Chapter 4: The Gang of Greenhorn Plains
Dr. Diggins waited till the teen left. As soon as Dylan left the building, he ran to the left wing of the Fossil Center. He swiped his admittance card and entered the Portal Room. He stepped on the portal labeled Dinaurian Spacecraft and was teleported. A guard ran over and greeted him and took him to see the king.
When Diggins entered the main idol comp room, where King Dynal was, he said about thirty things at once. "Whoa, slow down Doctor. What happened?" the raptor king said. "Your son's here." Diggins said breathlessly. Dynal's eyes widened. "Is everything alright with him? Did something happen?" "Not life threatening, but it can be." Diggins replied. He then talked about Spinax-E talking to Dyran.
They both ran over to the computer linked to Spinax-E's brain. "He does develop new code over time" Dynal muttered to himself. He looked at Diggins confused, "There's no code for speech in here. Diggins looked at the king, puzzled. "Then how can Dyran hear Spinax? Dinaurians do have the power to talk to Vivosaurs, but this is man-made, he shouldn't be able to."
"It's dangerous that he can talk to Dyran. We told everything about him to Spinax. If he learns his identity prematurely, he could die." Dynal said, "Type in a code to make that information secret." Diggins did as he was instructed. Then something equally astonishing occurred. A blue screen popped up with two words on the screen. I KNOW. It then returned to the normal code screen. The two looked at each other.
Then something caught their eyes. "His power and intellect levels are rising drastically." Dynal said. Diggins looked at him skeptically. "Your guess is as good as mine Doctor" Dynal said.
I walked into the hotel and was greeted by Emily and Justin. "Hey man, where were you?" Justin asked. "Dr. Diggins wanted to give me something." I replied. They tried pressing a further explanation, but I kept avoiding answering.
Eventually, a man in a suit came from a room to the left of the right elevator. He smiled and said "Welcome to the Vivosaur Island Hotel. I am Nate, the manager. Now before I hand out the keys to you rooms, I have to tell you the rules. First off, no parties in the rooms, you can however use the room to the right of the left elevator for parties after rank up battles. Second, no 'mingling' in the rooms. I'm sure no one wants to hear that." Laughter ran throughout the room. "Third, don't be stupid. No drugs or alcohol or smoking. And of course, no battles here, whether it's with vivosaurs or fists. Now, I'll call your names and you'll obtain your keys.
He read names off a list in alphabetical order. Elias Abrams, Dylan Byron, Justin Ramis. When he got to the last one he raised an eyebrow. "Emily Richardson Cree?" Emily stepped forward and took her key. "Your Rosie and Hunter's kid right?" Nate asked. She smiled and nodded. Everyone looked shocked. "She's Hunter's kid? I would have thought that the savior of the world's kid would at least look normal," said one group. I spoke up, "Watch yourselves. I don't take lightly to a-holes." "Says the guy who's wearing sunglasses inside," one said. I let loose a menacing growl. That shut them up. Emily gave me a thankful look.
Nate shifted uncomfortably, seeing tension beginning to rise. "Anyway", he said, "You all should check out your rooms. The ladies rooms are on the left and the men's are on the right."
Emily went with a group of girls, one of which walked over and talked to her. Justin and I walked over to the right elevator and got on when everyone was up. We took the elevator to the top floor. As we exited the elevator, a group of hoodlum looking people pushed past Justin and me, and went in the elevator. We both ignored them and went to our rooms. Justin was two doors down from me. We went to our rooms for the night.
I entered my room and was astonished with what I saw. I had an enormous room with a master bathroom, bedroom and entertainment center, completed with a balcony. My suit cases were by my bed, along with my guitar case. I had an enormous smile. The apartment complex was bigger than my entire house, and this time I got my own room… and bed. I looked at the digital clock beside my bed, 9:30. I let loose a yawn.
Tired, sir? Spinax asked. 'Yeah. And don't need to call me sir. Just Dylan,' I thought. I walked over to my suitcases and quickly unpacked. Unfortunately, my OCD got ahold of me and I had to put everything neatly in the drawers and closet. Color-coded and in size order. Finally happy with everything I put Spinax's medal on the nightstand next to my bed and went to take a shower. After I got out I got dressed in pajama pants and went to bed. 'Damn this is the softest bed I've ever slept in. Not like I slept in a bed before.' Were you poor before coming to the island Dylan? 'Very' I replied. He didn't push the matter anymore, and with that, I fell asleep.
For the first time in sixteen years, my dream was different. It took place in the same and the same thing was about to happen, but then Spinax knocked my assailant off of me and started to fight.
I awoke to the sound of a knock on my door. I sluggishly got up, put my sunglasses on, and answered it. Doctor Diggins stood at the door. "Good morning" he said. I nodded my head and replied "Morning." He then rummaged through the bag on his back and pulled out a couple things. "Here is your fossil license and medal case," he said giving me a laminated card and a plastic case with five slots, "and your sonar and pickaxe" he added. I took the items and placed them on the couch in the entertainment room. "And because you already got your license you can go to the first dig site. Greenhorn Plains." I nodded, "Thanks Doctor." He nodded and left.
I closed the door and got dressed in my normal attire; red shirt, jeans, and black Nikes and brushed my teeth. I put Spinax in the medal case and pocketed it, along with the sonar and the collapsible pickaxe. I then went to the café in the hotel to eat breakfast.
As I sat down to eat, another Fighter sat across from me. He was about five nine and had short, curly black hair and light brown skin. He wore a white t-shirt and a pair of cargo shorts and sandals. I ignored him for the most part though. He then asked "Is it ok if I sit here?" standing up and picking up his tray. I nodded. He sat back down. We sat in silence a moment. "I'm Elias by the way," he said extending his hand. I shook it and told him my name. We sat in silence for the rest of the meal. I then got up and left the hotel and started for the docks.
Beth scheduled a boat to come and pick me and a couple others up and head to Greenhorn Plains, which took about five minutes. As soon as I got off I started excavating.
After a tiring hour or so of going back and forth from the dig site to the Fossil Center, I dug up and revived a V-Raptor (head and legs), Goyle (head), Shanshan (arm and leg), and a regular Spinax (head) and also found three pearls. I decided to put V-Raptor on my team and store the rest in the VMM.
"Hey Dylan." I looked up from the fossil I dug up. Emily, Justin, and Elias walked were approaching me. "Hey" I responded, standing up and brushing dirt off my pants. "How did you get your license so quick" Justin asked. "That's what I was doing when I was with Diggins yesterday." The group nodded their heads. "Anyway" I said, "You guys should get digging. I'll be back in a second."
I went to the Fossil Center and quickly cleaned the jewel rocks I found. I then hurried over to the Fossil Guild to sell the newly discovered jewels.
The boat picked me up yet again and headed back to Greenhorn Plains.
Upon arriving, I was greeted with two things; a shocking image of Justin on the ground, badly beaten and a fist… to my face. I stumbled backwards and fell. I laid there, dazed at the sudden attack. I could tasted metallic blood on my tongue. Yet somehow my sunglasses were still on.
I heard footsteps coming closer to me. I flipped myself up and put my hands in a defensive position. Standing in a circle around me was a group of five guys. 'These are the guy Justin and I saw on our first day' I thought.
The group circled me for a moment, then stopped. One of them, who was probably the leader, seeing as he was the tallest and seemingly the strongest, stepped forward. He smiled, showing his ugly, crooked teeth. He stood at about six foot. He wore baggy sweats, a pair of black Nikes, and a tank-top. He walked closer to me. "Well, well, well. Looks like we got another Fighter on our turf," he said. "Sorry," I said, "Didn't see the sign that said who it belonged to. Must've fell on it." Justin stirred in the background. The leader must have heard him. "Make sure that retard doesn't move… ever."
My blood pressure went through the room. One of the others wen to make a move for him when I said, "I swear to God if any of you take on more step towards him I'll take your heart out." Every guy in the groups face turned white, except the leaders. "Those are some fighting words," he said. He then swung at me, reaching for my head. I stopped his fist mid-swing. The group turned even whiter. "I'm only going to ask this once. Where are my friends?" I said in an overly calm manner. "Kiss my…" A sickening crack of bones came as I applied pressure.
The leader screamed in pain. "Wrong answer. Let's try again." I threw him into another one of his group members. I walked over to him and picked him up by his shirt. "Here's a deal," the leader said, "you beat me in a battle and I'll tell ya? Deal?" Seeing this was my only option, I accepted.
We stood apart, the rest of the gang surrounding us. "Breme, Nycus!" "Spinax, V-Raptor!" The medals flew out of our hands and the vivosaurs popped out.
Breme Claw Swipe V-Raptor
Spinax Fang on Nycus
V-Raptor Beak Snap on Nycus
The Nycus collapsed and returned to its medal.
Breme Claw Swipe Spinax
Spinax, counter with Spinax Dash
Spinax was hit by the Breme, but countered seconds later. He charged straight at the Breme. The spikes on his back pierced through the opposing vivosaur. It retreated into its medal. I gave a menacing glance towards the leader, "I. Win." "To bad I'm a cheating backstabber," the leader said. The entire group attacked.
Fury burned through. I took off my glasses. SHIT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN! Spinax said. Three rushed towards me. A power I never felt before rushed through me. One of the thugs reached out to grab me from behind. I grabbed his arm and snapped it like a twig. He crumpled to the ground screaming. 'One down.' Another, came at me, this time more cautious. I ran towards him and slammed him into the ground, once, twice, three times. 'Two' Two more ran at me hoping to overpower me with numbers. Didn't work. I grabbed both by their heads and slammed them together. 'Four' I turned my attention to the leader. He looked at me for a second, frozen in place. "Scared?" I asked, putting my sunglasses back on.
He ran, I pursued. He was about to jump into the ocean and swim when a shovel hit him dead in the face. Emily stood over him, red in the face. She beat him till he was unconscious, muttering threats and insults. I looked around for Justin. No sign of him. I ran over to Emily. A bruise formed on the side of her head. I embraced her, breathing raggedly. The power I felt when fighting was gone and it left me tired. She returned the hug. "Thank God you're alright." I said. She nodded and let go of me.
"Where's Justin and Elias." I asked. As if on cue, a boat filled with police officers arrived and with them was Justin and Elias.
"He's growing stronger Raptin" said a voice over the phone, "We should kill him while we still have a chance." "Patience." Raptin said back "We still have plenty of time. I'm still convinced we can get him to join us… given the right circumstances." "Whatever you say boss." Raptin turned off the radio and sat in silence, thinking.
DO YOU REALLY THINK WE CAN GET HIM TO JOIN US?! said the voice. Raptin spun around in his chair, talking to himself. "Of course," he said aloud, "If he has a brain in his head he will. And if he still wants to play hero, we can easily kill him." A sharp pain in his head knocked him out of his chair. FOOL! HE WILL NOT JOIN US! HE HAS ONE OF MY KIND WITH HIM! WE WILL HAVE TO DESTROY HIM BEFORE HE LEARNS HE HAS A COMPANION AND KILLS US!
Raptin flinched as the things voice rattled through his head. "I'll do what I can" Raptin responded. GOOD.
The police questioned us for a little when we returned to the island and got medical help. Afterwards we all left. Justin, Emily, and I walked back to the hotel. "How are you guys feeling?" I asked. "Could be better." Justin replied, rubbing the bruise on his neck. Emily stayed quiet. I put my arm around her, trying to comfort her. "Where did Elias go?" I asked, trying to change the subject. "He said he had to make a phone call." Emily answered.
When we got to the hotel it was ten o'clock. Justin went to his room as soon as we got there. I walked Emily back to her room. Just before she left she turned and kissed me. "Good night" she said, closing the door. I smiled and made my way back to my room.