Here's chapter 2! This takes place the next morning. Oh, and two OCs that belong to other people appear in this chapter. It will probably be obvious who one of them belongs to, though. On with the chapter!
Chapter 2
After Todd's disappearance, Dina had called the island police force. The next morning, they had sent three detectives in to help search for any clues that could help them figure out what happened to Todd.
The rest of the Patrol Team walked into the dig site to see this. They walked over to the clearing where they had lost Todd, which was now blocked off by crime scene tape. They walked into the clearing anyways, flashing their Patrol Team badges as they walked past the security guards.
The three detectives were a boy with blue eyes and long brown hair, a girl that looked about the same age as the boy with brown eyes and short blonde hair, and a slightly younger-looking girl with yellow eyes, short pink hair, and metal coating her right forearm.
"Any luck yet?" Dina asked them as they walked in.
"The only thing we've found so far is a small broken machine." The boy said. "If you want to see it, Molly has it. She's the pink-haired girl over there. Just a warning though, she can't talk."
"Okay." Rupert said. "Thanks for the warning."
The three of them then walked over to Molly.
"Hello." Dina said. "The boy over there said you found something?"
She nodded and pulled a small evidence bag out of her messenger bag. Inside was a small device, but it seemed heavily damaged, and a broken circuit board was visible inside it. But Dina could tell what they were looking easily.
"A holographic disguise generator…" Dina said. "Dinaurian tech."
"How do you know, digadig?" Pauleen asked.
"And what is a dinaurian?" Rupert asked.
"A dinaurian is an alien from another far-away world." Dina explained. "They are said to be the ancestors of dinosaurs, as well as those of humans. I know because I fought a few of them for research purposes, then later I met with a few of them again. Their disguise generators looked just like this, minus the damage."
"So you're saying he was abducted by aliens?" Rupert asked. "That's absurd."
"I never said that." Dina said. "All this means is that the dinaurians were here at some point. It doesn't mean they are the ones who took him."
"I think we should talk with King Dynal." The older girl said from behind them, startling all of them. "If this does involve the dinaurians, he might know what to do."
"Good idea, but next time, please don't sneak up on us like that…" Dina said after a moment.
"I'm going to guess King Dynal is the dinaurian leader?" Rupert asked.
"Yes." Dina replied. "And if the dinaurians are involved, he's the most likely to know about it."
"Then let's go, diga!" Pauleen shouted.
"The only problem now is getting to the ship." The girl said. "I have a teleporter, but I can only take one other person with me."
"How did you get a dinaurian teleporter?" Dina asked, a bit suspicious.
"Well actually it's not mine." The girl replied. "It's my boyfriend's."
"And how did he get it?" Dina asked.
"Because he has friends among the dinaurians and one gave him a teleporter." The girl replied. "So who wants to go with me?"
"I'll go." Dina said as she stepped forward. "I know Dynal better than these two. I just hope he remembers me."
"Even if he doesn't remember you, he'll remember me." the girl said as she activated the teleporter. She grabbed Dina's hand and both of them disappeared in a flash of light. Moments later, they reappeared inside the dinaurian starship.
"Wow…" Dina said in awe of the technology around her.
"Follow me." The other girl said as she started to walk away. Dina followed her.
After what seemed like hours of walking (probably due to Dina stopping every few seconds to admire the technology), they reached the room that Dynal was in, which the girl referred to as the Idolcomp Room. A guard blocked the path as they got close to the door. The girl held up a card of some sort. The guard nodded and turned around.
"King Dynal, you have visitors." The guard said. Dynal turned to see who it was and nodded to the guard. The guard stepped aside and motioned for two girls to enter the room.
"Welcome, Jasmine." Dynal said. "And it's good to see you again, as well, Dina. What brings the two of you here today?"
The girl that Dynal called Jasmine stepped forward, holding Dina's hand so she wouldn't run off.
"I'm not a little kid, you know…" Dina complained.
"Well you're sure acting like one." Jasmine said. "You're like a kid in a toy store."
"I am not!" Dina said.
"Yes you are, now shut up." Jasmine said. Dina crossed her arms and pouted. "Like I said…" Jasmine mumbled. "Anyways, the reason we came here is because we have a potential situation involving your people."
"And what exactly would that be?" Dynal asked.
"Last night, an important member of the Caliosteo Patrol Team named Todd was kidnapped." Jasmine explained. "When we examined the crime scene, we found this."
She held up the bag with the broken device. Dynal reached out and took it from her. He took it out of the bag and examined it.
"Yes, this is a holographic disguise generator, but this is one that was stolen from us." Dynal said.
"How can you tell?" Dina asked.
"It's been tampered with." Dynal replied. "The casing was broken to remove certain parts of it. Normally, we can disable a stolen device remotely from the ship. This was modified to prevent that."
"So someone stole it, removed the kill switch, and used it to disguise themselves so they could kidnap Todd?" Jasmine asked. Dynal nodded. "Why would they do that?"
"If this device was stolen by who I suspect, your friend is in grave danger." Dynal said.
"And who do you think it is?" Dina asked.
"My brother." Dynal said, sounding slightly upset. "His name is Raijiar. He occasionally kidnaps innocent humans through his army. Then he either tortures them until they are too weak to escape or uses his voice to basically hypnotize them. Then he eats them alive, or he infects them to add to his arsenal. And if it is him, your friend is about to suffer one of those fates."
"Do you know where he is?" Dina asked, starting to panic.
"I'm afraid I don't." Dynal replied. "But if you want your friend back, you need to find him soon."
Just then, someone else walked into the room. It was a creature that looked somewhat like a cross between a large raptor and an Ignosaurus. "Hey daddy, have you seen my…" the creature started to say. Then she noticed Jasmine and Dina. "Oh. Am I interrupting something?"
"Hello, Dunal." Dynal said. "Jasmine, Dina, this is my daughter, Dunal."
"Nice to meet you both." Dunal said in an almost bored voice. Then she noticed the device in Dynal's hand. She walked over and snatched it from him, examined it, and started talking again.
"...This came from the clearing in a forest, a dark one at that, and fondled terribly. Failsafe removed at 8:22 in the morning, then reactivated by Maltoic. Then he passed it off to one of his troops, who used it later on and lost it in the capture of seven total people, four Dinaurian, three human, the Dinaurians infected to become troops, and the humans eaten within ten minutes of arriving at Raijiar's ship."
Jasmine looked horrified by this explanation. Then she noticed something quite irritating.
Somehow, Dina was half-asleep by this time, having been bored by the explanation. Jasmine elbowed Dina to wake her up.
"Hmm? What'd I miss?" Dina asked sleepily.
"A long explanation about the device and confirmation of Raijiar's involvement." Jasmine replied. She then turned to Dunal. "And exactly how do you know all of this?" she asked.
"Smell. It reeks all of that. Anyone who touched it, every particle of air that ever touched it, I can smell."
Dynal seemed a little embarrassed. "She's a rare occurrence. Smarter and more useful than I ever will be."
Dunal stepped forward and smiled, baring sharp fangs and snarling teeth. "I'll even help you, seeing as none of you are smart enough to do this on your own."
"I don't know if I should be excited or insulted by that comment…" Dina said.
"I'll go with both." Jasmine said. Dunal snorted.
"If you want to see your friend alive again, follow me." Dunal said, starting to walk away. Dina and Jasmine followed her all the way back to the teleporter room, which sent them right back where they were before they teleported to the ship in the first place.
"We're back!" Dina shouted, getting the attention of her friends and the other two detectives.
"Good to see you again." Rupert replied. "So what did you find out?"
"Well, we know who kidnapped Todd and we have someone on our side who knows where he is." Jasmine explained.
"I'm guessing you're referring to the new girl behind you, diga?" Pauleen asked.
Dina looked confused and turned around. Dunal had been replaced by a teenage girl with amber eyes, shoulder-length black hair with red and orange highlights, a black dress, and an onyx pendant shaped like a raptor.
"Where's Dunal?" Dina asked.
The girl growled and slapped Dina across the face. "I am Dunal, you idiot." She said angrily. "I have a human form, too, you know."
"Good to know…" Dina mumbled. "Well we should get moving if we want to save Todd."
"Hold on." Jasmine said. "We'll go with you. Just let me grab a few things and we'll go."
"Okay, but hurry." Dina said.
Dunal let out a low growl as she said this. "Be quick or we'll leave you behind." She said. Jasmine nodded and ran off, returning a few minutes later carrying a backpack and a briefcase. She gave the backpack to Jonathan and carried the briefcase.
"Now let's go." She said. "Which way?"
"This way." Dunal said before walking away. Dina hesitated for a moment, so Dunal turned around, grabbed her ear and dragged her along by it.
"Ow! Is this really necessary?!" Dina shouted.
"Unless you are capable of following me without slowing me down at all, yes." Dunal replied. "So shut up unless you want me to enter my battle form and eat you." Dina immediately paled and decided it was best to keep her mouth shut. Dunal turned to the others. "Hey, if you're going to follow us, you had better hurry up before I leave you behind." She said. The others started to follow her.
The search had begun.
And that's all for this chapter! Dunal belongs to DunalN2 (obviously) and Jasmine belongs to SMA Girl Jazzy. Keep reading and reviewing!