Chapter 25- The hunt

(Play Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Let it Out)

Let it all out, let it all out

You don't have to act like everything's okay

(The sun shines brightly with the seagulls passing by. Five orbs of elements swirl before they shined softly and the title, "Fossil Fighters- Paleo Legacy" is seen before it turns to another scene.)

Pour it all out, pour it all out

'Cause I'm here for you

And you should know that I'm here to stay

(Tyrant is seen at the edge of the cliffs of Vivosaur Island, watching the ocean waves and the wind blowing around him, a soft saddened look on his face before looking at the medals of his dinos as they shined in his hands and he smiled softly.)

Know that you aren't the only

Person here who feels lonely

And that I really fully can understand

All of the things that you've been going through

(Rosie was seen with her arms behind her back as she watches the sun rise before she smiles. Holt looks at the cliff to see Ty as he smiles a bit with a clenched fist.)

Don't you ever give up on life

'Cause that's just not the right thing to do

(Ty walks through Knotwood forest as he recalls his past memories, before seeing memories of everyone he met on the island, smiling and looking up with his eyes shining bright, covering the screen.)

Just stay with me

And soon you'll see

If you would just live for today

(Twilight spins as she waves to the screen with a bright smile as her and Ty's parents were seen next with smiles.)

Forget the past

Make today last

That you'd surely be okay

(Ty was seen running through with the memories of his rich past before passing into the light of his bright future.)

Don't ever forget the bond we share

For no matter what I'll always be here

Next to you

And I know it's hard but you'll get through

(The scene was changed with Ty and Holt at the Fossil Arena smirking at each other as they tossed their medals out as their chosen vivosaurs were summoned and charged into a fierce battle of the century as they enjoyed their battle with bright energy.)

I'm here to stay

And here to say

That I promise I won't leave

(Peggy and Zoe ran to Ty and hugged him on each of his sides as the three laughed.)

Won't disappear

I'll always be here

And you'd better believe

(Dr. Diggins with his stego and Wendy were seen with smiles while the dino licked the scientist to the ground as Wendy laughed.)

Things aren't easy as they say

But just hang on in

And I'm sure that you'll be okay

(A young lady in a cloak was seen as she turned to the screen with yellow eyes glowing, as walked ahead and vanished in the darkness.)

Try your best because I know

You have strength within

(Ty was seen at the edge of the island with his vivosaurs in their anthro forms, snuggling against the fighter as he smiled at the setting sun and the five glowing orbs shined softly before the screen went black.)

The world spun around as Tyrant and Rosie appeared on the teleporter platform in the Fossil Center basement. The boy groaned before falling on his hands and knees and puked over the platform's side. "Fucking hell...my stomach…" The boy grumbled.

Rosie felt dizzy as she sat against his back and held her head. "Ty...make the world stop spinning." She moaned queasily.

"I would if I knew how." He answered. The couple remained still before their stomachs began to settle. He took a swig of water from his canteen to wash his mouth out and chewed on a stick of gum. They exited the building and made their way back to the docks before requesting a boat to Knotwood forest.

After boarding Travers' boat and waited to arrive, Ty pondered with his fiance. "Alright...so we know that the dinaurians are on our tail…" He began pacing a bit. "We need to find that idol shard and get out of the dig site immediately…"

Rosie gave a small nod. "Though they won't stop chasing us and likely, they'll be chasing Holt and Twilight."

"I know, and that makes this mission even more dangerous…" The boy nodded. "But, Twilight has Igno with her in case they're in a very tight spot, and I have….have…" He was digging in his pocket before he blinked and started panicking. "Oh no...nononono!"

"Honey, what's wrong?" The pinkette asked as she stood at his side.

"Frigi...she's gone!" He answered. "Aw man, aw man, aw man…"

"I'm sure she's fine, sweetie." His wife-to-be assured as she stroked his cheek. "Frigi is a fighter, and there's no way she'll ever listen to anyone, other than you."

Tyrant gave her a frown. "I know she can take care of herself, but I can't help and worry about her."

"Have faith." She cooed, kissing his lips. "How about after we obtain the parts, we'll ask your parents if they saw her."

The boy smiled. "How is it you always know how to calm me down?"

The pinkette giggled. "Cause I'm your fiance, handsome.~" Half an hour passed before Travers finally pulled into the dock at Knotwood Forest.

"Remember, we find the shard and leave. We stop for no fossils and no fossil battles." Tyrant reminded. Rosie nodded as Ty pulled out his radar. The pair jogged along until a red dot appeared on the screen. Using his tool box, the machine created a pickaxe and started digging.

While they waited, Rosie noticed someone approaching slowly. "Ty, someone's coming." She whispered. The boy glanced up for a second. Judging from the glare on said persons face, it was going to be a dinarian.

"Come on, come on…" The boy breathed before the pickaxe hit something hard. He quickly shoveled the dust with his hands and saw the shard. "Got it!" He grabbed the shard quickly and placed it in his pocket.

"I'll be taking that shard human, along with you." The enemy spoke.

Ty turned to the disguised alien and glared. "Crap….Come on think…" He knew if he gave up the shard, it will endanger the planet. Using his mind, he finally got a plan. He dug in his pocket before holding up an object covered in cloth. "This what you want, pal?" The alien glared at the object.

"Bring it over and nothing bad will happen to you or your mate." He demanded.

Ty breathed as he slowly approached. "You think this will help you and your race find salvation?" The dinaurian slowly reached out for it. "Well guess what...it WON'T!" Turning sharply, he flung the clothed shard deep into the woods.

"NO!" The alien cried as he made a mad dash for the shard. Taking this chance, Ty grabbed Rosie and made a break to the docks and jumped on the boat.

"Hit it, Travers!" Ty called. The man punched it and drove through the ocean waters. Finally safe, Ty sighed as he leaned back on the rails. "We made it…"

"After this is done, we're taking a relaxing vacation for our honeymoon." Rosie sighed as she leaned on Tyrant's shoulder. "But Ty, you realized you gave up the shard right?" The boy only grinned with a chuckle before digging in his pocket and showed her the shard. Her eyes widened. "But...I saw you throw it in the woods."

"You saw me throw something in the woods." Ty laughed. "That was just a spare fossil rock I had."

Rosie blinked with a smirk. "You sneaky.~"

"What? Think that was impressive, babe?~" He chuckled before leaning against her and made her press against the wall of the ship. "Cause I'm full of surprises.~" The girl giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Oh I know you are. Care if I have a small taste?~" She purred.

Ty grinned before latching his mouth to hers and gripped at her round ass. The pair made out as they enjoyed the small break they had. Travers got them to their next destination to the bay as they pulled back. "I definitely needed that recharge." He chuckled and nipped Rosie's neck.

"We can do more later.~" She winked as she started pulling up her shirt.

Ty's cheeks flushed. "R-Rosie! What're you doing?"

"What? We don't have the standard wetsuits, so I wore a bikini." Rosie giggled as her shirt dropped on the deck with her skirt. It was a two piece suit that held her assets a bit tightly. The color was white with pink daisies.

"Holy…" The boy breathed while his eyes were drinking her beautiful and sexy form and look. The girl grinned as she spun slowly. "You know Rosie, if we were not in a situation that endangers the world, I would take you below deck and screw you to the core."

"Keep that in mind for later then.~" She licked her lips before swan diving overboard.

Ty breathed in awe with a smile. "What a woman…" He quickly got off his shirt and pants, now only in his boxers as he jumped in after his fiance.

Once they were in the water, it was only a matter of minutes until their favorite shark approached. They dove under as she provided their air bubbles. "Nice to see you two again." The shark smiled.

"Hey, Ruby." Ty smiled and stroked her head. "Sorry for not visiting, a lot has happened. I wish we were here for a visit, but we have little time. We need to look for a shard similar to this." He pulled out the shard from the forest. "You know anything like this?"

The red shark swam around them as she eyed the relic Ty held. Her eyes narrowed while she sniffed. "Actually...yes." The humans smiled in relief. "One of my daughters was maintaining her burrow when a strange rock appeared by her nest."

"That's the shard." The boy spoke. "Ruby, we need that shard. This is very important. These aliens called dinaurians are looking for it. If they find all the shard, they'll fix it into an idol, and it will give them the power to destroy most life on the planet and rebuild their race. They might even destroy your race as well."

The shark growled. "I knew I didn't like those scaly skinned people that have been patrolling the waters."

Ty groaned. "Then they're already here."

Ruby turned her back. "Come, we must go to my hidden sanctuary." Both humans gripped her fins as she descended into the depths. They soon reached the shark's home as her daughters were on high alert. Above them were three boats strange looking boats.

"Those aren't ours." Rosie breathed.

"They found our home before you came." Ruby answered. "However, they're being cautious. They know full well not to attack us since we're so aggressive."

"Is there anything we can do to help protect you?" Ty asked.

Ruby shook her head. "We can handle this from here. Do not worry, if they do invade our home, we'll just go deeper in the water till they leave. We don't need air like they do."

Ty nodded and rubbed her side. "Just don't do anything might get your hurt. Wouldn't want to lose a close friend."

"Aww, you're so sweet.~" Ruby purred and licked his cheek. "When this is all over, come back here. My daughters and I wish to give you a great celebration.~" The boy flushed as they set down on the see bottom. "Sweetheart!" A denture with yellow scales approached. "Do you still have the shard you found in your nest?"

"Yes, mother." She replied and opened her mouth, showing the piece. Ty breathed in relief as he began to swim closer to the new shark. He reached out to take it, but she slammed her jaws shut, making him yelp and jump back. "Hahaha! Sorry sorry! I couldn't help, but pull a prank on you."

The fighter breathed with his arms crossed. "Must you be fiesty?"

"Sorry." She spoke before she stuck her tongue out with the shard at the tip. Ty smiled and retrieved his prize. The yellow fish swam closer before circling him while brushing her body against him.

"Now you're trying to be friendly?" Ty chucked as his hand rubbed along her body.

"I can be very friendly, handsome.~" She gave a purr and brushed her tail at his boxers. Ty gulped with a flush and shuddered.

"Sweetheart." Ruby spoke as she nudged her daughter away. "You can play with him later. He needs to leave." The yellow denture shark pouted before swimming away.

"I'll come back and visit when I have the chance!" Ty called out to her. When the female was out of sight he turned back to Rosie. "We should go back. Holt and Twi probably got their shards now."

"Agreed." Rosie nodded as the two started swimming away. "Bye, Ruby!" The red shark clicked her teeth in farewell before swimming off to her home.

Meanwhile, Holt and Twilight arrived at Mt. Lavaflow, having to escape their encounter with the dinaurians at the caverns. The couple made the way through the winding slopes as Twi followed Scorpio's radar.

"How close are we?" Holt asked her.

"We're getting close. Scorpio knows there's a shard at the previous rivers where the lava flowed." Twilight answered.

"Haven't been back to this place since we tracked down Igno." The blonde breathed. "Those bandits roughed me up good."

"But it was nothing you couldn't handle." The girl smiled at him. "You saved me and gave us a chance to stop Bullwort."

The blonde chuckled and held her waist. "That I did, and you know I'd take a bullet for you, Twi. You mean so much to me." Twi giggled and pecked his lips. Scorpio beeped as they saw a red dot on the radar not to far from them. "There it is!" They ran to the source with their pickaxes at the ready and started digging. Dirt and chunks of rock went flying till a metal clang was heard. The two dug through the ashes and found the final shard.

"Bingo!" Holt grinned and snatched it. "We hit the jackpot!"

"And thank you for finding it." A voice spoke as they turned and saw a human with a white medal. "Hand over the shard, humans."

Twi glared. "How about no."

"You should be careful what you ask for." He spat with a scowl. He started approaching before Holt held the shard up near a lava pool.

"One more step and this shard becomes melted metal." He warned. The alien scoffed before tossing his medal into the pool behind Holt. "..why did you-?" The lava splashed before dinomaton rose from the lava and screeched.

"Cosmonite is a hard alloy that can withstand extreme heat, even from lava. Our dinomatons have a cosmonite shell around their body." The alien explained.

"So you tried to use my brother for livestock to make pets?" Twi glared. "Don't you think you should've used it for something more useful? Say a stationary base of operations somewhere else in the galaxy?"

"It makes no matter once he's ours again. Along with all the cosmonite this planet has." The dinaurian glared. "Now, hand over the shard, or else I'll kill you and take your mate, human male."

Holt glared as he was reaching for his medal to fight, but then saw a familiar scorpion crawling on the dinaurians shoulder. Holt blinked before he grinned. "Uh huh, maybe she might have an answer for you." He pointed to the scorpion.

The dinarian arched a brow and glanced at his shoulder. On his shoulder rested Crystal, Ty's pet gem tail scorpion. "Gah! Disgusting!" He spat and smacked the gem covered scorpion off him. Crystal went flying away as he shook his hand in pain. "Damnit! Wretched insect stung me." He spat again.

Holt and Twilight blinked before Twilight sighed. "It was nice knowing you."

"What are you talking abo-GAH!" The dinaurian coughed up blood and kneeled as he struggled to breath. "What...did that...bug do…?!"

The pair shook their heads sadly as they stood over him. "It's poison is coursing through your blood. Sadly...there's no cure. We tried to warn you." Holt sighed. The alien shuddered violently as his flesh began to shrivel, his scales darken and began to drop off his body. His arm rose for help until his remaining flesh turned to dust and fell off his bones.

"Poor bastard." Holt sighed. "While he was evil, he never deserved that kind of painful death…" The pair glanced behind them and saw the dinomaton standing motionless.

Twilight pondered on what to do with this machine before she gasped with a grin. "Scorpio, can you rewrite its commands and main system?"

"At once." The robot scorpion replied before crawling off Twi and approaching the robo dino. Crawling up its leg, he made his way into the mainframe under the metal skin. The humans waited as several sparks popped with smoke billowing out of the robot's chest. It's body twitched violent with beeps and whirs before it suddenly stopped. Scorpio crawled out of the chest compartment and back onto Twi's wrist. "All Systems are rebooted. Dinomaton systems online, under the command of Twilight Paleo, ready at your word."

The blonde girl squealed excitedly. "Ok big guy, come to momma." She spoke with open arms. The robot's head snapped towards her with its glowing eyes locked. It stepped out of the lava and approached her. Once within a few yards, the machine lowered its head and nuzzled its jaw to her cheek. Twi laughed before hugging the vivo bots face. "Awww, you're such a big softie!"

Holt chuckled as he walked up and rubbed its nose. "Ty is gonna be so jealous now that you have one of these."

"He has his toolbox and that dragon form." The blonde giggled. "But now I have this big boy." She kissed the nose of the bot. "Who's my big boy?~" The robot steamed before nuzzling closer. She gave a giggle and pulled back. "Now we need to head back to the island." Her new vivosaur flashed with white light and returned into its medal which fell into her hand.

Ty and Rosie were the first to return back to the secret room in the Richmond building. Richmond, and Duna were looking through the computers before hearing the door open and saw the other couple walk in. "You both returned." Duna spoke in relief with a small smile.

Ty nodded. "We got our shards. Luckily we didn't have to bother with fighting them." He placed the relics down before slipping an arm around Rosie's waist.

"Yes, we've been getting readings of the dinaurians exploring the island." Richmond nodded. "No doubt they're attempting to find the shards as we speak."

"Not if we got the last two first." Called out a familiar female voice.

Ty turned and saw Twi and Holt enter. "Twi." He approached and hugged her. "Thank goodness you're okay."

The sister giggled as she pulled back. "I'm not a damsel in distress, brother. Plus we had a little help from your pet."

"What?" Ty blinked. Crystal was firmly attached to her arm while she was trying to bite the shard she had. "Crystal." The boy chuckled and cupped her in his palms. "Did you save my sister and best friend?" She chirped and tossed him the shard in frustration. "I think you deserve a little something." His toolbox opened before the claw dug in his power source and took out a small pebble sized chunk of cosmonite. "Here you go girl. You deserve it." The scorpion quickly snatched the fragment and devoured it.

"We even got to see her venom in action." Holt mentioned with shudder. "Freaking terrifying...poor dinarian mummified in front of us before turning to dust."

Duna blinked as she stood. "You mean that scorpion killed one of my people in a matter of seconds?"

Holt nodded. "Their poison is highly toxic. It's been estimated that a single drop of their venom could kill twenty Tyrannosaurus at once." The female dinaurian breathed in shock that a small creature could make such devastating power. When Crystal finished her food and saw Duna, she gave a hiss and clicked her claws with her tail poised to strike. Seeing Duna as the same kind of creature that harmed her put the critter on edge.

Ty panicked and stroked her back. "Nonono, it's ok, girl. Duna is a friend. She means no harm." The scorpion slowly calmed down, but still stood ready in case the dinarian was a threat.

Duna was pale. "That thing killed my fellow dinarian...and you've tamed it?"

"She's not dangerous when you gain her trust." Ty assured. "Besides, I can't help it. She is gorgeous since she is covered in all these jewels. Right, girl?" He smiled and stroked under her chin. The scorpion chirped as her crystals gave off a faint glow.

The sight made Duna gasp. "Wait a second...that's cosmonite on her back. I'd recognize that glow anywhere."

Ty and the others blinked before he chuckled and pulled her close to his face. "Well well, no wonder you love cosmonite, Crystal. I didn't know you were made of the same metal you eat. You're full of surprises aren't you?"

"It's actually pretty amazing." Duna spoke as she stepped closer. "I've heard stories from our scientists that creatures exposed to the raw ore sometimes mutate and then seek it out. They're attracted to same energy that radiates from them. That might explain why she hasn't stung you." Sensing her approaching now closer, Crystal turned and hissed slightly. The female dinaurian stopped in her tracks. She was wary about being stung, but since she eats the raw ore, she knew how to gain the scorpion's trust. Opening a small bag, Duna pulled out a small fragment of cosmonite and hold it out to Crystal. The creature slowly crept closer before snatching the rock and consumed it.

"You carry some bits of cosmonite?" Ty asked.

"Only for emergencies if they're needed." Duna replied as Crystal finished her offering. "Just hope that was enough for her to calm down." The scorpion chirped before leaping from Ty's hand onto Duna's arm. The girl froze as her blood turned to ice. "By the gods, by the gods by the gods, it's on me." She squeaked. Crystal gave a hiss before climbing to the top of Duna's head. She turned a few times before laying down and nuzzling into her pink hair.

Ty chuckled. "Aw don't worry now, Duna. If she's getting all cozy on your head, it's a sign she likes you now."

"Now that that's out of the way, check out my souvenir." Twi grinned as she pulled out a silver rimmed medal.

Seeing the medal, Duna gasped. "A dinomaton medal? But...but how?"

"You can say a certain gift my brother gave me help." Twi giggled while stroking Scorpio on her wrist.

"That...and the dinaurian Crystal killed had left it…" Holt added with a dip to his head.

Duna gave a sad sigh. "I knew my people would do anything to accomplish their goal for project mother planet...I just wish his death hadn't been that painful." Crystal on her head heard her saddened tone before crawling down on her shoulder and nuzzled against her cheek. She didn't expect this kind of response form the scorpion, but her hand slowly reached up and gently stroked down her back.

"I wish I could make up the loss of your people." Ty spoke. "Anything I can do, feel free to name it."

Her cheeks bloomed red. She felt warmed he cared so much for her and her people, even despite all they did to him. "...no words can describe how grateful I am to you, Ty…" She leaned in and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Thank you…" The boy flushed by how close she was. At this distance he could make out every sparkle in her amber colored eyes.

"O...of course…" He breathed as his arms wrapped around her. "I...I care about you Duna...I want to help you anyway I can." Duna's cheeks darkened before she quickly pecked Tyrant's lips and pulled away from his embrace. Rosie was a bit ticked off, a bit by her since she was the one who kidnapped Ty and ruined her wedding day.

"Would you mind not doing that?" Rosie growled with crossed arms.

Duna sensed her anger and quickly backed up from her soon to be husband as Ty sighed. "Rosie, please don't be harsh on Duna."

The pinkette tapped her foot. "If I was harsh on her I'd have tackled her to the ground in fury. I'm just expressing my irritation from her ruining our wedding. Do you have any idea how worried sick I was about you, not to mention the ceremony never took place." The explanation of the situation made Duna understand why she was so angry at her. The very night she took Ty was when their wedding was supposed to occur the following morning, and she ruined it. Her hair shadowed her eyes while turning away. "So excuse me if I don't appreciate her kissing you. I may be fine with you kissing the others, but she doesn't have my permission."

To the side Mr. Richmond scratched his head. "Does that have something to do with why your folks were a bit hostile before?"

Ty and Twilight flinched a bit. "Eh...it's a long story. I'll explain later." Ty spoke before turning back to Rosie. "But really, you're being a bit harsh on Duna, Rosie."

"No…" Duna finally spoke as it got their attention. "...I ruined a special day for you both, and I'm ashamed of my actions. Because of it, you were used as a surgical playground, tormented and now you have to fight to keep yourself safe and protect your planet. I'm not proud of my actions, and Rosie has every right to be angry with me...even not trust me…" A lone tear fell from her cheek. "...excuse me for a moment." She passed the group quickly and exited the laboratory when the door closed behind her.

With Duna gone, Rosie sighed. "Annnd now I'm the bad guy." She shook her head and turned around. "I'll be right back." She left the lab before going up the main floor and started searching for Duna. She walked along the halls before spotting the dinaurian sitting on a long couch chair while looking out the window. The pinkette human breathed before taking a seat next to Duna. "...um…"

"I know what you're gonna say." Duna spoke in a soft tone. "You don't need to apologize to me. I don't deserve it."

Rosie rolled her eyes to herself and sighed. "Ty was right though, I shouldn't have acted that way. It's just...you took him away and...I thought I lost him."

"...And I don't blame you if you're mad about that…" Duna said as she hugged her knees. "I did many terrible things when we came here. First we hired the BB bandits and made Bullwort harm you and Ty, next I tried to kill him at Mt. Lavaflow, and then I took him away. I thought I was doing something good for my people….but I see now I was only hurting Ty. And for what, a very small step to wiping you all out so my people can take your planet for our own...I didn't want this for any of you, and not for my people...what we are doing is cruel and heartless….we're monsters." Tears flowed down her cheeks before burying her face in her knees.

Rosie frowned while she stared at her lap. She wanted to say something to distract Duna, but couldn't think of anything. However, one thing did pop into her head. "Hey Duna, you have your own family right? I'm guessing you probably have a mate."

Duna shook her head. "No, I don't...but my father, he wants me to marry Raptin, for the good of our people...but...I don't love him. I only see him as a partner and friend. With how he's been acting...he's not the same dinaurian I knew…"

Rosie blinked a few times. "Wait back up, what do you mean your father wants you to marry that jerk?"

The female nodded. "He wants to have a generation of strong children to become the next heir of the dinaurians. We are a dying race, Rosie. Only the handful on the mothership remain. And...I'm the one of the only females left…"

"So in other words, he's trying to force you into this?" Rosie spoke. She got her response when the dinaurian nodded slowly. "You know, Ty also had a problem like yours." The eyes of Duna looked slightly at her. "A girl named June wanted to marry him since he was rich like her. His parents had even agreed to it because it would join their own wealth and family name to her family which were also of the same social status. She chased him for so many years and tried to pamper him like a spoiled rich kid. But, he didn't want that. He kept denying her and she kept doing anything to get him to marry her, even tried blackmail."

Duna stared at the pinkette. "Yet he's going to marry you? How? Why?"

"Unlike June, I too hated being rich. I was pampered and spoiled by many guys. They gave me gifts and such, hoping I would date them, or at any rate get lucky and bed me. But I didn't. I hated my life. Ty and I relate to it. We faced our problems together. We grew a bond, and that changed to love." Rosie spoke with a small smile.

"You really love him a lot, don't you?" Duna asked.

"More than you know." She sighed happily. "I would give up my whole rich life to be with him forever."

The dinaurian girl gave a small smile. "He is pretty sweet, I think he would make a great mate."

Rosie faced her before smiling. "He will...but I have no problem sharing him either."

Duna blinked. "You...don't?"

She shook her head. "Nah. I think it's fun to explore our sexuality. Besides, he has all his vivosaurs as mates and a few to a dozen girls in the harem." Duna remained quiet while she thought to herself and her blush grew. "Duna….do you love Ty?"

The girl remained quiet. "I...I'm not sure. I mean there are times when I can feel my pulse race when he's near. Then I was touched that he seemed to care about me…"

"It's love, Duna." The pinkette smiled. "You care for him a lot, as I do. He'd do anything to keep those close to his heart safe and I know the fact he loves you too."

"You think he does?" Duna flushed.

A giggle escaped Rosie's throat. "From the first time we met on the ship at bottomsup bay. He grew attached to your feminine beauty. He would talk about you at times and say you were like a princess, which you kinda look like in your human form."

Duna gave a sheepish giggle. "That is probably because I technically am one."

"There you go." Rosie laughed a bit. Duna giggled as well. They soon calmed before Rosie smiled at her and opened her arms. "Come here, Duna. I think you need a hug." The alien girl hesitated briefly before scooting closer and wrapped her arms around Rosie's back. Rosie embraced her neck. "I know you've been through a lot, and I don't blame you. I'm not mad anymore about what you did. I forgive you." Duna sighed in relief. "I might actually let you kiss him again.~" The girl flushed by her voice and choice of words.

"Uh...you...really mean that?" She asked softly.

Rosie pulled back with a giggle. "I already share his body with more than five other girls plus his vivosaurs. One more girl won't change anything. Besides, maybe the rest of us can have fun with you if you end up joining in."

The cheeks of the alien burned red. "You...would mate with me? Even though we're...the same gender?"

Rosie's eyes widened slightly before she released a loud snorting laugh. "You have much to learn about humans." Duna giggled slightly in embarrassment. "But...I won't deny you are sexy.~" She winked.

Duna gave a slight shiver before she stood up. "I'll...keep that in mind. I think we should return to the others now." Rosie nodded as they walked together back to the lab. Rosie gazed at Duna with a smile before gently gripping her hand. Duna blushed and turned to face her. "Something else?" She asked.

"...I'm happy we're friends, Duna." The pinkette giggled. Duna returned the smile as the lab doors opened.

Ty turned to face them. "Glad you're both back." His eyes darted back and forth between the two in confusion. "Err...Rosie, what's with the giddy smile?" His fiance giggled before Duna approached him.

"Ty...can I ask you something?" She asked.

The boy nodded. "Of course, Duna."

Her cheeks burned red. "Rosie told me a bit of what you think of me and...I want to know...do you...love me?"

Tys face flushed as he turned to Rosie. "Oy, you told her?" The pinkette giggled. Tyrant breathed deeply before facing Duna again. "To be honest, yes."

Duna's heart fluttered a bit. "I see…" She approached closer to him. "And...I want to be honest too….you did so much for me. You saved my life, you taught me about family and care before I kidnapped you, and you forgave me…." Her cheeks were now dark red. "And…" She looked down and quickly spoke. "All that made me fall in love with you too!"

The room was silent as her words echoed around. Mr. Richmond blinked before clearing his throat. "Well...that just happened." Twi and Holt snickered to that.

Duna still remained her position. "Ty….I know you love Rosie and you two will be married soon, I...I just wanted to-" Her words were suddenly silenced when he cupped her cheek before softly planting his lips to hers. Her cheeks were now violet in color as she processed the feeling of him kissing her. The beating heart, the radiating warmth. She knew full well now it was true, she was truly in love with him. Her eyes slowly closed before pressing closer to him as her arms wrapped around his neck to deepen the kiss with her tail coiling around his waist.

Twi rolled her eyes and coughed. "Sorry to interrupt your heartfelt confession, but we're on the clock here."

Upon hearing that, the two pulled back and chuckled sheepishly. "Right…" Duna approached the shards and examined them. "Yes, we have all we...wait…" She examined them before she sighed. "No...we don't have all the pieces."

Holt blinked. "But we already got the five shards on the island."

"Yes, but there is one piece left." Duna mentioned. "The Core Rod. It is the power source of the sub-idolcomp. Without it, the repaired idol will be useless."

"Is that a bad thing?" Twi asked.

"If my people retrieve the core all they need to do is build a new shell for it and continue the mission." Duna explained.

"But where can we find it?" Twilight asked. "We went to every site available to us. If it's in the masters sites, we're screwed.

Richmond pondered. "Maybe not…" The other five turned to the old man. "There is an off island location that still hasn't been scanned. Miss, excuse me for a second." The founder moved to the computer and typed in a few keys. When a ding was heard he pulled back. "Try doing a scan now on maximum output." Duna clicked a few keys before the map zoomed out and located an island a few miles out from the island.

"A secret island?" Holt asked.

"Yes, that island has been in secret for a long time. Only me and Diggins knew about it. It was the island where we got the parts to build the revival machines." The old man explained. "We actually retrieved them from a abandoned spaceship."

"Spaceship?" Duna blinked before she clicked a few keys and got a zoom on the ship. Her eyes widened. "That's a dinaurian scouting vessel."

The others grew surprised to this. "Well...at least we know where the revival machine came from." Ty spoke.

Duna stared a moment longer at the screen before standing. "I'm going there. Since it was once used by my people, I need to figure out why it crashed."

Ty smiled as he wrapped an arm around her waist. "We're all in this together, Duna. You don't have to do it alone."

Rosie giggled with glee. "Yay, we get to go aga-" The pinkette shivered a bit before her body shifted and changed back into a rodent.

"Rosie!" Ty panicked.

"Oh no…" Duna sighed. "It seems the ray's effect is still kicking. It triggers by pulsing excitement. Not to worry, the effects will wear off soon." The humans sighed while rosie pouted.

Ty picked her up and scratched her chin. "You're still kinda cute." He teased. Rosie chittered and nuzzled his cheek with hers.

"It will be best she stays here for the time being." Duna mentions. The boy nodded and set Rosie back on the ground.

"I'll go to the island with Duna. If too many of us go it will attract too much attention." Ty informed. Twi and Holt nodded. "You two stay here and be prepared to protect the area if the dinaurians attack."

"You got it." Holt nodded.

"Take my boat at the bay." Richmond spoke. "It has an autopilot that'll take you both to the island."

"Thanks, Richmond." Ty thanked before the two exited the lab and Richmond building. Reaching the docks, they found Richmond's boat and hopped in. Ty found the auto pilot and flipped the switch. The boat roared to life before flying down the waters. With a small sigh, Ty exited the bridge and leaned against the rails. "Now we wait."

Duna smiled with a nod. "Ty…?"

"Yeah?" He asked her.

"...thank you….for everything." She replied with a blush and smile. Ty smiled before he approached and hugged her.

"You know I'd do anything for you, Duna." he cooed. Her cheeks burned again as she hugged him back. They remained in their position for a bit before they gazed at each other's eyes. Blue meeting yellow. Glittering in the sun. a sudden feeling rushed them both as they were in need to express their feelings and love to one another. Ty gripped Duna against his body as they both locked their lips together in a loving kiss.

Alright, here you go guys, the next chapter of the exciting story. Please be sure to leave a review so I can see how you like the story or if there was anything you think should be different. Now for an announcement. I am currently working on a new series, My Hero Academia will be making an appearance in as a new story. It will probably be the next chapter I post so the next chapter of this may be a while longer. Either way, keep an eye out for it. Till next time.