I AHVE RETURNED!

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It seems Nigel and his team have found their quarry. Now, though, they need to figure out how to rescue it.

Nigel and the team stare at the Arizonasaurus, which are too busy either gorging themselves on the carcass or sunbathing to care. Nearby, the tusked animals have begun to move away from the giant carnivores, hoping to avoid becoming food to the mighty predators. Joining them are several temnopsondyls, who have similar thoughts to their larger contemporaries.

"Are they eating dicyodont?" asks Violet. "I thought that there wasn't any evidence of them from this area."

"There are dicynodont footprints from this location in the present," responds Drew, "But no body fossils. I think we just discovered a new species."

"Cool. So, how do we rescue them?"

"Well, I'm not sure about that," remarks Nigel. "We'll need to cross the iver, but it's too deep to cross here and if we get too close to them, they might here us and run off."

"There's a pretty strong log up ahead, why don't cross there?" asks Elise.

"Good idea," remarks Nigel.

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Back at the park, Suzanne is dealing with her charge.

Suzanne is a fish, which she is in the process of injecting with some kind of chemical. Nearby, the male Slaugenhopia stares at her, clearly hungry.

"Alright, well, he's not coming out on his own, so I'll have to force him out. He's pretty hungry now, so he'll eat anything that he can, like this fish. This one if full of tranquilizers, so if he eats it, he'll soon be fast asleep. Once he goes down, he'll be easy to relocate. I really wish this wasn't necessary, but he isn't willing to leave voluntarily, so this is the only option we have now."

The temnospondyl can only stare at her, clearly wanting to snatch the meat.

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While Suzanne deal with her problem amphibian, Bob is cleaning up after the park's biggest resident.

Bob is, once again, shoveling dung. This time, though, he has an enormous pile of it to work with.

A loud bellow soon reveals the source of the massive dung heap: the park's sole Argentinosaurus. As her kind were once the record holders for the largest land animals ever, it is rather unsurprising that she is the source of the massive amount of feces.

She, however, doesn't really care about this, and continues to munch away happily at the nearby forest, oblivious to the tiny human cleaning up after her.

After shoveling up a tenth of the dung heap, Bob turns his attention toward the massive sauropod, looking annoyed at first, before eventually managing a smile.

"You know, this giant is both my biggest annoyance and one of my favorite animals at the park. It's got just as much of a wanderlust as the other sauropods, but it doesn't make nearly as much of a mess. In fact, it seems to actively avoid doing so. Don't know why, but I'm not complainin'."

The titanosaurs simply bellows at Bob, as if saying thank you, before continuing on with its meal.

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Nearby, the younger recruits are taking a break. They've ended up in a place they really shouldn't be at, though.

In the shade of an Acacia Tree, Michelle, Lucas, Marcus, Vera and Alice rest, covered in buckets of sweat. In the distance, Martha and the elephants are wading in a lake, using the water to cool off their baked skin, with Martha in particular enjoying the water. Joing the giants are a group of river otters, who are not happy at sharing their home. Given their size, though, the most they can do is yelp in anger.

"Ugh, it's so hot!" complains Vera. "Why!?"

"We're on a tropical island," deadpans Alice in response. "It comes with the territory."

"I know, but I feel like my clothes were dipped in a stream with how much sweat is in them."

"Well, unless you want to give the boys a good look at your underwear, you better keep them on," replies Michelle. Lucas and Marcus, meanwhile, are busy drinking out of a barrel of water.

"...you two suck, okay" responds Vera, with a dark scowl on her face.

The scowl is soon replaced with a look of puzzlement, which catches Michelle off guard.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

"The sign right behind you."

Turning, Michelle is surprised to find that there is indeed a sign behind her. On closer examination, it appears to be inscribed with the words 'Warning: Restricted Area. Non-Authorized Employees Forbidden From Entering. Camera Surveillance In Effect.'

"...That's odd, I didn't know there were restricted zones on this island," remarks Michelle. "...Well, except for Park Control, but that's nowhere near here."

"Well, what do you think this is?"

"I don't know..."

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Back in Prehistoric Arizona, Nigel and the team have arrived at the log. Unfortunately, though, they can't find a good spot to cross at.

On the log are a horde of amphibians, both ones that were on it when the group first arrived and ones that had moved onto it to avoid the Arizonasaurus. Now, they are all searching for a good spot to bask on, leaving the group with nowhere to cross.

"...perfect," remarks Aileen in a defeated tone. "Now how do we cross?"

Elise, however, seems to be focused on something else: specifically, another, smaller log nearby the one they want to cross. It appears strong enough to support a few people ,and offers a quick route around the mass of temnospondyls.

Tristan, who can also see the log, locks eyes with Elise, then nods.

"Hey, can I borrow the time portal?" asks Elise.

"...um, why?" asks Nigel.

" I have an idea about how to clear out the temnospondyls."

Nigel seems unsure for a moment, before handing Elise the portal. After thanking him, she trots across the smaller log and sets up the portal, before gesturing toward Tristan.

On queue, Tristan charges at the temnospondyls while screaming at the top of his lungs, causing the amphibians to panic and scurry toward the opposite bank... right toward the time portal.

A moment later, and the park now has a couple dozen more temnospondyls in it.

The rest of the team can only stare, with expressions ranging from surprise to respect on their faces.

"Well," remarks Drew, "that's one way to solve that problem".

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AN: I'm back! Expect updates more often now!

Also, another hint on Elise: she's very friendly with sauropods.

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