Eight and a half months had passed by since Tommy and Kimberly left to go on their internship. For the time being, they lived in an apartment like dorm with just a bedroom, a bathroom and a small kitchen. Before they had left to go on the internship they had built some dino morphers and the dino gems would be the energy source. However, the gems would have to choose someone to bond with. They left the morphers and dino gems in a safe in their basement, which they decided to use a lab. Only Tommy's brother knew the locations of the gems and was keeping an eye on their home.
In the meantime, Tommy neatly folded up a pair of khaki pants, a black tee shirt, and a tan shirt and placed them in a cubby hole in the back of the room. Finally, after a long month of waiting, he finally had the whole weekend off with Kimberly. Normally, they were in the lab until noon on Saturdays and they were off on Sunday. But, once a month they got a whole weekend off from the lab. Sundays and getting a Saturday off monthly was something Tommy looked forward to. Even though he had Kimberly with him every day, they didn't get to spend much time together. Mostly, their day consisted of getting up at 6:00 AM and starting getting ready to go to the lab and they had to be in there by 7:50 each morning. They got a one-hour lunch break at noon every day and then they'd be back in the lab until 5:00. Usually, they returned to their living quarters at 6:00, because they had to help put away their lab equipment. By the time they were back in their living quarters they were both tired and normally heated up TV dinners in the microwave and then after supper, they would spend an hour watching TV before going to bed.
Even though Tommy had Kimberly with him, he was starting to get home sick. He missed getting to spend holidays and birthdays with his parents and friends. When his friends and parents had a birthday coming up, it cut him deeply. He wasn't allowed to send them a card or even buy them a present. In ways he felt like he was in quarantine due to being stuck on an island and not being able to have any contact with anyone. He wasn't' sick, just working on projects. What was so secretive about studying dinosaur's DNA and combining it with technology? It wasn't like he was going to go out and tell anyone what they were doing. Maybe someone one had broken a rule or did something to make Anton Mercer put all those strict limitations. It wouldn't surprise him if it was Terrance Smith.
Ever since they arrived on the island, Terrance Smith had been acting cold towards him. On the first day of the internship, Terrance got nasty with him simply because he addresses him by his name. However, Terrance told him in a nasty voice "I go by Smitty now! That is how I want to be addressed. Understood?" Anytime Tommy would pass Smitty in the hall, he would tell him "I have my eye on you. You'll get you pay back one of these days."
"Tommy, what are you thinking about?" Kimberly asked as she placed a pair of indigo jeans, a light pink tee shirt, and a cotton candy pink button in her cubby hole. "You've been quiet ever since we've returned from the lab."
"I've just been thinking about the internship," Tommy admitted as he put on a pair of green pants. "It seems like it's been forever."
"I know what you mean," Kimberly agreed as she changed into a pink nightgown. "I felt the same way when I in Florida training for the pan global games."
"Were you home sick?" Tommy asked when they climbed into bed.
"I was," Kimberly admitted. "I missed you most of all."
"I know exactly what you mean," Tommy agreed when Kimberly snuggled into his side. "I missed you too. Having you with me has made this internship has made things so much easier. Especially since I can't have any contact with my family."
"I miss your mom and dad too," Kimberly replied letting out a yawn.
Smitty waited in his room until the clock struck midnight. By midnight everyone would be in bed fast asleep and too tired to be working in the lab. Normally, he would have been really sleepy too. But, he faked that he was sick and he got the afternoon off. That gave him plenty of time to sleep. After all, he didn't sleep well the night before anyway due to staying up until 2:30 AM planning what he was going to do in the lab tonight. Currently some of Tommy's projects were raptor riders and bio zords. However, Tommy, Kimberly, Anton, and Smitty were working on tryannodrones. The tyrannodrones were to be used to help dig up fossils and were programmed to locate anything prehistoric. But, after Smitty was done with them, they would be reprogramed. Once he reprogrammed them, they would turn on Tommy and have a mind of their own and become more monster like. He had a special potion that he was going to pour on them to make them turn into scary life like scaly creatures.
He left his room and went into the dark deserted halls. On the way into the lab, he stopped off at Tommy's dorm room. The door was locked, but that wasn't a problem because he had a lock picking kit that could open any lock. Smitty fooled with the lock for a few minutes and he heard a click. He opened the door and he felt sick to his stomach. Kimberly was cuddling with Tommy.
"Gross," Smitty thought as he walked closer towards their bed. "I don't understand why she loves you."
A smile was on a sleeping Tommy's face as he had his arm around Kimberly. Kimberly's head was resting on Tommy's bare chest and her arm was around his waist.
"You could be using a pillow instead of his disgusting chest," Smitty muttered. "Well, things will be different tomorrow. Much different."
He walked out of their room and headed to the lab.
The flowers were in a tight bud only a few days previously, had started to open up. All of them were already starting to shower a darker and brighter shade of pink. The cold and harsh winter should still be present but the long-awaited spring had pushed it back to moderate the temperatures, and a gentle breeze, people don't notice unless they stop what they are doing and pay close attention to their surroundings. Tommy stretched out his fingers to touch the smooth and silky like petals. The petals were cooler and smoother than he thought. Tommy was excited to see the beauty of the inside; but, he knew that nature had its very own timing and the flower wasn't ready. Hopefully, the next few days would be warm and the flowers would bloom. It would be worth the wait because he could pick a few of the flowers for Kimberly.
The flower that had been a tight bud only days ago had begun to open, already had a deeper blush of pink. The winter should still be in force but already spring had pushed it back to moderate temperatures and the kind of gentle breeze you don't notice unless you stop and be present in the moment. Ruth stretched out her fingers to touch the silky pink petals, they were cooler than she'd expected, smoother too. She tried to will it to open faster, to see the beauty she knew was inside. But nature has its way, its timing, and she wasn't ready yet. A few more days of warmth and it would bloom, she just had to wait.
"Tommy, I'm going back to our room to get my tote bag," Kimberly informed. "Do you need anything?"
"I left my sun glasses in the room," Tommy realized. "I'll go with you to get them."
The hallway was normally packed with scientists going in and out of labs throughout the day. And not to mention that that the floors were always swept. But, there was something different. The floors were suddenly stained with black spots. Even the walls had dents and holes in them, creating a window for anyone to see what was in each lab.
"Something isn't right," Tommy whispered.
"Do you think someone could be in the lab?" Kimberly questioned just as she started to squeeze his hand. "Maybe we should go find Anton?"
"Going somewhere?" Asked a cold voice.
"Who are you?" Tommy asked as they turned around and saw a humanlike dinosaur dressed in a black coat. "And how did you get here?"
"I am Mesogog," answered the creature. "I am out to destroy you, Tommy Oliver. And your wife too."
Scary black scaly creatures came walking behind Mesogog. "What have you done to the trannyodrones!" Kimberly cried. She stared at the creatures that once look like tyrannosaurs robots about the size off a human. "They didn't look like this before."
"They transformed into a better-looking fighting machine-"
"-they aren't meant to fight!" Tommy interrupted as he started to breath heavily. "They were supposed to be used research."
"Who cares," remarked Mesogog with an evil grin on his face. "They've been reprogramed to be used for evil purposes."
"Tommy, I think we better go," Kimberly whispered.
"You aren't going anywhere!" Mesogog shouted as he punched a glass window. Instead was a red button and he pressed it. "I will see to that."
"Warning, an explosion will occur in twenty minutes."
Tommy and Kimberly broke out in a run and started to run down the hall and they turned a corner.
"Stop them!" shouted Mesogog as they ran down a flight of stairs. "Bring me the gems I know you have them."
"We don't even know what you are talking about!" Tommy shouted.
"Liar," Mesogog shouted stomping his foot when Tommy and Kimberly reached the bottom of the stair case. "I know you have them. Trannyodrones, I order you to stop Tommy Oliver and his wife from escaping."
Black plumes of smoke rose above the island and the sharp sawgrass blades burned in the ragged lines towards the trees. Anyone in a plane or riding a boat was bound to see the smoke blowing into the skies.
As they were running through the forest, Tommy and Kimberly could still hear the screams of all of the people left in the lab echoing in their brains. It was the type of scream that would give anyone goosebumps and make your blood run cold. It pierced their brains and ignited a long and dangerous pathway ahead of them. Running for their lives while trying to fight off tryannodrones.
"Tommy, how much further?" Kimberly panted when she wiped sweat off her face.
"We have to keep going," Tommy urged.
"Where are we going to go?" Kimberly asked when they reached a cliff.
Tommy looked around and saw there nowhere else to go as flames were closer and closer to them.
"Kim, I'm afraid we're going to have to jump," Tommy warned as he glanced down at the sea.
"Are you serious!" Kimberly cried.
"What other choice do we have?" Tommy sighed.
After a few short seconds Tommy and Kimberly swam up to surface; they blinked several times to get the splashes of the water out of their eyes and they squinted upwards at the island. Anyone who wasn't on the island, would probably just assume that lighting struck a tree or something ordinary happened. But, Tommy and Kimberly knew better as they grabbed on to a plank floating in the water. Only the sad thing was that no one would believe them that human like dinosaur was responsible. They could see thick clouds of grey smoke blowing into the sky. The once beautiful blue sky was now hidden behind a shielded veil of darkness as smoke swallowed up the whole sky. Fierce fire could be seen sneaking their way out of the rows of trees.
Suddenly there was a huge explosion. It was though an angry fist of bright red orange flames had to decide to punch its way out into the open. Thousands of pieces of tree bark, glass, steel, and metal showered down. Tommy and Kimberly watched in horror as the island started to sink into the sea below them. No one else had gotten off the island. It was just them. They covered their faces as smoke and ashes continued to rain down into their hair.
"Kim, I think we're the only ones who escaped," Tommy said as he uncovered his face.
"I guess you are right," Kimberly sighed. "What are we going to do now?"
Tommy looked around and saw a small island nearby. "Kim, we'll swim to that island," Tommy quickly answered as he pointed to a small speak of land.
Author's note:
I had a huge case of writer's block and I've been working on this chapter off and on during the last few weeks. But, I am glad I am finally able to post this new chapter.
Will Tommy and Kimberly be found? What will be on the island? Find out in the chapter!
