"I think she's married," Karl told David. They were in Zippo's house again and neither of them noticed Zippo watching them from around the corner.

"Married?" David questioned him. Karl shrugged.

"Yea."

"Wait, why do you think she's married?"

"She had a, a ring, around her neck," Karl said indicating on his own body where the ring would fall.

"A ring? So? Lot's of unmarried people have rings."

"Yea, but this one looked like a wedding band."

"Okay, say it was a wedding band. If she were married at all why wouldn't she tell us?"

"Maybe she's running from him or something"

"If she was running away from her husband, why would she be wearing the ring?"

"Um…"

"And why wouldn't Marion tell us? She trusts us."

"Um…"

"And does Amelia look like the married type?"

"Oh I've seen more of her then you'd think."

"What?"

"Never mind. So okay I guess she's not married. But there is something up with her…" Karl confessed.

"I still don't know why you think there's more to her than she says."

"Need I remind you of Mr. Shadow?"

"No, no. But I still think he was just trying to make trouble. He seems to have succeeded at it too."

"I didn't trust her before "Mr. Shadow." Which reminds me, what exactly did this guy look like?"

"Uh, tall, black hair, dark eyes, tanned complexion, all in black…"

"Maybe he's her husband…" Karl said and David sighed in embarrassment.

Marion and Amelia were walking down a hallway in Marion's father's manor. Earhart passed them walking quickly in the opposite direction. Amelia half-listened to what Marion was saying and half followed Earhart with her eyes.

"So he's going to speak to the Senate about it next week," Marion finished, "are you alright?"

"Huh?" Amelia asked looking back at her friend, "yes I'm fine. Is it just me, or has Earhart been acting oddly today?"

"Earhart?" Marion asked and looked behind her even though Earhart was out of sight.

"He keeps glaring at me suspiciously."

"Have you asked him why?"

"I would, but I'm afraid I might not like the answer…"

"Would you like me to ask him?"

"No, that's alright, thank you. I'll find out something."

"Marion! Marion! Oh Good, Amelia too," Zippo yelled running after them.

"Breathe deep, Zippo," Marion said.

"Seek peace, Marion."

"Why the hurry?" Amelia asked him.

"Oh, oh yes. Marion, your mother has requested your presence, at the Hatchery."

"Is there anything wrong?"

"No, she doesn't think so. She's found something and wants you to look at it. She wants Amelia, Karl, David and I to accompany you as well."

"Does my father know?"

"Earhart is telling him now."

"Alright, we'll leave immediately. Go tell David and Karl, will you, Zippo?"

"Yes, of course I will," Zippo said and left them.

"Is this something we should be worrying about?" Amelia asked her.

"No use worrying until we figure out what exactly is going on."

"Yes, you're right, of course."

The Scott's had moved into a small house just on the brim of Waterfall City. From their house it was only a fifteen-minute walk to market place and Zippo's house and a five-minute walk to the bus station. So everyone was meeting there to board the bus for the Hatchery. Karl had just finished packing his bag and wasn't looking forward to having to say good bye to 26. Earhart and Karl's Dad promised to take care of her, but Karl still didn't like leaving her. Part of him would miss her. A big part, actually.

Karl walked out of his room and into the room dubbed as "the game room." It was called such because that's where Karl had set up a ping pong table. Zippo was getting better, but Karl could still beat him easily. Karl was surprised to find Zippo and Amelia playing a nice and slow game. Karl grinned and placed his bag on the ground.

"You're teaching her how to play ping pong?" Karl asked Zippo questionably. Karl took Zippo's place and his paddle.

"Well actually…" Zippo started.

"I'll show you how to play, Amelia," he said and served her a nice and easy one. She smashed it so quickly Karl had trouble seeing it. He stood there in shock and looked at her. She smiled and shrugged.

"Grandma," was all she said and he grinned. He bent over and picked up the ping pong ball.

"All right, let's play," he said and was about to serve when David stuck his head into the room.

"Time to go," he announced so Amelia and Karl set their paddles down and Karl grabbed his bag.

"Do we know yet what your mother wants us to see?" David asked Marion as they rode the large dinosaur. They were riding through carnivore country in the woods; the driver and his assistant were keeping a good eye out for anything. Marion shook her head.

"All your mother said was, she found something extraordinary and she wants your opinion on it," Zippo told Marion.

"They why'd she want us to come along?" Karl asked him.

"To keep Marion, company, I suppose…"

"And me?" Amelia asked him.

"Your mother probably misses you," Zippo said and Amelia smiled. Karl and David looked at each other.

"You live at the Hatchery?" David asked her.

"By the Hatchery," Amelia corrected him.

"You can see the Hatchery from her house," Marion said.

"And my house from the Hatchery," Amelia added. Karl snapped his fingers with a look of realization on his face.

"That's how you knew I was Karl! You saw me at the Hatchery!" Karl said incredibly happy with himself. Amelia nodded.

"Yes. You finished my jigsaw puzzle," she told him and he laughed.

"Why didn't you ever say "hi?" " he asked her. Marion and Amelia glanced at each other.

"I was purely on a survey mission," Amelia responded.

"A what?" David asked her but she never got to answer. The driver stopped the giant dinosaur and told all of its occupants to climb down the ladder and hide.

Once their feet were on the ground everyone could feel the rhythmic beating of the earth. Zippo, Marion, David, Karl, and Amelia ran out into the woods and hid in some brush. Beating of the earth got stronger and the sound of giant footfall echoed through out the forest.

"T-Rex?" David asked Marion in a whisper. She nodded with a worried look on her face.

"Where is it?" Karl asked her too in a whisper. She was about to answer but the giant carnivore roared loudly directly behind them. The roar deafened the sounds of their yells of surprise. Zippo, Marion, and David ran off in one direction to get away from the carnivore while Karl grabbed Amelia's wrist and they ran another. The T-Rex ran after Karl and Amelia.

"Where are we running?" Amelia asked Karl in between breaths.

"Away!" was all he answered her as the giant dinosaur hunted them down, shaking the ground with every step. Karl and Amelia both looked back in shock at the giant monster teeth close to tearing them to shreds. It would have been better for them to look forward because in one stride they flew off the side of a giant cliff.

Amelia clung to the rocky wall about twenty feet away from the top of the cliff. She was hanging on with all of her might and looked below her for any sign of Karl. The first thing she noticed was that she couldn't see the bottom of the cliff, she couldn't see the ground. The next thing she noticed was about 30 feet below her. It was a piece of large rock jetting out from the wall like a platform. She saw Karl's arms and head on top of it, he was dangling on it, holding on for his life like she was, and only her feet had placing. Amelia looked from side to side, still seeing nothing but rocky wall. She looked up and saw the giant carnivore stretching his head down the side of the cliff watching her. His teeth were getting very close to her. He got so close his breathing filled her ears and blew her hair and clothes. He cocked his head from side to side looking at her. He breathed heavily again and the force almost blew her off the wall. She knew he was going to eat her. He just had to lean forward one more foot to grasp her head in his incisors. But he didn't. He lifted his head away from her, stood up straight, and walked away with ground shaking steps. Amelia made small laughs of relief and wonder in between her panicked breathing. She had no idea what just happened.