Purple Crystal

Chapter 14: Traitor

I laid on my bed and grabbed the pillow tightly. My body hurt so much. Waves of pain ran through me. I panted was one reason for the pain. I took one of those tablets in the morning again. It caused horrible pain like always. I hated them.

After I helped the D-Team to escape, I was locked into my room. My friendship with the D-Team wasn't a secret anymore. Now Seth had me under full control. But at least he didn't tell Doctor Z about the crystal's abilities. Seth and me, we were the only persons at Zeta Point, who knew about this.

"Sh...shit..." I mumbled. That wasn't normal.

I didn't know why I had to take them. Maybe Seth wanted me to suffer. No. He had something in mind, an evil plan and I was involved in it.

Suddenly it knocked on the door. Laura entered my room. She made a worried face. "Oh god, Karin!" Laura shouted and ran over to me. I bit in the pillow because of the pain. "What's wrong? Karin?" Laura asked me worried. I groaned painfully.
"Why are you here?...You're...not allowed to..." I stuttered and panted.

Laura was so worried, she began to cry. "Karin, what is going on?" She came closer and put her hand on my shoulder. "Karin..."

I forced myself to calm down and sat on my mattress. I held back the groans and screams. My will suppressed the pain. "What ...are you doing here?" I asked. I tried to sound normal.
"Karin, what..." Laura asked. I didn't let her finish the sentence. "It's okay. I'm fine..." I said.

Laura looked to the ground and then back to me. "Nobody knows, that I am here...but...Terry is also feeling sick!.." Laura told me. "Why?" I asked. Laura looked away. "Well...ehm...I don't know...but we have to bring Terry to a Doctor!" She said. She sounded like she had a secret. That wouldn't be something special at Zeta Point. Almost everyone had a dark secret.

"What are you hiding..." I asked her.

Laura played with my blanket and looked away nervously. "Well...he told me not to say a word about it..." She started. I was confused. "Who told you that?" I asked her with suspicion.

"S-...Seth told me..." Laura said. In that moment a wave of pain ran through me again. I winced, but I bit back the scream. I took a deep breath to calm down. "What happened?" She didn't answer. I put my hands onto her shoulders. "Laura. What happened? And what does Seth have to do with that?" I asked. Something was wrong. More than wrong. Laura looked at me worried.

"I saw him, how he used a new Move Card on Terry. And Terry suddenly lost his power, he turned back into his card. Since then Terry is feeling sick. I'm worried." She said. My mind spun around. A move card? Was that the empty move card I've found between Seth's notes?

I wrapped my arms around my belly, it started to hurt. "Laura. You and Rod have to bring Terry to Doctor Drake, he is Zoe's father and knows about the dinosaurs. He can help you." I said. Laura looked sadly. "But, what about you?" She asked me. I forced myself to smile. "Don't worry, I'm fine. But I can't leave Zeta Point. I have already caused enough trouble." I said.
Laura nodded and wanted to leave the room. But something important came into my mind and I stopped her.

"Laura."

She turned around to me."Yes?"

"Try to stay away from Seth. He plans something...I'm sure of it." I said.

She nodded again and left my room. I bit on my lip.

I laid down and tried to rest a bit. It was difficult. I hoped that nothing bad would happen today. I tried to sleep a bit and soon, I drifted into a deep dream.

...

I slowly woke up from my sleep. I yawned loudly.
"Huh?" I opened my eyes. To my surprise Seth sat next to me and looked at me. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I didn't completely notice Seth beside me, I was just tired.
I looked at him, then it hit me. I moved back in surprise.

"Karin, I want you to come with me." He said. I hesitated for a moment, but stood up. I followed Seth out of my room. We walked along the corridor, also to my surprise two Alpha Droids came with us. I was confused.
"Where are the others?" I asked. Seth didn't reply. Something was wrong. My stomach started to hurt, I had a very bad feeling.

Suddenly I saw Helga, how she cleaned the corridor with a broom. When she saw us, she stopped cleaning. "What are you doing here?" She asked with a harsh voice.

"I want you out of my way, Helga." Seth said coldly. "No." Helga replied. "Get back to your studies, right now!" She commanded. Seth let the Alpha Droids attack Helga. My eyes went wide.

"What..." I mumbled.

Helga grabbed the arms of the droids and dodged their attacks. "Your bullies can't stop me! Now, get back to your studies!" Helga yelled. Seth sighed angrily and came closer to Helga. He held a electro shocker in his hand.

"Helga, watch out!" I screamed, but it was to late. Seth hit her with the shocker, Helga fell to the ground unconsciously. "Seth, what are you doing?" I shouted. Seth looked at me, his cold eyes sent shivers down my spine.

Then we heard footsteps coming closer to us. We turned our heads.

I saw the Alpha-Gang with Rod and Doctor Z together with the D-Team, and also there was someone known I recognized. "Jonathon..." I said and looked at the man who was with the group. Jonathon was the Droid from Doctor Ancient and Doctor Cretacia. He also disappeared when Zeta Point broke down.

"Seth, what are you doing? What did you do to Helga?" Doctor Z shouted. Seth didn't say anything.
"I was looking for you. You're the one who stole the data from my memory." Jonathon said. We all turned to Jonathon. What? When did Seth meet Jonathon? And why would he steal the data from his memory?
"What are you? A spy?" Ursula asked.

Seth still was calm. "It's not what it looks like." He said.

"Then why?" Dr. Z yelled. Seth sighed annoyed. "My plans are based on pure science. I don't dream about something childish like becoming the 'dinosaur king'." He hissed. The D-Team looked to Doctor Z. "He has a point there." Max said. I had to admit it, Seth was right in this case. Just in this case.
"And why don't we work together then?" Doctor Z asked.

"Your work is to steal from other scientists. When I would have told you about my plans, I would just and like Doctor Ancient." Seth said.
Dr. Z gulped nervously.
What was the meaning of this? I bit on my lip and watched the whole happening.

Doctor Z and Zander summoned Tank and Spiny. Dr. Z smirked. The dinosaurs came closer to Seth. But he was calm. "You don't think that I'm defenseless, do you?" Seth also summoned a dinosaur, the Saurophaganax.

What was going on? This was bad!
I saw how Seth held a Move card in his hand. It was a fire move card.
"Fire Scorcher!" Seth yelled. He scanned the card and the Saurophaganax used a very powerful move. It shot a ball made of fire to the other dinosaurs. They all disappeared in their cards. I couldn't believe it. This was the most powerful move I've ever seen.

"Guys! Get out of here!" I screamed to the others. Seth glanced to me, but turned to the Alpha-Gang again. He send his Saurophaganax to attack. I sneaked away from Seth and ran down the corridor.
I had to get out, but before I had to get something important! I ran into Seth's lab and walked to the table, where a lot of files and documents where. I looked for my crystal. Suddenly something fell out of the notes, which I just grabbed. Two cards. My Kentrosaurus card and a new move card. I put them into my pocket.

"Where is my crystal?" I mumbled and continued looking for the necklace. But there was nothing. Wait, I found something, not the crystal, but something important. The picture which showed me and the D-Team. I took and looked at it.

Then I heard a door closing and turned around. Seth just came into his lab. He walked over to me. "Are you looking for this?" He asked and showed me the purple crystal. I bit on my lip.
"What are you hiding behind your back?" He asked. I hesitated and looked to the ground. Seth grabbed my arm and pulled me closer. He saw that I had the picture in my hand. Seth took it and rid it into little pieces. I lowered my head.

"Don't get any ideas, Karin. You can't escape." He said and chuckled evilly. I looked at the pieces from my picture, it hurt much. It hurt so much to admit, that he was right.
But I had to get out. Right now.

I tried to run past him, but no chance. Seth grabbed my hair and pulled me back roughly. He put his right arm around my neck and the other arm around my waist. I struggled, but without success.
"Let...go of...me..."

Seth tightened his grip, I gasped for air. He held me in place with all his might. I struggled, I didn't stop. Then I saw a part of my necklace hanging out of his pocket.
I reached for it and pulled it out, and I also got free from his grip.

"Karin!"

I ran out of the lab. I didn't look behind me if Seth followed me. I just ran along the corridor. Then around the corner I stopped. The Saurophaganax surprised me, it came over to me. I stepped back.
I took the crystal and thought about the D-Lab. Nothing happened. I was in panic. The crystal didn't work. I tried it again, but still nothing happened. The crystal didn't teleport me.

"C'mon, please..." My crystal didn't work. The Saurophaganax came closer and roared. I pulled the Kentrosaurus card out. "Please, let it work, let it work..." I said and scanned the card. The Kentrosaurus appeared. Thank god. At least it didn't loose its ability to scan dinosaur cards.
"Spike Arrows!" I scanned the Move card with my crystal. The Kentrosaurus shot large needles to the Saurophaganax, it hit the dinosaur.

But no effect. Nothing happened to the Saurophaganax. I gulped.

"Karin, give up right now." Seth came over. I was trapped between the dinosaurs and Seth. "Why is the crystal not working!?" I shouted. Seth sighed. "Stop fighting and surrender now." He said, ignoring my question. A sweat drop rolled over my forehead.

Seth looked at me coldly. "Last chance, Karin." He said."Damn it! Answer me! Why is the crystal not working?" I shouted angrily. Seth smirked. "I created this new move card with your crystal." He said and pulled the fire move card 'Fire Scorcher' out. "The power is unbelievable great. But since I used your crystal for creating it, it stopped working. The energy inside of the crystal got lost." He explained.

"And to show you the strength of this move again..." He started and scanned the card with a Dino Holder. Since when did he have a Dino Holder? it looked like the Dino Holders from the D-Team. I gulped. The Saurophaganax developed a giant fire ball and shot it to the Kentrosaurus.
"No!" I screamed. The power of the attack was extreme. The Kentrosaurus disappeared in its card. The shock wave of the attack reached me and let me fly back. I fell and hit the ground with my head hardly.

"Karin, what happened?" I heard my dad scream.
"KARIN" Both my dad and my mum yelled. "Karin!"
Then, a bright light. The light from my crystal. And the rainbow tunnel.

Darkness...

...

My head hurt. I laid on the ground. I opened my eyes. My sight was still blurred.

"Well, you finally woke up." I heard Seth's cold voice. He chuckled evilly. He bent down to me and stroked my cheek slightly. I forced myself to sit. Seth smirked. I looked at him. I sensed something weird. I felt like I was in an airplane. Then it hit me. "You activated Zeta Point?" I asked.
He smirked and nodded. "Yes. And we are on our way to Japan." He said.

Seth really activated Zeta Point. I looked around and saw, that I was in the large lab. I stood up and looked through the window to the middle of the lab. There was a huge skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus. It was glowing in a bright light.
"What is this supposed to mean?" I asked. Seth chuckled and stepped behind me. He put his hands onto my shoulders. "What do you think? It's the time for realizing my own plans. I will control the evolution of the dinosaurs." He said.

I moved away from him and glared at Seth. "That's crazy! Where are the others?"

He chuckled. "Your little D-Team friends were able to escape, but the Alpha-Gang is still at Zeta Point. Their first attempt to stop me was quite funny. But I will get rid of them sooner or later." He said. I shivered.

"And Karin..."

I looked at him. Seth chuckled evilly. "Thanks to you, that the crystal works again. It gained new energy. What happened when you fell unconscious? What did you remember?" Seth asked me. I kept quiet. "Well?" Seth asked again.
I didn't want to say anything. Suddenly Seth grabbed my chin. "I suggest to answer me."

"I've heard the voices of my parents...and saw this rainbow colors again...'' I said. Seth tightened the hold of my chin. "That's all?" It almost hurt. I nodded. Seth sighed annoyed.

"Then I have no other choice..." he said and pulled out one of the tablets again. I stepped back.

Suddenly one of the walls to the lab broke down. The Alpha-Gang, Doctor Z and Rod appeared. They had Tank summoned and were ready to fight.
"Karin!" Rod screamed. "Seth, I hope you didn't do anything to her!"

"You traitor! You will pay for this!" Doctor Z yelled.

"Alpha-Slash! Go, Ampelosaurus!" Rod summoned a Ampelosaurus, the dinosaur which they caught in Russia.
But Seth summoned his Saurophaganax again. "Destroy everything that gets in your way, Saurophaganax." He said The Saurophaganax attacked the group. Ampelosaurus attacked with Aqua Vortex.

"Fire Scorcher!" Seth yelled. This attack beat the Alpha-Gang's dinosaurs. There was no chance to win against Seth. The Saurophaganax tried to attack the Alpha-Gang one more time.

Then suddenly a jet came and saved them. Helga was sitting in there.

"Thank god.'' I thought.

"Get in there, now!" Helga said. "But Helga, what if..." Doctor Z tried to argue, but Helga cut him off. "I will take care of this." She said.
Doctor Z, Rod and the Alpha-Gang went into the jet. "Karin, we will get you out of there. I promise!'' Rod screamed. I smiled, but the relieve disappeared when the Saurophaganax attacked once again.
"Get out of here!" I yelled.

The jet started and flew away through the large corridors. I was relieved. They were able to escape.

"Now, come here!" Helga took care of the Saurophaganax. I saw how Seth scanned the Fire Scorcher move again. Not good. "Helga, watch out!" I yelled. But the attack hit her.

"Helga! No!"

She just laid there. I knew, that she couldn't feel pain, because she was an Android. But I was worried about her. Some Droids came and took her with them. I was scared, that they would toss her out.

"Very well. Now about you, Karin..." Seth turned to me and chuckled evilly. I gulped.
He stepped closer and forced me to take this tablet. Immediately my body started to hurt. I groaned in pain and fell onto my knees. I couldn't move normally, but I was able to watch everything.

Seth continued with his experiment on the Tyrannosaurus skeleton.

...

Not much later, it changed, the skeleton became a real dinosaur. A black Tyrannosaurus, it was much taller than a normal Tyrannosaurus. It roared loudly and burned a whole into the lab wall. It got free and stepped onto the top of Zeta Point. I watched everything. Seth just tied my wrists behind my back, that I couldn't do anything. I was trapped. I had no other chance, I just could watch. I was powerless against Seth.

Seth chuckled evilly. It turned into a sinister and evil laugh. "I've done it! I created my Black T-Rex!" He laughed.

I shivered. I was in big trouble now. Zeta Point was on the way to Japan.

It was bad. Seth had Zeta Point under control. He created an ultimate dinosaur, the Black T-Rex. He got rid of the Alpha-Gang and had the full power. And on top of that, I was stuck with him.

"What now..." I said and watched Seth. He was crazy, the feeling of full control took over him.

Could it get any worse now?

(Sighing) Sorry, I hoped that I could update this chapter sooner, but...well...now it's up :D
I hope you like it. This chapter is the crossing to the episodes 'Full Scheme Ahead' and 'Tricks of the Traitor'.
Thanks for reading :D

Disclaimer: I don't own Dinosaur King! It belongs to SEGA !