Leon stood at the allosaur paddock, observing the animals roam around the paddock. His failure to get security personnel for his plan was a setback, but one he needed to resolve; this plan was imperative for the park's future. After a few more minutes of thinking, Leon suddenly heard someone cough. Leon gasped in surprise and suddenly turned to see Nikolai standing behind him. "This had better be important; I left Collete in charge of the Coelophysis efforts to come here. Alright, Gilbertson", he said, "What's your project?" Leon smiled, "I'd be happy to tell you…"

Meanwhile, in the Jurassic, the Opthalmosaurus entered the lagoon, they began slowing down. The nearest began to convulse a couple of times. As Alice swam closer, she noticed a small, writhing form beneath the pale skin of the icthyosaur's underbelly. The adult ichthyosaur paddled lowly to the surface and hung motionless as a small cloud of red exited its cloaca; this was followed by a tiny limp tail. For a moment, the ichthyosaur remained like this, before its body suddenly convulsed again and it dived down into the coral. As it did so, it left behind a plume of blood and a newborn ichthyosaur. The newborn immediately headed to the surface to take its first breath of air, before diving to hide amongst the corals. Many, many more of the ichthyosaurs began doing this and many little pups swam down into the coral reefs.

After the last adults had given birth, they began to swim away; not wanting to miss out on this opportunity, Alice headed towards the exhausted ichthyosaurs. The ichthyosaurs were more sedentary than the Cryptoclidus; they had no interest in Alice whatsoever, which made luring them through the portal a lot harder. Without other options, Alice got the bait bag and began emptying it into the water near the portal, which caused them to follow it, heading through into the present, moving as if a single, unified entity.

One ichthyosaur, however, had not swum through with the others. It was at the surface, trying to give birth; its body had convulsed repeatedly, but there was no sign of the baby. Unbenknowst to this female, her unborn pup had died in utero and was stuck up the birth canal. She returned to the surface for air, clearly exhausted, releasing blood with every contraction. Alice looked at the struggling animal with a pang of sympathy. Activating her in-suit communicator, she informed them, "There's an Opthalmosaurus that appears to be struggling; I'm going to see if I can help it".

Meanwhile, on the Mariner… "What do you mean it's missing?!", Drew screamed as Jack, Cynthia and Adrian ran around the boat in a mad dash, in search of the walkie-talkie that connected to Alice's diving suit. The situation was urgent; they needed to warn Alice that something large had been detected on the radar, heading directly towards her. They didn't know what it was; it could have been anything and she could be in danger. Cynthia said, as an aside to Drew, "Bet you any money it was Jack's fault; he must have put it somewhere and forgotten where he put it". Jack, hearing this, turned to her and shrieked "I haven't even touched the communicator! Stop trying to blame me for everything!" Jack slumped in a chair and began to twitch and squirm nervously; he was worried greatly about his sister. Adrian walked towards Jack, put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Let's turn on the starboard camera; we can see what's going on". Drew walked over to the control board and activated the starboard camera. The four adventurers stared open-mouthed at the screen and Jack said, "I don't think any of us were expecting that."

Alice was about to approach the ichthyosaur when, suddenly, something massive erupted from the deep, moving so fast that it was practically a blur. She only got brief glimpses of it, but she could tell it was black-and-white in colouration. The ichthyosaur let out a single squeal of pain as it was knocked off balance. Suddenly, before it could regain its bearings, the icthyosaur's tail was grabbed by a pair of gigantic jaws. The jaws then bit down, clouding the water in the immediate radius with blood; the Opthalmosaurus' death squeals ceased. Alice looked around confusedly for any sign of the creature responsible, but, once the blood cleared, Alice could get a good view of it. Her eyes widened, "Oh crap".

It held the dead ichthyosaur in its mouth, like a dog holding a bone. Its head was almost nine feet long; longer than she was tall. Its four massive flippers were each about seven feet long. From nose to tail, it must have been sixty feet long. It was beautifully coloured, with black markings on top and white underneath. However, the colours were dulled; the patterns were not clearly visible. Its body, especially its flippers and head, was pockmarked with deep scars, from past battles.

The predator stared at Alice with cold disinterest; the lure of the immediately available meat was worth more than attacking this tiny creature. The predator shook the dead ichthyosaur, like a terrier shaking a rat. The shaking was so violent, the tail portion of the ichthyosaur detached and fell to the ocean floor. After regarding Alice with a look of cold indifference, the predator left.

Alice briefly took a moment to compose herself and then swam to the surface; as she was doing so, her in-suit communicator frazzed into life. "Alice? Alice? Are you alright? We saw that thing on the on-board camera and-", Jack's voice screamed over the communicator. Alice smiled, "Don't worry, Jack, I'm fine. What was that thing?" Drew breathed out, "We'll tell you when you get back on the boat".

Meanwhile, at the park, Linda and Khatin were discussing the plans to introduce the Postosuchus to each other. Linda stated, pointing to the left side of the enclosure on the map, "We do the first introduction on this part of the enclosure; it's away from the part the male's drawn out as his territory, meaning it'll be neutral ground." Khatin nodded, "That reduces the likelihood of conflict between them. However", he gestured at the security personnel around him, "you guys should be on standby with hosepipes, in case our introduction plan doesn't work and they end up fighting." The six personnel nodded. "Right", Linda nodded, "Let's do this."

Meanwhile, in the Jurassic, Alice had got back up on the boat and removed her diving suit. She and the rest of the mission team were now in the crew room, having a meeting about the incident. Drew addressed everyone, "I looked through the info-packs and I know what that thing is; it's some kind of large pilosaur, probably Liopleurodon. However… how big was it?" Alice waved her hand and said "Its head was about nine feet long, so, in total, it was about sixty feet long." Drew nodded, "That's interesting because, according to the info packs and information Leon told me prior to this mission, Liopleurodon was probably about half that. So he's a very special individual..." Jack gave Drew a shocked stare, "You're saying we go after him right away?!" Drew shook his head, "No. From what we know about big predators, he's probably going to stick around for quite a while. The radar did detect smaller Liopleurodon swimming around after he had left. They probably came into the lagoon to feed on the pups. We find a couple of them and we practice; they're about Cryptoclidus-sized, meaning they're a bit more manageable for us to start with".

Jack said, "Speaking of the Opthalmosaurus pups; are we going to be bringing them back?" Drew smiled "That's what we're going to do; Jack, Cynthia, you're with me. Alice, Adrian, go and find some young Liopleurodon." The Ancient Mariner rolled into the beach and dropped Alice and Adrian off, before turning around and heading into the reef. The search had begun.