Hey people, didn't think I would bring this back at all, did ya? Well, I found the disk I lost, but... some jackass had deleted most of my stuff off of it. I really hate to say this, but I'm really going to have to rewrite it... again. Don't worry, I kinda wanted to anyway to make it better for you. But, sorry for the LONG ass wait, it won't happen again.

Dinosaur Planet

Chapter Nine: Burning Confessions

Sam and Krystal continued to walk towards the snowy region where Fox had found Prince Tricky. Sam quickly glanced at Krystal and then ahead of her. 'I shouldn't be acting like this. What's wrong with me? It's not her fault…' she thought. "Um… Krystal?" she began, but looked towards the ground. Krystal looked at her and noticed that she was thinking hard. "What is it, Sam?" she asked seriously. Sam continued to look ahead of her while thinking. Suddenly she turned towards the cerulean vixen and sighed, "Look, I know I've been acting a little hostile towards you, so I want to say… I'm sorry." Sam stated softly. She felt a rush of relief as she finally let her worries come out. Krystal, who had looked back ahead, thought of something that had bothered her ever since she met Sam.

"Why?" she blurted out; really asking Sam the question. Sam looked at Krystal and had a blank look on her face, "What?" she asked. Krystal continued to look ahead as they entered a cave, "Tell me… why were you being hostile? I mean, there's got to be an understandable reason, right?" she asked. Sam stopped walking and the two vixens noticed bars that had cut them from the other side. Sam grasped the bars and shook them, "Great! We're stuck here." she stated with irritation. Krystal looked around and saw a switch with a red light next to it. She walked closer to the panel and then examined it. "I think I know what can make this gate move." Krystal suggested and pulled out her staff. She jammed her staff downward into the slit and then pushed downward on it. They both heard a lock release and then witnessed the red light turn green. The gate slowly lifted and then Sam began to hop around in joy. "Yes, we did it!" Sam exclaimed. But something still troubled Krystal.

Just as Sam began to walk ahead, Krystal put a hand on her shoulder. "You still didn't tell me why?" she asked. Sam sighed, knowing that she would have to explain sooner or later. She sat down on a cold rock while Krystal sat on the ground. Sam looked deeper into the cave and looked at the gloomy rushing water. "Krystal… a few years ago when I was about nineteen, I fell in love with this guy. He liked me too and we kinda fell into each other. I had known him for at least two years and it seemed that we were meant to be together. My parents kept telling me that I shouldn't go with him; that I should wait until I at least finish the Military Training Academy I was enrolled in." Sam explained.

Krystal began to get interested, she never thought Sam's problem could eve be something serious. Strangely, Sam smiled, "Of course, as a teenager, I didn't listen. I dropped out of the Academy at Carl's request. But not before I made sure that I could pick up where I left off if I decided to come back. It was a little troublesome, but they had me sign a contract to keep record of the deal…" Sam trailed off. Krystal began to get confused, 'Is she… smiling even wider?' she thought. Sam looked at the glistening rushing water and just stared deep into it. "I was so ready to go out and start a new life, to start a new family…" she trailed off again. But she wasn't smiling anymore, she was crying.

"But all that changed the day I was about to get married. Carl had this other vixen, Shanice, for a friend ever since middle school; according to Carl and her. In fact, I had seen Carl and Shanice together many times. I began to feel a bit jealous at times, but I thought that it was wrong to make Carl stop seeing his friend; that she had known him before I did. Carl always kept telling me, 'she was just a friend and that nothing would come in between us.' But not even a week later after Carl had proposed to me, I found him sleeping with Shanice…" Sam choked out in tears. Krystal felt extremely sorry for her, but she didn't want to interrupt the story. "Apparently Shanice had just lost her boyfriend in a car crash. The total loss caused Carl to feel sorry for his best friend… and to give in and sleep with her… I opened my door and found them in my bed. I was completely speechless and frozen at the time. Considering how I ironically just finished talking about how faithful Carl was and… bought some, uh… items for me and Carl." Sam stated and blushed. Though Krystal didn't mean to, she began to giggle at the last bit of information. Sam began to giggle as well, mainly for relief. The stress releasing moment did not last though.

Sam let out a tired sigh as she continued to think about it. "To make matters worse, Carl called off our engagement and then told me he was getting married to Shanice. He told me he never meant to or wanted to hurt me, but he was in love with Shanice. Even though we didn't get married, he offered me one fourth of his money. But I turned it down, not wanting to keep anything in memory of him. I learned a hard lesson, and kept thinking about it after I enrolled back into the academy and graduated; I should always keep an eye on females. They stole the furry of my dreams every time I try and work with them. Even if I don't like the guy intimately, I thought it was better safe than sorry." Sam stated.

There was a long pause between Sam and Krystal. It seemed that Krystal's only question brought Sam's memories back into her mind as fresh and vivid pictures. Sam quietly cried as the thoughts overwhelmed her. It wasn't Sam's situation that got to Krystal; it was Sam's quiet sobs that hit Krystal hard. Sam was trying so hard to conceal her feelings, even at the exact moment, she tried to hold herself back from releasing the hurt out of her. Sam quickly realized that she was showing her weak side and quickly stood up. As she sniffed, she wiped away a tear from her eye. She quickly turned away from Krystal and looked at the water again. "Sorry about that." she stated softly. Krystal, now realizing that this was very serious, put a hand on her shoulder, "Sam… that's not healthy. You shouldn't apologize for something that has happened to you. Keeping it bottled inside will not help you get through it. You should let it out before it consumes you." Krystal informed.

But strangely Sam began to walk forward, "C'mon, we should go. This planet isn't going to fix itself." she stated seriously and continued walking. Krystal couldn't believe it; Sam completely ignored her, or tried to. Krystal began walking with Sam and noticed that they would have to swim across to get to a lever. The current they had to go through was against them and they couldn't swim to the other side of the cave. "I'll get it." Krystal stated and jumped into the water. She surfaced again on the other side and then stepped on a stone. A barred door went up and then Krystal moved towards the door. But as she stepped off the stone, the gate closed again, making it impossible for Krystal to enter. "Looks like you need some help." Sam stated and jumped into the water. She stepped onto the isle that Krystal was on and stepped on the stone. The gate went back up and Krystal went inside. She entered her staff once again through a slit and pushed downward. The current flow suddenly changed and as the two vixens jumped into the water, the current carried them to the other side of the cave. They both got out and then stepped onto land. "I really need to dry off. It's a bad combination to be wet and cold." Sam stated. There was a torch near by and she went near it to heat up. She took off her jacket to get it warm and dry and began to shake it. Krystal, on the other hand, was well used to being cold and wet.

"I don't see how you can not be cold and you're barely wearing anything." Sam stated. Krystal smirked, "I kinda adapted to the climate. It gets really hot on the other side of the planet, and if you travel long enough, you'll run into the coldest weather that you could never imagine." she replied. But she did feel a little chilly, so she took out her staff and extended it. Suddenly a light blue light surrounded the cerulean vixen, as if it were a shield, and she began to warm up. Sam stomped her foot, "That's not fair! You have that to warm you up." Sam complained. Krystal snickered, "Comes with the job." she stated. After twenty minutes of warming up, they both walked towards the end of the cave. There was a huge light blue Sharp Claw warrior at the exit of the cave and the two vixens got ready to fight. But the warrior did not do anything, except eye the two vixens a little awkwardly. "I would ask for twenty scarabs, but you two fine vixens don't need to pay… for now. Just don't tell General Scales." he stated and stepped aside. The two vixens became confused, but then quickly passed by the Sharp Claw warrior. They jumped over a tree trunk and then felt snow beneath them.

They both saw a gate in front of them and saw a lock on it. "Ok, I'll take care of this." Sam stated. She pulled out her phaser and then shot the lock off the gate. Just as they entered the gate, they saw a Snow Horn Mammoth trapped a few feet under the ground. Only his head and trunk was visible. Krystal and Sam looked around for something to help get the Snow Horn Mammoth out of his icy prison, but couldn't find anything to their use. "Are you two vixens here to rescue me?" the mammoth asked. Krystal nodded while Sam studied the mammoth, "Are you the Gate Keeper?" she asked. The mammoth nodded and then pointed at a tree of bushels. "Those branches on that tree will give me plenty enough energy to get out of here. I'm really tired and weak right now, I haven't drunk or eaten anything in three days." he continued. The two vixens looked at the tree and saw white snow covering small circular branches. "Come on, let's get these branches and then get the Gate Keeper out of there." Sam suggested.

The two vixens ran over to the tree and began to climb it, when an axe hit the base of the tree. "What the…" Sam began to say and looked over to where the axe had come from. The two vixens saw a lot of Sharp Claw Warriors running towards them with weapons high over their heads. Krystal jumped off of the tree and then took out her staff, "Get those branches to the Gate Keeper, I'll try and keep this warriors off of you." Krystal stated. Sam nodded and then continued to climb the tree. The warriors ran towards the cerulean vixen and tried to attack her, but she backed away and began to blast the whole row of warriors with energy blasts. Then she cleared the rest of the snowy field by jamming her staff into the ground and caused a huge quake. More warriors came as Sam finally got the first branch off of the tree. The branch rolled towards the huge mammoth and he sucked it in with his trunk. "Just a few more…" he remarked. Sam continued to shake the branches and they all fell onto the snowy field.

But the warriors turned their attention to the rolling branches and then decided that the food supply was more important. The warriors took a different approach and then surrounded Krystal. She quickly tried to get out of the crowd, but they most of the warriors jumped on top of her and pinned her onto the cold ground. "A little help here." Krystal stated. Sam jumped off of the tree and then pulled out her blaster. She aimed at the warriors and began to fire. Most of them disappeared into a pale blue light, but others decided to sneak past her and get the rolling branches and destroy them. Krystal quickly fired at two of the warriors, but then she noticed that the staff was out of energy. Krystal got into a fighting stance with her staff in front of her and then she charged at the warriors. Sam began shooting at the rest of the warriors while the mammoth continued to suck in the branches.

Suddenly as the mammoth sucked another branch, he wailed out and then broke the ice on top of him, making it shatter into pieces. The Sharp Claw realized that they had failed and then scowled as they slowly walked away from the two vixens and the mammoth. "I didn't even know you mammoths eat those things." Krystal remarked. The mammoth smirked, "It's good fiber." he commented. Sam then thought of their duty and put her blaster back into her holster. "Ok Gate Keeper, the Queen has told us that you know where we can go first to get this planet back together." she stated. The mammoth nodded and then sounded his trunk. The two vixens looked up and then saw a huge wind whirlwind in the sky that looked like a tornado, only the base was the clouds and the large funnel was somewhere in the point of the sky. It looked like a backwards whirlpool. "This portal will lead you to Dark Ice Mines. My tribe has been captured and has been kept as slaves to work for General Scales. All thanks to my daughter…" he commented.

"I'm sure it wasn't her fault." Krystal stated. The mammoth scoffed, "She was the one who gave Scales the key to get to the gate, promising that he would not destroy our tribe if she did this. I refused, but then my daughter stepped up and opened the gate for him. He did not destroy our tribe, he enslaved them instead. I say it's her fault that this happened." he stated. "Well, we will do the best we can to help get your tribe back and put the planet together." Sam stated. 'Somehow…' she thought.

To Be Continued

So, what do you think? Is it worth the long wait? (Not hardly) but at least it's still in action. And it will get better, promise. Oh and please review. Since I'm rewriting, you guys might give me some good pointers.