Chapter 8: An Unsettling Reunion

The villains meet up at the portal and leave the Cretaceous Period. The team is not far behind, but by the time the villains left, the time machine starts acting weird.

"Ninja, what's going on with the machine?" Martin asked.

"The machine is destabilizing. We're not gonna make it!" Ninja shouts out as the portal to their time disappears. The whole team falls on their knees as they're trapped in the past.

"Oh no! Don't tell me this is happening! Help!" Jimmy cried out all frantic.

"Relax, Jimmy. We'll think up of something," Chris calms down Jimmy and looks to Aviva and Ninja. "By the way, what a cute dinosaur you have. What's its name?"

"We named this little guy Lil Scrappy," Aviva said holding the little raptor.

Martin observed, "Aww, it thinks you two are his parents."

More awkward silence.

Chris broke the silence, "Amazing! So it's true, dinosaurs do have feathers. I mean, look at this little guy, he's covered in feathers."

Ninja added, "But the adults were not a feathered as this young one."

Chris continued, "That might be because as this one gets older, it'll molt that fluffy coat just like most raptor chicks in our present world. Martin, remember Fluff?

Martin replied, "Why of course! When we first met him, Fluff was a cotton ball of white feathers. But once he grows old enough, he will molt his feathers and look just like his parents."

Aviva asked, "Yeah, but why do they need it?"

Martin explained, "The white feather keeps the babies warm since they have a smaller body which cannot retain as much body heat as their parents."

"Oh I see, it's like wearing a sweater until no longer needing it," Aviva added.

Martin said, "Exactly! Hey Jimmy and Koki, what do you guys have there?"

Koki replied, "Oh, well this one with the odd head, we named it Knucklehead and the one with the club on its tail Home Run. We don't know exactly what they're called."

Ninja answered her question, "Knucklehead is a Pachycephalosaurus and Home Run is an Ankylosaurus."

Koki all baffled, "Whoa, probably not as complicated to remember like Lil Scrappy."

Jimmy, "Oh, I know! That's a Velociraptor!"

Ninja corrected Jimmy, "No, Velociraptors are found in Mongolia and are about the size of turkeys. This is called Deinonychus and they can grow to be as big as Chris or Martin."

Jimmy becomes a little hesitant, "Oh, hehe."

Koki responds, "I've spoken too soon."

Martin jumps in, "Oh, and this is Shark-tooth the baby T-rex and Tank the baby Triceratops."

Koki all stunned, "I knew it! You guys are the lucky ones to come across a T-rex!"

Jimmy all bummed out, "But that does not change the fact that we are stuck here."

"I can build lots of things, but not a time machine," Aviva spoke, "and even if I can, there's no way I can find the parts here in this world of dinosaurs."

Martin sitting down, "Well, it's not like help will appear out of nowhere."

Then, all of the sudden, a flash of light appears, similar to the portal of the time machine. Appearing right in front of them is Agent Henrik.

"Are you all alright?" Henrik asked.

"We sure are now!" Martin all excited.

"Well good! Let's get out of here," Henrik said.

Everyone and the baby dinosaurs leave the Late Cretaceous back to the present.

"Are you sure it's a good idea to bring those here?" Henrik asked.

"Those dinosaurs Zach, Donita, and Gourmand caught were their mothers. We can't leave them to fend for themselves. They won't survive," Chris answered.

"I see, just keep them safe in the Tortuga," Henrik added.

"Oh no! The Tortuga is left at Zach's manor!" Aviva all worried.

"Relax, we brought the Tortuga back here for safe keeping until your return," Henrik said as the Area 51 team bring the Tortuga to the gang.

Everyone cheered "Alright! Wa-hoo! Yeah! Way to go!"

Ninja asked Henrik, "How did you build another time machine so fast?"

Henrik replied, "With the little resources we had. But unfortunately, the machine is losing even more stability than the last. As a result, the machine had to be monitored to maintain its time stream. In the mean time, you and the Wild Kratts will have to do whatever it takes to return those dinosaurs back into their timeline before history changes."

"Right," Ninja responded and head to the Tortuga where the Wild Kratts team are already situated, trying to control the young dinosaurs.