You've waited patiently dear readers and your patience has paid off, here's the next chapter! Let's see if your puzzle solving skills are as good as Ichy's. Enjoy yourselves!

By the way one important thing you should all know, this story is a sequel to 'The Brilliant Ankylo' and 'Return of the Brilliant Ankylo.' Both ideas for those stories were supplied from one of my readers 'brave kid' so all thanks go to him for making this possible.

I also want to apologize in advance if any of the Dinosaucers, Tyrannos and the Secret Scouts are out of character…this is fan-FICTION remember I'm not making it cannon.

(By the way…all flames and flamers will be ignored thank-you. I'll make an exception for CONSTRUCTIVE reviews on what needs an adjustment or suggestions for other chapters/stories, for they are most welcome. Remember If you don't like my work then don't read or review it! NO-ONE is forcing you to!)

Disclaimer:I don't own Dinosaucers or any of its characters, they belong to Michael E. Uslan, Nelvana and DIC Entertainment

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PART THREE:

"I've got it!" Ichy exclaimed in triumph.

"You solved it?" Teryx asked eagerly.

"All the words on this Teaser Card are anagrams," Ichy explained as he scribbled away with his pen. "A little word rearrangement and the words actually spell out this…. 'What ancestor is shared between Homo Sapiens and Dinosaurs? The answer is in an exhibit inside the Museum where another card awaits you.'"

"Well let's get in there then," Teryx said heading for the museum.

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"Ah!" Ankylo said in satisfaction as he and his fellow Tyrannos continued to watch Ichy and Teryx on his monitor heading up to the Museum doors. "Ichy solved my puzzle...I wonder if he'll solve the NEXT few things I have in store for him?" he said chuckling at some private joke.

"What are you talking about now Ankylo?" Rex demanded to know.

"Well keep watching dear brother and see," Dei said calmly not wanting to miss a moment of the action like the rest of the Tyrannos.

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It was 10:25pm when Ankylo and Teryx reached the door of the Boulder Museum and to their surprise the main door was unlocked and open. Teryx was all set to walk in but Ichy grabbed her by the shoulder and dragged her sharply away. "DON'T!" he hissed urgently to her. "It's too easy!"

"A trap?" Teryx whispered quietly.

"Most certainly," Ichy whispered back as he indicated his fellow Dinosaucer to back away from the doorway. Once a safe distance away, Ichy fished around in this space suit pockets until he finally produced an extendible metal cane which he pulled out to his full arm's length. Ichy then slowly reached forward with the cane in his hand, as it touched the threshold there was a crackle of power, a sudden explosion and a shower of sparks.

"That could have been us!" Teryx said in horror.

"Exactly," Ichy said folding up his cane and putting back in his pocket. "I fused the mechanism…but from now on I suggest we tread CAREFULLY. Ankylo is bound to have more little surprises for us inside."

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In Ankylo's lab Genghis Rex gave a furious roar of anger as he watched Ichy and Teryx enter the Boulder Museum.

"So, they survived that one," Dei said dismissively to her brother. "What are you getting so worked up about?"

"They didn't even lose any limbs!" Rex snapped in angry disappointment. "A tail! An eyeball! Not even bladder control!"

"Yeah," Quackpot spoke up. "I thought we were going to see the Dinosaucers destroyed."

"You will," Ankylo reassured his fellow Tyrannos as he switched the monitor picture to show Teryx and Ichy moving cautiously inside the museum. "If they get eliminated by any of my game traps that's an incidental pleasure, if they last until dawn my bomb will finish them all off making their demise ALL the more gratifying! Now calm down and just watch what happens next…trust me by dawn you'll be satisfied."

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Inside the museum Ankylo and Teryx were carefully making their way through the exhibits keeping a wary eye out for any traps set up for them.

"So far so good," Teryx said quietly. "Where are we heading for?"

"The Dinosaur exhibits," Ichy replied over his shoulder. "We'll find Ankylo's next Teaser Card in there."

"Well that makes sense," Teryx said admittedly as they entered the exhibit area. "We ARE evolved Dinosaurs after all." Looking around she spotted a card sticking out of the mouth of an Ichthyosaurus skeleton. "Hey there it is!

"I doubt it," Ichy said carefully making his way to the skeleton and carefully taking the card out of its mouth and reading it.

'Congratulations Ichy, you and your companion have been selected as the recipient of a complimentary funeral with all the extras.'

As he read the card Ichy noticed something very odd about the floor. It was smoking. Indeed, it was starting to bubble and crack.

"SHIT!" Ichy yelled in sudden understanding. "Teryx get us off the floor QUICK! Its rigged to BURN us!"

Hearing this Teryx quickly took off like a started pigeon with Ichy grabbing her legs as she did so.

"You're too heavy!" Teryx groaned as she struggled to stay in the air.

"Can you get us to the top of that Ichthyosaurus skeleton?"

"I'll try!" Teryx panted as she struggled to go higher.

Below them the floor was now hissing and bubbling like molten lava. Blasts of heat and chocking smoke were wafting up from it. Little spurts of flickering flame began blossoming out of the floor, like yellow flowers.

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"Ah! Now this is more like it!" Rex said in satisfaction at the scene now being shown on the monitor.

"I told you so," Ankylo smiled. "Under my instructions my followers altered the museum's electrical systems into the floor of the exhibit room they're in. It was deactivated so long as the Teaser Card was in the skeleton's mouth, when removed the circuit was completed."

"So, what'll happen now?" Quackpot asked curiously.

"That all depends on Ichy," Dei said nodding at the monitor in amusement. "If he can't work a way to get out then the Dinosaucers are finished come dawn."

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In the museum the automatic sprinkler system was struggling to put out the fire, the water raining down on the floor was creating a huge amount of smoke and steam.

"I feel like I'm in a sauna," Teryx coughed trying in vain to blow away the steam with her hands.

"Its all my fault…" Ichy spluttered. "I should…never have removed that card…such an obvious trap to throw us off. Teryx…you'll have to go and get the teaser card…you can fly over the floor."

"Where is it?" Teryx gasped as she started to flap her wings.

"Its in the Eryops Exhibit," Ankylo told her. "The Eryops is an extinct amphibian that lived on Earth Four Hundred Million Years Ago. Lots of human scientists say that some of the Eryops evolved into dinosaurs and the rest evolved into mammals…and eventually humans."

"Ok…" Teryx said taking off into the air. "I'll be as quick as I can!" Flying through the water, steam and smoke Teryx managed to find her way to the Eryops Exhibit. When she reached it to Teryx's delight she found the REAL Teaser Card sticking out of the mouth of the ancient amphibian.

"There you are!" Teryx said to herself swooping down to the Eryops Skeleton and taking the card in her hand. "Now to get out of here before I faint from all this heat and steam! I got it Ichy!" she called as she flew back to the Ichthyosaurus Skeleton she had left her friend on. "I got the card!"

"Good work!" Ichy gasped. "Now…do you think you can carry me back outside? Despite all this chaos?"

"I'm going to do…my dammed best…" Teryx said letting Ichy grab her legs. Flapping her wings like mad, with Ichy's weight pulling her down amongst the stifling heat, flame and smoke the two Dinosaucers felt like stakes on a barbecue.

"We're nearly at the entrance Teryx!" Ichy said encouragingly despite the fact he felt his consciousness slipping away due to inhaling the smoke from the floor the entire time. "Keep going!"

With the smoke, heat and flame all around her Teryx made one last effort and flew herself and Ichy out of the main door of the museum and back out onto the street.

"Phew!" Teryx gasped as she dropped Ichy on the ground before joining him. "I never thought we'd get out of there alive!"

"Me neither…" Ichy said in agreement. He broke off as he heard the distant sound of sirens coming closer. "I think we'd better get out of here…Ankylo's little trap obviously set off the fire alarm and alerted the authorities."

"Well does the Teaser Card we say found?"

'If you're still alive to read this, it's a bizarre twist! Thirteenth Street is the next turn in this game where everything elementary will be found in a tobacco pouch."

"What the heck does that mean?" Teryx said in puzzlement.

"That's easy," Ichy replied as they set off down the street. "It means that we have to go to Thirteenth Street where we'll find a tobacco pouch belonging to the world's greatest detective Sherlock Holmes!"

"Sherlock Holmes?" Teryx said in amazement. "I've heard about him from Sara, he's not a REAL detective at all he's fictional."

"I know that," Ichy said in confirmation. "I've read all books regarding Sherlock Holmes and I'm willing to bet so has Ankylo which is why he's doing all this."

"So what he wrote on that Teaser Card was a Sherlock Holmes reference?"

"Correct again, this whole 'adventure game' we're doing is Ankylo's way of not only seeing if he can get rid of us, but if I'm WORTHY of being his opponent. Much like how Holmes' enemy Professor James Moriarty was worthy of him."

"Huh?"

"I'll explain on the way. Let's get to Thirteenth Street without delay we're almost halfway through the night, and the game is STILL afoot!"

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So Ichy and Teryx have made it past one of Ankylo's little challenges and so far, survive, but that was just one of many. If Ankylo he can rig the floor of the Boulder Museum to try and catch his opponent unaware, then he can do even MORE unexpected things in his little 'adventure game.' What awaits when they get to their next destination? You'll find out next chapter in the meantime don't forget to read and review like always!