Once again, a new chapter has appeared! Enjoy!

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In Cenomanian Arizona, Nigel's team has come across their target: the brachiosaur Sonorasaurus. Needless to say, it's a rather surprising site for the team to see.

The team watches as the sauropod makes its way toward the river. The giant herbivore only pays them a glance as it makes its way down the scrubland; unarmed humans are too small to pose any threat to the sauropod. As the giant passes by them, Elise and Sean stare on, entranced by the sight of such a giant: this is their first up-close encounter with a sauropod, and they are dumbstruck by it. While the rest of the team manages to keep their composure, its clear they're still very amazed by the sight before them.

Despite its immense size, the sauropod does not take long to reach the river, and is soon lowering its head to drink. But then, to the team's surprise, it pauses, and examines the surface of the lake, as if searching for predators. Needless to say, with an animal so big being so cautious, the team is confused.

"Why's he so cautious?" asks Elise,"isn't a sauropod this big immune to attack from crocodiles? I mean, maybe Deinosuchus could catch it, but it won't evolve for, what, 11 million years?"

"True, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be cautious," points out Sean. "After all, something might try attacking it from behind while it's drinking."

And, indeed, the sauropod does turn its neck around to see if any predator's are making their way up the river's banks.

"...Touché," responds Elise, conceding her brother's point.

Once it is sure that it is safe, the brachiosaur finally brings down its neck to drink. After a few sips, though, a ripple in the water's surface catches the giant's attention. It pauses from its drinking to try and locate the source of the ripples, but it soon finds them gone. After about a minute, the herbivore seems to calm down and lower's its head to resume drinking.

Without warning, a giant shape bursts out of the water and lunges at the sauropod, which barely manages to pull back its head in time to avoid being drowned. The team jolts up in surprise at the sight of the shape which, now unobscured by water, resembles a gavial, albeit one six meters in length. Such a creature is unique in that it could actually pass for modern gavial were it not for it's green and black colored back and slightly different snout shape, giving away its prehistoric nature.

"What is that?" asks a confused Sean, surprised to see such a large crocodilian before him.

"I think that it's a Terminonaris," responds Elise. "It's a pholidosaur, which means it's closely related to the Sarcosuchus back at the park."

Sean can only stare on at the giant croc, which, having lost its chance to attack, crawls toward a large outcropping and begins to sunbathe. Soon, more of its kind join it, until eight of them cover the outcropping, slowly warming up in the sun's heat.

The team shares a glance, before heading toward the crocodiles, readying the time portal.

In three million years, Terminonaris will be extinct. It will be outcompeted by dyrosaurs, which will outlast the majority of the dinosaurs and make it to the Eocene before they too bite the dust. However, this also makes them perfect candidates for rescue for the park.

The team notices that, nearby the crocs, a pair of rocky outcroppings forms a natural funnel. Sensing an easy rescue opportunity, they move to set up the portal their, failing to notice that a blue and white creature has appeared behind them and is steadily getting closer.

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Back at the Park, Michelle has found herself feeding one of the park's mammalian predators. And it's a rather interesting one: it's the crowning member of the only group of carnivorans to leave no living descendants.

Michelle pushes a wheelbarrow full of meat up a wooden ramp built over a valley. The ramp itself is attached to a hillside, making it difficult for any no-burrowing creature to enter it. Upon reaching the ramp's edge, Michelle empties the wheelbarrow, allowing its contents to fall to the ground below.

Before the first piece has even hit the ground, a stocky, canine-esque creature runs positions itself to snatch the first piece of meat. It is soon joined by a second, and then a third, until a rather large pack has formed around the raining pieces of flesh. The first creature snatches the juiciest piece of meat it can find, in this case a lamb leg, before darting away to eat in peace. The second snatches a set of ribs, while the third snatches a juicy liver. The area around the rain of flesh soon becomes a small battleground as the carnivores squabble over the food, leaving Michelle to watch and laugh.

"These are Amphicyon, the most well know of all of the bear dogs. These guys were the kings of predators in their day: they did so well that they actually sent the entelodonts into extinction with both better bites and bigger brains. BUt then true dogs came along who were even smarter than they were, and that was the end of the bear dogs. Now though, these guys are doing great in their new home."

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While Michelle can only watch the Amphicyon battle each other in amusement, at the outskirts of Giganotosaurus grove, something big is happening.

Within it's grove, the giant carnosaur rests. His name is Atahualpa, and he is, currently, the last Giganotosaurus is existence. When Nigel had gone back to see the mighty Argentinosaurus, he had encountered Atahualpa while the later was feeding on an iguanodont. Though Nigel had managed to sneak away, the carnosaur had later found itself joining others of its kind assaulting the sauropod herd. The motley pack was among the last of their kind, for the rest had already died out, replaced by their descendants, Mapusaurus. Atahualpa had been surprised by the sight of the human, though, and, after eating his fill of the juvenile Argentinosaurus that the park had killed, followed the human's sent until he'd found his quarry, on the outskirts of the sauropod nesting sight. When the Sarcosuchus had made its move, Atahualpa had followed suite, resulting in both entering the present. After being kept in a large research area in Brazil, Atahualpa and the crocodilian had found themselves relocated to the park, where they had moved in just fine.

Now, the giant predator was content to enjoy the rest of his days lazing about, the quiet of his peaceful existence broken when he played with the strange round things in his exhibit. But today was different from the rest. His nose had brought him a strange sent, which resembled that of humans, but was at the same time unfamiliar to him. There was also the sent of large mammals that he had yet to recognize, which further heightened his curiosity. Eager to sate this growing hunger for knowledge, he moved to the edge of his existence and watched.

Before him were more humans, thought they appeared to be wearing strange feathers. If he had seen the ones Oreo had seen earlier, he would view them as the same. Nearby was a strange creature resembling the funny horned ones he had seen outside of his pen before, but these ones had no horns, which they had apparently traded for humps on their backs. The strange beasts browsed on the trees that grew outside his exhibit while the strange humans looked on, their apparel at odds with everything Atahualpa had ever seen in regards to humans.

The carnosaur observed them for a while longer, then slowly slunk away, ready to nap in the heat of the midday.

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Back in Prehistoirc Arizona, the team has finished up the portal, and is ready to bait their trap.

The team has split in two: Elise, Sean, Aileen and Tristan have moved toward the outcroppings to set up the portal, while Nigel, Violet, Tai and Aiden have begun pulling the meaty provisions they have out of their bags and are holding them out toward the crocodilians. They all seem enticed, but aren't up to full strength from the sun yet.

The plan to rescue them is quite obvious: once the portal is active, the meat team will throw the bait into the portal, which the hungry crocs will follow to sate their hunger, bringing them into the safety of the present.

Sure enough, the minute the portal goes up, the crocs are finally at full strength, so when the meat goes through the portal, they sprint after it.

With their current targets through the portal, the team prepares to turn their attention back to rescuing the sauropod... Until a loud growl pierces the air. Turning toward its source ,the team is faced with an unnerving sight: before them is a large theropod of carnosaur stock, with a blue back and white belly... and its staring right at the Sonorasaurus with a wild look in its eyes.

Now the team has a new dilemma: they need to rescue their sauropod before the mystery predator can kill it. Needless to say, this is easier said than done.

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AN: Yes, I changed the Mapusaurus back into Giganotosaurus. Someone pointed out in a WWD remake on deviantart that the diffence in time periods between the two is negligible enough for them to be contemporary, so that's why I did it.

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