Author's Notes: Sorry guys for having not update in so long. It was one thing after another. I couldn't finish this chapter because I was stuck on a certain part. But I will try to update A LOT more often. This chapter was more of a fill in, I had to make something and I didn't want to miss any of the real information. But the good stuff will come by the next chapter.

Dinosaur Planet

Chapter Five: Another Task

Sam and Fox still stood there looking at Krystal with awe. The cerulean vixen giggled, "You act like you haven't seen a vixen before." she said. Fox rubbed his head and blushed, "Well, not like that." he said. Sam almost felt like someone had intruded her space. "What are you doing here?" she asked. The blue vixen raised an eyebrow, "I should be asking you that question. This planet is very beautiful, but very deadly. I watched when your ship landed and I tried to figure out if you were criminals or anyone good. But I guess you're good, you haven't done anything bad so far, and you both have trusting faces." she said. Sam smirked, "Thanks, we do what we can." she said.

Fox snapped back into focus and remembered about his task. "Do you know what exactly is going on here?" he asked. Krystal tapped her finger on her chin and looked at the sky with a blank stare. "Well, the Queen Earthwalker is very sick. In fact, she's in that cave that you were heading to." she said and pointed ahead of them. "Well thanks for the help, we can take it from here." Sam said and ran off to the cave. Fox rolled his eyes and said good-bye to the blue vixen, then he ran after his partner. When he finally reached her, he turned her around to face him. "What is your problem? Why did you just run off like that? She could have told us a little bit more on what is going on." Fox said.

Sam looked at the ground, "I'm sorry, it's just… well… I'm very competitive, that's all I can say." she said. Fox looked at her suspiciously and didn't say anything else. They both walked deeper into the cave and saw a huge dinosaur lying on the ground. "This must be the Queen EarthWalker." Sam said. "My name is Fox McCloud." Fox stated to the big dinosaur. The queen began to speak in her native language. After awhile of listening to her babble in her language, Fox rolled his eyes. He turned his holocom on and saw Slippy's face appear. "Slip, did you get the translator up and running yet?" he asked. "It's almost done, until I completely finish it, I'll translate for you Fox." he said. The queen repeated her message one more time and looked at the vulpine. Fox looked at the floating amphibian's head and cocked an eyebrow. "You've got to go to Ice Mountain to rescue her son, the Prince Tricky." Slippy said. Fox began to snicker to himself, "Nice name." he commented. "Ok lady, I'll bring your son back to you, now can you give me some directions?" he asked.

The queen let out a long wail that seemed to be like a call. She began to speak in her native language again. "You've got to go speak to that big stone guy, she called him a Warpstone." Slippy said. "That's all I need to know, I'll be back soon Queen, don't you worry." he said. Fox turned off the holocom and looked at Sam. "I guess we go talk to the big Warpstone now." Sam said. "Alright, but I hope this doesn't take long. I just want to put this planet together so the Lylat System won't blow up." Fox replied. They both walked out of the cave and to the other side of the field. They reached a crack in the wall and looked at it with confusion. "How are we supposed to get passed this?" Fox asked out loud. Sam looked around and found a big sized plant that seemed to blow steam through the small hole in the middle of the plant. "Hmm. Maybe it has something to do with this." she stated and pointed at the plant. Fox almost laughed, "What does that have to do with this crack in the wall?" he asked. Sam shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. Just shoot at it and see what happens." Sam suggested.

Fox took out the staff and aimed at the plant steadily. He fired at it and it exploded with extreme force. Three small seeds that gave a purple glow to it landed softly into the water. Fox put up the staff, dove in, and got all three seeds. "I can plant these near the crack in the wall. If it can do what it did a few seconds ago, then I think that wall would be blown to pieces. The soil seems soft enough to plant a seed." Fox said. He walked over to the crack in the wall and planted it in the ground. Both Sam and Fox backed up and he pulled out the staff once again. He fired at it and it exploded with the same force as the last one that exploded. A new path was seen and they both walked on. They looked at the big warpstone in awe and in fear. "Don't worry, I won't bite, I may crush you, but that's if I don't see you there." he said. Fox walked up to the warpstone and told them their mission.

"We have to go and rescue Prince Tricky from Ice Mountain. The Queen said you could help us." Fox said. The Warpstone turned in his direction and looked at him. "Yes I can help you, but on one condition. Your partner has to stay here in Thorntail Hollow." he said. "What?" they both asked in unison. "Yes, I can warp two people, but I can't send you to the same area together. If you both went at the same time, one of you would be lost in space forever. So do you accept this offer?" he asked. Fox thought about it for a minute, "Yes, I will accept." Fox said. "Good, step onto my hand." the warpstone said and put out a huge stone hand. Fox stepped onto his hand and the warpstone picked him. "Are you ready, to warp?" the warpstone asked. "Yes, I am." Fox answered. "Fox…" Sam began to say. Fox turned towards her and saw the hurt and worried expression look on her face. They stared at each other for a few seconds. "…be careful." she finished and walked off.

The warpstone cupped his hand together and stared at Fox. He began to fade away into nothing as the warpstone put down his hand. "Fox, I hope you'll be alright." Sam whispered to herself. She walked away from the warpstone and sat next to her arwing. 'I'll just rest until my captain comes back.' she thought. Little did she know, other things were out there instead of Sharp Claws and Thorntails. There was another vixen on the prowl and she doesn't like to take survivors.

To Be Continued