Two weeks passed since Reese got into the year 2130. During that time, Chomp, Ace, and Paris were all found and defeated by the Alpha trio. Reese managed to calm the dinos down and have them cooperate.

Ace was the hardest one to calm down since it was raining at that time. His fear of water made him wild.

For Chomp, they only needed some leaves to feed him and he was a happy dino.

The easiest one was the Parasaurolophus. Usually shy Paris happily nuzzled her owner's sister once she spotted her.

The trio was only limited to two metal plates stolen from the Space Pirates; Reese was recommended to make more of them since she already had the experience.

It was a dark night; Reese was in the Black Pearl's—the Space Pirate ship's—lab, working with a purified Alpha metal to create several plates. Her head was slowly falling on the table from time to time; she was sleepy. Her eyes were closing.

A sudden touch on her shoulder snapped her out. She jerked her head back and saw an android. "Jonathan..."

He and Helga weren't present for Reese's arrival in the future due to them being destroyed at the time; they tried to prevent the event that caused Rex's absence in the future—unsuccessfully...

"Reese, it is late; you should go to sleep."

"I can't... Whenever I fall asleep I keep having reoccurring nightmares...so I'd rather spend that time by doing something useful. Could you please bring me another coffee?"

"No. I cannot let you damage your health like this," he replied.

"I'm fine..." her voice faded away as her eyes closed and her body started falling off the chair.

"Reese!" Jonathan caught her.

She needed some sleep—she hasn't been sleeping properly for a week and has been working for two days straight. He carried her back in the Alpha Base to her room. When she was in the bed he called for Helga to guard the door, making sure no one bothers Reese while she's sleeping; after all the gang had more respect for Helga than him.

Being left asleep, Reese was jerking from side to side, sweating and panting quietly. Another nightmare...

—

As the night was surrounding the country, stars shined through leaves of trees on a box of recently thrown away junk—people still haven't learned...

The box was lying on the side and the stuff inside it was scattered around, including two cards that activated by the light.

A blue Allosaurus appeared.

—

The new dinosaur signal was Dr. Z's current alarm clock. He woke up and hit a button on his nightstand.

The button was connected to the rooms of his minions. Their beds started to shake and then flipped, tossing them into holes that opened in the floor. As they were falling, Dr. Z sat up and got a monitor summoned with another button.

The first one to land in the main room was Ursula; she was immediately knocked down by her brothers who landed on her.

"I had that falling dream again," Ed whined; he was on top of the pile.

"I don't think that was a dream, Ed," Zander told him.

"Ugh! Get off of me you two!" Ursula yelled at them. They all got up; they were holding plushies of their dinosaur partners.

Terry, Spiny, and Tank walked over to them sleepily with Alpha Scanners in their mouths. They picked them up and took the Scanners; Dr. Z appeared on the screens.

"A dinosaur is 20 km away from here," as he said that a map with a flashing red light showed up on the screen, "go wake Reese up and head there."

"...it's a middle of the night..."

"We don't need her with us," Ursula said.

"Nonsense!" Dr. Z told her, "you only succeeded until now because of her. Go!"

They all sighed tiredly and went to dress up.

Then they headed to Reese's door. When Zander reached for the doorknob as if a huge metal bullet was shot and stopped it him; it was Helga. The trio jumped in surprise and fear, screaming.

"Reese is exhausted. Nobody will disturb her," Helga told them.

"But we need her. A dinosaur appeared!"

"You must go without her. She needs to sleep."

"But-"

She gave them one of the metal plates Reese recently finished. "Jonathan left me this thingy. Can this help?"

Ed looked at the plate. "If it works..."

"Yeah, yeah. Can we go now?" Ursula growled annoyedly, "this just shows that we don't need her."

Zander and Ed glanced at each other skeptically. Before they could answer, Ursula grabbed them and dragged them away.

They went to the hangar to get one of the Alpha Crafts; they are much safer now—the Ancients and Rod made some changes to them, so there is a smaller chance of failures. If the craft falls down, as usual, it's purely the trio's fault.

The issue was that they all including their dinos fell asleep as they flew to the dinosaur. The craft started to go down, the control panels were flashing and beeping and they opened their eyes slightly.

"What is that sound...?" Ursula groaned sleepily.

"Turn the alarm clock off..." Zander murmured.

"That isn't an alarm clock...we're falling..." Ed told them before closing his eyes again.

Everyone's eyes shot wide open. "FALLING?!" they all screamed.

"Get us back in the air before we crash!" Ursula yelled, kicking her brothers in the heads—she was sitting behind them.

Zander and Ed pulled the levers up, getting the craft back in the right position. They sighed in relief.

"We really shouldn't go on missions without sleep..." Ursula admitted.

The guys nodded as they led the craft down to land.

—

Meanwhile, Reese was still asleep, her body shaking unstoppably. Her face was buried in the pillow that she was clenching in her fists, making her knuckles turn white. Her salt warm tears mixed with her cold sweat. Her panting was getting faster as her heartbeat accelerated.

Her scared whispers filled the room. "...no...no...! Leave me alone...stop...! Leave...leave me alone...please...d-don't hurt me...don't hurt them...!"

Her dreams were a torture to her, spreading the guilt through her body like a poison in her veins, making her weak...reminding her how broken she is...

It was the same dream over again...

Reese was standing in an almost empty throne room; dark wings were wrapped around her.

She wasn't alone—her family, everyone she cared about was right in front of her, injured, lying on the ground.

Her hands were full of blood...

The only sound around was a deep female voice. "Oh, my sweet little marionette. You knew this would happen and yet you still acted so selfishly. And for what?"

Pale hands touched a wound on her stomach.

"You might be healed-"

"-But who would want a monster like me...?" Reese finished for her.

—

The A-Team left the craft, still shaken by their near fall.

"I can't believe you made us almost crash," Ursula complained as they headed to look for the dinosaur.

"It wasn't our fault... we didn't sleep enough..." Ed mumbled.

"This wouldn't happen if my angel—I mean Reese was with us," Zander corrected himself. Reese asked him not to call her that.

"Nonsense!" Ursula snapped.

"Why do you hate Reese so much?" Zander asked her.

"I don't hate her..."

"You get mad every time we mention her," Ed pointed out.

"That doesn't mean I hate her."

"Then what's wrong?"

"There's something fishy about her; I don't trust her. And the fact that both of you are so into her doesn't help!"

"Both of us?"

"Into her?" Zander and Ed wondered, looking at each other.

"It's so obvious! Hurry up, so we can go back to bed!" As soon as she said that, some birds flew from their nest in trees, scaring the trio.

The three were cowering together with their dinos. They heard a deep growl in the dark and saw shining yellow eyes opening in the shadows, staring at them from a high place, giving them a piercing gaze.

—

Reese was rolling from side to side on the bed, whimpering in pain and fear as several of her worst memories flashed in front of her eyes.

"STOP!" Reese yelled and her wet eyes opened wide, sitting up quickly. She was crying and panting. "Not again..."

She turned to the door; she felt like someone was watching her. A huge figure towering over her almost gave her a heart attack. "Oh, my—Helga..." She sighed and held her hand on her chest. "Let me guess, I collapsed from not having enough sleep. Jonathan brought me here and asked you to guard me..."

"Exactly."

"You don't have to. I'm fine," she lied. Her body was hot and shaking.

Helga wasn't easily fooled by mere words. She glared at the scientist and touched her forehead.

Reese watched her confusedly—she's an android; there's no way she can actually feel if Reese is warm and has a fever.

The android frowned. "Don't lie. You are sick, tired, and scared. I want to know the truth."

The scientist gulped, finally having a taste of her own medicine. She was on the other end of the intimidation this time. She glanced away ashamedly. "I've...I've done something terrible and unforgivable... People suffered because of me... It still haunts me in my dreams; that's why I can't sleep. My head, my whole body aches. My blood pressure climbs high. My world is spinning."

"I have a special medicine that can help you," Helga offered.

"Really? Thank you." Reese was happy for such help, not knowing what Helga's medicine really is...

—

The A-Team was shaking and whimpering in fear as shining ghostly eyes kept staring at them.

Terry growled and charged at this mystic creature. His barking and roaring scared this being away, making those penetrating eyes leave. It was just an owl...

They sighed in relief.

"We really need Reese with us," Ed admitted.

"No, we don't!" Ursula groaned, "and let go of me you two!" Her brothers were hugging her since they were scared for their lives before. They let go of her and she continued walking. "We don't need any super smart scientist that takes all of our credit."

"She isn't that bad," Zander told her, "she's kind."

"And smart," Ed added.

"Caring."

"Strong."

"And very beautiful."

Each and every one of those words was like a knife stabbing Ursula's whole being. "Shut up about her already!" She turned around to face them. "I have enough of her! Stop talking just about her!"

As she was yelling at the two, a blue dinosaur approached her from behind.

"Um... Ursula?"

"Do NOT interrupt me!"

"But-"

"What did I just say?!"

She heard a growl behind her and looked that way, facing the yellow eyes of a carnivore, an Allosaurus, River the Allosaurus.

The dino grabbed her cape in her jaws and lifted the Alpha Gang member up.

"Ursula!"

"Put me down, fossil!"

The Allosaurus found her very annoying and tossed her into a tree crown while she dropped her Alpha Scanner.

They rushed to her, however as the dinosaur turned around, her tail accidentally hit Ed, throwing him away. The Allosaurus looked confusedly around.

As the only one left, Zander pressed several buttons on his Scanner to turn Spiny into a card and summon him to the fight; it did nothing. He tried again, getting the same result. He took the metal plate that Reese just made today and tried once more. It didn't work; the plate was broken.

—

At that time, Helga came back into Reese's room with a kettle of something hot—Reese had no idea what's coming.

"I'm so thankful for your help," Reese admitted, "I honestly doubt anyone else here would help me if they knew stuff I've done."

"I am sure they would. Not everything is as hot as it is made," Helga reassured her.

"Not as hot? I've brought an ancient goddess that has tried to murder all of humanity back to life." Reese started pacing across the room. "Right, this isn't as bad as it seems; it's much, much worse." She ran her hand through her already messy hair. "Several people have died and the Ancients almost as well. You and Jonathan have been destroyed...because of me... I've put my family...everyone in danger...I screwed up... I've betrayed my family for my own gain and when I told them I'm going to end this and I'm going to destroy her I...I simply...did n-argh!" She covered her face and screamed in frustration. "I'm so stupid..." Reese stopped and took a deep breath. She looked at the android—she seemed so calm and unfazed by Reese's sudden breakdown; she wasn't judgemental towards any of Reese's previous actions. "Thank you for hearing me out. I really needed to get this out of my chest..." Reese sat on the bed and Helga poured the medicine in a cup on the nightstand.

"Is this really going to help me?" Reese wondered.

"It helps with anything." Helga nodded.

The blonde frowned determinately and drank everything from the cup in one go.

Whatever it was, it wasn't a weak tea. Her face turned red; her insides felt like they were burning. She dropped on the bed while the medicine put her whole body to sleep.

—

"Do something, Zander?!" Ursula yelled. The Allosaurus was trying to reach into the tree crown where she was.

"I'm trying!" he replied anxiously, pressing the metal plate to turn chibi Spiny into a card, "it doesn't work!"

"I knew it... The blondie made these things broken on purpose!"

"She'd never do that!"

"Why do you trust her more than your sister? I can feel that she is a liar!"

"You're wrong! Reese is an amazing person."

"You're so crushed that you can't see it. You both are! She's NEVER going to love you. She'll leave you just like Ellie did," Ursula snapped.

Those were enough for Zander to know what to do... He was shot right through the heart—his sister had no faith in him—he isn't needed here.

And the worst thing about it...was that she was right...

He dropped the Alpha Scanner, silently turned around and walked away. The Allosaurus ignored him since she was focused on Ursula.

"Come back here!"

The Allosaurus growled at her. Terry barked at the dino, Spiny bit her leg and Tank jumped, curling into a ball and hitting the Allosaurus' head. The Allosaurus groaned and turned to the three.

Meanwhile, Ed got back up, realizing what happened—his brother was gone. He picked up his Alpha Scanner and summoned Tank in the battle form.

"Alpha slash! Shake them up, Saichania!"

Tank swang her tail, smacking the Allosaurus with the club. The dino hit the tree behind her, which was the same tree Ursula was on.

"Urgh! Be careful! Are you trying to kill me?!" the green-haired yelled.

"Sorry..."

The Allosaurus bit Tank's tail, tossing her away. When the Saichania got back up, she jumped on her back and sank her teeth into Tank's throat. The Saichania roared in pain and managed to knock the Allosaurus off her with her tail.

The dino started to glow as her move card activated.

To end this quickly, Ed swiped one of Tank's move cards, preventing the Allosaurus from attacking. "Dino Swing!"

This was revenge for what the Allosaurus did before—Tank grabbed the Allosaurus' tail, started spinning rapidly and then she let go of her, tossing her into other trees.

The Allosaurus stood up and immediately collapsed to the ground, changing into a card in golden light. Ed went to take it and called Tank back into her chibi form.

Ursula sighed. She heard some cracking and suddenly the branch she was on broke. She hit the ground, groaning.

Ed walked over to her, glaring at her. "You didn't have to be so harsh at him."

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Zander ran away because of you."

"So what? It isn't my fault he lives in his fantasies."

"You know how heartbroken he was because of Ellie! He had a chance! He had hope that somebody can love him and you took that away, Ursula! Just because you're jealous!"

"Jealous of Blondie? No, I'm just trying to protect you two from her! There's something she's not telling us and it'll only bring us troubles! We can't trust her."

"Fine, continue to be stubborn and careless," Ed told her as he headed back in the craft.

—

They returned home at the time of sunrise.

At that time, Reese woke up from her first dreamless sleep in weeks. She was full of energy.

She headed to the dining room and met with Dr. Z and Helga. "Good morning," she said with a smile on her face.

"Yeah, morning..."

She noticed that something is strange. She sat down at the table and started eating. After she finished she questioned. "Where are Zander and the others?"

"They are on another mission," Helga replied.

Dr. Z looked up at Reese from his breakfast. "How can they be on a mission if you're still here?"

"Me?"

"I told them to take you with them," Dr. Z groaned angrily.

"I didn't allow them into her room," Helga explained.

"Why?!"

"Because Reese was exhausted and she needed to sleep. Instead of letting her go with them, I gave them that metal thingy Jonathan left me."

"Wait, the metal plate?" Reese wondered and quickly stood up. She frowned worriedly.

Helga nodded.

"Oh, no... None of those plates are finished; they are barely prototypes," Reese exclaimed with a serious tone.

"Yeah, we figured," an annoyed voice said.

They all looked to the door and saw Ursula and Ed with the dinos.

"I apologize..." Reese bowed, walked over to them and took the Alpha Scanner with the missing plate. "I'll fix it immediately."

She stopped before leaving the room and turned to them. "And where's Zander?"

"No idea." Ursula shook her head.

—

Alright, and done! This isn't the best chapter in my eyes, but it's pretty good and important. It sets off an arc that goes in different directions. It also adds Rover to the obtained cards.

The name of the chapter is a reference to FNaF Help Wanted and one of its playable sections called 'Night Terrors'. This is definitely one of the darkest chapters in CoL, so you don't have to worry about anything darker.

I do not plan for the next chapter to have a dino fight (I can still change my mind); I suck at writing battles and it isn't that exciting for me, so I wanna limit them as much as possible and focus more on the characters.

Well, I guess that's it for now. I hope you enjoyed and see you in the next chapter.