Ch.12-Awoken from the fires
I have nothing to say.
"Toshi! Rosie!" Beth called when she noticed the two Fighters step off the boat. "We've got big trouble! Vivosaur Island has been taken over by the BB Bandits!"
"What?" Toshi questioned.
"BB Boss is using the Richmond building as his command center!"
"Grandpa?" Rosie asked worriedly. "Toshi! Let's hurry to Grandpa's office!"
"The BB Bandit's Boss is trying to capture all the fossils on Vivosaur Island!" Beth explained. "You've got to do something about him, Toshi!"
Toshi trotted toward the Guild Area with Rosie following behind him.
"You stay here!" Toshi said when he noticed Rosie following.
"I wanna come!" Rosie protested. "Grandpa's in trouble!"
Toshi frowned, but said no more. He halted when he noticed two BB soldiers guarding the entrance to the Guild Area.
"Everything beyond this point is BB property!" The soldier on the left stated.
"You cannot pass b-b-beyond this point!" The second soldier growled, pulling out three Dino Medals and releasing a Venator, Andrarch, and Pachy.
Andrarch was small and stood on four feet. It was doglike with red fur, a black mane, and a black tail.
"Come out! Spinax, Coatlus, and Goyle!"
"Dire Combo on Spinax! Iron Missile on Spinax!"
Andrarch clamped its teeth on Spinax's arm as Pachy's head glowed a steel gray then backed off and released a powerful, black force when it gave a loud bark.
A shield shaped energy was released at Spinax from the power stored up in Pachy's head.
"Spinax Fang on Venator! Goyle Combo on Venator!"
"Iron Ram on Spinax! Dire Fang on Spinax!"
Andrarch's fangs glowed a bright red before Andrarch opened his mouth and unleashed a silouhette of his teeth at Spinax.
"Cyclone Wing on all three! Spinax Fang on Andrarch!"
"Iron Ram on Coatlus!"
"Cyclone Wing once more!"
The strong attack defeated Andrarch.
"Venator Combo on Coatlus! Iron Missile on Goyle!"
Venator flipped upside-down, slamming Coatlus with his tail, then released a black burst of smoke at the Vivosaur, defeating Coatlus.
"Goyle Combo on Pachy! Spinax Combo on Venator!"
The two attacks defeated the last two Vivosaur.
"R-run away!" The second soldier wailed, rapidly running away.
"I'm going to escape too!" The first soldier said as he backed up. "There's plenty of backup in the Guild Area…" The soldier turned and fled into the Guild Area.
Rosie headed into the Guild Area, but Toshi immediately pulled her behind a nearby tree just as a BB soldier walked past.
"Are you nuts?" He questioned. "Look, it's crawling with soldiers. I don't want to waste my energy on them."
"But we've got to get to the Richmond building." Rosie whispered. "My grandpa…"
"Here. I have a plan." Toshi quietly trotted toward the Fossil Guild.
Rosie quickly followed after him.
"See, there's an alley." Toshi pointed to the thin strip of concrete. "If we go through here, we shouldn't get spotted. After that, it's an easy trip to the Richmond building."
"You're a genius, Toshi!" Rosie said excitedly.
"Yeah, sure. Now, let's get going."
Bullwort, who stood in front of Richmond's empty desk, turned around when he heard the door to the office closer and noticed two familiar people walking toward him; one in particular.
"You!" He growled as the two Fighters stopped in front of him. "Toshi!"
Toshi gave a low snarl.
"I must admit, I'm impressed that you beat me before. But you won't be so lucky again. My defeat was bitter," Bullwort grinned viciously. "But I'm going to enjoy forcing that bitterness down your throat tenfold!" He turned his back on the two Fighters. "And how, you ask?" Bullwort abruptly whipped around, revealing a silver Dino Medal. "With Frigisaurus!"
Bullwort inspected the medal.
"Even I was surprised to find out just how powerful this legendary beast is. It's not merely more powerful than everything else-it's in a different league entirely!"
Bullwort smiled as he looked up at Toshi and Rosie.
"With this Vivosaur at my command, world domination is easily within my reach! Compared to what I'll achieve, mere wealth is nothing! I have no use for those petty idols anymore! With Frigisaurus-the ultimate Vivosaur-in my control, I'll wipe out everyone who dares oppose me!"
"You're nuts!" Rosie snapped.
"That's not something you say to a maniac." Toshi growled, looking sternly at Rosie.
"Enough talk!" Bullwort tossed up his single Dino Medal. "I'll simply demonstrate my new power!"
Frigisaurus was titanic and an ocean blue color. Dark blue plates covered its back and ice particles floated off its body.
"Let's go! Spinax, Goyle, and Coatlus! Spinax Fang and Wing Cutter!"
Frigisaurus didn't move a muscle, but the two attacks somehow missed their target.
"Subzero Stomp on Spinax!"
Frigisaurus reared on two feet, his front feet becoming covered in ice, then slammed into the earth, sending sharp icicles rushing toward Spinax.
"Spinax Combo and Wing Cutter!"
Once again, the two attacks missed Frigisaurus.
What's going on…? Toshi wondered as Bullwort ordered another Subzero Stomp on Spinax. It's like he's protected by a shield.
"Goyle Combo!" Toshi growled as Spinax faded; no way was he going to give up so easily. "Diving thrust!"
"Subzero Stomp on Coatlus!"
Frigisaurus attacked once the two attacks missed again and defeated Coatlus.
"Goyle Combo!"
"Subzero…" Bullwort smirked. "Stomp."
When Goyle was defeated, everything went dark.
Bullwort laughed as he stared at the two frozen statues of Toshi and Rosie. "You are only the first to be frozen solid by the icy vapors of Frigisaurus!" He turned and walked toward Richmond's desk. "Throw them in jail for safekeeping!"
Stay strong for me, Toshi.
…Mom…?
Come on, you have to get up now. Open your eyes.
Toshi slowly opened his eyes and pulled himself into a sitting position. He looked aorun, noticed that he was in some sort of jail cell and Rosie was crouching beside him.
"Oh, Toshi." Rosie sighed, when he looked at her. "Are you awake now?" Rosie looked around. "What happened? I don't know how we ended up in this jail cell." Rosie sighed, plopping on the low bed nearby. "What are we supposed to do now?"
"Look for an escape route, that's what." Toshi stood up with a grunt. "Then we go find Dr. Diggins and se if he knows anything about Frigisaurus."
"That thing's powerful. We have to find its weakness if we're going to defeat Bullwort."
"Don't say if." Toshi shook the cell bars, testing how sturdy they were. "We will defeat him."
Rex suddenly ran in with a bark.
"You're a BB!" Rosie immediately hopped up and hid behind Toshi. "What are you going to do to us?"
Rex whined, frantically shaking his head.
"I think he's here to help us." Toshi muttered.
Rex nodded with a happy bark.
Toshi looked at Rosie as Rex opened the cell door. "He wants us to follow him."
A BB soldier guarding the entrance to the Richmond building glanced down to see Rex standing in front of him.
Rex smiled and gave what sounded like a laugh.
The guard smiled as well and joined in with Rex's laughing.
While the guard was distracted, Rosie and Toshi snuck past.
One the trio got into the Fighter Area, they entered the Fossil Center and headed to the storage basement. There they noticed Dr. Diggins, Richmond, Vivian and Snivels.
"Grandpa!" Rosie hugged Richmond. "I'm so glad you're ok!"
"Actually, these three helped me quite a bit." Richmond stared at the three BB Bandits as Rex halted next to Snivels.
"You guys are BB Bandits." Rosie said as she released her grandpa. "Why would you help us?"
"Call it my resignation." Vivian glanced away from her former enemies. "I've taken orders from Bullwort long enough. Since he got his hands on that Frigisaurus, he's been treating us loyal followers like disposable pawns," Vivian looked back at Diggins and the others. "He didn't even tell us why we were looking for the idols; just that we had to. Who knows when we would have been sacrificed for some scheme we didn't even understand?"
"Hmm…I've heard of Frigisaurus." Dr. Diggins said thoughtfully. "Is it as powerful as the legends suggest?"
"Powerful is an understatement!" Rosie snapped. "Toshi's Vivosaur team couldn't even scratch him!"
Toshi glanced away grudgingly as he put his hands in his pockets.
"Your little friend should count himself lucky he didn't just get stomped flat by that monster." Snivels snorted. "The only way Bullwort could even get his hands on it ws by tricking the Digadig chieftain."
"In that case, perhaps we should ask the chieftain about how to defeat Frigisaurus." Diggins said.
"Toshi, let's go!" Rosie looked at Toshi eagerly. "Off to Knotwood Forest! Let's ask the chieftain how to diga-defeat the Frigisaurus!" Rosie whined, stomping her foot. "Diga-dang it!"
"Good luck." Diggins said. "And be careful!"
Rosie trotted ahead of Toshi as they entered Digadig village. "Hello, Mr. Chieftain. Um, long time no see. We'd like to diga-discuss something with you."
The chieftain chuckled as Toshi stopped next to Rosie. "Of course. What would you like to discusss, Digadig?"
"We wanted to ask you about Frigisaurus." Rosie explained.
"Why?" The chieftain questioned nervously as he took a step back. "What do you want to know?" He immediately flung himself on the ground, covering his head. "Please leave us alone! Don't hurt us! Digadig!"
Toshi shook his head. "Very manly, chieftain."
The chieftain hopped up with his back to Rosie and Toshi. "I…I have nothing to tell you. You can…torture me if you must…but I will say nothing….Digadig."
Rosie and Toshi glanced at each other before looking back at the chieftain.
"There's an evil man who had Frigisaurs in his control and is laying siege to this island!" Rosie explained. "Diga-don't you understand? You have to tell us what you know!"
The chieftain sighed as he gradually faced the two Fighters. "There is a…legend long told among the Digadigs….a legend that tells of an epic battle fought long ago….that battle was fought between the seas surrounding this island and the mountains of the island, Digadig." The chieftain raised his arms into the air importantly. "The sea crashed in rage and the mountains erupted…fuming. The island was near ruin, Digadig. It was then that myy ancestors offered up sacrifical fossils to the sea and the mountains…an Apatosaurus fossil to the sea and a Tyrannosaurus fossil to the mountains…Digadig."
"Do you mean to say that Frigisaursu was somehow…naturally revived from the Apatosaurus fossil?" Rosie inquired.
"Correct, Digadig." The chieftain nodded. "It was revived from the biting cold of the ocean's depths. And the Tyrannosaurus fossil…absorbed the heat of the mountain lava to beome Ignosaurus."
"That's it! If anything could defeat Frigisaurus, it's Ignosaurus! Please, chieftain, tell us! Where can we find the Ignosaurus fossil?"
"No one has moved it," The chieftain shook his head. "So the Ignosaurus fossil should stil be deep in Mt. Lavaflow…Digadig."
"Deep in Mt. Lavaflow. But what if it's actually in the lava? How are we supposed to find it? I guess we should get back and talk to Dr. Diggins about it first." Rosie smiled at the chieftain. "Mr. Chieftain…thank you…we couldn't diga-do this without you."
"Please…protect our precious island, Digadig."
Diggins and the others glanced up when the door to the storage room opened and noticed Rosie and Toshi walking toward them.
"Well, we learned that there's a dinosaur caled Ignosaurus…" Rosie sighed. "And that the Ignosaurus fossil is buried somewhere deep in Mt. Lavaflow."
"Deep in Mt. Lavaflow, huh?" Diggins asked, scratching the back of his head. "That lava could prove all sorts of problems in finding the fossil….it may be impossible to dig through or detect with sonar. The lava flow may even block the way."
"But if you could move the lava out of the way, you could look for the fossil freely." Vivian said matter-of-factly.
"Move the lava?" Diggins questioned. "How?"
Rex barked.
"He says that there's a lava-flow valve inside Mt. Lavaflow." Snivels translated.
"A lava-flow valve?" Richmond repeated. "Like a water faucet for lava?"
Rex nodded, giving another bark.
"He says that's right." Snivels said.
"Hmm…well, we know the Ignosaurus fossil is somewhere inside Mt. Lavaflow and this may help us find it." Diggins muttered. "Toshi, why don't you take Rex with you to go look for it?"
Rex growled, then gave a short howl.
"He says he'll go ahead to Lavaflow and start looking." Snivels explained. "You can join him there when you're ready."
How can that guy understand him? Toshi wondered.
"Sounds good." Diggins nodded and Rex bounded out of the room. "Get yourself ready, Toshi, then meet up with Rex later at Mt. Lavaflow."
"Yeah." Toshi gave a quick nod. "I understand."
"Here." Diggins held out a small microphone-like contraption. "Let me give you this."
"What is it?" Toshi inquired.
"It's a doglish translator I've been working on. Attach it to your ear and you should be able to understand whatever Rex says to you."
"Good luck, Toshi." Rosie muttered, as Toshi clipped the translator to his ear.
Toshi looked at Rosie and gave a brief smile. "All right."
Rex perked up when he noticed Toshi walking toward him.
"I have scouted the immediate environs." He said in a British accent. "The lava-flow valve most vexingly refuses to be located. Let us continue the search farther afield."
"Uh…okay." Toshi followed after Rex, who had jogged ahead.
Wow. Toshi thought as he watched Rex sniff around. This thing works…and now I wish I didn't understand Rex.
Rex halted near a cave and intently began to sniff around. "Hello, what's this?" He looked back at Toshi. "I'm picking up a scent! Tallyho!" Rex charged into the cave.
"Hey, wait!"
"Let's go farther!" Rex slowed down when he came into a larger cave and started searching around. "I think that valve is around here somewhere, the tricky devil."
Toshi helped Rex search around for the valve and the duo soon found it hiding behind a rock.
"Tighten the valve!" Rex ordered.
Together, they twisted the valve until it wouldn't budge and there was a loud rumbling outside.
"That should have shut down the lava flow." Rex said as he headed toward the cave's exit. "Let's have a peek."
Once Toshi and Rex had exited the cave, they noticed that all the lava had vanished and a new cave had appeared. They headed toward the cave.
"Can you feel that?" Rex questioned as he and Toshi entered the cave. "It's tremendous fire energy! Use your sonar to look for the Igno fossil rock!"
Toshi scoured around for the fossil and soon found it. He held it in his hands and glanced at Rex. "Come on, let's get this back to-"
A white beam struck the rock and the surface turned a metallic brown.
Rex and Toshi stared at the rock, wondering what happened.
"My Imperva-ray had mad that Ignosaurus fossil rock completely impenetrable!"
Toshi and Rex glanced behind them to see Bullwort standing a few feet away from them.
"No drill or hammer in the world will be able to make so much as a scratch in that fossil rock now!" Bullwort laughed. "That should pretty much dash your hopes of reviving the Ignosaurus, hmm?" Bullwort grinned. "And with that, I am officially invincible! There is nothing that can defeat my Frigisaurus!"
Toshi growled.
"You may as well just go home and wait for me to conquer the world! Oh, yes. Taking over Vivosaur Island was just the first step! Nothing can resist the might of Frigisaurus!" Bullwort chuckled. "Why should I stop at anything less than global control? Farewell, Toshi!" Bullwort turned and strode away, cackling. "Enjoy helplessness!"
"Blast!" Rex snapped. "That tricky blighter must have completed the Imperva-ray!" Rex glanced at Toshi. "We'd best warn the others. Let's return to the Fossil Center."
Rosie looked up when she heard the door to the storage room open. "Toshi? Did you find the Ignosaurus fossil?"
"Yeah." Toshi removed the translator from his ear and revealed the fossil to Rosie.
"Yes! I knew you could do it!"
Rex barked.
"What's that?" Snivels asked, looking at the dog-creature. "Bullwort blasted the Ignosaurus fossil with the Imperva-ray?"
Rex nodded.
"We're in trouble, folks."
"What exactly is an Imperva-ray?" Richmond questioned.
"The Imperva-ray uses and advanced molecular-binding technology to make any surface harder than diamond." Vivian explained.
"Harder than diamond?" Diggins scoffed. "I've never heard of such nonsense. Toshi, let me see that fosil rock."
"Right." Toshi handed the fossil to Diggins, who inspected it.
"Hmm…I'm going to take a closer look. I'll be in the cleaning room, Toshi. Come by in a little while."
Toshi watched Diggins leave, then glanced at Rosie. "I'll be back."
Rosie nodded as Toshi left.
"Figure it out?"
Diggins looked up as Toshi walked toward him, then looked back at the fossil that sat in the cleaning machine. "Whatever that Imperva-ray did to the fossil is a mystery to me. There's nothing like it in the world. I'm not sure how to go about breaking it down, but we may as well start with the obvious…" Diggins looked at Toshi. "Let's take a crack at cleaning it. If it looks like your tools are in danger, I'll tell you to stop."
Toshi nodded and began to clean the fossil, but couldn't even manage to clean the outher shell. After a few seconds he sighed and stared at Diggins, who scratched the back of his neck.
"Mmm. I didn't really think it would be that simple." Diggins exhaled. "What to do? What to do?"
"Do not worry any longer."
Diggins and Toshi glanced behind them to see Duna.
"Stand back." Duna pulled out a gun and fired a ray at the rock. After a few seconds, she put her gun back. "It is done."
Toshi watched Duna, who was in her human form, in curiosity and apparently Duna sensed it.
"You appear confused, Toshi. You saved my life. I have repaid the favor." Duna turned and exited the lab. "It is as simple as that."
"Who was that?" Diggins questioned. "And more importantly, what's happened to the Ignosaurus fossil?" He looked into the cleaning machine and gasped. "Wait, it's back to normal! Toshi!" Diggins glanced at the boy. "That means we can clean and revive it now!"
Toshi walked toward the machine and picked up the drill and hammer.
"But…this is our only shot at cleaning the Ignosaurus fossil, so you've got to be extra…."
"Careful." Toshi finished with a sigh. "I know."
Toshi cautiously cleaned the fossil, then revived Ignosaurus.
Ignosaurus was large with an orange body and red spikes covering its entire back like armor and ending at the tip of its tail like a fan.
"You did it, Toshi!" Diggins cheered. "Great work! I should have known I had nothing to worry about!"
Toshi took out U-raptor from his team and replaced the Vivsaur with Ignosaurus as Diggins continued to talk.
"Now we can mount an attack on DBB Boss. Give him one for me, Toshi!"
"I'll be back." Toshi said as he headed toward the entrance to the Fossil Center.
Rosie suddenly appeared beside him. "You reived the Ignosaurus?"
Toshi sighed. "Yeah."
"I figured if it was you doing it, Toshi, there'd be no problem. I'm coming with you!"
Toshi glanced at Rosie, who looked at him and obviously was daring him to oppose her statement. Toshi exhaled as he stared ahead of him. "All right."
"Yes!"
Yeah! Battle Bullwort and defeat him. I loved Igno. Why'd he have to leave?
