Dinosaur Planet
Chapter Seven: Under Feelings
As Sam looked around Thorntail Hollow, she looked at her watch again. "It's been three hours now, where could he be, I hope Fox is alright." she said to herself. She hopped off the hull of her ship and walked towards a rock. She had saw an orange scarab run past her feet and then scurry away. "Oh no you don't." she said. She began to chase the scarab and tripped over another rock. She fell and hit the ground. "Ow, you stupid bug, I'm going to get you for this." Sam stated. She began to focus and then she became still. She waited for her prey to relax and then act sluggish. Just as she pounced, the scarab quickly moved and she was once again, on the ground. But when she looked forward, she saw a pair of metal boots. She looked up and saw her one and only true captain. "You fall for me every time." Fox said. "Fox, you're back." Sam said. She looked past Fox to see a small dinosaur. "Who is that?" she asked. "I'm Prince Tricky, at your service." the little dinosaur said with his head held high.
Sam began to giggle as she saw the small prince try to act his part. Fox began to look around the ground. He then took out his staff and extended it. "Fox, what's wrong?" Sam asked. Fox prodded the staff under a big rock and then pushed down on the staff. "Nothing is wrong, I'm just getting some scarabs since I have a bigger bag now." Fox stated as two red scarabs began to scurry past his feet. Fox swiftly picked up two of the scarabs in one move and put them in the bag. "I believe the shop keeper said that a green scarab is worth one scarab. A gold scarab is worth five, and a red scarab is worth ten." Fox said. Sam began to rub her head in confusion, "How can a scarab be worth five times or even ten times of itself. That is why it's much better to just work with money." Sam said. They both looked around for scarabs and Sam became more experienced in how they move and where they try to go.
After they got enough, They went to the shop to stock up on supplies. They walked towards their scan visor and picked it up. The shopkeeper suddenly appeared out of thin air and looked at both of the foxes. "That will be twenty scarabs, yes?" the floating lizard said. Fox quickly reached into his bag and took out a green scarab. "Hold on." Fox said and continued to dig into the bag. Every scarab he pulled out was green and then he scratched his head. "If you're wondering why the scarabs are green instead of the colors you caught, it's because the bag is magical and it neutralizes the number that you can get every time. Suppose that you got ten red scarabs. That would be worth one hundred green scarabs. Well that is all the bag can hold is one hundred green scarabs, so it automatically duplicates the other colors and changes them to green to match with the appropriate number of scarabs you have." the shopkeeper said.
Fox, still looking confused, just shrugged. "Ok, I think I got the picture." he said and pulled out the necessary amount of scarabs to buy the scan visor. After they bought it, the two foxes walked out of the cave and looked around the field. "Fox, where is my mom?" Tricky asked. Fox had totally forgotten about the queen EarthWalker and rushed to get to the cave. "C'mon, she's in here." Fox panted and entered the dark and spacious cave. When they reached it, Tricky ran towards his mother. They also noticed the cerulean vixen was trying to comfort the queen EarthWalker. "Krystal, glad to see ya." Fox said. Krystal looked up and looked at Fox. "Nice to see you too, Fox." she said. But as she looked over to Sam, their eyes both locked onto one another. "How are you doing?" Sam asked in almost gritted teeth. "Just fine." Krystal said lowly. Krystal could feel the hostility in Sam's eyes. Fox saw their eyes never move and they didn't seem to blink. There was so much tension in the cave that it made Fox feel uneasy. "Mom!" Tricky yelled.
The outburst broke the uneasiness in the room and both vixens looked at Tricky. He was cuddled under his mother's front leg. She began to speak to her son and all of the foxes just looked on as the two dinosaurs talked. After they finished talking, Tricky walked slowly towards the group of foxes. "My mom is very sick. She needs help. Whenever I'm sick, she gives me white grub tubs and then I become well." Tricky stated. "Alright then, let's go find those white grub tubs." Sam quickly said. "Wait, you really don't know where they are. I can show you to them." Krystal said. She stood up and began to walk towards the spot where the white grub tubs were. Just as she passed Sam, there was a quick death stare between the two vixens and she continued to walk. "Follow me." Krystal said. They went out of the cave and turned to their right. They reached a small circle with a patch of small, soft dirt at the bottom of the wall. "We can dig through here." Tricky exclaimed.
He began to dig through the small patch of dirt and then created a hole for the foxes to crawl through. When all of them made it to the other side, they saw a big gaping hole and a ladder that led down to the bottom. "Now Tricky, I want you to stay here." Fox suggested. "What? Why can't I go with you?" Tricky asked. "Because, if your mother needs help, you should be the one to give it." Fox said. "Got it Fox, I'll stay here. I just hope you three can hurry." Tricky said and rushed back to the cave. "Alright, let's go down there." Fox said and got onto the ladder. He climbed down the long narrow ladder and finally reached the bottom. "Alright, it's safe." Fox yelled. Sam got on it next, all the while staring down Krystal. 'Why does she keep acting hostile towards me? It's not like I actually took Fox away from her… yet.' Krystal thought. After Sam was done, Krystal went next.
When they all reached the bottom, it was pretty dark, and damp. "I can't really see anything. I hope we can find these grub tubs." Sam said. "I remember, there is a little cave right past these opening." Krystal said and pointed out. "Ok, if you say so." Fox said and went on. Sam looked at Krystal and then quickly looked back. 'She always thinks that she's better. I'll show her.' Sam thought. "C'mon Sam, you're just standing there. Is everything ok?" Fox asked. Sam got out of her daze and then walked with the rest of the group. 'Sam has been off lately. She hasn't been like this when I first met her. She started acting like this when Krystal came around, which gives me one conclusion…' Fox thought. "I found it!" Sam squealed. Fox was broken out of his thoughts and then looked at a small opening in front of him. He continued to walk towards the small opening and saw that there was a small green light in the opening.
They all walked into the opening and saw a dinosaur sleeping in front of a patch of dirt. Krystal walked up to the dinosaur and shook him. "Sir, we need your help." she asked. The dinosaur woke up abruptly, "What… who's there?" he asked. He looked around and saw the cerulean vixen. "Oh, hello." the dinosaur greeted. "Sir, there used to be a hole here leading to the bottom of this cave, where is it?" Krystal asked. The dinosaur began to ponder, "Well… I can't remember." he said. Then Fox noticed a patch of dirt under the dinosaur. "Sir, may you move out of the way please?" he asked. The dinosaur slowly moved away from his spot and just as Fox had suspected, it was the same type of soft soil that could grow an exploding plant. "Hold on one sec, you might want to back up." Fox said. All of the others backed away as Fox planted an exploding seed.
As he finally backed away himself, he aimed his staff towards the steaming plant. He fired and the plant exploded. After the dust cleared, they saw a big gaping hole with a ladder on the side of the hole. "Alright, there's our way in." Sam said. They began to climb down the ladder, when the dinosaur stopped Fox. "Wait, you might need this." he said and handed him a lantern. "It's pretty dark down there, so you're going to definitely need this." he said. "Thanks old timer." Fox said and climbed down the ladder. 'I don't know what's down there, but whatever it may be, I need to get through it to get those grub tubs.' Fox said and faded away in the darkness of the pit.
To Be Continued
