Zander was sitting on the hospital bed, looking at Reese, waiting for her to start talking.
The blonde took a deep breath. "I apologize for running away like that. Everything you said caught me off guard and-"
"No, I'm sorry for scaring you like that. I got carried away. It was rushed and I won't say stuff like that ever again."
"Good." She nodded.
"What's that supposed to mean?" he wondered disappointedly.
His voice stabbed through her heart. Why would it hurt like that...?
"You know I can't stay here."
"Why?!" he gasped suddenly.
"I don't belong here; my real home is the present, not the future. If I stay here, the future very likely won't be the same as it is now. I can't base my choice that could drastically change everyone's lives on feelings that I don't quite understand."
"Feelings...?" She really feels something towards him...?
"I've done that once and I can't make that same mistake again!"
"Love is a mistake for you?" he asked her with a surprisingly serious tone.
"Are you really that dense?! This is not even close to love!" she told him strictly.
"I've always thought the opposite..."
"Then you've thought wrong. We can't be together no matter what. If we even try it and it works I must still go back home and that would break our hearts! I can't let that happen. I can't hurt you; you mean too much to me!" She immediately realized what just left her lips.
His heart jumped at that.
"Two lovers shouldn't be separated; that's why we can't become that, it would hurt both of us. You belong here and I belong to the past."
He stood up, his eyes still locked on her. He reached his hand to her cheek, but before he could touch her, he pulled away. "You're right. You mean a lot to me as well, so I'll respect your wish."
"Zander..."
"I understand. Just say it right away next time."
"Of course..." She lowered her head.
"Also don't expect me to stop saving you. I'll do anything for you. Can we at least be friends?"
"You're only doing it worse for me... I'm sure you and Ed would be amazing as my friends, but I don't want another Rex situation to happen."
"As you wish then..." He smiled softly. "Your happiness and well being is what matters to me the most."
She bit her lip. "...Please get better soon."
"Don't worry about me; I can actually leave today, so I'm alright."
"Okay... See you later."
"Yeah, see you."
Reese left the room.
—
It was getting dark outside.
She needed to clear her mind and the best way for her to do so was walking.
"Interesting turn of events I must say," the voice in her head said, "at one moment, I thought you're actually going to do what that trans told you."
"It's my business if I decide to stay here or not."
"Well, yes, but actually no. I kinda understand why you're doing this, but what would be a life without risk?"
"Leave me alone."
"What's the matter? Afraid?"
"After everything I've done wrong because of making decisions based on my emotions instead of rationality, I refuse to make those same mistakes again."
"You're no fun. Why do you think you got brought here? Just to go back? Everything has its purpose."
"However, we should base our decisions on our experience and learn from them; that's what makes us who we are. If I live a life according to someone's script, it won't be my life."
"Wise as always, despite your decisions in the past weren't the best, especially surrounding me."
"I won't make that mistake again."
This whole time she didn't realize that she's on her way to the D-lab. The building was destroyed, it was barely standing. A strange sight for her.
Nobody should be there, but she felt like someone's watching her.
She snapped from her train of thoughts when her phone suddenly rang. Seeing Trias was the one calling her, she didn't wait with answering. "Hello? Trias? Is something happening?"
"It actually is. We've managed to finish a radar for time-warping anomalies," sounded from the phone, "it still cannot determine their exact source, but with some more time and research we could find these anomalies and use them to get the time machine running."
That news put a smile on Reese's face; alongside the sudden warm near her heart, she felt uncomfortable coldness mixing with it, a reminder of her recent argument with Zander.
"Have you caught any signals yet?" she asked.
"That's why I called you," Trias replied, "there's been one half an hour ago. That means we're closer to getting you home. I'll analyze it tomorrow."
"Okay. At least some good news today."
—
Zander was released from the hospital and he headed back to the Alpha Base. Before he could go to his room, he ran into Ed. They exchanged very awkward glances; yesterday's events were still fresh in their memory.
"We should talk," Ed said.
"I agree..."
"BPW Bar?"
"Yeah."
They went to the culture house and sat at the bar. Jeremy greeted them happily and they ordered some sake.
After a while of silence, they both spoke up at the same time; "I'm sorry." They looked at each other and chuckled, sipping their sake.
"I acted like an idiot..." Zander admitted.
"You did."
"I was just scared of losing my next chance to get someone to be with. None of my relationships lasted long...it felt different and perfect with Reese; maybe too perfect... I should have figured out that she wouldn't want to stay with me."
"What did she tell you?"
"She refuses to be even friends with me... am I that unlovable?"
"I'm sure it isn't your fault," Ed tried to reassure him, but then he realized he is in a similar situation with his relationships. They took in a bit of sake, getting poured more in their glasses.
"How come we screw up so badly every time?" Zander wondered.
"You just don't understand women," Jeremy spoke up.
"You understand them, don't you?" Ed questioned him.
"Actually, not at all."
The brothers sighed.
"That I used to be one doesn't mean I understand them."
"Then what should we do?" they asked him.
"Dunno... but your recent failures with ladies aren't personal; that's what I know."
"What do you mean?"
"That chick Reese was here with Rod and she felt bad about dumping you—she disappointed me that she did. And as for Ellie-"
"Talking about me behind my back again, brother?" a female voice sounded as Ellie walked over to the bar.
The moment he saw her, Zander jerked nervously in surprise that he almost fell off his chair.
"Of course," Jeremy replied, "that's what siblings do."
Ellie rolled her eyes playfully. Then she spotted the brothers at the bar. "Oh, hi..." She turned away from them. This is the first time she and Zander met since their break up; it couldn't be more awkward. Ed was sitting between them like a wall separating them.
"Want a bit of sake?" he asked her.
She quickly shook her head. "No. Not now."
Strange. She usually doesn't turn out offers like this. A frown of sadness mixed with suspicion formed on Zander's face.
Jeremy sighed; his sister looked at him. He rolled his eyes to Zander, trying to get her to talk to him.
Ed was attempting for the same. He nudged Zander's side, tossing his head in Ellie's direction.
Zander and Ellie glanced at each other.
"I'm sorry for whatever I've done to you," he gasped suddenly.
"It wasn't your fault," she told him, "it's me..." His eyes widened. "Something...happened and I need to deal with it myself first."
"And what is it?"
"I'm not ready to tell you...Sorry." She shook her head again. "But hey, at least I don't stand between you and Reese." She smiled, but then she noticed that Zander wasn't very happy. "D-did I say something wrong?"
"She dumped him..." Jeremy whispered to her.
"Oh!" She held her hands together. "I'm so sorry!"
Zander lowered his head. "It's alright... You had no idea."
Then Jeremy's phone rang and the bartender looked at the message. "Supply truck is here. Could you help me with that, sis?"
"Yeah, sure." Ellie got up and walked away with her brother.
Ed turned to Zander. "See? You did nothing wrong."
"I'm not so sure about that..."
"Ellie wouldn't lie to you."
"Right... She is too good of a person to lie about stuff like that," Zander admitted.
"She is absolutely amazing." He frowned at Ed when he heard that. "Sorry..."
"No, I shouldn't be mad at you because of your feelings towards my ex-girlfriend; I should be happy for you and not stand in your way. Maybe you're better for her than I ever was..."
"I doubt she feels that way about me... Just look at me. What would she like about me? I'm not smart, I'm not handsome, I'm not rich...I'm not even lucky..."
"We have that in common, so you have some chance."
"Yeah, the same chance of failure..."
They sighed defeatedly. Every time they try anything, they end up failing miserably. What kind of life is that...?
"You're better than me," Zander tried cheering up his brother, "all of my former crushes found you more lovable than me for sure."
"Nonsense..."
"Remember my prom date? She ditched me to go out with you."
"Don't forget she dumped me too... Does that make you feel better?"
"Not at all."
They drank their sake once again; it wasn't enough to make them relieved.
Jeremy and Ellie returned after some time to be met with both brothers laying their heads on the bar, crying, their faces completely red. Jeremy noticed three bottles of sake on standing on the bar as well.
"Oh, boy..."
"They're drunk?"
Jeremy nodded.
Ellie walked over to her friends and shook their shoulders. "Um, guys? ...Ed?" She poked his cheek. He looked up at her.
"...Ellie...I...I love you, Ellie..." he cried.
The blonde gasped and blushed.
"Can't say I didn't expect that," Jeremy chuckled.
"Do you think he means it...?" she wondered quietly.
"Drunk's words are sober's thoughts." He shrugged.
Ellie frowned.
Zander sobbed into his folded arms. "...Reese...Oh, my angel...! Why...?! Why don't you stay with me forevermore?! And love me like you love your dinosaur...!"
The brothers burst into tears. "Why are we so unlovable?!" they cried loudly.
"Well, it looks like they can't really handle alcohol very well," Jeremy said.
"Or a relationship crisis... We gotta get them home."
"We? Sis, you know you can't drag them in the condition you're in," he reminded her.
She sighed and took her phone, calling for help. "Um, Ursula? I need a hand... B-but-! Ursula, please, we-But...But I..."
"Can I try, sis?" Jeremy asked his sister, reaching for the phone.
"I doubt she's going to listen..." Ellie murmured, but she gave him the phone anyway.
"Hey, Jeremy here; BPW Bar, ASAP; it's about your brothers. ...okay, see you." He then ended the call.
"So?"
"She's on her way."
"How did you do that?" she wondered.
He shrugged. "I have my ways and let's be honest, you a pushover."
"I guess you're right..."
The brothers groaned, still crying. They hugged each other. "...love us...!"
"This is my fault," Ellie realized, "I was sure Zander wouldn't handle the breakup very well, but I've never thought someone else could hurt him too...and so much... He loves Reese much more than me; I thought he could be happy...but she made it even worse...!"
"I guess they both think that after being rejected whatever number of times they were that there is nobody that could love them. I can't let them think like that!"
Ellie grabbed Jeremy's arm. "Not another hopeful speech. They're totally wasted; they don't even care."
"Guess you're right..."
—
Reese got back to the Alpha Base; strange, the trio wasn't there. She ran into Rod and Laura who had chibi Paris with them. The Parasaurolophus was happy to see her partner's sister again and with all honesty, she made Reese feel a little better.
—
Ursula burst in the culture house and rushed to the bar. "What's the-Huh? You've gotta be kidding me..." she groaned when she saw her drunk brothers, "what do you two numbskulls think you're doing?!"
They both jumped scaredly once they heard her yell. She bashed them in the heads and they yelped in pain, rubbing their wounds.
"Explain! Now!"
They turned to her with tears in their eyes. "Nobody loves us..."
Her tensed face of anger softened. "What is that nonsense? How did you even think of that?"
"All the girls always reject me, even Reese did today...!" Zander sobbed.
"And most of those girls come to me and later reject me as well..." Ed added.
They burst into tears and hugged each other again.
"Wait!" Ursula gritted her teeth. "So, this is Blondie's fault. What did she tell you?!"
Zander glanced at her quietly.
"She won't get away with that!"
"I think you're overreacting a little, Ursula," Ellie told her.
The green-haired immediately glared at her. "You're no better than her!" she spat venom at her.
The blonde backed away; she was right...
"Hey, yelling won't help anything," Jeremy said calmly.
Ursula clicked her tongue and turned away from Ellie.
"The point is to get these two numbskulls home, not to blame anyone for this," Jeremy reminded them.
"That's okay," Ellie spoke up, "she's absolutely right."
"Quit whining you two, time to go," Ursula growled and hit her brothers again. She grabbed their arms, trying to pull them to her.
"...we can't leave...!" Ed sobbed. He reached to Ellie and pulled her to him, hugging her. "Please, don't make me leave...!"
Ellie was flustered by the sudden embracement, her cheeks total negative of her blue dress.
"Quit it!" Ursula yelled.
"...let at least one of us enjoy love...!" Zander pled, tears streaming down his cheeks. He then passed out on the bar.
"He's actually okay with this?" Ellie blinked in a surprise.
"They're both drunk and have no idea what they're doing!"
"Enough of this negativity," Jeremy said, "Ursula and I will carry Zander and since Ed refuses to let go of Ellie, she should come as well. Let's go."
"I understand you don't want your brothers to get hurt by someone else, but beating the crap out of them doesn't help anything," Jeremy told Ursula as they were on their way to the Alpha Base, "after what you've been through, I'd expect you to be more sensitive about a violence like that."
"What do you mean?" Ellie wondered.
"That's none of your business!" Ursula snapped at her.
Ellie stayed quiet the whole time. The brothers were left in the living room, lying on the couch together as they were passed out.
—
They were still out during breakfast and when a dinosaur signal appeared—this caused Ursula and Reese to be the only ones to go, which weren't very pleasant news for either of them.
Blaming Reese was Ursula's first thing in the morning.
They were flying in the Alpha Craft to a lake near Luminary town; a tense and hateful atmosphere was all that was around.
Reese knew that trying to talk herself out of the accusations was pointless. Flying over the lake, she saw what they were looking for; an Ampelosaurus!
They landed and got out. Without even thinking, just to get things over with quickly, so she doesn't have to deal with the blonde any longer, Ursula summoned Terry immediately to the battle, facing the Ampelosaurus.
—
As he said, Trias started the analysis of the anomaly signal from yesterday. However, Cretacia had different plans. Since their main job was done for some time now and Reese wasn't around, she could finally look up what she needed—being it something surrounding past and at the same time Reese's future, it was much better if she didn't know.
The main computer was running the analysis when Trias wondered over to his wife. She was typing something on another computer. "What are you doing?" he asked her.
"Something I had to do the moment we came back to our time!" she replied energetically, turning to him. Such excitement was normal for her, so he just shrugged it off. "Oh, okay."
"Found it!" she gasped and several photos popped up on the screen. The photos were from a wedding of a blond man and a brunette woman; they both had visible old scars on their faces—he had exactly three scars, one on his jawline and the other two under his deep blue eyes; she only had one on her left cheek.
"That is..." Trias let out with a weak breath of disbelief.
"Our little boy..." Cretacia finished for him, "he married Alice. I knew that girl is perfect for him!"
"Letting him stay there was the best we could have done for him; he seems much happier than he's ever been here," Trias pointed out in slight grim.
Cretacia typed more and three profile cards showed beside the photos.
Rex Ancient Owen
Alice Komatsu Owen
...Amaya Owen
Seeing that simple smile of the young girl with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes on one of the profile cards made her think about their son's newfound happiness.
They've made the right choice, despite losing any chance of being a full family again.
The realization hit them both.
Cretacia suddenly left the room and soon came back, carrying Ace. "So, I've been in the dino room to check our other children so they don't feel neglected," she joked, "and somebody wanted to cuddle." She put Ace up as she said that, grinning.
Trias smiled adoringly at the two.
"Maybe he sensed that we're talking about Rex and he wanted to join."
"I actually thought the same," he admitted.
"You miss him too, don't you?" she asked the Carnotaurus.
Ace hissed in agreement, nodding.
"You spent much more time with him, Ace." Cretacia stroked his head, smiling sadly. "We didn't even have a chance to be proper parents for him; I'm not even sure if we'd be good ones."
She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up at Trias. "Don't say that." He kissed her cheek. "It might have been only for nearly 3 years, but you've been an amazing mother to him. And I know you'll be just as amazing for any other child we might have."
He was right.
Feeling much better, she smirked and grabbed the collar of his clothes, pulling him to her, kissing him. Surprised at first, he kissed back. Who knows how long would they kiss last if it wasn't for Ace who licked their cheeks, trying to get their attention again. They pulled away from each other, laughing.
"Results of the analysis aren't going to be done in a while," Trias said.
"So, we'll spend that time together," she suggested.
"Sure." He nodded.
"All three of us."
That wasn't really what he had in mind. She then chuckled, knowing he caught up in that joke.
—
Meanwhile, Zander and Ed started to wake up. They were their heads leaning on one another.
"Ow...my head..."
"What happened...?"
They groaned as their heads were pounding like crazy. It got even worse when they stood up; their heads were spinning, making them dizzy. They fell back down on the couch.
"I think I'm about to throw up..." Zander mumbled.
"Not before I do..." Ed added.
"You had like one and a half bottle of nihonshu each. Are you really that big of wimps not to handle that?" Dr. Z asked them as he walked in.
"You know we are..." they replied unison.
"When I was your age I spent every night drinking it twice as you did and it did nothing." Dr. Z rolled his eyes.
"We're not really..."
"...used to that," they told him.
"Do you even remember what happened last night?"
"Not really..." Zander admitted.
"I know we went to the BPW Bar and spoke to Jeremy," Ed recalled.
"Yeah, I remember that...But why would we get so drunk?" Zander closed his eyes, massaging his temples. "There was someone else..." His eyes shot open with a gulp traveling through his throat. "Ellie!"
"Ellie was there?!" Ed gasped. "That explains a lot..."
"I guess we pitied ourselves so much that we thought it's a good idea to just get drunk..."
"I remember now..." They hang their heads down.
"You two are horrible, really," Dr. Z growled. They looked at him. "No woman's going to love you two if you keep whining like this. Man-up a little!"
"That won't make Reese love me..." Zander sighed.
"Or make Ellie see anything in me..." Ed buried his face in his hands.
"You two are hopeless."
Suddenly, the automatic sliding door opened and somebody knocked on the doorframe. "Um, hey? Are you two numbskulls doing better?" that somebody asked; it was Jeremy.
"No...!" the two sobbed.
"Oh boy..." He walked over to them.
"How did you even get here?" Dr. Z questioned him.
"Helga let us in."
"Wait, 'us'?"
Jeremy grinned and pointed back at the opened door. They all looked there and saw a blonde head peeking in the room. Ellie...she was staying behind, possibly nervous to meet her friends after yesterday. She thought that they can't see her until she heard her name.
She waved her hand and followed her brother with a frown on her face. "About what happened yesterday..." she started.
"We're sorry!" the brothers gasped, "whatever we did to you guys, we're sorry."
"Hey, it's not a big deal!" Jeremy grinned and shrugged. "At least I had some small talk with Ursula."
Ellie smiled at that, folding her arms. "It's nice that you had your dream come true, but don't forget why we're here."
He glanced at her as she stepped forward. "Did you mean what you said, Ed?"
"What I said...?" he wondered, looking up at her.
She bit her lip nervously, entwining her fingers.
Zander knew exactly what she means. "...you confessed to her."
"I did?!" Ed glowed in bright red colors. "I...I...I...!" He quickly turned to Zander.
His brother smiled approvingly. He glanced back at Ellie and she looked at Zander.
He nodded. "I have no right to decide anything."
"You've really matured." She sighed in awed. "That bit of sake did wonders."
"It wasn't the alcohol. Somebody made me realize that there's no point in jealousy." He reached his hand to her.
She watched him in disbelief. "You're not mad at me?"
"How could I? We're still friends after all."
She beamed at him and hugged him tightly. A huge weight fell off her shoulders—sure, she doesn't plan on telling him the truth any time soon, but his support is going to make it so much easier for her. She looked around while Ed was still panicking about his confession. "By the way, where's Reese? I'd like to say hello to her."
"She's capturing a new dino with Ursula," Dr. Z replied.
"What?!" Everyone looked at him.
"Ursula insisted that I don't force you two to go since you had hangovers. She had to go with Reese alone."
"So, they're together without anyone to prevent them from fighting each other...?" Ed murmured.
"Oh, well, if that's the care." Jeremy shrugged. "Prepare for trouble..."
—
"Make it double!" Ursula yelled at Terry as he tackled the Ampelosaurus.
Reese and Paris were sitting behind a rock, watching the battle. "This is getting nowhere. Ellen is strong and has a type advantage. Sure, Terry isn't weak at all, but I doubt he can win with Ursula's beat ASAP strategy."
Paris roared softly; it was hard to tell whether it was in agreement or not.
Reese sighed. "I don't have a plan myself; there's no way she'd ever listen to me anyway..." She lowered her head. Paris roared again, this time with a bit of a melody in her voice; she was trying to sing. Reese frowned at that. "Now's not the time to have fun; we must turn Ellen into a card." Paris stopped and whined disappointedly.
The blonde got up and walked over to Ursula. "Why can't we work as a team?"
"Because I refuse to have anything to do with you!" Ursula snapped at her.
"You can't win like this."
"Oh, just watch me." The green-haired was about to swipe a move card when suddenly both of them with their dinosaurs were washed up by Ellen's move, Aqua Vortex.
All wet Reese sat up since the attack knocked her down. She looked around worriedly. "Ursula, are you okay?" she called as she wiped the water off her glasses.
She heard an angry growl and put her glasses back on. She saw Ursula jump to her feet; Terry was lying down, defeated...—he returned into his card. "My poor Terry... You'll pay for this!" she screamed at the Ampelosaurus that was on her way far from them.
Reese grabbed her cape, keeping Ursula from charging at the dinosaur. "Wait!"
"What do you want?!" Ursula turned to her with a hateful expression, struggling to make the blonde let go.
"The same thing as you, completing this mission."
"Then let me go!"
The blonde shook her head. "You can't do it on your own."
"I don't need your help! Not after you treated Zander like that!"
That last bit made her finally realize. Ursula hated her not because of her former rivalry with Zoe or their differences. No... She hated her because of their similarities.
Ursula hated Reese because they're both sisters.
Even if she would never admit that Ursula cares for her brothers. She does what must be done to protect the two from anything but herself. She knows just like Reese that if the scientist of the past gets too close to the men of the future, it can not only mess up the timeline but also hurt them once she leaves. They both wanted to avoid the Rex situation.
Reese told her what she just understood and let go of the cape. Ursula fell down and shot a death glare at her. "There's no way we're the same!"
So similar to Reese and yet the same as Sue, Zoe's best friend and...well, potential girlfriend.
"I don't want to hurt them either. That's why I told Zander that I'll avoid even being friends not to end up in sadness that his breakup with Ellie caused him. I understand better than anyone how much you want to protect your siblings."
"How could you?"
"I am a sister too and I've been protecting Zoe from relationships for a long time, so I don't have to see her heartbroken. Why else do you think Max or Rex never had anything with Zoe?" Reese's question with a smirk on her face actually made Ursula chuckle a bit.
The blonde stared at her in surprise, but then she smiled. "Not so tough now."
"Oh, shut up!"
"Just as stubborn and just as bossy. That would explain why you and my little sister didn't get along, you two are too similar."
Ursula rolled her eyes.
"Why do you hate me?" Reese asked her.
"I don't! I want to prevent Zander's whining after you, his angel, leave him. I refuse to listen to him crying again; it's annoying. And I just feel you can't be trusted."
"You aren't wrong about that. I'm not less of a villain than you are."
"Huh? What do you-"
"We've both made mistakes, but now's not the best time to talk about that. We have a mission."
Ursula gritted her teeth and glanced away.
"I'm not trying to steal your spotlight or anything and I don't want to fight with you either." Reese stood up and offered her hand to the Alpha Gang member. "Come on, we have work to do and you can't do it alone. Terry needs to get healed up; Paris' Nature's Blessing can help, but only if we work together."
A pair of hazel eyes traveled in her direction, shooting a sharp look at the scientist. She suddenly took Reese's hand and got up. "Fine."
Reese nodded, smiling. Ursula actually smirked back determinately.
"I hope you have a plan then, Blondie."
"I don't," Reese replied firmly.
"What?! Then what was that dumb speech for?!"
"I mean not yet. I've never interacted with that Ampelosaurus enough to know her weaknesses, but we could figure that out from your experience."
Ursula folded her arms, dripping a sweat. "My experience...? That'll be a little problem."
"Why?"
"I wasn't there when it first appeared!" She was throwing her arms around expressionistically. "Neither were Zander or Ed. I think that was around the time Helga was broken down and we had to suffer through that... She almost ruined my beauty!"
"To the point, Ursula..." Reese sighed in slight irritation.
"Rod and Laura fought it, not us."
"I see." Reese wrapped her fingers around her chin, looking down on the grassy ground.
Paris walked over to her, roaring; she tried singing again, nuzzling Reese's leg.
"Not now, Paris." She shook her head. "Ellen used to belong to a rich girl, Ema Wada. Apart from her father controlling her life, I know nothing about Ema or her relationship with her dinosaur. Her cousin doesn't talk about her too much." She closed her eyes. "Zoe and the others didn't bring the card when Ellen first appeared, which means Rod and Laura got it and that must have been when they were in..." She was starting to remember where the D-Team went for the Ampelosaurus two years ago and what Zoe told her that happened there.
A slight and weak impulse ran through her leg. Her eyes shot open in surprise and she glared at the Parasaurolophus. "Paris! Why did you bite me?!"
Paris barked at her.
"The train..." Reese realized.
"Wait, what...?"
Paris roared softly, starting to sing again.
"I remember now, Zoe told me about their encounter with the Ampelosaurus in Russia. They were locked in a train and had to keep Ellen from waking up, so she doesn't destroy it." She knelt down. "That's what you were trying to tell me. We need your lullaby to put Ellen to sleep."
The Parasaurolophus nodded.
"I'm sorry I ignored you before." The scientist straightened up and looked at Ursula. "I suppose your stubbornness wasn't the only one causing us troubles today; I made a mistake as well."
"Okay, okay, quit this sentiment and let's get that Ampelosaurus."
"Right."
They followed the plan of healing Terry, letting Paris find Ellen and put her to sleep and finally Terry taking advantage of that, attacking the Ampelosaurus and turning her into a card no problem.
Combining their abilities, these two could make a very great team and do realize it now.
—
Their mission was over and they were walking through an Alpha Base corridor, talking without arguing as much as before.
"We make an interesting team," Reese admitted, "we both possess qualities the other doesn't have."
"Yeah. You're kinda smart and I am beautiful, charming and simply wonderful unlike you~" Ursula praised herself.
The blonde sweated. "Well, at least you compliment me..." she murmured.
They made their way into the living room. When everyone in the room saw them chatting so innocently, they stared in disbelief and shock.
"What are you staring at?" Ursula growled at them.
"I'm not quite sure..." Ed told her.
"It seems we aren't sober enough yet because there's no way we see this," Zander said.
"Don't get used to this. We just did our job, that's all." Ursula showed them the Ampelosarus card, shooting a death glare at them.
"Can't teach an old dog new tricks," Jeremy chuckled, "or more suitably, you can't make the same old Ursula be nice to people."
"DID YOU JUST CALL ME OLD?!" Ursula yelled at him.
"Didn't mean to..." He sweated and stepped away. He soon started to run away when Ursula charged at him. He shouldn't have said that one word.
—
I did! I named the chapter like that; deal with it!
It's a little bit longer than previous chapters, but it should be worth it.
I know you're disappointed in the Reese and Zander situation, but that was the intention. Ursula hates Reese a little less now. Jeremy is going to survive her wrath, don't worry. Ellie won't reveal her secret for a while unlike Ed in this chapter. There's nothing special to be said about the Cretacia and Trias scene yet.
Oh, and the BPW Bar stands for Blue, Pink, White Bar; a little reference to something surrounding Jeremy ;)
Anyway, prepare for trouble and make it double because things are gonna be interesting in the next chapter!
I hope you enjoyed!