlow was huddled around by his team.

"Simply put, InGen is seeking limited partners to defray from some of our expansion costs. The prospectus you've been given by the board explicitly details our projected hardware and construction expensive. And as you can see by my two friends here," Ludlow then looked at two compys that stood in cages on a table in front of him, "the software is already fully developed."

Peter then turned to face a monitor, which viewed a room of men. His fellow chair people at InGen.

"One might say it would be up and running. In a moment, I'll take you through a stroll of the camp, and you'll see some of the larger and more impressive specimens."

"Talk about your caged animals." Xander uttered as he, Sarah, and Nick walked into a cleared location.

Ahead of them stood numerous cages. All housing one specific dinosaur.

"Wow." Nick said in agreement.

Slow and low rumbling sounds were heard as the three approached a caged stegosaur.

Xander asked, "That isn't the one that tried to squash us with their tail?"

Sarah looked at him, "That was a female. This one is male."

He questioned, "You can tell by just looking? For that to happen with me, I'm going to have to slide underneath and take a look."

Sarah rolled her eyes, "The female stegosaur…"

Nick glared at them, "Guys, focus."

Sarah nodded, "Right. Xander, go free the ankylosaur?"

"Ankylosaur?" He then scanned the caged dinosaurs. "You mean?"

Harding specified, "The dinosaur with armor."

Xander grinnd, "Right. I knew that. The one with the clubbed tail."

"Exactly." She responded with.

"But you don't bring the people halfway around the world to visit a zoo. You bring the zoo to them. San Diego is the perfect set. People already associate her beautiful city with animal attractions…"

"San Diego Zoo."

"Sea World."

A sudden chuckle escaped his lips as he started to circle his main table…"San Diego Chargers."

Nick grabbed the sliding door of the parasaur cage. Unlocking it, he opened the cage.

Leaving it ajar, he followed through with a number of other animals. He then met up with Sarah and Xander. Together, they went for the last cage, the triceratops. As they reached for the lock, the dinosaur snorted some air.

Nick smiled as they did their final release.

"Mr. Hammond knew this. Before he ever dreamt of an island, he began construction on a amphitheater…very near to where your sitting now at the InGen waterfront complex."

He sighed.

"But he abandoned it in favor of something far grander and ultimately, impossible. And so, the facility sits unused, unfinished when it could be completed and ready to receive visitors in less than a month.

And at that moment the wall to the tent collapsed as two long horns penetrated through the material shortly by a small third one. A growl entered the canvas. Suddenly the owner of the horns charged through.

Ludlow's eyes widened as he saw the emergence of the triceratops. It started destroying everything in site.

Behind the trike was more dinosaurs. A parasaur, stegosaur, anklyosaur, as well as others.

Jeeps and video equipment fell over as the stampede started to rampage through. Leaving nothing in its wake.

The trike then bent his head down underneath a jeep and launched it into the sky.

"Arjay, Howard, look out! Jump!"

A crashing jeep landed from the air, engulfed in fire. Before it hit the tree that Roland, Arjay, and Sam were sitting in, the jumped off the branch and hit the ground hard.

Hercules suddenly felt the ground vibrate as he started to set a campsite. His head jerked forward as he saw a number of dinosaurs stampeding his way.

"Uh oh." He uttered as he saw the incoming triceratops.

Lucky for him, the triceratops and what appeared to be a following ankylosaur and stegosaur were all herbivores.

The triceratops charged forward as the other two went their separate ways. He glared at the incoming opponent and bellowed out a loud moan. Gritting his teeth he launched himself.

Hercules took a few steps back and planted his feet firmly on the ground. Crouching down so he was eye-level with the animal, the demigod grabbed hold of the two taller horns.

The trike's eyes narrowed as he attempted to run him over, but Hercules wouldn't budge.

"Sorry to do this, but I don't have much choice." He then pivoted his footing while grabbing one of the horns. Holding a deep breath, Herc hurled the animal to his left sending him forward.

The dinosaur landed head first against a tree. Letting out a snarl, he got back to his feet and headed back to his opponent.

Hercules sighed as the animal approached him. "Guess the scientists were right. You're not too bright."

Herc then dodged the animal and swung back around, grabbing the tail. Starting to feel the strain from the animal's absorption of his strength, the demigod gritted his teeth and flung the dinosaur out of the way.

The triceratops got back to his feet and moaned aloud. He lowered his head and snorted.

Hercules shook his head. This didn't look good for the demigod.

But rather than the dinosaur charging, he swayed a little and collapsed on the ground.

Herc's eyes widened and ran to the animal. Kneeling down, the son of Zeus lowered his head and listened to his chest. Still breathing. He smiled. It just meant that the animal fell unconscious. He was certain in a short amount of time the dinosaur would wake up. This meant Hercules had to find another spot to rest for the night.

A moaning growl filled the atmosphere as a man entered a nearby clearing. Looking around, he spotted an animal caught in a bear trap on the dirt.

Approaching to what looked like to be a baby Tyrannosaur, the man inspected the child. The small Rex was crying out in pain. Letting out a breath, the young man knelt beside the wounded animal and started to let the dinosaur out of his shackles

"That's the last time I leave you in charge." Roland said as he approached Dieter.

Dieter felt disappointed as Roland walked past him, followed by Arjay. Sam took a look at him.

"What happened?"

Dieter answered, "The dinosaurs escaped."

Sam looked at him strangely, "How?"

"Wish I knew, Howie. Wish I knew. Mr. Ludlow was busy talking to his team back at InGen and all of a sudden a trike charged through the tent knocking everything over in its path."

Sam asked with worry, "Anybody hurt?"

He shook his head, "Nah. No serious injury. We're fine."

Sam pointed out. "You don't seem fine."

He glared at him, "I'm okay. Drop it Howie."

Beckett replied, "Dieter, I saw your face. As soon as Roland said that comment to you, you looked disappointed. Like you failed at what your supposed."

"What's with all the questioning, Howie? You were never like this before. And what's with all this stopping Roland with his Tyranasaur hunting?"

Sam shook his head, "One thing at a time, Dieter. We'll talk about the Tyranosaur matter in a bit. What I want to know is what happened? A triceratops that was captured doesn't escape by its own."

Dieter asked, "Then explain to me what happened, Howard. Explain to me how a triceratops could escape?"

The two of them continued on their walk as they continued their conversation. They weren't that far from the campsite, and the two started to inspect the cages.

"You're guess is as good as mine, Dieter. I don't know what happened. I was with Roland and Arjay. Then the jeep fell from the sky and almost killed us."

He shook his head, "I dunno." Dieter turned to look at him. "Since we're not having much luck with this conversation, why don't you tell me what's with the attitude? Since we left San Diego, you've been totally different."

Sam thought for a moment. "Let's just say that I reevaluated my plans, and realized what's wrong with Roland's plan."

"What do you mean wrong? Roland just wants to kill one. It's a challenge. All the big game hunters like challenges."

Sam nodded, "I understand the challenge part. Believe me. But I'm just worried what happens if he doesn't kill the Tyrannosaur. Then they decide to bring one to the main land, and then he got loose. How would you feel if San Diego got destroyed, and you were part of the reasoning? How would you feel?"

Dieter looked at him, "You think too much. Roland just wants to kill it. There is no plans for us on taking a Tyrannosaur back home. Peter has every intention on not taking one home."

Sam stated, "It only starts with the best intentions. Then things change, and the worst possible scenario happens."

He smirked, "Worst possible scenario? Yeah right? What could possibly happen?"

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TBC