Chapter 9: The Big Plan

After leaving the Cretaceous Period with their captured dinosaurs, the machine started to act weird and collapsed, closing the portal.

"Zach, why did the machine do that?" Donita asked.

"Uh, well, it must've run out of batteries," Zach lied hesitantly.

"But why would it need batteries when it's plugged into the wall!? Are you hiding something? Is this even your invention?" Donita questions Zach until Gourmand interrupts, "Hey while you two are at it, I'm gonna tryout my one of a kind dinosaur stew with dinosaur egg omelet for the event."

"Huh, that's right! Dabio! Let's get crackin' on our one of a kind dinosaur fashion trend featuring real life dinosaurs! Ahahaha!" Donita laughs as Dabio struggles to move the Pachycephalosaurus and Ankylosaurus.

"Oh for the love of, Zachbots, help Donita Donada move her dino-thingys," Zach ordered as the Zachbots helped carry Donita's dinosaurs. Zach then talks to the T-rex and Triceratop, "And while they are at it, I will be devising a way to control you two. You with the big head, you'll make the greatest bodyguard anyone could ask for. And you with the horns, you and your friends will make perfect construction workers ever. Nothing will stop me!"

Back at the Tortuga, the Wild Kratts devise a plan to save the adult dinosaurs while dealing with their young. Knucklehead keeps ramming the trees in the Tortuga, trying to mimic its mom. Home Run keeps swinging its club tail at the refrigerator. Shark-tooth and Lil Scrappy keep squabbling around, and Tank is in the garage wreaking havoc on the vehicles. The Wild Kratts struggle to control the young dinosaurs until the squabbling carnivores accidentally turn on the music player which plays out one of Brandon's recording of Bach's Cello Suite on his viola. The music plays throughout the Tortuga, calming down the little dinosaurs.

"I don't believe it. I guess Aviva was right, there is something more to Brandon's music than we can hear," Koki surprisingly noticed.

Aviva replied, "See, I told you Brandon's music is the best!"

Ninja smiled under his mask, admiring her for appreciating his music.

After the team rounds up the bustling youngsters, they prepare for them some food.

"Okay let's see. Grass, leaves, fruits, peanut-butter and jelly sandwich… oh, it's no use. It's not like we have dinosaur food in the 21st century," Chris all saddened that they don't have the appropriate feed for the young herbivores.

"Sure we do," Martin reaches for his backpack and pulls out some foliage.

Chris surprised, "Are those from the Cretaceous Period?"

Martin happily, "Yup, I was gonna add them to my collection of fossils, but I guess these babies will need it more. And they're just plants. It's not like only a few plants will tamper with history." Martin lays down the greens and the three herbivores chow down. Aviva and Ninja prepared some meat for the two carnivores.

"I hope they like chicken," Aviva places down a bowl of meat and the two predators chow down.

Ninja all happy, "Guess they love it."

Chris refocuses the group, "Alright, now that that's finished, let's get back to our big plan to save their parents."

Everyone said "Right!"

Martin begins the discussion, "Koki, what did you get on Zach?"

Koki, "Well, it seems that Zach is having an event like no other at the Central Park in New York celebrating dinosaurs. I think they're going to showcase the dinosaurs they found."

Aviva, "We need to infiltrate their party in order to save the poor creatures."

Jimmy, "Ninja's got skills. I'm sure you can do that."

Ninja, "We'll all do this together, as a team."

Everyone else: "Right!"

The Tortuga lands in Central Park on the opposite end of where Zach's event is with all the dinosaurs. The team leaves the Tortuga to begin their rescue mission. But Ninja's communicator rings and leaves in a different location to take the call. Aviva investigates the situation. "Ninja, what are you doing?" Ninja hangs up his communicator to confront Aviva. "Oh, it's Area 51 stuff."

Aviva can tell he's hiding something but lets it be since it could be related to Area 51.

The team arrives at the outskirt of the party and watch as people line up to get into the special event.

Ninja: "I'm gonna make the first move. I'll call you when in position."

Martin whispered: "You go, Ninja!"

Ninja sneaks into Zach's theatre and meets up with his agent, who happens to be Henrik in disguise.

Henrik: "Are you ready, my friend?" He hands to him his viola.

Ninja tells the team through his communicator "I'm in position now," hangs up, and then changes into alter ego, the great violist Brandon Tran.

The Wild Kratts team gets the message and move to position, hoping to find out where the villains are keeping the dinosaurs. Meanwhile, the youngsters are getting restless and try to leave the Tortuga. The Tortuga doors were locked for their safety but Knucklehead and Home Run decide to breakout by knocking over the door. They escape, wandering around in the park, hoping to find their mom. Back at the event, Zach comes on stage with Donita and Gourmand for their commencement.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome our first ever event where we celebrate our early success. Today, we will be showcasing our biggest accomplishment: REAL LIFE…uhh," Zach hesitates as he already forgot what they were called. Donita steps in to help Zach, "Dinosaurs," and the crowd cheers, "That's right, you will get to see a glimpse of my first ever real dinosaur clothing line." Gourmand then takes his turn, "And, you'll also get your first taste of actual dinosaur meat. I can guarantee you it will be on savory meal you can never forget." The crowd continues to cheer while the Wild Kratts look around to find the dinosaurs.

Martin calls, "Come in Wild Kratts team, I think I found where the dinosaurs are being kept."

Chris and Martin stumbled upon a seemingly large shed that's big enough to hold all the dinosaurs at once.

Aviva answers to the call, "We're on our way. Koki? Jimmy?"

Koki and Jimmy responded, "We're on our way!"

Aviva continues, "Ninja?"

Then Zach makes his announcement, "To begin our celebration, I would like to introduce to you one of the best musicians in the world: Maestro Brandon Tran!"

The crowd cheers crazily as Brandon comes out of the stage. Aviva heard him, too, and could not control herself to want to see him. "Brandon!? Must… Go… See Him!" Fortunately, Koki was there just in time to stop her. "Are you crazy, girl? You'll jeopardize the mission! Come on, he'll have to wait."

Aviva comes to her senses, "You're right. Let's go save those dinosaurs!"

The whole Wild Kratts team sees the shed guarded by two Zachbots. The gang quickly distracte the Zachbots and enter the shed only to see all the dinosaurs locked in a cage.

Aviva was horrified, "I can't believe those monsters. They lock up these poor creatures like that after taking them out of their natural environment?"

Chris, "We'll need to free them."

Everyone else replied "Right" and they each touch a dinosaur to activate their Creature Power Suit to turn into humanoid versions of the dinosaur they touch. Everyone said "Activate Creature Power Suits!" and then said "Let's do this!"

Martin frees the T-rex, "T-rex chompers!"

Chris frees the Triceratop, "Triceratop horns!"

Jimmy frees the Ankylosaurus, "Ankylosaurus tail club!"

Koki frees the Pachycephalosaurus, "Pachycephalosaurus Headbutt!"

And Aviva picks the lock with her foot claw to free the pack Deinonychus, "Deinonychus foot claw!"

The dinosaurs are free and begin to rampage the party. The whole crowd frantically scream and run away. Zach, Donita, and Gourmand were disoriented by the rampaging dinosaurs while Brandon takes advantage of the rampaging dinosaurs to change back into his ninja outfit.

Zach all confused, "What's going on here?"

Chris emerging from the rubble with the rest of the Wild Kratts team, "Zach, this is it! You've gone too far and now we're gonna stop you!"

Zach applauds his heroic attempt, "Stop me? Zachbots! Get them!"

An army of Zachbots charge at the Wild Kratts team and the team fights them off. This time, everyone was able to use their powers more effectively because before they arrived back in time, they were practicing with their new creature powers. Zach, Donita, and Gourmand try to make a run for it but Ninja caught them. Zach's hands got caught into a tree by Ninja's sais. Donita's hand got tangled onto a branch by his nunchucks. And Ninja caught Gourmand with his kusarigama and tied him to the same tree, using the sickle head to hold onto the tree, keeping them in place.

Zach cried out, "This isn't over, yet, you Wild Rats!" Then the adult dinosaurs confront the villains who captured them, "Uh-oh…"

Chris notice, "Oh no, those dinosaurs will kill them. We have to stop them, guys!"

Aviva responded, "But how? We're no match against them even with their own creature powers."

Just then, small squabbling sounds are being made. This immediately grabbed the dinosaurs' attention as the baby dinosaurs come out of the bush calling for their mom. The adults immediately respond to tend to their young. Right after that, the eggs Gourmand took hatched into more baby Deinonychus and they head straight to the pack.

Aviva all confused, "How did the babies get here?"

Martin, "It doesn't matter. They're finally reunited!"

Zach scold, "Oh big whoop!"

Henrik then appears to the scene, "That's right! Big whoops for you guys for you're all under arrest."

The Wild Kratts team watches as the FBI agents arrest the trio along with Dabio and confiscate all of their belongings.

Gourmand shouts, "AHHHHH! I'm ruined all thanks to those rotten, stinken kids!"

Donita also screams, "I could've had the best fashion wear ever! And watch the hair!"

Dabio being Dabio, "Ooh, are we going to prison?"

And Zach gave his final words to the Wild Kratts, "Mark my words, I'll get you all, you Wild Rats!"

The FBI placed them in a police van to be escorted to prison.

Martin, "How many times do we have to tell them? It's Wild Kratts!"

Chris, "We did it! We saved the dinosaurs from Zach, Donita, and Gourmand! Now we have to bring them back to where they belong so they can be free and in the wild, in their own time period."

Aviva, "It's all thanks to us. And thank you Ninja for helping us!" She hugs Ninja and one of the Deinonychus sneaks behind to take off his mask. When his identity was revealed, the rest of the team was shocked.

"Oh now I see why he keeps his identity a secret," Koki realized.

Aviva looks to see Brandon in her arms. At first she was puzzled, but then came to her senses, "So, you were saying about not being treated the same if your identity is revealed?"

Brandon flustered, "Well, not the reaction I was expecting but…"

Aviva interrupts him by kissing him.

Jimmy, "Wow, that same guy who she is a big fan of has become her boyfriend? Doesn't get any crazier than that."

Henrik then comes to scene, "Guys, the scientists are setting up the time machine here. Are you all set?"

The scientist responded, "We managed to stabilize the machine. We know the reason for the instability."

"Why is that so?" Aviva asked holding hands with Brandon.

"The reason is those dinosaurs. Whenever something from the past is taken out from its time, the machine recognizes it a something that doesn't belong to the current time period. As a result, the machine destabilizes and begins to collapse as a result. And the farther in time we go, the greater the instability because even the transferring atmosphere affects the machine drastically."

Ninja adds, "Hence the reason why 65 million years is as far as the machine can go without totally collapsing."

The scientists add, "Yes, now all we need is enough power for the machine to open the portal to the time period those dinosaurs came from."

Aviva takes off her Creature Power Suit, "Will this be enough power?"

The whole team was shocked.

The scientists inspect the Creature Power Suit, "It's not good enough, it'll take at least four of those to bring just enough power to open a time portal long enough to return the dinosaurs to their time period until collapsing. And even then, once the machine collapses, your Creature Power Suits will get destroyed along with it."

Martin runs up to Aviva, "Aviva, are you sure about this? All the time you put into those…"

Aviva interrupts him, "It's okay, like Chris said, they don't belong in our time period and must be brought back to where they belong so that they can be living free and in the wild; even at the cost of my greatest inventions. Plus, you and Chris have made the most use out of yours. Make sure you guys keep using it."

Koki takes off her Creature Power Suit, "Guess I'll never fly like a falcon or run like a cheetah."

Jimmy takes his off, as well, "Hang around like a sloth or have four stomachs like a cow."

Everyone looks at Jimmy like he's weird.

Brandon takes off his.

Aviva, "Well, I hope you enjoyed my special gift."

Brandon replied, "I already have a special gift and she's right in front of me," and they kiss again.

Aviva hands over the Creature Power Suits and the scientists hook them up to the time machine. The machine starts functioning and opens the portal to the dinosaur's time period.

Koki has a thought, "Wait, before they go, let's get a picture with these guys!"

Martin, "Great idea! Everyone! Group Picture!"

The whole Wild Kratts team and Brandon take their pictures with the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs then march to the portal.

Aviva, "So long Lil Scrappy! Have fun with your siblings!"

Koki, "Bye Knucklehead! Bye Home run!"

Jimmy, "Be safe you guys!"

Martin, "So long Shark-tooth! Enjoy hunting with your mom!"

Chris, "By Tank! Stay close to your mom!"

All the dinosaurs entered the portal and are back home.

Martin all ecstatic, "Chris, this has to be the greatest adventure, yet!"

Chris responds, "You know what's more exciting, having a new member in out Wild Kratts team! Hey Nin… I mean, Brandon, since that's your real name. What do you say? You've been admiring us for a while. Now you get to be a part us."

Brandon was about to answer but Henrik jumped in. "Of course he will! And you know what? I got the answer from the high-ranking superiors. They approved our request. Now the Wild Kratts is officially a part of Area 51!"

Everyone cheered happily.

Aviva, "And the best part, I have a boyfriend who is also my favorite musician, my favorite ninja, and my favorite animal expert." She holds his hands as kisses him.