5,000,000 Years Hence - The North American Desert


We were in a parched and bleak desert that went on for miles. But it was really cold. Not as cold as the Great Plateau but right up there.

Lincoln: This desert is really cold!

Lana: Where is this place?

Me: This is the North American Desert and we went back in time to 5,000,000 years in the future.

I show a holographic map of Earth and the world in 5,000,000 years hence was very different. The polar ice caps extended all the way down to western central Europe and southern South America, southeastern Africa was starting to drift away as the Great Rift Valley was now replaced with a huge river, the Amazon Rainforest was replaced by grasslands, America's heartland was now a huge desert and the Mediterranean Sea was now a dry salt flat.

Laney: Wow! What happened to the Earth?

Me: The Earth is now in the grip of another ice age and the climate is now very different. This whole desert is an ice age desert. This is where the city of Chicago, Illinois once stood.

Lisa: Very fascinating. The climate change turned all of the heartland of the continental United States into a parched, barren desert that stretches on for miles.

Lori: That is literally a strange transformation.

Me: It sure is. Lets take a break for lunch.

Nico: Good idea.


We did so and we had lots of great food. Nico and May brought their Pokemon out. They had all kinds of food for them.

May: You know Nico, James on Team Rocket had a Weezing once.

Nico: Really?

May: Yep. I don't know what happened but Jessie and James departed with their previous pokemon Arbok and Weezing.

Nico: That's sad for them.

Me: I didn't know that May.

May: Yeah.

Lincoln: This is a really amazing trip so far. We've been to several places in this future world.

Lisa: Indeed. It's all unlike anything we've ever seen before in our time.

Lana: I'll say.

Lola: This is an amazing trip and the landscapes are amazing. Along with the animals.

Laney: These animals are all amazing. It's hard to imagine that evolution can have so many possibilities for the animal kingdom.

Lori: It's literally amazing.

Me: It sure is.


After our lunch we continued on and as we trekked across the desert we saw some sand flying out of a hole in the ground.

Lana: What is that?

Me: I know what this is.

Lana: Let me see.

Lana looked down into the hole and she heard singing and she saw strange mole-like creatures.

Lana: Cool! What are these creatures down here?

Me: These creatures are called Spinks and believe it or not guys they're descended from Quails.

Lori: Those little things are literally birds!? That's too unusual.

Me: I know.

Lisa got a closer look and she saw the Spinks.

Lisa: Fascinating specimens. They have given up the power of flight and are now like moles.

Me: That's right and they now live in a huge colony like the social insects and have their own caste system.

Lori: That's amazing.

Lana: It sure is. It's hard to imagine that these were once birds.

Me: They still are birds but they have a different style of living in the animal kingdom.

Then a creature with bony spines on its back and her young baby came.

Me: Oh wow. It's a Desert Rattleback.

Lana: That's a cute little guy.

Me: She is. Believe it or not guys they come from South America and they are descendants of the Agouti.

Lori: An Agouti? What's that?

I show a holographic orb and it showed an Agouti.

Me: This is what an Agouti looks like in our time. They are rodents that live in the Amazon and they eat nuts, fruit, seeds, insects, fungi and leaves.

Laney: So they're omnivorous.

Me: Exactly.

Lisa looks at the Rattleback.

Lisa: What a fascinating specimen. They are magnificent creatures. I'm surmising that those scales on its back are for defense.

Me: That's right Lisa. Those scales aren't just for show. They are used for defense and for warding off enemies.

Lola: What are those scales made of?

Me: They are matted hair that's fused together like Rhinoceros horns.

Lana: That is really cool!

Me: It sure is.

Nico: What do Rattlebacks eat?

Me: They usually eat these.

I go to a root and pull it out of the ground and give it to the Rattleback.

Me: They eat plants called Desert Turnips and they provide their food and water for them.

The Rattleback left, but in doing so it attracted another presence. We saw giant bats flying over us and we were both shocked and scared of them at the same time.

Lana: Are those bats!?

Lola: Those bats are huge!

Aylene: That is a scary sight!

Me: Those aren't just any bats guys. Those are future predatory bats called Deathgleaners. They are descended from the Bulldog Bat.

Laney: But I thought bats only come out at night. Never in the day.

Me: Normally bats are nocturnal yes. But these bats have adapted to coming out in the daytime. They have a 3 foot wingspan and they are carnivorous bats that eat Spinks and Rattlebacks.

Lincoln: Lucy would love bats like those.

Lucy then popped out of nowhere.

Lucy: (Out of nowhere) I sure would.

We jump in fright as a pipe organ plays.

Me: Lucy how did you get here?

Lucy: You guys were talking about me and I saw the bats.

Laney: You love bats and Vampires, Lucy. Would Fangs like having a Deathgleaner for a friend?

Lucy: I don't think so Laney. They're too big for Fangs to be friends with.

Lola: I believe it. But those bats are amazing.

Lana: Those bats are cool!

Lisa: They are magnificent specimens.

Lucy: What really surprises me is that these bats can hunt in the daytime.

Me: That was my first reaction too. What do join us on our adventure Lucy?

Lucy: Sure. I want to learn more about these places you're going to.

A Deathgleaner landed by Lucy and got up to her. Lucy knew what it was saying as if she understood the ways of the bat as she is a vampire.

Lucy: It's all right. I understand.

Me: Wow. Lucy is amazing when it comes to bats. Brittney, Haiku and Shannon would agree too.

Nico: It's amazing.

May: It's scary and cool at the same time.

We then proceeded on to our next location.

Continues in Part 7