The female Dilophosaurus watched as the two bipeds backed toward the, running from a danger that she couldn't see. Where was it? Were the bipeds just seeing things?

Part of her wondered how they would taste, but she wasn't really that hungry, and the other strange bipeds had already provided her with food she didn't have to kill. She didn't need to chase down these bipeds, but she wasn't sure whether they would be aggressive or passive to her.

And regardless of the answer to that question, they were getting to close for comfort.

Taking a breath in, she hissed at the bipeds, who instantly turned toward her. For a moment, they were unsure what to do. Then they turned around again, and this time, she could see their faces, and the looks of puzzlement on them.

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"Is it just me, or did the Yutyrannus just vanish?" asked Vera.

"It vanished," replied Marcus. "Actually, I think it never broke out."

"Well, we have been seeing things...I feel like an idiot right now."

"Me too. Well, let's head back to the infirmary now and get our heads straight."

"Agreed."

As the duo left, they watched as more of the crested dinosaurs entered through the portal, followed by several crocodilians, some pterosaurs, and eventually, the away team.

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A short while later, the duo is able to reach the infirmary. And after telling Suzanne what happened, she thinks she might have a diagnosis.

"You said that a pachycephalosaur sneezed on you, correct?"

"Yes," replied the two teens, somewhat exasperated.

"Well, we've been looking at the ferns we moved to their exhibit, and we noticed something."

"And that is?" questioned Vera.

"It appears that they have certain chemicals within them that are similar to those found in belladonna berries, but at far lower concentrations."

"What's Blake got to do with this?" asked Marcus.

"Belladonna is another name for nightshade," remarked one of the newer recruits, who had just arrived in the infirmary. "In small doses, it causes hallucinations. My guess is, you got some of the chemicals up your noses when the bonehead sneezed at you, and it messed with your brains."

"...oh...thanks," replied Marcus, somewhat deflated. Vera just sighed and rubbed her head. "oh, and who are you?"

"Pamela. I'm one of the new botany specialists - you aren't the only ones caring for the plants."

"Then where were you when we were moving some of the foliage into the residents' exhibits."

Instantly, Pamela's face lost some of its color. "...Cleaning up the titanosaur crap to make fertilizer...*shudder*...that stuff stinks...so...much...ugh!"

"Oh. Sorry."

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Meanwhile, at T. rex hill, Matilda has finally come home.

Terence yawned as the sun moved through the sky. It had only just begun its descent, and would need a few hours reach the horizon. Yet the heat ensured that Terence would be spending most of that time in the shade, avoiding the heat.

A sudden burst of infrasound alert his attention to the approaching form of his sister, who was carrying a nodosaur carcass in her mouth. Briefly, Terence looked at it in hunger, before turning away - he knew Matilda would not give up the carcass.

Said carcass promptly fell to the ground in front of him.

Perplexed, Terence looked at the carcass for a moment, then turned toward Matilda. The female tyrannosaur stared at her brother for a moment, before getting annoyed. She then put one of her feet on a nearby low and pretended to take a bite out of it, before swallowing air.

Terence stared at his sister for one more moment, before finally deciding to dig into the carcass. If Matilda had a full set of facial muscles, she would have smiled. True, she had issues with Terence that needed to be resolved, but they were still siblings, and that meant they still had to look out for each other.

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A few hours later, and all of the new comers are settling in nicely.

The rescue team watched as the Dilophosaurus moved into their new exhibit. The male they had already rescued stared at the new arrivals cautiously, but eventually, his expression softened, and he joined the group.

Some distance away, the prosauropods and early thyreophorans were busy exploring their new home, while the various crocodilians, reptiles, and mammals had been settled into their own pens, with the pterosaurs being moved to an aviary.

The prosauropods are all settled in, Matilda has returned home, and the male Dilophosaurus is now no longer the last of his kind.

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Next time, Nigel and the whole rescue team goes back to rescue one of the most famous of all early dinosaurs

(Shot of the team chasing after a green and red dinosaur)

But faces some interesting surprises

(A bipedal red colored reptile goes up against a strange quadrupedal creature)

While the park deals wit its own issues

(Shot of the Elasmotherium staring down a Yutyrannus)

For now, though, all is well as Prehistoric Park...or is it?

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The darkness of night had arrived, and with it, a sense of calmness. The male Dilophosaurus watched as the rest of his companions began to bed down. At first, he had worried he would need to fight the other males, in order to secure his dominance, but they had been cowed by his size and back down. Perhaps they would challenge him later, but not today. Content, he prepared to bed down for the night.

Then he heard something moving nearby. Instantly, he was and about, trying to find the intruder.

He found them at the edge of his new domain, behind the sticks and logs the humans had arranged to keep him from escaping.

What he saw surprised him.

First off, there were two intruders, a human and another creature.

Second, the human was riding the other creature. Not very surprising, all things considered.

The third thing the male noticed was a surprise, though.

And that was what the human was riding.

Said creature was another male Dilophosaurus!

Said male was carrying a carcass in his mouth. It seemed to be one of those creatures that had funny horns on their heads.

For a moment, the two carnivores stared at each other. Then the one with the rider left, presumably to eat its kill in peace.

The resident male waited ten minutes to see if the intruder would return. Then, finally, he rejoined his companions, bedded down for the night, and fell asleep.

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AN: Yeah, I love cliffhangers.

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