After a few games, the gang collapsed under the shade of the wavering trees that bowed in the wind. They all sprawled out over the ground laughing jovially without a care in the world. They hadn't had fun like that had just experienced for such a long time with everything being so serious with the humans being around and all the mishaps that had happened beforehand. As they all lay on the ground staring up at the sky through a small gap in the canopies, they began describing the cloud shapes that floated gracefully across the endless blue.
"Hey look. That one looks like the Smoking Mountain," Ducky said pointing at a jagged edged cloud.
"Where? I can't see it?" Cera complained.
"Look there Cera. See the cloud with the pointy top. Ducky right, it look just like it," Petrie said scoring out the cloud with a finger.
"What? No it doesn't. It looks nothing like the Smoking Mountain," she continued to whine.
"Yes it does Cera. You just have to have a little imagination," Jason said.
"Hey. I can see a treestar-shaped one!" Littlefoot exclaimed.
"Yeah, I see it! That one next to the one that looks like a.uummm." Ali said but was stumped by strange looking cloud, "What could that one be?"
"It sort of looks like a.a longneck." Littlefoot said slowly.
"What's wrong Littlefoot?" Jason said noticing his drop in tone.
"It.it sort of looks like." he started but stopped and sighed, "just a longneck. That's what it is." Jason looked at Littlefoot as he continued to stare blankly up at the sky. He decided it would be better if he didn't say anything since he could tell what he was thinking.
"Oh lookie! That one looks like a human. It is standing next to the longneck-looking cloud," Ducky said. Jason returned his view back up to the sky and sure enough, a human-shaped cloud was drifting alongside the longneck one. The way it was positioned, it looked like it had a hand resting on the longneck as if to comfort it. Suddenly, Jason felt something drop as Littlefoot had. In the same manner, Jason sighed and sat up and looked across at the group who were all staring at him. His eyes past from one dinosaur to the next until they came to rest upon Littlefoot whose expression was a mirror image of his own. He stood up without saying a word and brushed the dirt of his back and the others did the same.
"Jason? Is something wrong?" Ali asked softly.
"Guys.I'm sorry," he said defeated.
"Sorry? Sorry for what?" Ducky asked not quite understanding.
"For everything. All this human invasion stuff is all my fault. I never should have come here. If humans and dinosaurs were meant to be together, I think evolution should have played that role over sixty-five million years ago."
"Jason, what are you talking about? You're not making any sense," Cera said sternly.
"I'm saying that I've completely screwed up the fabric of time. While I was sitting in that cell yesterday I was thinking. I should have never stepped through that time door when I did because now all this has happened. I can't understand why those stupid Red Phoenix men bothered coming after me but now they are here, they are ruining everything you guys have worked so hard at protecting. We come bursting in with weapons and misunderstanding of how your kind really live and survive. We are so wrapped up in our own importance as the supposedly "rulers of the world" and are supposed to "govern all creatures" but all we seem to do is cause misery and bring destruction to wherever we go."
"That's not your fault Jason. You can't be responsible for everyone of your kind," Littlefoot protested.
"Yeah, it's ALL of your kind's fault. What sort of creature kills their own just because something doesn't work out?" Cera snorted ignorantly. Jason sniggered at her comment.
"You're right Cera. We are stupid, but it's our nature. It's how we survive in our world. It may seem completely illogical and alien to you guys but it's how we function as a race. I just don't want anymore harm to come to this realm; we've done enough damage to our own time, we can't do the same here. I'd never forgive myself if anything bad happened to any of you because of the these meat-heads!"
"It's okay Jason.you'll." Littlefoot started. Halfway through his speech, a ripping sound tore over the area. In shock, everyone looked up through the trees where a red light shot into the sky and exploded.
"What was that!" Ali cried.
"It came from the Green Meadow. Let's go!" Littlefoot shouted and took off.
"Littlefoot wait!" Jason called after him. Everyone else chased after Littlefoot, ignoring Jason's cries.
Littlefoot sprinted through the trees to reach the Green Meadow where he heard dinosaurs wailing in fear. Another red light tore through the air and exploded overhead. The rest of the gang were close behind. As Littlefoot jumped over the last bush that separated him from the Green Meadow, he saw the same three humans that Jason was talking to yesterday standing in the centre of the field. They were shouting orders.
"Captain, he's there!" Stone said tapping him on the shoulder and pointing at Littlefoot. Hunter muttered something into his radio and turned to face him. Littlefoot stood in shock. He was about to turn and run back into the woods but he was pounced on by five men who dragged him to the centre of the field. Littlefoot struggled and writhed to break free but there were too many of them. He was placed at Hunter's feet and pinned down. He looked up into Hunter's cold eyes but he just smiled malevolently.
Seconds after Littlefoot was captured, Jason came tearing out of the thicket and looked around at the chaos that had broken out in the meadow. He felt sick and angry as he saw the Red Phoenix Squadron swarming all over the place like flies.
"Jason!!!" he heard a voice cry fearfully. Jason whipped round to see Littlefoot pinned under five fully-grown men.
"Littlefoot!!!" he shouted back and began running towards him. Before he could get to him, he was tackled to the ground. With no time to recover, Jason was seized, handcuffed and dragged over to Captain Hunter.
"You! Let Littlefoot go!" he yelled angrily. He charged at Hunter but another man flicked a pistol in his face, forcing him to stop.
"I think you are in no position to be demanding anything Jason," Hunter replied with a smug grin on his face.
"Hunter! Don't you DARE harm Littlefoot! If you do I swear I'll kill you myself!"
"Now, now Jason. I'm not here to cause unnecessary casualties. That's not how I work. I'm simply here to retrieve you, I have no business with your long-necked friend here but if you decide to be unco-operative."
"DON'T LISTEN TO HIM JASON! RUN!" Littlefoot cried.
"No! I'm not leaving you Littlefoot!" Jason said strongly, "Let him go Hunter. I'm the one you want." Just then, Jason heard desperate cries from behind him. Grandma and Grandpa Longneck had just entered the meadow to see what all the commotion was about.
"Littlefoot!" they cried.
"Grandpa no!" Jason warned as he could see him get ready to charge. In response, men pointed their rifles up at him in defence.
"Hold your fire!" Jill shouted.
"Jill. How could you do this? I thought you cared.I thought you were interested." Jason pleaded.
"I am Jason but I have a job to do. My mission comes before personal feelings. Don't be unreasonable Jason because I don't want to be responsible for any casualties that may occur if you are."
"You won't.you.you can't." Jason cried exasperatedly.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures I'm afraid Jason," she sighed.
"Please. Let my grandson go! He has done nothing wrong," Grandma Longneck pleaded.
"Let him go Hunter. You've got me now, that's what you want right?" Jason said. The scene of madness he could see around him was hanging in the balance. He didn't want a single inhabitant harmed but he would have to give himself up.
"Right. Men, we've got what we came for. Wrap it up and let's return to base," Hunter shouted. Jason sighed as the men lowered their weapons and began to leave the field.
"Hunter! I want you to promise me something," Jason shouted as he turned his back to move.
"What?"
"Swear to me. You won't hurt any living creature here. They don't need to get involved so don't harm them."
"Okay. As long as you don't pull another stunt like you did last night, you've got a deal."
"Okay done. You have my word."
"That's good because we've got a bargaining chip in our favour should you break that promise," he said sinisterly over his shoulder. Confused, Jason looked down at the men who had Littlefoot pinned to the ground. Littlefoot lay limply and was being hoisted into a stretcher, unconscious.
"No, Hunter! Damn you! You double-crossed me!" Jason screamed lividly.
"Just a precautionary measure my boy. Now come, we have much to discuss with Mr. Westwood," Hunter said plainly. Jason sighed in defeat. Now Littlefoot's life was in danger thanks to him. He looked up at Grandma and Grandpa Longneck who looked down on him.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure that they don't harm him in any way. Just.please.don't do anything until we return otherwise we could both end up dead," Jason said regrettably. Grandpa Longneck nodded in acknowledgement.
"Please take care of him Jason. He is our only child, we cannot lose him."
"I will. Don't worry. I'll see to it that he is safe," Jason said finally. Then, another man approached him and placed a syringe in his arm. Without any resistance, Jason accepted the drug and he fell unconscious immediately. Gasping in horror, the inhabitants of the Great Valley watched them carry him and Littlefoot away all wondering what the humans had in store of the two of them. No one dared oppose them as they all heard Jason's plea to safeguard them all. The gang formed around the feet of Grandma and Grandpa Longneck, all in shock. Jason had been recaptured which is what the humans wanted but now, they had also seized Littlefoot to ensure that Jason did not try anything rash. Doing so would result in Littlefoot's demise.
Chapter 36: Fears, Tests and InterrogationsJason awoke finding himself back in the murky jail cell he had escaped less than a day ago. Standing up slowly, he felt extremely light-headed as the chemicals that kept him drugged wore off. As his vision came back into focus, he found the entire area completely deserted apart from the echoing of footsteps out in the hallways. Holding his head, Jason then suddenly thought about Littlefoot and began searching around for him. He was not in the cell next to him or the third across the way. Without a sign of Littlefoot, Jason sat down on the dirty bed and sighed heavily. He had caused so much trouble for all the inhabitants of the Great Valley and now they had one hostage as a way of manipulating him. Jason knew that anything drastic would only create more trouble despite the flaming anger that was growing inside the more he thought about the Red Phoenix Squadron patrolling the landscape like a battleground. Such a peaceful, beautiful world he had tarnished with his arrival from the year 2113. Jason felt completely miserable as he thought more about how he had led the humans to the dinosaur realm.
Then, the door opened and Professor Baxter strolled in followed by Jill. Jason looked up at the two of them and saw them smiling down on him.
"What do you want?" Jason moaned. Jill pulled a set of keys out of her pocket and unlocked the rusty cell door.
"Come on. Captain Hunter wants a word with you," she said calmly.
"He's the last person I want to have a conversion with at the moment after everything he's done."
"I know you're feeling angry right now Jason but the sooner you answer his questions, the sooner you can go," Jill said as comforting as she could.
"Also, we have news about your dinosaur friend," Professor Baxter said pushing his glasses up further on his nose.
"Littlefoot! Is he okay? You haven't."
"Calm down son, he's fine. My medical team are checking him over now. Quite a remarkable specimen I must say."
"Don't call him that please professor. He's not a science project, he's a living, breathing creature, not a lab guinea pig."
"Very well. You may see him after your interrogation with Captain Hunter," the professor said finally.
"Okay, thanks," Jason replied offering a smile. The professor was exactly as he had remembered him when he was younger. Always pleased to see him and always treated him like an adult.
"Come on Jason. Let's go," Jill said softly as she held the door open for him, "I'm supposed to handcuff you but I feel I can trust you not to do anything stupid."
"Don't worry I won't," Jason said nodding. She smiled at him and shut the cell door.
Walking down the corridors, Jason looked around and tried to take in everything saw. The base looked very similar to how the ruined Red Phoenix Laboratories building did. The walls had marble slabs on them coloured with flame red and golden yellow streaks. The corridors bore numerous doors down both sides, some of which led to laboratories and others to dormitories.
"How did you get this base here in the first place?" Jason asked as they turned a corner.
"We had to transport the Chronos Doorway piece by piece over to a small bunker on the outskirts of the city. Took us quite a while, but when we got everything across and set it up again, we implanted the information of this time period we obtained from the log," the professor said.
"But mum always said that the project failed, something about now generating enough energy to hold the door open?"
"That was true but that fateful day when we found you in the building, something happened and you managed to activate it by merely touching the operation console. I was so excited that you finally managed to get the darn thing to work, I spent so much time getting all the kinks and bugs worked out of it that I improved its efficiency. It's still a little unstable but in the right environment, it can transport just about anything."
"We're here. Jason, please step inside," Jill said opening the door to a small room. Jason saw Hunter and Stone both sitting at a desk.
"Good luck son," Professor Baxter said patting him on the shoulder and giving him a wink. Jason smiled and nodded before Jill shut the door behind him. Hunter signalled for Jason to sit opposite him without looking at him. Not saying a word, Jason sat down whilst looking at the room. There was a large, reflective window behind Hunter and Stone where Jason guessed others would be watching him.
"Now Jason. I understand you feel very attached to the "creatures" that wander here but." Hunter began.
"They are not "creatures"! They are dinosaurs and they are very intelligent beings that don't deserve to be involved in all this," Jason interrupted. Jill hissed at him discreetly to calm him down. Jason knew he had to control his temper but the way that Hunter described everything and spoke to him; he was so ignorant and intimidating.
"Yes, very well. How did you activate that terminal back when we found you infiltrating our compound."
"Infiltrating? I wasn't." Jason jumped up but quickly recomposed himself and sat back down, "I.I don't know. I felt something.jump through me."
"Like what?"
"I dunno. It's hard to describe. It was sort of like a jolt or something that passed through me and when I touched the console, it just came to life."
"What created that "jolt" you describe?" the sergeant asked.
"How should I know?"
"We distinctly remember you holding that red stone around your neck in your hand. Did that have anything to do with it?"
"I.I don't know. Maybe."
"Come on kid! You must remember something!"
"Well I don't! I was too scared thinking you were going to kill me that I just felt something jump through me. That's all I can say about it."
Jason's interrogation lasted over an hour. Hunter and Stone probed every aspect of Jason's past including his life with the dinosaurs and even sensitive subjects about his mother and their escape where she was killed. Painful as it was to recall, Jason answered their questions in the hope that they would let him go so he could see Littlefoot.
"So your mother was killed. By whom? Did you see his face?" Hunter continued.
"N-no! It was all black and just as I escape he shot her. Please! Can we stop talking about this? I really don't like discussing this as an open subject!" Jason complained close to tears.
"We'll delve as deep as we need to I'm afraid. The professor says that she used to work for him. Highly recommends her but what caused you and her to flee that day? Can you remember?"
"She.she said she just had an argument with someone high up. I was back in the her lab waiting to go home when two or three armed men came in demanding her to return to speak with another official or something like that. When she refused, she grabbed me, fought past the guards and the next think I knew, we were running for our lives," Jason said snivelling. Hunter fell silent. He paused to think as something distinctly memorable about that day suddenly cropped up in the back of his mind. He then turned around to the mirrored window behind him and made a gesture to it.
"Okay. We've done enough here. Lieutenant, please escort him off the premises."
"Yes sir!" Jill replied with a salute, "Come on Jason, let's go." Jason lifted himself up out his chair and walked over to the door exhausted. Once the door closed behind her, Stone puffed and turned to his captain.
"The kid's been through a lot," he said once he was sure they were safely out of hearing range.
"Yeah, but at least we got some answers out of him. I'm going up to report this to the data analysis team. Have you established a search team to explore our extraction point?"
"Team is assembled and ready for orders sir. Shall I send them out now?"
"No. We'll dispatch them tomorrow when we got more light. Professor says if we keep chewing up our energy supply like this, we'll never have enough to power the Chronos Doorway and we'll be stuck in this hell-hole."
On the way back, Jason and Jill walked past some laboratories where scientists were scurrying around using bizarre looking equipment that looked like it belonged to an alien spacecraft. Jill looked at Jason and felt sorry for him. His story had touched her and she wanted to comfort him but Hunter had warned her not to get to friendly with him in case it distracted her from her duties.
"You did good in there Jason. You kept your cool and you came through fine," she said as they past another laboratory.
"It was hard but I was determined not to do anything stupid.for Littlefoot's sake," he sighed.
"You.really do care about him don't you?"
"Of course I do. Him, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike and Ali are the only friends I've got. They've accepted me as one of them despite me being human and all. Grandma and Grandpa Longneck also look after me like I'm one of theirs. Since mum died, I hadn't felt like I have recently for a long time. They actually care for me."
"I know the feeling. I lost my parents to that virus outbreak.and my lover. They fell ill whilst I was training for my position as lieutenant. Once I had been promoted to lieutenant having passed my training course, I received my certificate and I went home to tell them the good news. I opened the door and I found our pet dog dead on the doormat. Parts of his flesh were missing. Fearing the worse I rushed up to my parents' room but they were already dead before I got there."
"I'm.I'm sorry."
"It's okay, don't worry about it. It was a long time ago. Still, I wanted revenge but then I saw a note in my father's decaying hand. It said I should continue with my job and get on with my life, pleading that I didn't do anything that I'd regret.until this day I've kept my word. He also gave me an emerald ring as a parting gift. It was going to be my wedding ring but I found my lover's body in the shower in our flat. His body was already rotting because of the vicious nature of the virus because the colour of his flesh looked as if he had only died about an hour before I arrived but the huge chunks of flesh gouged out of his face and body looked as if he'd been dead for weeks. Anyway, my friends said that they had heard rumours that he was planning to surprise me when I got home. They said he was going to propose once I received my promotion so he went up to my parents' place to pick up the ring." Jill rolled back her fingerless gloves with the phoenix crest on and showed Jason a small, triangular green stone on a gold ring. Deep in its centre, a white swirl was encased in the jewel. "I treasure it to this very day. It reminds me of the loved ones I lost that day."
"Wow. That's really pretty. My mother's pendent has a stone that looks just like that one. Strangely enough, the day she died, she gave me my pendent. Oh, that reminds me! Do you know where it is? It looks just like that stone but it's a ruby. I think someone took it from me when you brought me in."
"No sorry. Maybe the professor knows."
As they turned another corner, Jason looked through another viewing window and saw wavy, mahogany stripped tail from behind a screen.
"Hey, there's Littlefoot!" Jason exclaimed and ran to the door. Jill followed as he pressed his face up against the window. Professor Baxter was in the room, fiddling with various equipment. Seeing them at the window, he waved them in. Jason burst into the room excitedly and stood next to Littlefoot who remained unconscious on the table.
"Is he alright professor?" Jason asked nervously as he laid his hand on his side gingerly.
"Yes. I've just give him a drug to remove the tranquillising chemicals from his bloodstream. He should be coming around anytime now," he stated. Jason looked anxiously at Littlefoot who began to stir.
"Oh! Where am I? What happened?" he said weakly once he opened his eyes.
"Littlefoot. You okay buddy?" Jason asked beaming.
"Jason? You're alright!" Littlefoot cried and tried to leapt onto him. He jerked but he remained motionless.
"Whoa, take it easy pal. You've just woken up from being drugged. Don't move too fast," Jason said trying to calm him down.
"I can't move my legs. What's happened to me?" Littlefoot asked starting to panic.
"It's alright Littlefoot. Your limbs will become reanimate in a little while. The drugs take a little time to work," the professor said smiling.
Once the arousal drug was give a little time to take effect, Littlefoot hopped down off the table and stretched.
"How are you feeling?" Jason asked as Littlefoot shook his legs back to life.
"I'm fine. What now? Do we have to stay here?" Littlefoot asked nervously.
"No, no. You're both free to go but we will contact you if we need you again," Jill said with a large smile.
"How are you gonna do that? Hope you're not gonna have to ambush me again," Jason said holding his hands up defensively.
"No, don't worry. That reminds me, take this device," Professor Baxter said handing Jason a small, hook-shaped machine.
"What's this?"
"It's a "Frequency Amplifier". This little gadget hooks onto the back of your ear. When we need to contact you, it will beep and simulate the small bones of your ear. You'll know it's us since it uses a specific frequency and cannot be traced by anyone."
"Cool! Thanks professor. Oh, one more thing. Have you seen my pendent? I think someone took it from me when I first got here." Professor Baxter began frantically searching the work surfaces.
"It was right here in my lab. Where's it got to?"
"Please find it. It's very special to me."
"I will; it was your mother's wasn't it? As soon as I find it, I'll contact you okay?"
"Great. Thanks professor."
Jason turned to leave and saw Jill and Littlefoot talking to each other by the door. He smiled as he watched them. They seemed to be making friends already.
"Oh, ready to go then?" Jill said having noticed Jason standing over them.
"Yeah, let's go."
Leading them to the front door, Jill dismissed the guard and let Jason and Littlefoot go free.
"You sure you guys will be okay finding your way back?" she called after them as they jogged away.
"Yeah, we'll be fine," Littlefoot called looking back.
"Thanks Jill. You should come visit the Valley sometime," Jason suggested.
"I'll hold you to that Jason. Take care!" she shouted waving them off as they disappeared into the forest.
Turning back into return to the base, Jill bumped into Hunter who was looming over her.
"Oh. Sorry captain. I didn't see you there," she said hurryingly.
"I certainly hope you're not getting too close to that boy lieutenant. Meddling in such affairs can cost a certain someone a title and much more if one's not careful," he bellowed slowly yet threateningly.
"No sir. I understand sir," she replied not looking him in the face.
"Good. Now rest up, you're up with search team tomorrow. I want you on full form," Hunter said sternly. Jill nodded and pushed her way past him feeling a little ashamed.
Chapter 37: Behind Sealed DoorsBehind his desk in a sectioned-off region of the Red Phoenix base, Dominic Westwood sat surveying readings being relayed to him on a monitor from the laboratories. Stroking his chin in thought, he was suddenly interrupted by a knock at his door.
"Come," he signalled to the door which flew open immediately. Captain Hunter marched in with a folder under one arm.
"Got the interrogation data from the research team. All physiological data has been amplified and key points in stress and energy levels have been highlighted," he stated placing the document on his desk.
"Good. I'll look over this later. So what's our current situation captain? Where should we go from here?" Westwood said swinging his mighty chair around to face the captain.
"I've already allocated personnel to their posts to investigate the extraction point at 0800 hours tomorrow morning. Do reckon it's really necessary to assign so many men to the site? I think it's a waste of a team members."
"You're not paid to think captain. You are paid to fulfil your duties as a commanding officer," Westwood said potently, "Has our young friend been escorted from the premises?"
"Yes. I saw to it that Lieutenant Fielding personally walked him to the door."
"And what of the dinosaur?"
"He left with him. Professor Baxter checked him over whilst the kid was in my custody."
"Do either of them suspect anything?"
"I don't believe so. They seem oblivious to anything. What of the power problem?" Hunter said quickly changing the subject.
"We are still consuming much more energy that we can create. If it carries on like this we may have to risk severing some of the experiments," Westwood replied unblinkingly.
"Which ones did you have in mind?" Hunter asked with an uncharacteristic nervousness.
"I don't know yet and I suggest that your squad moves quickly Captain otherwise you will receive an answer I'm sure you don't want to hear. I don't want to have to make sacrifices unnecessarily."
"Y-yes sir! I understand sir," Hunter said jumping standing upright.
"This company is so close to unveiling the greatest potential energy source known to mankind. With so much riding on this, I don't want any screw-ups! Failure is out of the question so don't disappoint me," Westwood said raising his voice. Hunter stood silently before he was dismissed from the office. As the heavy, wooden door clicked shut behind the captain, Westwood turned to the document he had left on his desk. From out of the folder, he began reading the written analysis of Jason's interrogation as the recording that was taken played on his computer. At certain sections, he smirked at Jason's responses as he recollected elements from the past mentally. After about half an hour of listening to the recording, Westwood started to become impatient and reached for his keyboard to stop it. Just as his fingers floated above the keys, the recording quickly changed in conversation to the day Jason was found in the Red Phoenix Laboratories, his mother's death and how he activated the Chronos Doorway. Westwood's expression switched immediately and he suddenly became keen on listening to Jason's every word. In amongst his weeping, he was able to uncover many aspects about Jason that jogged many past memories of him and his mother.
"It couldn't be." Westwood whispered softly as the recording ended and the dark office fell silent. Removing the disk of the recording from his computer, he quickly inserted another disk that displayed all the physiological data of the interrogation taken by the scientists behind the screen. Westwood eyed all the charts and graphs that flicked past on the screen one after another. His expression became increasingly more and more enlightened by what he saw.
"So it is true." he chuckled sinisterly, "You are." He was interrupted by a loud knock on his door.
"Yes. What is it?" he barked agitatedly.
"It's Professor Baxter Mr. Westwood. I have news about the tests I ran on the brontosaurus child," the professor said gingerly from behind the door.
"Really? I'll be right down," Westwood said. As the professor turned to walk down the corridor, Westwood looked back at the screen and stared at the graphs one last time before sniggering darkly, grabbing his jacket and heading for the large, oak door.
Hurrying down the corridors, Westwood made his way to Professor Baxter's lab. As he barged his way in through the lab door, he found Professor Baxter at his workstation, typing some details into his computer.
"So, what did you find? And I hope for your sake this interruption is worthwhile," Westwood said rather impatiently.
"I ran some tests on him whilst Jason was in the interrogation room with Captain Hunter," the professor stated.
"And? What's the news?" he barked irritably.
"Well.I.umm.the results are here on screen. The simulation curve showing the required energy levels of the subject is the same as the one we're looking for. It's a perfect match," he stuttered nervously. Westwood began stroking his chin, deep in thought. He then eyed a small book just to the side of the monitor.
"What's this?" he asked gruffly picking it up and flicking through the pages.
"It appears to be a diary. I've been analysing that as well. One of the men on patrol brought it in; said they found it lying in the dirt somewhere in the surrounding woodland. I have reason to believe that it belonged to Jason's mother," the professor said slowly. Westwood's eyes suddenly glistened darkly as he read through the accounts of the diary.
"So, we have another match.interesting. I think we need to arrange another meeting with our young friend Jason and his little dinosaur pal."