Jack was standing at the portal site, with the rest of the team, Kyle and Nikolai. Kyle turned to Jack and said, "Are we sure these are the correct co-ordinates?" Jack nodded, "Yes. He sent those co-ordinates as his last message; set the portal to them and set the date to exactly when we left the Cretaceous." Leon muttered, "This won't work. This won't work. This won't work." Jack turned to him and said, quietly, "It will, Leon; I just know it. Have a little faith." After putting in the co-ordinates, Jack lifted the portal remote and said, "Come on. Come on. Come on…"

Meanwhile, in the cave, Drew approached the female Tyrannosaurus, who gave him a curious look, and walked towards her leg. He looked at the injuries, making sure not to alert the huge tyrannosaur, and gently touched the leg. He could see bite marks from the giant male's teeth, but the bone didn't feel like it was broken… He quickly began cleaning the bite wounds on her leg, so they didn't get infected, before getting out a large blanket and wrapping it around her thigh as a makeshift bandage. Drew noticed the tyrannosaur looking at him, as if curious as to what he was doing. Drew muttered under his breath, "I'm helping fix your leg… don't eat me after I'm done doing this…" The tyrannosaur, as if understanding him, pulled her head back and clenched her jaws shut, stoically letting Drew bandage her leg.

After applying the bandage, Drew noticed a tiny gap between the rocks and the roof of the cave. Clambering over the rocks, he found he could push away all the loose rocks, widening the gap and allowing him to see outside the cave. The female Tyrannosaurus, curious, limped over to see what he was doing. What they saw outside shocked them; the sun was blocked out by an oppressive blanket, as molten, acidic rain poured down on the ground and hurricane-force winds ravaged the landscape. It was an apocalypse; one that he and the female Tyrannosaurus had been lucky to escape. Drew began thinking about his team. Knowing them, they were likely alive and back at the park, with the animals they had brought back. In the distance, he could see the ruins of the valley. It was a dark reminder; many other creatures had not been so lucky.

Drew exhaled, clambered back down, and contemplated the devastation, unable to come up with anything to summarise what he was witnessing. Being there, seeing history made right in front of your eyes, kind of made you see things in a new perspective. He'd known about the K-T event ever since he was a child; one of the things everyone knew about dinosaurs that they went extinct during the K-T event. He'd read about it in books and saw reconstructions of it in art and on documentaries. He'd been expecting fire and smoke; yet, it somehow didn't compare to the sheer bleakness of what was before him.

He stared, in wordless shock, at what he was witnessing. That was all the emotion he could command up. That was the problem, Drew reflected. The greater the event, the harder it was to process an emotional response. The situation was just too big to comprehend. He could mourn if it was one animal that had died; but millions dying? Billions? An event which would claim the lives of 75% of all species on Earth? It was so grand as to be meaningless; it was practically impossible to imagine destruction on that scale, let alone begin to comprehend it. Besides, at that moment, there were more important things to think about now.

He was, for all intents and purposes, stranded; his portal had been blown away by the winds and destroyed and his communicator was inoperable. He had sent a message, but whether Jack had actually got it was unclear. All he had to do was wait; he trusted the rest of the team to have planned something. What, he didn't know. They were all full of surprises; he guessed all he had to do was wait and see. Suddenly, his torch began to flicker and fade, eventually dissipating entirely and plunging the cave into near-total darkness. Drew sighed; something else had gone wrong. Why was he not surprised?

He suddenly turned to see the female Tyrannosaurus looking at him curiously, as if wondering what was wrong with him. Drew turned to look at the giant theropod and sighed; well, at least he wasn't alone. More on impulse than anything else, he gently lifted his hand up to the tyrannosaur's snout. Surprisingly, she closed the distance, allowing him to touch her snout. Drew turned to look at him bonding with the large theropod and couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of the situation; at least one thing was going right. It was better that they got used to each other's company; they could be stuck in this damn cave for quite some time…

Suddenly, he began to hear a very familiar whirring noise coming from the far side of the cave. The female Tyrannosaurus cocked her head in curiosity; she could hear it too. Both turned to look at the area where the sound had been coming from. As they looked, curious, at the far side of the cave, the portal suddenly whirred into life, illuminating the dark cave. Drew and the Tyrannosaurus stared, mesmerised at the gleaming light. Surprisingly, there was a spark of recognition in the Tyrannosaurus' eyes; her mate and offspring had disappeared through a gleaming light almost exactly like this. Maybe if she went through, she'd go where they had gone. She began to limp towards the portal, making sure not to put too much of her weight on her injured left foot. Drew, smiling, followed her through the portal, into the present.

As Drew exited the portal, Jack's voice crowed, "Welcome back, fearless leader!" Drew climbed the walkway up to his beaming team. He walked up to Jack and said, "I see you were able to handle things without me." Jack looked around sheepishly and said, "I promised I wouldn't let you down." Drew smiled at him and said, "Thanks for saving me." Jack looked, awkwardly down to the ground, and smiled, "It's like I said, Drew. We're a team; we look out for each other." Cynthia walked up to Drew and gently punched him on the shoulder, "That's for leaving." However, she then kissed him on the cheek, "And that's for coming back." Smiling, Drew turned to Leon, who smiled shyly, "Welcome back, buddy." Drew rolled his eyes and smiled, "I thought I told you not to come back for me…", before walking up to Leon and grabbing him into a hug, saying "I'm glad you didn't listen." With the happy reunions done, it was time to get the animals to their new homes.

The Didelphodon and Dinilysia were being kept in small indoor exhibits in Discovery Outpost. They were currently exploring their new homes, looking for food, whilst the new Deinosuchus was being introduced to the float currently in Mesozoic Tropics.

The Dromaeosaurus had been provided a large paddock in Raptor Territory and were currently napping in the shade of a large tree, waiting for food to arrive. The Quetzalcoatlus pair had been placed in a new aviary in the pterosaur section, whilst the Nyctosaurus flock had been integrated with the flock already in the aviary home to the Nyctosaurus and Pteranodon.

The large herds of herbivores; the Edmontosaurus, Triceratops, Torosaurus, Ornithomimus, Parksosaurus and Ankylosaurus, had all joined the eclectic mix of herbivores already present in Mesozoic Safaris. The new arrivals were all currently roaming around the enclosure, interacting with their new exhibit-mates.

Meanwhile, in Theropod Kingdom, a large new enclosure had been created. By coincidence, it was in the exact centre of the park. This paddock contained the Tyrannosaurus, the largest carnivores brought back. The animals had divided the exhibit into three "territories"; one section had the male, who Drew had named Claudandus, and the two younger males, who had been named Gigas and Terry after two tyrannosaurs from some anime, whilst the adolescent female, who had been named Sue, was living in another section. The tyrannosaurs were currently exploring the enclosure, waiting for food to arrive.

The gigantic, old male was living in a third section of the enclosure. The male, who a flabbergasted Khatin had confirmed was bigger than any Tyrannosaurus known to science, had been dubbed Sharptooth, after the tyrannosaur from Don Bluth's The Land Before Time. He was currently resting in the sun, waiting for his next meal.

The adult female Tyrannosaurus, who Drew had named Zira, was undergoing treatment for her injured leg and would join her mate and offspring when she had recovered; Linda had informed Drew that she would probably recover from her injuries soon.

After the chaos of the Cretaceous mission, the park had relaxed; however, Drew hadn't. Drew had chosen to stay out of the animal transport and was, instead, sitting in his office, alone with his thoughts. The experience of being trapped in the Cretaceous still preyed on his mind. Being there, seeing that disaster right in front of your eyes, kind of made you see things in a different light. You couldn't experience something like that and not have it imprinted on your mind, possibly forever.

To be continued…

Rescue tally:

Tyrannosaurus rex: 6 (4 males, 2 females)

Edmontosaurus annectens: 18 (8 males, 10 females)

Ornithomimus velox: 38 (20 males, 18 females)

Parksosaurus warren: 15 (6 males, 9 females)

Triceratops horridus: 37 (16 males, 21 females)

Torosaurus latus: 36 (19 males, 17 females)

Ankylosaurus magniventris: 24 (12 males, 12 females)

Dinilysia patagonica: 11 (3 males, 8 females)

Didelphodon vorax: 24 (13 males, 11 females)

Dromaeosaurus albertensis: 10 (5 males, 5 females)

Quetzalcoatlus sp: 2 (1 male, 1 female)

Nyctosaurus gracilis: 8 (5 males, 3 females)

Deinosuchus riograndensis: 1 (1 female)